A powder and setting primer designed to smooth, fill pores, and hydrate while creating a soft-focus effect on skin before makeup application.
Dimethicone, Water/Aqua, Dimethicone/Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer, Vinyl Dimethicone/Methicone Silsesquioxane Crosspolymer, Trimethylsiloxysilicate, Silica, Glycerin, Cetyl PEG/PPG-10/1 Dimethicone, Isododecane, Phenoxyethanol, Sodium Chloride, Dimethicone/PEG-10/15 Crosspolymer, Magnesium Sulfate, Sodium Benzoate, Disteardimonium Hectorite, C24-28 Alkyl Methicone, Propylene Carbonate, Dipropylene Glycol, Sodium Citrate, Tocopherol
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How we score →Yay
Early verdict · Few reviews so farWhat the gurus are saying
This primer smooths and fills pores while keeping skin hydrated, earning praise for working across skin types and making makeup last longer. Those with oily skin find it actually improves makeup wear, while normal to dry skin types appreciate how well makeup sits and stays put all day. A silky feel and soft-focus blur are what keeps gurus coming back to this one.
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Nothing. None of the experts who reviewed it raised a problem.
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Independent of what the gurus think, this is what the published research supports about the main active ingredients here.
Vitamin E is an antioxidant, and it is often in a formula to keep the other ingredients stable rather than as the active itself. It pairs well with vitamin C, though on its own the evidence for visible change is limited.
A powder and setting primer designed to smooth, fill pores, and hydrate while creating a soft-focus effect on skin before makeup application.
Yes. All 2 gurus who reviewed it give it their stamp of approval, for a Guru Score of 85%.
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