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Saturday 7 January 2012

Sigma Review - Eye Brushes

Here we have Part Three of my Sigma Brush review!
Part One was introduction to my brushes and the cleaning process (ugh)
Part Two was my review of the Face Brushes.

So we're on to my thoughts on the EYE BRUSHES from Sigma.

Top to bottom: E05 Eyeliner, E40 Tapered Blending, E30 Pencil, E55 Eye Shading, E60 Large Shader, E65 Small Angle, E70 Medium Angled Shading and the silver brush to the left is my free brush - E25 Blending.

L-R: E70 Medium Angled Shading, E55 Eye Shading and E30 Pencil
These are the three eye brushes I have been using CONSTANTLY. Before, I had one eye brush that I got from the Avon many moons ago, and it was probsbly most similar to E70. These three brushes are all super soft and quite dense, E70 and E55 are natural hair and E30 is synthetic. They have all been recently used in this pic.
I use E70 as to highlight under my brow, you can't see how angled it is in the photo above, so here's a closer look:
It's the perfect shape for sweeping highlighter on quickly and easily.

I use E55 all over my eyelid, it's very sturdy and distributes colour well. I then use my favourite eye brush - E30. I have nooo idea how I did make up for so long without realising how much I needed this little beauty! It really is like a pencil, it's so precise, perfect for the crease and outer v. Love this brush!



L-R: E40 Tapered Blending and E65 Small Angle
I use E40 for blending, it's soft and fluffy to smudges colours together easily. I have not yet tried it on eyeliner, but it works well on eyeshadows and feel so nice, like a wee duster on my eyelid! =p I use E65 for eyeshadow under my eye. I always like to extend my colour underneath my eye, and this is the perfect brush for that. It's very rigid and I imagine if you wet it it'd be good for applying eyeliner too.
A close up on (a clean) E65, you can see how angled it is.



L-R: E60 Large Shader, E05 Eyeliner and E25 Blending
These are the brushes I haven't been using as much. E60 is a nice shape, but it is huuge. Maybe if I was doing a wash of colour over my whole eyelid I would use that. I might start to do that and then focus in my colour with the E55 I mentioned above. I might also use it to spread primer over my whole lid.
I use a liquid eyeliner that comes with it's own little brush nib, so I don't have a whole lot of use for E05. I would use this if I was maybe lining my eyes in gel liner or wet for an eyeshadow line.
E25 was my free brush, and it's quite similar to E40 (mentioned above). Because of that, I don't really tend to use it very much either.

In conclusion, I absolutely LOVE my Sigma eye brushes. They've totally changed the way I do make up and I use 5 out of 7 of them daily, and the other three I can see there being uses for when I develop my skills.

So what do you think? Do you use this many brushes for your eye make up?? And am I using any brush wrong/ could be using it in a different way?
Let me know!
~ Lauren

13 comments:

  1. Definately think I could do with an E65 (I think) type brush - the really super angled one? I like shaping my eyeshadow so it'd be perfect! xx

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  2. I have been looking for a really good eye brush for soo long so thanks for the advice and tips :) cute post xx poppymale.blogspot.com

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  3. @Sera - Yeah, the E65 is the little sturdy angled one, it's lovely! I'm really new to using all these brushes but it's so fun experimenting! =p

    @Poppy - Sigma are very good for having quality brushes for a good price, I'd highly advise you check them out! ^_^

    ~ Lauren <3

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  4. Ohhhh I'm jealous, I've always fancied these brushes but i've never bought them. I'm using some topshop brushes at the moment and i've been impressed with the quality x

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  5. @Danielle - oh really? I didn't have any brushes before these and heard sooo many good things that when they had free international shipping I just couldn't refuse! =p

    ~ Lauren <3

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  6. Love the look of these two Lauren!! May have to invest!! xx

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  7. Apparently sigma is comparable to MAC what do you think??

    http://worldwidebeautybloggers.com/

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  8. @Amy - I'm so excited with them, gonna spend ages playing about with them lol!

    @Worldwide Beauty Bloggers - I have heard this a lot! Unfortunately this is the first set of makeup brushes I have had, so I can't compare. But for the price, if they are similar to MAC, they're pretty awesome! =p

    ~ Lauren <3

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  9. I think Sigma is better than Mac. According to my experiences, Mac do shed. Sigma is more precised in makeup application even if it's wide ranged for some big brushes. If I'm gonna buy additional brush for my brush kit, It's gonna be Sigma.

    -Ms. Nancy-

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    1. Defo! MAC is so expensive compared to Sigma, and there's no real difference in quality as far as I can tell!

      ~ Lauren <3

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  10. Omgosh! I'm so glad I stumbled across your blog. I've been looking to upgrade my brushes from a sephora set a while back but these look really nice and I've been onto a couple other different blogs and they all have positive feedback! I just purchased your top picks and it was actually what I've been needing to replace so I'm super excited thank you!

    Got the E20,E30 and the E65 :P

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    1. Woops almost forgot the E70! thank god I checked your blog before I logged haha

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    2. Aw I'm so excited to hear this! I'm just about to splash out on a few more brushes, had my current ones since Christms obviously and they're still good as new! :)

      ~ Lauren <3

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