Can someone recommend a good set? ive had MAC and royal and langnickel, i take care of them but they shed like crazy!!!!! its embarrassing to have to pull brush hairs off my clients face.

First, I will recommend brushes that have worked for me.
Sigma brushes have always worked very well for me.
sigmabeauty.com
When they're brand new, they may shed a little. But after one wash they're fine. Shedding really isn't an issue with these brushes.
Morphe brushes are also very good. I love the gunmetal collection.
morphebrushes.com
However, Morphe brushes are very inexpensive. Some of their $2 brushes are amazing, where as some of their $2 brushes are complete crap. You just have to test them out to see for yourself.
It's natural for a brush to shed maybe 1 or 2 hairs, but if they're constantly shedding every time you use them, then they're crap.
You could try taking some pliers and use it as a clamp on the ferrel. And I agree try not to immerse the ferrel into water and never let your brushes soak in anything.

With all of my favorite brushes, I've never had a problem with shedding.
I will clean my brushes with some body wash, shampoo or beauty blender cleanser. Either one works well for me. I use these soaps to CLEAN the brushes, it gets rid of all the makeup/color from the brushes. Then I use 99% alcohol to DISINFECT and SANITIZE the brushes.
Maybe once a week I will use a professional grade brush cleaner (Cinema Secrets) to really give an intense deep cleanse, but I try not to over process my brushes with heavy cleaners like that. I usually use the Cinema Secrets cleaner if I need to deep clean my brushes on a job because it drys quickly, however you must wait 30 minutes to an hour for it to fully evaporate, before using them. I recommend an hour.

I don't know how this turned into a brush cleaning tutorial, but I just wanted to let you know that there are many different ways to clean your brushes. This is how I clean mine and I don't have problems with shedding.
If you lose one brush hair on a clients face, it's not a big deal. But if it's constant, then that's a different story.

I haven't tried many brush brands, but my favorites are Sigma, Morphe and Real Techniques.


Try Sigma, their brushes are awesome. Also, Real Techniques, I've never ever had any problems with shedding, not even one hair.

I use a variety of Sigma (for synthetic) MAC, Crown brushes and several professional Spanish brands and I've never had a problem with either of them I am extremely careful when cleaning them and they have lasted years so far!

That is definitely my problem, with my old mac brushes i used to submerge them in a cup of soapy water first before i cleaned them until i learn that was not what you're supposed to do lol.. thats when my mac brushes started falling apart... so i bought royal, apparently the line i bought is just crap because they shed non stop... not one hair but many hairs! all the time!!!... im going to check out sigma! thank you!

Some previous brush threads that you may find useful:

https://www.modelmayhem.com/po.php?thread_id=906852
https://www.modelmayhem.com/po.php?thread_id=919999
https://www.modelmayhem.com/po.php?thread_id=866716
https://www.modelmayhem.com/po.php?thread_id=867082
https://www.modelmayhem.com/po.php?thread_id=784519
https://www.modelmayhem.com/po.php?thread_id=859660
https://www.modelmayhem.com/po.php?thread_id=599725
https://www.modelmayhem.com/po.php?thread_id=873491
https://www.modelmayhem.com/po.php?thread_id=785226
https://www.modelmayhem.com/po.php?thread_id=754378
https://www.modelmayhem.com/po.php?thread_id=735110

and from the MUA Bible (aka KJB's In My Kit):

http://inmykit.com/makeup_brushes.htm