I will start my 'Best Makeup Primers (for Oily Skin) Series' with the first primer I've ever used... Skinhour's.
Skinhour Petite, 250php (~$5) from URU Galleria
I am recommending Skinhour's Mattifying Day Cream to every girl starting out with primers. Why? Because it gives good value to your money. It serves as a good moisturizer, sunblock and a makeup base.
Their mini tubs (15g net) can go as low as 180php (~$4) which will last you at least a month. But it goes out of stock really, really fast.
From the Skinhour multiply site:
What the Mattifying Day Cream is packed with:
deionized aqua, organic mango butter, glyceryl stearate, sweet almond oil, organic goat milk, titanium dioxide, pineapple and carrot extract, a-tocopherol, sodium gluconate, organic non-solvent fragrance oils
What I love about it:
- proudly Filipino made!
- unlike other primers that felt kinda sticky on my oily face post-application, skinhour's lived up to its name--- a mattifier. no oily, sticky moments!
- my face makeup stayed put all day! i only blotted twice, max, during all those days I used it under my mineral make up.
- transforms my skin into a perfect canvas for my makeup
- SPF 15
- moisturizing
- locally available and cheap
Uh-ohs:
- the uber fruuuuity scent (pineapple, I think)
- the container. it's an unhygienic tub. lazy me still needs to use a spatula to get the glorious primer out.
- it broke my chin out a little during the first few days. purging stage? beats me. (antidote: clinique's 3-step! yup, I still moisturize... and it stops breaking me out)
Skinhour's Mattifying Day Cream is a superb primer because it delivers. I'd recommend this product to those girls, especially oily-skinned ones like me, who would want to put an end to endless retouching sessions.
Do watch out for my upcoming posts on more effective face primers... till next time!
