a little disappointed in a company i love [SEP] as a skin prep or primer for costume make up this worked great and help up i did use mehron setting spray as well however however the claim that it stops sweating doesn t really hold true while applying my make up as i sprayed it on a bit somehow hit my lip and part of tongue which instantly felt like the desert and tasted like i licked a deodorant stick lol so i thought all would go to plan and it did a great job of making my skin feel normal but keeping me from sweating during make up application and up until i got to the show and it was extremely hot and humid i don t feel like i was sweating any less than would be normal and i was having to pat myself down with a towel constantly when i wasn t onstage also of note the setting spray is meant to be cooling which all setting sprays are but is also meant to almost eliminate sweating i reapplied the setting spray several times just to cool off still even though in was in the extreme heat and humidity of south florida where i wouldn t expect anything to really stop sweating i didn t feel like my face was sweating any less than it would have been with nothing on my face however at the end of the night despite sweating and blotting with a towel constantly i was the only cast member who didn t look a mess it definitely worked far beyond what i think setting spray alone would have done i ve never used the mehron setting spray that but i ve never had a setting spray of any brand work to that degree stage make up is heavy and it still looked pretty great after removing my make up my skin wasn t at all dry either i don t know how moisturizing it was but for a product that s meant to be an antiperspirant it was definitely not drying in the least so i don t feel like it actually inhibits sweating however it s an impressive primer and for stage make up nothing has ever worked better for me i have to keep in mind that i was also using mehron s setting spray which i say the same about didn t affect sweating but held up