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Out with the old, in with the new

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Hello my lovelies, I am still in Australia as I’m writing this on my brand new iPad. By the time you read this, I’ll be flying from Brisbane to Sydney.

At first, I wanted a net book which is Windows-based but my “internal IT support team” aka my fiancé thought an iPad would be way more awesome as a business travel tool. Not complaining at all here!

Very excited to be so IT-savvy while traveling. So here’s today’s topic….

You wouldn’t believe this but my oldest brush was a MAC blusher brush (on the extreme right) bought in 2002 when I was in Toronto on holiday. The brush was so full that it could even be used as a face powder brush.

In the middle was my go-to eyeshadow brush that was taken from a Paul & Joe eyeshadow compact, while the blusher brush on the extreme left was nicked from a Chanel all-in-one travel compact.

They were functional but made poor bedfellows in my makeup bag. Everytime I used these three brushes, I would say to myself,”I should really get new ones. They are shedding hair!”

So on my Singapore Airlines flight out of Nagoya on my way to Singapore, I promptly bought a set of Shu Uemura brushes made out of sable, goat, pony, and squirrel hair.

This travel set cost SGD101 (USD73) and so far I am totally loving these soft, refined brushes. I especially adore the blusher brush that picks up an ever so tiny amount of product and spreads lightly over the cheek area.

Though I’m quite cost conscious in my expenditure, I think there are just some things that are worth spending more on quality. What do you splurge on that is worth every penny?

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And it comes in a simple sleek case…

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I use the brushes that come with my blush, eyeshadow and powder compact…is that ok?

Good, quality brushes are hard to come by. I bought what i thought was a nice set from Sephora.com..ehh, the hairs are falling out wen I use them, which is so annoying! I can feel something itching on my face and it’s a stray hair from the brush.

Hm..I wonder how they get the squirrel hair..

I must say that annoys me too. Mac brushes are very good and mine only started shedding hair recently and I had it for 8 years.

The she uemura face brush shed one strand so far – horrors! But the rest are working beautifully.

@ally: I think using compact brushes are fine if you are happy with them. I did that for a long time but of late I haven’t been using compacts that come with brushes so I thought investing in a good set of brushes is worth it. My Mac set lasted me for years too…

Shu brushes are incredible!!

So desu ne… I love it that e case is small enough to slide into my cosmetics pouch too.

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