Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I was looking for a pastel that would blend well and not have a lot of chalky residue to deal with. Well, there's no chalky dust, The sticks behave like waxy crayons and are impossible to blend. If you press hard wax builds up and it's impossible to blend at all. I'm extremely disappointed in this product after all the great reviews I read I'm wondering how children can get the results that are advertised. I guess you get what you pay for. I did see a video about how the oil pastels have a tendency to build a hard outer shell and need to be wiped off from time to time. I tried the suggestion and nothing changed. If you use a blending stub it removes the bright color and you end up with a dull flat color as you can see in the example I've included. I can only assume from the other reviews that I must have a very old set of these pastels that have turned to wax.