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Ebelin Naturally Beautiful Make-up-Korrekturstäbchen Review

By Maychiri's Thoughts - December 27, 2023

The penultimate review for today is something small and humble, but very practical! These are the Ebelin Naturally Beautiful Make-up-Korrekturstäbhen (Make up correction sticks, in English)!
 
 
I did not originally plan on buying these, but they were 50% off and I never had any reusable swabs prior to these, so why the hell not! They cost less than a euro and I wanted to finish the set as much as I could anyways so I bought them. I’m sure they’ll be useful... at some point. Now, let’s see if they are any good!
 
 
 
 
Packaging: simple and rustic, like the rest of this LE. The packaging definitely looks like it’s been recycled. The swabs come in a (recycled? Yup, says so in the back haha) paper sleeve with a cutout in the front so that you can touch the swabs to see how the feel. Not hygienic at all! Who knows how many people touched them already... oh well, they are washable so it doesn’t really matter in the end!
 
 
 
 
 

The swabs look very rustic, just like the rest of this LE! They have a light rosy handle that looks like it is sprinkled; recycled materials, especially paper, usually look like this, so I’d be inclined to believe them when they say that it was made with 50% recycled wheat. 
 
 
The tip of the swab is pure white, which is very pretty, but it will very quickly become stained, especially if you use it to perfect the shape of say, red lipstick or deep black eyeliner. I love how rustic and vintage they look!
 
The tips are relatively flexible, but don’t bend them too much or they will snap off. I like that they have some flexibility to them, makes them easier to use. The tips are made of this super soft plush material that feels only slightly hard. It’s not the type of plush you’d find in reusable makeup remover pads, it’s a stiffer, slightly harder type of plush. But it still feels wonderful on the skin. It’s just hard enough for you to be able to press down if you need more force to remove products.
 
 
Speaking of usability, these are incredibly easy to use. Thanks to both the flexibility of the head, and the rigid centre of the head. And because they have a doe-foot shape, this makes them very precise. Of course, a pointed tip would be better, but a doe-foot gives you a flat surface that you can use if you need to fix larger areas. This allows you to really precisely fine-tune the shape of your lipstick or a cat-eye, or anything else, really. You don’t even need to (strictly speaking) use makeup remover with them; you can use them dry, or wet or with a makeup remover. Of course, it’ll be easier to fix mistakes if you drop a few drops of micellar water onto the swabs, just make sure not to apply so much that they are soaked. 
 

And, because they are reusable, you can just wash them and use them again later! They can safely be washed with hand soap, it won’t ruin the plush material. So just wash them as you would anything else, no need to be extra gentle either, as these swabs are pretty robust. Of course, if you used the swabs on a very intense colour, particularly anything in the red part of the spectrum, expect to have a lot of trouble removing it fully. 
 
 
I used one swab with a red lipstick and was unable to fully remove the red colour from the swab. This doesn’t affect the swabs negatively, but it ruins the pristine white colour of the tips.
 
 
All in all, I am pretty happy with these! These were my first foray into reusable swabs, because I was kinda tired of wasting a ton of swabs just to fix small mistakes, and it’s not at all eco-friendly either. These are eco-friendly because you can reuse them many times before the material deteriorates too much. The tips are soft but relatively hard, which is good because that allows you to press harder with the swab if you have something that it really stubborn and doesn’t want to come off. They are also relatively flexible! The doe-foot shape allows you to really get into the smallest nooks and crannies and fine-tune the shape of eyeliner, or lipstick, or eye pencil or, well, anything! They are also pretty easy to wash, and you don’t need to be super careful washing them because they are robust. Hand soap cleans them nicely. Now, is this some genius, never-seen-before invention? No, but it is hella useful and practical! I mostly bought it out of curiosity, but I really like them! They’re also surprisingly high quality! So yeah, eco-friendly and high quality! I would recommend them, they are awesome! But sadly, as all Ebelin LEs, they were gone less than a month after they arrived... shame, I would like to have another package.
 
 
 
Rating: 8.5/10
 
 
Would buy again? YES
 
 
 

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