Overall, I have liked this leather care kit. It worked great with my LEMS Nine2Five V2 camel shoes, but I had a hard time buffing some other soft leather shoes I cleaned and applied the salve to. I used an old toothbrush to clean and apply the salve, which worked fine. However, it really darkened the leather on one of my pairs of shoes and I could not really buff it to get the dull finish off. I tried a soft shoe brush, but it did't work very well either. It seems to work best on hard or very smooth leathers. But I definitely recommend it for LEMS leather shoes.