hey guys it's Tina here welcome back to
another episode of Tina Tri it in
today's episode I'll be trying out the
silly
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future videos the product I'm trying out
today is the silly sponge I bought this
online on Molly Cosmetics shop.com for
about $13 Australian this is a new
silicon makeup sponge that is like going
viral I've been seeing videos everywhere
and a lot of you guys have been tagging
me in those videos asking me to try it
for this series now what's really cool
about it is that it doesn't absorb any
product and it's supposed to like blend
your foundation really nicely as well as
reducing the amount of product you use
because it doesn't absorb anything it's
also meant to be really easy and quick
to clean because you can just use like
soap or like a wipe to clean it now this
is what it says on the website spreading
product with it will take some time
getting used to final blending can
always be finished with oval brush or
usual sponge for example Beauty blender
that means washing the oval brush or the
sponge will be minimized and they will
last a whole lot longer it is ideal for
people who don't like messy fingers
during makeup after reading that I mean
I don't know how I feel about this
product and I'm kind of like curious to
see if it does like give you a really
nice finish but it does say that you can
go ahead and like finish the blending
with an oval brush or a beauty blender
which I feel like defeats the purpose of
having having an extra sponge to work
with purely because you don't like
getting makeup on your fingers I feel
like when you blend and apply product
with your fingers obviously your fingers
don't absorb anything plus the warmth of
it helps to like work the product in and
makes it blend out easily so I'm not
solid on the fact that this will replace
my beauty blender but I'm curious to see
if it works now because this silly
sponge is currently sold out on their
website a lot of people have been trying
other Alternatives like using nipple
covers or their chicken fillets to blend
their foundation with because again
these don't absorb any product and I
feel like they would do a very similar
job to the silly sponge another good
alternative are these gel heel Shields
that I found today pretty much made of
the same material this cost me about $7
Australian and you get four of them so
this could be a good option for you guys
I'm going to test it out and compare it
with the silly sponge to see if it works
for today's test I'll using my Too Faced
Born This Way foundation so I'm going to
pump two pumps onto my palette here and
then I'm going to go in with my silly
sponge to try it out first okay so I'm
going to use the silly sponge on this
side of my face and see how well it
works just going to dab the product
around and just spread that
foundation around first now I'm not too
sure I supposed to like use it like a
beauty blender and use like like a
padding motion or am I going to like
just spread the product out like this I
feel like it works both ways so I
thought it's pretty easy to use it just
spreads the foundation around nicely
can't really complain about that I'm not
really
loving the results of it cuz I feel like
yeah you can spread it or like Say tap
it but then it doesn't give you like
that nice airbrush finish it just like
pretty much spreads the product around
doesn't really doesn't really give you
like a Flawless finish and I think
that's why they mention you can go in
and finish your blending off with a
brush or your beauty blender I don't
know if you guys can really see it but
that does leave a little bit of a streak
which I don't really like I feel like my
beauty blender can spread the product
out and blend and that's only like one
thing I have to wash another thing is
like the shape isn't great for like
going in here I I feel like it doesn't
have like a nice rounded Point like the
beauty blender where you can just really
work the product in and like you know
like going around your eyebrows
especially if you like to do your
eyebrows first I feel like this could be
a bit annoying now I'm saying that
because this sponge doesn't absorb any
foundation I feel like you know you
don't need a lot of foundation like you
would normally when using a brush or a
sponge so that is a good thing okay so
here's a closer look of the finish I
ended up just like dabbing the sponge
around to get rid of the streaks which
worked which is a good thing and that's
the finish what do you guys think
comparing both side it does definitely
do the job however I'm just not in love
with the shape of this I feel like it
can definitely be improved I feel like
maybe if they made into like an egg
shape or something it would be better
because it's just like a really awkward
shape to work with also there is a very
thin film around the edge so it doesn't
really blend nicely it's not like a
smooth layer can you see that like extra
bit of like Silicon there that kind of
gets in the way especially when you're
trying to work in like where your
smaller areas are like you know around
your nostrils and especially under your
eyes that little flap is a little bit
annoying now let's try some Alternatives
I'm going to try the nipple cover or you
can try a chicken filler I feel like
it's the same material right let's see
if it does the same job I'm going to use
it to grab some product and I'm just
going to work it on
to the other side of my face now the way
I'm holding this is just like I've just
like left the plastic on the back
obviously you don't want it to be sticky
and I've just kind of like rolled it
like that and actually because it's so
thin it's so much easier to use and hold
than the silly sponge that's one thing I
have to say you know what to be honest
there is pretty much like no difference
like in terms of the finish and the
result it gives you I'm going to try
using it under under my eyes it's not
bad it's a bit awkward but it does work
also this is a cheaper alternative to
the silly sponge because I paid about
$10 for these nipple covers and you get
two so this is the result of using the
nipple cover the bottom half here can
you see a difference to be honest I
don't feel like there's much of a
difference at all now for the other
alternative the gel heel Shield I just
left the plastic on the back of this as
well and and I'm just going to use it to
pick up some foundation and finish off
my
forehead the shape is a little bit
awkward to work with I must admit I
definitely feel like because it doesn't
absorb any product I have too much
foundation on now is that even possible
because I usually use two pumps of
foundation when I use a beauty blender
for my whole face and looking at my
palette I still have at least another
pump so if you do want to save money
perhaps you want want to consider
getting the silly sponge or using a
nipple cover all this to blend out your
makeup with looking at the results from
the gel heel Shield I feel like it's
very similar to the rest of my face
except for like the hairline I feel like
I couldn't really blend it into the
hairline properly and like around the
edge of my brow I really need to just
finish off and blend everything out with
my beauty blender just to get like that
nice Flawless finish and especially like
around my hairline because
the Silicon products just don't really
blend it out very well I've quickly
finished off my makeup and I'm just
going to like clean my silly sponge I've
just got like a makeup
wipe and
voila it's clean I'm also going to do
the same to my nipple
cover just like give it a good wipe and
then my little shoe heel
Shield so that's all three products
clean I just use a makeup wipe but you
can also spray it with some alcohol or
go over it with an alcohol wipe now it's
time to rate the silly sponge I'm going
to rate these a five out of 10 I'm not
going to give it very high cuz honestly
I'm not in love with this I'm not going
to go and like throw out my beauty
blender and just replace it with this
definitely not yes it does save on the
amount of product you use and it doesn't
absorb anything and it's pretty easy to
clean but I don't feel like it's worth
spending extra money to buy another
makeup sponge because I feel like I have
a lot of brushes and Beauty blenders
already plus there are cheaper
alternatives out there if you want
something that doesn't absorb your
product and is easy to clean these
everyday items do pretty much the same
thing and give you very similar results
so yeah that's how I feel about the
silly sponge I feel like it's kind of
silly to be honest you don't need to go
out and waste money on this and in the
end I ended up using my beauty blender
to just blend out everything and make it
look more airbrush and smooth because
this doesn't give you that so I still
have to wash my beauty blender and I
have to clean this so do I really want
another makeup blending sponge not
really let me know below what you guys
think about the silly sponge and if you
have tried it let me know if you like it
or not now it's time for you guys to
vote for next week's episode I have two
products for you to choose from one is
an armpit brightener H it's great for
dark armpits and it's supposed to like
light and brighten your underarms so if
you guys want to see that make sure you
vote for it below the other product I
have is a matcha milk hand wax mask so
this is a hand wax that you apply all
over your hands and it's supposed to
like really moisturized nourish dry
hands so if you want to see that let me
know below and yeah that's it to this
episode thank you for tuning in and I'll
speak to you guys next time
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