Benefit Cosmetics The POREfessional Lite Ultra-lightweight Face Primer Mini

Most Helpful Positive Review

Performed Better Than Expected

I greatly appreciate the chance to try Benefit's new POREfessional Lite water based primer, and was gifted a full size tube in exchange for my honest review and opinion. Thank you Benefit and Influenster!! 🥰 As soon as I squirted a little bit of the primer onto the top of my hand and rubbed it in,... I immediately recognized the formula from another company. I figure some of y'all may have this other primer as well, so I figured I would do a side-by-side wear test with a full face of makeup so y'all can decide whether or not this is worth the purchase. I applied Benefit's primer onto the left side of my face and Touch in Sol's Icy Sherbert primer onto the right side of my face. Even though they are water based primers, I have never experienced a silicone foundation/concealer breaking up on top of the Touch in Sol, so I thought that perhaps Benefit's would be identical. It absolutely is! I used Hourglass concealer and Charlotte Tilbury foundation, neither of which broke apart over either primer. I set it with Tatcha Setting Powder and Morphe Illuminating Setting Spray afterwards. I forgot to take pictures of myself at the very beginning, but both sides of my face looked nearly identical. Benefit seemed to do a better job of blurring and minimizing pores however. After wearing the makeup for 6 hours, everything still looked pretty identical. The Touch in Sol was beginning to crease under my eye and around my dimples, but it wasn't bad. Both primers boast that they work for 12 hours and although I stopped the test after 10-11 hours, I could see where it was going. The pictures show the results afterwards and I tried to highlight the real problem areas. Neither primer gave me an issue around my nose, which is usually a problem area for me. However, both primers definitely started to lose their blurring capability and the creasing was getting real in some spots. From a couple feet away, my face still looked fairly flawless. Up close was a different story as you can see from the photos. All in all, I am quite impressed with Benefit's version of this primer. It feels and looks like a gel substance and provides a slight cooling effect upon application. The full size tube is about 0.8fl oz. for around $30 (Touch in Sol is twice the amount for around $34) so you don't get as much for your money, but you really don't need a ton either. I think for the drastic long-term difference between the two, Benefit is 100% worth the purchase. You will find that it works with a multitude of silicone based foundations/concealers. I truly enjoyed testing this out and have happily added it to my arsenal of primers (self proclaimed primer addict lol). I doubt you'll be disappointed. OH, and this new primer of theirs does NOT enhance skin texture like the original POREfessional primer had a tendency to do. Definitely plan on purchasing another tube once this one gets used up. 100% Recommend, especially for dry-skin. 💜