Has anyone bought make-up brushes from the Body Shop? How do they compare to the MAC brushes?

Thanks.

I have not bought these brushes but have looked at them. They were absolute junk, imo - sorry, not trying to offend anyone who likes'em! They were all made of coarse, thick synthetic fibres. While some MAC brushes are made of synthetic fibres, they are much higher quality and not harsh. I think I remember seeing one TBS that was animal fibre but the quality was just not there. There is no comparison. I tugged on the fibres on TBS brush and the ferrule wiggled around.

Save money and space in the landfill in the long run - 2 good MAC brushes will do the job of all TBS bad brushes.

Just my two cents

Hiya! The foundation brush from body shop is pretty good however i did end up buying the 190 brush from MAC.

~VD

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I have the eyeshadow blending brush from The Body Shop and it's horrible at blending. As already mentioned, it's not soft or fluffy at all. It's extremely hard. It would probably be good at applying paints or pigments but definitely not blending.

OK thanks. I heard from someone they were good but apparently that is not the case.

actually they used to be good a couple of years ago, but they changed the material and they're absolutly crap now, which is a shame beause I really liked the brush that is like the 213, thans god I still have 2 of those

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I didnt like the foundation brush, it left me with a streaky face.

Thats so true! I've had one of my brushes for almost 10 years now, and its still perfect as the same day I bought it. Its too bad the body shop had to change things around, They could have been so competitive with mac with their brushes.

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Don't get TBS Brushes, they kinda sucks... I have theirs eyeshadows brush, blush brush, foundation brush, Concealer/lips brush and powder brush... those brushes were bought before I get to know about MAC...

Eyeshadow and foundation brushes are the worst....

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ive got some body shop brushes n they are really good and soft but i live in the UK so maybe theyre different n i bought a mac brush set n i didnt think they were good at all =(

I like their little smude thing. But the brushes don't look good, imo.

I work at The Body Shop, and to tell you the truth, most of the brushes piss me off. I am incredibly particular about my brushes, and while the TBS shadow brushes are crap, the face and body brush is awesome! Its so soft and fluffy, and I love it since I don't like to pack on the powder too much. The blush brush is pretty good too. Other than that, I'm not such a big fan.

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I worked there and the only thing I could say is that it's just rubbish. They are of poor quality, made of crappy synthetics hairs and feel so agressive for the skin... even customers complained about them.
Definitely not buying any brush from the Body Shop any more (I bought the foundation one 2 years ago, and I've never used it). Maybe I should consider using it to do the dusting

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i bought the foundation brush from the body shop because i didn't want to shell out for the MAC one...big mistake. it's garabage! it left my foundation all streaky! so in the end i went and bought the MAC one. i haven't tried any of the other ones.

A lot of people seem to dislike their brushes, especially the foundation and eyeshadow ones because they don't 'grab' pigment well enough (they're synthetic).

I personally love the blush brush - it gives a perfect, perfect application each time round and feels so soft. No shedding at all for mine, and i've had it a year. No streaking or patchiness at all, the blush lasts the whole day without a base, it's great, and i even use it to dust all over face powders/finishing powders sometimes.

I've also heard good things about the face and body brush - it's a huge powder brush, that feels really soft, but i don't own it and can't compare :]

HTH!

I don't own any but I have seen them in the stores, and they are sooooo soft! I'm going to buy a few soon! Could there be a difference in quality between US and UK (I live in the UK)

I used to have a face brush from the TBS and it was good quality for the price - but I have recently seen and felt the brushes that they have now, and they are indeed pure crap - very scratchy and cheap quality =(