M.A.C holiday brush set

So along with the lip set i got one of the three brush sets that they have. Now i was one of the people that believed that any brush can make your makeup look great. Yet after experimenting and having different brand brushes i have realized i was wrong. Now i am not saying you have to go and spend a lot of money on a brush because price does not mean good quality. There are many great brush sellers out there like Sigma, Crown Brush, MAC ,Sonia Kashuk etc. So this year when i saw the sets online i realized there was one that has a lot of the essentials. When MAC releases holiday sets they are called special edition because the packaging is different and they are travel size. Yet they are identical to the regular size ones they sell. So this set that i got had a face powder brush, a contour brush, a smudge brush a flat shader brush and a blending brush. Now i use the flat shader brush (239) on a daily basis. Every look i do involves this bad boy. another brush i constantly use from this set is the blending brush (217). The price for the set was $49.50 so in reality each brush is about $5.00. i figured that since i use those two brushes so much the would be worth the money. If your looking for a cheaper alternative i know that Kirkland released their brush sets at Costco for the holiday. Yet i think this set is great especially if you are just starting with makeup. The brushes are dense and they don't shed. Just pick whatever is right for you.