under-twenty20 Picked Ups: RealTechniques Brushes

I recently placed two orders with a online shop here in Singapore called under-twenty20, they sell Burt's Bees, Covergirl, Hard Candy, Stila, Tarte, Wet n Wild, Neutrogena and many more brands that aren't readily available in Singapore.

I placed two orders since an item I was going to get was out of stock and came back into stock like 2 days after I placed my first order!  I haven't used them yet so I'll have a reviews coming up later.

Here is what I got:

I may have gone a bit crazy, but I have been eyeing these brushes for so long I couldn't resist!

 

1. The Starter Set: S$32

L-R: Deluxe Crease Brush, Base Shadow Brush, Accent Brush, Pixel-Point Eyeliner Brush and Brow Brush

 

In the starter set you get 5 brushes, the purple handles are the your eyes/enhanced collection.

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

2. Shading Brush: S$15



 

 

 

The orange handles are the your base/flawless collection:

 

3. The Core Collection: S$32

 

L-R: Contour Brush, Pointed Foundation Brush, Detailer Brush and Buffing Brush

 



 

4. Powder Brush: S$22

 

 



 

 

 

Lastly, the pink handles are the your finish/perfected series

 

5. Blush Brush: S$20

 

 



 

6. Stippling Brush: S$22

 

 



 

 7. Kabuki Brush: S$22 (2 in 1!)

 

 

 

Also if you spend over S$80 you get a free Napoleon Perdis Loose Eye Dust, and since my mum got some brushes too, we ended up with 3 of them haha!

 

Left: Screaming Purple Right: Opal

(We got two of the Opal shades)

As for delivery, the first order was sent out last Friday and the second order was sent out on Monday with an expected delivery time of 3 working days. Both packages arrived with registered mail which is S$2.50 (which I would recommend since some customers have lost their packages recently) on Wednesday!

Payment was through paypal, which I personally enjoy using because it's pretty easy. I wanted to buy a lot more (like Tarte Amazonian Clay Blushers!) but I contained myself.

I am always concerned when buying products online that they aren't going to be authentic, however I already own the expert face brush and I can verify that they are the real deal! YAY


Hope you enjoyed this, and check out the website, it will be closed from the 25th of September until October 4th so order now if you want to get something!




Thanks for reading,
Becky.

 





MUA Love Hearts Polish: I (heart) U

Hello! So this is the last polish in the Love Hearts series, and it ends on a sad note. This little polish had some issues on the journey *whomp whomp* but luckily it only leaked a little, however the brush was completely fraying everywhere and I had to cut some of the pieces off haha.

 

Anyway I'm going to stop rambling, here is I <3 U

 

 

 

*All photos taken in natural daylight*

 

 

 

I <3 U is a peachy pink nude on me. And are you ready.....this is 4 coats....gaah! Can you see the streaks, again I'm blaming the disastrous manufacturing of the brush. This colour is really simple and easy to wear, maybe on those days when you don't want a really dark colour or a bright colour, this is a happy medium.

 

Size:

6.8mL for £2 (S$4)

 

Availability:

Superdrug  and MUA Official Website

 

 

 

Collection Overview:

 

 

I really love all the colours in this collection and I will wear all of them, they are very wearable colours in my opinion.

 

 

I like the packaging a lot, it reminds me of when I lived in England, since Love Hearts were one of my favourite sweets!

 

 

The formula on the polishes was nice, but the brushes totally let them down. The brush totally controlled the application of the polish (whether it was streaky or smooth).

 

Another thing I realised is that none of the polishes have ball bearings in them, which are used to mix the polish and stop it from going all gloopy and thick, so it will be interesting to see what happens over time as far as consistency goes.

 

 

Thanks for reading!

 

 

 

MUA Love Hearts Polish: U ROK

*All photos taken in natural daylight*

 

 

 

 

U ROK is a periwinkle/grey creme. This was the only polish from the collection that bubbled when I applied the first coat. However I then applied 2 more coats and the bubbling had stopped, which is good, cause I hate when my nail polish has bubbles in it!

 

This polish was probably the most sheer from the collection, even after 2 coats I could still kind of see my nail underneath, so I applied the third coat thicker, for more coverage. (:

 

Size:

6.8mL for £2 (S$4)

 

Availability:

Superdrug and MUA Official Store

 

 

Sometimes I think to myself that U ROK and LOVE U 24/7 look similar but they actually don't....but I still get confused! So if you decided to skip one or the other because they were too similar here is a comparison:

 

Top: U ROK
Bottom: LOVE U 24/7

 

Thanks for reading!

 

 



 

 

 





MUA Love Hearts Polish: LOVE U 24/7

Hello!

 

*All photos taken in natural daylight*

LOVE U 24/7 is a pastel lavender creme. It took me 3 coats to make this particular polish opaque. Again, the brush was just so annoying!

Purple in general is my favourite colour so I love purple polish of any shade :D ehehhe
and I would say this colour would look nice throughout the year.

Size:
6.8mL for £2 (S$4)

Availability:
Superdrug and MUA Offical Website

Thanks for reading!

*What's your favourite colour?*

MUA Love Hearts Polish: U R FAB

Hello!

Next up in the Love Hearts series is.... U R FAB

*All photos taken in natural daylight*

 

 

 

 

 

 

U R FAB is a dusty raspberry-purple rose creme. This was opaque with 1 coat on some nails, 2 on others. I found this polish was less streaky than the previous colour, I WANT U

And I think it's because it had a slightly better brush.

 

I think this may be my favourite from the collection. And although I get a kind of summery vibe from the collection, this polish definitely screams Autumn!

 

 

Size:

6.8mL for £2 (S$4)

 

 

Availability:

Superdrug and MUA official website, here

 

 

 



Thanks for reading!

 



MUA Love Hearts Polish: I WANT U....to be less streaky!

Hello!

So the first polish that I am going to be talking about is I WANT U.

*All photos taken in natural daylight*

I WANT U is a bright, tangelo creme. This was 3 coats on some nails, 4 on others. I actually love orange polishes and this one is no exception.

Except the one MAJOR downfall! The brushes on all of these polishes are terrible. They are short and have plastic fibres which drag the polish making it streaky no matter what I try.

The formula is nice, with a better brush I would probably only have needed 2-3 coats for it to become opaque. The polish dried pretty quickly.

I've decided to just empty an old nail polish and just use that brush whenever I want to use these polishes because this brush is seriously unmanageable! Maybe that's just my particular ones but then again, ALL of the other brushes are the same. But I mean, it only cost £2 (S$4), so I didn't except it to have a perfect manufactured brush!

Size:
6.8mL for £2 (S$4)

Availability:
I ordered mine from Superdrug. (Sent to my nan's house, my dad was in England for work so he picked it up hehe!) You can find them on the MUA website also.

Thanks for reading!


*If you have these polishes, have you experienced the same problem with the brushes? Let me know down below :D*