Maybelline Poreless Jelly Hydrating Blur Face Primer Review & Swatches

Maybelline Poreless Jelly 24HR Hydrating Blurring Primer ($9.99) is a new cooling gel facial primer that contains 2% niacinamide which preps, primes, and blurs pores for smooth, flawless foundation application. I picked this up on a whim not really paying attention to the fact it said “blurring” as I just read “jelly” and I thought it would a gripping formula. I live pore-free existence over aside from smaller pores on my nose so blurring or silicone primers aren’t really my thing. I prefer more moisturizing facial primers! But after trying Maybelline Poreless Jelly Hydrating Blur Face Primer I can honestly say I ADORE this formula.

As may you know Maybelline Grippy Serum Primer released at the same time as Poreless Jelly Hydrating Blur Face Primer and I must say both formulas are outstanding. Bravo Maybelline for creating not one but two solid primer formulas. If gripping primers aren’t your deal and you have pores or texture you want to smooth the Poreless Jelly formula is your girl.

You may be familiar with an old review I did of the Touch In Sol Pretty Filter Icy Sherbet Primer. I absolute love that primer! It’s cooling, it’s smoothing, it’s lightly hydrating, and it makes makeup look flawless. If you by some chance read my review, purchased it, and loved it too you’ll be happy to know Maybelline Poreless Jelly Hydrating Blur Face Primer is the same concept. Below I compared the ingreidents in both formulas and as you can see aside a few things like fragrance and the addition of niacinamide a lot of the ingredients are quite similar. Maybelline’s formula is fragrance-free, contains niacinamide, but doesn’t have Sodium Hyaluronate. But the overall base is actually very similar.

Ingredients in Touch In Sol Pretty Filter Icy Sherbet Primer:
Water/Aqua/Eau, Sodium Acrylates Crosspolymer-2, Glycerin, Butylene Glycol, Dipropylene Glycol, 1,2-Hexanediol, PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil, Caprylyl Glycol, Carbomer, Tromethamine, Ethylhexylglycerin, Theobroma Cacao (Cocoa) Extract, Sodium Hyaluronate, Prunus Serrulata Flower Extract, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Paeonia Albiflora Flower Extract, Dextrin, Alaria Esculenta Extract, Pseudanabaena Galeata Extract, Red 33 (CI 17200), Fragrance, Citronellol, Hexyl Cinnamal, Linalool, Geraniol.

Ingredients in Maybelline Poreless Jelly Hydrating Blur Face Primer
Aqua / Water / Eau, Butylene Glycol, Glycerin, Sodium Acrylates Crosspolymer-2, Niacinamide, Dipropylene Glycol, 1,2-Hexanediol, Carbomer, Aminomethyl Propanediol, Caprylyl Glycol, PPG-26-Buteth-26, PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil. May Contain: CI 42090 / Blue 1]. (F.I.L. N70047392/1).

It performs identical to Touch of Sol’s formula as well with the same heavy silicone-like consistency that’s soft and sorbet like. Once applied to skin it immediately provides this refreshing cooling effect and “bursts” or melts into skin like water. Instantly it smooths skin, will blur pores, and uneven skin texture and you’ll have a beautiful surface to apply foundation on. I don’t have pores or texture but even I can see how smooth and glass-like my skin looked after application. It just melts in and makes skin look super duper smooth. And yes, it will extend your foundation wear. Foundation applies easily on top of this and allows remain fresher for an two or three hours longer than normal wear without fading. I thought it was particularly nice around the corners of my nose which is normally a dry area for me and my foundation tends to gather here and look dry but not with this in place.

It’s a beautiful primer formula and a like my beloved Touch in Sol! I also like the fact it’s available in a tube with a pump versus the jar that Touch of Sol Pretty Filter Icy Sherbet Primer comes in! I highly recommend checking Maybelline Poreless Jelly Hydrating Blur Face Primer out. It’s a keeper!

Maybelline Poreless Jelly Hydrating Blur Face Primer is available now and Muse Approved.

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