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Urban Decay All Nighter Ultra Glow Face Primer 30ml is rated
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Rated 2 out of
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Honeypie from
Sadly Not For Me
I was hoping to find a primer that really d o e s give both
longevity to make up and more alive / glowy finish and
sadly I am disappointed by this primer for that.
I use nothing but loose mineral make up and don't know if this might
work better with liquid foundation etc (but my other primer works more
than fine and now I wish I would have stayed with that and spent money
on more of that instead).
This primer is very gel-like in consistency and first sets almost instantly
so one has to work very quickly to spread it while still 'spreadable',
but then on the other hand it does not settle into skin at all, but rather
stays like a wet / slightly sticky film and feel on the skin (whereas my
other primer leaves a silky almost 'dry' / settled feel to the touch).
To give it a fair chance I've now tried both waiting just under a minute to
start on my make up (for 'grip') and also leaving it for up to ten minutes
for a chance to set into skin more and it makes no difference for me at all.
Where my other primer seem to calm and settle the skin, this one on its
own seem to amplify my pores on both forehead and cheeks, quite badly even, and they are otherwise next to invisible at this step (!).
When I then add mineral make up, first of all it's very uncertain, as if I've
not managed to spread this evenly the make up then sits very unevenly;
leaving visible streaks of more meeting less make up.
Today it was especially bad and I had to wear sunglasses to hide it going out. The difference where I had applied primer vs. not (right by / under the
eyes I never apply primer) was very visible and impossible to correct afterwards (I would've needed to wash everything off and start over).
I've never had this issue before and I wear make up every day.
For the finish otherwise it seem this would maybe be good if you have
overall great (/young) skin, as it DOES leave a glowy / dewy look to the skin, but for me it's a mix and no match result where my cheeks look amazing (and yes, glowy beautiful..!), but anywhere with a tiny bit of
lines (like forehead) and texture (like nose / side of nose and chin) it
amplify lines and enlargen pores.
Going out in the sun today and just coming back, not even three hours later, and that streak of 'unspreadable' make up (under the eye) is
stubbornly there just as visible, whereas there are 'dents' from the sunglasses and rubbed off make up on the chin (from a brief wear of
silky face mask).
With my other primer it acts like a 'helper' with things like this;
so that I can lightly swipe my finger, or tap a few times with my fingers
and that blends anything like that (marks after sunglasses or a little wear
from mask for example) back into make up and skin, without even using
a mirror. But with this one, when trying to blend it, just made it worse,
and I had to apply even more make up on top rather; to hide it.
And that's after shy of 3 hour wear, never mind the advertised 'up to
12 hours'.
I had read great reviews for this before buying, and I'm disappointed it
doesn't work for me at all, especially having splurged on this + the
Urban Decay 'All Nighter Setting Spray Extra Glow' (which has left me
equally disappointed) at a time where I should have stuck with what I
know works for me as I'm on a very limited budget.
Great service and price points with Escentual as always though (!),
but sadly I will be a l o t more careful ordering new products next time.
Date published: 2021-05-10