Back in the day, when I first started wearing makeup we had wedges. These piece of foam, cut in the shape of a rectangle to help apply our foundation. They frequently fell apart and really didn't do much to help. Some were too porous and would absorb all your foundation or they were so rubbery it would just push your makeup around. Now fast forward to today and we have blending sponges. They are so much better than the foam wedge rectangle of yesterdays. JGOB has even designed a travel case ...