Bye-Bye Pores!
One second away from smooth, poreless skin.
Why You’ll Love It
Insta-blur technology visibly smoothes pores away.
Can be worn alone or under makeup.
Non-comedogenic and fragrance-free.
For Best Results
Smooth a thin layer under foundation for a smooth-looking finish. Or use alone for flawless-looking skin, smoothing onto areas with visible pores.
Price: R89.95
Availability: Selected retailers and pharmacies.
31 Responses
When I say “Baby Skin”, you may never understand my excitement when I found out this “much raved’ about primer was hitting South African shores. In fact, I stalked my local Foschini until they had received stock, and then bought the first two primers I could get my hands on. Like any other blogger, I rushed home, admired the packaging for a few good minutes, and then went straight to testing out the primer.
I’m going to start off my review by talking about the packaging, because who doesn’t love a product with a pretty cool packaging? I loved the teal and turquoise packaging with the hot pink writing, it catches my attention as soon as I glance at the product. The packaging is quite sturdy, and I especially love the screw on cap, so there is no spillage if you’re travelling around. I do believe that overseas, the Baby Skin tube is packaged in a cardboard and plastic packaging, I would have really appreciated that in South Africa, so I know the product I’ve purchased hasn’t been tampered with in stores.
The Baby Skin tube labels this primer as an “instant pore eraser”, the tube also states that baby skin is a lightweight primer, for smooth, poreless looking skin and that the primer is only for adults. I was a little surprised, because this primer didn’t really state whether it was for any specific skin type, plus there isn’t much information available on the packaging about the product, but since everybody raved about this product, I really wanted to try it out.
After testing out the product on my hand, I was amazed, this primer felt velvety soft and smooth on the back of my hand, which made me even more excited to try it out. The first day I tried out the primer, I wore it with a full face of make up, I applied a pea sized about of primer to my moisturised face, and gave it a few minutes to settle in and then applied my make up, my make up applied like a dream, it looked flawless in the pictures, which got me really excited because I thought I found my Holy Grail primer, until a few hours after applying my skin looked really oily, like past trying to save with translucent powder oily. YIKES!
I tired to remain as calm as possible and be positive, maybe it was just too much make up for my primer to handle (said no woman ever), I tried it a few days later with just regular BB cream and some powder, but nope, still looking like I left the house with oil on my face. I was beginning to get disappointed because maybe this primer just wasn’t cut out for me. I have oily skin, well combination skin to be exact, and this primer made my skin look plain down too oily to deal with.
Don’t get me wrong, this primer is a really powerful primer, it leaves skin feeling soft and smooth, with a well moisturised feeling, it also blurrs imperfections on skin, making skin appear flawless and “smooth – looking”, plus it is a perfect canvas for make up, as make up glides on, but it is really NOT cut out for oily skin, I really tried to work around the primer, but I couldn’t. It just isn’t meant for combination/oily skin.
So would I recommend Maybelline Baby Skin? Yes I would, ONLY if you have dry skin, if you have combination or oily skin, I really wouldn’t recommend this primer because you’ll just be left with more of an oily look than you can really handle. The Maybelline Baby Skin retails for R89 and is available at Foschini, Dis-Chem and Clicks.
I tried out this primer after reading so many good reviews about it and I must say it really does what it says it does, it made my skin so soft and really blurred my pores, this is a beauty must have if you are looking for that fresh face look. I love this primer and its really easy on your wallet too.
I felt like this product does work very well. It hid my pores and gave a smooth finish with my foundation. For the price I think this product is worth it, compared to paying over R300 with other pore erasers. The problem I had with this was it made my skin a bit dry. My skin is generally dry in some areas and this made it worse. Applying this with a primer would help with that problem
I’ve used a primer before and wasn’t happy with the results, maybe it didn’t suit my skin type, BUT this little tube is an awesome product! It goes on easily and makes my skin really smooth and soft. I use it alone which gives my face a natural smooth finish and I use it daily under my foundation which makes my face look really fresh and polished. This is definitely a must have product that’s found its way into my daily routine!
This is the 1st primer I’ve tried that has really impressed me. It smooths out my skin and fills in /blurs my pores like nothing else I’ve ever used before.
It’s extremely affordable and worth a try for everyone.
foundation goes on so smoothly and lasts longer.
I will repurchase over and over, although my 1st tube seems to be lasting me for quite a long time.
I bought this after reading up on all the overseas hype on it.
There is a reason why there is all that hype – it’s a fantastic blurring and softening skin primer, and it is so budget friendly it’s insane!
Everyone raved so about this primer that I had to go out and get one but honestly I am not too impressed, I find it to be too oily for me and it actually makes my makeup slip around a bit (probably cause of the oiliness). I think maybe better suited for people with dry skin that can handle the richness of it. The product feels good on skin and goes on silky and soft with a typical silicone primer feel. But then I find it settles quickly to a oily layer. Also I kind of expected the tube to be a bit bigger. The packaging is pretty though and the price is good and I’m sure I will try using it again when my skin is dry and can deal with it
I have used the primer for two weeks now and when I apply it my pores are less visible, my skin feels soft (since I have dry skin that is a huge plus) and my make-up lasts longer.
Budget friendly and as per the title, just as good as all the more expensive higher end brands.
The product is around R50 and available at clicks, Dischem and some pharmacies.
It is silicon based and has a gel texture which applies smoothly and minimizes the appearance of pores. – no product will make them disappear. Not forever at least.
It creates a perfect canvas by acting as a makeup primer and smoothes the appearance of your skin so that foundation applied over it will have an even and smooth finish.
It has a bit of a chemically smell due to it being silicon based.
I would recommend this product to others however anyone with really oily skin will not benefit from this product.
Honestly, I think it is okay… I think it works for dry or combination skin because it is somewhat oily. I would recommend you buy it because it is worth the money as it makes make up last long.