Primers are wonderful tubes of goodness that help
give your makeup some staying power. While there are primers for all different
parts of the face, a gal (or guy, makeup is for everyone after all!) only
really needs two. One for the overall base of your makeup and another to pop on
your eyelids.
For my eyes I use the Benefit 'Stay Don't Stray'
which matches my skin tone perfectly, corrects any discolouration and
stops eye shadows and liners from creasing or sliding. But enough about the
wonderful world of eyelids, today is about that beautiful sexy mug of
yours.
So what do primers do exactly? Face primers go on top of your moisturiser, but underneath your base makeup,
like your concealers and foundation. They provide something for your foundation
to grab on to, like when Nicole grabbed Amber's weave in The Real Housewives of
New Jersey. Because your foundation has something to cling to instead of your
skin, it stops your foundation sinking deep into your pores and looking too
cakey. It also provides a smooth canvas for application, smoothing over open
pores and scarring. Personally, I find my makeup easier to wipe off when I’m
wearing primer, it's a lot quicker to remove because your foundation
technically hasn't dried onto your skin, instead it's made it's self
comfortable on a nice layer of primer.
The primers in question are the best selling Auto
Pilot Primer and the NP Set Calming Pre-Foundation Primer for Redness. NP Set
is a diffusion line off the main Napoleon Perdis brand and is primarily sold in
Myer and Target for a fraction of the cost of the main brand. It's a
battle to the death between two Napoleon Perdis primers. Why two different
primers from the same magical man? Napoleon Perdis is known for his
witchcraft-ery when it comes to primers, and he coined the whole "Not to
Prime is a Crime" slogan, so you can bet your bottom dollar that he
creates wonderful tubes of goodness.
Auto Pilot Pre Foundation Skin Primer - $59
I have so much love for this product. It rivals my
addiction for the Mississippi Mud Cupcakes that Cupcake Central only release in
winter (damn them), and like a Mississippi Mud Cupcake, it is chock full of
lots of good stuff. No caramel or marshmallows sadly, but lots of soothing
ingredients like chamomile and vitamin E. The soothing properties make it a
nifty little product for dry skin or angry acne prone skin but can be used for all
skin types. If you want to look a little bit more sun kissed, mix some liquid
bronzer in and apply it under your base. It is an amazing, hydrating primer
that is wonderful for every day use. The only negative is the smell for me.
Some people love it, I loathe it. But it delivers results, so I can work
through that!
NP Set Calming Pre-Foundation Primer for Redness -
$33
I had such high hopes for this due to the fact
that I love the original Napoleon Perdis primer. In the diffusion line that is
NP Set, there are three specialty primers alongside the original, which are the
brightening, calming and bronzing. Because I have redness around my
nose and on my cheeks from having acne in the past, I decided to give the
calming primer a whirl. The primer is paraben free, green in colour to counteract the redness
on skin and ingredients like cucumber extract, aloe extract and peppermint help to soothe. Sounds flashy yes? Unfortunately it did
not deliver on all that razzle dazzle. It is actually quite sparkly, so
it leaves a sheen to your face, hands and bathroom towel. The green also
doesn't really counteract much redness, compared to more concentrated green
concealers but it does help to create a more soothed and hydrated base, so
props to that. So the price doesn't really justify the results, especially when
it doesn't deliver on the main promise it promotes, which is to lessen redness
on the face.
So I would just recommend just investing in the original Napoleon Perdis primer along with a green concealer
like the Maybelline Cover Stick Corrector Concealer in Green and put that over
your primer and under your foundation to counteract any redness. Also be sure to double cleanse your face after
wearing it for the day because those babies sink deep in to your pores to
create that wonderful base and that can lead to nasties like congestion and
blackheads!
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