Napoleon Auto Pilot Pre-Foundation Skin Primer

Wise words by Napolean, and the fact that this seems to be a cult favourite primer means a beauty addict such as myself had to get my hands on it. And it did.

Firstly the packaging is pretty cool, being metallic gold, with black detailing, and coming in a squeezy tube, which just seems to release the perfect amount of product with a gentle squeeze.

The product itself, well i have to say im used to silicon based primers, and this.. well its not. This primer feel and looks like a moisturiser. Its white in colour, and creamy. It even feels like a moisturizer when applying this onto my skin, which is great for those cooler winter months, but i do find this primer isn't ideal for my oily t-zone.

I do find that this primer makes my makeup last a lot longer, and it also seems to hydrate my skin, rather than showing up dry patches of skin which i find some silicon primers do.

Overall a really decent primer, and i think its worth a try for everyone. I know it does seem pricey, but iv been using mine daily for the last 3 months and it feels like i havent even dented this product.

This is a pretty decent primer. It's a bit moisturizing, very smooth to apply and it dries fairly quickly. I don't feel like it makes my face any smoother for the foundation, but I have Porefessional for that. My pet peeve about this primer is that it's so watery! Seriously, this is the thinnest primer I have ever used, which I am honestly not a fan of. Otherwise, it does the job well enough.

This isn't cheap but it really is a great product. It smells nice, goes on easily and makes your skin feel soft and dewy.

This is a great primer. I used it for ages until I came across a tinted primer which controls oil and sliding just a little better than this. However I found this so hydrating and smoothing (once I was stuck without a moisturiser and this calmed and hydrated my skin on its own), didn't irritate or congestmy skin and my make up did last longer. Sadly for my super oily skin, I prefer something with a little more shine control, but I would definitely use this again

I first got convinced to try this when I was randomly shopping around for a new primer. I had never tried any Napoleon Perdis products and the sales girl was really good at her job, so I decided to purchase it.

When I first tried it, well, I was quite disappointed. It didn't seem to make my make up last any longer and also for some reason made my face quite oily and my foundation was quite shiny. Rather than give up (as I have tried in the past) I changed my moisturiser and wow, what a difference it made.

My foundation definitely became a lot more long lasting. Didn't really do anything with camouflaging or minimising my pores or helping with the fine lines under my eyes, so am still looking for a primer that will help with that.

Being that it is a bit of a pricey primer, it is lucky that you don't need a lot to do the job, so should help with making the product last a lot longer.

It is a smooth, gentle primer that gives a great flawless base for your foundation. I just love my autopilot.

This was the first primer I ever tried and I'll be honest, it changed my life! Makeup stayed put! I looked as good at the end of the night as I had at the start! I had tried it out with a makeover in Farmers, so the next day I ran back in to buy it, student budget be damned.

This product is light and non greasy. It goes easily on your skin, leaving it feeling smooth and ready to receive makeup. It stops foundation clogging your pores (I hate that feeling!) and my skin feels lovely after I wash it off.

I don't wear makeup often anymore so my NP primer and I are on a break, but I'll always have a soft spot in my heart for the primer that showed me makeup could be so much more than I realised!

The NP Auto Pilot primer is something I have used for years and although I do prefer my thicker primers and pore refining ones such as Benefit's Porefessional, I love the feeling of the Auto Pilot on my skin, and the slight sheen it gives me when first applied. I would recommend these to those with normal to dry skin as it is moisturising and instead of sitting directly on the skin like most primers, this one kinda absorbs and smooths out the skin that way. In terms of longevity for my face products, I think this does the job - not sure if it is the best, but it is definitely an option for those with dry, patchy skin to make foundation look better and not cling.