ONE/SIZE OIL SUCKER for dry skin
Dimethicone
Cyclopentasiloxane
Low
- LowDry Skin Fit
- AverageEffectiveness
- ConcerningSafety
A weak match for dry skin; the products alongside fit it better.
This fit is calculated for the concerns frequently associated with dry skin: flakiness, tightness, dehydration, fine lines, and wrinkles. For scores and recommendations based on your full skin profile, including your 12D face scan results and any goals or preferences you have, please use the Lovi app.
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Lovi Assistant explains
- Offers moderate mattifying for your dry skin due to silica, which absorbs excess oil, but dimethicone can exacerbate dryness by creating an occlusive layer.
- While the formula provides general skincare benefits like hydration, it lacks specialized ingredients such as humectants or emollients to significantly address your dry or flaky skin concerns.
Questions and answers
Why is ONE/SIZE Oil Sucker Primer a weak match for dry skin?
ONE/SIZE Oil Sucker Primer is a weak match because it is designed to mattify and absorb oil, which can dry out already dry skin. A makeup primer for dry skin needs extra hydrating ingredients like humectants and softening ingredients like emollients to keep skin smooth and comfortable.
Which ingredients make this primer a poor fit for dry skin?
Dimethicone and silica make this primer a poor fit because dimethicone can worsen dryness by sealing the skin, and silica absorbs excess oil that dry skin needs. A product for dry skin needs extra hydrating agents and rich softeners to keep the skin comfortable.
What does Water do for dry skin?
Drinking more water helps increase skin hydration and may reduce clinical signs of dryness and roughness, particularly for individuals with lower prior water consumption.
What does Dimethicone do for dry skin?
Dimethicone helps protect dry skin and keeps it smooth by forming a gentle, breathable layer on top. It is unlikely to lock in moisture on its own as well as heavy protectants like petrolatum, so dry skin often needs formulas that combine dimethicone with hydrating ingredients like glycerin.
Ostomy/wound Management, 2005Clinical and Experimental Dermatology, 2007
Where does this primer go in a skincare routine for dry skin?
This primer goes on after your morning moisturizer and before your makeup. Because this formula is a weak match for dry skin, a product of this type needs extra hydrators like glycerin and smoothing ingredients like nourishing plant oils to keep dry skin soft and comfortable.
Can I use this primer with salicylic acid, and in what order?
This primer is a weak match for your dry skin because it focuses on absorbing oil and may make dryness worse. To use it with salicylic acid, apply your salicylic acid treatment first, followed by a rich moisturizer to keep your skin soft and smooth before putting on the primer.
How often should I use this primer?
This primer is a weak match for your dry skin because it focuses on absorbing oil and may make dryness worse. To work well for dry skin, a makeup primer of this type needs added hydrating ingredients like humectants or softening emollients.
Can this primer clog pores, cause breakouts or purging for dry skin?
This primer is unlikely to cause purging since it does not contain exfoliating ingredients, but dimethicone may feel heavy and trap things on dry skin. A product for this skin needs rich hydrators like glycerin and nourishing oils to keep it soft and smooth.
Is this primer fragrance-free and alcohol-free?
Yes, it has no fragrance and no drying alcohol.
What the research says
Wearing an N95 mask alone compared to using dimethicone cream or hydrocolloid dressing caused more adverse skin reactions among 73 military health care workers, with no significant differences in fit test failure rates between groups.
Military Medicine, 2024A dimethicone skin protectant lotion significantly decreased visual scoring and transepidermal water loss compared to vehicle control and SLS-only treated sites in 12 healthy humans exposed to sodium lauryl sulfate.
Skin Research and Technology, 2000Treatment with a moisturizer containing dimethicone and glycerine increased epidermal thickness by 0.019 mm, improved barrier function by decreasing transepidermal water loss by 13%, decreased melanin intensity, and induced keratins 6 and 16 in fifteen women with moderately photoaged forearms.
Clinical and Experimental Dermatology, 2007
Why other products fit dry skin better
Adenosine-loaded dissolving microneedle patches showed similar or better efficacy on skin wrinkles, dermal density, elasticity, and hydration compared to adenosine cream in 22 female subjects.
International Journal of Cosmetic Science, 2018Treatment with cross-linked hyaluronic acid-based microneedle patches combined with acetyl hexapeptide-8 or epidermal growth factor significantly improved wrinkles and skin hydration compared to the patch alone in Korean females over 29 days.
Annals of Dermatology, 2019
Ingredients
Water, Dimethicone, Cyclopentasiloxane, Isododecane, Silica, Glycerin, Polysilicone-11, Sodium Chloride, Phenoxyethanol, Caprylyl Glycol, Hexylene Glycol, Disodium Edta
Behind this fit score
Lovi calculates every fit score from the full ingredient list with brand-independent rules our dermatologists and cosmetic chemists build and review, and personalizes every pick with AI trained on the real results of millions of users. Lovi trains its fit score models on a proprietary dataset built from more than 10,000 expert-labeled products and more than 100,000 simulated examples, following an internally consistent methodology presented at Cosmoprof, AMWC, and Skin of Color Update.
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