Rimmel Stay Matte Primer Review

Oily skinned gals you need to give this a try! I have naturally very oily skin which is great for me in the ageing department but makes it horrible for applying base makeup. The thing I love most about this primer is that it has no silicone feel, that's what I loathe about mattifying primers - they're so slippery and greasy feeling, like do I want to add that to my already oil slick face?! No. So this beauty is fantastic! It's semi thick, creamy white and blends out smoothly (leaves behind no white cast either). Any foundation I choose to use will work over this, the product doesn't ball up, look patchy, cakey or streaky like with the silicone feeling ones. Whether you're on a budget or not you should definitely give this a try, foundation wear time is prolonged, application is flawless and the finish is beautiful for hours!

I'm very new to primers and when I saw this on love my makeup website I for a great price of $11 I added it to my cart.

The tube is a white 30ml tube, a very generous size. Purple writing and a purple screw top lid. Sqeeze it and out comes the product.

The primer is just a bit thicker than moisturizer and you can instantly feel the matte once it is on your fingertips. Glides on well and drys super fast. Reduces the apperence of my pores and doesn't over dry my skin.

Applying my foundation on top of this product j find if I use a sponge and pat it on I get a flawless finish. Using a brush I get a streaky look unfortunately.

I find I can use 3 of my 4 foundations with this product. 1 just doesn't sit well on my face with this primer. With all 3 foundations I wind up with a matte and flawless finish.

It lasts really well, I do find on hot days my makeup doesn't last all day with this primer but if u add a setting spray on top it doesn't move.

This product is worth the price I will continue to use this item but I am also in the market for a new one too

I decided to try the Rimmel Stay Matte Primer as I also have the Stay Matte Pressed Powder.

As a product, it comes in a white tube with purple writing/graphics and a purple lid. The primer inside is white and would be be compared to a moisturiser in terms of look and cosistancy, but had a different feel being matte.

On the skin there was a mattifying effect, nothing huge but it did add a matte tone to the skin. It can sometimes be slightly drying, but I usually have mosituriser underneath anyway which I find prevents this. The formula also is lightweight on the skin and not heavy or greasy.

In terms of its other claims I can't say I really noticed any pore minimising, but I also don't really notice my pores that said. Nor would I say it always lasted 8 hours, but it did definitely increase the longevity of make up, especially with setting products over the foundation. And being matte, it definitely acted as a bit of a shine control.

I think it is a good choice for a cheap product, but I would try other products before I repurchase it.

I have used this primer many times,as its matte this is why I purchased it,I dot it over my skin then use a small blending eyeshadow brush to buff it into my skin around my nose,cheeks and forehead,this gets the product into my pores and when I place my foundation on over the top it's a clear canvas,I have high end primers but this Rimmal one does just a good job as them,I still have some as I am typing this as I can rely on it for a matte finish with a matte foundation

Throughout the day my skin is seriously oily and I mean seriously oily. You can literally see the oil on my face and my makeup is just sliding off and patchy, so after looking around I decided I would try a primer to help make my makeup last and face less oily.

What more can I say other than I flipping love this product! It has honestly changed the way my makeup looks because it actually stays on my face whereas before I may as well not even worn any it looked so bad. It keeps my face matte, it doesn't get oily and so, therefore, my makeup lasts all day.

The product itself was smaller than I expected, it's only 30ml but the price is pretty good and it's worth it regardless! I haven't noticed that my makeup goes on smoother, it's just keeping it matte. This product is also great because you can also apply it over top of your makeup if you forget or think that you didn't apply enough, and it doesn't leave marks or mess up your foundation at all. I just used a stippling brush and dabbed it on all over when I tried this and it worked really well.

Would I recommend this product or repurchase? Hell yes! If you have oily skin, you need this in your life. I have no idea how I lived so long without haha. But seriously, it's worth a shot if you've tried other primers and haven't had any luck.

I bought this to use under my liquid foundation to stop me from looking shiny and I'm really not a fan. Not sure if it's my technique or I just don't like the matte look. It makes any foundation applied over top look cakey and dry and I find it makes everything cling to the tiny hairs on my face, which is not a great look. Other people seem to love it so maybe it's my skin that's not oily enough for it to work properly.

I grabbed this in a hurry as I needed a Primer for that night & didn't want to spend more than $20. This was all Farmers had for under $20 at the time. What a waste of money!

I find it thick & heavy and it just sits on my skin and everything on top slides off. It does minimise the appearance of my pores but that's useless when my foundation just slides off or sits strange. I found where I have hair on my face (upper lip, close to hairline) it did this weird thing where it kind of separated a bit.

I can get quite oily skin, but it usually doesn't tend to happen till the afternoon at work.

This felt good going on and seemed like it could be a winner, but every time I've tired it it does the opposite for me, I would be oilier earlier and felt really gross.

It doesn't have any smell and the product itself doesn't feel oily on application.

Really dis pointed lucky it was a trademe purchase just to see if I liked it.

It is a good sized tube, maybe it will work for others

This was the first matte primer I purchased so don't really have anything else to compare it to. That being said, I probably wouldn't repurchase.

I have oily/combination skin and tend to get quite shiny in the t-zone during the day. I found that although this product helped keep the rest of my face matte (less oily) during the day, it didn't really work around and on my nose. This was because I had such an issue applying makeup on my nose after putting this on my face, my foundation just wouldn't stick on my nose and would be really patchy and my pores were just accentuated more than usual. It's super thick, so much so that at times I found it hard to blend into my skin.