Makeup Revolution Create Super Dewy Stippling Brush R14 Review
By Maychiri's Thoughts - February 17, 2024
How about a stylish pink brush? Such as this Makeup
Revolution Create Super Dewy Stippling Brush R14?
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Hell if I know why I chose a stippling brush out of all of
them. They’ve been a major let-down in the past... I guess I was hoping this
one would be different? I mean, it promises a lot! That it blends effortlessly,
gives you a lightweight, dewy finish, and that it’s got an antibacterial
coating... sounds great, on paper. Especially the antibacterial coating part,
that is actually what drew me in to this entire range of brushes. When I
ordered this brush, it was during the Pandemic,
and I searched high and low for products that are
antibacterial/antiviral... and then I noticed that Revolution had recently
released a whole range of brushes that all have an antibacterial coating! I
know that I probably should have picked the blush brush or something similarly
useful... but let’s, for now, see if this stippling brush is any different from
the others I had used... and, is it any better?
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Packaging: a huge cardboard packaging that keeps the brush
safe during transport. It’s pretty easy to open. I love the colour! It’s light
pink – such a soothing shade of pink as well! And the text complements that
colour very nicely, because it’s rose gold. Well, it’s rose gold in the front,
the text in the back is black. Could this text be any larger?? Like, it’s huge!
Even if you have bad eyesight you shouldn’t have any issues reading this text! The
only colourful details is found in the back: “Anti-bacterial brush hair fibres
help to reduce bacterial growth”. Quite a bulky packaging, but that’s honestly
better then it being flimsy!
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The brush itself continues that light pink design of the
cardboard packaging. And this makes the brush so beautiful! A thick rose gold
handle and ferrule makes up the body of the brush, but it’s also slightly
reflective, which gives it an almost brushed metal finish (but less shiny). Very,
very pretty!
In terms of details, there’s only the Revolution logo and the name
of the brush, in black text. I think black is a good choice here. There’s one
detail that I love: on the border between the ferrule and the handle, there’s a
rose gold ring, with a huge ‘R’ signet... very classy! Although, this is where
one other Create brush had massive problems with the ferrule and handle being
poorly glued together. Here, fortunately, it seems to be sturdy and built well.
The brush head is large and dense, and features adorable baby pink hairs, with
longer pure white hairs in the middle. I love this baby pink/white combo, it’s
positively adorable! A very elegant design overall.
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The hairs are synthetic. They are – supposedly – coated with
an antibacterial coating, so that it’s safer for the skin. Of course, I cannot
test this so I’ll just choose to believe. The hairs don’t look too high quality
to be honest, they are very shiny and look like they’re crimped. Honestly, they
look like plastic. They also feel like plastic because they’re very prickly and
just plain uncomfortable to use.
However, dunno how, but I managed to somehow
make them softer after a wash... I think it’s the shampoo I’m using. They’re
still prickly now, but actually a lot less than before! The shape of the brush
is your typical stippling brush shape: slightly flared, with a clear border
between the shorter pink hairs and the longer white hairs. It’s pretty dense. As
for fall-out? There is some, but it is less than other stippling brushes.
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Ugh... another reminder why I don’t use stippling brushes. It’s
not good at all. I tried – believe me I tried – to make it work, but nothing works.
I tried to use it with a stippling motion... makes sense, this is a
stippling brush after all! Nope, no good. It makes liquid products (eg,
foundation) look horribly grainy and textured. It’s like it buffs it onto my
pores and just leaves it like that, no blending whatsoever. That looks
horrible. Then I tried to use it with a swiping motion. Again, no good. This
time, it wasn’t quite as grainy, but it was very streaky. Again,
impossible to blend. Then, last try, swirling motion... nada. This makes it
look both grainy and streaky... yay. I don’t get it. What’s the
purpose of this brush then?? It cannot apply liquid pigments and it cannot
blend them out either. And this is exactly what it was advertised as being
“perfect” for! What a load of BS. It’s just miserable to use so, even if I do
use it I quickly give up and just switch to using a makeup sponge. No sense
trying to work with this when it’s so bad.
The one thing they are right about
is that it does make foundation look more sheer than full-coverage, and I guess
it could look dewy. Honestly, this may well be better suited for serums instead
of anything pigmented... what a waste of money – and time.
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Okay, well it is actually very easy to wash... colour me
surprised! It doesn’t usually absorb a lot of shampoo, which makes rinsing it
out a breeze. There can be some fall-out after a wash, but not always. I
already washed this brush a few times and it did shed hairs then, but it stayed
in fantastic condition this time. Interesting. It also keeps its shape very
nicely.
All in all, I really, really don’t like this brush. I don’t
know if it’s the foundations I have been using or if it’s the brush, but it
flat-out ruins them. All those promises about “depositing product on the skin
without harsh lines” and “it’s great with liquid, cream & powder based
products” are a bunch of nonsense, to be polite. It’s not great with any one of
those categories, but with liquid products it is outright horrible. And, alright, I
guess it doesn’t cause very harsh lines (usually), but you know what it does cause? A horribly
grainy and spotted finish. No matter how I try to use it – swiping, swirling,
or, indeed, stippling – I just cannot blend out products to save my
life. The more I try to blend the worse it becomes. So, to save myself all that
headache, I usually just switch over to using a makeup sponge... because this
isn’t cutting it. The hairs are, thankfully, not as sharp as I thought they’d
be. Also, fallout is a concern, as with all stippling brushes. So, in short,
this brush sucks. No way around it, it just sucks. It’s basically unusable for
the exact things it is purported to be “perfect” for. Not a chance I’d
recommend this to anyone... just stick to either sponges or flat foundation
brushes or something. Just avoid this. At least it was free...
Rating: 2/10
Would buy again? Absolutely NO
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