Hi

I am also getting new brushes. Beauty therapists can get a mac pro card which gets you 20% off all their stuff. It does cost £25 a year but then if you are buying quite a few things it should be worth it.

Stop! MAC's a OK, but they're not that great. I DO have a couple Mac brushes I've had for years, but I take really good care of my brushes and that' the reason why they've lasted so long, really! I have squirrel brushes, sable brushes, pony and yes, some synthetic. Of course, there's some value in buying a good brush, but, personally, I think MAC is waaaay overrated and not a good value for the money. I have brushes from Body Shop, Bobby Brown, Pro, and honest to gosh, Max Factor and Clinique that I got for free with purchase. I even have a Mary Kay Kabuki brush that's the best for minerals and it was only ten dollars. Okay, off my box!
Hugs, kelly
PS I have a great video on Brushe Cleaning on my site from my Hollywood Make-up artist friend, Tracy - check it out, you'll appreciate it. ox

im slowly replacing my college brushes with MAC, Smashbox, and Crown brushes - have also recently bought a ruby / millie foundation brush which is one of the best i have used so far!
hth xx

I finally got a lovely roll of brushes from Crown at the Professional Beauty show, i love them, they are badger and squirrel and they are so soft. My other half wanted to cut the hair from my cats tail and make it into brushes, he said we could make lots of money with the price i paid for mine - giggle - (by the way he was joking). - i hope :-)