It's weird that the live chat person would tell you they're made the same because we're told in basic that they're not the same quality.

For someone that doesn't want to invest 100s in brushes the sets are perfect and still better than a brush you'll get somewhere like walmart or target, but in my oppinion the full size are much better quality. They're alot softer.

A couple years ago my mom bought a brush set and I had to replace a couple brushes from it because they didn't hold up.

I've never had to replace a full size brush.

But the sets are great for traveling when you don't want to risk losing the more expensive full sizes.