Right after writing about my inexpensive KKV makeup brushes, I saw these. KKV Mini Cake Powder Puffs. They’re cute. They’re cheap. They’re ₱99 for a box. I can’t remember if there are 4 or 6 or 8 in one box. I just know there’s a lot because I already own another version of them in purple. Unfortunately, I don’t particularly like them. Which feels like an appropriate continuation of my argument that the price of a beauty tool doesn’t necessarily tell me whether I’m going to like using it. My inexpensive KKV brushes? Some of them are genuinely good. I reach for them despite owning much more expensive brushes because they simply work with my hand. The powder puffs I bought? Not so much. There wasn’t anything particularly impressive about the way they performed, and I found myself reaching for other puffs instead. They were too dense and not very flexible. And they sucked up foundation a lot! The cute but awkward shapes also didn't help. Expensive doesn’t automatica...
I own a lot of expensive makeup brushes. And after years of doing my own makeup, other people’s and developing my skills, I’ve realized something: I don’t really care how much a makeup brush costs anymore. I don’t even care that much about the brand. Sometimes, yes, it’s the tool. But most of the time? It’s the artist’s hand. Of course, there are limits. If a terrible brush keeps fighting me every time I try to use it, I’m not going to spend my morning negotiating with it. 😆 But inexpensive doesn’t automatically mean terrible. These KKV brushes are a perfect example. They’re very affordable, with most of the brushes in this particular line priced at around ₱89 to ₱159, and they work. That’s it. They do what I need them to do. And once you’ve developed enough technique, I think that becomes far more important than having an impressive name stamped on the handle. I actually own several KKV brushes already, and I’ve mentioned some of them here over the past few months. KKV ...