I wanted to love this product when I was still convinced I needed a primer, which I don't and most women don't, but found it just did nothing for me. Thank god I had recieved a free tube of it at the NARS counter to take home and try before I lost my mind and wasted a pile of money on it. Yes, it's priced similar and even lower than other primers, so I'd have to give it an average rating on that point.

While I didn't find it had a bad smell, and it wasn't all greasy like silicone primers, I also didn't find that it did anything for me. My foundation doesn't look any beter with it on, and it doesn't really improve staying power at all, which I've never had a problem with anyways, and it doesn't make my face have any less oil breakthrough. It makes no difference whether I use it under liquid or mineral foundation, the lack of results is the same. Then again, I haven't yet tried it under my NARS foundation. So I will have to give it one more shot, I suppose. I don't use much liquid foundation, however, so I don't think it'll be of much use to me. Probably no point in purchasing the full size at all.

Nice texture, no fragrance, no bad smell, no synthetic colors, best quality primer I have come across so far, but not worth it for what it has done for me to date. Can't say I would recommend this product to anybody, as much as I like some of NARS' products.