Not impressed

I was really curious about this new trendy violet primers, but they didn’t live up to my expectations. They just don’t work for me and have zero result on my skin. The Becca one feels comfortable on the skin and leaves it dewy, but it doesn’t smooth my imperfections or diminish my pores.

I received a sample of this with my most recent Sephora order.

The first thing I did was swatch this on the back of my hand, number one to see if it looked noticeably different, and number two because I do this with any product I'm about to put on my face. I have very sensitive skin and also take issue with fragrance, so I like to test things out on my hand before putting it on my face.

After doing this, I did think I saw a bit of a glow on my hand. I also noticed a fragrance I wasn't too fond of, but it seemed to fade over the course of a few minutes, so I thought I would give this a shot. I put a small amount on every part of my face as a primer before applying my makeup, but any sheen I thought I saw on my hand did not seem to transfer to my face. I loked under different lighting, and still nothing.

After applying my makeup, I looked the same as always. My makeup did not go on more smoothly than normal; if anything, my makeup seemed to be clinging to more dry patches than if I'd applied straight after moisturizer, or over a different primer. This didn't seem to do anything for me -- except irritate my skin and break me out. I thought my skin was kind of tight and burning, and sure enough, by the end of the day, I had a few blemishes suddenly appear. I hadn't changed anything in my skin care/makeup routine. This was definitely the culprit.

I'll be throwing out the rest of the sample and will not be purchasing the full size.