After reading the header I know what you guys must be thinking, but let me tell you this is one of the popular hack which started from YouTube. I encountered this amazing trick after watching videos from my one of favorite Beauty Guru Kaushalbeauty ( do spare some time to check her out). It will be difficult to find out the origin of this hack as we have seen 2016 flooding with the hack tricks all over.
Now coming back to the balm, it has a runny consistency so a few drop goes well for the face and neck. What impressed me most is the ingredient list starting from glycerin, which is in just about every face primer on the market followed by witch hazel ( sad luck for those who are intolerant to witch hazel).
This contains no alcohol (when I say alcohol, I'm talking about iso-propyl alcohol, SD alcohol, denatured alcohol, ethyl alcohol, and rubbing alcohol, which can have a drying effect on certain skin types) but it was all good for sensitive skin like mine, I have dry and sensitive type which is prone to breakout and flakiness at the same time.
In a country like India where the weather is such harsh I would say its really hard to pick up a primer that works well and available in India at the same time; plus budget is another issue. I got this from local drugstore shop at INR 235 (so cheap right? )
How to use:
1. Cleanse your face using your regular routine.
2. Apply your favorite moisturizer
3. Take a small amount on your palm dabbing the balm on your skin and let it sit for a minute ( it feels tacky at first later on dries out)
4. Apply your regular foundation or makeup routine
PROS-
1. It is cheap and available everywhere.
2. You get that cologne kinda smell which I personally like the most but if you don't like it don't worry it fades in time
3. Doesn't break out
4. Does the job nicely
5. Blends easily
6. Specially for sensitive skin
CONS-
1. Honestly I tried this during winter, so am skeptic about the it during summer
2. The fact that you are using a men's product might bother some
3. Might not work for people intolerant for Witch Hazel
4. Might not work for super oily skin
5. Doesn't cover up pores
CONCLUSION:
I will be using it definitely till spring and if it works for summer am not going back to my other primers.
It is one good hack that one should try till the time they don't lay down their eye to some other primer according to their choice.
out of 5 I would say its a 4.5 product.
This contains no alcohol (when I say alcohol, I'm talking about iso-propyl alcohol, SD alcohol, denatured alcohol, ethyl alcohol, and rubbing alcohol, which can have a drying effect on certain skin types) but it was all good for sensitive skin like mine, I have dry and sensitive type which is prone to breakout and flakiness at the same time.
In a country like India where the weather is such harsh I would say its really hard to pick up a primer that works well and available in India at the same time; plus budget is another issue. I got this from local drugstore shop at INR 235 (so cheap right? )
How to use:
1. Cleanse your face using your regular routine.
2. Apply your favorite moisturizer
3. Take a small amount on your palm dabbing the balm on your skin and let it sit for a minute ( it feels tacky at first later on dries out)
4. Apply your regular foundation or makeup routine
PROS-
1. It is cheap and available everywhere.
2. You get that cologne kinda smell which I personally like the most but if you don't like it don't worry it fades in time
3. Doesn't break out
4. Does the job nicely
5. Blends easily
6. Specially for sensitive skin
CONS-
1. Honestly I tried this during winter, so am skeptic about the it during summer
2. The fact that you are using a men's product might bother some
3. Might not work for people intolerant for Witch Hazel
4. Might not work for super oily skin
5. Doesn't cover up pores
CONCLUSION:
I will be using it definitely till spring and if it works for summer am not going back to my other primers.
It is one good hack that one should try till the time they don't lay down their eye to some other primer according to their choice.
out of 5 I would say its a 4.5 product.
