Dupe at the Drugstore

If you're into make up, you may have heard about the BeautyBlender that came out awhile back. Supposedly, it revolutionizes foundation application, giving you an airbrush look.
That sounds great but $20 for a sponge? One that I will eventually have to either buy the special cleanser for or throw away? No thank you!
I came across what seems to be a knock off at Walgreens one day for a mere $5.99. Now, I was pretty skeptical because I had seen reviews on Youtube for drugstore dupes and they were not good but I figured I didn't have much to lose for $5.99. (And if it didn't work, I could always return it!)
I will admit that I have not ever tried the beauty blender, nor do I own it so this isn't a comparison post. I simply wanted to try a make up sponge that claims to do the same as the beauty blender.
On the left is the knock off and on the right is the real beauty blender. I have seen the beauty blender in person and the knock off is slightly smaller. 

The general idea is that you get the sponge wet and then squeeze out the excess water and then use it to apply your make up. Below, the pictures on the left show it without water and the pictures on the right show it with water. 

As you can see, it does increase quite a bit in size after you get it wet.

Overall, I really like how this applies and I've switched to using it in my foundation routine exclusively, instead of my foundation brush or the circle sponges I used before. It's soft and it does blend the makeup in beautifully. Since I've started using it, I've also had people tell me that my face make up looks really pretty.

Like I said, I haven't used the actual Beauty Blender but since this so much cheaper and I do like it, I'm not looking to try to actual one any time soon.

Below is a picture of my face after just applying foundation with the blending sponge before I put on concealer or blush or anything else. 

What is your favorite drugstore dupe of a high end product?

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