For me, crushing them up a little helps take away any powdery edge, but I only bother with it if I'm going to use a brush. Mostly I've just swiped my finger lightly over the top and just used that for my eyes, although today I experimented and used a stiff brush to apply Warming Heart on top of Palladium Metal-X. That was actually a really nice wet effect, as a matter of fact.
yes - pretty sure she used a spatula to get the product out. Also pretty sure she then used a barely damp brush to apply (spritz of Fix+ then wiped off with a tissue). When I get my makeup done, usually near the end I'm sort of zoned out like a snake charmer's python and stop keeping close watch.
I know that's what I do at home, if I'm not just using a finger, but I've just been wearing them on my eyes with my own application so far. Team Warming Heart!
pretty sure plastic. that's what I've used myself - works just fine.
s/t stiff bristles are good, esp. for gel products or I have noticed the EDES go on better with the stiffer bristles
I know, I thought about that after i returned it, and decided that I made a good decision. its not a bad brush, just not what I expected. I was really looking for a smaller 227, so not the best quality in comparison to that.
It's really more like the 214 rather than the 227. I still like mine.
That's great! Will you post a pic for us?
okay this morning i tried using the 286, and it buffed nicely, but i had a TON of fallout! i had better luck in the fallout department when i used my finger. but i didn't get as much of the colour i felt. anyway, it'd be good to know exactly which stiff brush i should use....or maybe you're saying i should get that 215?
how did you apply them?
me too. i found it worked well, but i'm no pro.... i really like richly honed. it's a bit more intense than i'm use to, but not in an unnatural way.i love my 163 brush. its amazing. everything else from this collection, not so much. I did wanna love the sculpting creme, but i feel like the color range doesnt suit me. maybe in a later time more shades will b added. until then, on to the next collection
hahaha, I wish it was easy to "subtract" my under-eye bags!!!
Wow! I'm happy you love them!! Definitely give us your full eye routine with these - moisturizer? concealers? primers? or just the Pixy Epoxy? Type of brush? Finger? Sponge? (I'd like to try these with a sponge - I think that could work well).
For sure snap a photo if you can - I get the feeling they will photograph even better than they look IRL.
Yay for Pressed Pigment Success!
286 does sound a little too fluffy for safety. The brush I've like best with them so far is that larger sized flat dual fiber eye one from Semi-Precious, but 242 was OK too. I still haven't busted out my 215 - I'm saving it for a special day where I can go really slow and methodically with it (plus I think I want to inaugurate it with Coffee Walnut sculpted around the eye bones). If you were hoping for more color - they aren't exactly sheer, but they're not really densely pigmented - I think the idea is for the colored under layer to sort of melt into the natural eye color, while the sheen and glitter sit on top and just sparkle and shine away. Kind of like a wet-look eye where you just put clear gloss on your lids and nothing else, but more polished.
hahaha, I wish it was easy to "subtract" my under-eye bags!!!
i think the base colour is definitely doing the melty thing. when i had the massive fallout on my cheekbones etc, it looked like pure sparkle, but when i went to wipe it with a tissue it looked wayyyy browner than even my skin. (but you couldn't discern the colour on my cheekbones)286 does sound a little too fluffy for safety. The brush I've like best with them so far is that larger sized flat dual fiber eye one from Semi-Precious, but 242 was OK too. I still haven't busted out my 215 - I'm saving it for a special day where I can go really slow and methodically with it (plus I think I want to inaugurate it with Coffee Walnut sculpted around the eye bones). If you were hoping for more color - they aren't exactly sheer, but they're not really densely pigmented - I think the idea is for the colored under layer to sort of melt into the natural eye color, while the sheen and glitter sit on top and just sparkle and shine away. Kind of like a wet-look eye where you just put clear gloss on your lids and nothing else, but more polished.
hahaha, I wish it was easy to "subtract" my under-eye bags!!!
