Now, the uses of a primer are plenty. It depends on what you're looking at, but mainly primers help your face makeup to stay on longer. Some moisturizers do that, but some don't. that's why it's always good to have a primer. Other than that, primer can conceal and help even out skin tones. There are primers that come in different shades just to help conceal problem areas on the face. You get that with concealers too (but that's for some other time).
Ianti Luxe Jewelry Makeup Base, Elite Paris Fantastic Primer, Givenchy Acti'Mine Base de' Teint
These are the three that I have in my stash right now. I first bought the Ianti one about a year ago from its store in One Utama. I don't know where you can find it anymore as I haven't seen it around, even the store in One Utama has moved. But I do know that Ianti is a famous Asian brand and you could probably find it in any Asian store (though I doubt Sasa carries this line).
Ianti Luxe Jewelry Makeup Base
This is a green makeup primer. At the time where I bought this, I was having mild redness on my face due to facial problems, and it was an ordeal to have my makeup stay on. So this was a bit of a life saviour for me, as green counteracts with the redness and help to tone it down to give me a nice face base to apply my makeup. It does smell kind of funny, more like a conditioner and waxy smell, but it was okay. The formula is thick, so I only need a little amount of this for all over my face. It does contains fragrance though, which is not a plus for someone who has sensitive skin, so I wouldn't recommend it. Overall, I would give this product a 4/5. I did stop using this primer when my redness have ceased. Would I purchase this again? i don't think so, as much as I like it and it did work wonders for my redness, I still don't like it's thick formula and I think teher are better primers out there worthy of my attention.
Givenchy Acti'Mine Base de Teint
I used this one religiously as I like its consistency. If you're a person who does not have much problem area on the face, you could just wipe some of this and pat some powders on and you are ready to go. I would say, if my foundation gives 50% coverage, this product gives another 50% to that. I like it's staying power too (how weird does that sound, really). It holds on to the face makeup well and it evens out my skintone. I've had it for over a year as well and you could see from the tube that I still have a long way to go. The product is quite wattery, so it isn't as thick, which is why I like it. Used this before a foundation, preferably a full coverage one, and perfecto. Me laaaaves this. Me give it 5/5!
Elite Paris Fantastic Primer
There are two reasons as to why I bought this primer when I have had such good results with the previous one. 1) I'm getting tired of not having the option to switch my primers every now and then and 2) I've been meaning to try out a primer which formula is gel-like. My first thought was to get my hands on teh Revlon primer but when I went, my local pharmacy was out of stock. So I picked up this one. I've used it several times already and I can say that it holds my face makeup well, perhaps even better than my Givenchy one. I think it has to do with the gel formula, and I like how it gives the matte look to the skin. My makeup stays on pretty much the whole day (or my foundation, powder and concealer did at least). I love this primer, except that I think the gel formula has leaved small patches of dry area after two,three uses, everytime I removed my makeup. But nothing that my moisturizer couldn't handle afterwards. I would give this one 4.5/5.
Ianti Luxe Jewelry Makeup Base
This is a green makeup primer. At the time where I bought this, I was having mild redness on my face due to facial problems, and it was an ordeal to have my makeup stay on. So this was a bit of a life saviour for me, as green counteracts with the redness and help to tone it down to give me a nice face base to apply my makeup. It does smell kind of funny, more like a conditioner and waxy smell, but it was okay. The formula is thick, so I only need a little amount of this for all over my face. It does contains fragrance though, which is not a plus for someone who has sensitive skin, so I wouldn't recommend it. Overall, I would give this product a 4/5. I did stop using this primer when my redness have ceased. Would I purchase this again? i don't think so, as much as I like it and it did work wonders for my redness, I still don't like it's thick formula and I think teher are better primers out there worthy of my attention.
Givenchy Acti'Mine Base de Teint
I used this one religiously as I like its consistency. If you're a person who does not have much problem area on the face, you could just wipe some of this and pat some powders on and you are ready to go. I would say, if my foundation gives 50% coverage, this product gives another 50% to that. I like it's staying power too (how weird does that sound, really). It holds on to the face makeup well and it evens out my skintone. I've had it for over a year as well and you could see from the tube that I still have a long way to go. The product is quite wattery, so it isn't as thick, which is why I like it. Used this before a foundation, preferably a full coverage one, and perfecto. Me laaaaves this. Me give it 5/5!
Elite Paris Fantastic Primer
There are two reasons as to why I bought this primer when I have had such good results with the previous one. 1) I'm getting tired of not having the option to switch my primers every now and then and 2) I've been meaning to try out a primer which formula is gel-like. My first thought was to get my hands on teh Revlon primer but when I went, my local pharmacy was out of stock. So I picked up this one. I've used it several times already and I can say that it holds my face makeup well, perhaps even better than my Givenchy one. I think it has to do with the gel formula, and I like how it gives the matte look to the skin. My makeup stays on pretty much the whole day (or my foundation, powder and concealer did at least). I love this primer, except that I think the gel formula has leaved small patches of dry area after two,three uses, everytime I removed my makeup. But nothing that my moisturizer couldn't handle afterwards. I would give this one 4.5/5.
From left: Elite primer, Givenchy primer, Ianti primer.
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