Michael Marcus Important Full Dimension Make-up Brush Set – 7 Piece Equipment Together with Powder, Eyeshadow, Smudge, Eye Contour, Blush, Eye Element & Mascara Brushes & – Cruelty Free Magnificence Merchandise & Instruments

2 month update added
2 months later and many brushes, especially the larger ones are shedding a lot. In the beginning I was using them a lot but then not as often- but even with a lot of use, and for much longer time, my go-to brushes never shed. So I updated my rating to reflect my change in experience and opinion since I no longer feel they’re worth it———————————————-Original Review May 2022:This is a good valued set- nice quality, especially for the cost and quantity. They’re durable but also soft enough and do nice for application and blending. They also look nice. I’llm happy with them and will continue to keep them as part of the brushes that I use

Maybe can be used as a back-up set to throw in your purse
I wasn’t too fond of these brushes. They seemed to be on the cheaper side. The brush bristles were okay, but I felt the aluminum like handles were flimsy and the quality was not too good. I do stash them in my purse from time to time and if they fall out or go missing, I will not be frantically looking to find them. The overall stand out for me of this brush set, is the spooly tool.

Not great & lying about type of hair used. Low quality natural hair. Rough, scratchy
At the time I ordered these, they were $49.99. I now see at the time of writing this review they’re $24.99. For $24.99, I wouldn’t even really recommend these, but definitely not for $49.99! Overall, this set is okay. But, they’re pretty rough and scratchy. It’s fine if you’re wanting to get into natural haired brushes for the first time and don’t want to spend a lot. They will kind of give you an idea of how natural haired brushes apply product. But, they definitely aren’t going to give you the same experience and feel that the better made natural haired brushes will give you (like Sonia G, Wayne Goss, Rephr). Honestly, even Morphe natural hair brushes are better than these. If you want cheaper natural haired brushes that will perform pretty well, you can get some at Morphe. Those can be a little scratchy and shed more than I’d like. But, they give you a much better idea of how natural hair brushes apply product than these do. Plus, I find as long as I make sure to put a brush guard or tissue around them while drying, they don’t splay out. So, I’d recommend starting off with Morphe natural haired brushes if you want to try natural hair for a more affordable price (just make sure to use one of those netted brush guards or take a piece of tissue or a play of toilet paper and roll it around the brush hairs after washing while they dry to keep the hairs from splaying. I don’t need to do it with my more expensive ones but do with Morphe ones). If you’re willing to spend a little more, I would recommend trying Rephr brushes and doing their concept store (anyone can sign up for it and you get the products half off and just have to give an honest review after you try them). The Rephr brushes are great brushes that will really give you an intro into natural haired brushes. If you like them, you can continue getting those or move on to more expensive ones. I just wouldn’t really recommend this set given the quality of them and the lies about the hair used and the overall quality of them. They’re rough and scratchy and started shedding pretty bad right away. They definitely wouldn’t last long with regular use, but they’re so scratchy I don’t even want to use them regularly.This comes with 7 brushes. 6 have NATURAL hair and 1 is SYNTHETIC (spoolie brush). They say, “Our products are ethically sourced and have never been tested on animals.”They have aluminum silver handles and nickel ferrules. On the handles, the brand name is on one side and the name of the brush is on the other. The brushes are EXTREMELY lightweight. With aluminum handles, they’re kind of noisy 😂 Like when 2 brushes bump together you can hear the cling of them. Not a big deal, just wanted to mention it.I have a lot of both synthetic and natural hair brushes. I prefer natural hair brushes when using powders, especially when doing eyeshadow looks. There’s synthetic ones that work just as well. But when I want that perfect blend, I usually reach for my natural hair brushes. Natural haired brushes are nice because when pressure is applied, they spread out instead of clinging together making them ideal for blending products seamlessly and creating a smooth, even, non-patchy finish. I have high end natural hair brushes, mid end (like $14-20/brush), and cheaper (like Morphe).Here’s the thing…It says the “Powder” and “Blush” brush are goat hair. I didn’t expect these to be the best quality because the hairs are black, which means they’ve been dyed. There’s are 2 main levels of dye commonly used on goat hair brushes. One gives a soft color (like seen in some Sonia G brushes that are a soft brown or tea color), which gives a soft color that’s more like a stain than traditional dye. It’s gentler and does change the hair fiber structure, but it doesn’t damage the hairs as much as black chemical dye. The second type of dye is much more common and less expensive and what I suspect was used for these brushes. Black dyed brushes are usually used make lower quality hairs look uniform and will give the fibers of the hair a glossy coating (notice how shiny the hairs are in my photos). As a result, these black dyed fibers tend to pick up less powder and are rougher. Dying the hair black also tends to dry out the fibers.The product page says the “Eye Contour Brush” is 100% squirrel. I do NOT believe that at all. Squirrel hair brushes are well known as the softest of all natural bristles. They’re difficult and more expensive to get, making the brushes more expensive. The “Eye Contour Brush” hairs are exactly the same as the hairs on the “Powder” and “Blush” brushes – black, kind of scratchy, shiny. I’m guessing they’re goat hair dyed black just like the powder and blush brush.The product page says the “Smudge,” “Eyeshadow,” and “Eye Detail Brush” are all sable hair. Again, I do NOT believe that at all. Sable hair is the most expensive animal hair type. I don’t for a second believe that a $24.99 (at the time of writing this review) 7 piece brush set is using the MOST expensive animal hair type on 3 of the brushes and another more expensive animal hair type on 1 of the brushes. Plus, they don’t feel like sable hair at all. My guess is they’re pony hair. Pony hairs are one of the most widely used. They’re affordable and easily obtained. They’re soft and have a bouncy texture to them. These 3 brushes definitely feel like pony hair to me.So, they’re okay brushes. They’re just not great. The 3 black haired brushes, the product page says they are goat hair but the Michael Marcus website says they are goat and pony hair. They aren’t very soft. They’re not so rough and scratchy where they can’t be used because it’s uncomfortable. But, they are a little rough and scratchy. They also started to shed pretty quickly.SPECIFIC DETAILS OF THE SHAPES OF THE BRUSHES:Powder Brush – It’s not one of the wide, rounded kind of fluffy powder brush. It is pinched, but still decent size.Blush Brush – This is also pinched. It’s basically a smaller version of the powder brush.Eye Contour Brush – It said that it has a slanted tip for ease of use. To me, I wouldn’t use this for blending. It’s huge. It reminds me more of a concealer type brush. I have really small, really hooded eyes, so someone else with more eye space might not find this so big. But, to me, it’s way too big. But doesn’t work for concealer for me. It’s way too scratchy and uncomfortable and doesn’t blend concealer smoothly.Smudge Brush – This isn’t exactly the typical “smudge” brush. It’s what I would call a small pencil brush. It works for smudging shadow on the lower lash line and upper lash line. It also works to apply color to the outer and inner corner.Eyeshadow Brush – This is a medium sized kind of flat shaded brush. It works well to pack color onEye Detail Brush – This is basically a smaller version of the “Eyeshadow Brush.” You can use this to be more detailed, smudge eyeshadow on the lower lash line, etc.Mascara Brush – SYNTHETIC. This is a typical spoolie brush.