ZOEVA brushes - 228 Crease, 230 Pencil, 104 Buffer, 330 Contour, 227 Soft Definer Vegan, 225 Eye Blender, 317 Wing Liner.

Hey guys! I recently invested in some brushes from Zoeva. This brand wasn't very well known but rave reviews have helped the brand gain a reputation of being very affordable and of high quality! Plus, there are many bloggers who have compared a number of brushes from Zoeva with other notable brands such as MAC and Sigma. You'll have to take their word for it I'm afraid, since I've never had any high end brushes and hopefully I'll never need to with the existence of Zoeva!

Just a haul and unboxing. I've yet to test out the brushes, but when I do I'll make sure to blog about it!

Picture heavy post coming!

The box arrived well, and was a lot bigger than I thought. Make up brushes aren't exactly big, but when you open the box it's very well wrapped with air packaging on top and bottom which takes up more space.

The brushes are wrapped in tissue paper and sealed with a sticker, which makes it look like a nice present as opposed to an order.  

Very impressed that Zoeva took the time and money to individually wrap every single brush and give each brush its own plastic packet. It must cost them a bomb just in packaging alone! 

Here's the buffer brush - with bigger brushes they secure the head with a tough plastic that takes some strength to pull off the first time, and the bottom of the brush has a plastic wrap.

And smaller brushes are just held in plastic.

8 brushes in all! 

Not much I can say about the actual brushes until I use them - but what I can attest to is that each brush is very soft and all seem to be made to a very nice quality!

                                                                       

More love for Zoeva packaging - the brush packets are sturdy and I've taken the largest one that had the buffer brush in and one of the smaller packets and I've managed to fit ALL of my other make up brushes in both! That includes all my other eye brushes, blusher, even my beauty blender dupe! This will be amazing for when I travel, both packets are relatively slim and I bet will fit very well into a suitcase! Totally saved me buying a make up brush case.

So far, a lot of love for Zoeva, looking forward to experimenting once my exams are over! Reviews will come as soon as possible guys! 

See ya next time! 

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Easy Nail Art - purple dots

I love simple nail designs. Mainly because I haven't got the time or skill (as of yet! I'll get it one day ;3) to do anything difficult on my nails. I recently bought nail art brushes, and I wanted to try out the dotting tool (easier to clean than a brush, lazy old me didn't fancy cleaning at this time of night) it's soo tiny I wanted to see how well it would do. It was also the first time using acrylic paint on my nails - not too bad for a first attempt, but I do want to use nail varnish sometime, as acrylic dries really quick.

Here's the brand of acrylic paint that I used. If you live in the UK it's super cheap for the pack, around £2.99? Any acrylic paint will do, I don't think this kind of paint is expensive anywhere.





Nail varnishes and tools:
- Avon revitacool base coat
- Sally Hansen Hard as Nails ( in White Tip)
- Sally Hansen Insta-Dri top coat
- Violet acrylic paint
- Dotting tool from nail brush set (from Ebay, just look for the 15 brush set with brushes that all have white handles. It's also one of the cheapest sets on Ebay, so it's not too hard to find.  )





Super easy! Complete beginner's nail art.






Here's a 6 step quickie guide:
1. Apply base coat, wait till dry.
2. Apply white nail polish, wait till completely dry. (Make sure it's dry, otherwise smudging will ruin it.)
3. Squirt a small amount of paint out and take the dotting tool. Try making a few practice dots on a spare surface.
4. Once you get the hang of making dots on the spare surface, make some on your nails in a line. (If you mess up, the paint does tend to stain the nail. Wipe off the paint with a tissue or cotton bud/pad then you can add a thin layer of white nail varnish to cover the staining.)
5. When all nails are done, wait for the paint to dry.
6. Apply top coat, wait till all nails are dry.

And you're done! Hope this was fun to do, practice makes perfect guys, and trust me, I messed up a lot. x3

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