Sonia Kashuk “Lend A Hand” Nail Polish Trio

I am so late with this, but I did buy the <strong>Lend A Hand nail polish trio by Sonia Kashuk </strong>from Target a couple of months back.  I love this trio and the quality of the polishes are awesome.  I love these three colors so much!  In the picture below of the polish on my nails, I’ve worn them for an active two days and I only see polishes disappearing from the tip edges, no chipping yet.  I use Seche base and top coats…fyi.

The purchase of the nail polishes and everything else in the collection which includes makeup tools, eye shadows and brushes all benefit Breast Cancer research.

If you can still get your hands on some of these items (I believe you can I’ve seen them, still, recently) then pick up something for a good cause. Sonia Kashuk makeup and tool are not garbage so you will love what you pick up and it will be useful to you.

These items are limited edition so once they are gone they are gone…and and and if I had to give advice as to what to get from this collection, I’d say the nail polishes hands down.

Price: $9.99 for all

Sonia Kashuk Bamboo Kabuki Brush Review

My Sonia Kashuk Bamboo Kabuki brush now lives in the makeup bag I carry around my purse and I use it with my blot powder to blot my face whenever I need to.  I sometimes will use it with m MSFs if I want to where it on my cheeks because it picks up just the right amount of product to work with.

This brush is taller than your average kabuki brush so it’s not a “buki” brush.  The handle is about four inches ling and the brush is about two inches long.  The brush is synthetic, very dense, very well made, attractive, strong, eco-friendly (I think) and is meant to be used with powders/minerals.

The brush sheds minimally and dries fast after a deep cleaning.  I only find two cons with this brush and 1. is that it’s a big brush and 2. it doesn’t come with a cover or is not a retractable kabuki.  I have to be careful when zipping and unzipping my makeup bag so that I won’t lose any hairs in it.  The hairs/bristols are not prickly or hard like my Bare Escentuals kabuki brush and doesn’t shed as much either (not even close).

I bought this brush from Target and paid $12.99 for it, I believe and I think that’s expensive for a drug store brush, but the brush is pretty good for the price.  It beats paying $30 for a higher end kabuki.  Again, this brush does what it’s supposed to do so I’m happy with it.

Pictures!

Excuse my nails!  I was swatching nail polishes at the time I was taking these pictures.

Sonia Kashuk Large Crease v. MAC 226 Brush Review

This little review will be a comparison review between my MAC 226 brush (small tapered blending brush) and my new Sonia Kashuk Large Crease brush.

Ok now for my review…

I just wanted to say that when I first tried out my MAC 226 brush (which I got back when the Color Craft Collection came out) right away I didn’t really like it because the hairs had no real density to it and I found that I had to keep going into color over and over and building to get the crease I wanted.  Building up color is fine, but I tend to go very deep with my crease colors so building kind of gets on my nerves.   The 226 reminds me of the 224, but just cut into a different shape.  I bought 226 because I needed a better crease brush than the Essence of Beauty brush that I have.  With all of the rave reviews about the 226, I went for it.   I really don’t like my Essence of Beauty crease brush at all (it’s totally useless to me to use in the crease), but it is good for lining under the lower lash line nicely.

When I used my new Sonia Kashuk large crease brush for the first time I really liked right away because the brush is fat / dense and of course the head of the brush is larger and thicker than my 226.  This brush fits perfectly inside my crease, perfectly.  When I go into color and put it into my crease right away I see the color and I only have to go back in maybe a couple of more times and all done.  Sweet!

These two brushes are similar, but are very different.  One is bigger than the other when it comes to the density of the hairs, of course.  The bigger the brush, the more control you have over it and I think that is with any brush though.  The 226 is longer than the Kashuk brush, but the Kashuk brush has a thicker handle.  Also, the 226 weighs a little more than the Kashuk brush and I can tell that just from holding both…one is made out of plastic (Kashuk) and the other from wood (226).  The feral on the Kashuk brush is the same width from top to bottom and my 226 feral width is wider from the bottom and becomes thinner as it goes to the top.

Both brushes are great to use in the crease and outer v.   Both are great blending brushes as well.  If you have a harsh line to get rid of then these brushes work well and for me, even better than the 224.  I find that lining does not work well for me when I try to use these brushes for that purpose, but I’ve read on other blogs that it is good for that.  I beg to differ because both brushes are not stiff enough for me to get a precise line of any size.

The 226 brush cost me $24.50 and my Kashuk brush cost me $5.99.  The MAC 226 is a high end brush and the Kashuk is a drugstore brush.  And one is more affordable than the other.

I will say that I love my 226 brush because I’m a MAC addict, but I think everyone should also own Kashuk brushes (the white ones) as back up brushes.  I’m not really found of non-black color brushes, but whatever works the best I’ll use.  When I can’t get to cleaning my brushes when I need to I go to my Kashuk brushes, first, without thinking twice.  The Sonia Kashuk Large Crease brush is a great brush and I have been using it a lot more…well, I haven’t used my 226 since I got my Kashuk large crease brush.  Eeeek!  Yes, I enjoy using this brush a lot and I will continue to do so until oblivion.

That’s it for my review.