Review by EC

I jumped at the chance and purchased this brush when I saw the special edition price reduction. This is my first Fu-Pa brush that I own from Koyudo; despite the price reduction, the handle looks really expensive and classy. The brush is actually was a lot smaller than I thought it would be in person, but it fluffed out nicely after I washed it. It has the beautiful silky softness of squirrel with the resilience of goat. It is densely packed, but not so much that it will disturb your foundation underneath. This brush is incredible for buffing powder onto the face, and is excellent to use for the Wayne Goss buffing technique. I love this brush and it's a must-have if you love soft brushes.

Koyudo did something magical with this brush set and it had far, far exceeded my expectations. Every single brush in this set is EXCEPTIONALLY soft. I'm pretty sure the two goat face brushes are supposed to be sokoho goat hair, but I had to do a double take since they almost felt like squirrel! Those two goat brushes alone are softer than my Hakuhodo J series ones (J210, J110, J104, just to name a few), which is very confusing and quite an amazing feat. If you blindfolded me, I would've assumed those those face brushes were a squirrel and goat mix at the very least. Now, onto the eye brushes--RIDICULOUSLY soft as well. The blending brush is exceptional. It's got that classic blending brush shape a la MAC 217 but a bit smaller and denser, which I prefer for my Asian eyes. The squirrel hair in this brush is CRAZY soft! It is softer than my Chikuhodo Z series brush... talk about crazy. I've never owned any tamage hair brushes before and it is softer than squirrel... if only tamage (cat?) had longer hair to make some very addicting powder and cheek brushes :P The eyebrow brush was also a lot softer than I had expected as I assumed it would be super stiff. Overall I would recommend this brush set to ANYONE unless you have very large hands. I usually prefer long handle brushes but I got this for travel purposes anyway, BUT I will be incorporating these brushes into my regular routine because every single one of them is exceptionally great.