Probably the biggest thing I hate about foundation and similar skin products is how quickly the product goes. That shit ain't cheap! A good foundation is going to set you back a few bucks ( unless Jeffree Star is to be believed and Wet 'n Wild Photo Focus Foundation really is all he says it is) and before you know it, its been all used up.
Foundations have more surface area to cover than any other makeup product that we use, but I still get sad when the little pump on the bottle starts to cough and you know your days are numbered. Laura Geller is still my go-to foundation and we had such a moment earlier this week. My foundation is on life support, and I have far too long a list of makeup that I want to buy in the next two weeks to be dropping 40+ on foundation. Whats a girl to do?
I have been hearing for the longest about silicone blenders, but I hadn't tried one yet. They're not a readily available in stores as I'd like (as far as I know, Ulta doesn't carry any) but supposedly, they're super great to use because unlike brushes or traditional sponge beauty blenders, they don't absorb makeup. It makes sense, when you think about pressing a beauty blender against your skin, its a sponge, and when you apply pressure, you are going to absorb as much into the sponge as you do onto your skin. I'm sure that's a huge waste of product. I actually abandoned my beauty blenders because of that reason, and because no matter what I did, I never felt like they were getting clean enough.
I was pretty annoyed by the prices I was finding online, because I'm cheap, and I really didn't want to pay the prices I was seeing, which were often on the wrong side of $10. Amazon to the rescue though. If you do a little digging, you can find them for just a few dollars. Lucky me, I did, and it came today!
Its a firm silicone pad, it isn't gelatinous like a breast implant, which I am sure is anyone's first thought when they hear silicone. Its a good size, and has enough give to it, that I can work it into corners around my eyes and nose.
I decided to try out the same amount of product with a buffing brush, blender sponge, and the silicone blender to see how all three stack up. I tried to find a darker shade of makeup to show how far the product got be more apparent. Unfortunately, for a Lighty McGee like me, that still isn't too dark. I ended up using Glo-Minerals Concealer in the shade beige, because concealer is sticker and tackier than foundation and thus harder to blend. Also, its the darkest color I have.
I decided to put the product on my wrist, because I was hoping the difference between my makeup and tattoo would make the range of color more apparent. So, here is my wrist:
I did the brush first. Typically, in the mornings I put five dots of foundation on my brush and dab it over my whole face before going back and blending it in over my primer. They are pretty good sized dots, but it covers my whole face. Not to get ahead of myself in the story, but I also tried this experiment with one small dot of my foundation and each of the mediums and the result was the same. It was just too hard to see the makeup once it was blended in, hence my search for something darker.
So, anyway, the brush.
The brush actually gave pretty good coverage. Morphe is AMAZING for all things brushes, and they are basically my favorite. I would never say anything against a Morphe brush. I like them better than even the really expensive brushes, and they are typically the first I would reach for. I didn't think the coverage got very far (you can see it stop pretty much below the stars) but I thought the brush did a great job of blending well and not looking streaky.
This one was the blending sponge. Womp womp. I actually had to dig around in my makeup cases to even find one, because I haven't used them in so long. I feel like they were a huge trend last summer, and so I tried them, but I feel like they are hard to use, and it gets super tiring to dab dab dab across my whole damn face. I know lots of people just use them for concealer or contour cream, and if you use them and love them, power to you. Keep on keeping' on, honey. Its not for me. You can see here though that the color isn't even across the whole tattoo on either side up by the roman numerals. And the sponge got the same amount of product, if not a little more, than the other two did.
I saved the silicone for last and OMGoodness, life!!
I don't know if you can really see in the picture, but there is product all the way down by where the picture cut off. It was also way easier to blend, again, because product wasn't getting caught up in brush fibers or sponges. There was no where for the product to go except down into my skin, so I'm getting way more coverage area with way less product. And it slid on so easily. I was absolutely blown away.
Wanna see the best part?
This was after I had used it six times. Three with my foundation, and then three more with the concealer. I ran it under the sink, wiped it with a towel, and boom. Brand new again. It doesn't have schmutz in it, it doesn't smell funny, its not trapping old makeup and grossness. While very mild soap and water should be fine to clean something like this, I'd imagine every that you'd also want to clean it sometimes with a cleaner that is meant for silicone, just to keep it germ free. I'd suggest a toy cleaner like this.
Happy blending lovelies! I seriously am kicking myself that I didn't buy one of these way sooner. I definitely suggest treating yourself. You'll be glad you did!
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