Hydro Grip Primer - Base

one of my staple products

After years w/o makeup, I started wearing it again and was overwhelmed with all the new techniques, new brands and products. Almost every YT makeup tutorial I watched featured this so I bought it. I have very oily acne prone skin but this doesn’t break me out. It works well with my foundation and skincare products, even my heavyier barrier repair moisturizer. It’s clean beauty and I hope they never reformulate bc so many of my fave products or being reformulated to meet “clean beauty” standards and it’s always a downgrade. this doesn’t break me out. My foundation is easy to apply with this and it looks fantastic. I was worried about piling with my skin scare products bc primers seem so thick, but it works very well with my heavy moisturizer and/or sunscreen. Also relieved its a clean beauty brand because they are reformulating so many old favorites to prone skin and this doesn’t break me out. My makeup lasts

I use it without makeup!

I use this without/minimal makeup and I love it! It makes my skin look so much better even if it’s subtle. I got compliments from friends saying my skin looked clear and smooth and I love the glow it gives me!

The BEST primer!

I absolutely love this primer. Makes my skin feel so nice since it’s so hydrating and it’s honestly the only one that makes my makeup last all day. If you’re looking for a good primer, this is the one!!

Stickyyy!

Great hold and sticky enough! Great quality primer. I like it to prep my skin.

Alcohol Denat. + Dry skin = Major Breakouts!

I was using this consistently for a month, I found myself with major cystic-like acne on my jaw, cheeks, and chin. I stopped wearing makeup the next month in the hopes it would clear up. I was almost there when I used it again on a night out! lo and behold major bumps grew back and it finally clicked! This was the one product majorly angering my skin! I checked the ingredients to find alcohol denat.! Alcohol denat. is literally ethanol, which can provide a wonderful cooling feeling on the skin and definitely has its perks in cosmetic formulations, but it is within the first 5 ingredients meaning it is the 5th most abundant ingredient within the product, long-term use completely dried my skin and ruined my barrier causing my skin to overcompensate... inflaming and overproducing oils aka Major breakouts. I would not recommend if you have dry skin or sensitive skin!

Not worth it

Better products and don’t like this one. Feels weird

There are better primers out there

I was really excited to try this out, but got disappointed. The primer doesn’t hold my makeup very well. I tried multiple primers on the market, and won’t be reaching out for this one anymore for sure.

Zwanzig

Leute holt euch lieber eine billige alternative, das Produkt ist eh gut aber jetzt nicht so krass. Empfehlung: elf primer, der ist billiger und besser

Okay

Not the best primer. It does form crusts after you apply foundation. You just have to apply and leave it on for a long time before applying foundation.

skip this if you can

Hated how it made my make up look, it would separate the foundation and I don’t think it made it last longer.

My go-to primer

This is my go-to primer for combination skin. I find it helps minimize fine lines once I have my foundation on and stays all day.

Worst primer ever

I was super excited to try this project but honestly is one of the worse primers I’ve ever used! It flakes once you add the foundation and it just doesn’t hold any products.