Is applying makeup with a CONDOM the secret to flawless skin? Beauty blogger wraps her sponge in the contraceptive to achieve the perfect foundation blend

  • Laila Tahri demonstrates how to use a condom to apply your foundation
  • She places her beauty blender inside one to avoid product being absorbed 
  • In the video she says that the method has helped her achieve a 'beautiful' blend 

By Martha Cliff for MailOnline

Published: 09:24 EST, 7 February 2017 | Updated: 09:31 EST, 7 February 2017

A beauty blogger claims that covering your make up brush with a condom could be the secret to flawless foundation.

YouTuber Laila Tahri recently shared a video where she demonstrated using the contraceptive in her beauty routine and says it help her achieve the perfect blend.

The Dutch blogger was inspired by the concept of the silisponge - a trend in 2016 that saw YouTubers using a silicone pad to apply makeup.

The idea behind the sponge was that the silicone would provide full coverage without absorbing any of the product however, Laila was not convinced.

In her latest video shared on her Instagram account she says: 'I do prefer the (regular) sponge but then I thought if you just put some plastic around it works just the same and the sponge will not absorb all the makeup'.

This was how she devised the idea of using a condom as a cover for her beauty blender.

Beauty blogger Laila Tahri has revealed how using a condom in your makeup routine could help to achieve a flawless finish

Beauty blogger Laila Tahri has revealed how using a condom in your makeup routine could help to achieve a flawless finish

The Dutch beauty blogger places her beauty blender inside the contraceptive
She does this to stop the product being absorbed by the sponge

The Dutch beauty blogger places her beauty blender inside the contraceptive - which she has cleaned -to stop the product being absorbed by the sponge  

She applies her foundation as she usually would using dabbing motions to blend the product

She applies her foundation as she usually would using dabbing motions to blend the product

In the video she uses a regular Durex contraceptive - cleaning it to remove all the lubrication before wrapping it around her blender.

She then uses the sponge as she normally would applying her foundation directly to it and using dabbing motions to blend the product.

Pausing after covering one side of her face she says: 'I really wasn't expecting this It blended out my foundation so beautifully'.

Pausing after covering one side of her face she says that she wasn't expecting the method to work so well
She says the condom has helped provide a 'beautiful' blend despite her foundation being the wrong colour

Pausing after covering one side of her face she says that she wasn't expecting the method to work so well

Laila says that the only downside is that there is a little too much plastic to work with 

Laila says that the only downside is that there is a little too much plastic to work with 

Although she admits that the foundation is not the correct colour match for her skin tone she continues to give the method rave reviews. 

Laila admits there is only one small downside adding: 'There is only one thing that I don't like about it is that there is too much plastic - it's a little hard to clean it.

'I came up with this plan and I din't know if it was going to work but yeah I really like it'.

Since sharing the video three days ago Laila's unusual method has already received more than 41,000 views on Instagram.  

 

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