Review: Born Pretty Store - Clean Up Brush (Flat UV Gel Brush)*

So the idea is that when you paint your nails you do a perfect job every time, however in the real world when you aren't a professional it doesn't always happen. Being realistic it never happens perfectly, which is where a clean up brush and acetone come in.

 

This brush is marketed as being a Flat UV Gel Brush, I don't work with Gels, however after seeing its shape and size I think this is a great clean up brush.

The bristles are flexible with a little firmness which is what you need to create a smooth cuticle line.

It is flattened making it slim so you can get the brush up against the nail edge to clean up the polish line without taking big chunks out of the nail polish.

How do I use it?
I dip the brush in to pure acetone and wipe off the excess, then I run the brush around the nail where I have painted them imperfectly. Then I wipe the brush on a tissue, then re-dip in to the acetone until I am happy with the look.

Pre Clean Up | After Clean Up

 

Kiko - Black 275

Pre Clean Up | After Clean Up

 

Essie - Shall We Chalet

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Review: Avon - Nail Decoration Brush

Create unique nail decorations with this double-ended brush. With a small cone and a fine brush. Approx 11.7cm long - Avon

This is a dotting tool and a nail art brush in one. The dotting tool end is very small and you can easily get small even dots on to the nail, also you can use this to create other shapes which is useful.

The brush end of this tool is less useful. It is a small brush compared to a lot of brushes out there however I like to use a 0000 brush for nail art which is a lot smaller than this one. You can get thicker lines with this one if this is the case. For me this brush is too thick to get any definition or detailed art work on to the nails.

Here is a quick comparison of this Avon brush to the brush I usually use, as you can see although the Avon brush is small, it is large compared to the tiny detail brush I like to use.

Overall this isn't a bad product, and the dotting tool is particularly small which makes it very useful in my nail art tool kit. The brush end though leaves a lot to be desired, and I will always opt to use the smaller brush. I will use this dotting tool but not something I would recommend if you were wanting a small brush for neat nail art.