What is the point int if a make up sponge?

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Should I be using one (I just use my fingers for foundation and brush for blush). What do they actually do?

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I've personally never managed to get a sponge to work like they do in the YouTube videos, no matter what foundation I'm using. On YouTube they pat the product on and they look flawless. In my case it comes up patchy and you can see the sponge print within the foundation so I look all speckled. I stick to a foundation brush which makes my foundation go on perfectly. With fingers I never get it to blend as well as a brush.

I've just started using a beauty blender, weirdly I get more coverage. I am converted now.

I think it depends on the foundation and on the sponge to be honest!

I've never used them as they seemed to soak up all the foundation and I could never apply it smoothly to my face using a sponge.

Since I've been a convert to bareminerals liquid foundation I only use a drop or two of that on one of their 'special' brushes which works well for me though I know many don't get on with it.

I use a very light liquid foundation (the kind that comes in a dropper bottle) is that not good for a sponge? And what it the point of using a brush?

I find the finish looks more airbrushed then when I use my fingers. I also use a lot less product with my beauty blender then when I use my fingers.

Really depends on your skin type, foundation type and the coverage you want. For example I have oily skin so if I used a brush to apply foundation I'd be streaky and would t get full coverage, I use a beauty blender for medium coverage because I have oily skin, and then use a smaller one for concealer too.

My skin gets oily but has dry peely bits that the foundation gets caught in. The foundation is an oil free liquid foundation.

Ttbb what is the foundation? Cover fx or gloss or something?

Beauty therapist/makeup artist here, own my own salon. My girls tend to use the real techniques original sponge, I used to just use a buffing brush but converted

It's the beauty pie oildfree micro mineral serum foundation. Come invert thin but you can put more on for more coverage.

I use the Real Techniques original blender. It’s incredible. I use Laura Mercier tinted moisturiser and it totally transforms the way it goes on my skin. Fingers / brush don’t even come close.

I use a stippling type of brush. I find sponges soak up too much foundation but still leave a heavy look on the skin.

Trick is to make sure the sponge is damp. A dry sponge just soaks up product and doesn’t spread or blend. I tried beauty blenders before and didn’t get the hype. Once I learned how to use it properly, I became a convert.

A damp beauty blender gives me the most amazing coverage,so much better than brushes.

Same, I love it, the coverage is a bonus.
I'm going to buy some new brushes from primark at the weekend though. They have an angled compact looking one I want to try and those weird looking spoon type things.

It makes you look like someone's artex-ed you.

I always had the problem with dry flakey skin but I’ve just recently bought a primer and that helps. I use an ordinary foundation brush to apply makeup I either use dream matte mouse or the W7 foundation it’s a drippy one.

They are hanging. Full of germs, impossible to clean properly and waste loads of product. Use a duo fibre or kabuki brush if you want airbrushed.

I use a spray cleaner after ever use,same as a brush- keeps it clean.

I use my Real Techniques original sponge with Mac Waterweight foundation, which is also a dropper bottle foundation. It looks flawless when applied this way. The key is to keep on patting the product on. IME founations applied with brushes always leaves a streak or two.

How do you use them then? Do you Damien them with water? Do you put the product on the sponge or on your skin?

Dampen under a tap and squeeze excess with kitchen paper. I dip it in my compact foundation.

What Dame said, product goes directly on the sponge and then pat the sponge on the face, and keep on patting until it looks blended.

They are no more ‘full of germs’ than any other make up applicator I wash mine out with hot water and anti bac handwash after every use and replace them regularly. I bet mine are a shit load cleaner than most make up brushes.