Time for another review on a recent first-time purchase. I'll also be explaining the purposes of primer for those who haven't yet tried any! (For those who have... skip the first 3 paragraphs of this review)
I don't wear makeup every day but when I do I tend to go for pretty full-face looks. This means concealer, foundation, powder and blusher... eyeliners and sometimes eyeshadow too.
Spending all that time carefully applying my makeup seems like a pretty useless ordeal when half-way through the day I find myself looking like an oily-hot mess.
I do use quality makeup products but the fact that I have pretty oily skin in places means that I'm at a constant battle with keeping myself looking matte.
Voila. I thought I'd give some primer a go.
Primer basically acts as a base for your foundation to go on top of and also prolongs the wear of it too. There are a variety of different primers for different skin - pore minimising, mattifying, luminous, hydrating etc. So depending on your skin type, different primers will have different effects.
This is the 'Seventeen Stay Time Long Wear Primer'.
The product reads 'FOR MAKE UP THAT STAYS PUT!'
Well, the rather enthusiastic use of bold writing, italics AND CAPITALS on that suggests that we should expect a very long-wearing primer.
But does it actually work?
At first I started applying it in pea-sized amounts with my finger, and found it was pulling at my skin a little. So I applied the product in larger amounts to cover my face area. It has a slightly sticky-feeling formula but given the fact I'd be applying other products over the top (ie foundation) I didn't dwell on this too much.
I have the annoying combination skin type so I found when it hit my drier face areas it didnt glide on as brilliantly either. However even with JUST the primer on my face, I could definitely notice my skin looking a whole lot smoother with a lot less visible red areas.
I found that when applying my foundation... in certain areas the product collected itself into tiny blobs that I had to brush off my face. Asides from this I did in fact find my makeup gliding over the product smoothly... and the end result was pretty mattified!
After going about my daily business which included babysitting and food-shopping, I did a couple of mirror checks and my foundation was looking pretty damn good! I didn't have the usual shiny face look which I HATE.
By the end of the day I obviously had some signs of wear on my face and a little oilyness but after 10+ hours of wear I am pleasantly surprised!
The only cons to this product are the facts that the formula is a little sticky and I did find it slightly drying. If you have super dry skin maybe this product isn't best for you. Overall though I think if you moisturise your skin well, this is a pretty nice product to have on those fuller-face makeup days!
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For only £5.49 from Boots, I'm a happy customer! (There is also a buy 1 get 2nd half price deal on selected Seventeen products in Boots*) so if you're looking for a nice, inexpensive simple primer, I'd strongly suggest this!
I know this was a fairly long winded review but for a first time purchase I wanted to be as helpful as possible!
As always thank you for reading :)
*Posted on 18/02/15 at 7:30pm - I don't know how long this deal is on for so it may not be when you read!
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