THE TRUTH… $360 KYLIE COSMETICS BRUSH SET REVIEW

What's up everybody? Welcome back to my channel. Hi, how are ya? Today we are going to dive into the infamous Kylie Cosmetics brush set. Bitch, the whole internet is ******* shook to the ground and I have never seen this much controversy go down in the makeup world in a long time. So when the whole world is talking about makeup brushes, you gotta wonder, what the **** is going on around here? So today we are going to dive into what is the most talked about beauty product in a long time. And of course it is the Kylie Cosmetics full brush set. Now we all know by now that this baby will retail for $360. Now, praise the Lord. So Jesus take the wheel, we're gonna give this a go. Now of course you guys know me, I am always down to be brutally honest. I don't know about other people on YouTube, but I do know that I am one of the only people that has never been paid to say that I like something. And I am someone who just keeps it 100% blunt. I don't give a **** if you're famous. I don't give a **** if your brand's in the drugstore. Since I've been doing makeup for about 20 years now. Yes, I started when I was 12 years old, baby. So I think I know about makeup brushes. And I also manufacture and create makeup and brushes. And I know the real cost of everything. So the truth is about to be unveiled. So if you want to know what the hell the tea is on these brushes, then keep on watching. All right, so of course this is a first impressions video. I have never seen or touched these. And I know these brushes are probably out now by the time that this video is live. So this is what the brushes come in. Now, I don't feel like I have to do a disclaimer every time I do a comment. But I am going to say this once. And I'm going to say it once only. Everything I say here is just my thoughts. Of course, if you don't like me already, I don't know why you even clicked on this video. But most of you already know what is up. And I'm sorry that I have to keep reiterating this stuff. But girl, the internet is vicious. So let's unravel this. And I'm just going to keep it gangster, okay? For $360, I am very curious why this is... I call it vegan leather. It's like a plastic faux leather. It's obviously not real. And this does feel very cheap. So I'm going to start the review off by saying this feels like it's from the Dollar Tree. Just being ******* 100%. So as you open this up, there are all the brushes. To me, the silver kind of dinky packaging is not doing it for me. The brushes themselves, I do like the packaging. I think the silver on the actual brushes are cute. They do look a little basic looking. I do like silver and chrome and that type of stuff, of course. But overall, am I wowed by this packaging? No, I'm not. This overall just feels very cheap, yeah. But are the brushes good? Of course. I haven't even touched them yet. So we are going to do that right now. But first impressions, what do you guys think? Of course, you're going to sound off in the comments below while you're watching this. But are we living for the packaging? It almost looks like, I don't know. I'm looking at this tinfoil. It looks like the ---- they did in Signs when they were like... Once you get past the packaging, all the brushes, of course, are displayed here. And here is where I think it gets a little weird. Now, when these brushes were unveiled, of course, the whole internet had to explode and really go in about the price points. Kylie actually tweeted some stuff out. So I do want to read those really quickly. I'm going to throw those up on the screen. We're going to just do a quick little paraphrase. There was an extreme backlash to the price. Of course, not just my opinion. There was thousands and thousands and thousands of people questioning why there was so much money. So she tweeted out, and I'm going to throw them up right here. I have developed for you guys the most amazing luxury brushes ever. I am very excited. Real brushes don't compare to synthetic brushes. Different performance, quality, everything. I am 100% down to do an entire synthetic line in the future, which will ultimately be cheaper. Okay. Then she goes on to say, I always fight for the lowest price on all my products. Here are some other real brush lines for reference. She references Artis, which I have right here in my hand. She also references Kevyn Aucoin, which I have right here in my hand. And I was a little shook. I got to be honest. I'm like, okay, I'm going to read that to you guys one more time. I always fight for the lowest price on all my products. What is there to fight about? If it's your brand, you choose the price that they're sold at. So these brushes, obviously, I didn't make them. I don't know how much they actually cost to manufacture. I do know that when you manufacture brushes, the markup can be very high depending on your brand. So is the price justified? Of course, I'm going to test them on my face and see how they perform. But I don't know, you guys. I don't think that these brushes cost that much to make. I mean, let's just keep it gangster here. So a little history lesson. Kevyn Aucoin is an iconic makeup artist. In the 90s, he put out books that have changed the entire makeup game. And he is very iconic. And he's a legend. So I am a little... I'm a little peeved that someone who has had a makeup line for such a short amount of time is comparing themselves to an iconic legend. Girl, you better chill. Also, Artiste brushes. We all know these guys. You've seen a million YouTubers use these for foundation. These are very pricey as well. But she's comparing her brush set to these companies. And also MAC. MAC is legendary, baby. They have been around for so long. And with all the problems that her brand has had thus far, I was a little shook at the price point, of course. All right. So I'm going to do a soft little look today and try out some of these brushes. Now, there is a lot here. I can't use every single one. But you guys know, after about five or six brushes, you know an opinion. So first of all, let's prime our face. Since this brush set costs so damn much, let's use a primer that costs so damn much. And this is the Gucci Gucci Face Silk Priming Serum. I love this. Okay, so we are just going to do a few pumps right there. Now, normally I would use a synthetic brush to apply this. There isn't one here. So I'm just going to use, what is this one? Number seven. All right. So I'm just going to take this on my hand. And we're just going to put this all over our face. All right. I am primed and ready for some foundation. Now, of course, if you use a synthetic brush, your brush hairs will not look like this. And this is not like a negative. So don't take this the wrong way, anyone. But like, you see the bristles. Sorry, now my backdrop's a little bright. And they're just really wet. So if you wanted to use this brush for anything else, you're going to have to clean it or let it dry. Which some people don't like. Anyway, moving on. And that was brush number seven. As I said, let's move on to foundation. So brush number six is what I would use for this. Also, wait, wait, wait. I got to say one thing, you guys. For some reason, and maybe because this was a PR thing, I don't know if customers are going to get this in the mail. But the brushes are like stuck on with little stickers on here. I want to show this off because this is so weird. So you pull the brush out. And you see that right there? So these are like little stickers. They almost feel like glue. See that? That like, that weird tacky thing. The brushes are like stuck on. So when you pull them out, they have these like stickers on the back. If you guys can see that. Sorry, I'll move that closer. So they have these little circles that are stuck. And maybe that was just the PR because they were like rolled out. But that is a little weird. And then you have to sit there and like scrape the glue off. Which who the **** wants to do that after paying that much money? Not me. So foundation brush. Let's put on some foundation. Now where did that brush go? All right. So number six is right here. And this is a nice dome-y brush to really apply the foundation and let it hopefully sink into the skin. Let's just go in with a little Dior Forever. We haven't used that in a minute. Now I like to mix 010 and 020. So we are about to do that right now. And that is good for now. So let me dot this all over like I normally would do. I'll do half of my face right now just so we can see what the hell is going on. Now let's apply. All right, you guys. So first impressions, it's taking me a little longer than normal to apply the foundation. Of course, you see a little shedding here. Which I already told you guys, natural hair does shed. It is not the end of the world. These are, of course, brand new brushes. So as you can see, the foundation looks beautiful. Now the brushes do feel soft. Is it the softest thing I've ever felt in my life? As everyone keeps asking. No, it's not. But it is a soft brush. It is nice. Obviously, you see the foundation applied great. I do got to say, though, when you apply foundation with a natural haired bristle brush, it does take longer for some reason. Because the product is soaking in. You got to finesse it into the skin. So I will be going in with more pumps. Usually, I can get that foundation to cover my entire face. I am having to go in with even more products. So just know that. And let's finish. All right, you guys. Foundation is laid. Definitely took a lot longer than normal. My wrist is like, oh, Jesus. I have a little bit of foundation left, but I used a lot of it. So I'm going to wipe that off so I don't accidentally get that all over myself. Oh, let's move on to concealer. Now, I've been loving the All Nighter Urban Decay Waterproof Concealer. We're going to use that. This is what Nate's dad used on me in my transformation video last week. So let's just put some on real quick. All right, bam. All right, so there's that concealer. Now, there is, I think, a concealer brush here as well. So if you're someone that uses concealers in pots or you just want to paint it on, you definitely can do that. This is a concealer brush. It's also used for blending in the concealer, which I don't normally do with these tiny brushes. Let's go in with this for a second. We're already hating it. No, I'm just kidding. But I would never apply my concealer with this brush. I would maybe paint it on. But as you see, this is not blending. So going on to the brush that we used earlier. We've dusted her off. Let's go in this one and see how it wants to look. I know this is a video dedicated to the brushes, but I also want to throw in a few ideas of maybe doing some comparisons because no one has done that yet. They've just only tried the brushes. Now, obviously, you can see my concealer. It's all right. I'm not like living for it. It did blend out. I just feel like it could have been better and quicker. That's just my opinion. Now, I think that it looks all right. It's blending cute. But I'm like finessing it over and over. I'm over it. But I do want to pull out an Artiste brush just for shits and giggles. So here is one of their brushes. What is this one? This is the Oval 7. Now, these, of course, are synthetic man-made fibers. A lot of fibers in these bristles. And we're going to just try it out on this side for fun. I think it's very interesting that they say on their website that synthetic or man-made fibers are manufactured and therefore can be more controlled in terms of shape, finish, diameter, length, and strength. Now, with animal hairs, animals produce different hair depending on your diet, the environment, the weather. So there is no consistency from one animal to another, from one season or time of year to another. Never thought of that. OK, Artiste, work. So I am just going to apply the concealer on the other side just to see if it looks better, worse, or what my thoughts are. So let me put on the exact same amount of concealer. All right. Here is, of course, the Artiste concealer side blended out. And then here is the Kylie Cosmetics side. Not that big of a difference, I definitely think. This one obviously went on way quicker and it just kind of blended out nicely. Where this side, it did blend, it just looks a little patchy and maybe like, eh, a little dry for some reason. Like the brush hair was like, OK, baby, OK. All right, you guys. Concealer, of course, needs to be set. I didn't put the concealer everywhere where I wanted to. So I am going to just dab a little bit on my chin where I normally would. Maybe a little bit right here. Make this nose ******* snatched. I was looking at her other brushes like, should I try the foundation brush we just used for a laugh? Let's do it. OK, blended out a little better. I almost felt like the hair was like dragging the foundation a tiny bit. But definitely worked better than that smaller brush and this one. These two are not for concealer, girl. We definitely need to set the concealer. So I would just use a big fluffy powder brush. Let's see. Number three looks cute. This big dome one. And then today we are going to use, which I'm excited about, the new Patrick Starrr MAC Cosmetics Collaboration Setting Powder. And this is in shade Patrick's Powder. I have not used this yet. So I am very excited. As you see, it's brand new. All right. Ooh, I love that Patrick put this as the sealer instead of those cheap clear ones that you have to like scratch off with tweezers and you just want to like throw the powder across the room. I really appreciate this peel off. It's the little things. Right. So I took some of the powder and I put it on here. And I'm just going to take this brush and dip it in. Ooh, a lot goes on here. So let's shake some off. And then I'm just going to literally take it and press it under the skin. Not under, on top of the concealer. Sorry. On the skin. Whoa. Okay, Patrick, I see you, girl. So from this side to this side, I'm like, okay, this setting powder is not ******* playing. All right. Now the brush, of course, is soft. I think it's applying the powder pretty good. Let's keep going. All right. Setting powder is on. Concealer is set. This so far, I am definitely a fan of. Can't wait to film with it again. Now this brush was cute. Back to the review, of course. It applied that powder very nice. I mean, you guys, it's setting powder. It should apply really nice and easy. So far, all right, girl. Okay, I forgot one step, which is good, because I'm going to try out this big powder brush. This is brush number one. And this is what she looks like here. I'm just going to dust over some powder foundation all over my entire face for a final setting. I'm going to go in with the La Mer New Sheer Pressed Powder, which I love. And we're just going to put this all over my entire face. All right. That is all over the skin. It looks very pretty. Now this brush was very soft. It felt nice. And the powder definitely went in all over the skin very nice. So all right, brush. This one is not bad at all. I love it. It's very fluffy. All right. So I am going to be the little devil over here on my shoulder. Yes, this brush is nice. It's fluffy. It applied the powder great. But I also have one that is literally a tenth of the cost that could do the exact same thing. So take that for what it is. Let's move on. Now we're going to pull out the La Mer Bronzer, which I love. This is my new favorite. And we are going to do a little bit of contouring. And we are going to use what number is this? Brush number five. This is the contour brush. Let's go into the bronzer, of course. Oh, that picked up a lot of pigment, which is great. Because you know I want ******* chiseled cheekbones. So there we go. All right. So something that I really do want to point out here is that goat hair is great for powders. And as you can see, bitch, it looks cute. So now we're just going to chisel this jaw a little bit. All right. Now we are going to take the same brush. And I'm going to do a little bit on my forehead. Now to me, I would use a different brush for this. So maybe I should do that. This brush, number two. Maybe. Let's try it. Let's do the forehead with this one. But definitely worked cute on the forehead. Now I am going to do a little comparison how I would do my bronzer or contour on the forehead. I would use a big fluffy brush like this. This is from Marc Jacobs Beauty. Now we all know their brand is a little pricey as well. So I'm not comparing the price. I'm just comparing that this is actually a synthetic. And remember, Kylie said that real versus synthetic is drastically different. But at the end of the day, baby, you forgot to mention that some synthetics can be very high quality. And this feels like butter. This is for someone that's like really on the go and you just want to like put something on really quick. You can just kind of dust this over your cheekbone area if you don't want the chiseled Jeffrey cheeks. But this is really good for warming up the skin very quickly. You know, no offense, but synthetic versus real hair, this feels pretty similar. So my face is looking a little dull. We need some highlighter. Now in the brush set, I'm going to assume the fan brush, which is number nine, that this is a highlighter brush as well as this other little dome looking one, number eight. I use brushes like this to apply my highlight. As we all know, let's pull out what I normally would use. I love this Kevyn Aucoin brush for highlighter. It's amazing. It's very domey. And this is a synthetic, of course. So let's see how this one performs. Today, what are we going to do, you guys? Let's use the Pat McGrath Skin Fetish in shade gold. Fine gold, excuse me. So let's take brush number eight and let's go in there round and round. And let's see what this looks like. All right. So this applied all right. I'm not like obsessed with it. I am going to do a synthetic on the other side because that's just what we're going to do here. So here is the Kevyn Aucoin. So let's go in here with the same amount of product that we did with the Kylie one. All right. How are we loving it, you guys? Here's this side. And then here is this side. I'm trying to look in the monitor. It's hard to tell. Cheeks are looking cute. Now let's take the fan brush, of course. This was the other one that I was going to assume was for highlighting. Let's go in to that product. And then let's try our Cupid's bow, of course. Okay. Now that one put it right on the top of the lip. Okay. I think I like how the fan brush is applying it way better than this other one. I'm not really sure what this is supposed to be for. But I was just trying to compare it to, you know, similar brushes. Definitely think that this applies a lot better than this one. All right. So let's try out some of these eye brushes. We have four right here. Sorry, they're sticking together from that weird glue ---- in the package. I'm like over it. I hate it. All right. So we're going to take some of these brushes and see what kind of look we can create today. I want to use someone else's palette because it's like, why not? Let's grab the Huda Beauty Desert Desk Palette. This one is very cute. Let's open her up. And I am just going to take brush number 12, which is this guy right here. It's a little packer shader brush. All right. So I'm going to go in with Desert Sand right here. And yes, the Brussels picked up a lot of product. So let's see if it works. All right. Now we're going to go in with the eyeshadow brush number 15. This is a shader brush. What shade should we do? Let's do a few here. Let's first start with shade Eden. It is this gorgeous peachy shade right there. And I love using this as a transition shade. It's very soft and pretty for those moments when you just want to be a subtle hoe. So the shade Eden is blending in really cute. Love how it's looking. It's very soft and dainty. Moving on, let's see what other brushes we can try here. We have a little pencil brush. We have a little packer brush. There's also this little angled one, number 11. It looks like this. Let's try her out right here. So we're going to dip into this shade Amber right here. Dust a little off. And then let's just go in here for a second and see how we're going to look. All right. So now I'm going to dip in. I'm going to go back in with this brush right here and dip into Eden. And a little bit of blazing. Barely right there. And I'm just going to take this and run this under my lash line because I am going to do a soft look today. All right. Now we're going to go in with this packer brush. This is number 13. And we're going to do a little bit of something on the lid here. Now, I don't know if you're supposed to use like a setting spray with these in here. Let's just try it without it. So let's see how this is going to look on the lid. Okay. This color has to be sheer because what the ****. Okay. Not sure about that shade. It is very sheer. I am going to do a little MAC Fix Plus on the brush. And let's see if it sticks better. Okay. There's the effect mommy needed. We're going to take the number 16 brush, which is a pencil brush. And we're just going to do a little bit on the lash line. And that should wrap up trying the brushes. Now, I'm going to go with this shade over here. It's called OUD. I'm not going to even try to pronounce that. So there we go. Oh, yes. All right. The eye look is done. I'm going to quickly pop on some liner and some mascara and I will be right back. All right, you guys. The eyes are done. Now, I do need a lip on. So I'm going to go in with the Dirty Peach Kylie Lip Kit. One of my favorite shades that she's created. Love it. Now, something that's a little weird to me is that in this entire brush set, there is no lip brush. Now, I know a lot of you may say, That's what lip liners and wands and liquid lips are for, which I am so down for that. But if you are like the queen of lips and your pumped up lips have gotten you this far, girl, where's the damn lip brush? That's all I got to ask. And I know that she just launched normal lipsticks today, which a lot of people like to paint them on other people, clients. So there's no lip brush in the brush set, which is a little weird. So, anywho, I am just going to go in with this shade right here, Dirty Peach, and let's put it on. All right, Dirty Peach is on. It looks really pretty with the eye. Very monochromatic. Of course, we're going to do a little all-nighter Urban Decay finish spray. One for the Holy Ghost. All right, you guys. I think it is time to give my final thoughts. All right, you guys. I know this has been a very controversial topic, but I definitely wanted to see what all the hype was for myself. So, thank you for watching today's video. Now, my final thoughts are, are these brushes Jeffree Star approved? They're not. Let's just keep it really ******* real right now. These brushes are not Jeffree Star approved. Now, here's the tea, you guys. A lot of them did work. They're brushes. So, hey, thank God some of them worked. A lot more so than others. Let's just go down the line here, and then I'm going to say my real, real final, final thoughts. Powder brush was great. Foundation brush. I felt like I took way too much time doing my face, and I was just dying for a beauty blender. Same with the concealer. Did not love this at all for this or this. Definitely the Artiste brush came in and wowed me. The eyeshadow brushes, the contour, the highlight. Those went on really pretty. More so this one than the others. But overall, for $360 plus tax and plus shipping, there is no way in hell I'm going to recommend to my audience that you guys buy basically a $400 brush set that you cannot touch or feel. Because, of course, she is only an e-commerce brand. So, you are going to take the risk, if you do want to buy these, of are they going to work for you or not? Now, of course, I can recommend to you a lot of other affordable brands. I know some people think that's shady. I just think that it's smart and fair for you guys. Because this brush set with this cheap old vegan aluminum ******* silver is just not worth the price point. I definitely think that you are paying for an overhyped celebrity name and the price. I know, we're all just like, the price. I just don't think it's worth it. Now, I know that these are real hair and all that. But my advice, Kylie, tone down the prices a little bit. And please give us the real tea on the animal hair and all the information. Because I think a lot of us out there want to know what the real tea is. So, you guys, I cannot recommend these brushes for you. I think they're so overpriced. And at the end of the day, there are so many other affordable options. So, I'm sure her dedicated fan base is going to swoop them up. And at the end of the day, she's probably sitting at home laughing at all of us. Because everyone in the entire world is talking about her brand once again. So, she's good at marketing, girl. I've got to give you that. All right, you guys. Thank you so much for watching today's video. I hope you've learned something new. Sound off below. Let me know what you really think. And I hope you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching. And I'll see you on the next one.