Be gentle when squeezing! [SEP] Just received the sponges earlier today (12/19) and I wanna say that I am both impressed and disappointed LOL. I felt that the sponge did blend my foundation well and didnt soak up any of the product, but I was sad to see that it was already tearing due to when I was releasing water from it. I don't know if it was because I was squeezing too much or maybe my somewhat long nails tore into them but literally the first rinse and there's already really small tears. I'm honestly not the most gentle person but I also own the realtechniqs sponge and I use the same amount of force to squeeze the water out and they're not torn yet. Also, I did notice that there was still much water retained in the sponge even though I've squeeze it until no more drops could spill. I'd say this is a great product for beginner makeup people, such as myself, who do not want to spend so much money on one of the original beauty blenders.