small black makeup sponges [SEP] ajoke makeup sponges are half the size of other makeup sponges that i have bought in the past i like the firm soft feel of the sponges when they are dry when i wet one it expanded in size about to a more useful size and became softer and less firm but did not pill when i rubbed the sponge the sponge did shrink back almost to the original size when fully dry but was still softer there was no smell emanating from either the plastic jar that the sponges were packaged or the sponges themselves