As you can tell from the title, I am
going to review three face primers. These are so far the only ones I have tried
and thought I would share my opinions on them. They are all from the drugstore
and very inexpensive.
Rimmel Fix & Perfect PRO
I was looking to try a face primer and
a YouTube Beauty Guru mentioned she loved this one, so I decided to give it a
try.
The packaging is slightly thick and
made of white plastic with navy blue detailing on the front with the logo and
all the relevant information on the back. It has a cylindrical navy blue cap
and a raised short and wide nozzle, which dispenses the product when you
squeeze the tube. The formula is very light and smooth. You get 30ml of product
in the tube and the product is in a white cream gel form.
This product has a 5-in-1 claim, which
means it should, Smooth, Resurface, Brighten, Mattify and Protect, so it is
supposed to glide onto your face and make it easier for you to apply your
foundation. Your foundation should apply more evenly and last longer. This
product should smooth out your face, minimize your pores, give you an even
complexion, brighten your skin and mattify and not make your face appear shiny
in the slightest. You should also be able to wear it alone for a fresh look and
even complexion and it overall should protect your skin.
The packaging is nice and simple and
the actual product glides onto your face very easily and makes a perfect even
base for your foundation to glide on after it. It makes your face feel smooth,
silky soft and light before and after applying foundation. Alone it didn’t
minimize my pores or even out my complexion, but when you have applied
foundation the difference is noticeable. It does brighten up your face, but you
will still look matte and shine free. I’m not really sure if it protects your
skin, but it feels like it does. It also feels like is contains SPF, but it is
not mentioned in the ingredient lists, but your face feels moisturised. I
wouldn’t wear this alone because it doesn’t offer coverage and it doesn’t make
a difference to my face until I have applied my foundation. Your foundation
should last around nine hours or more.
Overall this is a great primer and is
my favourite of the three I am reviewing.
Price - £6.99 Rating
- 4.5/5
Recommend - Yes Re-Purchase
- Yes
Available at - Superdrug,
Boots
SEVENTEEN Photo Flawless
I was looking to try another face
primer to see if I could find a cheaper option and I decided on this one
because I hadn’t tried many SEVENTEEN products before.
The packaging is really thin and made
of black plastic with silver detailing on the front with the logo and all the
relevant information on the back. It has a small cylindrical black cap and a
raised short and thin nozzle, which dispenses the product when you squeeze the
tube. The formula is very light and thin. You get 15ml of product in the tube
and the product is in a cloudy white gel form.
This product is mean’t to be silky in
texture so that it glides onto your face and makes your face smooth, so that
your foundation can easily glide onto your face. It is also supposed to give
you an even complexion when you have applied your foundation and it should
reduce your pores and make your foundation last longer.
The packaging is a really nice size and
is easy to dispense. It does dispense a little strangely because the
texture/form is different, so you don’t really know how much you need until you
have applied it to your face. The texture is slightly silky, but it kind of
feels greasy when it is on your fingers. It glides on and does make your face
feel smooth and also feels like there’s a slight film over your face, but it
doesn’t really feel strange and I don’t feel that it is a problem because it is
still smooth textured. Your foundation also glides effortlessly over the top
and your foundation will last for around eight hours or more. It didn’t
minimize my pores, but they did appear smaller after I applied my foundation
and I only noticed the evenness in my complexion after I applied my foundation.
Although it is not included in the product description, it does slightly
mattify your face.
Overall it is a good primer, but you
don’t get a lot of product for your money and I just don’t like the weird
texture the product has when it is on your fingers!
Price - £4.99 Rating
- 4/5
Recommend - Yes Re-Purchase
- No
Available at - Boots
MUA Professional
I decided to buy this face primer to
try it out because I was making my very first MUA order online and decided to
add a few items I was likely to use.
The packaging is quite thin and made of
black plastic with silver detailing on the front with the logo and all the
relevant information on the back. It has a wide black cap and a raised short
and thick nozzle, which dispenses the product when you squeeze the tube. The
formula is light and wet. You get 27ml of product in the tube and the product
is in a white cream form.
This product is supposed to glide onto
your skin and make your face really smooth, so that your foundation glides on
too. It is also mean’t to slightly mattify your face, as well as minimise your
pores. Your foundation should cling to the primer and last all day.
This is not a bad product at all and
the packaging is quite small, so handy for travelling. It does glide onto your
face but when it dries your face kind of feels tacky instead of smooth, but
your foundation still glides over it. Your foundation does cling to the primer
and mattifies your face. It doesn’t last all day, unless it means all day as in
a working day, which is eight hours and that’s around how long it lasted for
me. Lastly I wouldn’t wear it alone because I need coverage and this product
offers none. It didn’t really minimize or reduce my pores, until I applied my
foundation, but that could have just been the primer clogging my pores which is
supposedly bad for your skin.
Overall it is a good product and
inexpensive. I’m just not crazy about the texture when you first dispense it
onto your hand because it kind of separates and is slightly watery, but it
still works.
Price - £4 Rating
- 4/5
Recommend - Yes Re-Purchase
- No
Available at - MUAstore.co.uk,
Superdrug
Overall
out of the three I have tried, I prefer the Rimmel Fix & Perfect PRO. It
has the nicest texture and it smells nice too. The other two work just as well,
but it just comes down to personal preference.
The
Rimmel one looks like it is the most expensive, but it is actually not. You are
only getting 15ml for £4.99 for the SEVENTEEN one, instead of 30ml for £6.99
for the Rimmel one!
Thank
you for reading, more reviews will follow ♥
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