When you deeply love make up brushes, or shall I say “extreme” and rare makeup brushes, you may be tempted to explore new brands and order intriguing new brushes but the pictures on the websites are not always very helpful.
Thanks to my sweet friends and followers who are willing to share their pictures with us we can have a closer look at more rare and tempting makeup brushes.
These pictures have been sent to me and are here just to help you in your research, I will add them gradually when I receive them.
Enjoy 🙂
Bea
I invite you to watch Bea’s youtube video, such a beautiful collection of brushes !
Melissa
http://www.cosmedo.com/SHOP/PK-C03.html
Buggsiebee
Edward Bess on the left :
Nikoleta
Koyudo BP030 vs Hakuhodo G515 and G513.
Bonnie
212kiki
Midnite Desire
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OMG I want all of Melissa’s brushes!! What is the gold handled brush? 🙂
The Eihodo!
I’m quite devastated by the fact that I’m currently on a brush ban (except for maybe like…a rounded contour) because my bank account is looking depressing and I haven’t saved as much this summer as I wanted because of all these brush purchases!
But arghhh, these brushes are so tempting. I don’t know how I can resist!
keeping calm… one brush at a time … 😀 😀 😀
What an impressive hub of information your blog is, Sonia!
I want one of each, and two UFOs.
Awesome Sonia!!! Thank you soooo much!! We can use this part of yr blog as our ‘brush platform’. That way we dont clutter your amazing review posts on yr blog 🙂
You should’ve named it ‘My friends’ brush addiction’….. 🙂 🙂
Can’t wait to see other hidden gems out there!!!
OMG!! BRUSH PORN!! And I am loving all the brushes here!!
Thanks Bea and Melissa – The New Temptress!! 😀
Yep, that’s the title I wanted to give to this page but I was afraid I would be getting the wrong type of visitors 😀
Hahaha….you got that right. Best leave the porn out of it 😀
But haven’t you realised what sweetmakeuptemptations could be abbreviated as? S..M..U…T
Hahaha…..how observant you are!
That’s excellent Bonnie 🙂
You finally figured out that in fact I am a sick pervert 😀 😀 😀
@Sonia….yipp, the Brush Porn Queen of the Internet 😉
Well actually Neo pointed it out to me… so blame her 😛
And I agree, brush porn and addicted to S.M.U.T? My type of addiction!
Hmm, I’m not sure how that would sound taken out of context….
Lol Bonnie! We are addicted to S.M.U.T. 🙂 🙂
LOL…I just Googled ‘brush addiction’ and the crippiest results appeared, so u dont want yr blog to be related to any of those 🙂
Btw, has any of u seen part of Wayne’s brush collection:
http://youtu.be/TWy1bFeyHoU
I looooove seeing all the fluffyness altogether!! Makes me want to bury my face in those cheek/face brushes 🙂 🙂
Brush recommendation pls: Im looking for a Kolinsky brush, which is soft enough to use as a bigger concealer brush to make my eyebags dissapear 🙂
Currently using the Chikuhodo Artist 10-2, but find that still too scratchy!
Thinking of getting the Chikuhodo Artist 12-3 for that purpose. Has anyone has this brush? Or should I just splurge on the Shu 12?
Decisions….decisions…. 🙂 🙂 TIA brush bunnies 🙂
The Shu 12 is not scratchy at all! I’ve stabbed my eyelids from every direction with that thing and all I feel is softness, the tips are not sharp at all. I love that brush. I haven’t tried it with concealer though, happily I don’t have much in the way of bags and dark circles. You should get it, I think it’s still on Amazon for $80.
I have this one
http://www.hakuhodousa.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=13&products_id=414
I like it but it’s not kolinsky, firm and soft to make a wonderful job.
I don’t use the Shu 12 for concealer but you could, it’s really soft and pleasant to use.
or this one :
http://sweetmakeuptemptations.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/g537s.jpg
only available on the Hakuhodo japanese website (not international) but maybe too soft… I really love it for precision and for soft application, my concealer products are very thin so it’s not a problem.
I will check my kolinsky brushes tonight and will let you know which one is the softest 🙂
Carlyn, thank you!!! I can see you poking yr eyes with the Shu 12…I always do that too to test the softness of eye brushes 🙂 Im planning to get the Shu 12 anyway, so its in the pocket!
Sonia, that be awesome!! I just love the firmness, yet softness of Kolinsky bristles. Those brushes are just soooo versatile. I love using the Chikuhodo Artist 10-2 for my paint pots too.
Thank you so much Ladies……..
Sorry that I’m not much help with the concealer brushes, but I try to use a little as possible & when I do , I apply it with my fingers so that the warmth helps it meld into the skin. After trying what seems to have been EVERY concealer on the market, I have come to the conclusion that concealer only works on skin without wrinkles. High end, low end, they all settle in there sooner or later and make me look older than ever which is neither a look nor a feeling to aim for.
The best thing to do is to get a brown paper packet, cut holes for eyes, nose & mouth, pop it over your head & then everything is nicely concealed 😀
hahaha……..Buggsiebee! Thats an excellent and certainly MUCH cheaper option!!! so I’ll def keep that in mind!!! I’m using mask sheets weekly, same effect plus its great for yr skin, so thats another option too 🙂
I’ve been using the Shu Point Cealer concealer, which I bought in Indonesia last year and Im loving it! it makes my bags dissapear without creasing into fine lines. However, those are not being sold in US or here in Europe 🙁 So I better stock up when Im back in Asia again this year!
Anyway, its not the eye bags only that Im trying to conceal, but I also have the so called “syringoma” right under my eyes. It irritates me soooo much!!! If u Google it you’ll see what I mean. The only way I can get rid of those is by laser treatments. And I’m just so scared that it’ll leave ugly permanent scar under my eyes, which would be a lot worse and even harder to conceal!! Plus its so expensive, abt 350 Euros/treatment and you need at least 2 laser treatments to achieve the best result. I can get A LOT of beautiful brushes for that!!! Another down side would be there is still a chance that it’ll come back again. Its in my genes (thanks Mom!)…
Anybody else having same problem?
Anyway, thats why Im hunting the perfect Kolinsky e/s brush!
I looked up “syringoma” and I understand that it irritates you. I wonder whether concealer will help much though? I have what started off as an age spot under my eye & which now has developed into a raised brown mark which the dermatologist told me is an age wart!! ….I can hardly bear to say it…..it makes me feel like I’m turning in to an old witch!!
Anyway, trying to conceal it is not a posiblilty because the concealer just ends up sitting around it, but not on top of it. I’ve wanted to have it removed for a while now, but it will leave my under eye area and possible even my eye red for about a month which is not good for work. I need to decide soon though, because they only do this small op in the months where ones face doesn’t get sun which would cause scarring.
The problems with ageing!!!
😀 😀 😀 that’s an idea…
but my Burberry doesn’t do that to me at all … I guess you have already tried it ?
I don’t wear concealer on a daily basis but this Burberry doesn’t require much effort and doesn’t dry out my skin, so far so good…
I have the Burberry too & it settles in my wrinkles exactly as the others do. You’re quite a few years younger & less wrinkly under your eyes than I am, so I can imagine that it still works for you.
I’m young 😉 but I have some wrinkles under my eyes and for my dark blue undereyearea i’m using mineral foundation. When I use liquid foundation that works with mineral foundation for me too. It goes a bit into the deep undereyelid wrinkle but after i’ve removed it its better than all liquid concealers I’ve tried before….
I want the G537S! *goes to email Marty to see if his arm can be twisted into bringing it in* 😉
I don’t think he can… 🙁
I asked him also after I saw it in another of Sonia’s posts and he said he couldn’t due to import restrictions. I’m not sure how that works ??? I would love that brush too. It’s so pretty.
Teehee! Brush Bunnies, I like that. 🙂 🙂 🙂
Bugsiebee!!!!! I got a reply from Takeda!!!!! Maybe u can ask Tommy to get it for u now 🙂 here is his answer abt the pink Xmas set!!!!
“Thank you for email again.
Abot Cristmas edition set,
We do not deal in our Shop at Shinjuku Takashimaya 1F,
So please let me know ,Which you want and When you would come,
to send SET to Our shop for you.
About last mail ,
We do not have any method to sell for foreign,
So it is difficult to answer. I am sorry.”
Let me know if I should ask him to send it to the shop so Tommy can get it for you!!!!!
Bugsiebeeeee!!!!!!! I got an answer from Takeda!! Maybe u can ask Tommy to get it for you?!?! Here is his answer:
“Thank you for email again.
Abot Cristmas edition set,
We do not deal in our Shop at Shinjuku Takashimaya 1F,
So please let me know ,Which you want and When you would come,
to send SET to Our shop for you.
About last mail ,
We do not have any method to sell for foreign,
So it is difficult to answer. I am sorry.”
Let me know so I can ask Takeda to send it to the shop!!! Yaaaaay 🙂 🙂
Yay for Melissa’s enabling! 😉 😉 I should send an email to Takeda about that humongous flaying saucer brush lol.
You def should Bea!!! I’d love to have it too 🙂 I’ll find a way to use it, even if just to look at it every day 🙂
Btw, how is the Kihitsu La Magie? LOVE the name! I couldnt find it on their site.
Is it this 1?
http://www.kihitsu.jp/?cn=100081&shc=10000017
It’s this one Melissa 🙂
http://www.kihitsu.jp/?cn=100081&shc=10000018
Just got my Houkodou brush and omg it is the softest goat brush wheeeeeeeeeee!!! I will send pics to Sonia so she can upload it here. 🙂
I emailed the Japan C pic from that website to Tommy. I told her “the biggest round brush sitting on the pedestal to the right” and I even marked it on the pic lol. The smaller one sitting below the UFO brush is in my Takeda catalogue. Tommy said she looked for the UFO brush on the Takeda site but could not find it so she has emailed them to send her a new catalogue. I wonder if they still have it? I really don’t know what one would use it for but I want it anyway! 🙂 I told her several of us are interested in it.
Or I can get them for you! But it’ll be in September when I’m in Tokyo 🙁
Sorry for posting twice. Im on my phone, internet connection sucked this morning!!
Brush hunting is soooo much FUN! Think that what caused my eyebags. Spending waaay too much time in search of that perfect brush.
Hahaha Melissa, you are sooooooooooooo efficient 😉 What GREAT news!!
If Takeda will send it to the shop then I will definitely ask Tommy to collect it for me, but I have no idea which shop is close to where she lives or if she is even prepared to collect. I will need ask her first if it’s ok.
OMG, I can’t believe it 😀
You’re a BRILLIANT brush hunter!
If it makes you feel any better ( which it won’t ), you’re not alone with the under eye bags 😉
Hahaha….see there is ALWAYS a way to get your brushes 🙂
If I understood him correctly there is only 1 shop in Tokio, which is:
Shop at Shinjuku Takashimaya 1F
Where does Tommy live? in Tokio? Yes, contact Tommy first and see if its possible for her to get it for you! If so, let me know. Meantime I asked Takeda if its possible to have somebody in Japan pay for the brushes by wire transfer and maybe it would be possible to have it sent to the Japan home address. Well, you never know right!
Glad to hear that I’m not the only 1 with this horrible under eye bags 🙂 so thanks, that DID cheer me up a bit 🙂
Hi Melissa:)
I immediately contacted Tommy this morning & she said that she is sometimes in stores stocking Takeda. I sent her a pic of the brush so that she knows what she is looking for. Perhaps I’ll get lucky & she’ll find one hiding in one of the stores 🙂
I cannot imagine that i will be so lucky that she lives close to the Tokio store though.
If Takeda were willing to send the brushes to her home address it would be easiest. We’ll just have to wait & see.
Thanks so much for all your help. Crazy brush lady 😀
I also REALLY appreciate your kind offer to collect the brush for me when you are there in September, but I am sure that your luggage allowance will be FULL by the time you have finished doing your own shopping, so I really won’t burden you with any extra stuff.
SUPER sweet of you to offer though!!
Ooooooo……thats GREAT news!!! Keep me posted 🙂
I’ll let u know again soon once Takeda gets back to me!
Yes of course I would be very happy to help u out when able! In fact I wouldnt be able to spend that much on brushes anyway, as much as I want to! So it would be great to shop for somebody else like Im spending all that for myself 🙂
And I would fit at least 100 brushes in my suitcase cause Im planning to travel verrrrry light in order to be able to go shopping in Asia! And it wont be clothes or shoes anyway. So I can fit soooo many brushes and make up in it 🙂 or I can ship part of it upfront so I can buy even more 🙂
So dont worry abt my luggage. I’ll make sure every single brush comes home with me LOL……
If we could afford to buy every brush we wanted when in Japan, then forget the little suitcase, we would need a cargo ship to carry them home!!
How long will you be in Japan? Lucky you!!
Here comes some more good news………
Tommy goes past the Tokio Takeda store once a week!! Please ask Takeda to send the brush there if they have it available. If they ONLY have the complete set I would take it, but if I can get the brushes separately, then I would like these two :-
フェイス＆チーク両用サイズ
製品番号： No.P-19EX FG 税込 7,350 円
チークブラシ
製品番号： No.P-16EX FG 税込 5,250 円
http://takeda-brush.com/ProductData/limitedextra.html
I would ALSO love:-
No.AS15FG（画像左） 税込3,675円 and
No.AS12FG（画像右） 税込2,940円
They look interesting. Amongst other things, they can be used for concealer application:)
I figure that if they are going to make the effort to send the brushes to that store, then i might as while up the order a bit. Whether Tommy collects one or four brushes won’t make a difference to her, I don’t think.
Sorry to ask you to do all this for me Melissa 🙁
Buggsiebee!!!! I have GREAT NEWS…See below!!!!
Sooooo…..just order everything you want now 🙂 🙂 🙂
Supposed Tommy can call the Takeda headquarter and tell them about it right?
“Thank you for reply.
We need 1-2weeks to finish brushes.
We just do not have international money transfer method,
So if your friend would pay for the brush by bank transfer,
We can send Brushes for you at Netherlands.
Sending fee is about around 2000 Yen (by EMS)
It is also possible to send to your friend.
Its Sending fee is 500 Yen.”
I also ask him about the bank details etc. think it would cheaper for u to have it all delivered to Tommy’s home add. This way she doesnt have to go to the store.
Anyway, let me know if u want some more brushes and I’ll send him your wish list! I def want a couple of the Takeda too, but I can wait until September and get them myself anyway.
I’ll be just 4 days in Tokio & 3 days in Kyoto. Wish I could stay longer. But Japan is part of my vaca in Asia, I’ll also go to Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. U can imagine I just CAN’T WAIT!!!!!
@ Bea…what NP are you wearing in the second pic?
Talk about perfect nails & a perfect manicure!!!
@Buggsiebee: I’m wearing Koh Funky. A Dutch brand which is probably my fave evah! Are you familiar with the line? 🙂
I see you have a lovely red – Essie? – on your nails in the newly added pic. Your nails look much healthier than mine which like to peel on the tips. I’ve been going without NP for over a month now to give them a rest. it’s not the NP that’s aproblem, it’s using remover every two days. My mani never lasts longer than that!
I know Koh well & have quite a number of their shades. Back when I bought them they were soooooo difficult to get hold of, so I’m happy to see that they are more readily available now. Do they still each come in their special box? I don’t have any of the latest shades .
@Buggsie: That’s Zoya Blaze I’m wearing in the Takeda pic lol. It’s gorgeous, you need it! I have think, weak, splitting nails and yes it’s because of the dratted nail polish remover. I have to be religious about moisturizing my nails/cuticles. Koh is still not easy to purchase due to the shipping fees. I am part of a small NP group on FB and we have done group buys to minimize cost but it’s still expensive. Group buys don’t have the cases included because Koh doesn’t want to pay for the weight. We get those big flat cases that hold 18 each instead so I have one of those. I recently plunked down money for a couple of htf Koh shades (Blue Lagoon & Baby Grey). I’ve been wanting to incorporate my two passions – NP & brushes so this is my effort lol. We have to talk NP one of these days! 🙂 🙂 I am so glad we both love these two things!
Tell me some htf Koh shades. I didn’t know that they discontinued shades.
Perhaps I have some you would like.
Anyway, I can always help you get your Koh. Mind you, the shipping cost to Germany is already € 6,50. i think the shipping fee outside the EU is €15,-.
That’s not too bad really?
Because of you both i’m high right now from all the polish i breathed in 😛
Tomorrow in the meeting they will think oh man she has pink holo nails she couldnt be serious 😀
I am a holo np whore lol. 🙂
http://www.parfumdreams.de/KOH/Make-up/Naegel/Nagellack-KOH-Colours/index_19798.aspx?AffId=SHOPZILLA_KOH
Buggsiebee or me can order there for you too…
I dont know how much they’re on the original site
@ Bea
Buggsiebee or me can also order there KOH for you 😀 If there is a shade you’re looking for.
http://www.parfumdreams.de/KOH/Make-up/Naegel/Nagellack-KOH-Colours/index_19798.aspx
Blue Lagoon and Baby Grey are the htf Koh that I know of. It’s usually the limited edition that some people are after I think. If you order from the Koh online store, it’s a flat 20euros for shipping, so it turns out to about the same I guess. It’s too bad we weren’t in the same continent lol.
Buggsiebee or me can also order from a German page there are both htf polishes available for each 16€.
And shipping from Germany is not so expensive I think…
hm i tried to post the link but it seems to block ??
@ Bea
Buggsiebee and me can also order from parfumdreams.de for you, there are Baby Grey and Blue Lagoon you’re looking for…
He can’t? How come? Is it made of hair that can’t be imported? He has brought in Japan only brushes for me in the past, but that was quite a while a go though and it was when I was going to IMATS so he could hand them over to me. Unless he has stopped doing that for customers now 🙁
yes the hair, that’s what he told me when I asked in December but he also said something about the LE set (the wood this time) and it was actually released on their USA website so maybe they are updating their regulations ?
I am planning on meeting Hakuhodo in Imats London and they asked me if I wanted them to bring me a special brush (because they won’t have all of them there), if you are writing to him ask them if there is a way to bring this brush there and I will pick it up for you.. I know it’s only for June but … 🙂
Aaawww thank you for all your enabling help Sonia!! 🙂 🙂
@ Bea the Takeda one looks good 🙂 How soft is it in comparison to the Haku ?
@ Buggsiebee the cosmedo orange handles are looking funny is it sparkle or white “dots” ? 😀
It’s very fine sparkle & bigger glitter bits 🙂
Not totally blingbling, but definitely bright & fresh!
Beautiful 😀 I think the way to your brush collection should be the shortest so don’t wonder when you wake up and you can’t find some of them 😛
Just got my DEKAfupa & fupa01, my goodness I didn’t realize the black handles have shimmer! I think I prefer them to the pink. 🙂
@212kiki: It’s softer than the 210. I love it. 🙂
GREAT ! I love round brushes 😀
i couldn’t find it on the site right now…
@212kiki: This is where I first saw the Takeda 20RS FS brush. Scroll down some and you’ll see it. As of 2010 when I bought it, they had it as an insert in their catalogue. I don’t think it was a LE brush?
I’m too stupid for the takeda site 😛
Do you have a direkt link ?
OMG so sorry, I forgot to add the link duh lol. Here it is!
http://www.takeda-brush.com/topic-news.html
Go here 212kiki…….
http://takeda-brush.com/newproduct.html
…and scroll down.
@ Melissa, I think the best would be for Tommy to wire them the money and for them to ship directly to me in Germany.
The 4 brushes which I listed above are the ones I would really like to have. I am certain that there are many more, but these 4 would be a great start:)
Could you give them my list and ask if it would be possible to get these 4 brushes?
If it is, then I will need their bank details for Tommy & they will need my address which I can ask Tommy to give them when she pays.
OMG this is soooooo exciting!! THANK you so much Melissa 😀
Your Asia trip sounds DIVINE!! I have never been there, so it’s most certainly on my list of places to visit. CC lives in Malaysia!
Done Buggsiebee!!! I emailed him your 4 brushes. Lets see what happens now 🙂
Sonia has my email so u can forward me yr home add in Germany!
Im so EXCITED for youuuuuu!!!! Cant wait to see them………
Btw, I took the plunge myself and ordered the Artisan & Artist brushes nrs: SGP 14, 17 AND 20!!!! A friend is coming over from Singapore 🙂 I’ll get them on March 1st……..YAAAAAYYYYYYY
And my Tesshu face brush will be here next Thurs, Feb 20!!
http://www.tesshyu.com/products/00products.html
Hahaha, Melissa……I’m excited for me tooooo 😀
Ooooh….here’s hoping that he’ll come through on all 4 brushes!
Thanks SO much for your help. Without you I would have had NO chance of getting hold of these. Ok, I don’t have them yet, but there is a good chance that I will in the near future so 😀 YAY!!! 😀
I don’t have any A&A brushes yet so I’ll be very interested to see yours & hear your view on them. I’ve also got the Mugen Brand shadow liner and the cheek brush on my radar :-
http://iwata-mokko.jp/?page_id=128
I’ll wait for the Takeda brushes first though. When too many new brushes arrive at once I can’t appreciate them enough.
I have the Tesshyu Face Powder brush and the other Powder, Cheek & Highlight brushes. You chose the very best one 😀
It’s a most beautifully manufactured brush. Perfect!! ….and soft of course 🙂
I loooove the handles of the “Deep” collection (somehow that sound weird…….LOL)!!
WOW….u have the Tesshyu face brush?!?! can u pls have Sonia upload the pic of it please? I’m hesitant at first to order it, because I thought it wouldnt be soft enough! Of course the Koyudo Red S is the softest EVER, so nothing will beat that! I’m just hoping it would be denser than the Chikuhodo MK2 but still as soft!
I don’t have the MK2 unfortunately, but the Tesshyu is not very dense. I’ll go check through my other face brushes to find a comparable one.
Then I’ll send you a pic. OK?
Sonia, please would you send me Melissa’s email address?
So you can see that the Tesshyu Face brush & the Tanseido EQ28 have similar density.
In softness it compares well to the Hakuhodu Kokutan Finishing Brush LAG . It feels VERY good on the face. Perhaps the Tesshyu doesn’t look as fluffy as the others in the pics, but that’s just because she’s been hard at work & hasn’t been bathed lately;)
The Chiku Tesshyu is just to show the massive size of it in camparison to your average face brush 🙂
Yipp, those handles are to die for! If I understand correctly Mugen Brand specialises in the shaft ( handle?) of the brushes. I was reading the translated Japanese though so I may have it completely wrong. Anyway, those two brushes want to come and live in my collection:)
I ordered the Mugen Deep cheek and eyeliner brush. Also the Lovely cheek 01. I just couldn’t help myself. :X
@ Bea you have to tell us how they are 🙂 I’m looking for the lovely round one too and wondering if its the same softness as the fupa ones 🙂
Girls i need help…
http://iwata-mokko.jp/?page_id=135
The round one seems to be the same hair like fupa01 and 02 but the second only goat ? The characters are different.
I am gonna die… x_x
The round one is sokoho goat (same as Hakuhodo S100), while the “normal” goat!
I don’t understand what makes the difference on all the characters ? Google translate is not really helpful…
Lovely round [毛] 粗光峰 100%
Koyudo fupa 01 山羊毛（粗光峰）
Lovely 02 [毛] 山羊 100%
Koyudo fupa 02 山羊毛（白尖峰）
I think Koyudo dont declare it as baby goat on the own site. I think the right characters should be 子山羊 the 子 is for baby. The rest 白尖峰 is the description that they are uncut ? and chest hair. So we don’t know on all the goat brushes what type of hair they are.
Sokoho, Saikoho, Sokuho ? I may be wrong but thats what i found out….
Oh i’m more confused than before 😀
It doesn’t help we have to try them out 😉
haha…….these 2 are on my wish list too 🙂 however, I have my doubts if the Lovely will have the same softness as the Koyudo FuPa. But I take my chances and will order them anyway 🙂
I’ll try the round one but you have to help me with the order 😀
You made the whole work for me till now 😛
Gah! I need that Deep cheek brush!!! <—- *sounds wierd* 🙂
Oooh yes I already have the Lovely brushes on my wishlist lol! 🙂 One complaint I have though is I find the handles just a little too short. I like short handles but these light pink fu-pas, the Houkodou brush (not enough heft/weight to this one either), my Artisan & Artist kolinsky foundation, etc. are all so short. I like the length of the Hakuhodo handles. They do come in different lengths but I like their medium size brush handles.
haha i prefer short brushes i like the haku handles but shorter is just perfect for me 😀
I use some brush almost under the ferrule…
Not until long, long after IMATS London, please! 🙂
I have a list…
You ladies are amazing, love this. I’m soaking it all in and waiting to see which ones remain favorites. If I can manage a successful purchase/forward with Tenso, I’ll feel more confident, registering my Tenso address is daunting, it was easier on Rakuten since the directions were so clear. I’m going to try with Tenseido. Tommy seems like a great resource to have, thanks for sharing her Melissa.
Carlyn, it was Bea I think who ‘shared’ Tommy 🙂
Im just the temptress who gave Sonia the links to share with all of you and tempt you to splurge on new discoveries…….LOL
I should get a finder’s fee from Tommy lmao! 🙂
You would deserve it. Thank you.
Bugseebee, what brand and number is the amazing goat eye brush with black handle ? Sorry to repeat if you’ve already answered.
Hi Nikoleta, it was part of a set ( for JPY 4000,-) i bought from Cosmedo via Rakuten & Tenso
Both brushes are lovely & soft. The eyeshadow brush felt very firm when it arrived, but after a bath, it was perfect. They’re quite short brushes at 11,5 and 13cm.
http://item.rakuten.co.jp/cosmedo/kfi-50k/
Aaaw thank you ladies! That’s so great of you to offer! 🙂
Bea, any news about that utterly insane and desirable UFO?
You’d written earlier about asking Tommy to find it because it’s not in the catalogue.
The unhealthy fascination that brush has over me pushes me to ask.
@Sylvia: IKR?! It’s such a huge brush, how could one possibly use the darn thing unless it’s for the body? Tommy said she couldn’t see it on their website so she requested them to send her a catalogue. The thing is, I have the catalog from 2010 (Japan C post was in 2009) and they only had the smaller one that was pictured below the UFO brush so I don’t know? Anyway she said she’d let me know. I did tell her there were several of us who have an unexplained fascination for it so she knows it’s not only me who wants the thing lol. I’ll let you guys know. Cross your fingers that they are still selling it and it doesn’t cost the earth! 🙂 🙂 🙂
Mine was shipped by Tenso today so I’ll post some pics as soon as it arrives. I’m really hoping that it’s not as big or as rough as the Nars Botan. Keeping my fingers crossed that it’ll be a good investment 😉
Sorry that my brush pics are so grotty. I take them with my phone & couldn’t really see how out of focus some of them are. My eyes aren’t what they used to be 🙁
Oh I am confused are we not referring to the gigantic saucer like brush? That’s what I asked Tommy to look into.
Hahaha…….which one are you talking about?
I’m talking about the one I posted a link to & called the UFO brush.
Is there another one ?? I’m sure this one will be big enough for me 🙂
http://item.rakuten.co.jp/asakusa-gift/c03059/
The big huge mother just above it to the right on the little shelf. I thought you were talking about the biggest one :X
http://www.spoon-tamago.com/2008/08/21/coverage-japan-c/
Takeda has the smaller one down below it. That’s the one that’s in the catalogue. It’s probably comparable in size to the Nars botan no?
Hahahaha….you crazy?! That big mama is way too much for me 🙂
I could probably smother myself to death in it 😀
Phew, the little one is big enough….and yes, I think similar to the Botan in size, but I’m hoping WAY softer ….and just generally better.
I’m not fond of the Botan.
Yes I am krazy coz I want the big mother of all botan brushes just because I have never seen one that huge lol! I believe Takeda has the smaller botan . It looks like the one in my catalogue.
You could sit quite comfortably on it 🙂
Or spin it around on your face & have your entire makeup done in 10 seconds 😀
Crazy Bea!! Wait for me to get the small one so that you get an idea of the softness before your order the MOTHER of ALL brushes 😀
It’ll costa plenty too!! The small one was expensive enough! In fact, I ordered it because it IS expensive & Takeda is a TOP brush company & I expect a LOT !!
Hoping I won’t be disappointed.
😀 😀 😀 you all cracked me up !! These brushes look terribly tempting, I just can’t imagine the size of this HUGE mother of brushes, I would love to get it but I believe it must be insanely expensive ! I imagine the quantity of hair and work it has required.. I don’t even know what I would use it for… maybe one big “POUFFF” in the very middle of my face to powder me, my BF and the dog at the same time 😀
my dear friends : I thank you so much for your amazing and funny comments during the whole week ! I haven’t been very present here because it has been a hell of a week at work 🙁
but reading you was making my days !! thank you <3
I don't think it can get worst than this week so to "reward myself" for having survived it, today I thought it was about time to offer myself a nice beauty related present (thanks to Buggsie for sharing the 20% off at Sephora.fr !!)
It's actually something I am obsessed with and that I will soon share with you 🙂
Sonia, to get some extra reductions from sephora you can probably sign in to ebuyclub (http://www.ebuyclub.com/) or igraal (http://fr.igraal.com/), sephora offers often 4-5% as cashback with them, I’m not sure it works for other countries but you can try. I’m curious to see what you’ve bought (make up forever brushes ?) 😉
Thank you !! I’ll write that down !!
You know me well Nikoleta 😉 these new MUFE brushes are (were) in my cart for a while but at the end I did not get them. I got a few MUFE brushes a few years ago, really expensive but that I cannot use so now I prefer to check them out in person, I’ll see if I can manage to pop into Sephora one day… did you get them ? I am interested in the angled cheek and the big crease, then many others too…
My hint : it’s from Tom Ford and it’s not brushes… nor makeup… easy 😉
No, I don’t know the new MUFE brushes, they are only available online for now. I prefer check them in person too so will wait to see if they will pop up in my local sephora. There are not many reviews on them (I’ve found this one but it doesn’t explain much on the brushes themselves http://amivimakeup.blogspot.fr/2013/02/la-nouvelle-gamme-de-pinceaux-make-up.html)
thank you Nikoleta ! I like the look of the handles and the ferrules, also the shape and design is very interesting but there is something about the bristles that just doesn’t appeal to me… “nouvelles fibres” doesn’t say much about them, they might be good though but they don’t look very tempting. The only way to find out is to go see them …
I think if I buy them and they aren’t as good as the Japanese we are trying right now I might be too disappointed, since the price of the MUFE is high I prefer to invest on others at this moment.
I’ve told myself the same thing, I wanted to buy the small blender and the face brush, but finally for the price I prefer see them first or splurge on some hakuhodo.
@ Bonnie……where is Neo anyway??
Did she have enough of us brushaholics and run for the hills?
Haha no, I’m guessing she’s been busy with real life as she has big news! I emailed her a few days ago to share my excitement over the arrival of the parcel she sent with some things I asked her to buy and things from the Suqqu order we did together, and she hasn’t replied yet, so I’m assuming it’s very hectic on her side.
She could never have enough of us… I hope 😛
Or maybe that UFO spirited her away hmmm..
Thanks for the update Bonnie 🙂
Haha…..being spirited away by the Takeda UFO to planet Brush 😀 I wouldn’t have much problem with that!
Happy to know that Neo’s just busy & that nothing’s wrong.
I also wonder whatever became of Helen? She also just disappeared into thin air.
I wonder what Brushworld would be like, hmm…
Yeah, Helen has also disappeared too 🙁 let’s hope we didn’t scare them away and it’s just the RL kicking in to distract us temporarily from the more important stuff, ie, brushes!
Me too I wonder … 🙁
I have been thinking of her and I hope I did not scare her away, maybe I did or said something wrong or hurt her… as I said before I can forget to reply to some comments sometimes, I hope that if I did she would not take it personally.
It’s never my intention.
Last time we heard about her was when she asked me to increase the nested level of comments, which I did …
I did have a problem some time ago with Nikoleta’s comments, they weren’t taking the right path into the site so I could not see them, I am glad she told me and we solved the problem. I hope that this problem is not something that happened again with somebody else 🙁
She might be too busy and/or want to avoid temptation or she is just not interested anymore… either way I hope she is all right, I wanted to contact her many times but I am not sure I should..
Haha, you make me laugh Bonnie:)
Real life can be so intruding sometimes 😀
Buggsiebee, I’m looking forward to seeing what the botan is like and how it compares to the Nars. I hope it lives up to its gorgeous photo!
Bea, what can I say? Except to be glad someone else lives under the spell of that very probably unattainable brush.
Here’s our answer about the MOTHER of all brushes from Takeda-san: 🙂
The brush you point on the picture is for make-up at “kabuki” .
If we say “nomal make up is oil based make-up”
It mabe said Japanese traditional make-up at kabuki is” watar based
make-up”.
On these traditional make-up,
these large brush is for dehydrating extra wataly
to fix white japanese traditional powder to face.
It is cost about 50000 Japanese Yen.
But we do not have efficient method to recieve money from foreign (only
bank transfer).
Phew…….won’t be needing that one then 😉
JPY 50000 saved!!
Thanks for the info Bea.
Thank you so much Bea !
I’ll skip it for now but thank you so much for all the effort and determination in helping us ! 🙂
@ Sonia & Nikoleta…
the new fibres used on the MUFE brushes are AMAZINGt! Better than anything I have felt before on a synthetic brush ever before. With my eyes closed I would not be able to tell the difference between them and any other super soft natural brush.
The one I like most is the first one I bought which is the #140. Once I felt that I HAD to try more and with the 20% off the price wasn’t that bad in the end 🙂
The # 400 is a first for me in this form & I’m enjoying it for lining my eyes. The great thing about synthetic is that I don’t feel bad to swipe them over alchohol directly after use and have them immediately clean!
I also got the #154, 242, 216, 236 & 144 but I haven’t got around to using them yet.
The color of the ferrule & handle are gorgeous & look beautiful with the gradient hair shading of the brush fibres. The handles do feel a bit rough in some spots because they’re not glazed as far as I can tell. I do think you should try at least one!
Oh thank you Buggsie !!
please do let us know what you think of the others when you can ! hmmmm do you have any pics by any chance ? 😉 <3
You know my pics are horrible….but they#re on the way 🙂
Buggsiebee, could you send some photos of you little treasures, please ? There are some of them that look tempting even though sephora doesn’t seem to carry all the line for now. Sometimes sephora offers 25% and with the cashback it makes 30% so it is indeed very interesting providing for France shipping is offered above 60 euros and they deliver in 3 days (it will change me from koyudo 🙂 )
Nikoleta : they are uploaded in the friends brushes 🙂
Thank you Buggsie !!!
Here’s an informative post on the new brushes. I really loved the author’s introduction:-
‘Honestly speaking, brushes are my # 1 weakness. The are the one thing in makeup where I can’t have enough of. The more I own, the better I sleep at night!’
http://themakeupmanual.com/author/maialmoayyed/
One day, when the sun is shining I will take some photos with my camera & then you can replace all my horrible pics with some decent ones 😉
thank you ! I really think your pictures are very helpful ! so… I just got 208, 172, 226, 150… I will let you know when I receive them 🙂
the reduction and the free shipping was too tempting not to try some…
Now I have to tell my colleague she will get a second parcel for me 😛 oooops
(they don’t deliver to CH !)
How frustrating for you that so many stores don’t ship to Switzerland!?
Does your colleage live in France?
Shipping costs about €13,- to Germany, so you can always have them sent to me & I will pass them on.
Some of those brushes are intriguing me :X I wonder when they’ll be available in my neck of the woods? BTW, just tried a sample of the new MUFE Pro Finish foundation and I am actually liking it. Since it is powder I thought I wouldn’t but mind you I slathered Embryolisse all over my super dry skin as base first. The SA took one quick look at me and handed me the perfect shade. Don’t know how some of them just know in a flash which matches a person’s skin tone because I have the worst time doing it myself lol.
she lives in France and she works 5meters away from me 🙂
thank you for the kind offer, so sweet of you!
yes frustrating 🙁 and also frustrating that our shipping costs are so high !
Is the smaller blending brush (next to the 236) similar to the edward bess one ? Thank you, Buggsiebee
Hi Nikoleta,
I don’t have your email so i sent a comparison pic to Sonia.
You will see that they are no where close in size. The little MUFE #216 is much firmer too.
they are uploaded 🙂
Hi 🙂
Just a quick info, today I received the MUFE brushes, at the end I got : 172, 208, 210, 212, 216, 226, 236 and 150. They are nearly dry so tonight I will be able to take pictures and show them to you very soon (hopefully tomorrow).
First impressions are not bad at all, their shape (design of the head and bundle of the bristles) is really very good, if they perform well I can see them being very popular. The softness is also excellent, totally appropriate for my eyelids, I have a doubt regarding how well they will pick the product but since I haven’t tried them yet I can be wrong.
Will keep you updated very soon !!
@Sonia, Bugsiebee, thank you
Indeed they are nothing alike but the 236 seems to the job, I was afraid it was too big but in fact it is the ideal size for me. I’ll try to complete my list 🙂
What a strange coincidence.
Independently of this conversation, I took advantage of the 20% reduction to stock up on the Benefit cream eyeshadows that will be discontinued. On my way to pay I passed the MUFE stand saw the new brushes and snatched up the 210 without a second thought. I have small, hooded eyes and this little bonbon is very soft and great for the precision work that I like.
I just know that you are working your butt off on your new post/s Sonia 🙂
Remember, Sunday is a day of REST!!
Yep ! 😀 you are right Buggsie ! it’s Sunday 🙂 we found Brushworld.. it’s here 😮 my place is totally covered with brushes ! I have been finalizing the pictures and there are brushes everywhere !!!
I hope I will not have a brush indigestion at the end of the day 😛
I will not even manage to complete the post today, I am so sad 🙁 it’s huge and required much more work than I expected, but I am finally done with all the pictures… phewww, still some work to do and I prefer to achieve it properly so I won’t be able to upload it tonight 🙁
Hope your Sunday was great !!
So when the Takeda UFO spirits people away, it’s to your house:)
I’m jumping on board!!
I’ve been doing some obligatory selling on ebay today. Between sorting all the stuff, taking pics & putting it all on ebay I also used up my ENTIRE Sunday!
I hate selling but when you have no more room for the new stuff you have to let stuff go.
My son told me not to buy, then I won’t have to sell !
OMG! That kind of thinking is so male!! It sounds far too sensible & BORING to me 😀
Looking forward to your monster post!
oooh so clever ! I never thought of that before !!! 😀
That indeed sounds too sensible and boring – men just don’t get it!
Buggsiebee, that link
http://themakeupmanual.com/author/maialmoayyed/
seemed to disagree with Firefox, at least on my computer.
Hmmm…I just linked up to it again with no problem
Ask our genius Sonia how to get around it 🙂
What are you selling, Buggsiebee?
I tried the link again and again it crashed my Firefox.
Lots of stuff which is taking up the space I need for more stuff:)
Ooppps….sorry:( The link isn’t that important. Unfortunately there isn’t much info around on these brushes at all. Did you pick yours up in an actual store or online?
I’d love to see the entire range.
Wow, I just checked out the MUFE brushes, they look amazing. I’m quite liking the brown handles which, surprisingly, we don’t actually see very often! I’m not sure how I’ll be able to get my hand on them though – when I’m not on a brush ban 🙁 – as MUFE moved out of Australia quite a few years back (WHY!?).
Keep us updated and be pioneers in these new brushes 😛
I will, I have actually added a few more to my last order so that I can give you some more info on them when I get them 🙂
I tried it on safari and firefox both are working.
Evtl. your flash plugin or something need an update ?
Are you talking about themakeupmanual website ? if yes it requires the plugin adobe flash player and it will prompt you to install it, you have to accept the install when it prompts you to, or install it manually before, if it crashes.
Try going via Internet explorer or google chrome browsers in the meantime.
Also clear your temporary cached files, something might be corrupted there. Are you using Apple or Windows systems ?
Send me a private email if you want me to help !
Here are instructions for you :
http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/adobe-flash-plugin-has-crashed
Thanks for the advice, Sonia!
You were right about the Adobe update, both you and 212Kiki!
Not only brushes but tech advice!
What a fantastic blog!
About the MUFE brushes.
I bought mine at the Gran Via Sephora Space.
I went there to stock up on soon to be discontinued Benefit cream shadow, which I love. On my way to the payment counter I passed the MUFE area of the shop and barely broke my stride to scoop up the 210.
As I wrote before, it’s a bonbon of a brush if you have small, hooded eyes.
The handle is a trifle rustic- the texture of the beechwood is quite apparent as the wood hasn’t been heavily varnished, just stained to that lovely coffee colour with the grain showing up in a bronze-gold and then a very light coat of clear varnish applied, if there’s any varnish at all.
I’ll go back there today before work and let you know which brushes from the new line are actually available here.
And of course I offer my services as a brush enabler.
Oooh, the handle sounds divine. I have a thing for wooden handles that look… like wood….
Did anyone try out the brand yojiya ?
http://www.yojiyacosme.com/products/detail.php?product_id=55
Stupid me i only have to google a bit, i found something 😀
http://www.messywands.com/2012/06/epic-brush-post-part-ii-cheek-brushes.html?m=1
I haven’t tried them yet … glad you found something ! 🙂
The Yojiya brushes do look absolutely gorgeous. Too much like Hakuhodo’s Kokutan brushes though. They must be produced by the same manufacturer don’t you think?
The most expensive makeup brush EVER??! Maybe not since nobody bid on it. 🙂
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Laxuary-Cosmetic-Brush-made-in-Japan-Kleopatra-/260796675029?
Ouch!! I’d take the head of that brush any day, but the rest just hurts my eyes!! Just a teensy weensy bit OTT 😀
What frightens me the most is that it is a Tanseido… therefore probably excellent too… but ouch !!
I don’t even mind the bling 😛
Oh wow, I had to look a few times at the brush just to make sure I was seeing what I was seeing. So insane…. but I guess it is worthy of Kleopatra haha
Look Bea …here are even more of these ‘creations’ ….
http://www.tanseido.co.jp/img_index/09.jpg
What really intrigued me was that Tanseido was involved in it. Imagine how many brushes that amount could get you ! 🙂
Wheeeeee! Got my Cosmedo fu-li (fupa02 dupe) today. I love the red handle!!! Tommy ordered the fu-cho for me as well. Now if only the red H008 dupe would come back in stock! 🙂 Uhm I ordered the hot pink and the black fupa02 from CDJ. What am I going to do with 3 fu-pa02s?? :X
so… are they really similar 🙂 ?
apart from the handles ? red-pink-black, that’s so cute 😛
I haven’t gotten the pink and black yet. They are somewhere on their way to me. I didn’t use EMS for these two as I wanted to see how long SAL would take.
Thanks for the up-date on the mother of all brushes, Bea!
I had the feeling it was something enigmatic but didn’t think of Noh theatre.
Does anyone know if the Koyudo Standard series goat hair is a lot different from the Fupa goat hair? I have a friend who wants to order the C019 brush but is unsure if she should fork over the money for a fupa or not, thanks.
http://cooljapannow.jp/detail.html?KEY=NEOKUD-212
Yes definitely I will report back on the Mugen brushes. I will send pics to Sonia so she can post them here. 🙂
Blergh… I finally found this one brush company that I had been meaning to explore a few years ago and now their website is broken boooo! I did find their FB page though. Look at their handles. 🙂
http://www.kashoen.jp/
https://www.facebook.com/KASHOEN
Where is Melissa? Maybe she can dig up some more info about them! 🙂
Ahh these handles !!!! not that great as my Mk2 but really unique too.
UHHHHH this one this one !
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=393273354077592&set=a.159087847496145.42411.139128639492066&type=1&permPage=1
Yes please 🙂 !!!!!!
O_O I think my heart stopped beating for a while…
Anyone can help to track them by any chance ?
@Buggsiebee: I don’t mind the one that has the all silver handle, but I would rather buy other brushes from Tanseido than these ones lol.
I don’t like these blingbling Tanseido handles, I LIKE Kashoen handles 😀
OMG poor Kashoen 🙁
If only they had met us before going bankrupt/ closing shop, they’d be living in golden palaces by now. Right up my alley!!
Bea & Kiki pleeeeeze don’t show me these unattainable beauties. They steal my sleep!
Melissa…..help?!!! Where is Kashoen now??
dont like the tanseido bling bling handles too, it looks cheap ?!
There is a kashoe shop listed in Tokyo.
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fkashoen.jp%2Fshop_official.html
evtl. we have to contact them about their down products section… website last updated 2012…
They posted on facebook something of a “new” brush section on the website in Feb. 2013 ?
@212kiki: Me too! Me too! 🙂 🙂
I found them on youtube actually. Saw this video. I have emailed Tommy inquiring if she has seen their store. Let’s wait and see what she says. 😉
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9w6qhArMB4
Yes hahah this tooo much happy girl 😀
I found them on twitter too 😉 Oh man now i want these brushes but i think they’ll cost too much 😀
Thank you ! I managed to understand 2 words : Kumano and makeup. 😀 😀 😀
Funny to see her face when she tries the brush on her skin 😛
We need to find them !
I didn’t understand anything either, but like you said, her face said it all when she felt the brush on her cheeks. No words were neccessary.
I had to smile at how much nodding goes on when they speak to each other 🙂
LOL…..I spotted these few weeks ago. But didnt want to tempt you all 🙂
here is their official website, however the online shop doesnt work 🙁
http://www.kashoen.jp/
But their shop is at Ginza Tokyo:
〒104-0061 東京都中央区銀座8・8・1-1F(花椿通り 資生堂パーラー様隣り)
t. & f. 03・3571・7788
【営業時間】AM11:00～PM9:30（土-日-祝 AM11:00～PM7:00）
Bea, if u could ask Tommy to give them a call and ask about the prices of these beauties that be great! I’m def will visit this 1 when I’m there 🙂
oooooh amazing ! thank you so much !!
Ginza here I come !!!
If only… 🙁
Bye bye February salary 😉
I can see all my hard earned cash making a direct route to Ginza!
I’m only hoping they’re made with squirrel or fine goat or should i hope they’re not ?
Hope i’ll get my tax repayment fast so I can invest it quickly in brushes 😀
OMG we should all get some therapy 🙂
This brush addiction is a never ending quest for the best!
But please only a squirrel brush therapy by stroke them over the face again and again 🙂
LOL……..I’m afraid that NO therapy will help us to surpress our brush addiction! Its waaaay too late for that Ladies 🙂 We have come to this point that there is no turning back, so best thing to do is just get on with our brush hunting to satisfy our ‘brush hunger’ 🙂 🙂
I WILL go to Ginza one day… believe me… I will come back and I will post the BIGGEST post on earth 😀 😀 😀
Btw, I will ask my colleague in Tokyo to give them a call first thing on Monday! will keep u all posted Ladies…
exciting 😀 thanks !!! <3
OMGeee…..think Kashoen is updating their E-shop, cause this page wasnt there yesterday! So maybe they will put up all the brushes soon, crossing fingers Ladies! I just sent an email to my Japanese colleague to call both stores, the 1 in Ginza and Hiroshima! If you look at their ‘new order page’ and translate it says they accept credit cards!! Yay 🙂
So, Ladies u better save some funds in case the Kashoen is ‘affordable enough’ 🙂 🙂
Here is their ‘new link’, but it only stating how to order, no product details just yet!
http://e-boutique.kashoen.jp/order/
http://e-boutique.kashoen.jp/ (they also added a new pic in here, this link didn’t work at all yesterday)
I can smell some new brushes here 🙂 🙂
Aaaaarrgggh……..I WANT THEM ALL!!!! dont care abt the bristles, I adore those breathtaking handles!!
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.342625389138948.76170.324277510973736&type=3#!/media/set/?set=a.342625389138948.76170.324277510973736&type=3
Oh, and check out this blog post too. Translate sucks but u can see more of their gorgeous brushes 🙂
Seems the Ginza shop still exists 🙂
http://choyce.pixnet.net/blog/post/48575882
I can afford at least 1 of them 🙂 its ‘only’ 5985 Yen! Hope the rest will also be as affordable as this 1……
http://choyce.pixnet.net/album/photo/209812664
Got it from this post:
http://choyce.pixnet.net/blog/post/48518348
Loving the little hook on the handles 🙂
You can see prices in this pic …
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=342625512472269&set=a.342625389138948.76170.324277510973736&type=3&theater
i dont know if the big brush is 65000 yen.
I also loved the look of the white headed brush. It’s listed as a face cleaning brush which is something I have not tried yet. I wonder how well they survive when they are wet every day? The hook is a good idea 🙂
I did work yesterday for me but the site is a bit unstable so sometimes it doesn’t work.
(OK I checked too many times the site if i can go to the products site ^^ )
Only the product section is not working.
I found only this pic and price about their brushes 🙂
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fameblo.jp%2Fkumano-kashoen-staff%2F
Me too, I can smell a disaster coming… 😀
I am blown away by the colors and the designs of the handles. Can you imagine ? I saw their boutique in the facebook page, I think I would just stick to the window boutique and they would need to call security 😀
woahahahahaaa……….I will def join you drooling in front of the store 🙂 🙂 Think I would never want to leave the store ever once I get there!!
Apparantely Mugen Brand (from the ‘Lovely’ FuPa) made those gorgeous handles for them!
at the end… it’s less expensive than browsing diamonds 😀
thanks Melissa, I am really looking forward to what’s coming !
They have revamped their website. It wasn’t like that when I saw it in 2009 or 2010
. They also said that it is to be launched early Feb on their FB page
. I guess their esite is not ready yet. Tommy has already responded to my email. She said she will check for a catalogue. 🙂
Oh, myy!
Buggsiebee, what is that utterly evil and desirable black fupa in the last two photos of yours?
Buggsie I didn’t see the new UFO brush! It’s smaller than the Nars botan. I am surprised by that but I know that’s what you wanted. I might have to settle for it since the mother of all brushes is just waaaay to expensive lol.
Hi Bea!
I don’t think it’s a have to have at the price. The brush & the wooden handle are perfectly crafted but the hair is not of the super soft variety. It’s very dense & may be good for applying mineral foundation in a buffing motion, but mineral foundation does nothing for my old skin so I won’t be using it for that. For finishing powder application I am thrilled with the Koyudo H008 which is super soft & gives me the finish I’m looking for.
The UFO will join my Koyudo White Mushroom and the Macaroons which are beautiful to look at but do not work in my daily routine.
Rather save your money for some Kashoen pretties 🙂
oh yes, Kashoen …. save $ $ $ $
Oh good I’m glad you said that about the UFO brush! Funds need not be diverted for it lol! The Cosmedo red H008 dupe came back in stock at Rakuten so I think Tommy grabbed one for me yay! I love the red handles. And I think that’s why I am so drawn to the Kashoen brushes. I actually messaged them on FB but haven’t heard back. Am wondering if they are trying to translate my pm from English to Japanese lol!
I think you’re refering to the Nars Botan brush? The all-black one?
It was one of my first more expensive & unusual brushes & I have to confess that I really never use it. It’s way too big & too scratchy for my face & I’m not big on powdering my body so it’s a display brush. Since I purchased mine many years ago it could well be that the hair used these days is less rough?
Bea, did u order the pink Mugen Brand Lovely brushes? will u receive them soon? I’m just waiting for you to place my orders 🙂
@Melissa: I only got the Lovely round cheek brush. I passed on the fu-pa02 dupe because I already have 3 of them – metallic red, black and hot pink handles lol! Tommy has placed the order already. I also got the Deep cheek brush and the eyeliner brush. 🙂
Thanks Bea!!
Hope you’ll get the round cheek brush soon. Think both are made with same type of goat hair. So if u think they’re as soft as the Koyudo or Cosmedo FuPa or the Houkodou let me know! Think I can never get enough FuPa dupes, they are just soooo adorable 🙂
@ sonia but its like looking at diamonds 😀 look at all these glass vitrines at the kashoen store !
@ melissa are you sure the handles made from mugen brand ?
The Kashoen are *gorgeous*!
It’s fantastic to read about these adventures into the realm of brushes.
Buggsiebee, thanks for the heads-up on the UFO brush! That’s one of the great things about this blog- finding our what won’ be likely to suit me!
Koyudo ‘news’: CoolJapannow has released the Koyudo Christmas set. So if you still want the set you can get it at CDJ:
http://cooljapannow.jp/detail.html?KEY=NEOKUD-130
thank you Melissa 🙂 always informed !!
Anyone owns a Picasso brush?!?! WTH is Eurasian Red squirrel hair??
Im interested in their face brushes!
Thanks beauties!!!
Sonia has some 🙂 I found them too so she said its not as soft as koyudo or tanseido red squirrel 😉
That’s right 🙂
See here : http://sweetmakeuptemptations.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/all_rs.jpg
I have the 103, this one is soft, but nowhere near the others and not worth the price tag…
I have ordered a few Piccasso brushes but I haven’t specially posted about them since I am not that impressed.
Some of the squirrel brushes I got are even slightly unpleasant to use, like the 201A, excellent shape, but scratchy hair 🙁
Darn 🙁 think we all got spoiled with the Koyudo Red squirrel and Chikuhodo Z series softness 🙁
Sonia, do you realized what you’ve done to all of us 🙂 🙂 Please dont stop 🙂
o_O 840.000Yen is that possible ??
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=380204685384459&set=a.341280115943583.82042.139128639492066&type=1&theater
euh… since I can’t read Japanese I have no idea..
it’s probably a mistake…
(that’s what the cashier said to me when I wanted to buy the Suqqu face powder brush and she saw the price on her till 😀 😀 😀 )
Blergh…Kashoen prices are not looking good lol.
O_o
Maybe they just misplaced the ‘comma’ ?? …….. LOL
1 of the pics shows a red sportscar; is that included in the price 🙂 🙂 if so, then its a bargain ….. LOL
Hahaha…. Melissa the Optimist:)
I like that!!
Haha evtl. when the car is a miniature version 🙂
I think why they are behind glass vitrines has a good reason 😀
Bugsiebee!
How is the SUQQU blush brush compared to the pink Cosmedo gray squirrel blush brush? I just want to add a SUQQU to my collection 🙂 Same softness/density? Is the Cosmedo a tad bigger?
Hey Melissa:)
I’ll send you a pic tomorrow, but the Cosmedo is a much more generous brush than the Suqqu. The Suqqu is like a flattish feather in comaprison to the fuller & fluffier Cosmedo.
The Suqqu offers much more precision, but the Cosmedo is more fun:D
I contacted kashoen via email too hopefully they will reply to one of us 😉
I hope… I have contacted Piccasso brushes several times and nobody came back to me… shame… 🙁
Yes some brands don’t have any customer service…. that’s sad…
But I “NEED” to know 😀
I cant let it go… did you see this ?
I’ve scrolled through all the pics. The set prices are on the single brush pics but next pic is the brush set pic.
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=341280239276904&set=a.341280115943583.82042.139128639492066&type=3&theater
The prices are from 400.000yen up to 840.000yen
I need to know how much only one face brush is 😀
Gah! Please noooo not that expensive?!! O_0
Yeah i’*m really sad….one brush would be around 1000€…..
ouch ! in that case no regrets… I guess…
Oh dear, I think I need to try this glove out!!
http://themakeupmanual.com/author/maialmoayyed/
Are you sure ? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzT8I2lKcy8&list=UUCvoAe__WFYMNAEN-C-CtYA&index=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKCPeaZfue4&list=UUtC8m_F7jX2fGOQ3_nomg4g&index=1
I am not sure… 40$ is a lot for that 🙁
$40?! Blergh no thanks. I hadn’t even bothered to check how much it was. At least it gave me the idea though. I have been looking for something to use in cleaning the fu-pa02 since it is such a dense brush! I’ll just get one of those pet grooming gloves or cellulite ones lol!
😀 😀 brilliant !! thanks for the idea Bea !!!
Haha saw this one too but I think it’s too expensive for my taste 😉
Oh dear I think I need lol.
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http://www.koyudo.co.jp/&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dkoyudo%26hl%3Den%26biw%3D1366%26bih%3D610&sa=X&ei=8K06UeHOL4uCyAHzhIG4AQ&sqi=2&ved=0CDQQ7gEwAA
Me too !!!
höhö found it too and yes i want it too it sounds good a brush with squirrel 😀
All these limited pouches are …. very asian 😉
Bea, why does my bank love you so much?
I know why!
That brush you casually posted up represents the ruin of my March budget.
I’ve already spent March’s budget. Tommy has it. Going into April lmao! 🙂
I’m working out my april, may and june budgets 🙂 April belongs to a new Koyudo order (because that’s when some of my CDJ points expire lol… White Mushroom, finally here I come)! May belongs to Tanseido, Kyureido and Takeda, and June to Hakuhodo woooo…. March is a no-buy month for me! Starting… yesterday hahahaha, ladies! Stop enabling!
hahaha 😀 gosh… getting crazy ! on my side I will be able to share with you my newest acquisitions tomorrow (Koyudo, Chomotto, Kihitsu, Houkodou, etc).
Next week I will receive the Make up for ever 412, the new Radiance and more Tanseido and after that who knows…
already wondering if I should order some Koyudo that are already hunting my mind for next month… I agree with Bonnie… stop it 😀
I’m so glad the Radiance has arrived! Let me know what you think of it 🙂 I’ve been using it with different foundations this past week and I’m quite enjoying it even though it isn’t as soft as the Koyudo fu-pas.
Can’t wait to hear about what you think of the new Japanese brushes! We’ve heard from all the other ladies, I’d love to hear what you think 🙂
No sorry it hasn’t yet, my comment was confusing, but I think beginning of this week it should 🙂
The postman rang the bell on Saturday morning at around 8am with Tommy’s parcel, I was sleeping of course…
I told him “sorry I was sleeping…” he replied “I am so sorry but I had an express parcel from Japan”, and suddenly I was wide awake !!! 😛
Parcels make my day!! I would jump wide awake for them too 😛
Let me know when the Radiance worries! I feel like it’s taken ages…
GOT IT 😀
fantastic, it looks quite different, I am going to wash it and will report to you asap !
THANK YOUUUUU <3
Thanks for reminding me about the CDJ points.
No worries 🙂 I would hate for them to expire so I’m keeping an eye on them…
Oh, and my no shopping ban didn’t work, ladies 🙁 Since I was Tenso-ing, I decided to pick up the Hakuhodo G537 and the cheaper Jap version of the Hakuhodo S122 while I was at it… sigh.
I hate it that since we bought the house recently I know my banker in person 🙁
I’d rather not 😀 😀 😀
Bahahhaha! Bonnie you crack me up lol. But maybe I should start thinking of budgeting your way. But what if there’s a limited ed brush like this month’s fupa14?? 🙂 🙂 🙂
Argh, I’ve been falling into the LE trap 🙁 Every time I say no more, no buy or DIE, something LE appears on the scene, or a sale, and then I have to tell myself, buy it or you will regret it…you can save up next week. I’m telling you – it is a *conspiracy*!
But I should be good for March! I don’t think there will be any more spectacular LE releases……right!?
Don’t worry Bonnie, I don’t think it will 😉
If I could stop spending money for several months (a lot 🙂 ) I would probably want this one
http://www.now-eproject.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=16
Well, it’s just a dream as I doubt I could as there is always some new temptation
Jaaa my tax repayment is coming now i can buy moooore brushes 😀 hihihi
The chiku passion series is nice i think i want one of them only because of the handle 😀
Lucky you ! enjoy 🙂 you have to celebrate 😛
yah i’ll celebrate it with new brushes 😉
waow, it looks like it has similar dimensions than the Chikuhodo Z-9 (width and ferrule) but the hair is 2.5 cm longer than the Z-9 !
well, I don’t know what I will get for my birthday yet but I will try to get myself an extraordinary brush 😛
😉 it seems like a wonderful giant blending powder brush and it says the quality of hairs is something amazing, specially selected. It would be nice if chikuhodo put some real photos. I doubt it could be a multitasker though given it’s big size.
Hi Nikoletta:)
If you look at the pictures of my brushes you will see this brush next to the Tesshyu face powder brush. It is essentially an extremely soft finishing brush & not suitable for buffing at all. It is pretty much identicle to the face powder brush in the Kiwami set, so if you are ever planning to get that, then you don’t need this one.
Oh, myyy!
Did your Red Squirrel arrive, Nikoleta!
Yes ! A week ago and I had to pay 30% taxes but well, it is a very nice brush and don’t have anything like it, it shed several hairs, but seems to have stopped. It is indeed very soft, very pleasent to use.
Good to hear it arrived, finally!
30% taxes? That’s simply dreadful. I was very lucky mine came through without any then, as we have the same taxation here.
By the way, the Radiance is listed as Sold Out again!
Apparently it’ll be back in stock in about six weeks so if anyone is still holding out for it, just keep a look until then.
@Bea do you have any update on Lovely brushes ?
@212kiki: Tommy has them. I keep adding to my order (most recent fupa14 set) so she hasn’t shipped them out. :X Sorry, I will send pics to Sonia just as soon as I get them and I’ll tell you what I think.
haha no hurry 😀
Bea, what is the Fu-pa 14? I’ve looked it up and couldn’t find a thing. I’m dying to know. I really am loving my Fu-pa12p and 8p. Can you share the link please? Thanks.
BOOOOO to GEMA!! I can’t watch Beas video because of the music rights.
Sooooooo frustrating!
oh no, it works for me …
That’s ok, I can’t either and I am the one who made the video lmao! I can only view it when I am logged into my yt a/c. :/
Oh my gosh, are you serious?? That is so funny….and I don’t mean funny haha, I mean funny peculiar, strange & ridiculous!!
I don’t need the music, I can sing while I watch it ok?
There’s EMI music on it which GEMA hasn’t authorised.
Why does everything have to be so uptight & controlled in this country?!!
I made the video 3 years ago. It was one of my first attempts so it’s pretty crude. I looked at the file size of the video and it is 10.5mb. Let me see if I can email it to Sonia as an attachment and she can forward it on to you. The song I used was Japanese but I guess EMI holds the rights to it. Don’t get me started on copyright and all that baloney lol. 🙂
Got it Bea! You’re a doll 🙂
Thanks soooooo much.
I’m in bed already though & my phone doesn’t want to download thd file so Ill have to wait till the a.m.
REALLY looking forward to this, but if it’s 3 years ago then this can only be a small portion of the collection which you have by now!???
That’s great Buggsie! Maybe 3 years ago my brush collection would have been considered huge but not anymore I don’t think. Sonia of course has surpassed me in that department lol! Aaaand you, Melissa and some of the other ladies on here would most likely be quite capable of giving me a run for my money! 😉 I still have to purchase any of the J series but it got derailed when I found Sonia’s blog and Koyudo. 🙂 🙂
Haha….I know your video soooooo well 🙂
It must’ve been available in the time before GEMA clamped down on the music rights.
I used to play it again & again and pause and stare at all the lovely brushes I couldn’t get hold of. I loved/ love the accompanying music too.
Totally divine Bea! Your video was a huge inspiration for me to keep on searching to find a way to get hold seemingly unattainable brushes.
LOVE!!
Thank you @Buggsiebee! I am glad it helped even though pics were kinda crappy lol. The next one should be better if I can only get my act together and finish it (nail polish craziness got in the way). It was indeed my purpose to do it the slideshow way so people could pause and look the brushes over more carefully. I guess I will have to look into using creative commons music instead. I hadn’t realized it was unavailable to certain countries (including my own) until last week.
I get derailed every single day.. I want something and I end with something else !
Changing my lemmings on a daily basis…
BTW I picked up the new Illamasqua Blush Up brush. Does anyone have it? It’s similar to the Claudia Riaz Instant Arch which I also have. I am fascinated by that shape of brush lol. Hair is synthetic of course, it feels very soft. It is the same kind that’s used in the Shiseido one and I have that too teehee! What I am going to do with all these brushes I keep buying, heaven only knows. 😉
oh Bea I want’ it too !! 😀 it really sounds interesting for contour and highlight…
argh stop it Bea !!
can’t wait to receive the Make UP for ever 412 ! going to have fun with it 🙂
Sonia, I just tried it with my KGD foundation and it worked great! 🙂 I still haven’t used it with blush though.
Beaaaa….I just had a brushgasm seeing your movie!! LOL…..I envy you!!!!
I’m thinking of getting the A&A SGP21 foundation brush! How is the application with liquid foundation?! Is it streaky or flawless like the FuPa??
Looooove all yr Haku babies…!!
:D:D:D:D crazy ! <3
Bahahaha! Thanks Melissa. 🙂 I am working on another one with the G55 series which has been 3 years in the making and is nowhere near completion. :X The SGP21 applies with a little bit of streakiness however it is very minimal. It is nowhere near as streaky as a synthetic one. It’s really not that bothersome as a couple of extra swipes and the streaks disappear. It does not do it with my KGD Maifanshi foundation at all but that has a thicker consistency. What I really like about it is it’s easy to apply foundation or even concealer around your nose and under your eyes. You can get pretty close to the lower lash line if you need to apply product in that area. Having said that, I still think I get a better, more natural looking application with my G543 brush. I love that one to death. And I also like the fu-pa07 a bit better for the same reason. I was a little disappointed though because the handle came off and I had to glue it back on. Not something I expected since the A & A brushes are made by Chikuhodo.
I love your video, Bea, even though I know your next one will be awesome!
OMG Bea, I do believe I saw your video over a year ago when I was researching Hakuhodo brushes. That’s so cool. I think the video’s great. I’d love to see an updated one of your new brushes.
Thank you Carlyn! Was it you who was looking for a link to the fupa14? I am getting lost in all the comments lol. Sonia we need a message board/forum on here lol! 🙂
http://www.koyudo.co.jp/product/makebrushset/freshset.html
Thank you Sylvia! Although now I am thinking I should really do a J series one instead since they seem to be more popular atm. I don’t have any though so this might be a good excuse to get some? 😉
OMGeeeeee……the Kashoen ROYAL collection is indeed verrrrry expensive!!!!
Their E boutique worked today and they put up the Royal collection only so far, hopefully the ‘normal priced’ brushes will be up soon!!!
http://e-boutique.kashoen.jp/products/list.php?category_id=13
Haha i checked this site almost every day 😀
Yeah only the lipbrush from the royal series would be 320€ up….
But the normal line is “only” goat (S class ????)
oh no 🙁 so expensive…
I can see some affordable Kashoen brushes 🙂 YAY
http://www.kashoen.jp/products_royal_kashoen.html
Well, the ‘regular Kashoen’ that is 🙁
http://www.kashoen.jp/products_kashoen.html#all
And the shoko collection:
http://www.kashoen.jp/products_shoko.html
Dear Sonia, can u pls add these links to the master brush shopping links 🙂
I will, thank you !!!
What are their brushes made of?! Y840,000 for a set??? I don’t even see any gold anywhere! I guess I will have to just gaze at the catalogue Tommy is sending me as that is probably all I can afford from Kashoen lol.
http://www.kashoen.jp/products_royal_kashoen.html#E02
still too expensive 😛
I set my Kashoen ‘budget’ at €300 max when Im there! So I prob will walk away with 1 brush only 🙂 think it would be wise to leave out my credit card when I go there!
The store is actually located around the corner from my rental apt in the Ginza area, so NO WAY I can skip the Kashoen boutique 🙂 I might get a make up session done when Im there so at least I get the chance to feel as many Kashoen brushes as possible… LOL
I def will ask to take pics for us all to droole on 🙂
I wanna go tooooo! 🙂 🙂
Living vicariously through you, Melissa!
Tommy just emailed me. She said she finally managed to get me a Kashoen catalog. Erm…. I don’t know if that’s a good thing or not?? :X
YAY Bea!! Happy to hear that! maybe there are a lot more ‘affordable’ ones in the catalogue 🙂 well, at least u can stare at the gorgeous brushes or have them framed…..LOL
I still cannot believe that the Royal collection is that expensive! U can buy a very nice brand new car for the same price 🙂 Maybe I should interview them on behalf of Sonia’s blog, I’m just so curious about the craftmanship and material they are using for this Royal collection. Hope the sale rep does speak English!
I forgot to add this tidbit from Tommy about Kashoen:
“They are the oldest brush company in Japan.
Many brush engineers are from the company”.
oh dear… the source 😛
it’s very bad 🙁
@Carlyn: It’s in their March special set with the pouch. It is a powder brush. I think the site is down for maintenance as I cannot access it atm to grab the link. I’ll try again later.
Thanks Bea. I think my next purchase will be the Houkodou. It’s so pretty. I’m probably going to need Tommy for that purchase though, so I’m figuring out what else I must have to make the shipping fees count. I’m curious if the req squirrel Tenseido is as soft as the Koyudo (omg, LOVE that brush).
Bea!!! Have u received the ‘Mugen Brand’ Lovely brush yet or are u still ordering some more 🙂
I asked Tommy to order me the fupa14 set so if they still have to make the brush then it will be a while lol! 🙂
Bea!! pls stop ordering, I can’t wait to see the ‘Lovely’ brush 🙂
Psst Mellissa or she will keep all the pics and infos for herself 😛
LOL! 😛
LOL! IKR?! I don’t know what’s taking so long. I guess Koyudo is still harvesting the hair for my fupa14. 🙁
Think so too! First we all finish the red squirrel’s hair and now all the goat’s…….LOL…..they better come up with something to grow the hairs much faster 🙂
Thank you Carlyn! Hopefully I will finish it before I get grey hair, blergh… 🙂
I’m most intrigued to know what the fu-pa 14 is like!
CDJ is going to be selling it without the pouch and I’m on the waiting list.
I’m thinking of getting the TF Shading & Illuminating. Can any of u pls recommend a brush to go with this? Will the FuPa012 work?
I’ve never contoured with cream products before. But since my skin has become dryer lately and the powder contouring doesnt work anymore 🙁
HAVE A GREAT EASTER WKEND GIRLS 🙂
Hi Melissa,
the Fu-pa12 would be too big, although you can use it clean to blend out but if you apply the product with this brush it would cover too much surface.
Some of my favorites are the fu-pa6 or 10, also the small TF02, or the Shu 18 goat, or the Koyudo BP014 or Chikuhodo G-10, or even the Tanseido YGQ 17 or the Hakuhodo J544… as you see sooo many options !
if you want to go for a versatile option, the Hakuhodo and the Tanseido are the ones you’ll use with many other products too.
Lisa Eldridge even uses the Suqqu cheek but there is no way I’ll use it with cream, way too precious and it would require too many frequent washes.
Thank you 🙂 and happy Easter to you too 🙂
Thank you dear! The Tanseido YGQ 17 it is then 🙂 I’ve been thinking of getting the BP013 so I guess that 1 too 🙂
I just hope that the TF Shading & Illuminating will work for me, especially since its a big splurge for a countour product!
Which cream contour products do you use?
Hey Melissa 🙂
I’ll send you my TF S & I when I get back to Germany.
I don’t use it & I’d be really happy to pass it on to you.
It’s hardly used at all, as good as new.
Happy Easter to you all !!
Buggsiebee!!!! First, what are u doing on the web?!?! You are supposed to enjoy your vaca in SA (JEALOUS!!), second thats sooooo very sweet of you! Just let me know the payment details over the mail 🙂
I can’t wait for you to get back so I can drool over your Takeda brushes! Hope you were able to get hold of the custom before you left!!
ENJOY YOUR TIME IN SA!! Its officially spring here, but the sun is nowhere to be seen!! Its been snowing AGAIN for the past few days!!!!!
We’re having some really stormy & rainy weather which is a pity 🙁
Yesterday it was POURING all day so we got DVDs and turned my parents home into a home cinema with pop corn, coke and all kinds of junk food. Today the weather is also rotten so, aside from going to church this morning at 7:30 ( hello?! WHY so early on a Sunday?!! ), we’ll be staying indoors & eating all day 😀
I said I’ll give you the Shade & Illuminate – not sell !
When I get back I’ll mail you for your address Ok?
I didn’t get the Takeda package before I left but my eldest son said he’d collect it for me so I feel relaxed about nothing going wrong with my very special order.
I’m really looking forward to these brushes!
Buggsie, that’s so kind of you 🙂 thanks !
Hi Melissa,
I use the TF S&I, an hourglass that I don’t find online anymore, or a dark foundation. I hope it will work for you 🙂 just apply it very sheerly and blend well !
Buggsie!! Thats so very generous of you 🙂 What a GREAT Easter present! THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH!
Glad to hear your eldest son could get your special delivery! YAY!! so freakin excited about it too 🙂
Hmmm….totally into staying indoors and eating all day! I bet you guys have delicious food in SA!
Just picked up my brushes. FINALLY got the White Mushroom. Also picked up the Hakuhodo G537 and the S122Bk (the S122 but in the cheaper Jap-only black handle). And from Akachanfudem the Kyureido KK-004, the Takeda eyeshadow brushes #8 and #11 (short handles, because I have severely short-sighted :P) and Hokuto BS-13 (basic pencil brush). I had my Chinese name engraved on the bottom of these last few brushes and *squeeeee* — pretty!
Oh Bonnieeeeeeee! We need pics! 😉 I was actually looking at those very same Takeda brushes in the catalog last week lol. I had been checking out their kolinsky foundation brush. Please let us know what you think of your latest brush haul! 🙂
Oh of course 🙂 I’ll take pictures now next to the Shu #10 and #12 and send it to Sonia haha. I can’t tell you too much about handles etc because I do have the shorter handles, but it does remind me of Shu…
Hmmm… kolinsky foundation brush huh….. :S
Aaaaagh…..Bonnie!!! they are gorgeous 🙂 🙂 I’m planning to get some more kolinsky gems!
Will add these to my endless-brush-wish-list…..Thanks for the pics!
I’m lemming the Garan Kolinsky found brush, but it costs 15.435 Yen 🙁
PBQW10: http://www.webgaran.com/muf/products/
Takeda No.15LF is cheaper 10.500:
http://takeda-brush.com/brush/PureRedSable-2.html
Is ‘Pure Red Sable’ same as Kolinsky?
Melissa this is the No. 15LF kolinsky foundation brush I am lemming. I see the price has gone up a tad since I saw it in my catalog. It used to be Y9450. I had emailed about the red sable and kolinsky question and here was the answer I got…
About “pure red sable” product.
No.10F are made by kolinsky hair.
(Bigger size “pure red sabe” than No.10,for example No.11,12,14, are made
by kilinsky hair)
No.9S,No.8,,No.8S are made by weasel hair.
Especially “pure red sable” ,
We consider the top point [end ]of natural hair is very important to
” each hair gathering to a target point ” and “fitting for skin” and so on.
So we made “pure red sable” product without cutting top point of hair.
On this circumustances,
weasel hair have suitable waist point [most strong point ] from end of hair
for small or short brushes.
Kolinsky hair have too long distance from waist point to end of hair.
There was even a diagram attached to show what he was trying to explain to me about the difference between kolinsky and weasel. They are really great at providing info.
Blergh…now I think I want that Garan kolinksy even more than the Takeda lmao!
I really do think that the Takeda are an excellent and cheaper alternative to the Shu if you want kolinsky eyeshadow brushes 🙂 Some might even find the Takeda easier to work with because it’s flatter and has more give!
What’s foundation application like with kolinsky? Melissa and Bea!!! I really don’t like you two for introducing all these brushes :S Now I want to try them too and I just got the Houkodou as well!
I have to admit, I prefer the look of the Takeda though. The handle just looks so clean and “sexily” shaped…. o.O
Hi Melissa, i hope you don’t mind my asking, do you think you could do a comparison? or, pls let me know what you think of cosmedo blush brush PK-C03 VS. RMK Cheek Brush or, Chiku Z-4 (RMK,i own a pre-2012 one)?
looks very nice but i couldn’t find any reviews about it. 🙂
Eeeeep! The Takeda brushes look good. Thanks for the pics Bonnie! 🙂 I am getting overwhelmed. I don’t know which ones to get next lol. Yes I revisited my Chikuhodo made Artisan & Artist kolinsky foundation brush and I am really liking it right now so I am lemming the Takeda No.15LF version which I had wanted to get a few years ago. I think I was probably distracted and turned off by the A&A brush handle coming off blergh. Now the Takeda one has gone back on my list. :X
I’m looking forward to using them tomorrow when I wake up… omgsh, it’s 3.30am here!
Ooooh, that’s sad to hear that your A&A brush handle came off :S I’m paranoid when washing my brushes that water will drip down and loosen the ferrule. I hope that the quality of brushes has gone up since then but I think the Takeda look pretty sturdy to me 🙂
Bonnie! soooo…..how does the Takeda perform so far?! Do u like them? Are they as soft as the Shu?
I dont own a Kolinsky foundation brush so far. But I’m planning on getting the A&A SGP-21 as my first since Bea has been quite happy with it.
I do own the A&A SGP-14, 17 & 20. Verrrrry happy with all of them!! I’ve been using them daily for the past 5 weeks, so I will send Sonia my review and pics hopefully this wkend 🙂
Ooops, I missed this!
I say that between the Shu #10 and #12, and the Takeda #11, the Takeda might be even softer 🙂 It might be because it’s less densely packed so the floppiness may contribute a little, but really, the difference is quite marginal. I actually quite like how it feels because it’s less densely packed!
Thank you Bonnie !
Your photo sharing is prompt and resourceful!
so coool, I hope you love them all ! I have uploaded your pics 🙂
It looks ss if no brand can provide a structural dupe for Shu U. yet. But I believe Takeda has its good perfrmance (many Jap brush provides a thinner brush shape than their OEM ones, I guess it still work well.
I just don’t like Shu U. much though, not for its product, but the agressive BA. I was followed by 3 BA along 2 display benches of standard size. I would rathe adapt to other brands.
It’s not entirely the same, but… I’m loving the shorter handles (and the fact my Chinese name is engraved on it haha)! I am seriously short-sighted and while I do apply eye makeup with my contacts on, I still need to get “up close and personal” with my reflection lol. I think the price point of Takeda is very good 🙂
Who is Takeda OEM for btw?
Oh, the “thinner than OEM” comment applies to all brands (especially Hakuhodo and Tanseido).
Since you have asked: Takeda no longer has long term OEM client now, the owner said the produftion team iscsmall, he is rather content with his latest small 3000 eye brush OEM order. Takeda is proud of developing new brushes, according to online sharings.
Oooooh, thank you for clarifying Melissa 🙂 I think I saw somewhere (it was in Japanese and I didn’t bother translating it) that Takeda may be associated with Chanel?
Maybe it’s Tanseido again for Chanel’s recent permanent brush range renewed not long ago (that including the highly praised foundation brush). I am new to brush news. ^ ^
All I know is the recent sharings of a Kumano Fude Festival trip which refers to the saying of 3000 lip brush OEM order (my mistake again, not eye). The owner explained that it’s because of his less than average brush hair storage. orz…
I have (had) a lot of recent Chanel brushes, the blush brush is nice and I love how efficient some of them are but some aren’t that soft. What foundation brush are you talking about ? the stippling or the flat ?
By the way.. has someone tried (touched) the new Chanel retractable kabuki that comes with the new Les Beiges healthy powder ? it looks soft but I couldn’t see it in person… I really want to know how soft it is…
I meant Gladys btw, not Melissa! I’m so sorry ><
Think I got a bit lost :S
And no! Les Beiges isn’t even released here, but indigo kir royale commented that it’s softer than the Hakuhodo White Maple Kinokos though… do you know how tempting that makes it with the added portability!?
I’m LOVING the White Mushroom btw! Can’t believe I took sooo long to pick it up!
Ok girls… I just bought the Chanel kabuki brush a few minutes ago (I knew a place where they had one left and I had a voucher blablabla 😛 *pathetic excuse* 😀
yes it’s soft but… it’s synthetic.
I saw the same Chanel sales assistant the other day, she showed me the brush (a new one from a distance), I couldn’t touch it because they had no samples on the counters and I totally understand that I cannot touch a new brush so I didn’t even ask.
She said it was made with natural hair, now I can say : no it’s not.
Is it soft like other bloggers say : yes but we cannot compare a natural brush with a synthetic brush, it is soft but you just need to know it’s not natural. I am a bit disappointed because I couldn’t find on the web if it was synthetic or not (I didn’t spend 24 hours looking either so maybe I can’t complaint…) and because the assistant told me it was natural… I probably wouldn’t have bought it if I was certain but I will try it and will let you know 🙂
glad you love the white mushroom ! do you mind sending us a pic when you have some time ? I just wanted to make sure the shape is similar to the one I got … thanks 🙂
A lot of luxury-brand-only followers in forums prefer the latest Chanel flat foundation brush (syntgetic, thicker than other brands) to that of ALL other brands (I know Shiseido conquers all by the kabuki) as it is less streaky for application. But I am scared off by the price abd I only need a flat one for putting product on. And I guess it’s the old Chanel brushes have a higher chance of being related to Takeda (just a guess).
@Bonnie: never mind! 🙂 I always make typos with my Note2.0 and amendments, which is a far annoying behavior.
If they prefer the new flat Chanel because of that, the N°7 is cheaper and as good in my opinion.
Hmm, please let me know how it performs. I have no problem with synthetic but like you, I think I’d like to know what I was buying into first! I think the good thing about it is definitely it’s portability. I’d be terrified of travelling with the White Mushroom or any type of kabuki honestly, because I know I’d mostly likely end up squashing and mangling it :S
Oh, Channel has a new kabuki!? Sorry for me being not up-to-date, I have just visited the counter yesterday (but my city needs more time until the summer collection to come (Sonia, you are once again very kind to buy a new brush to give reviews again.) I am terribly sorry if my dicussion wrongly triggered you into buyong the kabuki.
The only tool I have waited for years from Chanel is the eyelash curler I used in a learning session in their “learning centre” 4 to 5 years ago. I am not fast enough for the Asia limited releases yet. Even if I can get a hold of those , I think I won’t be sure if they are the ones I used in the “centre”.
I feel bad for your BA-give-wrong-advice experience, I lose my patience and affection for BA and thus a brand because of this. I can’t trust people’s foundation matching advice.
Ladies, my new video is done..l. 😛 😛 I expect people in certain countries (including myself) won’t have trouble viewing it this time around since I incorporated one of youtube’s audio files from their list of Creative Commons music. I hope you enjoy it. 🙂
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwBK8aLbBkk
Bea, what a lovely work of art. I’m really impressed by the quality of the video.
Thank you Sylvia! I don’t know why it took me so long to do another one. I really like the process. 🙂
AWESOME WORK BEA!! You just convinced me to get the angled blush brushes 🙂
And your mani is gorgous too 🙂
TY Melissa! A mani or two were looking questionable but it would have derailed my determination to finish the damn slideshow if I stopped to take new photographs again lol. And you will be happy to know that my Mugen brushes are supposed to be arriving today (according to EMS tracking). I will take pics of them and email to Sonia straightaway so she can post them here. 🙂
Aaaaargggh Bea!! I cant wait for it to arrive!! Pls let me know asap your first impression so I can order it while my CDJ package is still to be shipped out 🙂 I’m anxious to know if the hair is as soft as the famous FuPas……..If yes, then it will be mine 🙂 Thanks for keeping me posted dear!!
That is such a lemming-inspiring video! It must be so satisfying making a video, just to be able to see what you have….
And I was so entranced by your nails throughout 🙂
Very Impressive Bea!!! Thank you.
You have beautiful hands btw….and your manicures look perfect to me!!
LUCKY you 😀 My Mugen brushes shipped out today so I still have a bit of a wait.
Can’t wait to see pics of yours & hear your opinion on them.
What’s on yer nailz Buggsie?! As I was telling Sylvia, my other obsession which fights for its right in my bank a/c has been rearing its ugly head lately since the online store I buy polish from keeps adding new indie brands to its roster. And now Sonia has just made things more complicated for my wishlist by introducing Evgeny brushes which is right in my backyard so I have been trying to put off a trip to the store to see them. >.<
Hey Bea 😉
My ‘frivolities’ budget also has to be divided between brushes & nail polish….and makeup. Mind you, are any of these items frivolities?? I’m thinking definitely ‘neccessities’ !! Much more important than a new car! I have legs & feet to get me from a to b 😀
Which online store do you order from?
My nails are a rainbow of color right now because I just recieved my NARS Pierre Hardy order. The Boys Don’t Cry blush is also DIVINE. I was actually going to give it a miss, but then I read its shade described as ‘pink grapefruit’ & I could absolutely NOT less that pass me by!!
Nooooooo buggsie now i need this blush 🙁 my first addict is blush.
A while ago I bought all , lipsticks blushes eyeshadow nail polish, all I thought I NEED. But I realized that i’m only using blushes so I sold most of the other stuff I don’t use.
After that the brush addict came and now I’m spending more money than before 😀
@212kik ….Even if you don’t wear much lipstick, the Larger Than Life Lip Gloss in Paris Follies from the Summer collection looks BRILLIANT with the pink grapefruit blush 😉
Just fresh & yummy!!
Psst don’t do this 😉 but I think the gloss is too bright for me… For my taste many nice colors are looking too bright on me because I’m very pale they are “dominating” my face.
I don’t know but I don’t have problems with bright blushes also because of all these nice and helpfull brushes 😀
stopppp it, evil Buggsiebee !!! 🙁 no “darling” anymore for you !!! you temptress !!! 😀
we all go through phases, my first was eyeshadow and bronzer, then blush, then lipstick… then I hit on highlighters like there’s no tomorrow ! but then I started a massive attack on brushes and see where it ended … 😛
Ohhhh must see if my Nars counter has the new collex! Is it already in Sephora too I wonder?? Must walk in the mall to check lol. Buggsiebee that Boys Don’t Cry blush seems really bright… is it? I have one of the Color Club Halo Hues on as it was sunny over here yesterday and had to retake pics as the original ones I took for my group were inadequately showing the holo bling lol. Have you seen the new Chanel Taboo? We don’t have it here yet but I know a couple of people who have ordered it on the website. I don’t want to take up too much space and talk nailz on here because others are probably not into it. I shop at llarowe.com or Harlow & Co. because as I mentioned before, I use a lot of indie brands. I know both the owners as we used to be in a FB group together. Maybe if it’s alright with you, I will ask Sonia to pass on my email addy to you so we can compare notes on nailz. 🙂 🙂
passed 🙂
just saw Chanel Taboo… holy…. Ô_Ô gorgeous…
Yeah I neeeeed Chanel taboo too it’s awesome 😀
Thanks Bea, and thanks Sonia for passing the mail addy on 🙂
The NARS blush is VERY bright, but certainly not excessively so & I find the texture tip top so it’s not a problem to apply sparingly at all. I feel compelled to get these pigmented blushes to challenge my beautiful brushes 😀 !!
I’ve heard of both those shops & will check them out this morning.
I don’t have Taboo ….yet, but I most certainly intend to add it to my collection when it finally arrives in Germany. I believe that it will be part of the permanent lineup so I’m not spending a fortune to get one sent to me yet.
Buggsiebee, I don’t even want to look at this Nars collection, saving for my Japan trip ! I am covering my eyes !!!
I fully understand. 🙂 You’re saving to hire the cargo boat which you will need to ship your MEGA Japan haul back to Switzerland!
You bet ! 😛
oh maybe I don’t find anything I really love 😀 😀 😀
I just can’t even think about it, Addiction, Rykiel, RMK, Ladurée, I mean… it’s gonna hurt… bad. Add to this : brushes and skincare 🙁
@ bea nice Video 😉
and yes we NEED info about the mugen lovely brush 😀
@212kik: TY! I am really wondering if the two Lovely brushes are made by Koyudo lol. 🙂
Hope I’ll be able to dig into these kind of questions when I’ll be in Japan, they look like they have the same source !
Okay, you ladies will be glad to know that the Lovely brush is practically the same as the fu-pa01. I have four of these brushes now – 2 fu-pa01, the Cosmedo fu-cho01 and this Lovely cheek brush. What I am going to do with all of these I have no clue lol. Softness is the same as far as I can tell. The hair length of the Lovely brush is maybe a millimetre shorter than the Cosmedo & Koyudo. I would say the brush head is just ever so slightly smaller than the other two. It is really not that noticeable until you bring them right next to each other. For some reason I think the hairs on the Lovely brush are just a little more tapered but I could be mistaken since it’s hard to see with the black brushes. When I run my fingers thru the brush there seems to be slightly less ‘give’ due to the shorter hair length I suppose. The overall length of the brush is also shorter than the other two. I have taken pics and will email them to Sonia. If anyone has more questions, fire away. Or if you want more comparison pics, let me know and I can email them to you. 🙂
And….I need a backup of the Mugen Deep Shadow Liner brush. It is awesome for a thicker, smudged line around the eyes. I dare say I need two more of these as I can probably also use it to fill in eyebrows using powder. Thank goodness it isn’t that expensive (especially since I think they said it is made out of kolinsky)!
Shadow brushes are my Kryptonite, you evil woman.
Soooo Bea,……my Mugen brushes ( deep selection cheek, liner & brow brushes plus Miss Lovely ) arrived today – care of Tommy 🙂
The Deep Selection brushes are beautifully maunfactured, don’t you think? Really gorgeous! I love the liner & brow brushes but the cheek brush is more like a thicker contour brush. I can’t imagine using it for blush at all!! It’s waaaaaaay too dense & inflexible for my taste, but perhaps I’m just too picky because the Takeda blush brush I wanted so badly turned out to be a big disappointment too. It’s waaaaaaay to big, non- directional & loose for even the chubbiest of cheeks!!
I’m no longer that easy to please 🙁
You know, it really is time for us to have a forum. It took me forever to find Buggsiebee’s comment to me in order to answer it after I got the notice in my inbox. Buggsie I agree about the Deep Cheek’s size, ti’s more of a highlight/contour brush. The Deep brushes look beautiful except for my one complaint…they are really lightweight. I was hoping they would have more heft so it feels ‘cheap’ when I handle it. Does that make sense? Maybe it’s just me. The ferrule and handle probably make it the best looking brushes I have, aside from the red Cosmedo ones. As I said before I need another Shadow Liner 06 brush. I love that one. I’ve washed the cheek brush but have not used it yet just like I have not used my fu-pa14 lol. Who am I kidding? I have very dry skin, I don’t use powder products much on my face. I just bought it for its looks. What can I say, I am superficial bahaha! 😛 😛 😛
I’m currently putting together a small order of the Hakuhodo J series. I have been meaning to get some to try out since Oct of last year but a lovely little lady derailed that plan. I have a special place in my heart for this brand and feel a certain loyalty toward it lol. I actually feel a little guilty for ‘stepping out’ on it for the the last several months with Koyudo, et al. :X 🙂
OMG what am I saying?! See, I forgot to add the Kokutan and S100 series to my best looking brushes! I am such a traitor, HKD please forgive me. :X 😛 😛
You are absolutely right about the lack of heft! I hadn’t even noticed that yet. Wow, they’re like feathers. I also prefer my brushes to feel heavier in the hand but the brow & liner brushes are sooooo lovely that I will most certainly make use of them…heft or not. Perhaps the cheek brush would be ok for applying cream blush?
Tanseido is my # 1 brush brand at the moment. I reach for their eye shadow brushes OVER my Shu brushes which is almost unheard of & an absolute first for me. The little Tanseido red squirrel YAQ17 is my # 1 blush brush at the moment too.
Hakuhodo is still right up there with the best though & their little brow brush from the Xmas set is my my favourite brow brush ever, ever!!
Buggsie you are right! I just used it on my Illamasqua cream blush and it worked really well! It picked up a lot of product though so my right cheek looked like a clown’s but I just touched the tip of the brush next time for my left cheek and buffed in circular motions and it was way better. Then I got the idea of using it with my Shu Nobara cream foundation and ohhhh that worked fine too! I now love using this brush aside from just looking at it lol. 🙂 🙂
argh Tanseido…. I can tell you that I am going to go crazy nuts in Japan at their shop 😛
Probably going to faint at some point 😀
I got the fu-pa14 today, I am glad it’s so soft ! I have dry skin but I’ll still use it with sheer blushes, I have just a few in mind that it will be perfect with !
I also buy brushes because they are a work of art, but except for a few that are just for decoration, I do use them all. I prefer long and well-balanced handles, like the Tanseido for example 😛
there is no reason to feel guilty Bea, believe me, they do get a lot of business anyway 🙂
Bea!!! Thanks so much for the speedy review 🙂 I def will get 1 myself! Will also order the round Lovely, wondering if its as soft as the Houkudou.
Yes, def need comparison pics 🙂 Thanks so much!!!
Hope the FuPa sisters are having a good time in yr brush roll 🙂
Melissa I’m confuzzled chicky? I did get the round Lovely brush. It’s the one I was comparing to the fu-pa01? I sent Sonia a collage of the brushes I got including the fu-pa14 and the Cosmedo brushes. BTW that H0008 dupe is sooooo stinkin’ cute and sooooo soft!!! It’s even smaller than my G543 and I thought that was small! It’s like a mini-me version of the Hakuhodo lol. This round Lovely is not as soft as the Houkodou. That brush is in a class of its own. I actually think the round Lovely reminds me more of the fu-pa02/fu-pa07 and the Cosmedo fu-li02 in terms of hair texture. I’m going to test it today with my KGD foundation. 🙂 I have more pics than the collaged one I sent to Sonia. I will email her a couple more so you can get a better look and she can forward it on to you. 🙂
Bea! thank you for the pics!!! the round looks so yummiieeee…. 🙂 I’ll get both now!! U cant have too many FuPas 🙂
Can u pls take a pic of the Lovely with the Houkodou? Just want to see the difference in size. Thanks dear!!!
Sure thing! My Koyudos, Cosmedos et al are having a party in a flat box that came with one of my orders from Tommy lol. I will send the pics to Sonia staightaway. 🙂
got it and it’s uploaded ! amazing nails by the way !!!
and amazing brushes, sigh !!! Now I know I want the little pink one !
I’m just putting the comparison pics of the Evgeny/Hakuhodo/Shu together. You’ll get it by the time you wake up tomorrow lol. I hope you had a great birthday lovely lady! And you sure don’t look 42 to me! 🙂 🙂
Uploaded 🙂
GRRRREAT pics again Bea 🙂 ….and the perfectly manicured nails!!! How often do you change your polish? I’m in AWE 😀
These Evgeny brushes certainly look very high quality. Can’t wait for mine 🙂
Another good looker is the FuPa14 ! What do you use it for….aside form just looking at it and loving it to pieces? 😉 Do you think it would be good for bronzer or is it too dense?
I will receive the FU-pa 14 this week, I’ll be able to compare it to the Chikuhodo Z-1, I think it could be a bit similar …
Thank you Buggsiebee! I usually change my mani either everyday or every other day. Can you tell I have too much time on my hands lol. I used to belong to a small FB nail group and people were sharing their pics so I started doing the same and found that I really liked doing it plus I have a photo archive of the colours I’ve used especially the holographics since I just find them stunning to look at lol. Now I’ve discovered I like taking pics of my precioussssss sooooo being able to combine the two things I love – a riot of colour and makeup brushes (wierd?) and actually enjoying the process of putting the pics into a sort presentation. It satisfies my need to be creative in some way I suppose. Friends have urged me to blog but really, does the world need another nail blog like the thousand other nail blogs in polish land? I’d like mine to be different somehow but I haven’t figured out how to do that yet so I haven’t set one up.
As for the fu-pa14, you have outed me. I bought it primarily to look at like most of my brushes…really. :X I’ve washed the thing but have not gotten around to using it. I don’t do bronzers much and the one that I do use is the cream Chanel Bronze Universale. I (supposedly) bought the fu-pa14 for my KGD Maifanshi loose powder. I think you might be right though, about it being too dense for bronzer but I could be mistaken. I’ll have to root around in my makeup stash. I’ve gotten rid of a lot of my makeup since it was mostly cluttering up my space so I might have tossed the one and only powder bronzer I might have had. Yes Bea, get rid of the products but keep hoarding the tools. 😛 😛
THANK YOU LADIES!!! The Lovely looks like the Houkodou’s lil sister 🙂
Perfect size for travelling!!! Cant wait for her to join my white goat hair beauties! There goes April budget…… 🙁
The Lovely is going to be MINE !!! 😀
Hahaha Melissa!! This paints a really fun picture in my mind!
😀 😀 ”Hope the FuPa sisters are having a good time in yr brush roll ” 😀 😀
Have u seen this:
http://cooljapannow.jp/detail.html?KEY=NEOKUD-263
Gray squirrel brush set?! ME LIKEYYYYYYY 🙂
Sylvia will freak…. 😛 😛
😀 😀 😀
Sonia!! U should save for yr big trip 🙂 who am I kidding, I just keep ordering brushes myself while I must do some serious saving for my trip 🙁 Oh well….who needs a room in Tokyo when u have all these fluffy ones to keep u company right 🙂 🙂
Btw, these Koyudo set reminds me of the red Kashoen WA SERIE! But Koyudo is grey squirrel and Kashoen is goat….hmmmm….decisions, decisions…
O, and I asked CDJ if they are planning on selling them individually. I do hope they do cause I love to get the powder and the blush brush myself PLUS I have a weakness for red handled brushes 🙂
I know !!! I should save !!! I don’t want to sleep in the streets, although I am sure they are clean and safe enough for me to !!
thank you for asking them, I wish they will sell them individually ! me too, weakness for red handles… arghhh
Too true. Sylvia freaked.
Nice set and nice handles 🙂 hmmmmmmm what to do ??
And Sylvia also freaked to learn yesterday was Sonia’s birthday.
I wish you all the happiness and luck you deserve. Your blog is way beyond compliments or praise. It’s in a class by itself.
I hope your and yours have enjoyed a wonderful day!
hahaha 😀
Thank you so much Sylvia !
yes I had a wonderful day, it was simple, nothing spectacular happened but just did want I wanted to do so, couldn’t be better !
I may tell you more in an upcoming post 🙂 (still hesitating to talk about so simple things, but sometimes it feels good to say out loud what makes us happy, and sometimes it’s not the most complicated things !)
Even if I am late ( */////* ), @Sonia:
Happy Birthday and wish you all the best, especially good health!
I just figure you may have a very close birthday with my brother, his birthday is 20 Apr, but time zone matters.
then we are from the same day ! 🙂 20 april !
Wish him a happy birthday from me 🙂
thank you so much Gladys !!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR SONIA!!!! Hope u had a wonderful day! Now u have a great excuse to treat yrself on some (A LOT) more gorgeous brushes when you’re in Japan!
THANK YOU Melissa 🙂
oh I will, I fear it, but I will allow myself a few new treasures ! can’t wait to go, and can’t wait to be back to show you !
I hope I can upload pics during my trip, and my progressive hauls 🙂
Ohhh HAPPY BIRTHDAY! I hope that you were treated like a brush queen yesterday and that your boyfriend spoiled you haha. And that you spoiled yourself, of course 😛
Aaaargh…I need to stop looking at the gorgeous spring collections! Love this with all the blossoms painted on the handle….sigh…..
Sonia, they have a shop in Kyoto!! Another must visit on yr list 🙂
Squirrel & goat hair:
http://item.rakuten.co.jp/rokkakukan-sakurado/hsc-1/
OH MY OH MY ! I am nearly sick so much I am happy 😀 😀 😀
I was planning Tokyo, Kyoto, Hiroshima and Kumano so… I’ll be there 🙂
I sooooo cant wait for u to discover all the beautiful gems out there! Freaking EXCITED 🙂 🙂 Hope all your travel
planning works out for you! Wish I could join you on the brush route 🙂
Oooh btw, maybe you should contact Liz from So Lonely in Gorgeous if you haven’t already! She’s based in Japan, and she just mentioned makeup haven – Cosmeme 🙂 I’m sure she would be a wonderful resource 🙂
Hi Bonnie,
Yes I follow her and I saw this article. I will try to contact her to get some more advice 🙂
thank you !!
oh by the way, you see the pink fan one on the left of your link ? I have ordered the Koyudo one http://www.koyudo.co.jp/product/other/h013.html
It has been shipped and will be here this week 🙂
Yessss…I’ve been eyeing this 1 from the begining actually 🙂 I dont own a fan brush so that counts as a good excuse to order it right?! Pls say yes 🙂
And the Sakurado 1 is 50% off 1417 Yen ONLY! As far as I can see both are made from same material: mountain goat??
TEMPTIIIIIING!!!!!
Oopssss….there it goes in my Rakuten shopping basket 🙂 🙂
I was looking for long handle fan brushes (dense but SOFT), which I cannot find at all. I have the LY20 but I want something as dense but soft. I have one Hakuhodo but I wanted one denser… so we’ll see. This Sakurado shape is nice, for that price it’s amazing, I wish it’s soft enough !!!
If I hadn’t ordered the Koyudo I probably would have ordered that one from Rakuten.. but gosh the Koyudo is expensive so I hope it meets my expectations : soft and fluffly hair (it’s baby goat’s hair so ….. eeeeeeeckkkkkkkkk 😀 )
Stop it Melissaaaa!!! O_0 I think I might need to ban myself from this blog. Or eat tuna out of a can for the rest of the year lol. 😛 😛
LOL…Bea! I actually have been eating tuna out of a can lately. Fried with garlic and onions and some sesamy oil and soya sauce…..yummmiee 🙂
As u can see I adjust my diet to afford my brush addiction 🙂
😀 sounds like a similar meal of mine but instead of the sesame oil & soya, I add olive oil, chili and chopped sun dried tomatoes & goatsmilk feta. Then, depending on how healthily I want to eat or how lazy I’m feeling, I serve it either on spaghetti or with baguette or on top of a leafy salad 🙂 Super easy & very yummy.
Oh, myyy!
Hi Melissa,
Just a quick update… I just received the Fu-pa 14 and the little pink fan here, O-M-G !
I love both of them ! but the little (big) pink fan WAOWWW !!! I am thrilled !!! that’s a unique and fun brush ! so soft and fluffy, so MEEEE 😛
I have to show you pics asap !!!
Aaaaaarggg…….YES pics of the fans asap pleeeease 🙂 🙂
And THANK YOU for yr advice to get the Koyudo BP014 for cream contouring! I just received it yesterday, washed it, used it with the TF S&I Buggsie sent me! OMG….blending is flawless! So I’ll order the big sister BP013 too 🙂
So I think I’ll get both pink fans since the other 1 is so damn cheap 🙂
cooool !
yes I totally recommend you the pink fan from Koyudo, cdjapan had the wrong price, so I paid more by mistake then they refunded me part of it, so now it has a better price 🙂 totally totally worth it !!! I just can’t wait to get home tonight (omg I am so shallow… 😀 ) but I have to go out tonight to a dinner 🙁 sad face…
I hope that during my lunch break today I can publish one of my pending posts ! I am so late with my reviews !!!
*oh noooo, I forgot to hit save at home before I left this morning… I can’t believe it !!! I have to wait tonight for the post to be published 🙁 arrrrgggghhhh ! not cool 🙁
Ohhh thanks for the recipe! I am gonna start right now since I have all the ingredients on hand and is really easy to do, haha! Does it also make one lose weight?! 😛
Ditto for the recipe. I am a lazy, lazy cook and that sounds just my style. Tasty, simple and cheap.
@ Bea…….I’m certain that your blog would be beautiful , hugely amusing & honest. You can put me on your follower list already 🙂
I think that the Fupa14 looks good for powder – like the KGD Maifanshi & I would probably use it interchangeably with my Koyudo H008 or it’s Cosmedo berry red twin.
Hey, I also buy brushes which I don’t neccesarliy intend to use for applying makeup. Some of the brushes I have would certainly be good workhorses, but they are just too special / beautiful to use. They’re just my treasures……like the 100000 nail polishes stacked away in my drawers. If a fire ever started in my room, the house would probably go up like a packet of crackers!!
Me too, I’ll follow 🙂
oh by the way… some blogging news ahead… I will have a forum 😛 it’s in preparation !
I think now it’s the good timing so I hope it will be helpful for all of us !
Come on, Sonia, admit it……your day DOES have more than 24 hours!???
I don’t know how you pack all you do into a day. You put me to shame 🙁
hahaha my bf will take care of it 😛
I’m sure he’ll be thrilled 😀
I jumped right on it last night and made it but with olive oil. Yummeh!! 🙂 I need to try yours Buggsie, it sounds good too!
LOL Bea!! it tastes good right 🙂
I usually fry it until it gets brown & crispy and like Buggsie said tastes great with green salads too! or even just sliced cuecumber 🙂
We should exchange recipes, which can save us all some money to be able to afford all the brushes we want….
Sonia, I cant wait to see the forum! Hope your BF won’t get crazed by all our never-ending posts…..LOL
😀 well, to be honest, he was the one suggesting the forum in the first place ! and he looks very happy with this task 😛
I think that this can be great fun, furthermore we can also more easily talk recipies, meetings, sport, etc etc
we’ll see 🙂
I’m so excited for this news! I think these discussions are expanding so much so it might help us keep track 🙂
That’s three variants now on the tuna fish theme.
Fantastic!
😀 😀 thanks for update Bea! I’ll persevere with mine too. Tomorrow is another day 😉
Buggsiebee! I washed my Mugen Cheek brush for the 2nd time after I used it with the cream blush and foundation. It’s so much softer now! When I first got it I did notice the layer of protective film on the hairs so I washed it straightaway. It made a difference but the 2nd bath really showed even more of a difference! I am petting it now. 😛 😛
I’m glad I’m not the only one who pets my brushes. It makes me feel it’s not entirely over the top!
After someone mentioned combing their brushes, I’ve taken to doing that too 😛
And I love, love, love petting those fluffy white goat brushes… and the red squirrel *swoons*
Ditto the *swoons*!
Have you ever had a brush that compares to the RS for swooniness?
Happy to hear that you’re getting along well together 🙂
I washed mine for quite a while the first time round as there was quite a bit of dye being released with every rinse. This morning it was very nice & soft, but it still ain’t going to make it anywhere close to being a favourite. I used the two eye brushes & am VERY pleased with them though, so yeah for Mugen 😀 !
Forum!
Great idea, Sonia!
Booohooooo……..the ‘Lovely brush’ website is down……just when I was about to place the orders 🙁 Hope it’ll be on air very soon!!!
I noticed that last night! I sure hope it’s only temporary!
taking shu uemura out of the picture, what Japanese brand you would buy your kolinsky or sable eye brush from?
I’ll tell you after my trip to Japan, I am not a big fan of other sable/kolinsky but maybe I’ll change my mind in Japan 🙂
Which eye brushes did you get Buggsiebee? I want a backup of the shadow liner.
Ah, sorry to get you excited Bea 😉
By eye brushes I just meant the shadow liner and the brow brush.
NEWSFLASH!!
I asked CDJ if the grey squirrel set will be sold individually and here is the GREAT NEWS:
“We made an inquiry to Koyudo and they approved to sell the brushes
individually. We need to create the individual product data.”
So YAAAAAY 🙂 🙂
Hi Melissa,
Great news ! well, my set is ordered … the full set… 🙂
Sonia! You should be SAVING….like I do 🙂 🙂
LOL….who am I kidding 🙂 I just want the powder and cheek brushes and maybe the small e/s brush! Cant wait for yours to arrive! Maybe you could pick them up yourselves when you’re there!! I bet you’re going to visit Koyudo right??
I know 🙁
but to my defense, sometimes CDjapan helps me with some purchases (and they are paying 50% of this set for me) Please don’t think my opinion is “bought” or anything, it’s always my personal opinion ! And to be honest I have received only just a few samples (the black goat set and 3 fupas, but it is always mentioned in my posts when they are samples offered, if you didn’t read that often, it’s because that didn’t happen often, so compared to the hundreds of Koyudo brushes I own and I paid in full, it’s not much but it’s already something ! It’s the only company that actually sometimes give me a sample or for this set, a discount, and to be even more honest, I do appreciate it. Specially today because believe me, I cannot buy many other things once my budget has been allocated to my expensive makeup and brush purchases 😛
I could also have added an affiliate link but I did not, although my bf tells me I should since that would maybe help a bit with my purchases 😛
It’s their way to thank me for spreading the word and having made them internationally known.
The only problem is that I want *more* brushes that what they can offer me for free, so I need to purchase them when I want them… just bought the fu-pa14 and the pink fan that are truly amazing. I wasn’t going to take this expensive set but since they offer a discount… I just cannot say no 🙁 I hope it’s as good quality as the fu-pa14 !
yes I will try to meet them, we’ll see … just got my boss confirmation that I can take my holidays! so now I am going to book everything !
I can only speak for myself but i never thought your opinion is bought. And you are blogging because you love brushes and have fun with makeup:) You also wrote that cdjapan give you sometimes samples and thats ok 😉 In my opinion you are one of the most honest bloggers i came across 😉 Also because of the tons of answers you give in the comments so we know more of your thought and yourself 😉
There are so many blogs they get tons of free stuff and you dont know.
Thank you <3
I really appreciate your trust … couldn't wish for anything else 🙂
YAAAAY! GREAT NEWS SONIA!! So happy to hear that yr Boss finally approves yr vaca days! Now u can finalize all yr travel plans….
I never doubt all your opinions whatsoever, so dont worry about that! And by offering u discounts or samples u actually help us to see the actual products. So I am glad they give u the opportunity to review their goodies!
Hell yeah, with the discount CDJ offered u I couldn’t have resist the tempatation myself 🙂
Cant wait to see your pink fan!!! Also thinking abt getting the grey squirrel fan as well 🙂
thank you Melissa, really appreciate all your support !!
well, look how cute it is :
http://sweetmakeuptemptations.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/koyudoh013_2.jpg
http://sweetmakeuptemptations.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/koyudovshakuhodo_2.jpg
http://sweetmakeuptemptations.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/sideways.jpg
post will be up tomorrow 🙂 I still have to follow up with some comments before but honestly there isn’t much to say about this fan, it’s just the cutest thing 😛
Ah, good to read your thoughts on the fupa 14. I’m still awaiting it’s arrival to my local post office. Great news about the hols plans!
Wow, Congrats! What are your trip dates finally?
I am hesitating to go to Tokyo alone and I am gathering travel information, very cheap air ticket offers are everywhere now, I dream of departing in May but people say Japan has sale season in July…
I cannot go in July, the one possibility for me would be in 3 to 4 weeks so there is no choice for me, I’ll tell you the dates as soon as it’s fixed with the flight 🙂
Never mind, I don’t think brush companies offer sales anytime, But I cannot deny such possibilities for department stores.
One tip you may have known, no tax refund can be provided over cosmetics items, yes, that includes brushes.
I looked for tourist information in these 2 days, very sleepy now.
Hope you can have all booking tasks completed smoothly, For me, flight is super easy, I become exhausted as most hotels I am interested in are full in May, and the price difference between a room for single and double drive me insane. So I am very discouraged by the hotel problem now, even when my brother was kind enough to give me an overnight “talk” about how to plan for a Tokyo trip…
Time is so insufficient, and Japan hotel booking should be done for at least a month in advance. I am afraid my booking task may become a future trip planning act, sadly.
OUCH!!! sed the wallet. O_0
Now i need the finishing brush 😉 oh the powder brush looks nice too …. Oh noo my wallet!
I’ll wait till Sonia got them 😛
There went my October pay-packet.
Oh my gahhhh!! I need that pink fan! Sigh…my wishlist is all over the place. >.<
I confirm, you need it Bea !
Now this is what I’d call a HUGE FAN BRUSH! it looks elegant despite of its size though 🙂
http://item.rakuten.co.jp/auc-pa-ppar/12-12/
Great 50% discount, too bad the Brown 1 is sold out. Maybe I can use it for dusting around the house if its too big for my face 🙂
What would one use it for, aside from for display purposed lol! I like the brown one too. 🙂
😀 😀 😀 that’s a fun-fan brush ! you can dust anything with that !!
Since there was a discussion about this a bit earlier in the comments the individual gray squirrel Koyudo brushes are up on CoolJapanNow. I can’t wait for your review Sonia!
I knoooow…HAPPY DANCE…..I’ve been stalking their website every day 🙂
Sonia, when will your set arrive? will you receive it before your Japan trip? Owise I just have to wait until you return!
Great i took a look yesterday evening but there was still no grey squirrel brushes so nice that they’re now on 😀
Oh, dear. We need more recipes for tinned tunafish, I can see that now.;)
Hi Devin and Melissa, my set is being delivered right now.. will probably have to pick it up tomorrow at the po 🙂 so I will let you know my first impressions tomorrow during the day 🙂
Ahhh great I thought it will take a while but it’s great I’m thinking about the powder or fin
Wooooo……hooooooo……some more HAPPY DANCE! yessss Sonia……first impression pretty pleeeease 🙂 if u could do a quick comparison pics of the blush brush with the Z4 or Red Squirrel would be AWESOME! A girl can’t have enough blush brushes right 🙂
Gosh……….I can smell a new CDJ order coming up now 🙁
yeah !!! happy dance indeed ! I will take with me my brush soap tomorrow so that I can wash them during the day, they’ll have enough time to dry and take a pic in the evening for you 🙂
haha you will wash them at work ? my colleagues would think i’m crazy 😀
Hi Devin, Melissa, and those of you who wanted my first impressions of the Koyudo set 🙂
Managed to convince my bf to stop by at the PO this morning to grab my package, I had to do my “schreck’s cat eyes” that he can’t resist 😛 because he was really in a hurry … anyway… I got it, opened it in the car (my bf is driving!), he looked at me, then at the set and he said “ALL THAT ???!!!!” then I patted them for 40mn …
I think he could see stars in my eyes !!! it was so funny 😛 -he driving, me patting the brushes-
The review will be written in the evening and uploaded today, I took my brush soap and I will wash them here during my break. In the meantime, since you wanted some first impressions, just a few words from heaven :
Comes in a wood box (like the red squirrel brush but bigger), and with a brush roll. The brush roll is fantastic (doesn’t have magnets = great!!!) I don’t really like the feel of the exterior (I am really weird with some materials but the inside is amazing, so helpful because I can put all the brushes, plus the Radiance and my new BIG LOVE the pink Koyudo fan (that I can’t live without anymore…)
For the brushes, the hair is VERY soft, very close to Suqqu cheek brush (some would not see the difference). ¨
I am very happy and satisfied with all the brushes in the set, there is not one I would not recommend actually … it will be a matter of what kind of shape and brush you are looking for.
The little pointy one is so unique, it is still firm but long, I will try them tonight and report back in the review. The big round powder brush (in the middle in the face pic brushes) is something I was looking for (I was going to order the Tanseido similar option but since I am going to Japan I waited).
You will have more details tonight 🙂 I took some prewash pics but with my phone so they are not great but it gives you an idea…. oh and this red vampire handles…. OH DEAR !!!!!!
Eyes
Face
Set
Some comparison pics of the cheek brush
Can you hear the angels sing up there in heaven 😀
For the comment about powder brush I was waiting for 😉 but now I need the blush brush too 😀
Are the red handles the same red as red squirrel handle or darker ?
I can I can 😀
they are darker but I will take a comparison pic tonight. It’s such a sexy red ! OMG !
I loved at that image of you and your boyfriend in the car! My brother walked in as I was combing my brushes one day. I’d just washed all of them so they were all laid out on the table – he looked at the brushes, looked at me, shook his head and walked back out without saying a word…. hahah!
These brushes… look so…. gorgeous :S
😀 we don’t ask them to understand, just to accept. I accept that my BF buys an expensive cable for the hifi just because it enhances the sound although I cannot hear the difference… 😀
if that makes him happy … 😛
Now that is what I call dedication to your readers! 😛 😛
Yes indeed !
@Bea my lovely round brush arrived today it totally worth it !
In my first opinion its softer than my fupas but evtl. its because of shape and less dense…
The handle also has tiny sparkles thats nice !
The little plastic brush holder is cute 😀
Yay!!! I know. I could use a few more of those little plastic holders lol. 🙂
haha i thought the same some minutes ago 😀 my brushglass in bath is too long for my fupas so my bigger brushes are eating the cute tiny fupas 😉
212kiki I just saw your brush pics up above. I need to get on with the MK2 ordering! The fat eyeshadow brush from the Vivid set, is it for blending?
Haha 😉 yes the mk2 is beautiful right ?!
I ordered the vivid Set for my friend and she let me took some comperision pics for us so I was only able to take some quick pics.
I think the bigger eye brush could be used for blending but since its more flat than round you can better use its sideways but I think it could be a all rounder 😉
Sorry I only have 3 ! eye brushes so I didn’t take pics with other eye brushes 😀
I think the set is perfect for traveling !
Wheeeeee! Start saving your pennies! Wayne went to Japan to get his brushes made. How awesome do you think they are gonna be?! 🙂 🙂
@ Bea i had in mind that you dont have the red squirrel brush ?
Its up again at cdjapan evtl. they have left some 😉
I just noticed that! I keep dithering back and forth on whether to get it or not. Sylvia lights incense in worship of it. I don’t know if I would have the time to do it too lol! 😛
Ooooohhhh DEAR LORD!!!! BRUSHGASM 🙂 🙂
They are GORGEOUSSSSS Sonia!!! Thank u for the quick preview!! The round powder brush looks like the smaller sister of the MK2?! Are the hairs as soft as the Chik Z serie or MK?
Cant wait for yr review tonight……!! Thank u so much!!! Drooooooling 🙂 🙂
you are welcome Melissa 🙂
yes it could be similar to the MK2 (although this one may be more round, flat at the top and less dense, but I’ll have to check that tonight, and after wash, the shape could change a bit ! these seem overall less dense but just as soft.. amazing with very pigmented products, I want to play with them now 😛
I would be soooo tempted to take the day off and play with them ALL DAY 🙂
Wonder if the softness is the same as their Red Squirrel.
The vampire red lip brush looks so sexy! I dont see it being sold separately on CDJ. Will ask them abt it too now 🙂 HAPPY DANCE 🙂 🙂
I am home already today, I had to take my car to the technical expertise … happy to be home early for once !
but I have news… the red of the handle is exactly the same red as the Red Squirrel brush ! I really didn’t think it was ! definitely prefer when it’s paired with black ferrules !
They aren’t 100% dry yet 🙁 just need to wait a little bit for the pics 🙂
Its always nice to be home early from work isnt it. It almost 2000 and Im still on my way home 🙁
Working overtime to afford my addiction!
My new babies arrived today: the 2 Lovely brushes, Sakurado pink fan, blush and eyebrow brushes! Will update my pics and email them to u! First impression of the Lovely’s: silky goat hair, maybe as soft as the Houkudou, which is softer than Koyudo! Sakurado: pink fan not as densed as I hoped but def very soft, but for the 1500 Yen I paid for it its def worth the wait! The blush brush (mix of gray squirrel & soft goat) is also extremely soft with just the perfect density for less pigmented/light colored blushes.
I’ll be watching my phone all night 🙂 even if its past midnight I will read yr review 🙂 🙂 THAAAANKS!!!
your new brushes sound terrific !!! even the fan, waw what a nice surprise !
I hope I will be able to finish soon.. but in the meantime look at this : http://sweetmakeuptemptations.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/koyudoset.jpg
Aaaaaa THANK YOU for making me drool again 🙂
Wish they made the handles in burgundy red like the lip brush or even glossy black to make them stand out among the others! Maybe u could suggest that when meeting Koyudo 🙂
Maybe they just had ‘left over paint’ from the Red Squirrel….hahaha
Oh u have to ask them if they are planning on designing new red squirrel brushes! A nice powder red squirrel would be verrrrry nice 🙂
So far they all look sooooo beautiful!!!! Somexcited for the comparison pics! Thank youuuuu!!!
yeah a red squirrel brush !! Oh and they have to name it after sonia 🙂 A sonia special edition Powder brush that sounds good huh ?
There are darker red handles on the pine or candian squirrel set from koyudo this color would be great too 🙂
But also the red black combo looks great and we’re able to order them separately thats great from koyudo too !!
What about red with black matte ferrules? I love the matte ferrules on the Mugen brushes I got. I also love the Cosmedo red and black. They are bootifool!! 🙂 🙂
I have many ideas… who knows… maybe one day they can come to life ???
I will see what they have in mind 😉
I second that request for infors on any future RS brushes. Hmmm. Off to light some incense.
Sonia, I got a couple of brushes from Kashoen in the regular Kashoen line, and they are so, so, so soft and feel amazing! You should check these out when you’re in Japan!
WAOW please do you mind sending pics ??? that would be fantastic !
Cheryl!! Can u pls do me a huuuge favor and email Sonia couple of pics of yr Kashoen?
Im lemming these for a while now and planning to get some, prob just 1 given their sky high prices, when Im in japan later this year!
Thank youuuuu 🙂
Yes yes me too! I wanna see the Kashoen pwease??? 🙂 🙂 🙂
And me!
Me tooooo 🙂
Ladies!
Does any of you own the insanely priced Shu 15??
If so, can u pls send some pics to Sonia and share yr opinion abt it? THANKS!!
oh that one is on my Japan list 😀
I don’t own it but hell yes I would love to!!! I saw it at the Shu counter when I bought my 5R brush last month. The SA swatched an eyeshadow with it. Let’s just say I was in awe…… O_O
Bea! U were able to resist the Shu 15 in real life?! Dont think I would, esp after seeing it action 🙂
Sonia, of course u have to get this gem. Just close yr eyes and press OK when they swipe yr credit card at the cashier 🙂 it will be painless and dont pay too much attention to yr card statement when u get back. Its just nrs, yr brushes are priceless 🙂 Im planning to do the same … LOL
hahaha see no evil…
I plan on not getting too many things …hmhmm cough cough… but at least some to remember…
@ Melissa, I have it, but I honestly hardly ever use it. It’s way too big for me to use as an eye shadow brush. I only ever use it for highlighter application, but I guess it would be good for cream products & contouring.
THANK YOU FOR THE PICS BUGGSIE!!!! I dont see it on US website though and on the Japan Shu it costs 25.200 Yen 🙁 boooo hooooooo……..
SHU US website has a 20% off promo plus free shipping until May 21, so I went straight on line, hoping to find the Shu 15! NOT! anyway, then I went for the Shu 11, which is also pure kolinsky, then I found out they dont accept cards issued outside the US. Darn 🙁 Guess they force us to buy from the France or UK website, which is more expensive!
Not my lucky brush day today!!
Shu uemura certainly doesn’t make it easy for any European country other than the UK or France to access it’s products. Even if you order off their online shop, they don’t ship out of country which means that you either have to ask friends based in the UK / France to help you or you need to use a forwarding company. Space NK and Liberty sell Shu but they have very few brushes & don’t stock the # 15 at all 🙁
If you decide to use a UK forwarding co, then try myukmailbox.com. It’s the one I use.
…..or ask one of our US based ladies to help you out??? 😉