Wanna Be: Beauty Blender knockoff TJ Maxx/Marshall's

So I watch a lot of tutorials on YouTube about makeup and I keep hearing about this Beauty Blender and how unbelievably ahhhhmazing it is. It's a kind of teardrop shaped sponge that is supposedly like the most innovative way to apply foundation. I haven't used sponges in Years so I wasn't really into it at first but the more I kept hearing great things about it, like any other addict I was becoming increasingly curious about it and just had to try it........then I googled it.
Twenty-five dollars for a god damn sponge!!!!! No freakin way! I'm sorry but even I have to draw the line somewhere!

The Real Beauty Blender


Just like with any other trendy and popular products, companies were trying to rip it off left and right! The only thing was that everyone I saw had some other odd shape. I was wondering if the beauty blender company had some type of patent on the tear drop shape because I never saw a knock off with the same shape. Still I figured I had to try it so I saw a knockoff at my local CVS made by Essence of Beauty and I read some reviews online and a lot of people said it was ok so for $5 I figured if I wasn't happy with it I wouldn't be as upset with it if I didn't like it. This one though like most other knock offs wasn't tear shaped and in fact it had a rather odd shape with a sort of flat ball that came in and then a small teardrop shape at the top and it was very pointy. Now you can use the real Beauty Blender wet for dry but most say its better wet. It expands when it's wet to almost double it's size and becomes very soft and bouncy. The CVS version however did expand but was too firm. The shape was awkward and I really just didn't like it! So yup another utensil that just sits around taking up space because I hate throwing things away! Maybe I will find some use for it, like a butt plug for my dog who farts a lot. I don't know.

The Essence of Beauty Butt Plug


I was ready to just accept that I'll never try the real Beauty Blender unless one magically appeared in my mailbox or under the Christmas tree one year.....and then I went to TJ Maxx. They always have knockoffs there, again that are some weird shapes and I always grab them and then put them down somewhere else in the store. Yes that's not right to contribute to the chaos that is T.J. Maxx but I look at it as job security for one of their sales associates. If a-holes like me weren't in there sabotaging their half ass efforts to stay somewhat organized then that poor high school boy who's mom forced him to get a job there so she can use his discount, wouldn't have any other way to keep himself busy for that last five minutes that seem like an hour before he punches out for the day. Anyway this trip however was different! There was an almost exact knockoff! It was a reddish pink like the real one and most importantly it was teardrop shaped just like the real one! It was $5 to boot! I just had to try it! It's made by a brand called Revive Pro Beauty and its called the Beauty Applicator (yes very innovative and catchy name, I know).

The Revive Beauty Version...


I got it home and couldn't wait to use it the next day. I woke up bright and early (no I didn't but it just sounds better than I slept until 12pm) and I got myself all ready to get gussied up so I can make funny faces at my baby and maybe go to Walmart. I soaked up my Beauty Applicator and went to town and......I friggen LOVE this thing! It's sooooo cool! I just can't explain it, but I better because this is after all, a blog explaining how well products work, so I will do my best! Again, it gets bigger when wet. Oh god that sounds weird. It expands when wet...no better. Anyway it's big and its very soft and bouncy. From what I've seen on tutorials you don't so much just want to drag the foundation all over your face but you kind of want to dab it on and spread it all over your face in that way. That's where the bouncyness comes in handy. You can also turn it to the side and kind of roll it on. I like the point at the top because its good for getting into the eye area. It really does leave a flawless type of finish and I actually have been using it instead of my brushes. The one downside is once you use it, it gets stained. The box suggests you cleanit every few days with a mild antibacterial soap. I just use my foaming hand soap from Bath and Body Works. As much as you wash it though you're not going to be able to remove the color of your foundation. At least you know it's bacteria free though.
I really can't say if it works exactly like the real Beauty Blender but I really like it so I feel I don't need to even try the real one. I was actually able to find a review of it online where a girl who actually had the real Beauty Blender compared it. RIGHT HERE . She too seemed to be a big fan of it. So run out to your nearest TJ Maxx NOW because you know the golden rule of Marshall's and TJ "Maxx, buy it now because it won't be there next time!"


I wish I had a link for ya's but I don't for the TJ Maxx ones!