Essence All About Blur! Even Skin Balm

Wow, smell was way too strong I couldn't even wear it once. Had to throw out! They should put in description of product that product is SCENTED! For ppl with sensitive skin & need "no-scent" lotions and products, this is not for you. The strong smell is literally nauseating. Had to wash off immediately. For others, smell the product at store before purchase and dont order blindly online without smelling it first. :(

This product is horrible. It feels heavy and gross on my skin. There is no noticable blur to my skin. I don't have a lot of wrinkles or fine line as it is, but this didnt help even the small ones I do have. it caused my foundation to wear off weird and cakey. I didn't cross water and silicone ingredients either. The scent is super strong.

I hope I can give this product a try. It didn't work for me and I thought I'd ask ULTA a question about "advanced" technique. So my question was: " Tried the instructions and waited for a long time, but haven't noticed any blurring. Tried to put more moisturizer but still - nothing. Maybe makeup professional can give me a better option on how to use it. Thanks in advance" I feel pretty much insulted when I've got the reply from the Ulta. It was copy-paste from the original instructions that I already followed. I guess the "question" section is redundant…

To preface, I love and have a soft spot for essence products. I wrote a review of this product 3 months ago and I'm still loving it just as much. I use it maybe 3 times a week and there's still plenty of product in there 3 months later (to be fair, i don't use a whole lot and mostly focus on my tzone, but try to cover my whole face). I've used it with mineral sunscreen, chemical sunscreen, water-based foundations, silicone-based foundations, you name it - and it's never once pilled. It gives any foundation such a smooth surface to work with and I get such joy out of gliding foundation over it. Others have mentioned a fragrance - it's so light that i barely notice it, and i have sensitive skin and it doesn't affect me, but I agree it does have a slight fragrance (although I didn't even realize it had a fragrance until I read other reviews). A lot of products make me break out, but this one never has. It's also not drying, and even though it says it's matte, I can still achieve a nice glow if I want to depending on what products I put on top of it. Overall it's just a lovely smooth and blurring canvas for makeup, as it says it is. It's my favorite primer I've ever used and I use it far more often than a similarly mattifying silicone-based high end primer that I'm trying to use up.

I dont know if I got an expired bottle. I truly dont know if anyone else can relate but this product smells strong of chemicals especially like Elmers glue. I barely felt comfortable to put this product on my face. When I did eventually try it it did absolutely nothing for my skin or pores. If anything it made me even more oily.