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What's a good makeup brush set?

This would be my first time getting a makeup brush set, so I was wondering which set would be the best and well worth it. Anyone have any suggestions?

eco-tools is a nice brand. i got like a set of i think 5 ? brushes. but there nice durable sytthetic brushes

Where to get a Mac Brush Set?

According to a ebay guide on mac brush sets, mac has done 2 brush sets.
Was wondering if you could help me, I want to buy both sets however I don't want to buy a fake.
I have looked on Mac website however not found the sets .
I dont really want to buy off ebay as most of them are fake!

NEVER TRY TO BUY MAC PRODUCTS FROM EBAY! ALMOST 100% OF THE TIME THEY ARE FAKE!

Seeing that you couldn't find these sets on the official MAC website, then that's a huge tip that these sets you're interests in are not real. Faux MAC products are becoming more and more realistic, so at times, people don't know the difference between the real thing & a copy. I'll inform you that the only time MAC sells brushes in a set are during special occasions, such as holidays. Also, these sets never come with a large amount of brushes.

MAJOR DIFFERENCES BETWEEN AUTHENTIC AND FAKE MAC BRUSHES

1. PACKAGING
Authentic MAC brushes come in a clear plastic sleeves with a bar code printed on the sleeve. Many fake brushes I have seen come in clear plastic sleeves without the bar code. In addition, many fake face brushes come with additional hard plastic protectors for the hairs. Real MAC face brushes do not have this additional plastic protector. They come in the simple clear plastic sleeves with bar code.

2. HANDLE
Real MAC brushes come with black wooden handles and the neck (the part that connects the handle to the hair) is silver. I've seen some bad fake brushes with black plastic necks.

3. LETTERING
Authentic MAC brushes are labelled "MAC ###". ### being the number of the brush. On real brushes, the lettering is printed on the handle and easily rubes off with your nail. On most FAKE brushes, the lettering is engraved into the handle and very hard to rub off. Try it.

4. BRUSH SETS
Keep in mind that MAC has never offered a set of full sized makeup brushes except until November 2006 called the Pret-a-Porter brush set and the 2008 Holiday Set for Nordstrom only. The Pret-aPorter set includes 8 Full Size brushes (187, 190, 129, 213, 224, 266, etc). The set comes with a black satin brush roll. So if you see a full size MAC brush set on Ebay but it doesn't have the 187 skunk brush, it's FAKE. For Christmas 2008 MAC released a full set for Nordstrom only. It came with 4 full size brushes (187, 168, 222 and 208). See photo below.
Therefore, 99% of the brand new full size MAC brush sets on are FAKE.

TRAVEL SIZE BRUSHES
MAC does make many travel size brush sets with brush numbers ending in SE. *UPDATED* - The last photo below is of a fake travel size MAC brush set I found on Ebay recently (Jan. 2008). Authentic travel brush sets usually come in sets of 5 brushes with a cute brush case, the brush handles are usually some unique colour, not black. The fake set below, however comes with plain black handles and a generic looking brush roll.

5. THE SELLER
Never buy MAC products from a seller you don't trust. Sellers to watch out for are a) Newly registered sellers with no or little feedback, b) sellers in other countries such as in Asia, Australia and Canada, c) sellers selling a lot of other MAC brush sets (you have to wonder where they are getting the endless supply of brush sets). Don't let 100% feedback fool you. Look at the seller's completed listing and see if week after week they list full size MAC brush sets. That's a sign the brushes are fake!
Please do yourself a favour and click on the "View Sellers's Other Items" link on the right hand over below the sellers info. If the seller is selling other MAC or designer makeup products that week, ask yourself how this person gets their hands on cheap makeup products. 99.99% of the time everything that person is selling are FAKES.

FEEDBACK ISN'T ALWAYS RELIABLE
Plenty of people buy fake MAC brushes on Ebay without realising it. They leave positive feedback for the seller and in turn convince more victims to buy. There are plenty of sellers with 99% or higher ratings who are selling fake MAC brushes. Bottom line - don't trust feedback. Do your research instead or buy from a store. Don't try to save money but end up paying for a fake brush set.

6. THE PRICE
$50 for a set of new and authentic MAC full size brushes? That's too good of a deal to be true!! The best way to avoid buying fake brushes on Ebay is to buy brushes one at a time, instead of in a set. I am noticing more and more fake 187 brushes on Ebay. They look very similar to the real thing except the seller seems to have an endless supply of them and happily sells them for 50% off of retail. This is a sure sign they are fake. Watch out for seller ids: "goldenseller23","dalilakahlo1","videopizazz2008", "consoledcat", "best_makeup". All their items are fake.

**PLEASE NOTE THAT FAKE MAC BRUSHES ARE BECOMING MORE AND MORE LIKE THE REAL THING. TO AVOID PURCHASING A FAUX MAC BRUSH, IT WOULD BE WISE TO SIMPLY GO TO ANY MAC COUNTER NEAR YOU. AVOID EBAY AND WEBSITES LIKE BRUSH111.COM. HOWEVER, FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD FROM PEOPLE WHO HAVE PURCHASED FAKE MAC BRUSHES, THESE BRUSHES ARE QUITE THE COPY. IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR BRUSHES WITH PRETTY GOOD QUALITY, THAT DON'T COST AS MUCH MONEY

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