Etude House Blotting Paper Pact + Oil Clear Pact Review

Etude House Blotting Paper Pact + Oil Clear Pact Review

I found both online for about 7 USD. They're essentially the same thing: blotting paper with a rubber puff. I really dislike blotting with bare hands and this lets me blot without washing my hands.

Left: Oil clear pact [OCP] (eBay)

Right: Blotting paper pact [BPP] (online korean cosmetic retailer)

 The OCP had a box but I don't have it anymore. Either way, I think that the OCP is either a knockoff or really old because I really dislike the packaging. It is made of an opaque white plastic with a hot pink decal. It looks cheap, not girly, and not at all like an Etude House product.

 I like the BPP only a little bit more. It is made of a slightly translucent pink plastic body with a light pink decal.

The plastic body looks exactly the same aside from color.

The puff is almost the same but it's just a puff and it works.

The sticky paper is almost the same size and both have extra stickies and the same number of blotting sheets. 

OCP on top, BPP on bottom.

The OCP paper is thicker than BPP and absorbs more of the oil on my face.

Final Thoughts

• BPP has better packaging
• OCP has better paper
• both stickies can poke parts of my face through the paper
• both pacts uses two papers for my whole face
• both papers don't absorb everything

Repurchase? No. I'm probably going to buy another type of blotting paper and then cutting it to fit the compact. I might even need to cut the stickies and see how that works out because having the stickies jab into my eye area is not fun. 

If you have an old compact with a puff and something sticky substance (maybe the stuff that comes with some blotting papers) then you can probably do without these.