Hi sisters!
James Charles here and welcome back to my youtube channel!
For today's video I have something very very special planned
that I actually don't do very often and that is a
a review.
I really don't do reviews that often mostly because I have my favorite products
that I like to stick to in every single makeup look, BUT
also when it comes to reviews people love love love to share their opinions
and if you love a product you're eating somebodies ass or being paid to do so and if you hate a product
you're jealous or you're angry because you're not on a PR list
or who frickin knows!
Every time I do a review and I read the comments I can just feel the brain cells being *whoosh*
sucked right out of my head, but when I saw this launch
and when I saw the price tag and you guys know exactly what I'm talking about based on the title of the video I'm talking about the brand new
Kylie cosmetics $360 brush set, I had to show you guys the real tea.
I am going to do my entire makeup routine today using the brand new Kylie brushes.
I'm going to try to use every single brush in here in some different step in my makeup routine to show you guys if the brushes are really worth the $360.
I haven't even started yet, but just going into it I would tell you guys
they're probably not even worth it. So, I picked up dupes of every single one of the Kylie brushes from Morphe
I'll tell you guys right now, they are much much much cheaper, so I'm going to be doing one half of my face using the Kylie brushes and the other half of my face using
the same exact brush dupe and we're going to see which side looks better in the end.
Before we get into the full review, I do wanna disclose something because this video will not go the way
my Fenty Beauty video went, I absolutely love Kylie she's honestly one of my role models.
I think she's beautiful and a very very hardworking woman, I'm very proud of her and her makeup
line. I think its been absolutely incredible and she's obviously killing it regardless of what you think about her.
Those are my opinions, you don't have to share them, that being said I'm not on her PR list. I did not get these brushes
sent to me early in the mail, I was actually gonna have to wait another two weeks to get them
and order them, just like everybody else when they went online to the public but
Major shout out to my babe, Christian Domenic, who let me barrow
her set early.
Im gonna give these brushes a fair shot, If they are amazing
You will see. If they suck You guys will definitely see
I really could not care less
about the fact that im not on her PR list
Like i said before hand, influencers literally can not win
can not win but I love kylie
but I'm not on her PR list so apparently I'm so angry
so hopefully this evens out the playing field
so I can give you guys a full
unbiased review. It would have been unbiased
regardless but
these comments whew they're a lot sometimes.
Now that that has all been said, lets jump into the damn brushes.
So for the holiday season Kylie Cosmetics launched her
silver luxury brush set
Which is right here and comes with 16
different brushes and
the set of all 16 retails online for
$360
oh my god
you get all the brushes and a little silver carrying case with them
as you can see all of the brushes have a little white hairs
some of them are duo fiber, some of them are just regular brushes
and apparently Kylie said on Twitter that these are all
real hair as well, they are not synthetic
so that means, I think, not cruelty free and not vegan
so if that so if that is something that you are very adamant about this
this brush set is probably not the brush set for you.
I've talked about this a few times before but I personally
am really not the biggest fan
of brush sets.
When people ask me what type of brush sets to order
I always tell them to go through a website
and really pick out brushes that they know they're going to use based on their different steps of their makeup routine.
Everybody has different techniques and different brushes that they like to use for different things
and I feel like when you order a brush set there are always going to be a few brushes
in there that you will literally never touch
simply because of your personal choices
when it comes to makeup and that is really ok
but it's obviously money down the drain.
I will say though,
looking at all the Kylie brushes laid down next to each other
there really are not that many brushes that I don't think I would pick up
and I feel like I could get a good use out of all them so
at least thats a really great thing.
If you are someone like me though
and don't like brush sets all the brushes will be sold individually online
as well when the full set launches.
I'm gonna go through all the individual prices
as I go through my makeup routine
but altogether these brushes equate to $378
And if you buy the set
it takes $18 off and goes to $360.
What a steal!
On the contrary,
I totaled up all the closest dupes I could find
from Morphe and if you order all of these 16 brushes
your total comes to $115 but
if you use code 'James' for 10% off your purchase
which you definitely should it becomes $104
which is $256 cheaper than the Kylie brushes.
Now that we have the prices all fully broken down
let's go ahead and start our makeup.
On this side of my face I'm going to use the Kylie brushes
and on this side I'm going to be using the same dupes from Morphe
and we're going to see which side performs better.
Let's go.
So to do my foundation today
I'm gonna use my Too Faced Born This Way Foundation.
You guys know this is my all time favorite.
And for the left side of my face
I'm gonna use the Kylie brush #2
which is the large stippling brush.
This brush says it is multipurpose face and body brush
ideal for blending liquid or cream makeup.
And it retails for $30.
The closest dupe I could find from Morphe was
the MB5 brush.
As you can see the color is different
but obviously they are both duo fiber brushes
of a very similar shape.
And this one is $10.
There's definitely an interesting feeling,
you guys know that I don't really do my foundation
with brushes that often
and also this is a duo fiber brush
so it's really not that dense
which is definitely giving us like, like, coverage
but,
oh I really like this for the neck
because it's so big so it let's me blend it in easily.
That was good.
But over the face?
I don't know how I'm feeling right now.
For a duo fiber brush
I'm honestly pleasantly surprised
with this application.
It definitely did a really good job of giving me even coverage
all throughout, but,
I will say that since this is duo fiber
you can obviously see that there's a lot of product
in the brush now left over.
And it's really not that dense.
so I do feel like the coverage isn't as full as normal if I applied it with a sponge.
Looking in the mirror the application looks
absolutely identical on both sides.
They both honestly did a really good job of blending it out
the coverage is decent.
I am going to take a little bit more of that on a beauty blender
and apply that to my nose because
both brushes did leave my nose a little bit sad
and you guys know that is always a struggle area for me.
These brushes both did a perfectly fine job of doing my foundation.
Except one is $30 and one is $10.
In Kylie's line she does not have a dedicated to concealer
and I personally never use a brush when it comes to concealer either.
So I'm just going to go ahead and apply my Shape Tape in the shade light as normal.
Before I go in and blend this out,
I'm going to cream contour my face
today using my Benefit Hoola Stick
You guys know that I don't really do this that often
but Kylie does love a good cream contour so
for my Kylie side I'm going to be using
the Kylie Jenner brush #7
which is the medium stippling brush.
And this retails for $22.
And on my Morphe side
I'm gonna be using the M492.
Literally like the exact same brush
and this retails for $8.
I'm gonna put this in the hollows of my cheeks,
on the jaw line,
and then in the corners of my forehead as well.
Oh.
Just like the first brushes you can see
this is doing a really, really great job at blending everything out.
There are no streaky lines and everything is looking really, really seamless.
I'm now going to go over to the Morphe side
So before I actually used these
I thought these brushes were really, really similarly shaped
as you can see from this angle,
but if we turn them to the side
the Kylie brush is actually a lot more thick
than the Morphe brush.
I am noticing right away that
I have to blend a little bit harder
for the Morphe brush
and this shape's actually, not gonna lie,
a little bit better but then again,
$22. $8.
Here is the Kylie side
and here is the Morphe side.
Once again application looks exactly the same
I'm just gonna add a little bit of Shape Tape
right here to cut the contour.
And then I'm going to blend everything out.
To set my face in place today
I'm going to be using my setting powder mixture.
You guys know this is my all time favorite.
And for my Kylie side I'm going to be using
the Kylie brush #3
which is the medium tapered brush
which retails for $28.
And originally for the Morphe side I had
picked out the M530
but now looking at these I'm realizing that these shapes
are nowhere near similar so I definitely will take the 'L' on that one.
And instead I'm going to be using the Morphe R3 brush.
which retails for $12.
You guys know that I usually use my beauty blender
when it comes to setting powder so this is going to be a little bit interesting
this is definitely a little bit big to be an under eye setting powder brush
but you know what?
We're going to give it a try.
The shape of this is very, very round.
I definitely would prefer a more tapered brush
to do this.
Something like this one from Sigma.
Like, this can really get like right under there as you can see
but
wah!
Honestly, the fact that this Morphe brush is a little more tapered
and synthetic
I feel like it's applying the powder better
because it is a little bit more dense
and kind of packs it in there.
Whereas the Kylie brush is obviously real hair
so it kind of feels a little bit strange to apply setting powder with
but once again,
application looks exactly the same.
To set the rest of my face in place
I'm going to be using the Kylie brush #1
which is the
large powder brush
perfect for blending all over face and body powders.
And this one retails for a whopping $48.
The closest dupe to it I could find
was the Morphe M424
The shape is slightly different
but they're both huge, dense powder brushes.
Except this one is $10.
So you're saving yourself a whopping 38 bucks.
I'm just going to take this brush and tap off the excess
Oh my god!
Woah! That actually caught a lot of powder.
I'm certainly not mad at it
let's go ahead and try Morphe brush.
Oh woah! Once again, picked up a ton of powder.
Once again application looks exactly the same.
For bronzer today I'm going to apply the Benefit
Hoola bronzer.
And I'm gonna use the Kylie #4 on this side of my face.
This one retails for $26.
And on my Morphe side
I'm gonna use my M523
which retails for $15.
What I do like about these brushes is that
they are pretty dense
so when I go in with something like bronzer
or like a cream contour it kind of stipples into my face
and kind of blend it.
It doesn't pick up the product underneath
which
is a really, really good thing.
Gonna do the same exact thing on my Morphe side.
Once again application is exactly the same.
Next for more precise contour
I'm gonna grab my Kat Von D
Shade and Light palette
as always.
And on my Kylie side I'm going to grab
my #5 brush which retails for $24.
Then on my Morphe side
I'm going to grab my M405
which retails for $8 and as you can see these are literally
the exact same brush.
Just gonna tuck that right into the cheekbone.
And then same exact thing.
I really doubt you can tell on camera
but in person I feel like I can tell
just because I look at my face with makeup on almost every single day.
The bristles on the M405 from Morphe are a lot softer
so it's making a much more diffused contour.
Whereas on the Kylie brush the bristles are a lot more dense
which makes it a little bit harder for a diffused application
but
to the everyday makeup person
nobody can tell.
It looks the exact same, let's be real.
Next, I'm going to apply my blush
which is going to be MAC Peaches.
My all time favorite.
And for the Kylie side I'm going to be using
my #6 brush which is the rounded blush brush.
This retails for $28.
And on my Morphe side I'm going to use my G1 brush.
Which is the closest dupe I could find.
This one is $8.
Now looking at these obviously this is a synthetic brush
so I would really never use this for blush.
This is definitely more of a buffer brush
for like blending in foundation.
But you know what?
Sister Kylie says it's for blush
we're going to use it for blush.
Ohhhhhh yeah I do not like that.
I would just never reach for
this shape or type of brush when
it comes to blush application.
I usually use my E4 brush which as you can see
is very, very soft and angled so it lets you get a very, very diffused light wash of color.
This is very, very dense so I'm pretty spooked
to try out the G1.
Oh my god.
Kylie side.
Morphe side.
This really doesn't look bad
I would just literally never reach for those brushes
when it comes to blush.
Once my contours are all in place
I'm going to bake my face as usual using my beauty blender.
While I'm baking in the oven I'm gonna go ahead and
quickly do my brow off camera then I will come back for the clean-up process
Kylie did not release any angled brushes so
I'm just going to use my brow pencil and I'll be right back.
Alright sisters back to business
I'm going to grab my Tarte Shape Tape as always
my Kylie brush #14
This one is $18.
And my M224.
$3.
You guys know that I usually do my concealer application
using a flat-top concealer brush
so I really don't think that I'm going to enjoy the application on either side
but
the brush did fine.
To set my eyelid concealer in place and prime for eyeshadow
I'm going to use my Kylie #10 brush.
This is $20 and it is the large shader brush although it is super, super dense
this is literally not an eyeshadow brush
I don't know what she thinks she's doing
calling this a large shader brush.
Trying to get this to put any eyeshadow on the eyelid
and make it any sort of defined
or blended out - it's not happening.
I really do like the shape and density of this brush
for packing on translucent primer to the lid.
but
this is classified as a large shader brush
and I would literally never use this for any sort of shading on the eyeshadow.
So I think this would be one of the brushes that
like I said is useless to the set.
For the Morphe side I'm going to grab M524 brush
and this one is $6 so you're saving yourself $14 just to set your freaking eyelid concealer in place.
I wanted to do a very 'Kylie' eye look today and I
do have a red carpet later on
so I don't want to do anything too, too intense.
I'm going to grab the MAC Cosmetics X Patrick Starrr
eyeshadow quads.
I am so happy and proud of Sister Starrr for these amazing collaborations.
They are so dope!
So I'm just going to be doing a fun eye look with these today.
For a transition shade I'm going to dip into this light brown shade
in this quad with my Kylie #15 brush.
This is the tapered blending brush and it is $20.
And on the Morphe side I'm going to do the same exact thing
using my M513 and this one is $6.
Oh, woah!
Ok not gonna lie this feels really, really nice on the eyelid.
Next I'm gonna dip into this shade
right here using my Kylie #12 brush.
This one is $20 and I'm going to use the exact dupe
which is the Morphe M433 which is $6.
Interesting.
Even though these brushes are two very, very similar shapes and sizes,
the Kylie brush actually doesn't really taper out on the top
it kind of stays the same density.
Whereas the Morphe does taper out a little bit more
so I think in this scenario I do prefer the M433 from Morphe
simply because it allows for a much more blended application.
I'm next going to dip into this brown shade using my #13 brush
this is the small shader brush and it is $18.
And on the other side I'm going to my M153 from Morphe, same exact shape.
This one is $2.
I'm just going to pack this shade right on the outer 'V'
to deepen out the edge
and then put it slightly into the crease.
Same situation with this last brush as you can see
over here it kind of looks a little bit unblended
That's because the top edge doesn't taper off at all.
It's actually more of a rounded thing which makes it really, really hard
for a precise application in the crease.
I'm going to go over those edges to make sure they're really blended out
using my #11 brush from Kylie which is $16.
It is this angled blending brush.
I personally hate these brushes and think there's literally no point to them.
They do absolutely nothing
but
just for the sake of it I do want to use all the brushes.
And for the Morphe dupe it's my M516 and this one is $6
For my eyelid I'm going to grab the Kylie concealer brush
this is the #14 brush that I used for my brows earlier.
And dip into this shade right up in here.
And I'm going to give it a little bit of a spritz with some Fix Plus
And then I'm just going to pack this right on the inner eyelid.
I know this is a Kylie review but wow.
Sister Patrick snapped on these shadows.
These look so good!
For my lower lash line I'm going to dip into that same warm brown shade
on my #13 brush also my M153 brush.
And I'm going to use this to define it.
Oh that was way easier with that brush.
And then finally with my #12 / M433 brush
I'm going to dip into the original transition shade
and just go right over that bottom edge.
Alright sisters off camera I quickly just went and applied
some winged liner on both eyes to snatch up this look.
Popped on some lashes. These are the Nubounsom Dragon Li Minis.
Now then of course the mascara to blend them together.
Looking in the mirror this eye look is beautiful,
Sister Patrick you killed it with this collection,
but
that is not the focus of this video.
Let's be real.
Both of these eyes look exactly the same.
Let's go ahead and finish off the rest of the face
I'm gonna grab both my big powder brushes and brush away the bake.
Before we highlight I'm going to give my skin a quick spritz with my MAC Fix Plus
just to kind of meld all of those powders together because, let's be real, we definitely have a lot on today.
For highlighter on my Kylie side I'm gonna grab my #8 brush.
This is the small fluff brush and dip into my Anastasia So Hollywood Illuminator.
You guys know this is my all time fave.
And this one retails for a whopping $22.
Gonna give this a light spritz as well
and pop this right on the cheekbone.
Oh, woah.
Ok obviously this is doing a really great job of applying a blinding highlight.
I mean...damn.
I will say though
once again this brush is not really tapered on the top
and it's kind of more like slightly rounded, almost even flat.
And it is pretty dense.
so it's definitely not like, blending it out as much as I would love it to.
On my Morphe side I'm going to grab my R31 brush.
This one is a total of $5.
Once again giving it a light spritz.
And then popping it on the cheekbone.
Yup. Same exact glow.
You guys know when it comes to highlighting my face
I usually will reach for like an M501 brush
obviously the shape is very, very different
but I am going for exact dupes today
I do wish this brush was more tapered like this one
for a more precise application.
But you know what?
We can't always get what we want in life.
I'm gonna go back in with my Kylie #5 brush
and just make sure that my contour and highlight are nice and blended together
and not looking too intense.
And same exact thing on the Morphe side
with my M405.
Next we have the #9 brush and the dupe I have for this is the Morphe 301.
You guys know that I really am not the biggest fan of fan brushes
especially when it comes to highlighting I just don't like the application.
Regardless, I'm going to use it today for the sake of the video.
This one is $20 and this one is $5.
I'm gonna dip into the slightest bit of Artist Couture Illuminati
and just place that right on the high points of my highlighter.
I feel like that did nothing.
Once again I feel like that did nothing.
Can people just stop making fan brushes?
Literally.
This has been as PSA James Charles hates fan brushes.
And last but certainly not least
we have the Kylie brush #16.
This is a tiny pencil brush.
This one retails for 18 whopping dollars.
Compared to the Morphe M31 which retails for $5.
As you can see they are both tiny pencil brushes
I will say that the Morphe one is a little bit more tapered
so that is my fault but let's be real
based on a trend of all the brushes we've tried so far
they're going to perform exactly the same.
For my inner corner I'm going to be using one of the Tarte chrome pots
and this is the shade 'Top Yacht'
This is a trick I tried a few days ago
and I absolutely loved how it looked.
This is just so bright and blinding
and of course
I'm using my Kylie #16 brush
I'm gonna spritz it the slightest bit and just pop it right on in there.
Do you see how bright that is?
Oh my god. That's literally the best pigment ever.
So frickin pretty hello.
Alright guys, I just went ahead and threw on a lip quickly
off camera this is the OFRA liquid lipstick in the shade 'Mocha'
and that completes this look.
As you can see here we have the Kylie brushes side
totaling at $360
and on the other side we have Morphe brushes totaling at $104.
Now that my face is all complete and I've used every single one of these brushes
from both "collections
let's go ahead and spill the tea.
Once we saw the Kylie brushes online
let's be real we were all shook as hell by the price point.
$360 essentially for a new brand like Kylie is way, way too high.
That being said though, almost every single product she's released in the past
has been pretty good.
Like I said I'm not on her PR list
so everything that I've tried from her has been personally bought from me.
Not being paid to say anything!
But it is pretty good stuff so major props to Kylie for that.
Based on Kylie's past product history
going into this I really didn't think the brushes were going to be bad at all
and, let's be real, they really weren't.
Most of the brushes do exactly what they're supposed to do
and one of them being #7 in my opinion even performed better than the dupe from Morphe.
On the other hand however, there were a few Morphe brushes that
in my opinion, outperformed Kylie.
Mostly being the eye brushes.
A lot of the blending brushes, specifically #12 did a really, really great job of packing
the color on there but I will say that I wish they were more tapered.
All the tops of these brushes are very rounded which is great
however, they're very, very dense at the top and don't really taper out
which makes it a little bit harder to get a more precise application especially when it comes to crease work.
Overall, would I recommend the Kylie Cosmetics Silver Luxury Brush Set?
Absolutely not.
The brushes all did exactly what they were supposed to do,
and they applied the makeup perfectly fine
just like normal.
None of the brushes are fraying and they are really, really good quality
I just don't think it's worth the price point.
I really just can't justify spending $360 on a brush set
when there are brands out there like Morphe making the exact same dupes
for way cheaper.
I mean literally I think the cheapest Morphe brush was $2.
And the cheapest Kylie brush was $18
I mean there's even like BH Cosmetics where you can literally get
the same exact brush set for $15.
Don't get me wrong I really, really love Kylie
but
that's literally some people's entire house payment or rent payment
or car payment like that is just way too much
it is not like these brushes are literally doing our makeup for us
or Facetuning our photos after.
I'm not going to tell Kylie how to run her brand
because clearly she's doing a perfectly fine job
all on her own
She made almost $500 million last year
literally
a living legend.
but
I do wish she would make her prices a lot more affordable
so more people could get them
and not just beauty gurus.
All that being said though if you are a huge Kylie stan like myself
and you wanna support her on this brush launch
at least you know you're getting good quality brushes
for your money.
Alright guys that is all I have for this video today.
Definitely give this video a big thumbs up if you enjoyed it and leave me a comment
down below and tell me which side you think looks better.
In my opinion they look exactly the same
but who knows?
Maybe you guys are seeing something that I am not.
What's the tea?
Are you going to buy the Kylie brushes? Definitely let me know your thoughts down below.
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