beautyblender

I usually don't write reviews of all the products I buy / try but I literally went to the US just to get this foundation. Being Latino, I always have trouble finding my exact match, the perfect formula for me is one that doesn't look very matte and is more like a velvet skin finish, medium to full coverage, super light but still very long wear. I have mixed skin without texture but red and pink spots that I hate however I don't always cover because I prefer to wear a natural look. Another thing that I love about this foundation is how it leaves your skin once you wash it off, looking fine and healthy as heck. This is it, I highly recommend it.

This had so much potential!
The shape and design are great. Way more convenient to use than a traditional powder puff. Lots of control, easy to get powder into all the crevices. It doesn't feel anything like a traditional powder puff, it's much heavier and way better made.
Unfortunately, I'm pretty sure it caused my rosacea to flare up. It stinks like nothing else, like a mix of dead organic and poisonous chemical material. There is some squishy layer of some silicone-like material under the pink side of the puff. I think that material causes the unbearable smell. Washing the pad doesn't help. It only made it worse. I can't use something so stinky and my skin doesn't agree with it either.
I sincerely don't understand how people like it.

All these years I resisted. $20 for a sponge? Really, how could it be worth it? But one day I came across a sale/deal on the Too Faced website, some other products along with this for a great deal, and now I can't imagine ever being without a Beauty Blender again. I used the Real Techniques sponge before, and I thought it was good. Now I joke that using that sponge after using this amazing one is like hitting my face with a brick. Yes, that's an exaggeration, but it really does feel hard now compared to this. It is so soft, and it blends my makeup so well. It just does wonderful things. I find it pretty easy to clean. I like the liquid Blender Cleanser the best, but it cleans up fine with other cleaners. The Blender Cleanser is just my favorite because it cleans well and rinses out really easily. Anyhow, I will try to find ways to get a deal on the Beauty Blender (getting it in a set, sales, coupons), but would I pay $20 for it on it's own? Yep. Obviously, it's overpriced. But sometimes something overpriced is worth it, and this is one of those things.

This is the only true beautyblender I cannot live without. I do absolutely love the original, though these days I merely use the original (or a comparable dupe) as a finisher after applying my foundation with a brush. I typically will go over my face quickly with a sponge to blend out any brush strokes, etc. The blusher, however, is a true necessity for me when applying & blending under eye concealer. I haven’t been able to find a dupe for it (though one or two have come close). The microblender is too tiny and the blusher is everything I wanted and hoped to get out of the microblender. Oddly enough, I rarely use this to blend any cream cheek products. Now that beautyblender is a available in a lot of retailers other than Sephora, it is fairly easy to find a discount/promo code/sale and get any of their products for less money. Try this for undereye concealer. You will not regret it!

I received this in a beauty exchange and I have to say I'm unimpressed. It's literally just a tiny amount of soap in a little tin, for $16, and I'm pretty sure it broke me out. I was fine till I cleaned my blender with this, then the day after using it the first time I got a pimple right in the middle of my forehead. I never get them there.

Yes, of course it cleans my blender and brushes. It's fancy soap. But you know what doesn't break me out and cleans them better, usually on the FIRST rinse unless they're really gunky? Regular cheap glycerine soap.

Go to amazon and order melt and pour glycerine soap base and aluminum lip gloss tins. Melt the soap, add any essential oil you'd like (such as tea tree for antibacterial properties), and pour it in the tins. Boom, you just made your own solid blender/brush cleaner and you have enough to last you probably a year for roughly the same price as one blendercleanser, possibly less. You can even use it for a gentle facial cleanser, just use a separate tin. If that's too much work just pick up a neutrogena glycerine bar, same thing.