Photo Focus Water Drop Primer

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   vengefulChough1

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   ‼️ETA– proceed with caution!‼️ After a full day of wear, I washed my face to find several brand new pimples that were not there this morning– which is very very rare for me. I believe after further testing – that it was from my foundation (Outlast 3-in-1) and NOT the primer but I wanted to put this out there just in case. I also tried the Rose scent – SO MUCH BETTER so I’m bumping to 4 lippies. If you do plan to purchase, try Rose. It has a scent, but it’s so much more subtle than Cucumber. I also now mix some of this in with my foundation, instead of applying it as a primer. It works well to thin out my foundations, but not water them down like moisturizer can, and the primer gives it some staying powder when applied. I also found that when I applied this just as a primer (instead of mixing it with my ftdn) my foundation would react and flake off my skin. Not sure if it’s the powder finish that this primer has, but I tried two different foundations and they both did the same thing with using this as a first step primer base. I also felt like my skin felt slimy/dirty as the day wore on when I applied this as a base (vs. mixing with fdtn).

   I prefer their primer sprays (in the same scents) as a primer base over these. Will not repurchase and may donate the tubes I have.

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   Own both Rose and Cucumber.

   I watched a youtube review of this stuff last night – and I have to disagree on some points that the YTer made (well, one really). I’m dry-combo, but get shiny throughout the day because of my BP gel treatment. So I like more water-based, hydrating primers. My foundations are also really matte, so I mix lotion with them before applying, and a hydrating primer helps that as well. This is very cooling, it feels nice on the skin, it absorbs well, it’s creamy like a lotion and not silicone-y. Not super thick or heavy, but spreads nicely. Not sticky. Once it absorbs, it’s gone. You don’t feel a slimy silicone feeling on your skin at all. It also mixes well with foundations to make them like a BB cream.

   The opening to the primer is HUGE – so be careful (gave it a lower rating on packaging for that)– it may be a squeeze tube, but the hole is large. Cucumber is also STRONGLY scented (bumped to four lippie after testing Rose – which is much better). Cucumber is very strong. I found that after I applied it to my face, the scent dissipated pretty fast (to me). I’m sensitive to scents, especially ANYTHING around my face, and this was bearable. I think the Cucumber prime spray by WnW lingers much longer on the skin compared to the primer. The primer is also tinted – so the Cucumber comes out a pea green, but goes on transparent, so no worries there. Rose comes out light nude color. I do think some folks may find the Cucumber too strong to use or apply to their face, the Rose is much better. The ingredients flat-out state “fragrance” so be warned.

   She had claimed that this didn’t really blur anything – but for me, I totally noticed immediately after applying some over my nose – that this blurred my nose pores, if used directly as a primer. I also found it hydrating on my skin. It didn’t hydrate enough that my foundation didn’t look powdery/cakey, but my foundation applied just fine over it.

   I like this – since I like water-based primers and Cyclopentasiloxane based face products (vs. Dimethicone heavy ones). I wish WnW didn’t put as much fragrance in it – I know that a lot of folks will avoid this because of that reason alone.

   Ingredients- – nothing extremely comedogenic-wise in it, besides the scent— but it does have Sodium chloride – which on some sites claims to be a 5 level comedogenic and clog pores, and some say it does not because it’s the mineral, not actual “salt” like how we know it. Just putting that out there.