Edward Bess Luxury Eye Brush

since i'm a huge brush-lover, i surely have to order their brushes to try when i want to venture into a brand. and thanks to Edward Bess' philosophy of simplifying beauty, he only has 2 brushes in his range yet and so i ordered both. here you can read about his Luxury Eye Brush.
i ordered it on zuneta.com, it's quite expensive at 32£/~38€, one of my most expensive eye brushes so far but if i consider this to be the only hence staple and multipurpose eye brush in the whole line, it hurts a bit less (weird ways a brush-addict can find to justify her purchase...).
i ordered it quite long ago, but they went out of stock and were on backorder. i think like with the eyeshadow compacts of the new releases, the brushes may have been changed a bit as my brush didn't come in a chic gift box like i have expected from all the great reviews i've read so far, but in a velvet pouch. this is not a big deal to me, i would put the brush into my glass anyway, but the box was a point why i could say: it costs so much because it's a real luxury item, it even comes in a beautiful box (like expensive watches or sunglasses)!
nonetheless this is a luxury item. it's a really well made sturdy brush with a black metal handle and also black metal ferrule. it has the white Edward Bess print on. the Luxury Eye Brush is a rather big tapered round fluffy brush made of densely packed soft natural hair. i couldn't find out wether it's squirrel or goat, but it's professionally bounded with only the natural ending hairs on the surface while the shorter thick cutted hairs are inbetween to give stability and bounce, so it feels great on the skin. inferior brushes still show the cutted hairs that are blended in at the tip of the brush, making them feel scatchy and harsh.
although it's quite fluffy it still has a good resistance and pressure point in the centre, the great hair quality reminds me of Trish McEvoy brushes. ideal for a crease brush but also it can blend quite precisely right on the edges of your shadows. unfortunately it's much too big for my eye socket, i tend to use it for all over colour or blending work. it picks up the product nicely and applies and blends evenly. i can also imagine to use it with light cream shadows (which don't need to be applied very precisely) or under eye concealer.
it had a skinnier and more pointed shape when i received it but gained some volume after i washed it.  it remained bouncy though. otherwise it washed nicely with minimal washing out of black dye and it lost one hair or so. not anymore since the first wash.
all in all i would still classify it as a luxury item by its price and function, because it's a bit too big to be completely multi-tasking for my eyes. if you already have a good combination of lay down and blending brush, this is not necessarily a must have as you'd still need a laydown brush for intense and precise colour application and/or crease colour application. but if you are like me, why not? ;)

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MAC 224 - Edward Bess Luxury Eye Brush - A'Squirrel Pure Squirrel Blending Brush

MAC 224 - Edward Bess Luxury Eye Brush - A'Squirrel Pure Squirrel Blending Brush