Shiseido Glow Enhancing Primer Review

I love Shiseido products and was excited to receive this Glow Enhancing Primer in the Beauty Review March Beauty Box. Also I’m not one for using primer usually so I was very curious to find out how much difference it would make to my make up.

The product comes in a cute silver tube with a black cap. It is very classy looking in tune with Shiseido’s usual sophisticated branding. It is a white cream, and is soft and simple to use and apply. I didn’t notice any scent.

The product describes itself as an oil-free primer that enhances skin's clarity, for a brilliant quality that adds a natural, vibrant glow to the finish of various foundations all day long. It is non greasy and does absorb into the skin quite easily. I find it leaves a light coating that helps my foundation glide on smoothly and evenly, but I don’t notice a glow that lasts all day unfortunately.

It is a nice product and somewhat helpful in improving my foundation, but for $65 I could never justify purchasing it myself. I would be happy to discuss it with my friends, but I’d be reluctant to actually recommend they buy it, as the outlay is big for anyone who only finds it ‘nice’ like I did.

When I saw this primer in our last beauty box I was excited to try it. To be honest I don't really use primers under my make up. But since my skin has changed into being acne prone I find that I need to have that extra coverage.

This little sample tube I got seemed to last me a few weeks. Its a ten ml bottle that I got many uses out of it. When I apply this on my face it covered well. It has a slight greasy after feel. It looks like a medium thickness cream. It has a slight scent to it.

My results from using this was minimal coverage, I found it to almost disappear into the skin. I wasn't happy with the greasy after feel. I definitely wouldn't go out and buy it for its price tag. I think its overly priced.

Because it makes you light up like a Christmas tree full of glittering lights, and personally not in a good way.

This little tube of Shiseido Glow Enhancing Primer was a beautiful treat inside the recent BRBB and I was overjoyed as I am a huge fan of Shiseido products. Upon opening and squeezing a small amount out of the tube it became apparent that the liquid has a sort of sheen effect not quite glitter but a reflective quality to it. When applied to my skin it left a slight tackiness that remained even after waiting 10 minutes for it to settle which in turn caused my foundation to become streaky when applied. Also the glow effect made my skin turn brilliant white with a really high flash back of light when looking in the mirror, far too much glow for me.

I feel that on the right skin tone and type that this would be a brilliant addition to brighten and give a healthy glow, just didn't do anything to me

Received this as a deluxe sample of the March Beauty Box and was super excited to try it.

The Sheseido packaging is quite lovely simple and elegant with a soft metallic silver sheen on the tube.

The texture of the primer is soft and light although it does feel greasy when you apply it. I am prone to oily skin so the greasy feel was off putting.

Make up applies great with no problems with evenness and seems to cover the pores a lot better. It does leave you with quite a dewy look so using a powder to set was a must for me. The dewy look is part of the glow and does look lovely but makes me nervous for later in the day when the oiliness tends to come out. Dewy is good, shiny not so much.

The 10ml sample lasted about a month of not everyday use. A little covered a lot, easy to apply.

Like many of the other reviews, I received this as a sample in my BRBB. Being a fan of Shiseido, I was stoked to get this to try as I love anything that helps my dry skin look more luminous.

The packaging for this is really stunning. It comes in a matte silver tube with a black twist off too. The tube itself is super easy to squeeze out product.

The cream comes out white but applies translucent. This adds a beautiful soft luminosity to the skin and doesn't have any glitter in it, it just gives the skin a slight glow. On my dry skin this doesn't feel heavy or greasy and is comfortable to wear throughout the day.

This definitely adds a subtle glow to my skin when I wear it under foundation or BB Cream. The finish is similar to MACs Strobe Cream in my opinion, and I really love this for my dry skin.

If you're looking for a little glow then I recommend you try this or MACs Strobe Cream. His is slightly more subtle than Strobe Cream but it is a beautiful product and the only thing that would make me hesitate purchasing it is the price. It is quite expensive although a little goes a long way.

Like a lot of the other reviews for this I also received this delightful bonus sample in the March BRBB I was so excited to give it a go because the previous one I had been using was not doing it for me.

So I squeeze a little bit out and inspect it (as you do) the consistency is like PVA glue sorry no other way to describe it really. It's a cream colour with a bit of a sheen to it. I applied and waited and waited for it to dry. This took a wee while for some reason and normally anything will stick or absorb into my skin but not this. Once dried I applied my foundation but for some reason my foundation was a streaky horrid mess I have tried this several times still with no luck. I'm unsure if it's my skin type (dry) or what I have made sure to only use a teeny tiny amount but nothing. It won't be something I will look into purchasing because I can't get it to sit right on my skin. As for the glow I didn't really have much of a glow when I looked at the non streaky parts of my foundation.

I got this in my BRBB. it was a pleasant surprise because Shiseido is high end brand. So having this was a 1 up. I don't reach for this often and the name glow enhancing for me translates to shiney. This is a cute silver tube giving it an exclusively high end look and feel. The texture of the product is sticky and creamy. With a yellow tinge for colour but smooths out to be clear and translucent. It does spread on my skin easily. You only need a small amount to cover your face it's blend able. It does keep my foundation sitting on nicely but I feel it conflicts with the look I'm after since my foundations are a matte finish. This is not really appropriate for that type of finish. I thought to use it for a night look when going out. I found though it gives a flashback when taking pictures when looking in the mirror I was satisfied with the look but when having worn this out at night and havung photos it gives flashback and I look shiney. I hate that look..... therefore probably not suitable for night wear or when taking photos with a flash. This is the reason why I don't reach for it often. I don't think I would buy this though as being an high end product it comes with the price tag. If it didn't give me the flashback I most probably would consider purchasing.... For that one con I'm certain I won't be buying it.

I received a 10ml sample sized tube of this primer in the last BR Beauty Box, of which I got about 8 applications out of. This is the first and only product I've tried from Shiseido, knowing nothing about the brand.

The packaging of this product is quite enticing, the shiney silver tube with it's black cap makes it look like a high-end quality kind of product, and I guess it's supposed to be product given the lofty price tag.

The consistency is that of a lotion, it applies very smoothly creating a very light layer on the skin surace and delivers a noticeable dewy glow. It has a soft soapy scent to it and also smells almost very faintly of suncreen, I find it reasonably pleasant.

The surface of my skin looks smoother after applying this primer, and it somewhat assists in the smoothness of foundation application and provides a luminous dewy finish. However as the day wears on, and in a stuffy environment the luminous glow may become a sweaty looking sheen, so it pays to carry with you a powder for touch-ups.

If it's a dewy glow you're ater and you don't mind having to touch-up with a bit of powder during the day (or fork out $65 for primer) then this might the primer for you. If you prefer a matte finish then you're probably not going to like it at all.

The March Beauty Box introduced me to this wee primer, which came in a deluxe sample size as a bonus with this box.

So firstly, my skin is combination/dry which tends to get an oily t-zone, and drier patches on my cheeks (especially on the colder months).

This primer is not silicone based at all, which i love because i find the silicon based primers tend to highlight my dry patches-not ideal, especially in winter. This primer seems to feel more like a moisturizer so that's good, and is a thick consistency, like a moisturizer.

This primer surprisingly provides quite a good base for foundation and other makeup products, but i wouldn't say it gives my skin an incredible glow. However, it does give my skin a dewy finish which i love, and is a look i go for, but since most my foundations give me this finish anyway, it defeats the point of using this primer for the glowing purpose.

Surprisingly, although the sample was quite small (maybe 5ml or 10ml) the product actually lasted a long time. So although $65.00 may seem a lot from a primer, i would say it would last a decent time which would almost make it worthwhile.

If you have combination/dry skin like mine this primer is good. Mostly because it doesn't make oily t zones extra oily, is anything it evens the out, and its doesn't highlight dry patches. Perfect. As for the glow, its more of a dewy finish, which is great if you don't already get this from your foundation, but because i do, this aspect of the primer did not impress me.

Overall, i wouldn't repurchase this primer, because the things i like about it i can find in other primers without the price tag.

I recieved this 10ml sample size in my Beauty Box and was hightly delighted for 2 reasons. 1 I had never uses a primer 2 I love Shiseido products

I was not disappointed . The container is a nice little silver tube with black writing and in a red box with lots of french writing (english too) The scent is very very subtile but pleasant. I have dry skin and I found it gave a nice dewey sheen which I really love and cerainly made my base coat spread much smoother than usual. Yes at $65 it is expensive but a little goes a long way and it alsosave on your top base coat. My skin felt really nice and i loved the effect. Thank you for ading this to the Beauty Box as was well worth trying and is a product I will buy in the future.