I've been pretty much hooked on buying brushes from the start. Is it the construction, the feel of the bristles or the overall application of the product, god knows what pulls me into makeup brushes I just seem to spend endless amounts of money on brushes. I treasure my more expensive brushes over any other brush. I mean I adore Real Technique brushes, but I love my NARS, MAC, Illamasqua and... Tom Ford brushes that extra bit more.
I obviously know who Tom Ford is, because he's simply a genius when it comes to the world of fashion - he's been around as long as I've been involved and interested in fashion (I'm only 20, nearly 21 eek). However his beauty and fragrance products are some what new to me. I've been obsessed with Black Orchid the 'unisex' perfume for a while now, and I suddenly decided to splurge just after Christmas on the 100ml after being persuaded by my friend Charlie. This is like her signature scent. I think when I smell Black Orchid, I think of many things. The time I brought someone back and began spraying it around my University room like it was glade airfreshner HA! to the times me and Charlie have been out together (bit worse for wear of course). But it's just a gorgeous scent and all those memories make me a giggle and cringe a bit inside at the same time. I LOVE IT!
Anyways, onto what I'm really writing about other than telling you my awkward love stories. But my Mum and Sean bought me my first Tom Ford brush for Christmas. They bought me the eyebrow pencil and the Smokey Eye Brush, it honestly feels like fur being brushed on your eyes it is that soft. I am going to be honest now and I am in no way being ungrateful, but I don't think I would have chosen the brush myself as there are others I do have my eyes on. However for myself, I don't have a decent pencil brush, as the one I bought from Crown feels like I'm scraping my eyes off, not good! But I can't find any fault with this brush, it picks up enough product and it is so easy to apply and blends the small area you apply it to flawlessly. The brush is £40 / $50, pricey huh! but it is definitely a keeper, and if you want your own special little collection of brushes then this is definitely one for you. It can be bought from Selfridges or Tom Ford online.
I'm going to apologise for not having my own images, so I am going to use the ones from the Tom Ford website. The reason being for this is because I left my SLR down at University and I am currently home visiting. Sorry guys!
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| Image from www.tomford.com |
Onto the next brush that I bought myself using some bonus I had earned through work. I was in Newcastle centre one day and I thought I would call by the Tom Ford concession in Fenwicks. I didn't really know what I was after I just wanted a look really. I had a look at the brushes (again) and I was so impressed with the cream foundation brush, it's definitely dense, but it's not a dense where the bristles are hard and barely move... the brush just seems to flow in which ever direction you brush it in. It feels like silk on your skin. It's described as a cream foundation brush, but seriously who's ever listened to brush labels? Not me. I use this for my liquid foundation and it blends it with minimum effort and it my skin just looks perfect afterwards. It picks up the right amount of foundation and blends it so that it doesn't make your make up look too caked on. The brush is £56 / $72 and can be bought online at Selfridges or Tom Ford online.
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| Image from www.tomford.com |
My last and final addition to my current collection is the brush that I purchased today from the Fenwicks counter. The woman who served me was so lovely, she even offered me a position to work on that concession store! However University calls down South! Anyways, a funny thing... I love how some sales assistants are so sales driven they are willing to tell you any old hoo har to close a sale. The SA (not the one who served me) tried to tell me that a lip brush was appropriate to use on the brows, I looked at her... um yes if you brows that require no angular definition what so ever... GIRL! Anyways, I still love the Tom Ford counter staff none the less (Who work for Tom Ford...) I bought the Shadow brush, this is a really weird eyeshadow brush, which is possibly a factor that had me sold. It was flat but full, it was large but small enough. It's just so weird, I can imagine this will be a great all around blending brush, to blend and to apply! 2-in-1 fabulous! The brush is £42/ $55 and can be bought from Selfridges or Tom Ford online.
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