I love the value and quality of these brushes. They feel like high end brushes, never shed, and you get so many different ones to choose from for whatever you need in your makeup routine. I particularly like the large powder brush. I don’t know what it is, but I miss it when I’m traveling and don’t have it. The eyeshadow brushes are my favorite as well. I’ll stop gushing now, but I highly recommend. I will say, I pretty much immediately tossed the silicon brushes and the sponges, etc. they were good, but I don’t have any use for them myself. The silicone brushes would be good to apply face masks and the sponges are probably good if you use sponges. But I don’t do either of those things. I’ve now had these for a couple of years, I’ve cleaned them several times, and they are just as good as when I first got them.