Stephenson's basis are good quality. I prefer SFIC, but if were you and had to pay huge shipping costs, I would be happy w/Stephenson's. I did think that their clear bases were not quite as clear as the SFIC ones (and def. not as clear as the WPS ultra clear, but there are trade-off's there, there are more additives/surfactants in the WSP one, I only use it if I want a super, super clear base b/c of that.)