It&#;s no secret that the Beautyblender changed makeup forever. The hashtag #beautyblender has been used more than 1,000,000 times (yes&#;that&#;s 1 million) since its inception. How did we ever live without it?!
If you&#;re like us, you probably use your Beautyblender every day and incorporate it into your full makeup routine. But there&#;s a lot more to the Beautyblender than meets the eye. There are helpful best practices to follow, along with tips and tricks you may never have thought of. Here&#;s everything you need to know about how to use a Beautyblender for all its worth.
How to Use a Makeup Sponge
The Beautyblender is a versatile makeup sponge that can be used for practically anything in your makeup bag: foundations, bb cream, concealer, you name it. But in order to really get the most out of your makeup sponge, follow our 3-step process: wet, squeeze, and bounce.
Wet
Many people are surprised to find that the Beautyblender makeup sponge is meant to be used when wet. Before each use, run it under your faucet until it&#;s fully soaked. You&#;ll notice that your Beautyblender will almost double in size. This is supposed to happen! The special aqua-activated&#; foam material in the blender absorbs the water instead of absorbing your product&#;leaving more of it on your skin without getting soaked up by your sponge.
Squeeze
Once your Beautyblender makeup sponge is fully saturated, it&#;s time to squeeze it out. The goal is to apply your makeup with a damp blender, so you&#;ll want to wring out all of the excess water. Your Beautyblender should then be at the ideal size and dampness to start dipping into your product. You can rest assured knowing that you&#;re not wasting product since it&#;s simply bouncing off of your sponge without getting soaked into it.
Bounce
Now for the fun part: the bounce. Bounce powder or liquid foundation, bb cream, or concealer across your skin for a flawless finish. Pro tip: we don&#;t recommend dragging the blender across your face.
Swiping a Beautyblender makeup sponge over your skin is just moving product around instead of properly laying it on. Bouncing creates a uniform, seamless coverage without streaks and lines. Bounce the pointed tip in hard to reach areas like under the eyes and nose and bounce the wider end on larger surfaces like your cheeks, chin and forehead.
How to Clean Your Makeup Sponge
Keeping your makeup sponge clean will not only make it last longer, but help keep your skin clean. To avoid buildup of dirt and grime, it&#;s best to wash your blender after each use. Our Liquid Blendercleanser solution is a highly effective yet gentle formula you can use every day on your blender, as well as standard makeup brushes. Simply wet your blender with the solution and work it into a gentle lather. Use it with our Keep.It.Clean tool which gives you a solid surface to rub your blender against while you clean it.
If you&#;re on the go and you only have time for a quick clean, pump a few spritzes of our Instaclean spray directly onto your blender and use a towel to remove residue&#;no rinsing needed. For maximum cleanliness, we also recommend swapping out your Beautyblender makeup sponge every 3-6 months, just like your toothbrush and mascara.
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How to Use a Makeup Sponge in Every Step of Your
Routine
We all love using our Beautyblender makeup sponges for applying foundation and concealer&#;it helps product go on super smooth and silky. But your makeup sponge can be used for just about anything in your beauty routine, especially if you have each of our blender sizes.
The original Beautyblender is great to #aceyourbase and lay down that flawless foundation we all love. You can use it with practically any product, liquid or powder. It&#;s also perfect to bounce some setting powder at the end of your look for all-day coverage. Our Blusher is slightly smaller and is perfectly sized for the apples of your cheeks. It&#;s a great tool to blend out cream blush and highlight. And our smallest size, the Micro Mini, allows for precision in those tough to reach spots&#;and can even be used to apply eyeshadow. Who knew?!
In my short but extensive relationship with makeup, I&#;ve realized a bunch of things&#;how to spot the right foundation match for my skintone, that the right red lip is my secret beauty weapon&#;but by far, knowledge about the versatility of the Beautyblender is the greatest lesson I&#;ve ever learned.
When I say Beautyblender, I&#;m referring to the egg-shaped application sponge that will eternally live in my makeup bag. The Beautyblender sponge narrows at the top (its point is clutch for working product into the corners of my face) and is ridiculously squishy, so it&#;s able to bounce off the skin&#;s surface with ease. It&#;s also specially designed to not absorb product, which means I don&#;t have to worry about wasting any foundation&#;like ever.
Beautyblender is a brand name. There are several different versions of the original sponge, $20, and plenty of (often cheaper) sponges that mimic the Beautyblender&#;s shape and squishiness. Some are pretty good facsimiles and probably work close to if not just as well, while others just don&#;t hold up if you ask me&#;or ask just about any makeup artist or beauty buff. For the sake of simplicity, I&#;m talking about the OG in this article, though this all applies to similar sponges.
Although I typically use Beautyblenders for my foundation and concealer application, there are a bunch of other ways you can use the tool that I hadn&#;t even considered before. This sponge is way more than just an application tool&#;it&#;s a bonafide jack of all trades. To figure out how to fully utilize my go-to sponge, I asked a few makeup artists for some of their Beautyblender best practices&#;and now I definitely need to step my game up on the number of Beautyblenders I have at the ready.
Most people use the Beautyblender for applying foundation and concealer.
Using a sponge to apply and blend foundation and concealer makeup is a total game changer. &#;Beautyblenders make the foundation application almost foolproof,&#; celebrity makeup artist Emily Cheng tells SELF. Not only is it easier to reach the awkward areas with the tool that many brushes can&#;t&#;around the nostrils, under the eyes&#;but it also helps to seamlessly blend makeup.
If you&#;re wondering how to master the no-makeup makeup look, using a damp Beautyblender and your favorite foundation/concealer might be your new go-to technique. &#;Always work with it wet (damp but not dripping),&#; suggests celebrity makeup artist Joanna Simkin. &#;It really helps a face go from &#;made-up&#; to &#;flawless skin.&#; &#; Makeup artist Ashleigh Ciucci advises dotting foundation on the back of your hand after dampening the sponge, then tapping the Beautyblender into the product to absorb. Then, stipple product onto the skin, starting in the center of your face, and blending into the jawline.
It&#;s also great when you&#;re applying your favorite skin-care products.
To be honest, I never considered using a Beautyblender to apply skin-care products like moisturizers and serums, but it makes total sense considering the sponge won&#;t absorb them. Plus, using the sponge means there&#;s way less mess on your fingertips, and more of an even application.
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