When packing for your holiday, there’s one thing we all want more of – space. Whether you’re a chronic over-packer or just don’t want to risk going over your luggage’s weight allowance, trying to be tactical about what’s essential and what you leave behind is one of the biggest causes of stress when packing. Your beauty products are a whole other ball game, especially when it comes to your tools.
Although you’ll more than likely want your usual roster of great makeup brushes to comes along with you, there’s no denying that they’re bulky and can take up a lot of precious space in your toiletries bag. Enter Ruby Hammer’s Magnetic Makeup Brush Set 01and 02 , £50, which gives you all the brushes you need for a full face in one handy, tiny, travel-sized package. Read more: Vogue Williams’ pregnancy-safe self-tan brand has just launched on the high street The £50 set includes both of Ruby Hammer’s award-winning magnetic brush sets , with six different brush heads that cover everything from your base makeup to eyes and lips.
The brush heads are simple to use; just select the one you want and click it onto the top of the wand to create a full-size makeup brush , so no more fiddling around with the tiny, impossible to hold brushes you often get in travel makeup brush kits. Three brush heads combine to create a single full-size brush , so you can get six different brushes that only take up as much room as two standard makeup brushes. The six brush heads have deliberately not been named to allow you to play around with what you want each one to do.
Founder Ruby Hammer said: “I purposely didn’t name the brushes on the pack, as an artist I play with brushes so what may be labelled as a lip brush could be perfect for eyes. You have to experiment. A great example is that I love using the fine liner for concealer.
The precise point allows you to strategically camouflage blemishes, applying only to the areas that you want covering, rather than swiping across the face.” The set includes: Tapered Brush - For powder or cream textures, eyeshadows or concealers and can be used for eyes or face base products. Smudge Brush - Ideal for blending on either your eyes or lips and applying lip colour or eyeshadows to the upper or lower lash line.
Angled Brush - Gives you tapered precision for filling in eyebrows or to create sharp, perfect eyeliner. Spoolie Brush - Perfect for grooming your brows or de-clumping and distributing mascara more evenly. Fine Liner Brush - Can be used with gel, liquid or cream eyeliner products or with your favourite creamy concealer to strategically cover blemishes.
Square Brush - Define and fill in lips with careful strokes of colour. If you want to bulk out your collection or create a more bespoke brush set, you can also snap up the brush heads individually for £12 each directly from the Ruby Hammer website. To add to your travel brush collection, Trinny London , founded by beauty and fashion mogul Trinny Woodend, has also launched its own version.
The 3-in-1 T Kit , £28, contains three individual brush heads which can be clicked together to form your own travel-sized makeup brush. The three heads include a lip, shade and liner brushes, so you can mix and match them for different areas of your face. Now you can leave those multiple makeup brushes at home, and give yourself more space for the really important things – like an extra lip colour or eyeshadow palette!.
