Open your eyes! (B Never Too Busy To Be Beautiful Eyeshadow Brush)

Member Name: sweetpea01

Product:	B Never Too Busy To Be Beautiful Eyeshadow Brush
Date:	08/07/09 (55 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Looks beautiful!

Disadvantages: Glitter gets everywhere!

As I had reviewed the blusher brush along with its faults it is only fair to review another disappointing brush! The eyeliner brush is the item in question and this was bought along with the blusher brush by a caring friend who thought I'd love them! Now I've always looked at the brushes at B as they are just so eye-catching but incredibly expensive! Now my review has taken on a different style as before so I hope you enjoy my little story!

Once upon a time a wee lass from the West Midlands was getting ready for a crucial meeting where she had to make a fabulous impression on a potential new employer. From hair to makeup to clothing to accessories, everything had to be just so in order to dazzle the corporate masses. Applying her eye makeup, she opted to tone down her obligatory black Chanel waterproof eye liner by gently sweeping the bristles of a stunning, so-called "professional quality" gold glitter and jewel B Never Too Busy To Be Beautiful Eyeliner brush along her lashes to achieve a softer, more conservative look.

But as soon as she set the brush on her sink, she noticed that the white porcelain was instantly covered in hundreds of gold sparkles, released from the brush's handle upon touch down. Being stubborn (and quite skilled), she figured that with care, she could avoid getting this gold dust on her face. She rinsed her hands, placed a large square of tissue over her cheekbone, and like an artist at her canvas, she carefully smudged the outer edge of her harsh, penciled black line with tiny fluttering strokes, achieving a stunningly flawless fade-to-grey smoke of colour.

Quite pleased with herself, she put her glitter-shedding brush away and washed her hands, while her inner voice sang this brush's praises for its immaculate, firm bristled precision. This brush, she thought, could be used to apply B's liquid kohl liners (a much better, less painful option than using the wooden stick that comes with the pot) and if using the sides of the bristles as opposed to the tip, could even be used to spread B's Cream Eye Shadows over the lid, imparting a more subtle, evenly covered sheen to the entire eye.

Or what about scraping the brush's tip over a darker shade of B's Pressed Eye Shadows to gather just enough colour for a light sweep along the lower lash line, which would add the coloured illusion of thickness to the lower lashes? Suddenly, an optional makeup brush had become an essential lifesaver! But when she looked into the mirror again, what did she see? A piece of gold glitter trapped in the inner corner of her eye. "That should be easy enough to remove," she thought. Double-checking that her hands were clean, makeup and shimmer free, she used a long clean fingernail to take a gentle swipe at the tiny fleck. It refused to budge, and as the light fell on it just so, she even thought it perhaps gave her a wink and a smile.

Twenty minutes and just as many swipes later, the brilliant piece of bedazzlement had finally made its departure, though clearly not without a fight, as all of her under eye cover up and highlighter had now effectively been removed, requiring a patchy reapplication. But before you knew it, she was ready to knock them dead. She arrived at the five star hotel's conference room, feeling confident until... "You have something on your chin," said one woman. Being quite friendly, she immediately offered to remove it. "It's gone now; I got it. It looks like a speck of gold glitter." Problem assumed to be solved, an hour later, another businesswoman said "I like your sparkly look," and two hours later, when freshening up in the ladies' room, it was discovered that the large piece of gold glitter that had believed to be removed was now located in the center of her bottom lip, firmly adhered to her lip colour.

At the end of the day, the girl went home, placed all of her B Never Too Busy To Be Beautiful brushes into their pretty silk bag, and never let them out again. The end.

I thought I'd take on a different style of review for this one folks, apologies to those who may not like it! Just as the blusher brush the eyeliner brush has its glittering faults, again this is yet another brush which just needs to be admired and not touched. What a shame! It has so many essential uses which in theory makes it the "perfect" brush but actually in use unless you are going for the disco dance look and want to be covered in glitter then this would be ideal but for everyday use (especially if you work in a law firm like me!) you don't want to be shimmering all over!

What B say:-

"Gently rounded for effortless application and blending"

For £12.60 this brush is rather expensive especially as the best use it will have is sitting on your vanity! My personal opinion is that apart from how pretty it is the glitter gets everywhere and is then deemed a nuisance so save yourself the bother and spend your hard earned pennies on something else!

Summary: Maybe something to just look at in a shop but not buy worthy!