I made the mistake of buying the limited edition brushes from MAC last year from their Christmas collection. I did not realise that those brushes were not the same ones they usually sold. They were R450 for 4 brushes and a small bag comes with it. At that time I had no brushes at all and I was so happy that they were selling 4 for R450 when they usually sell one brush for R200+. I bought them because they will flying out like hot cakes. When I started using them I found it weird that the bristles of some of the brushes were scratchy on my skin, and when I used them or washed them there was a lot of hair fallout. Very disappointed... I asked the MAC lady a few months later, and she said those brushes were inferior and are made in a factory, not handmade like their normal ones were. I wish they would have told me that beforehand.