Freck

Freck is the tool of choice for @nikki_makeup who uses it consistently. The brand is American, but you can buy it on Beauty Bay in the UK for £17. It claims to be run by women and to have the interests of creatives and entrepreneurs at its heart, also running a blog and podcast next to its stylishly packaged range of cool-girl products.

Freck describes its OG product as “buildable, quick and realistic” and advises those using it to “hold the brush vertically, apply Freck to your face in small constellations of three to five dots and blot with your fingertip to soften the shape of your freckles, before setting with powder.”

I tried Freck and I would say that although the brush is appropriately dainty, the consistency is good and the colour is a nice warm, brown that seems right for freckles, the product itself is strangely small. Freck is about as big as your thumb, if not a little bit smaller, and although I can see why the brush would need to be fine I don’t think it makes economical sense to re-buy.

Looking on Beauty Bay it seems other people were as surprised as I was to see how small the product is, with one user writing a review that reads: “I knew this was going to be a small product, but it still managed to shock me how small it was. Especially for the price!”

While another says: “I’m a little bit disappointed with this product. It’s not good value for money. Even though I knew it was a small product I was quite shocked at how small it really is. Because of that I think this product is way to expensive.”

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