Crown Brush - Warehouse Open Day!

Just when I was feeling liking I needed some new brushes, I got an email from the lovely team at Crown Brush to say they were having a one day open warehouse event! I made plans to go about three weeks ago, and today the day finally happened. I had work at 11am, so my friend and I were up bright and early to drive the hour long drive to surrey and visit Crown Brush HQ!

After getting briefly lost in the business park (and completely missing the giant Crown Brush sign) we wandered into the warehouse with exactly fifteen minutes of time armed with 20% off before we had to start the journey back.

The team at Crown Brush were lovely and extremely helpful, and the sheer amount of brushes was astounding. For anyone who doesn't know of Crown Brush, they are a reliable brush manufacturer whose brushes are long lasting and soft.

Regrettably, in the short space of time I only managed to get four brushes. But I was astounded at the quality of them, and am now much happier to order online and be confident in what I am receiving. I have ordered many a brush from them before, and I love them all, but often when they come they aren't exactly what I was looking for. This is not to say I didn't add them to my kit and find them useful, it's just some kinds of brushes are difficult to buy online. For example, I was looking for a nice new big fluffy brush for smoking out colours in the crease, ordered one that looked the part and when it came it was no way near big nor dense enough.

 I also got some new bog standard disposables and a bottle of brush cleaner - which upon use smells strangely like rum...

I'll be posting reviews of these brushes when I can (notice the sigma F80 dupe?). Here's to hoping Crown Brush open their doors for us again!