Icing Diamond cut professional brush kit

Costs: 16 dollars (but because I got it on a buy one get one half off it was 8 dollars)

Contains:
~1 Blush Brush
~1 Eyeshadow Brush
~1 Angled Liner Brush
~1 Crease Brush
~1 Smudger



Overall
Pros:
~Comes with a case
~Each brush comes with an individual plastic protector you can reuse
~The brush length is pretty small so it's pretty much travel sized
~Case its my other brushes (expect my large powder brush)
~Brushes hasn't shed (yet)
Cons:
~Nothing's really a con overall

Review will be in order of the brushes below (top to bottom)




Blush Brush
Pros:
~Applies color well
~Soft
Cons:
~Doesn't blend it out as well as I want, but that's just me. So I prefer using my powder brush to blend it out or apply it :)

Crease Brush
Pros:
~Concentrates color well
~Soft
~Easily gets into the crease
Cons:
~I prefer my crease more blended and this doesn't blend the crease well for me.
~ (may also be a pro) it's dense
It might be good for smokey looks though.

Eyeshadow brush
Pros:
~Soft
~Flat and thin tip
~Thing tip can double for applying a thin line of color
~Great brush to use moist to pack on colors
Cons:
~Not very good for packing on color on it's own

Angled Liner Brush
Pros:
~Good for apply a variety of products (creams and powders. Haven't tried gel yet)
~Small
Cons:
~Not capable of creating very fine lines (or as fine as I would like it to be for I have a partial monolid)

Smudger
Pros:
~Feels like a good quality sponge
~Good for cleaning up makeup smudges and etc. (Not waterproof mascara smudges while it's still wet though)
~Reusable
Cons:
~It cleans up products more than it "smudges" like it's intended to use for. So I would suggest you smudge with a brush rather than using this.

Icing Makeup Set

Cost: 22 dollars (Not including tax)

"$75 value"

Contains:
~70 Shimmery/Metallic Eyeshadows
~6 Eyebrow powders
~1 Eyebrow cream
~8 Cream liners (3 matte 4 glittery)
~4 colored glosses
~8 sheer/tinted glittery glosses
~2 Shimmery Blushes
~1 Matte compact powder
~1 Shimmery/Glittery Powder
~2 Duo sided eyeshadow sponges
~1 Lip brush
~1 face/ blush brush
~One built in mirror

Overall review
Pros:
~Has a nice sized mirror
~Closes and stays closed
~Hinges hasn't broken off
~Nice design
~Nice that it includes applicators
~Top lid feels very sturdy
Cons:
~The color of the outside casing came off and transferred onto my hands and towel while sanitizing it
~Bottom of the case feels very flimsy
~Hard to open for me
~Sponge tipped applicators did not apply color well
~Lip brush dug into the lip glosses and took too much product and feels very hard

*** No comment on the blush/ powder brush





Eyeshadows:

Pros:
~Nice variety of colors
~Good amount of color and neutrals
Cons:
~All Shimmery/ metallic
~Pigmentation quality is not equal for all colors
~Creases after about two-four hours(?) without a base or primer


Swatches (Colors in order of columns starting from left to right)









Eyebrow powder
Pros:
~Variety of colors for brunettes and blondes
~Comes out matte even though you see a few pieces of shimmer
Cons:
~No black for very dark brown

Swatches in no particular order:



Eyebrow cream
Pros:
~Doesn't feel sticky
~Comes out transparent
Cons:
~Feels heavy for me (i never use gel or creams on it before)

***** No comment on the staying power, how well it keeps strays in place, or how it works with the powder

Glosses
Pros:
~Not sticky
~Good pigmentation on some
~Nice sheer tint on others
~Very glossy
~Doesn't taste horrible
Cons:
~ Appears with glitter, however when applied i haven't seen glitter on my lips for the four located on the top right corner of the set.
~ You see the glitter on your lips after the sheer tinted glosses after it wears off. Also, the glitter spreads around the mouth area

****No comment on staying power

Swatches in no particular order:



Cream liners
Pros:
~Variety of matte and glittery liners
~Goes on pretty smoothly for most of them
Cons:
~Does not stay on long even when setted with shadow (I have partial monolids and also oily lids so that maybe why)
~Not all goes on smoothly
~Not all are very pigmented

**** No comment on whether it is a good base

Swatches in order from bottom row to top row



Powders and Blushes
Pros:
~Blushes don't come out too shimmery
~Matte powder and blushes applies pretty well
~Shimmery powder highlights well
~Pretty good pigmentation for the blushes
~Matter powder doesn't streak on me at the end of the day
Cons:
~Matter powder broke me out (probably because I didn't moisturize on my dry spots)
~I prefer if the shimmery powder did not have as large pieces of shimmer

**** No comment on staying power of the blushes (for i naturally turn flushed by the end of the day), whether the compact powder keeps my face matte (i do not reapply) or the shimmery powder.

Swatches in order (reversed)



Overall Rating: 7 out of 10
It could be better, but for the money it's a good deal especially if you have a coupon or something or you're just starting out and want to experiment with a variety of products. Also makes a good sort of inexpensive gift.

****NOTE Icing and Claire's usually have buy one get one half off deals on cosmetics so keep an eye out for that in case you're planning to buy more than one product!

Recommend?
Sure, not a product that's a "MUST HAVE" but I know I won't be needing any of the products included in the set :) I'm sure there are better make up sets out there, so if you want to try this you can.

I was not paid for the review nor sponsored nor affiliated with the company or producer. Was purchased with my own money