Shiseido Glow Enhancing Primer Review

I don't even LIKE glowy-looking skin and I love this!! This product right here, changed my entire outlook on the matte-vs.-glowy foundation debate. Quite unfortunately, in my opinion, I only had a tester of this but you can bet your bottom dollar that when I run out of (any of my current five) primers, this'll be my next purchase. Just, DAMN dude. So, so beautiful. And it did not even make my skin oily. Winning at life, Shiseido.

I received a trial size of this in the BRBB. It comes in a nice little silver tube very handy if your traveling. I have to say I am disappointed in this it doesn't really do anything for me as far as a primer goes and I will be sticking to my old hard working primer. Maybe suitable for younger skin than mine. I would not purchase another one

This primer is known to make your skin glow but personally I found that it made my skin look oily which I don't like the look of. My skin felt really oily and so I didn't quite like it. The package itself is nice

I've finally gotten around to using this after receiving it in a BRBB last year!

What a great little product - I have combo skin with an oily T zone and have really been wanting to try a more dewy finish to my foundation without looking too oily.

This pretty much ticks all my boxes. It's oil free, so doesn't contribute to any excess oil on my skin while giving my skin a soft glow and making it look that little bit younger.

I've been mixing it up with a mattifying primer on my oily areas (or nothing at all, whatever works for you) and it really does soften my whole look. Especially if I don't bother setting my foundation with a primer.

It's encased in a lovely little silver tube with a screw cap and you just squeeze out the desire amount - I don't even use a pea sized amount each time.

The price does put me off repurchasing but I think I just may bite the bullet as I'm impressed with the finish this product gives me.

In terms of 'glow enhancing' this primer is underwhelming. I received this in the March BB and was very happy to see a high end deluxe sample primer - you can never have too many. However I can do without this one.

I can't fault the packaging, it's eye an catching silver squeeze tube so you're bound to get almost every inch of product. It has a semi thick consistency but I'd have to say it's thicker than other primers I've used (Benefit, Mecca Cosmetica and Becca).

When rubbing a small amount on the back of my hand I can make out some sheen. I was expecting to see some reflective fine shimmers or something to indicate how this product was going to achieve some glow but I found none.

When I apply it to my face I notice the same thing, some sheen and little else. It smells similar to sunscreen but doesn't linger long. After letting it sit for awhile it felt lightweight as if I was wearing nothing but my face also looked flat and dull - where was the glow?

If I couldn't see the glow on my bare skin there was no way I'd be able to see the glow with foundation on top! I tried this with MAC Studio Fix Plus a number of times and sure enough there was no difference.

This primer really adds nothing to my makeup routine but to avoid being wasteful I mix it with MAC Strobe cream or Becca Backlight Priming Filter.

This comes in a nice silver tube with a twist top black lid. The primer itself is a white silver colour and nearly looks like it would feel gritty but it’s smooth it has a sheen to it looks so nice. It’s spf 15 as well. So face all prepped and ready to go on with a pea sized amount I just gently smear it around and I’m happy as it does do a tiny blend the blemishes in before I’ve even put on foundation or powder. I do get a little bit of skin illuminating with this as I feel my skin is dull so getting a bit of glow on or a little bit of dewy is good. I like the effect I get from using this and most times I just use a powder foundation over top instead of have quite a dull finish I’m a little brighter (my skin) I found my foundation sits very nice over this. It doesn’t hinder anything when I’m removing makeup off everything comes. I do like the finish it gives me so it get the tick of approval from me.