THE POREFESSIONAL BY BENEFIT
Price: 22ml for 34,50€ at Sephora (you can buy smaller size for 10€ to test it out for yourself).
Texture and application: it is silicone base primer with thin consistency. It also has light nude colour and is recommended to put either under or over the foundation. When I applied it, it didn’t set or blend into the skin so I recommend a sponge for applying the foundation in order not to move the primer around.
Performance: it kept my skin matt for 4 hours and kept my foundation together for another 2 hours. After that, the foundation started to fade away. Compared to other primers I tried it is not the most effective so I don’t recommend it for oily skin.
Price: 13,99€ in DI drugstore in Belgium, price will depend on where you live.
Texture and application: it has thicker consistency than Benefit primer; it blends quite well into the skin yet I found that a sponge wsa better for a foundation application. The colour is white which is invisible once blended into the skin. Thanks to its thicker consistency, it managed quite well to hide my bigger pores and acne scars.
Performance: the primer kept my skin matt for 4 hours and then the foundation started to break up on several dry patches. This is not a primer for dry skin, if you have normal to oily skin I would give it a try (when you see it on sale).
PRIMETIME BY BAREMINERALS
Price: 30ml for 26€, I got mine in a small trial pack with the price only 10$.
Texture and application: it has very thin, gel-like consistency that doesn’t set on the skin. I let it dry for 10 minutes and it was still moving. You definitely need a sponge for a foundation application.
Performance: it kept my skin matt for 4 hours than the foundation broke up and clanged to dry patches. Moreover since the primer moved, the foundation settled in my fine lines and it looked really bad. This primer is actually one of the worst I tested.
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