One interesting, odd brush is what follows! This is the
Revolution Pro 310 Round Well Buffing
Brush!
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To be completely honest, the main reason why I ordered this
brush is because it just looks so odd! It’s got this deeper part in the middle
that is really confusing me! I had never had a brush like this before, so I
simply had to order it if nothing then for curiosity’s sake. Like, what would
be the exact purpose of this ‘well’ in the middle, at least for makeup? I know
that serum brushes often look something like this in order to deposit serum
deep into the skin, but serums and foundations are quite different... hmm, I
must get to the bottom of this mystery! So, let’s finally check this intriguing
brush out!
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Packaging: the brush came in a large cardboard packaging, same
type as all the other Revolution Pro brushes. It’s got a biconcave shape that
should make it easier to open, but it’s still a bit tricky. The monochrome
design is reflected on the brush itself, so everything looks fancy and
minimalistic. All the information about the brush is in the back – oh god, the
size of that font! Oh yeah, you could read that from a mile away, wow. Inside,
the brush is kept secure with a piece of cardboard and a rubber stopper. Nothing
too spectacular, but it’s secure enough, and that’s what matters.
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The brush itself is black and white, like the outer
packaging. I love this, it makes the brush look expensive and fancy af! It’s actually
a relatively heavy brush, it feels dense. It seems to have two ferrules? Or at
least a bridge between the ferrule and the handle.
In any case, it seems to be
built well as nothing feels loose. It’s Interesting how it has this narrowing
at the base of the black bridge/ferrule, and then it becomes thick again. This
gives the brush an interesting shape; relatively thin handle and a mega thick ferrule
and brush head. There’s not much in terms of decor, only the name of the brush
and the Revolution Pro logo. The brush head continues the black/white design,
so it’s all very cohesive. And very elegant!
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The hairs are synthetic and very glossy, like they’re
covered in glossy hairspray! That would usually make the hairs look cheap, but
here it doesn’t because it’s completely normal for hairs that are this sleek
and super straight to look glossy. The hairs here are rigid and perfectly
straight, even the shorter ones in the middle. Oh yeah, this brush has a
special gimmick: the ‘well’ in the centre that should help with buffing liquid
products somehow.
The shape of the brush head is circular, and the hairs are
all cut perfectly evenly, not a single longer or stray hair to be found – even
inside the ‘well’! This gives the brush a perfectly flat top that should help
it buff products more easily. Well, perfectly flat with a dip in the centre... remarkable
level of QA here! They even got the shape of the ‘well’ to be perfectly
circular! Now, these hairs may be cut perfectly evenly, but remember, they’re
kinda stiff, which makes them a bit prickly when you tap with the brush. This
isn’t good; as you’ll see in a bit, tapping is pretty much the only way this
brush can be used effectively, so it really shouldn’t feel prickly then... but
it does. It does feel pretty soft when you swirl around or go back-and-forth
with it, though. The centre ‘well’ is a bit softer than the outer hairs. This
brush is much softer than you’d think given the shape and thickness of the
hairs. Also, check out how dense this brush head is! There must be thousands of
hairs there! Weird shape of the brush head but the hairs seem to be high
quality; no fraying or fall-out ever since I started using it. It actually
feels comfortable when you tap quickly and very close to the skin, ngl. It’s
kinda plush. Yeah I never expected it to feel this comfy or soft... it seems
this brush holds many surprises!
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Okay, so this is a bit weird to use, honestly. It’s the
‘well’ that makes it this weird. So, it’s supposed to be ideal for buffing in
liquid products, and yeah, I would agree that the shape and the hairs do imply
that, but it’s not that simple. To start, this brush does pick up a lot of
foundation, especially if you use the method of squeezing out a bit of
foundation on the back of your hand and then meticulously applying it bit by
bit with a brush. This is, I feel, the most ‘correct’ way to use this brush,
judging by the results.
If you start to blend it out directly on the skin, a
lot of product will seep into the hairs, including the central ‘well’. In any
case, it applies product very richly, and it is pretty even, I do admit. But
problems may arise when you go blend out your foundation/concealer/whathaveyou;
depending on the type of formula there may be a good amount of pilling! Drier
formulas are the ones most likely to pill with this brush, but even greasy
formulas have problems because they can be incredibly difficult to blend out
properly. So, like, this brush prefers one very specific type of formula and
everything else is varying degrees of trouble in terms of blending. I will say,
though, that it does blend out liquid products very well, you just have to know
how to use the brush. If you try to swipe with it, it will leave a very streaky
finish and won’t really be able to blend; the only motion I have had success
with is tapping. If you tap with this brush, it actually blends really, really
well! The central ‘well’ is still a puzzle to me, but I found out that it’s
useful when you get to the chin! If you press with the central ‘well’ on raised
areas of the face (eg: chin, nose tip) it blends products in mere moments! But
what’s its use outside of this?? Wish I knew... So, like, this brush blends
much better than I expected, but it’s kinda hard to use as the hundreds of
little taps you gotta do to blend foundation right do lead to hand fatigue. But
it does look very good in the end so... idk, is the tiredness and forearm
fatigue worth it?
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Well, this brush isn’t the easiest to wash but it’s also not
the hardest brush ever to wash. The thing that makes it more complicated to
wash is the central ‘well’; it’s just deep enough that even when you spread out
all the hairs the nibs on the cleansing pad don’t reach the 'well'. I had to
really press hard to get it to be spread enough so that I can get at least some
of the dirt off the 'well'. The hairs themselves are actually incredibly easy to
wash because they’re so slick, which means that they don’t absorb any shampoo,
so rinsing the shampoo out only takes like 15-30 seconds. The hairs inside the 'well' are just as easy to wash, it’s just that they’re hard to reach. So, most
times, the central ‘well’ is going to stay at least a bit less clean than the
rest of the brush. Not very good in terms of hygiene. The brush stayed in
fantastic condition after a wash, no fraying or fall-out. I just wish the well
was easier to wash...
In conclusion, man is this one weird brush haha! But, truth
is, it’s not bad, like, at all! It’s actually a pretty good brush, ngl. I was a
bit skeptical at first, I thought that the gimmicky shape would make the brush
perform worse than a ‘normal’ brush. But, to tell the truth, the centre ‘well’
doesn’t impact the brush negatively at all; I’m not sure it even helps. So, the
brush head is circular in shape, which is already a bit odd given the flat top,
but it also has this depression in the centre that... well, I don’t know what
it’s supposed to do. Supposedly, it helps with buffing in products but
honestly, the outer hairs do a very good job of blending already so this
doesn’t really help much. The only instances where the ‘well’ helped or made
sense is when I wanted to buff in product on my nose or chin; it’s actually
really useful there, which was really surprising. I literally gasped when I
noticed how good it blends products on my nose tip and chin when I pressed in
with the brush. Of course, this isn’t useful for the rest of the face, so...
yeah, it’s a gimmick. This brush works best with slightly drier formulas, but
it can blend greasy formula relatively easily, too. You’ll just have to spend
more time and there may be some streaks that you’ll have to touch up. It’s not
a huge problem, particularly because this brush actually has pretty soft hairs.
Yeah, they might look stiff and like they’d be sharp but they’re actually very
soft! I am, completely truthfully, baffled by how easy this brush is to use.
It’s definitely not the best brush for foundations and such as it can leave a
streaky finish and it can cause pilling, but it’s so much better than what I
initially assumed it would be. Would it work better if it was a classic flat
top brush? Hmm, I actually think no, because this ‘well’ lets the product
spread more evenly, and I feel like it blends better because of that. Idk, it’s
weird. But sometimes weird is okay, like with this brush! Man, who would have
thought I would end up really liking this brush? Not me, that’s for sure haha! Anyways,
I... oh why not – I’ll recommend it, it’s good enough. Although I do feel like
it would work better with serums. Unfortunately, it seems like it's been discontinued?
Rating: 7/10
Would buy again? NO (...? Idk, it’s not bad I just really
don’t know)
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