Sigma Brushes

The obvious and most important thing to have for applying makeup is a good set of brushes. However cheap the makeup you are using may be, it will always have huge benefits if you are using a decent brush for application. MAC brushes are the real makeup world's favourite, however, they are verrrrry pricey. As I don't have a couple of hundred pounds to spend on an extremely good set of brushes such as MAC, I started looking for alternatives and found an outright winner; Sigma brushes. They are MAC quality (some actually better than MAC) at a fraction of the price. Perfect!

So, I went on to www.simamakeup.com and had a look around. After a lot of deliberation, I finally decided on the Professional Brushes Complete Kit in black. This set which has 12 brushes, costs $69 (around £45) or with the brush roll $89 (around £59). Obviously there are p+p costs but I think that altogether I paid about £67(this was including the brush roll). The estimated delivery time was 2-3 weeks and I was ecstatic when I received my Sigma package only a week later!

When I opened the box the brush roll was in a gorgeous little bag with a few leaflets on brush care e.t.c in side.

















The brush roll itself is a gorgeous soft leather with the Sigma logo on the front and inset











The brushes are all in individual sockets and 4 of the larger brushes, have plastic sleeves to maintain the brush shape and quality.







The quality of the brushes is amazing. They are so soft and easy to maintain and give MAC quality application. I have swatched the same eyeshadow here, on the left is a brush I got with a cheap eye shadow set and on the right is the Sigma SS239. There is a huge difference (although not hugely visible in the picture) with regards to the quality of the application; the SS239 gives a more vibrant colour and is a lot harder to wipe of with fingers.

£67 may seem a lot to us students, however, I wanted to "invest" in a good set that will last me for years to come if properly looked after (which I intend to do). These are definite winners.

What brushes do you use? Have you ever tried Sigma brushes? Have you ever had extremely good/bad experiences with any brush(es)?