This was a purchase almost immediately after watching a Jaclyn Hill video where she raved about it and how well it worked on her skin and what it did for her. I wanted it, with a great passion and lucky for me Beauty Bliss now stock this, so I had it the very next day.
Ideal for those who have dry to combination skin as it adds a glow effect that can get a bit messy with oily skin as the day goes on.
Packaged in a sleek frosted glass bottle with the iconic Becca logo embossed lid in gunmetal steel shade this just looks the business sat on my desk and basically screams at me to use it over the others it snuggles there with. It is a very hard product to explain as it adds glow without looking highlighted, it brightens your face and radiates from underneath your foundation even matte formulas. Formula of this primer is a champagne pink with iridescent pearl effect veining though it, that once warmed up onto the face and patted in, blends out into an invisible veil that is slightly sticky, which helps keep your foundation in place for longer.
Once foundation is placed over the primer, which has no problems with use of a sponge or brush, the primer doesn't make the foundation drag or pill on your skin. The foundation settles without sinking into the primer and pores look smooth. Once finalised with setting powder and a spray of setting spray you start to see the glow from within, like you have just had a work out without the nasty sweat look.
My combination skin has recently taken a oily turn that has seen this primer start to play up on me, with it breaking down in certain areas and peeking through the foundation by the 6th hours mark, nothing that a blotting can't fix. However though during my drier moments this stays put all day and the healthy glow is as brilliant at the end of the day as it was at the start.
A beautiful product that helps your skin look plump, bright and youthful without that drawing to attention of uneven skin texture, pimples or lines that you so often get with a high shine powder highlighter.
Alas this product was not for me - My skin is just not suited to it. Such a shame as I wanted it to work very much. I love how Becca products are packaged - they just look so luxe (and they are).
I'll usually go for matte finishes but have been making an effort to try new things and thought this would change everything for me but it hasn't. Love the look, feel and smell of this product, infact I love everything about it except for the fact it didn't make me glow unless I used it without putting foundation on top. I use double wear mainly so that could be the issue. It was just too heavy to let the light shine through. When used on bare skin over moisturiser I could really see the glow, but as my skin is not nice enough to go without foundation this has been a complete waste for me. My skin is also quite oily in places and in those areas it just looked like an oil slick after a couple of hours.
Tips: Not particularly suited to mature oily skin