They are full size! Perfect for a non professional make up artist ;)

Full sized

These are full size brushes

in the middle (not full and not mini)

Full-sized brushes

– You want to use an unscented, pure, white soap for this. Dial or Ivory would be ideal. With lukewarm water, get your brush completely wet. Once your brush has been saturated, swirl the brush onto the bar of soap until it lathers up nicely. Then, rinse the brush in lukewarm water. Make sure you don’t use water that is to hot or too cold. Also, when rinsing your brushes, don’t get water above the shaft or metal part. If you do it will eventually cause rust which will cause the bristles of the brush to fall out. Gently squeeze out any excess water from the brush and lay it flat on a clean towel and allow them to air dry for at least 6 to 8 hours.

You can use shampoo or any mild liquid soap.

you can also use shampoo or soap, lather, rinse, let dry naturally (air dry) by lying flat. I really like Aveda Shampure or Philosophy Purity Made Simple for cleansing the brushes.

the handles are slightly shorter than most brushes, and only the concealer brush and the rounded eyeshadow brush have heads smaller than normal. all the rest of the brushes have full size heads.

Yes, they are full sized, not little minis.

Yes, these would work prefectly with any Bare Minerals product. The powder/complexion brush would work great with the Bare Minerals foundation.

Yes these brushes would work well with bare minerals or any mineral or powder foundation for that matter. The concealer brush can be used to provide more coverage to trouble spots. The eyeshadow brushes work great with bare minerals eyeshadow and the angled blush brush is very similar to the one bare minerals sells to go with its blush.

This is one of the first set of brushes I had ever received. I got it as a gift at the age of 13, when I was new to makeup and it diffidently helped me learn a little bit about makeup application.

Yes! Excellent starter kit!

i know the concealer brush (orange tip) is synthetic and i think the rest are natural. as a rule of thumb, liquid or cream textured makeup, should be used with synthetic brushes so the brushes don't absorb any of the makeup and will last longer. natural brushes are fine for everything else.
these will last pretty well if you take good care of them.
also keep in mind this is a travel set so the brushes are small, so not good for quick application if you need that for stage makeup.

Four of the five brushes are made of natural hair, and one is synthetic. They seem quite durable to me.

I'm not sure if I can answer that but I will tell you this, the leather is well made because it's durable. Does not feel cheap. The slots/pouches for the brushes are still in good condition; no tears.

it feels like a good fake leather.

Pull off the top of the lip brush and then put it on the opposite end from where you took it off. Then push it in and the brush will pop out.

I'm pretty sure they are synthetic. they are fine with I find the blush brushes can get a bit rough...I haven't tried many brushes however so I can't compare to others!

It's very hard to tell, they are very high quality so if it is synthetic you wouldn't know it. They feel very soft. If you are a vegan I would recommend asking the company before you purchase.