Primer Addiction Explored: Primer from a shopping basket

Last night I wore the face primer by Asda’s brand George, simply named Face Primer.  I recently repurchased this product after using the whole tube last time, but struggled to remember if it’s any good due to the excessive range of primers I use.  Doh!  Just as well it’s a tiny £5.00 for 30ml.

I like the no nonsense description displayed on the front of the tube; ‘George, Face Primer, g moisturising, non-sticky base coverage, holds make-up in place’ and on the back of the tube ‘apply prior to make-up application for a longer lasting effect’.  Roulette is played with regards to what skin type the creators had in mind with this one though- eek!

The colour is peachy and the texture has a visible oily residue, this made me nervous as I do favour oil free products.  On application it has slight coverage, like a tinted moisturiser, and did feel moisturising and non-sticky as claimed. 

I have recently started using a silicon based foundation and this silicon based primer did not react well.  Foundation looked mega patchy.  Double silicon on this occasion was terrible, or possibly it was the oil from the primer and the silicon from the foundation.  It just looked bad!  I did persevere and tried using an oil free foundation which looked fairly good, but I did have to use a mineral finishing powder to seal my makeup, a step I can usually miss out.  I was happy with the finished look.

I applied this at 21:15 and by midnight I became conscious of the desire to top up my makeup, but didn’t.  By 2:00 my face did feel oily, foundation did remain in place, and however my blusher had disappeared.

In the past I have used this one like a tinted moisturiser, just with a mineral based powder over the top, for a lighter day time look.  This primer was not the best on my oily/combo skin, and may suit dryer skin types.  Not the best I’ve used, but it does live up to the claims of George.