real techniques dupes from eBay

I bring you again some fantastic brushes courtesy of eBay. Recently, I've really been starting to get into buying from eBay whether it be brushes, acrylic storage (blog post coming soon), jewellery or other  random bits and bobs that catch my eye. 

I bought each individual brush for only £1.53 and free P&P which is too good of an offer to turn down in my opinion, especially for the quality of the brushes. They are extremely soft and the fibres are dense so they blend foundation or even powders such as blush or bronzer well into the skin leaving a flawless finish. 

The bristles are duo-fibre which look sleek but also mean that whilst cleaning the brushes you can see when they are completely clean, instead of guessing, a bonus in my opinion! The stem of the brushes are sturdy and plastic which means they are unlikely to wear or become tarnished by water when washing/drying. 

I just know I am going to get lots of use out of these brushes and they are a welcome addition to the Real Techniques brushes I already own. 

Have you ever thought to buy brushes from eBay? Would you consider buying trying them out because of the price or does the price put you off?

(On my nails is Models Own 'Grape Juice')

Rimmel London's Wake Me Up Foundation

Yay my first post!

'Rimmel London's Wake Me Up foundation' which retails at £8.99 (but is currently on sale at Superdrug for £5.99 - not including 10% student discount!)

This product claims to "visibly reawaken and illuminate skin with a radiant glow and a flawless, natural looking finish"

What I will say, is that after using this foundation, my skin does look 'dewy' and I like how fresh my skin looks once it is applied and set with a little powder. But as I have quite oily skin, this foundation leaves my skin looking shiny on my T-zone after a few hours which means I have to keep applying powder throughout the day to keep a more matt finish while still making my skin look fresh and healthy. 
I am yet to try this foundation with a good quality brush as I've had to make due with an ELF powder brush whilst waiting for my Real Techniques Core Collection to arrive which did this afternoon! I shall pick them up tomorrow, try this foundation again and update you on what I think! 

I'm thinking my next post will talk about the Core Collection - kill two birds with one stone!
Please let me know what you thought of this post and let me know how I can improve/what you want to see as I'm still completely new to this and would love feedback from people!


Thank you for reading,