Beauty Blender Dupe from Ebay

Beauty Blender dupe from eBay: Available here (UK) and here (U.S)

Do you ever have those days when your makeup just wont go right? It happens to me occasionally and it's seriously a bad start to the day (and I can tell you, I'm far from a little ray of sunshine in the mornings as it is). You know those days where there's streaky brush marks across your face, and it all just looks uneven no matter how much you sit blending away? Luckily I have the perfect tool stashed away in my collection that always manages to sort things out when my foundation application takes a turn for the worst- a beauty blender dupe from eBay! I was having a 'bad face day' the other morning, I'm not sure if it was the fault of my moisturiser or the horrible hot and sticky weather but my base makeup wasn't having it. I whipped this out of the drawer and it fixed me up in no time, and it made me think of just how many times it's saved me from foundation mishaps. It's evened out my skin when I've slapped way too much foundation on my face, it's helped me to seamlessly blend concealer into the skin over blemishes. When I had dry skin over the winter it applied product flawlessly without highlighting any patchy bits. I go on about how much I love my Real Techniques brushes, but there have been occasions when they've let me down and this little pink sponge has stepped up to the plate.

I was never into the idea of applying my foundation with a sponge, but when the whole beauty blender hype was going around last year I was quite curious to see how they'd work. Not curious enough to spend close to £20 on the real thing mind you (personally I think that's a complete rip off for a bit of sponge no matter how magical it's supposed to be) but I spotted this copycat on eBay for 99p and snapped it up straight away. You all know how they work- you soak them in water then squeeze out the excess which makes them poof up to almost twice the size. If like me you prefer full coverage from your foundation you'll probably be a bit iffy about the idea of applying makeup with a damp sponge. But surprisingly you can build up the foundation really well, and achieve anything from sheer to high coverage. I apply spots of foundation over my face and then blend them in using this, you use a 'bouncing' technique and bounce the sponge across the face to blend in the product; the pointed edge is good for getting right around the eyes and nose. It washes well too, I thought it would be in pieces the week I bought it but I've had this for probably close to a year now and it's still going strong (albeit a bit manky looking from foundation stains but I think that's to be expected!) It's not something I use everyday, but it's had it's fair share of use! 

Overall this is a great tool to own, even if you're a brush fanatic like me there's place in your collection for this. It works with all skin types, and if you're having one of those days where your makeup just isn't applying well with brushes this is the perfect thing to use. 

Do you own a beauty blender/ makeup sponge like this? What do you think of it?
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