Review: Nurturing Force blot out offensive shine

I have had this little guy in my kit for a year now, so I definitely have my opinions about it. My overall opinion in 3 short words: ONE MINUTE MAN   hahahaha!

Let me explain. I first heard about this primer from Enkore on YouTube. He gave a description of what it did in the video and it looked amazing. It takes away shine and fills in pores. And what I loved what that it can be used as a primer for airbrush makeup as well. Here is what the product claims:

This is not a gel formulated mattifier, but a cream that dries down fast with a smooth tack to the skin. It bonds immediately and invisibly with all skin types. It provides a no slip surface that enables makeup to bond to skin completely without causing any sliding, cracking, or bubbling that can happen with other anti-shine liquids or gels.

There is much more but you get the point. So here is what the product looks and feels like. It comes in a tub and is a white cream. When I say white, I mean clown white lol. This didn't bother me as long as I could blend it to a clear finish. Swiping product off with your fingers feels slippery and soft, but if you want to grab a whole chunk it's quite hard to push through.

How does it perform? Well, after trying this on myself and clients for a year, whether applying it with a sponge, fingers, or brush, it is very hard to blend and dries extremely fast! When using a sponge, it does not seem to blend the product all that well and white streaks are left behind, same with a brush. Using your fingers is your best option but even then, you have to work lightning fast because it dries quickly and becomes hard to blend out the white streaks. Many times I have used this product and just left the white streaks on a clients face and going over it with foundation covers it up no problem, but I still don't like the white streaks!

As far as oil control, this baby takes away oil as soon as you rub it into your oily skin.... BUT..... this is not a recipe for "long lasting" oil control. I was always confused by the fact that it instantly takes oil away so quickly, but does not stand the test of time. You get oily soon after so that is why I reviewed it as the one minute man, only works for so little a time.

So I went on Cosmetic Cop's website to look up the ingredients and here is what I found. 

Ingredients: Aloe Barbadensis Gel (Aloe Vera Gel): There is no real evidence that aloe vera helps the skin in any significant way. There is research indicating that isolated components of aloe vera, such as glycoprotein, can have some effectiveness for wound healing and as an anti-irritant. However, when mixed into a cosmetic product, it is doubtful those qualities remain, although it may still play a role in binding moisture to skin.

Water (Aqua) The most widely used cosmetic ingredient; water is almost always listed first on an ingredient label because it is usually the ingredient with the highest concentration. Yet, despite claims of the skin’s need for hydration and the claims regarding special types of water used, it turns out that water may not be an important ingredient for skin. Only a 10% concentration of water in the outer layer of skin is necessary for softness and pliability in this part of the epidermis .

Stearic Acid: Fatty acid used as an emollient and as an agent to help keep other ingredients intact in a formulation. See fatty acid, thickening agent

Sorbitan Mono Stearate (Sorbitan Stearate): Used to thicken and stabilize cosmetic formulations.

Sorbitan (Sorbitan Laurate): No definition

Polyoxethylene: It is the basis of many skin creams. The polymer is used as a lubricating coating for various surfaces in aqueous and non-aqueous environments.

Isopropyl Palmitate: Used in cosmetics as a thickening agent and emollient. As is true for any emollient or thickening agents, it can potentially clog pores, depending on the amount in the product and your skin’s response.

Titanium Dioxide: Inert earth mineral used as a thickening, whitening, lubricating, and sunscreen ingredient in cosmetics. It protects skin from UVA and UVB radiation and is considered to have no risk of skin irritation 
Phenoxyethanol: Common cosmetic preservative that is considered one of the less irritating ones to use in formulations. It does not release formaldehyde. 

Benzyl PCA: a preservative

Butylene Glycol: Commonly used slip agent that has multiple functions in cosmetics, depending on the formula. Similar to propylene glycol but with a lighter texture. The Cosmetic Ingredient Review board has evaluated several toxicology tests and other research concerning butylene glycol and has determined it is safe as used in cosmetics products

Okay so those are the ingridients and from what I see, none of them are oil absorbing. Usually when a product is good at controlling oil, it will have magnesium as an ingredient listed, but most of these ingredients are fillers, preservative, and thickening agents. 

WILL I REPURCHASE AGAIN, NO!