Primed to Perfection
If you think you don’t need a primer for your makeup, you’re seriously missing out. Whether it’s for everyday use or for a special occasion, a good makeup primer will help eliminate imperfections and create a smooth canvas for your makeup.
A primer will help your makeup go on smoothly over your face, while ensuring it stays put all day long without changing it or making you look cakey. It acts as a barrier, preventing your skin from sucking in the moisture from your makeup, thereby giving your face a hydrated and soft finish all day long. Additionally, it helps smooth out any lines and creases.
Primers are available in gel, cream and powder form and come in different formulas for different skin types and different skin ailments. For example, a light green primer can help cancel redness from acne or rosacea. Primers for eyelids can help prevent creasing after you apply eye shadow, preventing the colour from sitting into your crease lines. Primers with oils such as jojoba oil can be used for hydrating dry skin and more mattifying formulas are perfect for oily skin.
I recently upgraded my primer to the Studio 10 Miracle Effect Priming Serum because I felt the need for one with anti-aging benefits. The Miracle Effecting Priming Serum is my Holy Grail product because it reduces my wrinkles immediately, which makes it incredibly easy for me to smooth on foundation over my face. The product is a multi-tasker because it has long term anti-aging benefits as well.
Additional benefits of this product include hydration, reduction of dark spots and pigmentation and improvement in dark circles and puffiness. The product was able to shrink my pores effectively and it left it firm and luminous, eliminating the need to apply a layer of foundation on days when I don’t have enough time for full-face makeup.
The serum is also enriched with type 1 collagen and argan oil, which increase the skin’s ability to hold onto moisture, leaving it elastic and supple.
Find the product here: Studio 10 Miracle Effect Priming Serum, £68.00