e.l.f Fan Brush

I really did want to like this brush, but no. I am back to using my finger again. I don't understand how you are meant to use this brush.

First off the bristles are so flimsy when you put the brush in the highlighting product the bristles fold back onto themselves.

Its great if you want very little/to no product on your cheeks! But sometimes I want to be glittery, dewy goddess and this just doesn't cut the mustard sadly.

Also after every wash I get hairs dropping out and shedding on my cheeks which is such a disaster and it not a dense brush to begin with.

I use it instead to wipe away fall out from under the eye, which it works pretty well for.

On my latest iherb haul I picked up quite a few e.l.f. things, the price is sometimes just too good to look past! They had a special on beauty items so this ended up being USD $2.40 so for a new brush I thought, why not?

This brush looks like you would expect. Also feels a lot more high-end than the price would make you suspect. It has a wooden black long handle with the name printed on it. The ferrel is black also as is the hairs. I have washed this a couple of times and it has kept its shape well. The bristles are incredibly soft.

Now this is a brush of limited uses. Unfortunately because the bristles are so soft and long and flimsy it isn't the best for picking up a lot of pigment. But I do love it for picking up highlighter. I'm not a huge fan of an intense highlight on a day to day basis so this is great for picking up my MAC Soft and Gentle and just applying it lightly across my (non-existant) cheekbones.

So would I recommend... If you are after something that applies things lightly it is great. But I wouldn't pay more than I did as it isn't a multi-use brush.

I use this brush to apply powder highlighter ontop of my cheekbones,I do not use it for anything else but that,it picks up the right amount of product and with the lightest touch enough goes onto your skin,

I purchased this brush for $1usd from shopmissa along with some others. Upon opening the brush packet, I found it was thin and flimsy..but ok, it only cost a dollar. The bristles are a weird red - brown hybrid colour. The handle is actually the nicest part of the brush! E.L.F state that their brushes are ergonomically designed and I have to agree. I gave the Fan Brush a trial a few days later. It picked up some of my highlighter, ok. I sweeped it over my cheekbones about 3-4 times to get some product to stick to my face. It did the job but very delicately. I prefer a thicker brush I can really get 'stuck- in' with. However I will keep this brush around as sometimes I just want a sweep of subtle daytime highlight and this will do that job or maybe when my little niece asks for one of aunties 'makeovers'.

If you like an intense highlight (i.e. NASA look at me!) then I don't think this is the best brush to pick up. I loved that it looks sturdy, it has a secure ferrule and a clean white handle but the brush hairs were a tad too flimsy for me.

I like an intense highlight so I guess I was trying to make the brush do what it's not designed to do. However, the hairs were too thin and sparse that I spent more time trying to pack on the product or I ended up giving up and using a kabuki of some sort.

When washing the brush for the first time, there was no shedding however during use I would find an odd hair or two on my face. This in itself didn't bother me too much, after all it didn't cost me an arm and a leg. I decided to use this to sweep away fall out instead but again it wasn't dense enough to do a good job so out it went.

It's OK but not the best. Elf are known for their brush but this wasn't great. A cheap brush the bristles don't feel nice on my skin. I'm left disappointed by this product sadly.