#blending sponge case

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Makeup Blender Sponge Case - K-Mart, $2 AUD.

These are no longer available online, so Aussies will have to check their local store, but my local K-Mart has these packs of plastic cases, designed for storing blender sponges, reduced to $2 AUD for a pack of two.

They look like giant Kinder Surprise egg capsules, but they’re much easier to open. (A light twist does the job.) They’re also large enough to fit many small fidget toys, like sponges and small squishies, Tangle Jrs, Fidget Cubes and Twiddles. All the toys shown in the third photo, with the two cases opened in half, fit easily inside a closed case. Even the Prism’d Fidget Cube!

These are, honestly, perfect for storing a toy you don’t want to toss loose into a bag or is prone to gathering dust. (Tangle Jr Fuzzies, makeup blending sponges, mochi squishies.) The plastic is very sturdy without being heavy, there’s air holes at the bottom and top so the toy won’t get musty, and they aren’t difficult to open. Depending on the size of the toy, you may even get two items inside the case.

I’m planning to go back and get more of these for my Tangle Jr Fuzzies, sponges and mochi squishies, as they all collect dust when sitting in an open basket, and I find my current solution--storing them inside a ziplock bag--to be too fiddly for my hands. These will solve the dust-collecting problem while being easy to open and close, and it means I can toss a Fuzzy into my bag without worrying about my keys scratching off the flocking.

I really can’t sing their praises enough as a simple, cheap small-stim-toy storage solution--and I have a stimmy DIY for them as well that I hope to write up over the next couple of days. If you’re near a K-Mart, get these before they’re gone.

K-Mart also has the dual-coloured sponges marked down to $2 AUD as well, and I love these as a small, inexpensive squishable fidget. Also no longer available online.

I had a look on eBay, but I couldn’t find anything similar. If there’s listings for something like this for non-Australians, please comment so I can post about them!

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[image description: three photos of two bright pink/fuchsia makeup blending sponge storage cases, taken on a red and green watermelon slice pillow sitting on a blue and white night-sky quilt cover. The cases are plastic and egg-shaped with slightly flattened tops and bottoms, like the capsule inside a Kinder Surprise egg, but without the hinge holding the two halves together--these simply separate. Four rounded air holes are punched into the top/bottom of each half.

First photo shows the cases, clipped together, inside a plastic bag with a clear front and a white back. Black text reads “beauty care co makeup blender case” across the clear front. It sits beside a pink-and-navy teardrop blender sponge, also inside a similar bag, text reading “makeup blender primer foundation powder blush”.

Second photo shows the cases, one closed and lying on its side, one pulled apart, the case halves sitting on the pillow face up and showing the inside of each half.

Third photo shows the cases pulled apart and sitting on the pillow, arranged in a grid of four and holding different stim toys: an orange teardrop-shaped blending sponge, a yellow/pink/blue/clear Tangle Jr Textured, a purple/green/blue Twiddle, and a black and white Antsy Labs Fidget Cube housed inside a red Zuru Prism.]