A face primer is a cream or lotion which is applied onto the face prior to applying the concealer and the foundation and after the moisturizer. What is does is that it lengthens the staying power of your make-up, as well as minimizes the appearance of oil, fine lines and large pores.
Is it really that necessary?
Well, we have gotten through some decades without using primers, so why start now, right? Wrong. Primers were invented for a reason. The tendency is, if you do not have a perfect, porcelain face, your make-up will start to crack and melt in 2 hours. Using a primer prevents that from happening. For us oily-faced dudettes, we GREATLY need this. I cannot stress how important this is. It absorbs the oil from the face and keeps it from ruining our foundation. The foundation basically sits on top of the primer so it won't get absorbed by the skin. So the answer to that is a great, big, resounding, YES.
Recommendations?
- Budget-friendly -- ELF Mineral Infused Face Primer (400 PHP in Watsons and in leading department stores)
- Can afford -- Revlon Photoready Perfecting Primer (825 PHP in leading departments stores)
- Extremely Well Off -- Smashbox Photo Finish Foundation Primer ($36 per Ounce or 1,476 PHP.. Good luck to your pockets, ladies. Not sure if we have any here in the Philippines but it is available on line. But if your buying online, try buying Monistat Chafing Gel. It's a good sub for Smashbox and it costs 8$ -- 500 PHP! )
UPDATE:
As of March 2013, I have gotten my own Monistat Anti-chafing Gel and I am loving it! Its one of my 2 HG's, along with Etude House's Pore No More Primer Essence! Review coming soon on my new Blog:
tornadoyuie.weebly.com!
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