Ever since the Silisponge became a thing, people all over the internet have been losing their minds in efforts to recreate the perfect substitute. Instead of investing in a product that only cost $9.90 before shipping or in the classic beautyblender which cost 20 bucks and lasts years, folks are resorting to everything from condoms to tampons to blend their makeup. I thought it was cray but supported it, until I learned that peeps are now attempting to get a beat face with the help of a hard-boiled egg. Yes girl,a hard-boiled egg and no I'm not yoking – pun intended!
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Beauty blogger Nadi (a.k.a., PopLuxe) posted a YouTube tutorial earlier this month applying his makeup using a hard-boiled egg and trust me when I tell you – it was a hot mess. Sure, he was able to blend his foundation, his eyeshadow – even contour his face— but the egg (which had the hard skin peeled off) also crumbled halfway through the tutorial. It also must have smelled… because hard-boiled eggs smell pretty strong, people!
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"Oh my gosh, this is actually working really, really well," he said. "This kind of feels like a really cold SiliSponge but it smells like sewage, like eggs, so that's a turnoff – but it's actually doing a pretty good job." Apparently it also made his $50 highlighter pen smell like ass. Wonderful.
I watched Nadi's tutorial and I have to disagree on the egg doing a good job. Unlike the beautyblender, the egg barely absorbs any product, resulting in a super caked-on look. But apparently people are all about this because even beauty blogger Esther Gbudje (a.k.a., houseofsienna) tried the challenge.
"The egg did give me the flawless look I was going for, and it doesn't absorb any product at all," she told Allure. "After each application, I cleaned the egg with wipes before applying another product on my face, so I would say it worked for me."
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Nadi's hard-boiled egg even cracked in half mid-way. He wound up eating the remaining yoke and grabbing a new hard-boiled egg to finish his look, because you know that makes a ton of sense.
When I heard women were using plastic bra inserts to apply their foundation I didn't judge. And when I heard they were putting their beautyblender in condoms – I even tried it out myself. But using a hard-boiled egg as a makeup sponge isn't just ridiculous (a.k.a. gross) but it's also incredibly wasteful. You're using up eggs that you could be eating instead of using a makeup sponge like the beautyblender that can be used numerous times. The results: a smelly, caked-on face with pieces of egg yolk crumble. Remind me again how this is a practical substitute?
Sorry, but I think I'll just stick to eating eggs thank you very much.
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Image via houseofsienna/Instagram
