Japanese brushes - Chikuhodo, Koyudo, Hakuhodo, Suqqu, etc

Chickibum

Chickibum

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Hi everyone :) (this is my first post, yay) Is anyone using the Koyudo fu-pa 02 for foundation? I'm debating on getting it and there's not too many reviews out there. I've also got a Hakuhodo order coming... And I'm plotting my second already hehe. What I'm mainly after right now is an excellent foundation brush :)
 
MissHolland

MissHolland

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Thanks kimibos! I will! :)

Chickibum, i love the Fu-Pa02 for foundation. I ordered a BU.

I also made some pictures of my eyebrow brushes:

MAC 263, Chikuhodo R-B1 and Hakuhodo B163BkSL



Swatches with the brushes and my Illamasqua Eye Brow Cake in Motto:

Mac, Chiku and Haku brush.

The MAC brush has long hair and is flexible. The hair is synthetic. Works great for less pigmented products. The Chiku brush has long hair too, and its a little fluffy and little flexible. The hair is Water Badger. This brush give you a soft and natural finish. I use it with Illamasqua Motto, a pigmented product. The Haku one is perfect. You can make sharp lines but when you fill your brows in you get a soft, natural and even finish. The hair is Weasel.

As you can see on the picture, the MAC one give you the most colour. I dont like this brush because of that.. and because its big and too flexible in my opinion. You can work with the Haku and Chicu more precisely. If i had too pic one brush it would be the Haku one because you can make sharp lines en fill your brows softly in. But the Chiku one is a realy nice brush too. It just depends on what you like the most.
 
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niccig

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I ordered a couple new Chikuhodos from now-eproject recently, and they came in a couple days ago!


Terrible picture, but there you have it. The one on the left is the R-P6 powder brush, and the smaller one is the R-C2 cheek brush. Both are grey squirrel, and pretty dense so they're a lot firmer than, say, the Koyudo red squirrel brush. It's my first experience with Chikuhodo grey squirrel and I'm already in love. I imagine they're similar to the hairs in the Z series, but the price tag isn't quite so high.
 
kimibos

kimibos

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niccig said:
I ordered a couple new Chikuhodos from now-eproject recently, and they came in a couple days ago!
Terrible picture, but there you have it. The one on the left is the R-P6 powder brush, and the smaller one is the R-C2 cheek brush. Both are grey squirrel, and pretty dense so they're a lot firmer than, say, the Koyudo red squirrel brush. It's my first experience with Chikuhodo grey squirrel and I'm already in love. I imagine they're similar to the hairs in the Z series, but the price tag isn't quite so high.
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Enjoy! they both look gorgeous! im hoping to get some of the Z ones for my B-day or the passion set. also the pic is fine!
 
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niccig

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kimibos said:
Enjoy! they both look gorgeous! im hoping to get some of the Z ones for my B-day or the passion set. also the pic is fine!
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I only have one brush from the Passion series, but based on that I think it would be better to go with the Z series. The Passion handles are soooo pretty, but the hair in the powder brush isn't really as soft as I'd like it to be.
 
kimibos

kimibos

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Hi girls I got my koyudo haul yesterday I took some pictures. im going to be posting some here. please excuse the amount of pictures and the quality. they were taking with my phone and im really bad at taking brush pictures LOL
 
kimibos

kimibos

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BP013, BP014, BP033 and BP037
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Closer shot
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BP013, Chanel #4, Mac 128
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BP014 and Mac 227
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This Pic is really bad Sorry. NARS #12, Hakuhodo J146 and BP037. the nars one is the smallest, then the Haku is the biggest one. so the koyudo is like medium.
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BP033 and Hakuhodo J5523 The hakuhodo one is Bigger and more Fluffy than the Koyudo one.
 
kimibos

kimibos

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As for the handles the Koyudo ones are Smaller than the hakuhodo ones. miniature compare to the now Old NARS brush handles.
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here us a pic of the BP014 and the mac 227. you can see the difference between the handles. I took this pic yesterday before i washed the brushes. After the first wash they did get a little bit bigger. and the BP037 lost the VERY pointed tip it had. Still they didnt Shed and are Soft as can be. The BP013 is the softest one, even more than the face hakuhodo ones that i have. Im very happy with my purchase. and will be getting more Koyudo brushes! :flower:
 
kimibos

kimibos

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I got to use the Eye Brushes i got and OMG they are sooo Soft. Crazy Soft.

I want more Squirrel Brushes now.
 
macnc50diva

macnc50diva

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niccig said:
I see Hakuhodo brushes have a thread, but I thought we should have one for other Japanese brush brands too! My first question for you all - does anyone own or have you seen the Chikuhodo P-8 in real life? I have nothing at all against fancy/pricey brushes, but I'm curious whether this could possibly be worth $500+
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I collect brushes from various brands and I've spent way more on a few brushes than I'd like to admit, but daaaaaaamn that's $564 for one brush!(Faints)
 
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niccig

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macnc50diva said:
I collect brushes from various brands and I've spent way more on a few brushes than I'd like to admit, but daaaaaaamn that's $564 for one brush!(Faints)
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I know, right? I wish I could go pet it because it had better be made of unicorn hair :)
 
macnc50diva

macnc50diva

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niccig said:
I know, right? I wish I could go pet it because it had better be made of unicorn hair :)
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At that price the brush should do your makeup for you, tell you how beautiful you look, then wash and dry itself. I mean really, how good does a brush need to feel! Mac brushes have been good to me for a while, so at max cost, Hakuhodo is enough luxury for me lol
 
Dizzymoo

Dizzymoo

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Have many of you ordered from now-project and cool japan? Are you confident that you got genuine brushes?

I know now-eproject say on their website that they are an 'official' distributor of chikuhodo, but I would hate to spend all that money and then find they are copies.

Kholindo have now closed for business.

Even though I live in UK and work 15 minutes from Selfridges in London, Suqqu brushes are always out of stock, so it seems easier to get chikuhodo and koyudo shipped in!
 
iLoveBees

iLoveBees

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Dizzymoo said:
Have many of you ordered from now-project and cool japan?  Are you confident that you got genuine brushes? I know now-eproject say on their website that they are an 'official' distributor of chikuhodo, but I would hate to spend all that money and then find they are copies. Kholindo have now closed for business. Even though I live in UK and work 15 minutes from Selfridges in London, Suqqu brushes are always out of stock, so it seems easier to get chikuhodo and koyudo shipped in!
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Hi there. I ordered from cool japan and I'm pretty confident that my brushes were genuine. If not, they are some of the best fake brushes I've ever encountered. Seriously though, the brushes I got were impeccable so I was very satisfied. I'm saving up for my next order. The blogger "sweet makeup temptations" is a brush mega collector and she uses cool Japan so I'm pretty confident that they are real.
 
kimibos

kimibos

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I ordered from Cool Japan Now. it took a month to get my brushes. they emailed me saying that they send the order to the factory, they make the brushes there and then they ship. they also emailed me when my order shipped from japan. Everything arrived in excellent conditions.

you have to read the shipping date they give in the site for each brush.

Sonia from Sweet Makeup Temptations AKA The Brush Queen Orders Koyudo from them all the time.

i think its now called CDJapan.
 
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