We started looking into Real Techniques makeup brushes and Beauty
Blender prices lately on different forums because we needed to upgrade our
tools. One day we came across Beauty Bar’s website with their
too-good-to-be-true prices on various products such as Real Techniques and
Beauty Blender that matched brands’ retail prices. Sadaf and I both were
tempted to buy but being extremely careful as we didn’t want any dupes, we had
to go around and ask fellow bloggers (I won’t take any names here) if they had
already bought from them or not, and came across a few who had bought Beauty
Blenders from them and claimed those to be real.
Still unsatisfied, Fizzah wrote to Beauty Bar’s customer care
asking if they really sold original Real Techniques Brushes, because dupes would
be the last thing she would want in her stash – the kind of maniac she is in
this case. The reply came after a few days, which itself looked phony, telling they
were sorry for the delayed response and that yes they sold 100% original stuff.
We shared the email among our own bloggers friends’ group and were shocked to
learn that the same email, exactly same email was received by one of our
blogger friends when she had emailed them the same query a few months prior to
us. Unfortunately, we do not have the email anymore to share a screenshot here
but to ensure we did while writing this post, Sadaf wrote to them again last
night and we have not received any reply yet. However, we add a few screenshots
here of them claiming on their social media accounts that they sell original
Real Techniques brushes.
Would you care disclosing those “authorized” dealers please?
We weren’t really satisfied yet were tempted to buy Real
Techniques from them. Fizzah had already bought Real Techniques Expert Face
Brush and Stippling Brush from La Viva Glam, a Facebook Store known for their
reliability among bloggers and selling original stuff and Sadaf already owned
an Expert Face Brush and a Real Techniques Blush Brush from last year bought
from another reliable source Beautified.pk. We finally decided to give
Beauty Bar a try and purchased Expert Face Brush which we already had in our
stash so we may compare the two and decide for ourselves if they really sold
original stuff at those amazing prices. We also added some L.A. Girl Pro
Concealers to our order as well and this is what happened…
What Really Happened?
There are no words to express how we felt when Fizzah compared the
Expert Face Brush from Beauty Bar with the real one she owns. This new one was
meant to be a gift to Sadaf’s sister so you can imagine our disappointment at
this fraud. There are plenty of companies like Ali Express, ebay, Amazon that
sell dupes and it isn’t very difficult to purchase from them and label them as
real, however those companies do not claim their products to be original but
first copies and that is how they sell them unlike Beauty Bar.
We did not really intend to write this post but we owe our fellow
bloggers and friends a favour. It saddens us to see that girls who would buy their
very first Real Techniques brushes from Beauty Bar would think they got the
original stuff but actually they got scammed.
Here we list a few pointers with pictures that separate a real
Real Techniques Expert Face Brush from its dupe.
Disclaimer:
All the pictures are taken with a Samsung Galaxy S4 and are the sole property
of The Pout Painters.
This
comparison is presented purely with the intention to spread awareness and for
those of you who wish to purchase dupes; we shall be posting a thorough review
and comparison of the dupe and original Expert Face Brush soon.
Real or Fake – How To Tell?
Obviously unless
you have a real brush to compare the dupe to, you cannot tell if it’s real or
not. And for someone who has seen and used a real one, Fizzah didn’t even have
to take the two out of their packaging to pass the final verdict that Beauty
Bar’s Real Techniques’ Expert Face Brush was a 100% fake.
The Packaging: The orange
colour on the fake’s packaging on the front as well as the back is a lot dull.
If you see both side by side, the real packaging has a brighter orange colour on
it. That goes for the font as well which is dull on the fake. Sam and Nic’s faces
in the picture on the fake packaging are white-washed while you can actually see
their real skin in the picture on the actual one.
Overall, the fake packaging looks flimsy and dirty in terms of
printing.
The Brush: The fake
brush head is a lot bigger in size. The colour of the bristles on the fake one
is dark brown while it is actually black on the real one. You can easily spot
this difference by tilting the brush under light. Because the bristles on the
fake one are longer, they bend a lot if you press the brush’s head with your
palm, this does not happen with the original one.
The fake brush has a dent from pressing the ferrule near the head
which you do not find on the real one. Besides that, I spotted one or two more
dents on the ferrule of the fake brush. The orange colour of the ferrule on the
real one has a slight pink tone to it which is missing from the fake one. The
finish of the ferrule on the real RT brush is a lot smoother than the fake one.
The colour of the printing on the brush, again like the packaging
is a dull, dirty orange unlike the bright orange on the real one. The printing
if you look closely on the fake one isn’t really a job well-done such as the
font ‘TECH’ written in bold on the ferrule of the brush isn’t thorough and has
tiny spots which means the printing was done by saving on the ink.
For those of you who are familiar with printing on a regular printer
know you have to set the print resolution of the image on a minimum of 600 before
you take out the print to prevent pixilation. That pixilation is what you see
on a fake RT brush.
If you run your finger on the edges of the rubber part, you will feel
the real brush to have a smoother finish while the fake one’s rubber has pointy
circumference.
We hope these points will help you spot a real Real Techniques
brush from a fake one.
What To Do Now?
We have already heard from bloggers who have tried known dupes of
Real Techniques brushes that they perform fine but obviously the purpose of the
brush changes as the shape and bristles change.
If you have had enough of such scammers robbing good honest people
of their hard earned money, please speak up. We urge you to boycott such
companies and share your story or thoughts on this matter using the #dupedbybeautybar on your social media. Let such fake companies know that women may be crazy
about beauty but they are not stupid.
One might argue that
they may be selling fakes mixed with the real ones and it was just our bad luck
that we got a fake one. Even then, it’s dishonesty and unethical for them to do
so. We had planned to purchase more Real Techniques brushes from them after
ensuring they sold real stuff but now we are not sure we will even buy any
other brand’s products from them. Our advice to you too? Shop from Beauty Bar at
your own risk.
As for us, we will always give you our honest opinion on any store
or product and you are most welcome to join in the discussions.
Our Rating
0/5
Pros
Quick delivery
Free delivery on shopping over PKR 2000
Offer COD
Cons
Lying about dupes being originals
Selling dupes at the retail prices of originals
What have you
guys purchased from Beauty Bar? Let us know in the comments below.
Love,
Fizzah and Sadaf
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