#bold metals

All I need is $55 @_@ kill me.

6 brushes for $24 = deal of the century

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The RT Bold Metals

The Real Techniques brushes have been popular on the internet for awhile as they’re often much more affordable than most high street brands. The Bold Metals collection is the priciest collection the Real Techniques has. Each brush is sold separately and costs vary from $13 USD for smaller eyeshadow brushes to $21 USD for larger face brushes. The only two brushes from the RT collection that aren’t in the MMBS collection are: the pointed crease brush($13USD) and the triangle concealer brush ($15USD).

Pros

The Makeup Brush Set collection comes with 7 out of the 9 RT brushes, the only conceivable differences are in their cost, where they were purchased and the little RT logo that obviously does not exist on the Brush Set collection. The Brush Set collection comes to a total of $19.99 USD for all 7 brushes while it would cost $119 USD for the same brushes on the RT website. The quality of the brushes are again surprisingly great. Whenever I opt for a cheaper, lesser known, perhaps slightly sketchy option I tend to expect a lower grade quality. That being said, these brushes are just as nice as I would expect the RT brushes to be. I used them today for my makeup to make sure the work well and wash well – they do (though the white tends to hold onto a bit of the makeup colour despite a good lather). I would consider both the low cost and high quality of the product to be their biggest pros vs the Real Techniques brushes which might be just as nice, but significantly higher cost.

Cons

One of the biggest cons with buying a brush set is that you have to pay for the whole set. While it may be a lot cheaper than buying all the brushes from Real Techniques, if you only want one or two of the brushes you don’t really want to have to pay for all of them (though it’s still arguably cheaper to do so). Again, another con for me is that the website doesn’t have a ton of information on where they’re made, what they’re made from – to be fair, RT doesn’t have any of this information either. I would imagine that they’re made from the same manufacturer just sold by different distributors and brands, but I can’t be sure. One more thing to be aware of is shipping – I have read a few reviews that have said that shipping took way too long for their liking. Please note that most of these reviews came from 2015 and when they mailed me my products, though I did not go through the website to receive them, they came to my door within a week.

Blending Eyeshadow Brush

Flat Contour Brush

Triangle Foundation Brush

Overall I’m very happy with yet another set of new brushes! I really wanted to get the Real Techniques Bold Metal ones as they’ve got a few really cool ones like the triangle foundation brush and flat contour brush but they were so expensive considering that RT is supposed to be a cheap option. My favourite brushes from my new set have got to be the flat contour brush and the blending eyeshadow brush, both work so well it’s insane! If you have any questions about My Makeup Brush Set, just let me know in the comments below ♡ If you plan on trying out something from My Makeup Brush Set please do use the promo code “SAVEWITHARCTIC” for 10% off your order! ♡

Thanks for reading,

xx Sabrina

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I'm on the Ulta website pretty much non-stop (i.e. every single day). I like to check out what's new; I like to see what's on sale. Sometimes I'll find a deal too good to pass up and go on a little Ulta spree. This was the case recently.

Ulta had Real Techniques on sale buy one, get one half off. Aside from the fact that Real Techniques is affordable as is, I knew I had to take advantage of this opportunity to get my hands on some of the Bold Metals brushes. Ulta was out of stock on some of the brushes in the Bold Metals range that I'd hoped to get my hands on, but here's what I did manage to snag up during the sale.

- Miracle Complexion Sponge

So I guess this is comparable to the Beauty Blender (I wouldn't know because I have never used a beauty blender before). I've heard great things about the shape of this sponge and I'm pumped to use it.

- Sculpting Kit

    Brushes include:  Sculpting Brush, Fan Brush, Setting Brush

I'm not gonna lie to you guys. I bought this for the fan brush - I don't even know if it's sold alone. I already have a sculpting brush so I figure this will be my backup brush.

- Starter Kit

     Brushes include:  Base shadow brush, Deluxe crease brush, Accent brush, Pixel-point     eyeliner brush, Brow brush, and Panoramic brush case

I'm a firm believer that you can never have too many eye brushes. A contradiction to this is I don't have very many eye brushes.

- Expert Face Brush

I already have an expert face brush. I bought this one as a backup brush. Sometimes I'm lazy (read: most of the time) and it's nice to have backups for when your brushes are too dirty to use and you don't feel inclined to clean them.

- Setting Brush

Okay, so I didn't realize the sculpting kit had a setting brush. Yet another backup.

- Powder Brush

Originally I wasn't going to buy this brush. And then I remembered that I literally broke the handle off of my Zoeva powder brush. (Shame). This is probably the only brush I actually needed.

- Bold Metals 201 | Pointed Crease Brush

One of the three Bold Metals I managed to get my hands on. I wanted another crease brush because 95% of the time I can't find a clean crease brush. This one is unique as it's pointed. I think it's going to be useful in my collection.

- Bold Metals 200 | Oval Shadow Brush

I don't have many brushes that are easy to use to cover my whole lid. Most of the time the brush I want is covered in a color I don't want to use (ugh, I am so lazy!). This is just an addition to my seriously lacking eye brush collection.

- Bold Metals 203 | Tapered Shadow Brush

Looking back now, I can't really think why I thought I needed this brush. Maybe I was thinking it would be useful for crease work, but now I'm not so sure. This must have been one of those "I'm not really thinking this through" purchases, but I'm sure it will be useful somehow!

- Brush Cleansing Palette

I've looked into the Sigma brush mat, but it's just so expensive! I decided to give this a go and see if it does the job it's supposed to. If it does, it will be the best $5.00 I've ever spent and maybe I'll stop being so lazy when it comes to cleaning my brushes!

I’m super excited to be showing you this eye look! It is so quick which makes it even better. You don’t have to have good makeup skills at all, it’s soooo easy! I rarely ever wear an eye look more than once, I just like to mix it up, but I’ve worn this so many times so I just had to share it! I really hope you like this look, let me know in the comments what you think!

First I apply this Nars Smudge Proof Primer, it’s really good at locking in your eyeshadow and keeping it on all day. I really recommend it and I can’t do my eye makeup without it!

Secondly, I set the primer with the shade ‘Strange’, a matte off-white, from the Urban Decay Naked 3 Palette, with my finger. Then, I apply ‘Limit’, a pale pink, from the same palette using the Real Techniques Bold Metals 201 directly into the crease. Using a MAC 224 blending brush I blend ‘Nooner’ into the outer v of the crease to add depth.

Next I apply Bobbi Brown’s Long-wear shadow stick in Golden Pink to the centre of the lid. It’s a beautiful shimmery pink gold and it is beyond pigmented! I can’t get enough of this colour, it really makes my blue eyes pop!

Finally, I curl my eyelashes and put on the MAC false lash extreme black mascara, to complete the look. I love this mascara as it really separates your lashes and gives a natural look!

I hope you enjoyed this quick tutorial, I never really do posts like this, so let me know in the comments whether you found it useful. What products have you been using a lot lately?

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I recently made a little Real Techniques purchase and decided they defiantly deserved a mention. 

These brushes are such good quality and look super lovely in their gold, silver and bronze/copper shades. The ones that I brought included, a triangle foundation brush, an angled liner brush, a tapered blush brush, an arched powder brush, an oval shadow brush, a flat contour brush and a pointed…