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10 Best Make-up Brushes on Amazon for 2022

Post author By Rupert
Post date January 9, 2018

Are you completely ready to go out until you have your makeup on right? We do not mean to offend someone or something but let’s face it, a little bit of makeup does help to go a long way, right?

Now we cannot apply make-up with hands ‘cuz that would be damn silly. You need a proper brush for every kind. While there are a plethora of makeup brushes available on the market, it is our job to present to you the best options based on quality and cost.

If you are a makeup artist pursuing online beauty courses currently or getting started with your career, you will understand how difficult it can be to choose the perfect makeup brushes considering the huge number of brands out there.

So, we bring you the best brushes available on Amazon below. Read on.

Bella and Bear’s “Bobcat” Blush Brush

Quite a tongue-twister there, don’t you think? But rest assured, Bella and Bear’s “Bobcat” Blush Brush is a good choice when it comes to makeup brushes. Be it a professional artist or a home-artist or even a beginner, Bella and Bear’s is suitable for them all. It is not just functional (after all, why just settle for functional when you can have more?). A multi-purpose brush for everyone for everyday needs.

You can get this angle-tipped, synthetic, user-friendly brush on Amazon and no more!

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REAL TECHNIQUES Illuminate and Accentuate

With the previous product, you weren’t getting much of a choice. So, this is kind of an upgrade. REAL TECHNIQUES Illuminate and Accentuate brings you a set of choices. You get authentic brushes that are long-lasting, to say the least.

REAL TECHNIQUES gives you three choices- Eye and Lip Brush Set, Color Correcting Set, Travel Essential Set and Illuminate and Accentuate Set, and many more. There’s even a sculpting set! That’s 14 choices altogether.

Every brush can be cleaned easily and gives flawless results. So instead of just fixing everything, we encourage you to hop on to Amazon and choose the Brush Set that is more suitable for you.

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Kingstar Oval Makeup Brush

Do not be disheartened by its unusual shape. Kingstar Oval Makeup Brush is specially designed to go with your hand as easily as it goes with your face. It is made so as to prevent slipping and enable better grip.

Be it moisturizers, be it fluid or any cream, Kingstar Oval Makeup Brush is more than capable of doing an excellent job. You do not need to worry about the quality of the brush you are getting. The bristles are of high quality, synthetic bristles.

Even though it does not come in a set of brushes, we have to say, it is more than enough to handle most of the job. On Amazon, you can get it.

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Veeve Set of 12

Kind of becoming a pattern, right? Giving you once a solo and next to a set? Well, it’s not intentional. It’s just that Veeveis just different than the rest. So much so that it needed to be mentioned on our list.

The product we are discussing is actually a set of brushes that even includes a brush egg. Be it for Eye Shadow, Blending, or Lip, Veeve set of brushes has got you covered with its wide range of brushes.

The synthetic bristles and wooden handles make it easy to use. It does not matter whether you are new to this or an old player, it is the same for all. An excellent product for an Excellent Look. That’s Veeve for you.

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SHANY 6-piece Double-Sided Travel Brush Set

Next, we bring to you SHANY and its wonderful set of 6. It even includes a synthetic pouch. The set is completely portable (duh, it’s a Travel Set!) and easy to use. The brushes are all double-sided meaning you get to enjoy more with them.

The bristles areas are usually synthetic. The handles are not wooden but that does not limit its functionality. SHANY is a member and supporter of PETA so you can be sure that these brushes that you use, are completely cruelty-free.

There are two styles available- Luna and Double Trouble. Safe to say both of them are actually money savers.

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Docolor 6-Piece Makeup Brush Set

Now that we are in the middle, we think it’s time to introduce you to Docolor 6-piece Makeup Brush Set. Do color also offers a 10-piece set as well. While the 10-piece set is Cheaper, the 6-piece set is better because you get all the necessary brushes and a travel pouch at just a meager.

However, for those who are avid supporters of vegan products, this might come as somewhat of a letdown. The 6-Piece brush set includes 3-Piece Goat/Pony Hair Brushes along with 3-Synthetic Brushes.

The overall finish is good and the quality of the brushes offered is quite nice. Functionality-wise, Do color does not disappoint.

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SummiFit 8-piece Professional Makeup Brush Set

At number four, we have SummiFit 8-piece Professional Makeup Brush Set. These are easy to use and have an elegant look. You would be impressed by what you can accomplish with these brushes. Summit gives you a choice of purchasing the Pink & Gold 8-piece set or the Black & Purple 8-piece Set.

High-quality synthetic brushes and excellent finish with no evidence of strokes give Summifit’s 8-piece Professional Makeup Brush Set this position on our list.

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SMTSMT 2017 Super Soft 6-Color Concealer +20 Makeup Brush + Water Puff Puff Powder Puff

Long name, right? Wait till you hear about it. SMTSMT’s Latest collection is as impressive as they come. For every occasion, for every look, you get something. But since we are talking about just make-up brushes on this list, we shall not deviate from it.

This set includes concealers, foundations, and, wait for it, a whopping 20-piece brush. You get it straight from HONG KONG and do not need to worry about quality, quantity, or authenticity.

There are four colors available, we recommend the Gold one. This is really an impressive product!

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REAL TECHNIQUES Sculpting Brush

Real heroes (or heroines) stand alone, right? So here we bring you REAL TECHNIQUES’ Sculpting Brush. REAL TECHNIQUES Sculpting Brush gives you abetter finish. It can be used for more purposes than just sculpting. It has a wide head to ensure better touch but leaves no stroke.

The bristles are synthetic. The Brush blends sharp colors, it can be used for Contouring and Bronzer as well. While not a Kabuki brush, REAL TECHNIQUES Sculpting Brush can handle even that up to some extent.

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REAL TECHNIQUES Prep and Prime Make Up Brush Set

We saved the best for the last. So here we are with REAL TECHNIQUES Prep and Prime Makeup Brush Set. It’s definitely a product that will leave you stunned. We assure you of that. REAL TECHNIQUES even gives an Oval Brush with this specific product for cleaning purposes.

The Bristles are Synthetic (no surprise there). The product is completely Cruelty-Free.

Use it for sculpting or use it for blush- it delivers either way. Lightweight brushes that are long-lasting and prevent any stroke line formation. That is PREP and Prime Makeup Brush Set. You get precision and you get options.

On Amazon, REAL TECHNIQUES Prep and Prime Makeup Brush Set are definitely the best.

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Movies & TV Series

Babe (1995): Things to Know About This Movie

Post author By Rupert
Post date May 22, 2017
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In 1995, a little movie about a little pig with a big heart came out of nowhere to win the hearts of movie goers and critics everywhere. Who would have thought that a talking pig movie would wind up nominated for that year’s best picture Oscar opposite films like Braveheart, Apollo 13 and Sense and Sensibility? It may not have won, but there is no denying the fact that Babe is a terrific movie and now it is available on a new special edition DVD.

Near the beginning of the film, Babe the pig (voiced by Christine Cavanaugh) is won in a carnival contest by Farmer Arthur Hoggett (James Cromwell). Sad and alone, Babe finds an adoptive mother in Fly (voiced by Miriam Margolyes), much to the chagrin of her mate Rex (yes, that is the voice of The Matrix’s Agent Smith, Hugo Weaving). Fly and Rex are great sheepdogs and one day Babe follows them into the field. It soon becomes clear to Farmer Hoggett that there is more to the little pig than meets the eye and soon he is risking certain humiliation by entering Babe in the local sheepdog contest.

The great thing about Babe is that, although it is by all measures a kids’ movie, it does not talk like a kids’ movie. Like Walt Disney knew long ago, you can’t talk to kids like children; you have to talk to them like future adults.

The first line of the film—“this is the story about an unprejudiced heart”—states the movie’s theme definitively. The movie is loaded with morals—I’m reminded of Doc Brown in Back to the Future, “you can do anything if you put your mind to it”—but it does not stop and force these morals on us. Instead, it presents them in a very entertaining way, letting us figure them out for ourselves.

The movie is a delight to watch, from its charm and sweetness to its humor (particularly that of the neurotic duck Ferdinand) and performances (James Cromwell earned an Oscar nomination). The most obvious delight of the film is its Oscar-winning special effects. Once the movie starts, at no time do we think that we are watching computer animation, we simply believe that we have been placed in this world where animals talk (and tiny little mice sing “Blue Moon”).

The new DVD comes complete with an Audio Commentary (featuring writer/producer George Miller), a super-short making-of documentary, and a couple of cute games for kids. The disc is also available as part of a 2-disc set with the movie’s sequel, the equally delightful Babe: Pig in the City.

Babe is the talking pig movie, a must-see for kids and adults alike. I give it an A.

Movies & TV Series

Apollo 13 (1995) Review :Things to Know About the Movie

Post author By Rupert
Post date February 25, 2017
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Ron Howard’s brilliant 1995 film about the Apollo 13 space mission gets new life this week at IMAX theaters across the country. As movie screens tend to get smaller and smaller to fit into malls, it is nice to see Hollywood release some of its best films on large format screens such as IMAX. Disney’s Beauty and the Beast graced the screens earlier this year and both Attack of the Clones and The Lion King are due out by the end of the year.

The Apollo 13 space mission took place in April 1970; just seven months after Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the moon. Astronauts Jim Lovell (Tom Hanks), Fred Haise (Bill Paxton) and Ken Mattingly (Gary Sinise) were originally scheduled to pilot Apollo 14, but they get bumped up when Apollo 13’s commander’s ear infection flames up. The crew changes once more just two days before lift-off, when Mattingly is exposed to measles. Enter Jack Swigert (Kevin Bacon), billed as the first bachelor in space.

Things go disastrously wrong when a routine check results in an explosion. Their trip to the moon canceled, the men must figure out how to survive a dwindling oxygen supply, increasing carbon monoxide and a lack of power; not to mention entering Earth’s atmosphere at the correct angle to avoid being either burned up or skipped out into space. Fortunately the men have a solid ground crew working behind them, led by the cool-headed flight controller Gene Kranz (Ed Harris).

Everything in this movie is top-notch. From the direction to the acting to the special effects—much like the actions of the flight controllers in the movie—everything works to serve the common good (of the movie in this case). Ron Howard takes a direct approach to the film, not ruining it with corny subplots. He knows that the story he has is interesting enough that he doesn’t need to add anything.

Most of the movie takes place in three locations: space, mission control and the houses of family and friends. The sequences in space provide the suspense and the sequences in the homes provide the emotion, but it is the sequences in mission control that really hold this movie together. Perhaps there is no better movie at demonstrating the importance of teamwork in problem solving. The only way that they can bring the astronauts home safely is to work together. One of my favorite moments in the film comes when a group is assembled to figure out how to fit a square peg in a round hole. There is no moaning, no complaining. The men just start working because they no it is what needs to be done. As they say, two heads are better than one and in this case there are dozens upon dozens of heads. This might get chaotic if it were not for the cool-handed leadership of Gene Kranz. Ed Harris gives a brilliant performance as Gene; no matter how desperate the situation gets, he always seems to be in control. It is no wonder he earned an Oscar nomination for his performance.

Ed Harris is only part of this ensemble cast; all of whom give terrific performances. Like Harris, Kathleen Quinlan also received an Oscar nomination for her role as Jim Lovell’s wife Marilyn. She provides the emotional resonance of the film, particularly when she must inform others (her mother-in-law and her son) that something has gone wrong (“something broke on Daddy’s ship”) Noticeably absent from this version of the film is the scene in which she loses her wedding ring down the shower drain. Although I thought it an important moment in the original film, Howard must have felt it too cheesy and removed it for this version.

Many are now calling A Beautiful Mind Ron Howard’s best film. Still, I believe this film deserves some comparison. It may not be nearly as inventive as Mind, but it is no less thrilling. Take this opportunity to see it again and decide for yourself. I give it an A.