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So earlier this month, the team at Vanity Planet approached me about trying out two of their products and to join their brand influencer program. I’ve featured this beauty brand before so I’m familiar and have a good opinion of them in general. And since they both arrived yesterday, I decided to take some time today to do a few beauty reviews. In today’s post, I’m focusing on the Vibe Vibrating Flat Iron and the Blend Party set of oval brushes.

Vibe Vibrating Flat Iron

This flatiron promises to make straightening and bumping your hair easier than ever because the plates actually vibrate. It features tourmaline coated ceramic plates that vibrate when the flatiron is closed. The concept is that the vibrating plates will keep it from snagging on hair. The Vibe reaches temperatures of just over 400 degrees and self-regulates. This flatiron is promoted as ideal for people with curly, coarse or thick hair. I’m not going to lie, I was a tad skeptical. And that’s mainly because as someone with coarse, thick, kinky-curly hair, I am really particular about the products and styling tools I use. But since I’m currently wearing my hair straight, I was down to try out the flatiron. 

What I Like

I was pleasantly surprised that this flatiron worked as well as it did. While I didn’t really hit my roots with it (I have an edge stick that I use to get in there to straighten my edges), I focused on whether or not I could use the Vibe to create curls and it did just that. I was concerned at first that the plates were too wide as they’re probably about an inch and a half wide, and I tend to use a one-inch plate width if I want to curl my hair with a flatiron. But the Vibe not only created curls but left me with a great sheen to my hair—even though the only product in my hair is my IC Fantasia heat protectant. 

What Could Be Better

My only complaint is the fact that you can’t control the heat. There’s only an on/off switch on the Vibe. Normally, I don’t go over 380 degrees when I’m flatironing my actual hair—even when I’m straightening it. The only time I have was when I was attempting a silk press because you have to go up to 450 degrees. While I liked the results I got with the Vibe, I was very careful not to do more than one pass to avoid the risk of heat damage. 

Blend Party Oval Brush Set

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, if you’re even mildly interested in what’s happening in the makeup brush world, you know that oval brushes have been a big trend for years now. So, I don’t need to go into the deep details of why oval brushes are so popular. Vanity Planet’s Blend Party oval brush set features 10 brushes ranging in size that can be used to apply a full face of makeup. Most importantly, they’re synthetic brushes—and that means this is a cruelty-free product and that the fibers aren’t drinking up product the way natural bristle brushes can do. That translates to you not wasting product. 

In today’s look, I used the largest brush #6 (counting from left to right in the pic above) to blend out my foundation, #4 and 8 to blend out my color corrector and concealer, and #2 and 9 to place my contour (I used my regular Morphe brushes to blend the contour). I don’t use oval brushes for applying powder-based makeup or liner. I just don’t feel like oval brushes give me the control that I would get from a traditional brush or liner pencil/pen.

What I Love

If you’ve ever used an oval brush, this brush set is pretty awesome and on par with. It delivers on its promise and features flexible handles that allow you to effectively blend out whatever product you’re using to apply. I like to blend out skin cosmetics (foundation and concealer) by dampening my brushes so that it creates a more airbrushed effect. These brushes handled perfectly, didn’t soak up product and had a nice weight and hand-feel. 

What Could Be Better

Nothing. I thought these worked very well and I would definitely recommend them to anyone who asked. 

Final Verdict

I think both the Vibe flatiron and Blend Party oval brush set are great options. However, if you have fine hair and can’t use a high heat on your hair (regardless of texture), the Vibe flatiron could pose a risk of heat damage because you can’t adjust the temperature. 

Lucky for you, since I’m now an influencer with Vanity Planet, I have a special code for both of these products so that you can save some money if you’re ready to buy these goodies. 

Use code THEANTIBRIDEZILLAVIBE or click here to save 50%

Use code THEANTIBRIDEZILLAPARTY or click here to save 60%

Full Makeup Details

Primer: E.L.F. Cosmetics Poreless Putty Primer & Veil Cosmetics AutoMatte Foundation: IT Cosmetics CC+ Cream Oil-Free Matte in Deep Brows: IT Cosmetics Brow Power Universal Eyebrow Pencil Eye Liner: Wet n Wild Megalast Liquid Liner in Black Eye Shadow: Base from Crown Brushes Pro 10 Color Fuego Palette, Shimmer shades from my upcoming palette Lashes: Kawaii Girl Cosmetics Odaiba Color Corrector: L.A. Girl Pro HD Concealer in Orange Concealer: IT Cosmetics Bye Bye Under Eye in Deep Rich (for under eye) & Kevyn Aucoin Etherealist Super Natural Concealer in EC 08 for contour Contour: Black Radiance True Complexion Contour Powder Palette in Medium to Dark Setting Powder: Laura Mercier Translucent Loose Setting Powder in Deep Blush: Kevyn Aucoin Neo-Blush in Sunset + top secret shade from my upcoming palette Highlight/Bronzer: top secret shade from my upcoming palette + Kevyn Aucoin Neo-Limelight in Ibiza Lips: Top secret shade from my upcoming palette