Beauty Product Reviews

Gorgeous!

Such a beautifully handcrafted set! Everything about it is just lovely. The dyed goat hair is incredibly soft, and the makie is stunning- and it goes beautifully with the GS red makie holiday set. The attention to detail is incredible and they're a joy to use:) I'd love to see another version of this set in maybe black and gold or something similar with WCS/RCS etc. That would be awesome:) Love it!

Not what I expected. At all

I purchased this because I saw multiple influencers who bought it. But omg it was not at all what I thought I was getting. It says it's a balm, and while it is technically a cream- it's a very hard, dry, rough cream that doesn't go easily on the eyes at all, and it feels scratchy and rough, and not to mention it doesn't sparkle nearly as much as it looked like in the videos I saw. I thought it was going to be a much balmier version of something similar to CP super shock shadow, (or like the Surratt balm eyeshadows) but instead it felt like a dried out, rough "cream" that wasn't a cream anymore because it had dried out. I don't know if I got one that was old or something.. I don't think I did, but it was awful. I bought the full size and tried using it twice and threw it out. I can't remember the last time I did that with a new makeup product. I was really bummed because it initially seemed like it was going to be beautiful and exactly what I needed. Very disappointed.

So beautiful- and incredibly soft!

I am so pleased I purchased this set! Tbh, I’m not normally a fan of dyed goat hair, though I had never purchased any Kakishibu dyed fude before.. but almost all my other dyed goat hair brushes are simply too rough for my very sensitive skin. But not these!! Wow, I was blown away at how soft and supple they are.. they feel incredible on the skin, and I love how beautiful the goat hair looks paired with the gorgeous wooden handles. I have used them every day since they arrived and absolutely love them. My favorites are the T1, T2, T3, and surprisingly the T6. I thought that it might be a bit too big and thick for my liking, (though I really love the blue squirrel version from her holiday release, and prefer that version better), I found myself reaching for it every time and really enjoying it! All in all, these are a pleasure to use, and they are beautiful works of art. Sonia and all the artisans who created these amazing brushes did an incredible job. I’m really excited to see if any face brushes will be released to go along with this set..;) If you’re on the fence, just try out a couple.. I guarantee you’ll end up wanting them all!!♥️

Beautifully crafted, but just a bit *too compact.

First of all, I just want to say that I really like this bag.. it is beautiful to look at, well made, and thoughtfully designed. My only gripe with it, is that it is a bit TOO compact. I’d very happily take a few more cm in length and width, to make the slots/pockets slightly larger, wider and longer. For example, the lipstick pouches are very, very small- as in tight. A YSL candy glaze lipgloss is *very difficult to fit in them. Especially the smaller of the two. I didn’t think it would even fit at all and it took me a few minutes of fiddling with it to finally get it in. And if you have any square shaped lipsticks/glosses- you’re outta luck- unless they’re very small. For example, my sigma lip oil doesn’t fit (it’s square) and that was the smallest square lipgloss I have. Also the pocket that’s for compacts right below the brush pockets, it doesn’t even fit my Pat McGrath blush. It does fit in the largest pocket but I need that pocket for foundation etc. It’s just a bit too tight. It’s really unfortunate because I really do like this, and I’ll probably end up keeping it.. (I actually just purchased the larger one before I started messing around with all this and I’m really hoping that the slots will be bigger but l don’t know..) but I’d really like to not have to pick and choose which items I’ll need based on solely whether or not they’ll fit, or if they’re a pain to get in and out. Also, the slots for the brushes are quite short so only your short handled and thinner brushes will work here. No big fluffy powder brushes etc. I had to be very choosy in which brushes I could put in there, and they’re not easy to get in and out, especially when you try to have 3 thin eyeshadow brushes in one slot. If they could just make the pockets a bit bigger, then most products would fit and, more importantly they’d be easy to put in and pop out when doing your makeup. Also I just wanted to add that I was aware of the measurements before buying.. it’s just the pockets are very small. The more I think about it, they wouldn’t even need to make the bag larger to adjust the pockets on most of them. The pockets just need to be slightly bigger, by 5-10mm. I really hope that the larger version has bigger pockets. But despite all of this, I may still keep it if I can figure out everything that will work in it. It just shouldn’t be so difficult to fit makeup and brushes in a storage bag. It is adorable though:) Their whole collection is very cute.

Absolutely stunning!!

I am so pleased I decided to get this set.. it was the first red squirrel set I purchased and am blown away by how much I love it. (And have now purchased multiple other red squirrel brushes because I love it so much l!) The red squirrel hair is beyond soft.. noticeably softer than gray or Canadian squirrel. Which is perfect for me because I have very sensitive, reactive skin so it’s lovely being able to use these because I never have any issues whatsoever when it comes to irritation. The craftsmanship on this set is gorgeous, I absolutely adore the little bunnies and the shell has such great color play. I’m extremely tempted to purchase another set to keep in pristine condition.. we shall see;) All in all, if you are on the fence regarding these.. do it!! You will be so happy you did!! Oh and I loved how it came wrapped in that beautiful pink Japanese paper.. so much so I saved it and folded it up so I could put it inside the paulownia box:) So cute!!💖 Btw, my kitty was loving these brushes too! She wouldn’t stop smelling them.. it was really cute!

Gorgeous brush set!!

Wow, these are absolutely stunning brushes!! I’m just discovering the world of fude and have fallen down a massive rabbit hole!! I purchased this set a few weeks ago and loved it so much I bought I second one! I also got the Chikuhodo Makie MK-SK brush as well.. gorgeous!! I don’t think I’ve ever had such perfect makeup application before:) I am beyond happy with these, and can’t wait to try more brushes out! I almost don’t even want to use them they’re so pretty!!