Review of Zoeva Rose Gold Brush Set Dupe from AliExpress
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 at
: CLICK HERE
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 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 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 |
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 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 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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.
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 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!
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