Ok pinkvanilla I've got my brush roll in front of me - the brushes that I love are:
Royal:
C450 Flat Eyeliner - square brush, great for lining eyes. Just push onto the lashline and wiggle.
C405 Eye Shader SM - oh my god, I love it! Dome shape brush, bristles are still fairly strong though, and soft! Use it every time to apply mobile lid colour. Love love love.
C465 Eye Fluff - dome shaped brush, shorter bristles than the Eye Shader but more of them, and softer. Great for colour washes, or I even used it on the tip to apply socket colour if I wanted a soft application.
C217 Bent Liner - haven't had a chance to use this yet, it's just a super fine lining brush that's bent.
C430 Crease - I know it's called 'crease' but it looks more like a blending brush. More tapered though. I like it, but the bristles are longer than I'm used to, so if you have fine blending work it's probably not appropriate.
C139 Stiff Tapered Crease - again, I use this more for blending, but the bristles are shorter than the C430 so I use it a lot more. But I found the hairs to be scratchier than some of the others. Might end up using in my personal kit.
149 Pro Pencil Blender - like a bullet brush. Softer than my Gorgeous one, but I like that about it.
Unmarked Kabuki Brush - dark brown bristles with silver base. I think it was synthetic?? Beautifully soft! But there were about 3 Kabukis, and the other two looked identical but were very scratchy.
Now I think all the C brushes are the Silk collection, and the last one is the Pro (with the blue ferule). The only reason I got only one brush from the Pro range is because it was Sunday afternoon and they were sold out! Not all the Pro were great, but that's always the way. Will definitely be ordering more.
Crown:
Now some don't have anything printed on them, so I have to describe!
IB126 Chisel Blush - this looks like a domed powder brush, red handle means I think it's from the Italian Badger collection? I heard these were the best to get from Crown, but was really disappointed. I find it too scratchy. Now in my personal kit.
IB105 Tapered Blush - Much nicer than it's Chisel counterpart, and much smaller. Still scratchier than my Gorgeous ones, but I'd use it on a client.
Foundation Brush (x2) and Concealer Brush (x2) - black handle, white bristles with black tips. Bought these to have as multiples in my kit. I'm happy with them! Foundation brush bristles are not as stiff as I'm used to, but they feel nice on the client's skin (or so my mum says!). Concealer brushes are fine.
Angled Eyeliner brush (x2) - black handle with bright orange bristles. These are great! Apply really nicely, keep their shape well so your eyeliner doesn't go everywhere.
Lip Brush (x2) - black handle with bright orange bristles. Again - great! Brushes are TINY, but that's worked out well for me as I've used them with some Lip Tars and been able to get a fine line. Again, they were just to have multiples in my kit. And cheap as chips
Retractable Lip Brushes (x10) - these are to give to clients if they want to touch up but don't own the lipstick I used. Nice enough, they were cheap and the brushes weren't bad. Nothing fancy.
TO be honest I wouldn't buy Crown again, I'd probably just stick with Royal.
I wish I could tell you how much I paid for them, but it's all a blur really!
