After reading glowing reviews on various beauty blogs about Smashbox foundation primer, I thought, "Shee-it, I better get me some of that." So, I bought some last week (I got the green color correcting version to even out the redness in my skin).When I got home, I carefully applied the primer (is it just me, or does the word "primer" bring to mind an old Dodge Charger in primer grey with the doors bondo-ed shut?) and smoothed it over my whole face, blending thouroughly. It felt silky going on and had no offensive odor.
Next, I applied my normal make-up (concealer, foundation, etc, etc.) The make-up seemed to go on better, but it wasn't a miraculous change. It also didn't do a whole lot to take away the ruddiness in my skin. I had much better luck for that with the Eucerin Redness Reducing moisturizer.
I tried it over a period of a few days to give it a fair shake, but I have to say that I didn't notice that much improvement in my skin. It looked the same as it always does with my make-up on.
Therefore, while I don't think it's a bad product, I also don't feel like it made enough of a difference to warrant keeping it. So, it goes back. I guess I'm just not a make-up primer kind of gal.
Do you use make-up primer?
2 comments:
I have one of those Sephora Beauty Club cards, so when I spend a certain amount of money, I get free sample sizes. I received the SmashBox Primer about six months ago and gave it a try. I, too, didn't think it did anything.
The funny thing about it is I was thinking of giving it to you so you could try it, but then didn't think you'd want my partially used bottle, so I threw it away! Next time, I think I'll ask you if you're interested first. : )
I'm glad to hear you didn't think it did anything either! I thought maybe I was missing something, because all I read about is how fantastic Smashbox's primer is...
I'm always curious to try something new, though, so I'll take any extra samples that you want to toss my way! :-) Thanks!
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