 Hey guys, what is up? Welcome to my channel for today's video. I'm gonna try and make this quick We will see how this goes, but I'm going to be talking about the refer holiday at 2021 Collection I'm filming this quite late in the evening for me It's like 9 30 right now, and I usually don't try to work past 6 But it's holiday season in the makeup world and I am loving every second of it I'm loving every launch. I haven't done a dedicated refer video in a while And I just felt the need to kind of update you on my thoughts here of the brushes And most importantly talk about this collection because this is my all-time favorite collection that refer has come out with since Their initial launch. I think you get some really good deals, but brush shapes that came out with the holiday collection You will see and the modular vanity Genius, but I did want to talk about something first because I know from a viewer perspective I feel like this community of creators we kind of we push refer down your throat I'm not gonna sugarcoat it and as somebody coming from the other side I just want to let you guys know why we do it I mean, I don't want to speak for other creators So on my end I'm going to speak for myself But one thing that refer as a company has done really really well is take care of their creators And what I mean by that is I met one of the owners Tom when the brand was just a brand new startup Really hadn't done an official launch on their brushes and I'm talking he flew out to Maryland to talk to me And I know he's done that with numerous other creators as well. So that was like something new for me I was very very small. So that was quite humbling and said a lot about the brand and I can tell you Through working with them for a couple years now I want to say they truly it treats their creators like family and For us on the creator standpoint Why wouldn't we want to promote a company where we know the people behind the brand are just genuinely good people that we Want to support as well they check up on us and I think you know I don't want to talk about this too much But I saw many of you were surprised to see at what a large donation they gave Obviously to mel's go fund me and I can tell you something I was not surprised by that at all And I think that that should go to show you how kind the people behind the brands are and I'm not gonna lie On the affiliate side of things. We do have affiliate links. We do receive a good commission from it You know and through the affiliate links, they definitely respect the work that we do But I will say this their affiliate program is fairly new I mean, I guess it's been around for a few months now But we were pushing the brushes just as hard before we even made a cent So for the first year or so of the brand there wasn't even an affiliate program now It's a great bonus that they've added the affiliate program But the underlying true true reason that so many of us in this community promote their brushes is because Fabulous brushes you guys you get in my opinion why I love refer brushes so much is because they have some of the most Unique shapes out there particularly when it comes to eye brushes And I have small eyes and they as a brand have eye brushes that cater to small eyes They fit my eyes they make it a lot easier for me to do detail work And I know a lot of you guys you don't have small eyes Proportionally no my eyes are not small on my face, but I am only four nine. I am a tiny little human being So literally this size of my eyes are small all eyelashes are like this big on my eyes So refer is one of the few brands that creates brushes small enough to where I feel like it's not taking up my entire eye The brushes are extremely soft and this is the best price that you can get to Japanese Handmade brushes at you know some other competitors I suppose would be Sony G Wayne goss and a lot of other food a Japanese handmade brushes and just being completely Transparent with you refer brushes aren't necessarily as good as the Sony G and the Wayne goss I can speak from those two because I've tried those two brands I think the Sony Jane Wayne goss, you know, they're better made They're more expensive the price reflects it but as far as what you get for the price from refer fantastic brushes for a Fantastic price being completely transparent like I said, you know I would say the brush handles don't feel as high quality as the Sony G or a Wayne goss brush Those feel like they're gonna last longer, but the hairs on the refer are really soft and they offer some of the best deals I don't think you can get better handmade at Japanese brushes at a price like refer The shapes is a huge selling point for me as well The other thing with refer brushes to keep in mind is that I feel like they don't hold their shape as well When you wash them like these hairs can really fray out and you can lose their shape So something just for the care of your brushes that might help you out You need to buy these things I'll link some up from Amazon down below They come really long and you can cut them down So after you wash your brushes while they are still wet you want to put this around your brush And that way your brush is going to keep its shape I have big ones for face brushes as well But I've gotten some questions about you telling me that your refer brush loses its shape after being washed These are super cheap from Amazon and every time you wash it literally the brush is gonna be good as new if you use that So that's a tip if you have bought your refer brushes and you were disappointed because you felt like they frayed out It's all about the care. All right I just wanted to give my two cents on refer brushes because I feel like over the last year or so They've really grown in this community They've gotten into the hands of creators and I kind of just wanted to update you since I've been using their brushes for a couple of years Now it's been a while since I've done a dedicated video and let y'all know what's up and just to be transparent because That's what's going on behind the scenes. Anyways I'm gonna actually start off by going over the three shapes that are coming out in the holiday collection So these are three brand new brush shapes. They are 30 31 and 32 is their names You will be able to actually buy all three of these in a bundle the regular price of all three of these would be 226 dollars, but with the promo price for the sale which by the way didn't mention their holiday sale is going to start October 19th the promo price is 40% off so you can get all three of these for $136 which is really good because you're getting two face brushes. This is where the money's at You guys also along with that you're going to get three different components of their modular vanity And I'll have a portion of that for you to see on the modular vanity But I want to show you how to use these brushes and how I like to use them So the first brush that we have is the number 31 brush So this is a flat top brush and it has kind of a slanted angle It's a denser brush and it's very very similar if not almost identical to a Wayne Goss number one brush Mine's a little funky from being dried the Wayne Goss feels a little bit more dense, but they're pretty much the same So I like to use this brush for foundation both powder and liquid. I'm such a sponge girl I prefer it. I think with powder foundation But this does a phenomenal job with liquid foundation and that's saying a lot you guys because I am very very picky With the brushes that I like to use with liquid foundations I just feel like it always looks streaky no matter what and this brush when I use it with liquid foundation does not look Streaky at all and it's going to give me a full look coverage And I would then using a sponge wood and I mean to be honest part of the reason why I prefer to use a sponge for foundation Not only do I feel like sometimes brushes make the skin look streaky, but I like the more natural finish that a Sponge gives but look there's no streaks I have not come across a foundation brush for a liquid foundation that does not give streaks in a very long time So this instantly goes up as one of my all-time favorite liquid foundation brushes because it doesn't leave streaks Which is my biggest pet peeve So if I'm ever in need of a brush for a liquid foundation, this has been my go-to Seriously is one of the best brushes for liquid foundation that I've ever used and it also works Fantastic for powder foundation because of its flat top It really picks up the powder and allows you to spread it out And I know powder foundation has a lot more trendy these days anyways this brush is Fantastic, so I'm gonna put on a little bit more of my face and then we'll move to the last two brushes By the way guys just to be clear This is not about the makeup look so I'm being lazy with the actual makeup that I'm using and how I'm applying it I'm trying to show you the brush The next brush we're gonna talk about is number 30. You know this brush I've been loving for two different purposes finishing powder and Bronzer when I think of finishing powder like the hourglass ambient powders are a great example I like to use the Glowish by Huda Beauty luminous pressed powder as a finishing powder So I'm not pressing anything in too hard It's normally like when I'm done with my makeup or my base I will glaze a finishing powder to give a healthy glow and for that I don't want too dense of a brush So I like this because you can see the bristles are longer, but it's not too dense of a brush It's quite soft and it's just perfect for giving a light wash of a finishing powder But it still is dense enough to give a nice bronze as well So this is if I'm not contouring you really can't contour with this brush But if I just want a quick warmth to my face, I will use this I'm gonna start off by using this with a brush No, let's use the finishing powder first so I don't get bronzer all over my face So I'm gonna take whatever finishing powder you have hourglass is probably my favorite But you can see this isn't pressing too hard onto my face It's just giving that all over glaze and finish that whatever finishing powder you're using would give if I use Too dense of a brush with this little powder skin will look so textured and shiny and not a cute way But if you use a less dense brush, it's gonna give that soft finish to the skin So this brush has been great for finishing powder and then let me show you it with bronzer as well And you can see it doesn't give a precise application at all But that's the beauty in this product It's just a quick bronzer application to the areas that you might need it the most So that's what I've been loving this brush for. Okay, and the last brush in this collection is the number 32 This is the only eye brush and take a look at it It's an interesting shape brushes like this aren't that popular nowadays But I'm really excited to show this to you because my mom actually used to have a lot of these brushes from Trish McAvoy in her Collection when I was very young and getting into makeup and she gave me a couple of hoof brushes like these We call them hoof brushes and there's a lot of different ways that you can use them And they're much more versatile than you would think you might look at this and be like what am I supposed to do with this? I'm about to show you so I'm gonna put a base on my eyelids really quickly One of the first things you can do to apply this and I'm not going to do that because I want to use this with powders, but this is really great to blend out your Cream bases or your eye primers because it's flat It's gonna pick up the cream primer really well, and it's dense enough to blend out that cream primer wherever you want it to go Like I said, I'm not doing that today Just because I want to show you how to use it with powders because that's probably the least Intuitive way to use it when you see a brush like this multiple ways that you can use this Let me show you the first way so you're gonna take the pointy side And you're gonna put it into a crease color just like this and this point is Perfect for placing the deepest color in the outer corner just like that This gives you a really great control to apply it in a pinpointed place Just like that and then you flatten it and you can blend it It has some density to it that's going to push the shadow very easily So it's gonna make blending quite quick. I still would suggest going in with a regular Blending brush if you need to really soften these outer edges, but these are gonna work out the dark colors Beautifully, and I'm gonna go into an even darker color This is an artist couture Supreme bronze palette and again I'm just gonna circle the deepest color and then I'm also gonna use that on the lower lash line So this pointed end is really beautiful for applying shadows and it's more precise than you would think and again You can use that flat side to blend. Okay, and then you also can use the flat side to apply your eyelid color I don't know. Let's use this color so way So I have it on the flat side of my brush and that pointed end Actually allows you because of the shape of the brush to very easily get into the inner corner of your eyelid And it packs on the color quite well better than you think it would anyways I was really excited to see a brush this shape because I haven't seen an eye brush That was this shape in years and I have this distinct memory of my mom showing me a brush That had a shape like this and she went look how awesome this brush It she showed me how to use the pointed end how to use the flat side So I hope I could pass this information on to you this brush really really excited me you guys Oh wait, I just remembered I forgot to mention another use for the 32 brush I was just talking about the ways that I like to use it, but it also is a really great Concealer brush it pretty much is like the 31 but in many size so you can do concealer with this as well So this brush is very very multifunctional eyeshadow eye primer concealer. I don't know nose contour This is a great brush don't underestimate it might look weird, but don't underestimate it So like I said, these are the three new brush shapes that are coming out for the holiday season They will be available in a bundle and next we're gonna talk about the modular vanity set Now this is what I'm pumped about. I'm really excited to show you guys this I'm gonna take you over to that right now for I even knew about the brushes in the holiday collection I wanted to do a whole video on the modular vanity Just because I thought it was so neat and as somebody who has a large makeup collection any type of fun and good Smart storage ideas. I'm all for so there are a through e Components for the modular vanity and this is pretty much going to sum it up So how this is going to work is all of these pieces are gonna be 20% off during the holiday event for refer But also if you order any of their brush sets, there will be some complimentary pieces given to you Like I believe the flagship eye set you will be getting Component B. There also will be a holiday set and you will get these components So just take a look at the site now that it's live and you can see what you can get for what you buy But I did want to show you the components themselves So what I think is just so clever about these is you can organize the components however you want So these circles are going to be magnets and you can see They will join together now You don't want to pick up all of the pieces all together because they will just fall apart the magnets aren't that strong But they're strong enough to stay together once it's on your desk or your shelf or whatever you're using So let's talk about component a which is going to be two of these and these are great for Brushes so I have some bling brushes. This is the page corn set. It's absolutely Adorable I can put my brushes in here and by the way, I have this that I've been using on my vanity I'm actually gonna transfer what's in here and replace it with the refer So that's what we're doing for this video tools can go in here have an hourglass brush And then you know, I also have a number of pens and scissors and writing utensils So these will go in component a and I actually have two component a's So I have room up for more in a few moments, but let's go over what's next a Combonent B is great for for lipsticks and any kind of stick form Component B is going to be these two pieces And so you can see it has this square with half of it cut off and they are quite strong together these two And these just line up right here Component C is going to be for palettes and I've been using this it is Slanted like this so it's great if you have small palettes and big palettes. So what I've been storing in here I haven't been storing it like this. I've actually stored this in a different place Oh magnet strong and I actually have two of them and they can just go back to back just like that As you remember my full palettes video where I told you I pull palettes out and I keep them out invisible sight and The palettes that I talked about in my palette video. I'm serious when I said I want to use them this fall So I've just been storing them in these little guys and it's been amazing So smaller ones towards the front bigger ones towards the back. So these are awesome I just keep these in a different place and I would keep the tabletop stuff But this is great for storing your palettes and like I said, I pulled out 10 palettes for fall that I wanted to use I keep them in here their invisible sight if I ever I'm not sure what palette I want to use I grabbed from here. Also component D is just like the component C but instead of it being slanted It's straight. I don't have this one to show you but components C and D are kind of the same and then component E They call it the catch all this is just for you to put everything in so I'm not going to connect my palette holders I prefer to keep them somewhere else. But for me, I absolutely Love this set. I think actually I'm going to move them this way and I absolutely I just love so much that you can organize these however Ever you want. It's just it's so functional. It makes so much sense Which is why I'm so excited about this and for the holiday sale You can also buy all of these they will be 20% off for piece by piece and you can just continue to build as your collection grows There's magnets in the front so you could even have them go out this way whatever way you want to do There's magnets on all four sides. I would love to see them develop away. Maybe for some height I don't know. But anyways, let me fill this up I don't have lift products put in here actually, but let me fill this up Look at all that that I was able to fit in here. It keeps everything nice and organized So I now have some pretty brushes up here tools pens pencils my beauty blenders fit in here great Skincare products brush cleansers. I have some eye drops note I have a foundation that I have to keep upright or it will spill everywhere at lip balms I have an eye glitter topper here So this managed to fit a lot and what's great like I said, you can just continue to build and the shapes and sizes make so much sense So anyways as a person with a huge makeup collection, I am so so so excited about this So I just wanted to show you this in action since it's like 10 o'clock at this point I didn't do anything crazy with my makeup. So a nice holiday red lip I thought would be perfect for the occasion. So on my lips. I did use the florists lipstick in m409 It's a good red for a holiday video. I talked about all the new products that reference coming out with Let's talk about the rest of the bundles and the sale. That's gonna be happening So 20% off site white for all regular priced items. So anything that I don't mention today Everything else that they have will be 20% off, which is great But they also have a flagship eye set So these are brushes already in their collection some of their most popular eye brushes And they're gonna be in a bundle deal for the holidays. There's two versions of the flagship eye set So like I said, these are based on some of their most popular eye brushes And I'm really excited about this set because their eye brushes in my opinion are what they do best because they have the best shapes So they're going to have their flagship Eyesets and they're also gonna have a a flagship hooded eye set So these brushes are going to be specifically curated to work well for hooded eyes First, let me show you what is going to be in the flagship eye set So the number one brush which this is a very classic eye brush shape It could be used as a blender a packer any type of way number two, which is a flat shader brush number three Which is one of the best small pencil brushes number 12. This is a Fat pencil brush is the best way I would use to describe it great for putting an outer corner and lower lash line shades Number 15, which is a great classic blending brush and then at number 29 Which is great for tight lining for using eye shadow as Eyeliner and for really precise detailed work if you're into doing cut creases I have this in my makeup kit and I use it to tight line my brides eyes or to really do detailed fixes on their eyeliner So this is what's going to be the flagship eye set the regular price of this is $120 the promo price for the six brushes $72 which is a really great deal for these brushes you guys now Let's talk about the difference for the hooded eye set So the 12 and 15 these two brushes are getting taken out And they are getting replaced with some of my most favorite brushes from refer ever the 13 and 14 brush So basically they're very tiny tiny blending brushes this brush gets used and abused from me This is the 14 brush perfect for outer corner and crease blending and 13 is just a wee bit smaller Great for detail work great for the lower lash line if you have small hooded eyes is our must Seriously, I like you don't have to get the bundle But if you don't have these in your collection, they're absolute staples to me seriously Everything else is the same those first four brushes that you see But they switched out the blending brushes and gave us some nice tiny ones So for me because of my smaller eyes This is the perfect eye brush set and you're getting everything a pencil brush a liner brush Multiple blending brushes pack of brushes one of the best sets they could have curated in my opinion I mean, that's it. That's all I have to say about refer and the holiday collection I did want to you know clarify a few things about the brand really give my stance on the brand Just because even I notice as a creator it can come off as a little pushy about the brand But I could speak for myself and say these brushes are awesome and the company is awesome That's why we as creators are so delighted to promote their launches really that being said I hope you guys enjoyed this video. I will have the link to shop down below It is an affiliated link meaning I do earn a commission from it Don't feel obligated to use it. You absolutely do not have to if you do not want to I hope you found this video helpful and you enjoyed it Thank you so much for being subscribed to my channel and liking this video and I will see you all in the next one Bye guys. Have a good one