love it - as for the 217 - I completely agree, it takes of all my colour. I have recently bought the Sonia Kashuk Large Crease Brush (I love this brush!). I use it for crease, but it also blends well and doesn't take off as much colour (in my opinion). However even then I always need to re-apply colour after blending to keep it more vibrant...the other thing I am loving at the moment, is Duwop Payoff - a liquid that you can add directly to your eyeshadow to turn it to a cream, and gives you more payoff, so when you blend, you still have some colour left...HTH's...