I was really disappointed when my RT angled brow brush fell apart. I was gently massaging some brush cleaner on the palm of my hand to dissolve some gel liner and a long bristle appeared, as I pulled it out, literally half of all the bristles came out with glue etc. I don’t have my receipt and when I emailed their customer service dept, they told me to bring it back to the shop I bought it from (Boots Ireland). I’m not sure what their return policy is with no receipt:( I was also very disappointed with the stipple brush, very hard to clean matte foundation using baby shampoo. Hi, I just have bought some RT brushes and since they have been washed only two times, i can´t give a solid opinion.
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Just to note one thing, that maybe it is not important, but it really surprised me: In the first wash of the Expert Face Brush, no bristle went away that i notice, but the logo painted in the handle did (and they were bought throught the official web site so they are not fakes!). I wash them with pure glycerine soap, so i couldn´t say that is the problem. Anyway, it´s not an important thing. This is a great (and necessary) post, and also, i have read your positive review of Bioderma Hydrabio Eau de soin, which is great because i have just bought it from France to try it;) Diana. Whenever I see someone complain about bristles falling out or the ferrule becoming loose, the first question that comes to mind is “are you washing them properly?” I’m a professional makeup artist and this is the best way to wash your brushes: 1. Use baby shampoo, be gentle! Keep your brush pointed down as you rinse.
You don’t need to wash the handle-just the bristles. Synthetic bristles don’t need conditioner but natural bristles do. Use a VERY moisturizing conditioner on natural bristles and really work it into the bristles, but do so gently! Again, keep your brush pointed down as you rinse. Invest in a product called The Brush Guard.
Place the brush guard over the bristles and then place them upside down in a low glass or mug to dry. For larger brushes, I use a large but short tupperware container so that they dry faster. This way, the water will drain through the top of the brushes into the bristles instead of draining into the handle. NEVER dry your brushes standing up.
Avoid laying them flat to dry. Seriously, brush gurads will extend the life of even the cheapest brushes if you dry them upside down. Instead of assuming someone else doesn’t know how to wash brushes, (I think people who have been investigated with makeup for a few years have likely learnt not to dry them with the hairs up), maybe give them benefit of the doubt and admit that RT isn’t great at quality control?
R u hired by Real Techniques PR team or sth?? Their quality has been decreasing over the years and anyone could be getting a horrible batch now (e.g. I’ve heard more than a dozen people say that they repurchased the same RT brushes but the newer ones are just not up to par, happened to me also) Also I own many brush guards but I never bother using them with cheap synthetic brushes which don’t (and shouldn’t) tend to lose their shape. I don’t think they’re a necessity unless you own a lot of fancy Japanese fude made with delicate squirrel hair. I find normal goat hair brushes to keep their shape fairly well without the guards too (unless they’re just really bad quality – e.g.
Not glued properly). I am glad I never felt tempted to purchase those.
I personally think they look extremely cheap, rough and overall nasty. Here in Sweden pretty much everything related to makeup is extremely expensive, even the drug store products you guys get for 3 pounds in the UK.
So when Real Techniques arrived here the price was extremely low for 5 brushes, so that set off my natural ” don’t get it” alarm. Good quality brushes are NEVER very cheap and if you come across brushes that are way below average price range, you have to wonder why.
I don’t really understand the hype either. They aren’t that inexpensive anymore, the prices have went up a bit over the years.
I’ve received some brushes in my packs that weren’t cut evenly, the bristles weren’t all the same length. The thing that really bothers me about Real Technique brushes is their handle size. Referring specifically to the face brushes. They are so thick at the bottom and just an odd shape. It makes them difficult to fit into my makeup brush travel case and even my holder. I won’t buy anymore specifically for that reason. It’s just not paratactical.
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I also agree that the liner brush is useless. I used to use it to apply Latisse. But now it is useless once again, should probably just throw it away. Thanks for this. I agree with everything you have said here. I went out and bought the sculpting brush and expert face brush after reading and hearing of how good real techniques brushes were.
To be honest, the expert face brush wasn’t as good as the urban decay optical blurring brush (which is what I use everyday) at applying foundation and blending, which was understandable as the UD was more expensive. But overall after using both brushes I don’t see anything wow about them. I use the sculpting brush for contouring and blush sometimes, I don’t think it’s really all that. After two brushes I don’t think I’ll go out to buy anymore. The expert face brush was awkward to hold for me. I think it’s the fact that Sam and nic have YouTube videos that really makes people go out and buy these (just an opinion).
I have other similarly or more expensively priced brushes that are better quality. Same here, I got my RT brushes (core collection, travel and expert face brush + setting brush) in 2013-14 and they’re perfectly in great condition even with near-daily usage. Only after 2.5 years of using my expert face brush, did it start applying foundation a bit more streaky than i’d like. (so i just ordered new ones off iherb. Have yet to test those) Anyway, I was my brushes once a week or once a fortnight and i’ve never had shedding or handle falling apart issues either. Maybe some people were washing them too often??
Thank you very much, I’m glad you liked it!:) I’m a fan of Zoeva brushes, they’re my fave and I love their face and eyes brushes. I did 2 reviews if you fancy a read: – – I also like some of the Morphe brushes but not all of them, to be honest. There is some inconsistency in the range. I really like the Elite collection but the other ones, it really depends: some are great, some are very bad. I tried some Sigma brushes and in general, they’re good too but maybe a little bit expensive sometimes.
I hope it helps!:). Great review! I bought my first 2 RT brushes last MONTH – the expert face brush and the blush brush. I LOVED the expert face brush and started using it daily in applying my liquid foundation. Because of this, I also washed it once or 2x a week, very careful not to let the water touch the handle.
But alas, after just 1 month, the entire head fell off! I just emailed RT’s customer support last night but since I am in the Philippines, I don’t expect anything to happen to that complaint.
That being said, what brush can you recommend I buy instead that can replace the Expert Face Brush? My foundation is Estee Lauder Double Wear liquid foundation.