Compared? Compared with what? You might ask.
With the full size versions of course! When I last wrote about the Shu Uemura limited edition Mika brush set for Christmas 2008, I mentioned that I wasn’t too enamoured with the face brush and pouch of the premium brush set and that if they would sell me the brushes sans ugly pouch I’d leap at it. Well, they didn’t – what did you think? 😛
But a lovely reader did. She bought the premium brush set (touted to me as the “full size brush set” which doesn’t seem to be sold overseas) and only wanted the face brush so offered me the rest of the brushes at a very reasonable price and off I was like a shot 😛 She was also kind enough to toss in the case because she too did not like it – haha! – to protect the brushes in transit.
So, here they are – the brushes from the Shu Uemura Mika Premium brush set and what d’ya know? I own 2 full size brushes out of 3! Let’s then do a quick comparison. For reference, the brushes available in the Shu Uemura Mika brush set is the Natural 27 Goat brush for the face, Natural 17 Pony & Squirrel brush for cheeks, Natural 10 Sable & Kolinsky brush for eyes, and Natural 6M Sable brush for lips.
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