Real Techniques core collection review

As a makeup brush hoarder/ collector when these came through my post box I was so eager to use them! I'm sure if you watch some of the youtubers or are a confessed makeup-a-holic you would've heard of this brush set!

The set contains 4 brushes and a handy travel/ brush holder which is interchangeable.

the four brushes consist of: Buffing brush, Pointed foundation brush, Contour brush and Detailer brush.

Buffing Brush.

The buffing brush is said to be ideal for using mineral and powder foundation to create a flawless full coverage all over the face. All of the brush has been thought about when it had been designed from the hand-cut synthetic bristles, the light weight aluminium handles to the actual shape of the brush head for application. Also all of the brushes are 100% cruelty free! Bonus.
So, after explaining what the brush is said to be like here's my opinion:
I use the Buffing brush for my liquid foundation and it is absolutely amazing! After reading up reviews on it I decided to use it for liquid foundation instead of powder and it really is an all-purpose brush, it blends out foundation effortlessly as it 'buffs' the product smoothly onto your skin to make it look the least caked and fake as possible. The brush smooths foundation into an even layer and leaves it looking flawless and natural. The bristles are so soft on your skin and I haven't had one bristle fall out from the brushes and I've washed the brushes quite a few times now.


Contour Brush.

 The contour brush 'delicately applies highlighter to contour or create sheer, soft-focus finish'. This is absolutely true! the brush is a perfect shape to use in the hollows of the cheeks to really define them cheek bones and the soft bristles ensure you don't have a strong line, but a gentle shadow to make the cheeks really POP.

I use the Sleek Contour Kit in medium with this brush and the contour colour can come out a bit strong so with this brush it ensures that there's no harsh lines and I don't just walk around with thick brown lines on the side of my face.



Pointed Foundation Brush. 

For a foundation brush it's quite small so I decided to use this as a concealer brush and it works so well especially for under-eye concealer! It is a perfect size to cover any tired eye bags after a night out, it can easily get in the corner and the soft bristles don't irritate the delicate skin around your eyes meaning you get an even flawless finish. The description for the pointed foundation brush say: 'use with liquid foundation to build custom coverage' and I guess if you want to spend forever blending your foundation out to get a smooth and flawless finish but unfortunately the brush's size is too small for me to use as a foundation brush.

Small Detailer Brush.

This brush is so tiny my camera wouldn't focus on the brush so this is the best picture I could take (sorry), but yes this brush is so adorable and tiny- it'd get lost with out it's bright handle! At first I couldn't really figure out what to use the brush for its so tiny I mean could it be a lip brush? Eyebrow brush? Eyeliner brush? Or even a tiny concealer brush? I was lost so I looked up what RT had to say about the brush for some inspiration and they said: 'precision cut to effortlessly conceal problem areas; or, use with lipstick for long-lasting shape and definition'. After that I tried it as a concealer brush for all them imperfections but found I didn't like it much so washed it and tried it as a lip brush and love it! It's a perfect size for lining your cupid's bow and get a straight, smooth line so worth playing around with brushes; just because you brought a certain type of brush doesn't mean you have to use it for that purpose, play around use them for different purposes you might really like it!

The Core Collection.

So my overall opinion of these brushes is: they have such a good pay off it's silly spending more than double on Mac brushes (although they're amazing).  These brushes are:

100% cruelty free

Soft bristles all hand cut

No fallout bristles

Create a gorgeous flawless coverage

The travel case is handy to hold brushes up and protect them when traveling.

They are worth every penny! I constantly find myself reaching for these over my other brushes as they are just great I definitely recommend!

If you want your own set of the Real Technique Core Collection brushes here are some links for you:

Feel Unique - NOW ON SALE £16.79 ( Non-sale price £20.99)

Boots - £21.99

Amazon - £13.25

Superdrug - £20.99

Thanks for reading I hope you either agree with me or want your own set now! 

Love Katie XOX

Finally posting the 1st post

So here I am about to start my 1st proper, official post on Image Insanity! 

I'm a bit lost at what to write but I think a great place to start with is why I started this blog up.

So for a few years now I've been reading various blogs about beauty, fashion and lifestyle and have related to quite a few of the bloggers' posts so after a while I finally decided to start blogging. Yet this isn't my first blog I had a previous blog but I didn't have the time to really post on it so I rapidly lost interest in posting on a dead blog really... Then after all of my exams had finished I started editing this blog ready to post articles here! I've always wanted to share my thoughts and opinions to others hoping they care to read them so I now have my place to post such things all I need is my audience.

 Okay now secondly; why the name Image Insanity? Well ever noticed how fashion mad some people can get? They stalk their style icon's new buys and get all in a tizzy if they don't get one single particular item, like the popular item that Mary and Kate have but I don't, SO I NEED IT... NOW? We've all experienced this so I thought I'd create a relatable yet creative title that reflects some of today's societies behavior towards fashion, after all this blog is going to be based on fashion, beauty, lifestyle and a couple of my thoughts every now and then. All in all some people can go slightly Insane over their Image... Starting to catch on now? I hope so aha.

Now, what do I intend to post about or how often? I am planning on a post a week but I am headed off to college at the start of September so depending how quickly I can settle in depends on posting rotas but just so you know my aim is a post a week. Also the content? That'll be beauty, fashion and lifestyle based, for example I'm planning some posts about: a recent haul, reviews on some of my favorite products or new found products, my top 5 favorite products of a certain category (e.g makeup, skincare, hair care) and some of the latest trends available to all of us image mad peeps!

When I first came up with the name Image Insanity I came up with a cute theme of Alice In Wonderland because of a quote that links rather well give or take a few words. The quote really sealed the name for me as it just seemed to work so well! I have attached the 'pimped' quote from AIW that links to this here ol' blog (aha fancied an old play on words there) and originally it was going to be the banner at the top of the blog but I later decided on a lighter theme of white, grey and pink.

The original quote from Alice In Wonderland was spoken by the Cheshire Cat (who scared the doodaa out of me at 7), you can watch a short scene of it here, the link opens a new tab so you wont loose this page don't panic.

Okay so finally I want to share my hopes and dreams for this blog, I would love to get into posting more than once a week eventually and have subscribers that inspire me to write therefore building and growing this blog to one day have a big enough audience to think it logical to buy a full domain for the blog! I would also like my blog to help those of you whether its choosing your next foundation or motivating you to try something that you end up loving, I just hope to help you in whatever I can to become the best you can be!So thanks for reading this far down and I hope you enjoyed what I had to say and I also hope that you stick around a while and continue reading what I post in the future.

So I'm going to end this post (my 1st post ahhh) right here goodbye my Image Insane people :*

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