Hello my fellow beauty lovers,
Today’s candidates for our beauty showdown are two primers which you can buy in drugstores. I want to find out which of the two are really worth the hype. For those amongst you guys who are still new to the high art of applying your makeup correctly and in a professional way: A primer is an important part of the foundation which is supposed to make the skin more even and smoother in order to prepare it for the actual makeup.
Candidate Nr. 1: Maybelline New York’s “Baby Skin”
It’s supposed to be a dupe of Benefit’s popular primer “Porefessional”, which is why I bought it in the first place. The small tube contains 22ml and can be used on its own as well as a base for your makeup.
The consistency and color is not at all comparable to the one from Benefit. It is silicon-based as well as colorless and doesn’t have a smell. The good thing is definitely the feeling of it on your skin. You can feel and see your skin looking immensely smoother after applying it on to your face.
My personal tip for you guys: If you decide to use it as a base, use only a teenzy tiny bit because it can make your make up slip off your face.
All in all it does what it promises. It makes your pores appear tiny, if not non-existent and smoothes your skin visibly. However, it is kind of expensive for a drugstore primer. It retails for nearly 10€, which doesn’t entirely justify the performance.
The second candidate of the day is Rimmel London’s “Fix & Perfect Pro”-Primer.
This bad boy promises you a protected, mattified, smooth and glowy skin. It does remind you of a moisturizer due to texture and odour but after applying it, it blends seamlessly into your skin. The finish is really good. It serves good as a base as well as on its own. It retails for 7€, which means it’s slightly cheaper than the previous one but it also performs better than the “Baby Skin” primer. The only thing that’s really bothering me is the intense smell. I personally don’t need a primer to smell so intensively especially when the one from Maybelline is completely unscented.
But despite this minor setback I still prefer the “Fix & Perfect Pro” Primer.
It does what it promises without being overly overpriced.
The Winner: Fix & Perfect Pro Primer by Rimmel London!
Yours truly,
Lana Hoang
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