A couple of weeks ago in this post I spoke about how I'd downsized my everyday makeup brush collection, and I'm still loving how easy it's made getting ready in the morning. I haven't missed my other brushes at all since streamlining the ones I use, however one thing I did really need (and which I've never owned) is a good quality set of travel sized brushes. A set that's ready to go whenever I'm packing a bag, or brushes that are small enough to pop into the makeup bag that I keep in my handbag. And these by Lilyth have certainly filled the void, I'd never heard of Lilyth before but have been impressed by this little set!

The set comes with five travel sized brushes: a buffing brush, an angled brush, an eyeshadow pencil brush, a flat shader brush and a lip brush. All of the bristles are silky soft and feel gorgeous on the skin, and the handles feel nicely made. For me there's not enough brushes here to do a full face of makeup (I'd need a fluffy eyeshadow brush and a fluffy powder brush as well) but as I've shown in the picture there's room in the pouch to either add additional brushes or for makeup. The pouch is really nice quality with sturdy gold zips and plenty of extra space- it fits four full sized Real Techniques brushes on the other side and still easily zips up, so you could definitely put together a full brush kit if you needed any extras.

While it doesn't feel like it in the doom and gloom of a cold January, spring and summer will be here before we know it which is going to mean things like holidays, weekend breaks and daytrips. So I'm glad that I'll have a set of brushes that are ready to go, and in the mean time the buffing brush will be living in my handbag for topups on the go! I'm forever squishing longer brushes into my makeup bag (which always ends up bending and ruining the bristles) and so a good quality brush that actually fits is just what I've needed.