How To Use a Beautyblender

The clever little sponge has won the Allure Best of Beauty Award 5 times in a row, but it’s not just Allure who put the Beautyblender on a pedestal. Our beauty team at SkinStore can’t get enough of it, and here’s a few reasons why:

• Beautyblender’s unique egg shape is designed to cover 360 degrees and fit into all the contours of the face
• The Beautyblender is latex-free and made from a proprietary hydrophilic sponge material that is made to absorb only water. This means that once the sponge is wet, it won’t absorb whatever cosmetic you’re applying.
• Every sponge is handmade and dyed with all natural vegetable dyes.
• It’s affordable – the a Beautyblender sponge, depending on which model, costs around $25
• You can use it to apply everything: moisturizer, sunscreen, primer, foundation, powders, highlighters, bronzers, and even self-tanners.

Application Tips

It’s as easy as wet.squeeze.bounce!

• Wet:  Wet your beautyblender® with water (it will expand to twice its size)
• Squeeze:  Squeeze the tool to expel liquid, using a towel if available
• Bounce:  Lightly dab your makeup and skincare products across your face for perfect application every time

Cleaning Advice

The best way to clean the Beautyblender is the ‘professional’ way, with their solid cleanser. You can soak the sponge in hot water for a few minutes, then rub it in the solid cleanser, lathering up and rinsing thoroughly. Allow to dry naturally by leaving is a cool, safe place to air out.

Another option is to give your favorite sponge a bath with the newly-formulated Liquid Blendercleanser. Made especially for soaking out tough stains that the sponge can hold, the demineralized water and natural sea salt wash is earth-friendly and keeps your Beautyblender super clean. Just coat the sponge with the cleanser and squeeze a number of times. Rinse and dry, and voila!

The Products

The most loved and praised product has to be ‘The Original’, the world’s first edgeless makeup sponge to flawlessly apply any complexion product, powder or cream. However, some other firm favorites include the The Pure, which comes in a dye free pure white. This item is made for a silky application of skincare and makeup, great for sensitive skin and for applying serums and moisturizers.

There is also the Micro Mini– an adorable micro-sized beautyblender® made for smaller areas such as the under eye, inner eye corners, lids, brow bones, sides of the nose, top of the cheeks and acne spots. And finally, the Blotterazzi Blotting Sponge– a game-changing washable, reusable alternative to blotting papers in iconic Beautyblender pink. These larger shaped flat sponges allows for precise, cushion blotting. Shaped to fit all contours of the face, Blotterazzi™ saves you from unused corners like traditional blotting papers.

The photos below let you see each product in it’s true size, to get a real idea of the shape and appearance.