Manicare Flawless Complexion Sponge Review

I received this sponge in the best ever beauty box nude collection. I prefer using sponges to put on my foundation as I think they work best for my dry skin. I hadn't seen this instore or even knew that this brand made a sponge but I was looking forward to trying it out.

This is a nice pink colour which I really like. Pink is my fave colour and just makes me feel better by seeing it. It has one rounded end and one flat end. I like this, it reminds me a lot of my real techniques sponge and I really do enjoy using a sponge with a flat edge.

To use this, you need to let it absorb some water and then wring out the excess. It does say you can use this dry but I tried once and didn't think it did as good of a job. The texture of this sponge is kind of odd, very different to me anyway. I've only used the real techniques and proper beauty blender before. When they are wet, they are quite light and very soft. This sponge stays quite dense and almost has a doughy feeling when you squish it. It is definitely not as soft to bounce over my face but I've gotten used to it after using it a few times. I feel like it gives me a really nice finish, just the same as what I would expect from a more expensive sponge.

While I don't think I'd actively seek out this sponge, I'd repurchase if I saw it on sale or if I needed to get one from a store instead of waiting online.

purchased this as I needed a quick replacement, however after 1 week of use it already had a split in it, which put me in a sour note. It blends well but soaks up A LOT of product dry and wet use. the shape of the sponge is really nice, just a shame that the sponge itself doesn't rate well.

I received this in my gamble beauty box and I'm glad to have had the opportunity to use it, although I probably wouldn't repurchase and my real techniques sponge seems to do a better job of blending foundation. I thought it would work a lot better than the real techniques sponge as it's not as textured and feels a lot softer too.

I only use this damp as when I've tried it dry it seems to absorb way too much product and just sort of smears it all over my face without blending. I find I also get this result when I use it with foundation but on the days when I'm going for just a light coverage of BB cream this is the sponge I will use as it applies that quite well.

I bright pink colour makes it easy to find in amongst all my make up and it's very cute but all in all, not on my repurchase list.

Thanks to BR for this product. I've tried a couple of brands of sponges (blank canvas cosmetics and real techniques) so I'm comparing this one to them.

This sponge is a different shape...not an egg or teardrop...more of an oral ball with a slice taken off its top. It's soft but firm. Nice tiny sponge pores.

Do I like this sponge? Yes but no. When you wet it and dab it to apply foundation, it's a bit violent, by way that it's like you tapping your face with your fingers. It's not soft sponge like the RT sponge (which is definitely my favourite sponge)...it's firm like the BCC sponge. Therefore I haven't been using it with a bouncing motion, I have been using it in swiping/spreading motions. This gives a nice lite coverage like I like, and been enjoying it with my matte mousse foundation. Love it.

I love most products of manicare, but didn’t really enjoy this sponge. I feel like it soaks up most of my foundation, and i have to use double the amount.

I never heard that or seen before manicure has foundation sponge to till when I had over my nearest pharmacy to get real techniques sponge. Pharmacy had stop selling that brand sponge so with disappointments I was looking some other sponge that time one wonderful lady asked me if I wanted try manicure sponge because they selling quite well.

Well why not. It's cost me only 11$. It is looks smaller than real techniques and beauty blender sponge. Personally I found little bit dense when it is not wet. If is wet than nice soft but not soft as other sponge as I mentioned above.

It is working well and take bit extra efforts to create flawless finishing. I bought one but I wouldn't be next time. If I don't have any choice than I would.

If you are new beginner and learning makeup than sure this for you. Good for practices and you don't have to spend much money on it.

I'm admittedly not much of an every day foundation-user, but when I do cake it up, I always reach for a blending sponge to evenly distribute my liquid foundation over my face.

To start off, this sponge has a flat top while the rest of its body is round. I actually like how they designed it because the flat top makes it easier to reach inner corners such as the space between the under eye and nose or around the lip area. It's actually firmer than it looks, harder than my beauty blender, but not as solid as the ones I own from aliexpress.

I had high hopes for this flawless complexion sponge. I first used it last Friday for a wedding, making sure I wet the sponge and drained it until it was the right kind of damp (only because this is how I usually use my makeup blenders). Wrong move. As soon as I started applying and dabbing it all over my face, it looked so patchy. I had to keep going over spots so they were properly blended out - it took me twice as long as I usually would with other blenders. I was so disappointed.

Next few times I used it damp again hoping it was just a one off time, that maybe I just wasn't using it correctly, but obviously the same result occurred. Then dumb little ol' me realised that if I wanted more coverage, I needed to use it while dry! I usually try not to because you all know most, if not all, beauty gurus recommend to dampen the sponge. So when I finally tried it dry... whaddya know? It was flawless! Even quicker in blending than the application I do for other blenders. It's amazing how much of a difference it makes.

At the end of the day I think it does a pretty decent job in providing coverage when used dry. However, I would still opt for my beauty blender over this because when using this dry although it did make my face look flawless, up close you can faintly see dry patches on my face, particularly my nose, which is strange for me since I've got normal combo-oily skin. I would not purchase this on my own.

Firstly, thanks to beauty review for letting me try this in a trial team! It was my first trial team so I was really excited to try it out. Unfortunately it didn't quite meet my expectations though.

I've never been a huge fan of sponges. I've only really used cheap ones that don't do a good job (soak up a lot of product and don't blend out very well). I tried this manicare sponge hoping it would be better but I wasn't really satisfied. It's a lovely bright pink colour and mostly rounded with a flat angled edge.

The first thing I tried was to blend and buff my concealer with the flat edge, as the packet suggested, but it just wasn't the right shape. It didn't really blend at all and just moved the product around or soaked it up. I did this with the sponge dry. I also tried to blend my foundation with it dry and again it just soaked up product and didn't leave my skin looking as nice as I had hoped.

I read a review on here that if you wet it, it expands considerably in size. So I tried it and it did! Very strange to see. I tried using it damp to blend my foundation. It worked a little bit better than it did when dry but I still wasn't really satisfied with the look and ended up reaching for a brush.

Now, don't get me wrong, I know beauty sponges soak up a lot of product but I just wasn't happy with the amount of product I lost into the sponge. It didn't give the look promised and overall I would use a brush over this sponge any day of the week

Received as a gift. A good blending sponge, easy to clean, gets into all the contours and blends evenly. I’ve used sponges that we’re less than half the price and worked exactly the same, no difference in quality.