Almay Smart Shade Colour Correct Primer Review

i bought this product to even out my skin tone ,and because it came in a pump bottle.as they are always easier to use.,it is a clear bottle with a swirled green/purple gel product which is surposed to colour correct the skin.the green reduces redness and the purple evens out skin tone and covers any darkness around the eye area.i felt abit on the fence with this product,it toned down the redness on my face a wee bit, but thats all it did,it never evened out my skin tone,nor did it brighten my skin,if i was sensitive when applying it around my eyes it made my under eye area sting..so i gave up using it,i may tryy it again another time but at this stage i would not re buy it again

I gotta admit, I was drawn to this product just because it looked cool and I needed a new primer.

The pump has these cool swirls of green and lavender liquid that get mixed together as it is pumped out the bottle.

As a primer it spreads easily as becomes invisible on the skin when rubbed in. I didn't particularly like the scent of the product, but it was bearable.

In terms of its effect, it has a slight correction effect, but it didn't wow me. It does have a nice feel to it though.

All in all, while I would use it, I'd look around first.

I cannot believe how good this primer is, I am so very pleased with my latest purchase.

Firstly - The formula. It is made up of green, lavender and clear gel. I've tried other green primers before and they did absoultely nothing, but due to how hydrating this one was I thought I would give it a go, plus it was $10 off! I was pleasantly surprised at its colour correcting performance. It didn't take away my redness completely - it is a primer, not a concealer after all - but it did definitely tone it down. The lavender did a decent job at waking up the face - it's not illuminating, nor is it 'brightening' in the way that 'That girl' is brightening, but it leaves the face looking less dull. Now for the part that I was most pleased with - the gel. The gel smoothed out my face as well as hydrating it. I have normal to dry/dehydrated skin - and this just hydrated my face, and made such a smooth canvas for make-up. It left the face feeling so soft, smooth, and did a fantastic job at smoothing out my pores - Which was amazing considering it's not a pore reducing primer. I usually use some type of pore filling primer underneath, but I didn't feel the need with this. Now onto the rest - The bottle is fantastic - it's one of those pump bottles that pushes from the bottom up, so you don't get any wasted product, and you can see how much you are using each time. I love this, and it's so rare to see in the drugstore. The smell - the smell is the only thing that made me hesitant at first - but it quickly disappears once applied to the face - it is only noticeable when you first pump it out.

I have oily, pimple-prone skin which is also extremely sensitive. Having pimples and sensitivity can cause my skin to be extremely red at times. My skin can also appear quite dull at times, so therefore I really wanted try this primer, but unfortunately my skin is too sensitive for it and my face felt like it was on fire. This product obviously did not decrease the redness of my skin like it said it would, it only makes it worse!

The bottle is an easy to use pump bottle with clear writing that makes it obvious what the product is, which I really appreciate. The bottle is clear, so you can see the swirls of green, lavender and clear product together in the bottle, which looks really awesome.

I don't know how to explain the fragrance of the product, but I don't like it. It doesn't smell of chemicals, it's just not a scent I like.

I would not recommend this product to anyone with sensitive skin because of how it made my skin feel. I feel like this is a product that maybe more suitable for someone with normal skin.