 Hey guys, what is up? Welcome to my channel. So for today's video, I'm so excited. I am going to be talking about refer. So if you are interested in hearing about this brand-new luxury makeup brush brand, then just keep watching. Watch channel is similar to mine. I am sure you have already heard of refer. If not, I'm really happy I can bring you this information. And even if you have heard of this brand, I am very happy to be jumping on the bandwagon of supporting this wonderful brand. So yeah, refer, let's talk about it. Like I said, they are a luxury brush company. They are brand new. So they launched officially two weeks ago, and they are a brand that works in a totally different way. So I'm about to explain that. So essentially refer began with just three engineers who knew nothing about makeup, which is very cute. And they traveled to Kamano, Japan. They got into the whole brush making industry there. And in Kamano, those are where the best brushes in the world are created. If you are familiar with Wengos, Sonuji, those brands are also developed in Japan. That is where their brushes are made. And I have said this on my channel many times before, Wengos, Sonuji. I'm telling you right now, the refer brushes are right up there with them. I know a lot of you guys love Sonuji, Wengos. This is another brand that is on their level. These brushes are so good. All of the brushes are handcrafted. They're made with love. They take their sweet time making these brushes, making sure they are perfect. And honestly, it really does show in their product. So the name refer actually came from reference because that is what the brand is all about. They do not do marketing, anything crazy like that. What they did was they traveled to Kamano, Japan. They developed these brushes. They worked with a brush maker. They fully involved themselves in that process. They created these prototypes. They gave away thousands of free prototypes to make up artists, make up lovers, make up enthusiasts, anybody and everybody. They would give their feedback and adjust the prototypes based on that. They spent a whole year doing that, a whole year traveling across the world meeting with different artists, people, creators, all of that. Just to create these final brush collections that I am excited to be talking about with you guys. So the whole concept of the brand is that we created it with our feedback. We created these brushes. These brushes were made for us, which I think is so awesome. I know this sounds like an ad, but I swear it's not. These brushes were sent to me. However, these brushes were so nice. I showed my mom. She loved them so much that on their launch state, she actually bought their biggest package. She ordered every single one of the brushes because they are that good. I am not making this up. One of the founders of the company actually traveled to me and we sat down, we talked about the brand and the brushes and little old me, like that should speak so much volume about the people behind this brand. These are good people. These are people that you want to support. I think this brand is going to be really, really big. You will hear about them in the future. So I would say jump on now. Be the first people to support this launch. Let me stop gushing right now. So I'm gonna talk about their actual launch. Two weeks ago, they launched on Kickstarter. So the way that this works basically is that you are pledging a certain amount of money that is going to go into their production. As a reward for this, you are getting a discounted price. So in December, these brushes will actually be on sale ready to be sent, but if you pledge your money now, then you actually get a better deal. You're saving money. They originally had a goal of $25,000. Currently, there is $365,000 pledged into this brand, which is absolutely amazing. I cannot believe that. That should tell you how big this brand is gonna be. That is so amazing. They have 2,042 backers. So they're currently is only five days left in this campaign. So I did want to make this video so you guys don't miss out. So how it works is they're different tiers of amount of money that you pledge and then you get different things sent to you. You're pledging your money now. You are guaranteed for production of your brushes to start in August and then you will get them in December. Like I said, they take their sweet time making these brushes with love. These are handcrafted. So good things take time. You know, these brushes are with the way and you are saving money with this. So you can pledge any amount of money, but I'm gonna start with the rewards. So the first one, if you pledge $99 or more, you are getting sent their core collection. So that will be 40% off of retail. These are going to retail for $168, but if you pledge now, you can get them for $99. I think that this is such a great set. Excuse my brushes that are dirty. I wash them for this video and then I use them. So whatever, these are loved and used. I've been using these religiously in my videos in real life. You guys have probably heard me say, oh, I'm using my refer number one brush. So yes, I've been using these, loving these. They are super soft. That is what is so special about brushes made in Japan. It's just how soft the bristles are, but they still pick up product. So the core set or the core collection, basically the idea behind this is that you are never going to need any brush. Like this is all you need for a complete makeup look and I totally agree with that. Of course, you know, I'm so stuck in my ways. I definitely would add other brushes, but if you are a makeup beginner, this is a fabulous set. So the number one brush, it's long. It's kind of like a blender at brush and a packer brush in one. This is great for makeup beginners who don't really know how to do eyeshadow because you can sweep a color all over the lid and then you can turn it and then you can blend it out. The number two brush is just like a regular shader brush. Honestly, you can never have too many brushes like these. All you need to do is pack it on. It's great for packing on shadows, wet or dry. This is just a basic brush that everybody needs. The number three brush is a tiny little bullet brush. This is really great for lower lash line detail or in the inner corner. And then these two brushes are my favorite in the collection. The number four brush is just an angled brush. Now you can use this to contour for a little bit more precision in your bronze, blush, highlight. This brush is extremely versatile. Then we have the number five brush. This one I love for contour and bronze. It's not too big. It allows for some precision. You can turn the brush for a blush and then you can turn it so that you're getting an accurate contour. This brush is probably my favorite in this set. But all of these, really great. I think if you are interested in this brand, definitely pledge for this set because this is a great introduction to the brand. But these are brushes that you are going to use. They're really good. So that was the core collection. Refer also has the bespoke collection. Sorry, mine are so dirty. And the idea behind this collection was that these specific brushes are made for different eye shapes and face shapes. I'm not going to go into too much detail because there are already so many great videos that do go into detail. And I will definitely be linking those down below for you guys. We have the number 12 brush, which is like a fat bullet brush. And it's a good fat. This fits perfectly under the lower lash line. I like to use it to apply a really dark color right in the outer corner. This is good for blending out concealer or for spot concealing, really like that one. I am really big about detailed crease brushes. So this is the number 13 and this is so nice and tiny to really get in there. I know for me, since I do a lot of crazy looks, I do like more precise brushes so that colors can be seen more. So this brush really is great for that very precise color right here or the lower lash line. Same thing with the number 14 brush. It's just a little bit longer. The number 16 brush is really great. It's still precise because it's tapered at the end, but it's a really great all over crease brush, transition brush, but it still allows for a precise application. You could also use that for a precise kind of highlight brush. The number 17 is one that I'm very excited about. I love this for blending out cream contour. You can also use this for blending out any cream products or for blending out some harsh powder. This is just great. It's a really small flat top kabuki, extremely, extremely soft. I think this brush is so unique. Number 18, I use it to set under eye powder. You can use it to contour, to blush, highlight. This is an extremely versatile brush. Number 20, this guy right here is good for highlight. I personally am not a big fan brush person, but this is best with loose highlighters. I will say this one I do struggle with picking up product. It doesn't have too much grip on it, so that's what makes this perfect for loose highlighters. But pressed highlighters, I'm not the biggest fan of. If you like a really soft highlight, this is perfect for you, but personally I would use this for loose highlights because I like highlight. We also have the number seven brush. This I think is a prototype because it says number six on it. I think this was originally supposed to be in the core collection. You can only get this brush if you pledge the highest amount of money, but this is great. I mean, I just like to pet myself with this brush, honestly. I use this for my bronzer application today. It is so beautiful and so soft. I love this brush. So really quickly I do want to get into the other tiers. Some of them are no longer available because I'm too late, I'm very sorry. I already said the $99 pledge. So if you pledge $110 or more, you get to pick any three eye brushes you want and then any two face brushes. So you are literally customizing your own set from the brushes that they have. The next pledge for $199 or more is any six brushes and then any four face brushes. So that is 10 brushes altogether for $200. And I mean, these are soft, high quality luxury brushes that is such a good deal and you get to customize your own set for $220 or more. You get the whole bespoke brush collection, which is nine brushes and then the whole core collection, which is those five brushes. That one currently only has 29 left at the moment that I'm filming this. Oh, you better hurry. So those are the ones that are still currently available. A lot of them are gone, I'm sorry. But definitely you have some good options still. Hey, okay, I'm so mad. I forgot to mention this when I was filming. So I'm just gonna mention it now. If you go on their Kickstarter page, they have this beautiful promo video. If you watch that, you will see Michelle Wong, Kingie Sweat on there, who by the way did amazing. But if you watch to the very end, they will actually tell you how you can customize the brushes, meaning you can decide what type of handles that you want if you want them longer, shorter, matte, shiny. So I think that's also a really awesome feature that they are including right now. So definitely take advantage of that. I just think it's amazing to be supporting a company that really, truly shows that they care what their customers think. They're extremely responsive. People behind the brand are great. I wanted to give a little bit of recognition for the last few days that their launch is still open. So if you are interested at all, definitely go click the link down below. This is the best deal that you can get for brushes of this quality because you guys know how expensive luxury brushes are. So yeah, I'm just really excited about this and hopefully you guys are too. I am going to link down below some other videos that creators have made that I think did a fabulous job and a better job explaining than I could do. So I know Michelle Wong, Kinky Sweat, they did a great job explaining the brushes individually. So I am going to link them down below for you guys to check out. Thank you guys so much for watching. I hope you enjoyed this video and found it helpful. Let me know if you are picking up any of these brushes and I will see you guys in the next video. Bye guys, have a good one.