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A great solution for time-saving eyeshadow application

Funloving — Thu, 24 Aug 2017 19:33:21 GMT

This may not be suited for everyone, but I'm thrilled it works so well, I thought it worthy to pass on to all forum beauties. Just by happenstance after cleansing a bunch of brushes, I was hurried to get to a dinner on time. I grabbed one of those 1 1/2" beauty blenders, I think by RT. They're shaped like a mini BB, mine are black and came in a 2-pack. Many vloggers use them for under eye and under eye baking techniques which is too time intensive for my lifestyle. Due to their size and shape they fit my eyelids perfectly. Swiping one side from point to bottom starting in the inner corner, I applied a lighter base shade from a BB shadow palette I've had for eons.

OMGosh- the control of application was amazing to me. I could easily get right into the corner of my eyes with precision. Then I rotated the mini BB & used a medium-dark shade blending from outer v and onto lid melding into the lighter shade. I finish it off with a light glowy shade in the middle of each lid with impressive results. Effortlessly! The color saturation was so much better after only 1 swipe All with no fall out. I use the BB dry. To experiment further I've been trying with shadows I've set aside due to the time it takes to pack enough on to even show up. The little BB made these easy and laid down more pigment than I ever achieved with a brush in a fraction of the time it would normally take.

I guess one could compare to the wands with foam sponge ends, but really, for me the results are far superior. I don't know if it's a replacement for brushes. I do know it works so well I no longer dread the time it takes to apply my shadow just right.

BTW, I have a lot of eyelid show and never go beyond the crease- as my eye to eyebrow ratio is greater- It would look crazy taking shadow up that far with any color other than a natural or cream shade.. I do use a light shade right under the brows with the other sponge from the 2 pack. Beyond a time-saver there's no muss & fuss. I'm out the door so much faster. YAY!!!

Yes. I own good eyeshadow brushes and know how to use them.

Re: A great solution for time-saving eyeshadow application

zanna — Thu, 24 Aug 2017 20:11:20 GMT

Great tip! Thanks, I've got that BB and will try it!

Re: A great solution for time-saving eyeshadow application

I am still oxox — Thu, 24 Aug 2017 20:36:23 GMT

Did you use the sponge wet or dry

Re: A great solution for time-saving eyeshadow application

Funloving — Thu, 24 Aug 2017 21:15:51 GMT

@I am still oxox wrote:
Did you use the sponge wet or dry

@I am still oxox

Dry. The shape of the 1 1/2 sponge covers evenly with less product. If you wanted a foil look, or you still don't get satisfactory color pay-off you could absolutely try it damp, but it might actually make it too sheer? Maybe.. I haven't tried that, but will. Some of my shadows that stubbornly lacked pigment when trying to apply with a brush place pigment effortlessly dry. So far so good anyway.

I guess like everything else, your mileage may vary.

Re: A great solution for time-saving eyeshadow application

Funloving — Thu, 24 Aug 2017 21:21:11 GMT

@zanna wrote:
Great tip! Thanks, I've got that BB and will try it!

@zanna

Would love to hear what you think. I have almond shaped eyes and my lids are pretty wide. Bet it could work no matter your eye shape.

Let me know!

Re: A great solution for time-saving eyeshadow application

I am still oxox — Fri, 25 Aug 2017 12:30:20 GMT

I tried it last night with my small BB and it worked pretty well. Thank you for posting this

Re: A great solution for time-saving eyeshadow application

Tricolor — Fri, 25 Aug 2017 15:34:25 GMT

@Funloving, thank you for your post. Will have to pick up some small sponges and give this a try. I love doing my makeup but there are days when I need to speed up the process. Haha! Plus if it gives a better application, I am all for it.

Re: A great solution for time-saving eyeshadow application

Boehm Collector — Sun, 27 Aug 2017 16:27:01 GMT

Hi @Funloving .... would love to try your technique. But I have never used a BB..... so I'm not sure I really understand how you are using it to apply your eyeshadow. I must be a bit slow. LOL. Can you explain it a bit more? TIA

Re: A great solution for time-saving eyeshadow application

jaxs mom — Sun, 27 Aug 2017 16:34:06 GMT

Thanks for the suggestion, I already made myself for the day so I'll try it tomorrow. I have those little tiny teardrop shaped ones, and I usually just use it for applying foundation under my eyes or blending tiny areas. This sounds great.

Re: A great solution for time-saving eyeshadow application

Oshare-girl — Tue, 29 Aug 2017 22:36:28 GMT

What a cool tip! I'm going to try it. If it works for me, that would be great for travel. No need to haul around multiple brushes.

Re: A great solution for time-saving eyeshadow application

racada — Wed, 30 Aug 2017 01:58:06 GMT

@I am still oxox wrote:
I tried it last night with my small BB and it worked pretty well. Thank you for posting this

I tried it and thought it worked well too! I actually got a better color payoff than with a brush! It's really a great idea that worked well for me 😊

Re: A great solution for time-saving eyeshadow application

mimi5775 — Wed, 30 Aug 2017 07:47:09 GMT

@Funloving wrote:
This may not be suited for everyone, but I'm thrilled it works so well, I thought it worthy to pass on to all forum beauties. Just by happenstance after cleansing a bunch of brushes, I was hurried to get to a dinner on time. I grabbed one of those 1 1/2" beauty blenders, I think by RT. They're shaped like a mini BB, mine are black and came in a 2-pack. Many vloggers use them for under eye and under eye baking techniques which is too time intensive for my lifestyle. Due to their size and shape they fit my eyelids perfectly. Swiping one side from point to bottom starting in the inner corner, I applied a lighter base shade from a BB shadow palette I've had for eons.

OMGosh- the control of application was amazing to me. I could easily get right into the corner of my eyes with precision. Then I rotated the mini BB & used a medium-dark shade blending from outer v and onto lid melding into the lighter shade. I finish it off with a light glowy shade in the middle of each lid with impressive results. Effortlessly! The color saturation was so much better after only 1 swipe All with no fall out. I use the BB dry. To experiment further I've been trying with shadows I've set aside due to the time it takes to pack enough on to even show up. The little BB made these easy and laid down more pigment than I ever achieved with a brush in a fraction of the time it would normally take.

I guess one could compare to the wands with foam sponge ends, but really, for me the results are far superior. I don't know if it's a replacement for brushes. I do know it works so well I no longer dread the time it takes to apply my shadow just right.

BTW, I have a lot of eyelid show and never go beyond the crease- as my eye to eyebrow ratio is greater- It would look crazy taking shadow up that far with any color other than a natural or cream shade.. I do use a light shade right under the brows with the other sponge from the 2 pack. Beyond a time-saver there's no muss & fuss. I'm out the door so much faster. YAY!!!

Yes. I own good eyeshadow brushes and know how to use them.

@Funloving ty !!!! I'll pick up the mini bb's soon....they are everywhere. They are the mini ones right? like really small like mini eggs?

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Oshare-girl — Wed, 30 Aug 2017 18:12:36 GMT

I tried it this morning and WOW, it worked great! And it was so fast. It literally took a minute to do my entire eye look, which would normally take at least 5 minutes and 4 brushes. I only have the regular BB, but I'm going to pick up the small ones. The big one is a little too big for my eyes but it worked in a pinch. Thank you SO much for this tip!

Re: A great solution for time-saving eyeshadow application

Funloving — Sat, 28 Oct 2017 20:12:26 GMT

@mimi5775 wrote:

@Funloving ty !!!! I'll pick up the mini bb's soon....they are everywhere. They are the mini ones right? like really small like mini eggs?

That's the type I used in my experiment @mimi5775. I noticed a while back after I began this post, at Sephora one of the prestige makeup brands now has a shadow brush with a small beauty blender on the end of the handle where the brush hairs would be... reviewed as newest eyeshadow brush. I think it's Hourglass, but don't hold me to that.. my memory isn't the best. How funny! LOL They're charging a pretty penny for it too! Hope you're doing well Mar!!

Re: A great solution for time-saving eyeshadow application

mimi5775 — Thu, 09 Nov 2017 09:18:48 GMT

@Funloving thanks for this tip..love tips!

I'm not surprised someone would come up with this mini egg on a stick for use as a shadow applicator! haha wish I had thought of that!

I'm doing okay just have recently been diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis but no lesions!!? (ODD) but thank God... and this pain has me so down...now it's getting cold here in Eastern PA, makes things worse.

Thanks for asking. Hope you are well ! Glad I popped on here to see ya and read reviews