If you can get over the long winded-ness of the name of this product then keep reading!
I was first introduced to the world of primers at Christmas last year when my (then) dry skin was causing any blush product I used to go patchy and cling by the mid point of the day. My skin has since turned EXTREMELY oily (a lovely hormone change I didn’t see coming) and I now have the opposite problem that most make up slides around by 10am.
The girl I targeted worked at my local MAC counter and I lavished my woes on her. It was then she suggested I use a primer and while it sounded like a COMPLETE hoax into buying more expensive products I just went for it. I used their Prep + Prime radiance primer and I have to say it was brilliant. It didn’t break me out and my make up situation definitely improved. That said, at £29 for a pump tube that lasted less than 3 months it felt REALLY expensive and I haven’t found it in myself to re-purchase it yet.
To cut this extremely long story short, I have since been on the hunt for a replacement which is much more cost efficient. I saw a review for the Garnier product which was extremely positive and was subsequently on offer in Superdrug for about £8.60 – much better.
I had tested out the ever-popular cult product Nanoblur as it was cast off from my mum, but I found exactly the same problem she did – way too heavy and far too drying. My skin was upset just at the thought of it. After one use I never went back. This product is certainly lighter and definitely stops my make up sliding so much. It also has a weird texture though, and went applying it to my skin has this strange tendency to roll up in itself and just peel off. The first week of use also resulted in a GINORMOUS spot on my chin which was very frustrating. I continued using however, and it doesn’t cause major breakouts so this could have just been a coincidence with a hormonal surge.
All in all, I feel like the L’Oreal skin perfection instant blur product is the best of the three.
It’s got the thinnest texture and absorbs into the skin the easiest. I unfortunately don’t own the L’Oreal product and only used it once on the lend of a friend but it didn’t cause any immediate skin issues.
By way of a conclusion I still feel highly indifferent to most of these ‘instant blur’ products currently flooding the market. They’re definitely a good alternative to anything more high end but their formulas are more dangerous in terms of what they’ll do to your skin. If you can manage it definitely go for something which is purely a primer and doesn’t promise any magic and comes from a high end brand. If not give any of these a go and good luck!
What I used today 