Basic knowledge: 10 primers for every taste
Text: Moore Sobolev, author of the beauty blog Fierce and Cute
Base makeup, she's a primermaybe Not the most necessary thing in a beautician, but it can significantly improve everyday makeup. A well-chosen primer will not only prolong its durability, but also help make the skin's texture smoother. Moore Sobolev, the editor-in-chief of the Fierce and Cute blog, tells us what the bases are.
Maybelline Baby Skin Instant Pore Eraser
The largest category of primers is designed to visually reduce or "grind" pores, such as this recent novelty of cosmetic giant Maybelline. The pores become less noticeable due to the large number of silicones - they even out the skin's relief and fill irregularities. Many are afraid of them, but in vain: with a small dose and the absence of individual allergies in silicones, there is nothing terrible or dangerous. On the contrary, a thin silicone film gives a feeling of a “protected” face, which many people like. A nice feature of such tools - if necessary, the base can be applied even on top of the makeup.
Make Up For Ever Step 1 Skin Equalizer
An important professional brand last year completely restarted its line of bases, turning it from just good to excellent. The MUFE range now includes as many as 11 primers, 9 of which are represented in Russia. They can be combined in one make-up or used separately. In addition to colorless bases with different special effects - from moisturizing to matting - the brand has excellent tint and corrective skin tone. Green - to reduce redness, blue - to turn a gray face into an aristocratically pale, and pink, to look like after eight hours of healthy sleep.
Urban Decay B6 Vitamin-Infused Complexion Prep Spray
Spray primer is the most convenient format for lazy and those who are always in a hurry: splashing is a matter of a few seconds. The mechanics are simple: the tonal tool is better placed and distributed on the moist face. The tone will also need a lot less than if you applied it to dry skin. Instead of a special tool, you can even use a moisturizing tonic in the spray, but the primers are specifically designed to make the makeup more resistant. Excellent tool released Urban Decay - face with him begins to shine much later, and the makeup lasts a long time. However, it is important to remember about the alcohol in the composition - it can dry sensitive skin.
Smashbox Photo Finish Foundation Primer
The fun American brand has a lot of cool products, but their primers stand out from the rest. According to the legend, they were invented by the founder-photographer, so that the skin with a tonal tool looked better in the photographs. Smashbox has a lot of makeup bases: everything is at least not bad, and moisturizing is excellent. The classic version is the transparent Photo Finish Foundation, from which the glory of the brand began. This is a universal silicone base with vitamins in the composition, which does everything that is required from such a means: it prevents the loss of moisture, prolongs the persistence of make-up and has the notorious blurring effect when the light as it were scattered across the face.
Clarins Eclat Minute
The main adherents of natural beauty a few years ago re-released their primers from the hit line Eclat Minute. The base is a gel with light pearl and exists in three shades. Universal light pink beautifully highlights, beige is designed for light, and golden - for dark skin. You can also find limited editions in seasonal collections. On good days, the tool can replace a light foundation: it perfectly evens the complexion, and also gives a slight radiance and tint to the skin. Separately, I would like to note the hygienic and convenient dispenser - for complete happiness, only the SPF in the composition is missing.
Rouge Bunny Rouge Aqua Primer Prelude in the Clouds
The romantic brand in the Victorian spirit survived the rebranding, but it retained a primer named "Prelude in the Clouds". The base is very light, does not contain silicones and is, in fact, an excellent moisturizer. Some fans of the brand use it as a serum, but we call for the separation of caring and decorative tools - a primer, no matter how high-quality it is, it still belongs to the latter. The light emulsion copes with its responsibilities perfectly: it hides peeling, well moisturizes, prolongs the makeup resistance and in the cold season can save the owner of dry skin.
WYCON Moussy Matt
The vigorous Italians who recently came to Russia have several primers in their assortment: a classic silicone product, interesting colored bases, a matting stick, and this mousse. It has a funny and pleasant texture, similar to dessert. It is slightly springy under the fingers - a similar tool is in Clarins, called Lisse Minute. This is a soft silicone primer that quickly smooths the skin and flattens it. You can use it yourself, or you can powder it or apply foundation to it. In contrast to the "grout for pores," such a tool is applied not a point, but on the whole face.
Sisley Instant Perfect
Like all cosmetics of an expensive French brand, this base contains a lot of caring ingredients - in addition to the necessary silicones in this product. The creators propose to apply this dense pinkish gel dotted on wrinkles, areas with enlarged pores and even under the eyes: the gel visually smoothes and lightens the skin. The tool does not contain shining particles, but the light scatters, due to which the face appears smoother and more even. This primer is like an airplane (in the sense it is as expensive as other brand products), but it is very economical - especially if applied not on the whole face, but only on certain areas.
Erborian Pink Perfect Crème
The glorious Korean-French brand specializes in skin care, and there are very few decorative products in its range. For example, here is this makeup base, which Erborian, lovers of letter combinations, called PP cream. PP cream is a dense pink gel that, when applied to the face, becomes plastic and transparent and visually smoothes the skin's relief. The pores of the Pink Perfect do not mask as effectively as a special tool would, but the face becomes more matte and the makeup more permanent. For an ideal long-lasting result, the brand suggests combining a primer with CC and BB creams.
Givenchy Mister Radiant Primer
The brand has been producing tanning for the face with the life-affirming name Mister Radiant for several years: a transparent gel in which capsules with pigment float, ridiculously bursting in your hand when applied. This year, the ruler was supplemented with rouge, bronzer and primer - and if there are questions to the rouge, then the primer turned out to be above all praise. Cool light gel slightly tones the skin, giving even a gaunt gray face a nice light shade, and perfectly keeps makeup if you need heavy artillery in the form of foundation.
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