There are few makeup tools for applying foundation, but for achieving a natural look there’s no better tool than a makeup sponge. I haven’t try them many – I have one cheap from Tedi, one from Ebelin I bought back in December in Austria and Nanshy Marvel 4 in 1 Makeup Blending Sponge that I’m going to review today.
Nanshy is a new brand in Slovenian market and they offer makeup tools. One of them is a makeup sponge that comes in a mint colour, which is very exciting for me who loves all shades of green and doesn’t adore pink colour in which most of makeup sponges are. Most of makeup sponges are shaped like an egg with straight surface, but Nanshy has a special shape. It’s wider on the bottom andon the topand narrower in the middle. The middle part is narrow so that you can easier hold the sponge in your hand. One part on the top is flat and that enables you to reach and blend the foundation or the concealer in smaller and hard to reach areas.
Nanshy sponge is very soft, if I compare it to Ebelin and Tedi sponges, and it’s also bigger. Tedi and Ebelin sponges keep the shape when I damp them, but Nanshy expands. You have to damp the sponge for smoother application. The application of a foundation with damp sponge gives a nice, natural look to the face, but I use up more foundation when I apply it with a sponge as I do when I apply it with a brush. That’s probably because the sponge soaks up some foundation during application. The sponge applies and blends the foundation perfectly and what I love about it is that there aren’t any visible brush strokes. It’s also easy to build up a foundation with it without getting a cakey look. I usually use the flat part to blend the foundation around my nose and the concealer under my eyes. When I use sponges I always stick to the tapping method; I think that because of this method foundation sets better on my skin.
I recommend washing the sponge after every usage. It soaks up the product every time you use it and if you use it few times it also takes more time to clean it (not to mention bacteria that starts to collect on the sponge). For cleaning I always use a hard soap, because it cleans it better than a shampoo. I hold it under the pipe and squeeze it for so long that the clean water comes out. After that I know the sponge is clean. But no matter how much I clean it the foundation always leaves the marks on the sponge. I use it for quite some time now and I have washed it many times. The sponge still looks great, except of the top that is frayed a bit.
If you use makeup sponges to apply your foundation you’re going to love Nanshy Marves sponge, because it really works great. You can get it on Click2Chic for 7,49 €and on Nanshy official site for £5,95.
Have you tried anything from Nanshy? How do you like their products? Thank you for reading!
Slovensko besedilo:
Podlago lahko na obraz nanašamo s prsti, raznoraznimi čopiči in gobicami, ampak naraven videz podlage najlažje dosežemo s slednjimi. Sama jih nisem preizkusila veliko, samo 3. Eno imam iz Tedija, lani sem v Avstriji kupila Ebelinovo, pred kratkim pa sem prejela Nanshy Marvel 4 v 1 gobico, ki jo bom ocenila danes.
Nanshy je znamka, ki se je na slovenskem tržišču pojavila šele pred kratkim, ponujajo pa čopiče in gobice za nanos ličil. Ker sama obožujem vse odtenke zelene barve, sem prav navdušena nad barvo gobice, saj je mint barve in ne roza, kot večina gobic. Tudi njen izgled je drugačen, saj njena jajčasta oblika ni ravna kot pri ostalih gobicah, ampak je spodaj in zgoraj širša, na sredini pa ožja. Prednost ožje sredine je v lažjem držanju gobice med nanosom podlage ali korektorja. Še ena posebnost pri obliki pa je to, da je gobica na vrhu na eni strani ravno prirezana. Ta del omogoča lahek nanos izdelka na težje dostopna mesta, kot je npr. področje okrog nosu, in lažje blendanje izdelka na področju okrog oči.
Gobica Nanshy je zelo mehka na dotik, dosti bolj kot Ebelinova in Tedijeva, poleg tega pa je večja. Ne Ebelinova ne Tedijeva gobica ne spremenita velikosti, ko ju namočim pod vodo, Nanshyeva pa postane večja. Nanos podlage z mokro gobico ustvari lep in naraven izgled, primeren je pa predvsem za dekleta s suho kožo, saj suhi predeli na ta način sploh ne bodo poudarjeni. Negativna stran gobic je dejstvo, da vpijejo kar nekaj izdelka in Nanshy gobica ni izjema, tako da pri nanosu z gobico vedno porabim več podlage, kot če jo nanašam s čopičem. Je pa njena prednost, da ni vidnih sledi čopiča; kar se tiče blendanja in nanosa, pa odlično opravi delo. Ponavadi stisnem nekaj kapljic podlage na zgornji del roke in jo nanesem na kožo s spodnjim širokim delom, potem pa s ploščatim delom tapkam po obrazu, da se podlaga lepo zlije s kožo. Zgornji ploščati del uporabim tudi za blendanje korektorja pod očmi.
Ker pri enem nanosu ponavadi umažem celo gobico in ker se želim izogniti nabiranju bakterij, gobico perem po vsaki uporabi. Na ta način jo je tudi lažje očistiti, saj vpije kar nekaj podlage. Perem jo s trdim milom, in sicer tako, da jo namilim, potem pa jo močim pod vodo in ožemam, dokler iz nje ne priteče čista voda. Takrat vem, da je gobica očiščena. Kljub pogostemu čiščenju na gobici ostajo sledi podlage, ki se ne dajo odstraniti, vendar pa je obdržala obliko in tudi trpežnost, edino konica je malce obrabljena, kar dokazuje, da je gobica res kvalitetno narejena.
Če obožujete gobice za nanos podlage, bo ta več kot primerna za vas. Dobite jo v spletni trgovini Click2Chic za 7,49 €.
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