Alicia Maude

Aug 27, 2020

REVIEW: Ciaté Watermelon Burst Hydrating Primer

I got this primer in a Birchbox; UNBOXING: Birchbox UK July 2020 and thought I would try it out for a blog post.

CLAIMS:

Hydrate and combat dehydration
Moisturize for up to 24 hours
Vegan
Brighten
Refresh
Lightweight, water-based
Skin-loving ingredients like witch hazel extract, vitamin E and hyaluronic acid
Suitable for all skin types
Pink jelly base actively brightens and refines pores while the seed-like watermelon extract droplets burst through the pump and supply the skin with intense hydration

INGREDIENTS:

Water (Aqua), Butylene Glycol, Glycerin, Hamamelis Virginiana (Witch Hazel) Extract, Phenoxyethanol, PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Chlorphenesin, Alcohol, Niacinamide, Benzophenone-4, Sodium Hydroxide, Fragrance (Parfum), Tocopheryl Acetate, Pentylene Glycol, Trisodium Ethylenediamine Disuccinate, Trehalose, Urea, Agar, Aluminum Starch Octenylsuccinate, Serine, Citrullus Lanatus (Watermelon) Fruit Extract, Disodium EDTA, Algin, Caprylyl Glycol, Disodium Phosphate, Glyceryl Polyacrylate, Pullulan, Sodium Hyaluronate, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Polyquaternium-39, Potassium Phosphate, Sodium Benzoate, Tin Oxide, Limonene, Linalool, Iron Oxides (CI 77499), Red 4 (CI 14700), Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891), Yellow 5 (CI 19140)

HOW TO:

Simply smooth over cleansed skin before applying your make up for long-lasting hydration and make up that won't move all day!

Now before I start I will be applying this primer only on one side, on my right (left in the pictures).

Look #1

I washed my face, moisturised and let that sink in prior to adding the primer.

I massaged this primer into my skin, it felt nice and the side with the primer had a bit more of a glow.

The foundation I used was Anastasia Beverly Hills Stick Foundation in which I did a blog post on it last year: FIRST IMPRESSIONS: Anastasia Beverly Hills Stick Foundation, I used a Real Techniques Miracle Complexion Sponge to blend it in. The foundation looks a lot more even on the side of the primer.

Makeup all done, on my eyes I have a primer plus James Charles palette which I was testing out, to see that blog post it was called REVIEW: Morphe X James Charles The Mini Palette, I used Zoeva eyebrow pencil, Too Faced Better Than Sex Mascara, Benefit Hoola Bronzer, no concealer, no highlighter or powder.

UPDATE #1 (10am): My skin on both sides look dry and patchy but not as bad on the side with the primer.

UPDATE #2 (6pm): The eyeshadow has definitely moved on the eye without primer.

Date Tried: Monday 13th July 2020

Look #2

Same as the last look, washed and moisturised.

Feels hydrating on the side the primer was applied.

I love MAC Face & Body, I applied it using a Real Techniques buffing brush, this is a dewy foundation but even dewy(ier) on the side with primer.

The only face product I used was Benefit Hoola bronzer otherwise it was just eye stuff. I love how this looks.

Update #1 (2pm): Both sides look good.

Update #2 (7:30pm): Both sides look dry, it doesn't feel so dry on the side with the primer.

Date Tried: Wednesday 15th July 2020

Look #3

I know I had an eye bogey

It's so weird having these black bits in it but I just rub them in.

Foundation is IT Cosmetics, you will have seen it in many blog posts but if you want to know what I think of the foundation it was called REVIEW: IT Cosmetics Your Skin But Better CC+ Cream with SPF 50+, I applied it using my Real Techniques Miracle Complexion Sponge.

The makeup may look familiar, I was doing the REVIEW: Morphe X James Charles The Mini Palette, the only face product I used was Benefit Hoola Bronzer.

UPDATE #1 (5:30pm): Dry but okay right now.

UPDATE #2 (6pm): It doesn't look so bad.

Date Tried: Sunday 19th July 2020

Look #4

Washed and moisturised.

Primer applied on one side and feels good.

Foundation is NYX Professional Makeup Total Control Drop Foundation which I did a blog post: FIRST IMPRESSIONS: NYX Professional Makeup Total Control Drop Foundation, I used a Real Techniques Miracle Complexion Sponge to blend it in.

I was doing another blog post whilst doing this; REVIEW: Maybelline Lemonade Craze Eyeshadow Palette, the only face product I used was Benefit Hoola Bronzer.

Update #1 (5:30pm): Slight dry.

Update #2 (9pm): The side without primer is dry compared to with.

Date: Monday 20th July 2020

Look #5

God I look rough.

Very dewy looking on one side.

The foundation I am using was in this blog post: FIRST IMPRESSIONS: Revlon ColorStay™ Foundation For Normal/Dry Skin, I used a Real Techniques sponge, I am going to be honest, I can't tell a difference between the sides.