Get Your Face Set for Summer!

This summer’s heat can put your makeup on the run! The key to having great staying power for you makeup in temperatures that make you sweat is all in how you start and finish your face. I’m talking about face primer and finishing spray. I’m currently trying out the “E.L.F. Poreless Face Primer” and “E.L.F. Makeup Mist & Set” spray. Regularly priced, the face primer costs $6 and the setting spray costs $3. However, both products are frequently featured in sales and bundle deals if you are a subscriber to eyeslipsface.com. I got both products during a 50% off sale and decided to give them a try.  

The face primer comes in a beautiful 13.7 g bottle with a pump. The product is a white/pearl color. The consistency is smooth and glides on the skin well, easily getting in and filling pores and fine lines/wrinkles. This primer does take a little while to dry and make feel slick on consumers with oily skin. But don’t toss out your primer if you have this issue! You can simply set your face with a light dusting of mineral foundation using a large fan or powder brush before applying your liquid or cream foundation. (This will also give you more coverage without looking cakey.) The only downfall to this primer that I found I couldn’t fix was the smell. It has a rather strong, lemon scented furniture polish fragrance. The smell does, however, wear off pretty quickly, so it’s not so bad that I wouldn’t use it again.  (In case E.L.F. ever sees this: Although I’m a soft shade of mahogany, I don’t enjoy smelling like a coffee table!)

The Makeup Mist & Set spray is delightful. There’s no fragrance. It is exactly as described, a light mist. I not only use it to set my makeup, but to refresh it throughout the day and to help intensify the color of eye shadows and pigments by misting the brush before dipping it in a color. You don’t have to wear makeup to use it; you can just use it as a refresher. It’s slightly over 2 fl oz in size, and very compact to store in your makeup bag or in your purse for reapplication. The ingredients include aloe, green tea, cucumber, and vitamins A, C, & E, which are all great for hydrating and reviving your skin. 

If you are looking for beauty on a budget, I would say both of these products are worth a try. Products respond differently to each person’s skin type and pH balance, so you may have better results than I did without the modifications.  Head over to www.eyeslipsface.com to check them out!