On The Shelf
Overview:
The original beauty blender
Purchase Price $19.99 + tax
Retailer Sephora @ JCPenney
Check out www.beautyblender.net
for more product info
Product Review:
This is truly a beauty buy that all should commit to. A few
months back I purchased it’s horrible wanna-be cousin, an off brand hard foam
rubber with absolutely no give and impossible to clean. The Original Beauty
Blender is a soft proprietary blend of foam, that you will be hard pressed to
find out what exactly it is comprised of, is non-irritating in a great pink
tear drop shape makes it perfect for applying concealer under the eyes. By
simply adding water it grows, you then pat dry on a towel dab it with your
favorite product from concealer to foundation and away you go. The application
process may take a couple tries to get the stippling motion down but once you
do you’ll love the end result.
Using MAC’s Studio Fix Powder (Aug 27th Review)
and Urban Decay’s Naked Skin Foundation (Sept 23rd Review) I was
amazed how well this worked with both. Although the look totally satisfied my
needs the amount of product that was used versus standard brushes was on
extreme opposite ends. With the powder I found it did not need as much. On the
other hand the liquid soaked right up into the Beauty Blender, which is not to
fault it, but perhaps the water content in the Urban Decay foundation is to
blame. Clean up is a breeze, use a good makeup cleanser you would on any other
brush or you can buy Blendercleanser which is available online.
This is another one of those products that was created by a
makeup artist who knows what a good tool can do. I am definitely going to buy
another one just for my on the go makeup bag.