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The full name is actually L'Oreal Studio Secrets Professional Smoothing Resurfacing Primer, but there was no more space, hah!

Product

They say: Get the perfect skin texture, instantly and all day. Smoothes lines. Hides pores. Banishes imperfections. The silky, lightweight formula glides onto skin, leaving it velvety-smooth to the touch. The result- a unified matte finish that's flawless.

Rate: 3.75 out of 5

Regarding the product;

Just by looking at it, it does look professional because of the jar and is overall looks very well packaged. The cap is plastic while the rest of it is glass. The thickness of the glass is about 3-4mm and the diameter of the mouth of the jar is about 2.5 cm (1 in) and there is 15 mL (0.5 fl oz.). The consistency of the primer was VERY thick, mousse-like, and velvety.

Likes: It made my skin soft, erased shine, and made my pores less visible, but did not completely hide them. I LOVE what it does for my face in texture. You don't have to use a lot of the product and it doesn't have that oily feeling like the SmashBox primer. Hard to say whether or not my foundation stays longer because of it, since I use Revlon Colorstay.

Dislikes: Honestly, there were a lot of things I didn't like. One of them was the jar itself. Let me just say it is INSANELY small. It's much like the size of a sample product just slightly bigger. At first it was fine because I just swept my fingers across the top, but after a while of use, I'd try getting some product and it's hard NOT getting it stuck under your nails and digging it out from there and putting it on your face along with the dirt that might be under your nails is just an uncomfortable thought. Sometimes my skin will be slightly dry from my face wash and the primer just brings out the flakiness or cracks, emphasizing it.

Even though there was a lot I don't like about it, I would repurchase it. It's just got such a great consistency and results, I've pretty much learned to work around it's imperfections. (Such as using moisturizer for the dryness and toothpicks to scoop out the product)

I have the same stuff!! I'm not sure if it's repurchase worthy though. I don't have big pores at all, so it feels like I paid like 10+ dollars to have my face feel good. If they made it with corrective green tint or something, maybe it'd be worth it.

I used to have a habit of constant glue on nails. (Not very classy I know. But I wasn't able to make pink leopard print nails without having them not on my fingers xd The idea of paying to get them done bothers me. I'm competent enough with a thing of glue... ) and I always had trouble getting it out. My nails scratched it up. So I ended up using the edge of my nail to pick it up, using an outward motion instead of inwards. Then dabbing it on wherever necessary and then using the pad of my finger for spreading. It actually helped a lot.

You use Colorstay too? Even their lightest shade is too dark for me. scream It's not too bad and its best match yet though, so occasionally I use it.

It didn't make me break out and I have acne prone skin, too. Oil, I'm not too sure. I do remember hearing though, that this one is particularly less greasy than some other primers. But I didn't get an increase in oil when using it.