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Urban Decay Pore Perfecting Complexion Primer Potion Review


Alas, my love of the Bourjois Paris Happy Light Matte Serum Primer was short-lived. It lasted less than a month, and at £10.99 a bottle I didn't think that was particularly worth the money, especially given how little product I needed. Luckily for me, I travelled to Ireland this weekend and it would have been rude not to treat myself in duty-free, so I thought I'd give the Urban Decay Pore Perfecting Complexion Primer Potion a try. I've had a sample of some of their eyeshadow primers and was super impressed with those so fingers crossed this one will live up to expectations! It's normally priced at £19.50 for a 28ml tube (mine was obviously cheaper in duty-free) and I was pleasantly surprised at how big the tubes are!


First Impressions

So the first thing I noticed with this primer is that it has a very thick consistency. I'm not 100% sure how my skin will react to that as like I've said before I prefer a lighter primer if I'm using a liquid foundation so my make-up doesn't look caked on. That being said, it did blend really easily and my skin felt really smooth after I'd rubbed it in so that's definitely a bonus in my books! It's also not as heavily fragranced as my last one and the small nozzle on the tube makes it easy to get a small amount out so you don't use too much product in one go.











How It Looked

Again, I can't really show you how it looked since it dried invisible on my skin, but I can tell you that it definitely smoothed out my pores on the first application! My foundation blended really well on top of it and it gave my skin a slight glow underneath it which was quite nice as I find my face can look a bit flat if I use too much matte product. My forehead did get a bit shiny after a few hours but to be honest I do have a very oily one and I have yet to find a product that gets rid of that. I would have thought using a bit more of the primer could help with it too, my only concern is that I might start to get break outs as the product is so thick.

Rating - 4/5


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