A primer will give your base more staying power, reduce the appearance of fine lines and pores and give you an even base ready for your fave foundation! Primers range from face primer, to eyelid primers and lip primers all of which play a part in completing a perfect make-up!
Here are a few of my favourites:
- Smashbox photo finish primer - £25.00: This is oil free, and contains vitamins A, E and green tea. Primers are Smashbox's specialty, and it shows! I love this one, I have very oily skin and this primer really increases the longevity of my foundation with out giving me too much of a matte finish.
- MAC Prep + Prime Lip- £12.50: This is a clear product which adds moisture to the lips, and creates a more smooth surface for your lip colour. I find it also helps with the application of lip liner, which is also an important part of making your lipstick last longer and stops the colour bleeding into the fine lines around the lips! This is my go to primer for the lips.
- NYX Eyeshadow base - £5.00: It comes in three shades, 'White' (translucent, 'White pearl' and 'Skin tone'. It's important that you prep your lids properly, this will intensify the colour of your eyeshadow, and again give it more stying power. I like to use the skin tone primer, but if your looking for a natural dewy finish, then white pearl would be perfect!
- Smashbox Photo finish hydrating under eye primer - £21.00: Perfect for hydration, blitzing dark circles and puffiness, giving radiance, reducing fine lines and wrinkles, improving skin tone and clarity.
- Benefit Porefessional- £23.50: It has a slight tint to it, which is translucent once applied to the skin, this one really is good at kicking those pores into line and contains vitamin E! It's perfect for oily/combination skin as it's oil free and also works well if you have normal skin, I've also used this one and loved how smooth it made my skin feel before applying foundation.
When creating the perfect base if you have very dry skin make sure you moisturize thoroughly using an oil enriched moisturizer, this will greatly improve the look of your foundation and stop it from sticking to any particularly dry areas!
On the other hand if you have normal/oily skin remember to always set your foundation with translucent powder, focus on the particularly oily areas (but don't use too much it may go cakey!) this will really help with improving the longevity of your foundation.
I got my Smashbox primer samples (including a lid primer) in their 'Try it kit' from www.smashbox.co.uk it's £19 for the kit which includes five minis - the mascara's also amazing!
Anna x
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