pretty good brushes for a budget [SEP] first off the brushes do not smell the case does or the plastic the whole thing was in does i have had the set out for two days now and it does not really smell like plastic anymorecase keeping in mind that this is a budget set i did not not compare these to my sigma or real techniques brushes instead i looked at their overall quality and performance the face brushes are soft decent on the amount of hairs and pretty dense they worked well for everything i tried although i do not use powder foundation a few of the brushes had some uneven hairs poking out which i trimmed and did not seem to negatively affect the outcome ferrules on my set white and gold are firmly attached no wobbly ness and no shedding after washing twice and using twiceeye brushes work pretty well i like the face brushes better to be honest but these work just not great my issue was with the product pick up and then depositing it on my eyelids it did but not evenly the ferrules were attached firmly and not shedding on theses either only one eye brush had a few uneven hairspackage also included a brief description of brush names and suggested uses along with cleaning instructions useful for a beginner for sure overall the set is pretty good and the price is really good i think it is worth it for the face brushes and the case so so on the eye brushes i did use a coupon code on this item but i paid with my own money