Happy Holidays! It’s the brushiest time of year again, a limited-edition time of year again … Get your holiday brushes while you can! Cheers, My Brush Betty P.S.: Our top pick is the Smashbox Pro set below. It’s one of the most complete sets below, so very useful! Smashbox brushes are also solid. […] Read more…
Archive of ‘Pure Luxury’ category
Studio 54-Inspired Makeup Brushes — Right On!
Move over, Artis! There’s a new diva in the house! And just in time for the holiday selling season, too. We were pretty high on the spectacularly innovative and chrome-plated brushes from Artis, but these new ladies are just breathtaking. These Studio 54-inspired upscale disco brushes are from jewelry designer Alexis Bittar, who is taking […] Read more…
Mirror, Mirror: Who’s The Prettiest Brush of All?
Surely, looks aren’t everything – but why shouldn’t a beauty tool be beautiful? Here, we’ve compiled some of the prettiest brushes on the market that aren’t just outfitted in ho-hum black and your everyday aluminum ferrule. We’d love to call it our Top Ten list of the prettiest brushes, but there’s too many supermodel brushes […] Read more…
Spectacularly Beautiful & Innovative New Makeup Brushes
Hi ladies and gents! A while back, we wrote about MAC’s innovative new oval and linear Masterclass brushes that look like toothbrushes or loofahs or the like. The brushes were actually the brainchild of Matthew Waitesmith, a former senior vice president at MAC Cosmetics, who is now a consulting partner at Taiki USA, a leading […] Read more…
Boo! Hoo! The Nars Ita is (apparently) Sold Out — Again!
In early March, we reported that the Nars Ita #21 was back in stock, as part of an update on our January story about how Nars can’t keep up with demand on this brush. When the brush returned to the market — only on the Nars website — the price had jumped to $55, up […] Read more…
Just Sayin’ – A Tough Review of Those $$$ Wayne Goss Brushes
First of all, we’d like to say THANK YOU! to Cora at Vintage or Tacky! The initial launch set of Wayne Goss brushes has been hard to come by, since Beautylish was taking advance orders for a long time. And then there’s also that issue of the steep ($210 for eight brushes) price tag … […] Read more…
I Thee Covet: Shu #15
Now, you know that when a self-described brushpeologist like Sonia over at the Sweet Makeup Temptations blog is resistant to buying a brush, it’s got to be really, really super expensive. It’s also just fun to see what’s on her most coveted list, given her already extensive collection of luxury brushes, which she wrote about […] Read more…