i got given this as a free sample! i was amazed! it works wonders under my foundation! you truly get the model perfect skin with this! its amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! highly recommended

I don't suffer from oily skin and I definitely don't have a problem with shine. I sometimes get a tiny tiny bit oily on my t-zone. But my skin is more on the dry side in parts. So I wasn't sure this product was suited to my skin. But I decided to use it as a primer and see how it worked.

This product feels incredibly silky on your skin. It feels like your makeup is going to slip off your face. But I was extremely happy with how my makeup glided on. It looked smoother and more even then ever before. My skin looked flawless. My makeup lasted longer and I didn't see any shine. I also made sure to use very little as you really don't need a lot.

However I gave my sister one of my samples to try out cause she has a serious problem with oily skin and she said that after an hour her skin was oily and shiny. She also didn't like the texture of the product on her skin. So I guess this product isn't for everyone and it really depends on your skin.

As someone who experiences an oily shine on my T-panel by about midday every day,I am always on the lookout for products that can help to minimise this. I prefer not to use a matte finish foundation as I find this very ageing (I love a nice dewy glow), but I hate looking like an oil slick by noon!

This primer has a far thicker consistency than I anticipated, so initially I used far too much. You really only need a little bit of this product to cover the whole face. It glides on smoothly and has a lovely silky silicone texture. Foundation applies beautifully over this. The only slight issue that I had was that I normally apply my foundation with my fingers, but I found that applied this way over the matifying base did not give great results - I could see definite patches of foundation on my skin. So I tried applying my foundation with a sponge and this worked perfectly. I got a really smooth application and my foundation stayed where it was all day! I had a very slight shine by late afternoon but nothing like I normally have, and certainly not anything that anyone else would have noticed - I was just being super critical.

An extra note on this product: I battle with very oily eyelids so eye make-up is always a challenge for me. It tends to crease and smudge within just a few hours of me applying it. I have had some success with using cream eyeshadows, but I have so many beautiful powder eyeshadows that I just don't get to use. I decided to experiment with this matifying base on my eyelids and I am incredibly impressed with the results. Even on a scorching Cape Town day my eye shadow is still perfectly in place, 6 hours after I applied it!