Smooth It Out


If you are a no makeup person, over 35, or alternatively wear a lot of makeup, I highly recommend looking into a good primer.  They even out your skin tone and texture, minimize your pores, smooth out fine lines and wrinkles, and set your makeup.  No more raccoon eyes if you play your cards right.  No more looking at yourself in the mirror and wondering what the hell happened to your blush.  You skin texture looks smoother.
Boys, there is no reason why you shouldn’t use a primer.  They are clear so no one will have any idea that you have makeup on but your skin will look so much better.
With that said, I’ve tried a lot of primers.  Goldilocks over here has dealt with too greasy, too dry and it’s taken a while to find a primer that is just right.
Mally Perfect Prep Poreless Primer is wonderful stuff.  It does all of the above.  Sometimes I worry that a primer is going to break me out or mess with my skin because they seem so chemically but my skin does very well with this primer.
Quick warning ladies, use a lighter hand with your makeup.  I need a fraction of the blush I normally use when I’ve got this primer on.  Makeup just goes on brighter, darker, and truer to color.  I also wouldn’t bother with some fancy argan oil blush because it’s just gonna sit on top of this primer.
Meaning some makeup is formulated specifically to meld with the natural oils in your skin (mineral makeup for example).  This is not going to happen when you’ve got this primer going on.  But boy does the makeup you apply stay put and stay fresh! 
Love it!
By the way I've tried both the regular and the 'glow' versions of this primer.  I like them both but I do have to admit that I have very much enjoyed the reflective proprties of the 'glow' version.  Not for the no makeup type or butch man however.  This they'll be able to tell you've got something going on.
ORIGINALLY POSTED BY AIMEE BOICE ON JANUARY 20, 2012

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