The first brush for today's reviews, this is the
Body&Soul Kabukipinsel Basic!
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This brush was on my radar for sooo long! I wanted to buy it
just to see whether the basic range of Body&Soul brushes is any good. Out
of all the brushes they had, I decided I would get a kabuki brush, because I
didn’t have many kabuki brushes then. They’re versatile, but I planned to use
this brush with compact powder specifically, hoping that it would be able to
dust powder across my entire face with ease. Now, let’s see how good it is!
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Packaging: like the other basic Body&Soul brushes, this
one, too, comes in bright magenta packaging. It’s a cardboard box with a clear
plastic window on one side so that you can see the brush inside – but you
cannot touch it! The packaging is vibrant magenta, with what seems like a
crushed powder in some places. Also, an illustration showing where you should
use this brush on one side, and more info in the back.
The brush itself is basic, it is black: black body, and
black hairs with white tips. Really, nothing special. The only detail on the
brush is the Body&Soul logo, in rose gold. Honestly, it looks a bit cheap.
The handle is very wide and short, so it looks stumpy, like most kabuki brushes.
The brush head is giant and very fluffy and dense, it’s more than twice the
size of the handle. This is standard stuff for kabuki brushes, anyways. The
brush head is angled so that it can apply powders more precisely. The build
quality of the brush seems okay overall, it doesn’t feel loose.
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They are quite soft, and stay soft even when I am tapping with the brush. It’s
soft enough for my sensitive skin. There’s also no fraying or fall-out. Oh,
also, the brush feels quite dense, not fluffy like I thought it would. I prefer
fluffier, lighter brushes, this one is a bit too dense for me. I just hope it
won’t be too dense for compact powders.
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Kabuki brushes should be good at applying both compact and
loose powders; this one is... decent at that. It picks up a good amount of
powder, but not as much as I’d like (or need). This is where its density comes
into play: it doesn’t apply the powder very evenly across the face. It applies
a bunch of powder in one place, but it cannot diffuse it across a large area. This
means that I have to go back to the pan again and again just to apply an even
layer over my entire face. Not very fun, is it? It’s the same with loose
powders, which is even more fun... especially when the loose powder is an undereye
powder. This brush blends very well... too well, in fact.
Again, the density
hurts how well it performs, as it is too dense and can easily overblend to the
point where it makes foundations have patchy areas. I usually tap on a thick
layer of powder, lightly blend it out and that’s it, I don’t want to risk ruining
my foundation and concealer. So yeah... definitely not as good as it ought to
be. And it’s too large and fluffy to be used for contouring or blushes. It
could be used with bronzers but I already see that it would be problematic.
Washing: alright, for how it’s dense, it actually isn’t that
difficult to wash. It doesn’t absorb shampoo, so it is easy to rinse it out. Although,
since it is so dense, expect to take a bit more time to wash it until it’s
completely clean. I didn’t notice any signs of damage after a wash, there was
no fall-out or fraying and the brush keeps its shape perfectly. Honestly, I am
really surprised that there isn’t any fall-out; I expected there to be a bit of
fall-out with how many hairs there are. Oh, but one weird thing is that the
tips of the hairs look pinkish even when they’re squeaky clean. This confused
me at first because I thought I hadn’t washed the brush properly, but no, they
just are pink when moist or wet, I guess. They go back to being white when they
dry, though.
All in all, pretty mediocre tbh. I use it solely with
compact and loose powders, although I really shouldn’t use it with my loose
undereye powder, it just makes a huge mess because it’s too large for that
area. Now, most of its problems stem from the fact that it’s simply too dense. This
density hurts it in more ways than one; it picks up a large amount of pigment
but it applies it unevenly, with a whole bunch of it in one spot and almost no
in other spots. This is annoying because I have to go back to the pan too
often. But it does give a full coverage look, which I’ll never complain about!
I’ve always preferred a high coverage look more than a soft, low coverage one.
It also blends very nicely, but, again, it’s too dense so it can easily make
foundation under the powder uneven and patchy. It really does overblend easily.
But the hairs are super soft and feel so nice on skin, although it really
should have been cut more evenly as there are many hairs that are too long. Not
very good QA. And, although the hairs feels super soft, they look quite cheap
and plasticy. Actually, the whole brush looks like it’s not very high quality.
Eh... at least now I know what to expect from the basic range of Body&Soul
brushes: mediocrity. Or basicness. Oh well, not every range can be as good as
the Bamboo Line. No recommendations for this kabuki brush, there are other,
better ones out there, although it will be useful in a pinch.
Rating: 5/10
Would buy again? NO
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