Review of Zoeva Rose Gold Brush Set Dupe from AliExpress

by - 23:58:00

Zoeva Rose Gold Brush Set Dupe

Hey beauties! After all the unending questions on the picture I posted on my Facebook page asking me where I ordered this brush set from, I am finally here with a full detailed review of the same. As most of you know by now, this is NOT the original Zoeva Rose Golden Luxury Brush Set in Powder Nude X Rose (Vol.2) but rather is a fascinating dupe I found on Aliexpress(dot)com. Most of you were awed by how close this looks to this original and many of you raised an eyebrow that I should be using a dupe J Personally, I would never recommend buying fake or as they say “first copy” cosmetics from these Chinese sites because of the harmful chemicals they might use to reduce their price from the originals, but when it comes to brushes, I have only three criteria to buy them: Soft and dense bristles, not much shedding while washing and non-scratchy bristles. And if all these can be given to me at a much lesser price, I would definitely buy them! The original version of this set from Zoeva costs about 79$ which comes to a whooping Rs.5, 300 at the current exchange rate. Read on to find how much I got this set for J


Product: Zoeva Rose Gold Brush Set Dupe
Price: 14.91$ (Approximately 1000/- INR) There was free shipping and no custom duties to be paid!
Available atCLICK HERE

Zoeva Rose Gold Brush Set Ali Express
Zoeva Rose Gold Brush Set Dupe

Packaging: This set of 8 brushes comes with a luxurious rose golden purse with Zoeva monogram on it. The zipper also has the Zoeva logo. I have seen pictures of the original set and honestly I could not find any difference in color, size or type of the bag. The colour is a total luxury! :D
Zoeva Rose Gold Brush Set Ali Express
Zoeva Rose Gold Brush Set Dupe

Zoeva Rose Gold Brush Set pouch
Zoeva Rose Gold Brush Set Dupe Pouch


My experience: Please bear with me because this is going to be a very picture heavy post. The set as you can see, contains 8 brushes- 3 face brushes and 5 eye brushes.

Zoeva Rose Gold Brush Set Ali Express
Zoeva Rose Gold Brush Set Dupe

The Face brushes are:
·        104/BUFFER
·        109/LUXE FACE PAINT
·        126/LUXE CHEEK FINISH
Have a closer look!
Zoeva Rose Gold Brush Set Dupe: 101 Buffer, 109 Luxe Face Paint, 126  Luxe Cheek Finish
Zoeva Rose Gold Brush Set Dupe: 101 Buffer, 109 Luxe Face Paint, 126  Luxe Cheek Finish

The Eye Brushes are:
·        322/BROW LINE
·        228/LUXE CREASE
·        224/LUXE SMOKY SHADER
·        226/SMUDGER
·        317/WING LINER
Have a closer look!
322 Browline,228 Luxe Crease,224 Luxe smoky shader, 226 Smudger,317 Wing liner


·     Four brushes are of natural goat hair (126/LUXE CHEEK FINISH, 109/LUXE FACE PAINT, 224/LUXE SMOKY SHADER, 228/LUXE CREASE)
·        Four brushes are of synthetic bristles (104/BUFFER, 322/BROW LINE, 317/WING LINER, 226/SMUDGER)

Zoeva Rose Gold Brush Set Ali Express
Zoeva Rose Gold Brush Set Dupe

All the brushes have a powder pinkish nude coloured handle and metallic rose-gold (bordering on copper) upper ends. The metallic rose gold part has the exact logo of Zoeva which is there in the original set. The powder pink-nude handle have the Brush name and number on one side and the words “Rose Golden” on the other, all in golden lettering.

Zoeva Rose Gold Brush Set Ali Express
Zoeva Rose Gold Brush Set Dupe


Detailed description:
1.     104/BUFFER: This is the typical dense bristled buffing brush made of soft synthetic bristles. These kind of brushes are great for buffing in liquid products like foundation and create a flawless look. I already own the Sigma F80’s dupe from Aliexpress and have been using the same from last 2.5 years. This brush is denser and has more bristles than that one. I love how insanely soft the bristles are! The brush also has an extra cylindrical plastic cover which will help the brush stay in shape when not in use.
104 Buffer
104 Buffer

Buffer with plastic cover

2.     126/LUXE CHEEK FINISH: A rounded blush brush with natural hair bristles which will be perfect for application of powder blush, contour powder, bronzers etc. I can also see myself applying highlighter with it since I do not own a fan brush. The brushes are really dense and you have to use a really light hand application for pigmented products because the textured bristles (long and short) will pick up quite a lot of product. Again, a soft and non-scratchy brush.

126 Luxe Cheek Finish
126 Luxe Cheek Finish


3.     109/LUXE FACE PAINT: A flat rectangular brush perfect to achieve contouring. The bristles are natural hair and again surprisingly soft. This brush can be used when you want a softened contour for daily purpose. For people like me though, who hates distinct/heavy contouring for any occasion, this brush will be a boon to help create natural looking contouring.
109 Luxe Face Paint
109 Luxe Face Paint


4.     322/BROW LINE: A synthetic bristled angled brush meant for filling brows. The shape and the density of the bristles are just perfect to fill in brows or create that “arch”. I see myself using this everyday :D

322 Brow Line
322 Brow Line


5.     228/LUXE CREASE: A natural bristled fluffy brush meant for blending eyeshadows on the crease line. Whatever fluffy brushes I have used till now were very scratchy, but to my surprise, this one is as soft as its siblings in the bag ;)

228 LuxeCrease
228 LuxeCrease

6.     234/LUXE SMOKY SHADER: Although this is named as “shader” this kind of flat bristled brush can be used to pat on eyeshadow on the lid and can be one of the most used brush for eye makeup. Its natural bristles are quite soft and the textured length would ensure that the brush picks up enough amount of product.

234 Luxe Smoky Shader
234 Luxe Smoky Shader

7.     226/SMUDGER: A perfect flat and rounded edge brush for smudging the intense kohl lines into softer lines. This is a must have for any smoky eye look. The bristles are synthetic.
226 Smudger
226 Smudger

8.     317/WING LINER: Synthetic bristled small angled brush for creating winged-liner looks. The bristles are very nicely concentrated which will ensure a crisp line.

226 Smudger
317 Wing Liner


Now, a main concern with dupe brushes is that they lose shape and shed a lot of hair when washed. To test that out, I washed all of them with a baby shampoo.

Zoeva Rose Gold Brush Set Dupe washed


These are freshly washed brushes.

Zoeva Rose Gold Brush Set Dupe washed and semi dried


And these are the semi-dried brushes. Notice a few “stray” hairs on the Cheek Finish and Face Paint brush. Once they were dried though, the shape returned to original except one or two bristles. Also, the only brush which shed two bristles during the wash was the Luxe Face paint brush. None of the other brushes lost bristles. And all of them remained wonderfully soft even after washing :D There was also a weird smell from the natural hair brushes but it went away with the wash.

Zoeva Rose Gold Brush Set Ali Express
Zoeva Rose Gold Brush Set Dupe Semi Dried


Overall, I am VERY happy with the product. I am getting a totally luxurious looking, dresser display pretty brush set which is soft, non-scratchy and dense and does not lose shape after wash at 5 times less than the original one’s cost! :P For all those of you who are eternally broke like me but still want “pretty” and good quality brushes, do give this a shot J See you next time with more such finds!

 
Zoeva Rose Gold Brush Set Ali Express
Zoeva Rose Gold Brush Set Dupe 


You May Also Like

0 comments