So I have several things to say about these brushes. I'll present the cons first.
1)Brushes are not the softest, but are still soft
2)There are several bristles that are too long. I just used tweezers and pulled those out for smooth tops. It was only on 2-3 brushes.
3)The card that comes with the brushes is incorrect on many of the brushes and how they are used. At the end of this, I will present the real uses of the brushes with the associated numbers on the card.
4)I hate how thick the base of the face brushes are. They don't fit in my organizer.
Pros:
1)Cheap. Work well. Dupes for Sigma, but take that with a grain of salt. Sigma brushes are much softer and sturdier. I prefer cheaper brushes because I use brushes a lot and only clean them once every two weeks so I keep a good stock of various brushes.
2)Easily cleaned. Brush hairs did not fall out. This might change with time.
3)Good range of brushes. I like how the bristles on the face brushes are densely packed. You don't find that too often on cheap face brushes.
4)I love the little tiny brush for eyeliner. I like that it is angled. Makes it easier. However, the bristles separate easily, but that happens with all cheap tiny brushes. I make it work.
Time for the corrections on the card:
1)Angled brush. Use for blush, bronzer, contour, powder, and even foundation, though not the best for foundation. I use
2)Flat angled brush. Use for blush, bronzer, contour, and foundation. Great for foundation.
3)Flat top brush. Use for foundation. Great foundation brush. I prefer the flat angled brush though.
4)Round brush. Use for blush, bronzer, contour, powder, and foundation, but not the best for foundation. I use this for blush.
5)Tapered brush. Use for foundation, concealer, powder. I use this under the eye area. I use this with powder.
Here's where the brushes start to be described wrong.
6)Blending eye brush. Use for eye shadow, to blend out. I like to have several of these on hand, so I have like a dozen $1 elf brushes of this variety because I use this a lot. I feel my elf brushes are better quality than this. I think this is a good size for the brush but it should be the biggest eye brush and this one is not the biggest of all the eye brushes.
7)Angled crease brush. Use this with eye shadow in the crease. The angle helps it get right in there. I think this is a little too big for my eye, but I can still make it work. I prefer angled crease brushes to be a bit smaller. Like half the size of this. Maybe I have small eyes?
8)A really f*ing big eye brush. Idk what I would even use this for. Probably packing all over my eye, but it is too big for my eyes in my personal opinion. I might play around with this for spot touch ups on acne.
9)Concealer brush. This is my favorite kind of concealer brush. Some are a little too stiff for me. This one is great, though. I actually stopped using concealer brushes a while ago, so I use this as a smudger brush for my lower lash line. It works well with cream eyeshadows.
10)Tapered crease brush. This is an amazing crease brush. A little stiff though I prefer my eye brushes less stiff.
11) Tapered detail brush. Use for shadow on the lower lash line, use for eyeliner, or other fine details. I'll be honest, I love liquid liner and I cannot for the life of me use gel liner or any liner in a pot. So this will probably never get used for me unless I"m doing avant garde details.
12)Liner brush. This is a classic old school liner brush. I prefer an angled brush for liner, though. I get no use out of this. It's really stiff.
13)Angled liner brush. Looove this. Only brush I can make gel eyeliner work with. Just wish it were a little stiffer. Is a bit flimsy and the bristles separate.
14)Fan brush. use for highlight on cheekbones. I don't get any use out of fan brushes.
15)Brow brush. Spoolie on one end, angled streak brush on the other. I HATE dual ended brushes, because one end gets smushed in the cup. I think that is ridiculous. This is NOT a lash brush. The spoolie is for brows. You can tell by the stiffness. If you want a lash brush, purchase single use ones from ulta or the drug store. Since I don't do my brows, I use the spoolie to scrape dead skin off my lips.
16)Lash and brow brush. So I looooove these brushes. I have long lashes and thick wiry brows. For the lashes, I use the finer side and brush through them before and after I apply mascara. I have to clean these frequently or the bristles break so I go through a lot of these. The more bristly side I used to use to scrape dead skin off my lips when using a lipscrub mixed with vaseline, but then I got my first spoolie last year and use that. I go througha lot of these brushes even though I clean them a lot. I also use the bristly side to brush through my brow hairs and it's the only thing that pushes them into place.
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