Amazing, best primer for shine control!! First of all, thank you for gifting me this product through the loyalty program. I was very excited to see this surprise on my mailbox. And seeing what type of product it was, I was more excited and eager to try. I have been in the lookout for the right primer that would reduce my pores and control my oil and shine. Previously, I have use either prep + prime skin or Mineralize Timecheck lotion with Prep + Prime skin refined zone as primers(VERY GOOD PRODUCTS), followed by makeup application. I would set with Fix+ Matte Spray to finish off and setting my makeup to more of a mattifying look. I loved the end results. But I would say after some 3 hours or more I would have to blott my T-zone and brush a light layer of Blot pressed powder just to control the shine. But now after trying this new Mattifine product I am very pleased. This product does stands to what it says. I do not have large pores but the fact that it controls my oily T-zone and shine, makes me happy. When applied, a little goes a long way. I only apply on my oily areas. It has a creamy consistency but once applied to the skin it glides on very smoothly and feels like a velvety finish. When used as a makeup primer, my foundation glides on smoothly and the end results are amazing it gives me an instant blurred effect. It is long wearing and sweat and humidity resistant (especially with the hot summer weather in California) I don't have to retouch my makeup or even use blotting powder.
I tried the product on bare skin ( no makeup) and I just love how the shine is not there throughout the day.
Overall, I highly recommend this product, coming from a costumer who struggles with oil and shine control. I have purchase other makeup brands and primers and I haven't found the right product until now. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU ! Please MAC, never take this away from us.
Very Disappointed I was excited about this primer especially since I have combo skin and makeup seems to pull oil out of my face. Like some other reviews state, this product starts off good but then seems to pull more oil out after it oxidizes. Once the oil is out my makeup starts to run really bad to the point of not being able to recover the look. I have never had this problem and the primer is the only new think I've introduced so it has to be this primer. What a waste of money..
My New Holy Grail of primers 5
2023-03-11
Oily skin at age 60, oh the inhumanity. After trying so many "mattifying" primers, both silicone based and water based, I have found my salvation with MAC primer . The smallest amount of primer is enough for my entire face and the matte foundation that I use along with the MAC primer works beautifully. For the first time in a long time, someone actually complimented my makeup.
Mattifine Primer 5
2023-03-09
I got the Mattifine promer as a sample from Ulta Beauty. I didn't try it right away then misplaced it in my makeup box. I decided to give it try one day before work when I couldn't find my usual primer. I went all day without retouching my makeup! I must have missed the end of my nose as that was the only place that had any shine at the end of a 12 hour shift. I didn't sit all day. I was in and out in the snow and wind, sweat and sweat some more. So if you want a good shine control, non-creasing, pore erasing primer, this is it. It's worth every penny!! I end up buying after using the sample! I love samples for this reason!
i don't think i'll buy another primer 5
2023-03-05
i am a very oily and sweaty person and my makeup slides all the time. i have tried so many primers and none of them kept my makeup in place until now. this bad boy gets me through a sweaty work shift with minimal creasing/slipping.
Winner out of many, many primer tries 5
2023-01-17
I have been searching for a primer and have tried all different levels, from drugstore brands, to mid-level, to absurdly expensive. I had been using one that was the same brand as my foundation and it was okay, but not really great. A lovely Ulta employee recommended this as one of her three favorites. It makes my foundation look better than with the brand's own primer!! I had no idea a good primer could make that much of a difference, but it does.
Best primer 5
2023-01-10
provides a beautiful matte complexion. Blurs out pores and redness. keeps face from getting oily.
