(soft instrumental music) - Hey, guys,
and welcome back to Adore Beauty's YouTube.
If we haven't met before, my name is Amelia.
I am a freelance makeup artist,
a lover of all things skincare.
I am here today to talk to you about primers.
So what is a primer?
A primer is a product that you pop on
between your skin and the makeup
that you're about to put on it.
So it basically gives your foundation,
for instance, something to grip onto,
so then it shows up a lot more even,
in some cases you get better coverage
because it's really gripping onto that surface,
and it does usually last longer.
So primers don't come in a one size fits all.
There are different types
for different finishes on the skin,
and for different skin types as well.
So you have ones that are more illuminating,
the kind that are better for oily skin,
and they're more mattifying.
The color correcting primers,
there are ones that help with evening out texture.
There's also others that help to hydrate the skin
so they treat a myriad of different issues,
and give you different finishes.
There are also different types of primers
for different parts of the face.
So you can use a primer all over,
but then there's also ones that are specific
to your eye area, so you could have one as an eye primer.
Ones that are for your brows, and lash primers,
lip primers, all different types now.
So when it comes to picking the best primer for your skin,
it's important to really assess what your skin type is,
and what your skin needs are.
So for me, my skin is more on the dehydrated side,
so I generally go for primers that are more hydrating,
and a little bit more creamy.
Hydrating primers, illuminating primers,
anything that's gonna make me nice and dewy
is what I gravitate towards.
If somebody is more on the oily side,
and they like to keep their skin nice and matte,
then you would go for a primer that helps to control oil,
and that is going to give you
that really nice powder finish.
If somebody is still quite oily,
but they also like to be dewy,
then they might not even need a primer, to be honest.
It really just depends on what the look is for,
where you're wearing this makeup,
how long are you gonna be wearing it,
what you're gonna be doing,
because if it's just for day-to-day wear,
I don't always normally suggest people wearing a primer.
So when it comes to applying a primer,
again, you want to go back to what your skin type is,
and what your skin concerns are.
My skin is dehydrated, so I like to use a hydrating primer,
and it is something that I will pop on all over my face.
If you're more combination skin,
and you tend to get a little bit more dry on the cheeks,
and then say a little bit oily through the T-zone,
then you can spot treat with your primers.
So you could put your hydrating one through here,
and you can put your mattifying one through the T-zone.
If your concern is more redness,
then you would basically just pop on your primer
in those areas where you get a little bit of discoloration.
So some of my favorite primers are more hydrating,
as you know by now.
Some of the primers that I love to use in my kit
and on myself are the Napoleon Perdis.
This is the Auto Pilot Pre-Foundation skin primer.
This is an O.G., very, very popular primer.
This one is really great for normal to dry skin.
It contains glycerin,
which is really nice and smoothing on the skin.
It has chamomile extract,
which is also said to be really good for sensitive skin,
so it's going to help to calm it down.
This one, it feels like a moisturizer,
it goes on very smooth.
It absorbs nicely,
and your makeup just kind of sits really beautifully on it.
Then we have the Giorgio Armani Luminous Silk primer.
This is, again, another one of my favorites.
I love this with the Luminous Silk foundation.
It's very glowy, really moisturizing, very smoothing,
and this one also gives you 48 hours of hydration.
Then I have the mists.
So I have the MAC Fix+.
This is one that I've been using for,
and not this one specifically,
I've gone through tons of bottles of this,
but I've been using this since probably 2008,
when I was a baby makeup artist.
And I love to use this because it does help
to hydrate your skin throughout the day,
so it does help to maintain the look of your makeup,
but it also is really nice to spritz on
before you put on makeup.
It gives your skin that boost of hydration,
and then everything kind of sits
really beautifully over the top.
Then we have one that's more of a skincare product.
This is the Murad Prebiotic 3-In-1 MulitMist.
This one has really beautiful skin-loving ingredients.
It has prebiotics to feed the good bacteria on your skin.
This one is super, super hydrating.
It smells delicious.
And as you can see, it is something that I love quite a bit.
A key ingredient in most primers
and a lot of moisturizers is dimethicone.
So dimethicone is a silicone-based ingredient,
and it helps to seal in water,
so then your skin isn't looking dry,
your makeup isn't looking cracked, or anything like that.
The primer and the ingredient dimethicone
are helping to keep your makeup nice and smooth,
and that's also what gives these primers
that really beautiful slip on the skin
so that your makeup just glides on over the top.
So one of these primers is one from The Ordinary,
and it is called the High-Adherence silicone primer,
and it retails for $8.80,
so it is really, really well-priced.
It is hydrating, it helps to blur fine lines,
it helps to smooth out the appearance of pores,
and it is just the perfect all-around primer,
and it does give you a lot of grip.
We also have the Benefit POREfessional,
and this is great for somebody who has more oily skin,
and a lot of uneven texture.
And it also has a formula that kind of just helps
to fill in pores, if that makes sense.
I keep a mini one in my bag,
and when I do get a little bit shiny on my nose,
that is the only place that I get shiny, thankfully,
I just take a little bit of that,
and just rub it on there, and I'm good to go.
We also have a new primer on the block,
and it is from the brand Heir Atelier.
It is a $68.00 primer, and it is for your whole face.
And it has some fun ingredients.
The first one that you'll recognize is hyaluronic acid.
So that is a really good ingredient
for helping to retain moisture in the skin.
Then it also contains peptides.
So peptides are really good for skin regeneration.
They also are great for helping to firm and lift the skin,
which is what we all want, and give you that glow.
Then it also has a fruit extract called tara fruit extract,
and it is great for protecting against free radicals,
so it's gonna keep your skin protected
from the environment, basically.
Another one of my favorites is this Biology rose hip oil.
So normally you wouldn't think of an oil as being a primer,
but if you have more dry skin,
or if you were after a really beautiful dewy finish,
then an oil is a really great product to use pre-makeup.
So if somebody has a foundation
that is more on the matte side,
and they want to thin it out as well,
and give it more of a glow,
then I'll take a few drops of this
and actually mix it into the foundation,
and it's gonna give you more of that glowy, dewy finish.
Or you can just take a few drops,
and then just kind of pat it
onto the high points of the face,
and then go in with your makeup,
and that will also give you that beautiful sheen.
Then we also have sunscreens
that work really well as primers.
Back in the day, you wouldn't normally think
that a sunscreen would be something
that you would really want to wear underneath makeup,
because they were usually really white,
and looked a lot like just putting plain zinc on your face,
but formulas are a lot more sophisticated now,
and we have some really amazing products
that are great for priming the skin,
and also giving you that sun protection.
One of them is the Ultra Violette Queen Screen.
And this one is an SPF 50, it has UVA and UVA. (laughing)
It has UVA and UVB protection.
Then we have a lip primer.
So this is one from MAC, this is the Prep + Prime primer.
It is a clear balm, doesn't look like anything.
You smooth it onto the lips, and it just evens them out.
If you are wearing a matte lipstick,
especially, just it helps the lipstick
to glide on over the top and sit really nice and even.
Then we have eye primers.
I don't really have a personal favorite,
'cause I don't normally wear them, but when I am going-
I'm not going out, no one's going out anywhere.
Or if I really wanted my eyeshadows to pop,
really show their true pigment,
then I would be looking at an eyeshadow primer.
That has a different finish to a face primer.
So usually they are more mattifying,
and they're generally a little bit thicker,
so they're gonna even out the texture of the skin.
They mattify it really well,
and then your eyeshadows just kind of really stick,
and the colors show up quite a bit.
And then I have another one from The Ordinary,
and this isn't necessarily a primer,
it's actually just a moisturizer,
but this is a really good all-around moisturizer
that I like to keep in my kit to use on virtually anybody,
and makeup just sits really beautifully on top.
Okay, so the most important question here is,
do you really need a primer?
And the short answer is yes.
Obviously, it depends
what you are gonna be wearing the makeup to,
and how long are you gonna be wearing it for?
I find that when I do wear a primer,
the products that I use on top
that may not have a lot of coverage initially
when I use a primer underneath,
they suddenly have more coverage.
Everything goes on a lot more smooth,
it goes on a lot more even, and it just stays in place.
So what happens when you don't wear primer?
Nothing terrible happens,
it's more just you'll notice a difference
in how long your makeup lasts.
Especially on the eye area,
I notice when I don't prime my eyelids,
then my eyeshadows tend to crease a little bit more,
and the colors actually come up
a little bit patchier when I'm applying it.
You'll just notice that your makeup
maybe doesn't go on as evenly,
but it's not the end of the world.
If you were looking after your skin properly,
if you're really taking care of it,
then your makeup is always gonna look better
than if you don't do anything for your skin at all.
Wash your face, exfoliate,
put on a good moisturizer day and night,
wear your sunscreen, and your makeup will look
a hundred times better than if you didn't do any of that.
Okay, so that wraps up our video on primers.
Thank you guys so much for watching.
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that you think that I should know about, or should try,
then make sure that you comment down below
and you let me know.
Thank you for watching, guys.
I will hopefully see you in another video.
Bye.