WAYNE GOSS The Air-brush vs Koyudo BP025 & Wayne Goss No. 2 brush - First Impressions

Wayne Goss, The Air-Brush
US$35 from Beautylish
Limited Edition (released on 30 June 2016)
Bristles: Blue squirrel, cruelty free
Length of bristles: 3.5cm (1 3/8 in)
Full length from tip to end: 17.5cm (6 7/8 in) 
For use with powder products only
Hand made in Japan


I just received The Air-Brush yesterday.  It is a limited edition brush just released last Thursday, 30th June 2016, on Beautylish webite.  I placed an order right away as many of my favorite brushes are from Wayne Goss!

The bristles are made with gray squirrel, which is the same type of bristles in Wayne Goss No. 2 brush and Koyudo BP025 highlighter brush. However it feels softer than WG No. 2 brush and very similar to BP025.  The Air-Brush is a larger version of BP025, both pinched at the ferrule whereas No. 2 brush has a rounded ferrule.

For those who don't already know, gray squirrel bristles are one of the softest and most premium bristles for makeup brushes, over goat and other animal hairs.  They feel ultra soft and luxurious.  However gray squirrel bristles does not pick up powder products as well as goat bristles and cannot be used on cream or liquid products.  It is great to use with pigmented highlighters or blushes where you don't want to pick up too much product. This can be used for light dusting of setting powder.  It feels extremely soft on your face and you can gently bluff without disturbing the makeup underneath.

FRONT VIEW: Wayne Goss The Air-Brush (washed), Koyudo BP025, Wayne Goss No. 2 brush

FRONT VIEW

SIDE VIEW: Wayne Goss The Air-Brush (washed), Koyudo BP025, Wayne Goss No. 2 brush

SIDE VIEW

TOP: Wayne Goss and brush number in dark grey is lasered on the handle, 
MIDDLE: The Air-Brush (Limited edition), is in white and lasered,
BOTTOM: The original Wayne Goss brush, from his original release in 2013, is hot stamped!

I was told by Beautylish that the words on all Wayne Goss brushes are lasered. I made further clarification on why the words on the Limited Edition The Air-Brush feels "raised" when I run my fingers over it, like its been printed.  Beautylish reiterates that all Wayne Goss' brushes are lasered without further information. I can feel gray words in the regular line slightly, but not quite as much as The Air-Brush.  Both looked very beautifully printed, sharp and luxurious and for the brushes that had lasered words I purchased a year or so ago, they are still as beautiful and have not faded.

Wayne Goss The Air-Brush is sold out after a few days of its release.  It will come back in stock so do sign up to be notified when it comes back in stock.

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