This is the Eye Brushes edition of the Zoeva Brushes I have. The Face brushes are here and the haul is here.
For a review of the handles, I mentioned them (well, dedicated a paragraph to them) on the Face brush edition.
Before we start, I feel like I am obligated to mention I am a make up brush addict and half of my collection is dedicated to eye brushes. So it takes a lot to impress me for eye brushes. Now that's out of the way, let's get started!
First brush on the list and first one I tried is the 221 Luxe Soft Crease (natural synthetic hair mix). Tagline "it's all in the details". This brush is great for blending work. It's a nice size and the fluffy shape means the colour is sheered out nicely. It's not great for applying colour though, so I tend to use this solely for blending once the colour is on.
This is the 222 Luxe All Over Shader brush (Natural synthetic hair mix). Tagline "Shady Lady". This brush has the fluffy paddle shape I love, but at the same time it's a bit too big for my eye. I have small eyelids, so I prefer a smaller one. However, this is great when I want to put a colour all over the lid (like the name says), but I do need to be a bit more careful (I use just the very tip). The fluffy shape is also good for blending as you apply, but if you have smaller eyes and are a bit more heavy handed, I would recommend to give this one a miss.
This is the 226 Smudger brush (Synthetic bristles). Tagline "the mystery girl". The website says this is for cat eyes and smoky eyes. I like this brush to smudge colour onto my bottom lashline or smudge eyeliner on my upper lashline. A really nice brush for that, but not really necessary if you're like me and tend to simpler (non-smoky) eyeshadow. Also, colour on my bottom lashline tends to make me look tired so to be honest, this brush isn't very used. However, if you're always doing smoky eyes and need a brush to smudge things out with some detail, I would recommend this.
This is the 227 Soft Definer Brush (goat bristles). Tagline "define your soft side". This is probably the do-it-all brush for me. You can do a full eye look (a basic one anyway) with just the one brush. The slightly squared shape applies colour well and the fluffiness blends it out. I really enjoy using this brush and to be honest, I use it almost every time I do my makeup. I am actually thinking of purchasing duplicates because I'm really lazy when it comes to cleaning brushes. I'm thinking I may get the Vegan version of this to see how it compares. But that seems more appropriate for cream products (natural hair picks up pigment more easily) so I may just get another of the goat hair ones. I think you can probably tell this is one of my favourites, but considering they made a vegan version of the brush, I think it must be pretty popular! I believe people have said this is a dupe for the 217 by MAC but I'm not 100% sure as I don't own the 217.
This is the 228 Crease Brush (goat hair). Tagline "the art of softness". This is a classic kind of crease brush with a generally tapered shape. It's classic for a reason. This brush is great for blending eyeshadow into the crease and for transition colours. As I have an "asian eye" with no defined crease, I use this for transitional colours.
This is the 230 Luxe Pencil Brush (pony bristles). Tagline "hot spot". This lovely, soft and small brush is great for really detailed work. It 's soft enough not to be scratchy which is good for the delicate eye area, but stiff enough to be precise. I use this brush to place colour in the inner corner, under the eye, in the outer V corner thing, anything precise.
This is the 231 Luxe Petit Crease (goat bristles). Tagline "fall in love with your eyes". This brush. Oh Em Gee this brush. I think that about sums up my feelings for this brush (totally not showing my favourite brush here...) This brush is unlike any other in my collection and I'm wondering why. The shape is so unique, it has the tapered shape that is reminiscent of a face brush but this is the most amazing crease brush ever. Well for me at least. The size and shape and stiffness and softness all work together to just blend shadow as a transition, or to do detailed shadow for a smoky eye or to run along the upper or lower lashes. I need like 3 more of these. If this brush could apply shadow all over the lid, it would be perfect. I don't tend to do very detailed eye looks day to day, but this is one of my most used brushes just to add depth. If you have smaller eyes or like to do quite defined eye looks but find pencil brushes too small/ too stiff for blending, I highly recommend this.
Here we have the 233 Cream Shader Brush (taklon bristles). Tagline "that fire in your eyes...". To be honest, this was a bit of a meh brush for me. I tend to use cream eyeshadows with my fingers because I prefer the finish with that. I tried this with both cream and powder products and it works, but it just... didn't do it for me. I mean it works, but I don't think it's a must have and rarely use it. When I do, it's usually to apply concealer just on my brow bone when I want a really defined brow, but overall, it's just a bit useless in my collection (though that's not to say it won't be someone else's favourite).
Look how tiny this 237 Detail Shader brush (goat hair) is! It is literally the size of a bobby pin head. This isn't even the smallest brush! Tagline "sophisticated shade". This brush is tiny. That is all. When I first saw this I had no idea what it was for, but the site says it's designed for inner corner highlighting so that's how I've been using it. It's small and soft so it's good for that, but I don't think this is a must have. It's still so cute though!
The one brush smaller (in my collection) is the 312 Detail Liner brush (nylon bristles) Tagline "walk away like a movie star". Let me be honest here, I don't use this for liner. It's too small for my tastes and I seem to end up with mistakes. One for those with more steady hands! BUT I use this to fill in my brows. Being so small, it draws really small hair-like lines when I'm doing my brows. The brush head is like one line of bristles so it's really delicate and I feel like it's just great for that. You could use this for eyeliner as well, but I just make too many mistakes when I try!
Here is the 317 Wing Liner Brush (nylon bristles). Tagline "Soul Queen". This is a very fine brush. Like the one above, it is almost like it's a single line of bristles. This brush, again seems to me to be for those who are more steady with their hands. I am not one of those people. Because it is so fine and soft, it means it's easier to make mistakes so I use this brush for my brows as well. I need to work on my liner...
As if using both liner brushes as brow brushes wasn't enough, this is the 322 Brow Brush (taklon bristles), Tagline "the brows have it". Before I got into makeup, I never cared about brows. Now thanks to a Miss Delevingne, all everyone (who is into makeup and beauty) seem to be doing the big bushy brows trend. This brush is for those who want those really really really dark drawn on brows I think. It's thicker and denser and longer than what I usually use. This brush is what I go to when I want the perfected brows that I personally don't like that much.
Overall, the eye brushes from Zoeva did not disappoint. They are all very soft, clean well with no shedding and are really well made. Standouts are the Soft definer and the Luxe Petit Crease. The rest are all really nice as well and I would recommend.
Let me know your thoughts on the Zoeva Brushes in the comment section below! And since I am a self-professed brush addict, let me know what brushes you are loving!
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Signing off now,
Dusty Foxes
