Product Review: Avon Magix Face Protector SPF 20

photo taken from www.avon.com

Product Description:

A magical air-light gel-powder colorless formula that makes all skin tones look flawless... invisible coverage; instant perfection. Banish shine up to 10 hours.

Active Ingredients:
OCTINOXATE 7.5%
OCTISALATE 4.0%

Other Ingredients:
DIMETHICONE
CYCLOPENTASILOXANE
CELLULOSE
CYCLOMETHICONE
CETEARYL DIMETHICONE CROSSPOLYMER
ALUMINA
ACRYLATES/DIMETHICONE COPOLYMER
SILICA
NYLON-12
HDI/TRIMETHYLOL HEXYLLACTONE CROSSPOLYMER
C30-45 ALKYL METHICONE
C30-45 OLEFIN
PEG/PPG-20/23 DIMETHICONE
LAURYL PEG-9 POLYDIMETHYLSILOXYETHYL DIMETHICONE
CAPRYLYL GLYCOL
DIMETHICONE CROSSPOLYMER
POLYETHYLENE
BORON NITRIDE
PARFUM/FRAGRANCE
TOCOPHEROL

I've been wanting to try this out for the longest time since I read so many good reviews about this product. I have extremely oily skin and I'm still looking for my HG oil control product. So when Toma (www.makeupmasala) sold this in her site, I grabbed the chance to try it out.

Upon trying this product, I had a good impression. It's color is white when you squeeze it out of the tube, but becomes colorless when you apply it to your face. It instantly blurred my pores and provided a smooth canvas to put my makeup on. It dried right away too. It reminded me of Monistat anti-chafing gel, but this one didn't make my skin rougher.

However, whoever wrote this product description has never met someone like me! It claims to banish oil for up to 10 hours. I've read reviews from others who said that it controlled the oil for 6 hours or more. Unfortunately, for my case, it only controlled the oiliness for 1 and 1/2 hours! Haha! That's actually good for just one oil control product alone, but I still hoped that it would go on for a little longer. Combined with other oil control products, it controlled my oiliness for around 2 and 1/2 to 3 hours, which is still not bad.

Sadly, this did not hold my makeup as well as my other primers. With my other primers, a lot of makeup really comes off when I wash my face at the end of the day. With this one, there was considerably less makeup left.

So once again, I'm giving a rundown of the pros and cons of this product:

PROS

• blurs imperfections
• has SPF
• leaves a smooth finish
  
• dries quickly
• did not cause breakouts
• non-drying
• has oil control
• is in a tube, so is therefore hygienic
  

CONS

• not available locally
• does not hold makeup as well as other primers

So will I buy this again? Probably not. Despite the fact that I like this product and there are a lot more pros than cons, it didn't hold my makeup well, which is a big problem for me.