I had seen the bad reviews of this on here, but for some reason I was still really keen to give this a go. So when I was in Wellington and saw a wee kit that included one of these micro BeautyBlenders I thought why not! and picked it up. In the wee pack I received the pink beautyblender, the black one, the mini green one, and the new refresh liquid.
If you have seen my review of the regular Beauty Blender you will know it is an absolute rave. I love the thing. It gives me flawless application and it makes my makeup look more natural as it is better blended that I have ever been able to achieve with a brush. The same things apply with this little wonder. I thought initially it would be a pain having to wet this before using but I find I just run both BeautyBlenders under the tap at the same time after I have put the kettle on in the morning for my cup of tea. I love using this for my concealer under my eyes in particular. I am able to get the rounded area right into the tear duct and then around in a "V" shape under the eye. Some days I can get away with just that and some powder because it blends in so nicely. Because I bought both at the same time I never got used to using the pointed end of the BeautyBlender so I find using the pointed end doesn't give me the same well blended effect as the round end of the mini one. I know it is small but I don't mind holding it with two fingers and find it easy to manoeuvre around the eye area. I do find it hard to clean since it is so small, but I get there by just smushing it in my hand with some cleaner then doing the same with clean water.
I know you are now getting some very different reviews of this product! But if you are keen to try it I would see if you could get it in a pack like I did, then you won't be stuck with two if you don't like it that much.
When I finally jumped on the Beauty Blender bandwagon, I was in awe. I love my original one so much, I needed more and so i thought these would be the perfect solution.
The Micro Beauty Blender comes with two blenders and in similar packaging to the original one, except the packaging is bigger to accommodate the extra sponge. In my opinion, packaging for products like this doesn't matter because they just get throw out, like this one did.
Like I said, there are two of these in the pack, and they are the exact same in regards to colour and shape. They are the same shape as the original beauty blender, but a lot smaller and a bright green colour. I think they have that same, spongey, springy amazing foam the original blenders are made of which is awesome. But this is where all the good stuff ends.
After I wet these, they do increase in size which is good because when they are dry they are tiny. However, even once they are wet and bigger in size, I still find them really hard to use. Personally, I have big hands so holding something so small is really awkward, and feels weird.
I brought this for concealer under my eyes, and I hardly use these just because they are so fiddly. Don't get me wrong, with time and patience, I can blend my concealer nicely, but it just takes way more effort than using my full size blender.
I don't know what I expected from these sponges, because technically they are what they say they are.. but they are just so awkward to use .Personally, I wouldn't recommend these to anyone and I would rather use my original beauty blender. I am trying to re purpose mine by using them as very expensive sponges for my nails.