The dotting tools work just like the should but the brushes are very cheap [SEP] The dotting tools work just like the should but the brushes are very cheap. Which in turn you get what you pay for so. I think only one of them worked really well and I use as a clean up brush but the others didn't work. I had them set up nicely in a cup and when I went to grab one the top part just popped off. I grabbed the metal piece and it just came off. This happened to half of them. I don't recommend. Two stars because it came quick and the dotting tools actually work.