Illuminating Face Primer

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Face primer is a makeup base that helps you get a smooth, even surface for your foundation. It's also an important step in the application of any foundation or BB cream product. Here are some great options for illuminating face primers.

Juice BeautyPhyto Pigments Illuminating Primer

ITEM: 2055010

Size: 1 oz/ 30 mL

44 Reviews

$48.50

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This is the best primer!...I love this illuminating and natural primer...but I love all of the Juice products!...My favourite green/non-toxic/organic primer...This is the best glowing primer I have found, not sure if it extends the longevity of my makeup but it for sure illuminates.

Which skin type is it good for?
✔ Normal
✔ Oily
✔ Combination
✔ Dry
✔ Sensitive

What it is:
A lightweight primer formulated with coconut alkanes in an antioxidant-rich, organic base of botanical juices infused with an age-defying serum.

Solutions for:
- Dryness
- Fine lines and wrinkles

If you want to know more…
Phyto Pigments Illuminating Primer is formulated to illuminate skin, smooth the appearance of lines and wrinkles, and blur imperfections for a flawless complexion and naturally beautiful radiance. It hydrates skin and controls oil with coconut alkanes and organic glycerin.

$34.00

I love this primer. It’s hydrating and illuminating....Beautiful Primer for Laura Mercier...I love this primer, makes my foundations go on beautifully. Gives the skin a nice fresh dewy glow.

What it is: A primer that smooths skin for even makeup application and improves skin’s radiance.

Finish:
Radiant

Formulation:
Liquid

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Skin-Perfecting Complex: Blend of rose extracts that work to moisturize, protect, and smooth skin.
- Porcelain Flower: Promotes long-term radiance.
- Encapsulated Luminous Pearls: Provide light reflection on skin for natural radiance.

Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, phthalates, mineral oil, retinyl palmitate, oxybenzone, coal tar, hydroquinone, sulfates SLS & SLES, triclocarban, triclosan, and contains less than one percent synthetic fragrance.

What Else You Need to Know:

$62.00

I like that it has a light but not too overwhelming of a glow. I also enjoy that it is light enough for my skin tone as I find some illuminating primers are too orangey....Nice glow!...I’ve been using this illuminating primer for a week now and love the finish it gives my matte foundation.

What it is: A primer that smooths skin for even makeup application and improves skin's radiance.

Finish:
Radiant

Formulation:
Liquid

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Skin-Perfecting Complex: Blend of rose extracts that work to moisturize, protect, and smooth skin.
- Porcelain Flower: Promotes long-term radiance.
- Encapsulated Luminous Pearls: Provide light reflection on skin for natural radiance.

Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, phthalates, mineral oil, retinyl palmitate, oxybenzone, coal tar, hydroquinone, sulfates SLS & SLES, triclocarban, triclosan, and contains less than one percent synthetic fragrance.

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$41.00

I received this for free in exchange for my honest review. This primer is so good milk makeups primer makes my makeup last all day long. ...The Milk Hydro Grip + Glow Illuminating Primer grips makeup well while adding a subtle glow. ...Makes your face looking glowing...Illuminating

What it is: A clean, long-wearing, illuminating primer that grips makeup for up to 12 hours and hydrates with hyaluronic acid for a soft, radiant, golden-hour glow.

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Blue Agave Extract: Grips makeup for up to 12 hours.
- Hyaluronic Acid and Niacinamide: Hydrate and smooth for plumper-looking skin.
- Light-Reflecting Pearls: Add a warm, luminous glow.

Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, phthalates, mineral oil, retinyl palmitate, oxybenzone, coal tar, hydroquinone, sulfates SLS & SLES, triclocarban, triclosan, and contains less than one percent synthetic fragrance. It is also vegan, gluten-free, cruelty-free, and comes in recyclable packaging.

What

$54.00

The only type of banana I like is this banana bright face primer from olehenriksen. It’s both hydrating and illuminating! ...Dewy Primer...This primer overall is a nice illuminating primer and gives a nice dewy effect.

What it is: A vitamin C-infused, illuminating face primer with banana powder-inspired pigments that delivers instant radiance while improving and extending makeup wear.

Skin Type: Normal, Dry, Combination, and Oily

Skincare Concerns: Dullness and Uneven Texture, Fine Lines and Wrinkles, and Pores

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Vitamin C: Helps target visible signs of aging.
- Banana Powder-inspired Pigments : Instantly illuminate.
- Vitamin E: An antioxidant that helps nourish and condition skin; also helps stabilize the vitamin C in the formula.

$39.00

Prep + Protect With This Pearl Infused Primer...The Always An Optimist Illuminating Primer has officially converted me from a spray primer to a water-based gel primer. ...This is a great primer! It is very illuminating and gives a gorgeous glow!

What it is: A weightless, silicone-free, gel primer enriched with ultra-fine pearls for a lit-from-within glow.

Finish: Radiant

Skin Type: Normal, Dry, Combination, and Oily

Concerns: Dryness

$49.00

Lise Watier Illuminating primer is amazing. it's not huges sparkles as you see in some products. ...This illuminating primer is amazing. Rich and creamy and gives that perfect natural glow.

What it is: A cream-gel primer that offers a soft and radiant glow enhanced by delicate pearls.

What Else You Need to Know: Fresh and luminous, this cream-gel primer glides on smoothly and melts upon contact with the skin, offering a soft and radiant glow enhanced by delicate pearls in one universal shade.

$57.00

I’ve always loved smashbox and this illuminate Glow primer is nothing short of miraculous!! ...I was super excited to try out the smashbox photo finish illuminate glow primer. It feels light on the skin and leaves a shimmer when you blend it in.

What it is: A visibly radiant primer that delivers a bright-, healthy-looking glow while defending skin and perfecting makeup.

Finish: Radiant

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Silkscreen Complex (Antioxidants, Hyaluronic Acid, Probiotic Extract, Vitamins, and Algae): Nourishes, visibly balances, and defends skin.
- Passion Fruit: Supports a strong skin barrier.
- Super-fine Peachy-Gold Pearls: Visibly illuminate skin.

Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, phthalates, mineral oil, hydroquinone, sulfates SLS & SLES, triclocarban, and triclosan. It is also vegan and cruelty-free.

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“it seems like a serum in texture and how it sits on the skin— it does have a luminizing effect and allows for smooth makeup application but doesn’t add any staying power”
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“I was skeptical at first (because the foaming seemed a bit gimmicky) but am really liking this primer! It gives a natural glow, which I like. I’m not a fan of glowy primers that have glitter or mica”
Perfecting Face Primer
“Absolutely love this primer, my foundation just glides on and lasts. I have used with the La Mer soft fluid foundation, but also with other brands and love it with each one”
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“This was one of the best vitamin face bases I have ever owned I love it. It soothes my skins and it is very beneficial”
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“I’ve started using it as my primer before make-up application. It both hydrates and leaves a plump and tacky base to apply make up on top of”
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“This mattifying primer is the best for a matte look. It leaves ma skin smooth and it does blur imperfections”
Luminous Primers
“It's not too greasy or too highlighting, something I've not liked about most newer primers. Sometimes you just need a primer that does what it says on the tin without making your face look like a disco ball”
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“I normally do not like mattifying primers since I have normal to dry type skin, but this primer really just controlled the natural oil of my face and instead allowed me to intentionally highlight areas”
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“Pore Eclipse Mattifying Primer gifted by Milk Makeup excels in creating a matte, pore-blurring base that lasts all day”
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“It really moisturizes and makes my skin look amazing. I tried BB creams and found them too thick but this is the perfect texture”

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