Review for Urban Beauty United
UBU brushes no. 10 & 11
Hey
everyone! Today I’ll be reviewing UBU brushes which are brought to Watsons a
year ago. They are famous for their coloured cosmetic brushes & sponges
which are economical and eye catching. Their website does not state anything
therefore I’m not really sure what kind of bristles they are. I am thinking
they are synthetic but they don’t find as smooth as the Ecotools brushes so I’m
not sure about that.
I got the 2
pink bristle brushes some time ago just to try them out, the powder brush and the angled blush
brush, but I haven’t thought of reviewing them. I was washing my brushes a few
days ago, and it kinds motivated me to do a review for them so here it is.
No. 10 Screen Preen Powder Brush
Use for applying powder foundation, blusher, bronzer and shimmer
No. 11 Berry Blush Angled Blusher Blush
Great for achieving chiseled cheeks. Use for applying blusher and bronzer.
No.10
No. 11
Pros:
They have a
wide range of brushes. Stippling,
powder, blush, eyeshadow, kabuki brushes, this is definitely very helpful for
beginners to build up their makeup brush set. UBU also makes accessories such as tweezers, eyelash
curler, false eyelashes etc.
Very pretty and attractive, the pink,
purple, orange brushes and applicators are just too irresistible to any female.
And I do have to give huge props to their designing team because that is some
intelligent marketing strategy there.
With the
different fancy colours on sponges and applicators, it is easy to differentiate
and allocate different shades to
different colour applicators. For example, using the hot pink applicator for
darker shades and using the orange applicator for lighter shades. In that way,
the shades will not get all messed up.
I find
these brushes to shed lesser than
some other brushes that I have such as the Coastal Sands one which could not
stop shedding. These adorable brushes apply powder and blush pretty decently.
They pick up product well and do get the
job done.
UBU brushes
have a plastic barrel with a decent weight. The length is very
similar to most brushes. I am not really particular about lengths of my brushes
but you guys can go to your nearest Watsons to try holding them.
Cons:
As you guys
can see from the pictures, the brushes are deeply
dyed, and when I say dyed, I mean the bristles contain heavy artificial dye in
them. I know almost all brushes contain dye but not many contain hot pink dye. I made it a point to wash brushes before I first use them
because you really do not know where they have been placed before packaged. So washing is
a must for all brushes before using them.
When I
first rinse them under the tap
without any kind of soap, the water immediately went pink. Imagine all that dye
on your face. I washed them consistently for 4/5 times (rinse,
soap, rinse) and my cloth still turned a light pink. So I washed it a couple
more times and kind of stopped there since I know there was no way I could get
the dye all out.
Another
huge con is that the bristles are really rough
and scratchy. I’ve read so many reviews on them and all the reviewers said
that the bristles were smooth and soft. No way are these soft. These bristles
scratch the face and are pretty hard so it is not really a very pleasant
feeling. The Ecotools brushes are so
much softer compared to these cheap brushes.
Yadda Yadda:
All in all,
I do feel that you get for what you pay; you really cannot expect to get high
quality brushes with a few pennies can we? They are pretty decent for
economical brushes and are great presents for friends who are just beginning in
makeup. BUT! If you have an extra buck, go for Ecotools, I feel you get much
more use and quality out of them. I believe I paid around SGD$10 for each
brush. Will I repurchase? Sadly, no. I find them too scratchy for my liking. Do
you guys have any cheap and good brushes to recommend?
Packaging: 4/5 (-1 for heavy dye content)
Price: 5/5
Effectiveness: 3/5
Quality: 2.5/5 (rough bristles, scratchy)
Overall rating: 3.5/5
Love,
Anonymous
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