Browsing Ebay is one of my favourite past times, in fact I think I spend longer on Ebay some nights than I do any social media platform. Call me crazy if you wish but sometimes scrolling for hours really does have its benefits. I stumbled upon this beauty of a bargain, a Real Techniques Bold Metals Set for the bargain price of £4.99! Keep reading to find out more...
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Ebay Real Techniques Bold Metals Dupes
Saturday, June 25
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Real Techniques Bold Metals Collection Essentials Set
Wednesday, October 14
Yesterday a VERY exciting parcel came I couldn't wait weeks to share it I had to share it straight away. I am a HUGE fan of Real Techniques, their brushes are great quality and very affordable, saying that when they bought out the Bold Metals collection I was put off due to the price but knew that one day after saving up I would buy them. But it all changed when I went on Amazon and spotted a shop that sells all the RT brushes from all the collections! I was about to buy the bold metals individually then I spot the Collection Essentials Set.
A quick google and I noticed that this set is not available in the UK, it is a RT Website Exclusive retailing at $49 equivalent to around £32. On Amazon the set is currently retailing at £12.99 + £2.00 delivery so £14.99 - half the price of the US selling. I ordered it on Sunday and it came Tuesday (yesterday), packed amazingly well and in great condition. And, it's the actual brushes! Do you see why I had to get this post up?
On to what is in the set you ask?
The set comes with three different brushes, one of each bold metal colour. I haven't used the brushes yet but have had a touch and they are unbelievably soft and luxurious. They feel very high standard and it makes sense to me now why they are so expensive, they aren't no core collection. However, to me the handles feel plastic-y and the point at the end of the brush seems very annoying when holding it up, but as I use them more I am sure I will get used to them.
103 Angled Powder - This is the exclusive brush in the set and is described as their largest head yet, and with the added angle it helps to blend perfectly.
300 Tapered Brush (RRP £24.00) - The rose gold brushes were the ones that caught my eye in the first place due to the colour and the tapered brush was always on my wishlist. A tapered finish has been designed to highlight and sculpt the cheeks at the same time.
A quick google and I noticed that this set is not available in the UK, it is a RT Website Exclusive retailing at $49 equivalent to around £32. On Amazon the set is currently retailing at £12.99 + £2.00 delivery so £14.99 - half the price of the US selling. I ordered it on Sunday and it came Tuesday (yesterday), packed amazingly well and in great condition. And, it's the actual brushes! Do you see why I had to get this post up?
On to what is in the set you ask?
The set comes with three different brushes, one of each bold metal colour. I haven't used the brushes yet but have had a touch and they are unbelievably soft and luxurious. They feel very high standard and it makes sense to me now why they are so expensive, they aren't no core collection. However, to me the handles feel plastic-y and the point at the end of the brush seems very annoying when holding it up, but as I use them more I am sure I will get used to them.
103 Angled Powder - This is the exclusive brush in the set and is described as their largest head yet, and with the added angle it helps to blend perfectly.
300 Tapered Brush (RRP £24.00) - The rose gold brushes were the ones that caught my eye in the first place due to the colour and the tapered brush was always on my wishlist. A tapered finish has been designed to highlight and sculpt the cheeks at the same time.
200 Oval Shadow (RRP £15.00) - This eye brush is sold separately but is the price of what I paid for the entire set which is insane. The round shape of this brush allows you to give all over the lid application as well as help you blend everything together.
Lets just address something - these are fakes. Of course they are! This set isn't even available in the UK. Everything on the brushes and about them looks identical to images online of the real ones, the actual set and the bold metals that I have seen in Boots with my own eyes. I have also experienced buying dupes of real techniques from the internet before and they have never come in actual packaging like this set. Its a first. But they are way cheaper than real ones and for me that isn't a problem.
I am very excited to use these brushes for the first time tomorrow and will report back either in this post or a seperate one with my full thoughts but for now I suggest you have a look at buying them...
Bold Metals Collection Essentials
Bold Metals Collection Essentials
Real Techniques vs Ebay Brushes
Tuesday, May 27
Well, nearly a year ago I bought some Real Techniques ( RT) from Ebay, you can find the whole review of those brushes here - several types on this blog I have used these brushes and talked about because I just love them. Recently, I got the actually RT core collection which comes with the brushes in. So, I thought I would compare both the fake and the real versions of the buffing brushes, of course their are differences because no one is legally allowed to copy something exactly. But I always get asked whether it's worth it to splurge or save!
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Left Dupe| Right Real |
Design - This was the first thing that shouted out to me, at first view you can see the size is the biggest difference. Not only the Dupe being much longer in length but it is also much wider, in some ways I actually prefer the thicker handle as I find it much easier to handle and control. The other thing with the design is the colour of the brush, the dupe is more copper and the real is much more golden which I like a lot better. Then we have the bottom of the brush, no idea how I didn't realise this at first because of my silly eye sight..but in fact the dupe has a metal bottom and the real has a rubber bottom which is much more comfy to use.
Brush - Then there's a difference in the brush. Both are really soft and apply your makeup perfectly. You can see the dupe on the left below is much smaller than the real on the right, I don't see this as the biggest problem because any size is perfect because you make it work for you. The brushes are also different colour, the real one is black and then white and the dupe being brown and then a off white.
Application - This really has been mentioned all the way through this post but there isn't much to say to about the application. I have found that both brushes work really well for me and both are just as good as each other.
Overall| I honestly can't choose between the two, I think the Real Techniques will be your best purchase because they last for ages and are the original ones. But the dupes are just as long lasting and mine have lasted me nearly a year and still going strong. Price wise buy the Ebay ones because they are much cheaper, quality wise I would go for the RT ones because they are fit for purpose.
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Real Techniques Dupes? ♥
Thursday, July 18
I understand if you are slightly confused by the title, but I am telling you the truth and nothing but the truth. I have recently become a online shop-o-holic and when I stumbled across ebay, I couldn't help myself to be honest. And I stumbled upon these make up brushes and ordered just two to test them out. I then put the title into google and saw several blog posts with great reviews and just had to click buy. I haven't got the actual version of these brushes but judging by other photos they are very very similar.
I ordered the dupe of the stippling brush and the contour brush, which is style 01 and 02 which to me both look just like the actual brushes, a very similar colour and format. The texture is also very soft and it does the job perfectly. These brushes are available in other colours, which makes it different to the other brushes and there is a logo on the side.
The great thing about these brushes are that they stop you from buying a whole RT collection if you only want certain brushes and that is why this is a even better investment as you can't buy separate brushes which is a shame.
The quality of these are great. And the they got dispatched the day after I had ordered them and then they arrived before the date they were due, I was taken by surprise.
You can buy the brushes here
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