The Beauty Blender is the most popular beauty sponge on the market its a teardrop shaped sponge that can be used for everything when it comes to makeup, don't believe me well let me explain. It can be used to put on moisturizer on the face, blend foundation instead of using a $30-$40 foundation brush, blend concealer, and of course baking. Its an all rounder sponge.
There are so many other dupes and sponges out there that are a lot cheaper than the Beauty Blender but the question that needs to be answered is if they are any good, can they stand up to the teardrop sponge.
I purchased the pink beauty blender and I also purchased the real techinques beauty sponge. The beauty blender is $19 and it has a special cleansing solid soap sold separately of $16 but the soap can also clean your makeup brushes and from what I have been told it is a great cleanser dupe for the cleanser sephora has a solid soap for $14 not that much cheaper but it gets the job done also.
Please remember to wet the sponges before using them, by wetting them it adds moisture to the sponge and it gives a flawless application. The sponge will double in size once wet.
Now on to the pros and cons.
The beauty blender bleeds pink whenever you wash it and for some people it turns their face pink when they apply their makeup, it is basically $20 kind of pricey for a "sponge", it can start to look pretty gross from the foundation, so I recommend washing it after every use because it can store a lot of bacteria.
Great for blending under the eye concealer, applying foundation, blending out your contour and when it comes to baking/setting the face for the GODs hunty it is life. Its easy to apply the powder with out having fall out on your clothes, hair, eyebrows, sink, mirror and everywhere else the powder wants to fly when using a brush. The sponges come in many different colors black, purple, white, and red, they also have mini blenders for blending concealer under the eyes and blotting sponges.
The Real Techniques sponge oddly shaped, cheap cheap cheap which is a good thing especially if you don't want to spend $20 the real techniques sponge ranges anywhere from $6-$10 and I purchased mine from Kohl's, I only saw one color and its orange but who cares as long as my face doesn't look like an oompa loompa.
Great for baking your contour and applying foundation but as far as applying your under eye concealer it doesn't have the teardrop tip like the beauty blender and can be a bit weird to apply at the inner corner of the eye.
Which one do I prefer, the real techniques simply because it doesn't bleed orange and its cheaper, not overtime do I want to spend $20 on one sponge especially if I am only using it for baking. But don't get me wrong the beauty blenders are really nice and if you don't ming dishing out the cash then by all means go for it.
Enjoy
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