Budget primer

[rockybalboa]

I'm nearing the end of my Benefit Pore Professional and am looking for a cheaper replacement. Is the Lanacane Anti Chafe gel still the best option or are there other things I should be considering?

MUA do a pretty good copy of porefessional

www.muastore.co.uk/matte-perfect-primer

The Garnier 5 Minute Blur primer is an identical dupe for Porefessional.

The Rimmel one is quite good. I think it's about £7. It's a pain in the arse to get out the tube when it gets near the end though!

Sudocrem?!? Really!!? Got shed loads of that...

Maybelline babyskin is decent.

I think the Rimmel one ^^ is on offer in asda ATM. They had a few products in a cardboard display unit in the toiletries aisle - I'm sure the stuff was half price.

Agree about baby skin.

wasn't there some odd product that everyone on here was using as primer at one point?

Some skin healing balm thing?

I like the maybelline baby skin one have repurchased it twice

Yes, there's some product for skin chaffing that is identical to silicone primers.

The best I've tried is the Avon one. Can't remember the name but cost about a fiver.

The MUA one at Superdrug is fine. It's £4.

The Lanacane anti chaffing and MUA primer both gave me those horrible cyst like spots which don't ever come to a head.

I absolutely hate to say it but I haven't found anything as good as Porefessional. I'm coping without any for that reason, as can't justify the cost of Porefessional, for such a tiny pot.

Dr Brandt pores no more is better than porefessional.

Some people don't do well at all with silicone and many primers are primarily silicone.

I tell you what: try Wayne Goss's (gossmakeupartist on Youtube) trick of putting powder on before foundation. Moisturiser, loose powder, then foundation. It will last all day and look really good.

But I use mineral foundation so would powder underneath still work? I'm a bit worried about the Lanacane causing spots as Bare Minerals did just that so I now use Lily Lolo. I'm tempted to try the Sudocrem but worried about the smell, it's quite strong!

Monistat soothing care gel is exactly the same thing as the smash box primer. I used to use it but switched to the monistat and can't tell the difference. You can get it on Amazon!

If you're using a powder foundation then I guess a powder base isn't going to work as it would with a liquid foundation.

And if Bare Minerals was bad for your skin, was it the silicone? If so, then try and find a primer that doesn't have silicone.

If it's that "blurring" effect you're after, I'm not sure if there are any primers that do it without silicone. I may be wrong, though.

Why do you want a primer?

Rimmel one is quite good. I switch between that and my pricey Elimis one. Whilst it's not quite as good it's not too far off and the price difference makes up for it.

Re: whoever commented on getting the last bit out of the tube. I just cut the tube open and scoop out whats left. It's easily another 3/4 days worth if product. I'm a bit cheap though and do this with everything including toothpaste, shampoo, sample size moisturisers etc

another vote for the MUA primer, I like their eyelid primer too.

Pumpkinette that is a good idea. I always end up squeezing really hard to try get it out and then I end up with it shooting all over the floor

OP, I use Lily Lolo foundation as well. That and Rimmel primer works pretty well. I also found that Illamasqua Hydra Veil is incredible (I got a sample pot for my wedding) but it is expensive! (And that said, I've never used it with powder foundation.)

I find using a primer helps my foundation last longer. Not 'that' bothered about blurring, just like the smoothing and prepping effect really. I think it was the bismuth in the Bare Minerals which gave me the most horrid bumps under my skin, hideous.