Lina - funny about the brushes. Actually I was the only one who bid on my set. It was in the last 5 minutes of the bid and I got in under the wire for $1 more than the starting bid from the seller so I lucked out.
I am really lucky with the gratis stuff. I went to pay a bill at Saks and walked to the NARS counter and a very dear MUA gave me something I won't mention here but I plan on RAOKing it to someone. All I can say is that it was $$$. I usually pick an unknown person at the counter and give them the sales and that's how it starts. I have to walk into SAKS through different doors so I don't upset each MUA because when I buy I do some serious damage so to avoid that, I just spread it around so everyone gets a little. In Miami, it's a whole different thing - it's either Alicia or Omar as I have known them forever. BTW - Alicia will give u a free makeover if u ever want one and she is fantastic!!!