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Contest! Win a Six Piece ecoTOOLS Eye Brush Set.

This contest is now closed. Congratulations Erin M and Justine, you are the winners. I have sent you email!

Last week, I wrote about ecoTOOLS, a line of affordable and eco-friendly makeup brushes. Now, you can win a six piece eye brush set. I will be giving away two of these.

How to enter: ecoTOOLS has produced several short videos demonstrating how to use the makeup brushes, which are posted below. To enter, watch one or more of the videos and leave comment stating your favorite tip or something that you learned from the videos. If you are a blogger, you can earn another entry by posting one or more of the videos to your own blog. If you do so, come back and leave a comment with a link to the post.

The contest will close at noon central time on February 19, 2010. At that time, I will randomly draw the winners and notify them by email. Winners must respond within 5 days or the prize will be redrawn. One entry per household (two if you comment and do a blog post). Open to residents of the United States and Canada. Good luck!

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ecoTOOLS Eye Brush Set

ecoTOOLS, are a line of affordable and eco-friendly makeup brushes, available at some drugstores and big box retailers (I often see them at Target). I will admit to being a bit of a brush snob. I do really like the higher end makeup brushes. However, ecoTOOLS does a good job at competing by making decent makeup brushes at an affordable price. That they are environmentally friendly is a bonus.

EcoTOOLS recently added two new products to their line. The first is a six piece eye brush set packaged in a cute canvas case with a mirror. This is a nice purse size set, but the brushes are not so small that they are difficult to use. In fact, I tend to prefer short handled makeup brushes. The set provides all that you need for creating various eye shadow looks. The second new item is a soft bronzer brush.

EcoTOOLS created a series of videos to demonstrate the new brushes. Below are two videos that show how to make good use of the eye shadow brushes. The first shows how to create a smoky eye using the six piece brush set. The Second shows how to do makeup touch ups using the set.

Next week, I will be showcasing more of the videos and giving away two of the ecoTOOLS six piece eye brush kits. So if you are in the market for some new makeup brushes, stop back next week for a chance to win!

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Makeup Brushes Make Great Holiday Gifts

Looking for a good beauty related gift? Consider brushes. During the holidays, a number of nice kits are available.

First off, this is one of the best times to get MAC brushes at a great value because MAC always puts out holiday travel brush kits with a good price. Take a look at the MAC Cosmetics Adoring Carmine Collection (one kit of several pictured below) for various selections.

For a great value, take a look at what Eco-tools has to offer. These environmentally friendly brushes are affordable, attractive, and good quality (read previous review). Comparison shop online for Eco Tools or look for them at CVS and Bamboo 5 Piece Brush Set .

I was eyeing this Smashbox Travel Brush Collection in the store the other day. Smashbox makes great brushes and this kit is adorable!

Looking for more choices? Comparison shop for makeup brushes at Shopzilla/Bizrate.

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Eco-Tools: Affordable Makeup Brushes Full of Quality and and Conscious

I have a thing for makeup brushes and own a ridiculously large number of them, but my favorites within that number are few. Usually they tend to be on the expensive side and not synthetic. But once in awhile a line comes along that is affordable and manges to put out a quality synthetic product, such as Essence of Beauty Brushes (Read Review). Eco-Tools is another one of those quality lines that is very affordable. Add a bit of environmentally friendly aspects, and the line is a real winner!

Eco-tools make their brushes with bamboo handles, which provides both a low impact environmental effect and attractiveness. The ferule is also ecologically thoughtful, being made from recycled aluminum. The brushes come packaged in a reusable and bio-degradable sleeve; each with an earth-friendly tip on the back.

The synthetic taklon bristles do a perfectly good job of evenly applying makeup, and to my very pleasant surprise were very stable. Usually even the best cheap brushes lose a few hairs when they are new. That was not the case when I tried the eco-tools brushes. I was particularly impressed with the foundation brush. The last time I tried a synthetic foundation brush, I didn’t get great results, but this one worked just fine. In fact, it worked just as well as my favorite MAC foundation brush. I also have been using the powder brush nearly daily since I received it.Now here is the best part: These brushes run in th $4-$8 range and for $11, you can get a five piece set. That is pretty darn impressive!

Eco-tools also make a line of bath tools (I love the foot scrubber!) that are well worth checking out. The line can be found online or at select Walgreens, Kmart, or Ulta stores.

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