Essential Collection Brush Set

I love this brush set, and its super awesome for beginners and starting a collection. Pretty much all the brushes you need for a basic look. The skin brushes are great at applying powder foundation evenly. They are also good for bronzer, highlight and blush. I do however wish that there was a brush for liquid foundation specifically, or a sponge as apart of the set. The eye brushes are also pretty good. I find that the brush that is pecifically labelled for eyeshadow is a bit big. The other eyeshadow brush is awesome and applying product evenly and blends smoothly. I do wish that there were more eyeshadow brushes, at least a packer brush should be included. I've just resorted to using the "lip brush" as a glitter packer brush. The eye definer brush is great for lower lash line colour. I wish that there were a brow brush/spoolie.

Overall the set is pretty great, and the brushes included all work fantastically.

Brought the brushes around three years ago. Have had brushes before, some brand ones and some not, but the ones from NBN have lasted longer then any other ones and are well priced. It would have been good to have a liquid foundation brush in the kit as there is everything else.

This was my first ever brush set and I absolutely love it. The brushes (except concealer brush) are so soft and luxurious. For a first timers in makeup, this is a great set.

What a great little purse to hold those instruments of creation.

I really did like the purse the brush collection came in. Each brush had it's own special place secured against the lining of the purse. It reminded me of dinner time as a child with my parents and 5 siblings- all 8 of us had our place......

I loved the luxe look of the rose gold handle on each brush, a little luxury during application goes a long way.

My favourite brush was the Kubuki brush. I loved the way I could manipulate it's shape to get the bronzer product exactly where I wanted it.

I also fell in love with the eye shadow brush, small soft, but able to dispense product exactly to the lower lid area with little fuss.

The eye liner brush was fine enough to trace a small line, rather than a clumpy uneven one.

I don't wear a lot of lipstick, so I am not sure how much use I will get from the lip brushes.

Overall I was impressed with the presentation, but also the quality and working power of this pack of brushes.

I also thought it was great value, compared to purchasing each separately.

what a lovely idea to have all your makeup brushes in one place. The bag is nice, with a good strong zipper to keep everything contained. it is probably more of a variety of brushes than I normally use. then again I found myself reaching for a lip brush to apply the nude by nature lipstick, and I would not normally have used a lip brush, but the bag makes everything so handy.. the lip brush seems to make the lipstick stick better and I definitely had longer wear when I used the brush to apply. The eye definer brush is lovely for getting a line close in to the eyelashes. The kibuki brush is great for adding finishing power - so cute! I am not sure I will use all the different brushes, but so far I have loved all the ones i have used, and will probably use them more over time.