weird blue dots all over them [SEP] these are nice feeling sponges but of them have blue dots which i am guessing is ink all over them i will probably skip out on using the dotted ones even though that is the majority of the sponges i used one that was not tainted and it worked pretty good when i wet it it quadrupled in size and it felt like it did not absorb much product i like the variety of sizes shapes too that is always nice