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Rare Beauty Always an Optimist Illuminating Primer

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$30.00
Color:Pearl Nude Always an Optimist Illuminating Primer Pearl Nude
Size:0.94 oz

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Details

Benefits

  • Non-sticky, water-based formula cools skin on contact
  • Glides on evenly to smooth out skin for the perfect base—makeup applies better and stays put longer
  • Instantly soothes and nourishes skin with all-day hydration so skin stays feeling fresh under makeup
  • Ultra-fine pearls give skin a soft, lit-from-within glow
  • Noncomedogenic
  • Dermatologist tested, allergy tested, and suitable for sensitive skin
  • Ophthalmologist tested

Key Ingredients

  • Botanical Blend of skin-loving ingredients lotus, gardenia, white water lily: Help soothe and nourish skin

Formulated Without

  • Parabens
  • Sulfates
  • Formaldehydes
  • Pthalates
  • Mineral Oil

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How To Use

Apply 1-2 pumps to clean, moisturized skin, blending in with fingers. Then follow with foundation and/or concealer.

TIP: Feel like skipping makeup? Try this primer on its own! It's made with ultra-fine pearls that bounce light to create the look of a more even skin tone.

Ingredients

Water/Aqua/Eau, Glycerin, Ethylhexyl Palmitate, Isohexadecane, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Acrylamide/Sodium Acryloyldimethyltaurate Copolymer, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, Gardenia Florida Fruit Extract, Nelumbo Nucifera (Sacred Lotus) Flower Extract, Nymphaea Odorata Root Extract, Phenoxyethanol, 1,2-Hexanediol, Polysorbate 80, Sorbitan Oleate, Tin Oxide, Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891), Iron Oxides (CI 77491).

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Most Helpful Positive Review
On initial impression, the packaging

On initial impression, the packaging is very simple and sleek in a plastic air-pressure pump so you don't have to worry about wasting product. The product itself looks is rather thick but a little goes a long way. It took only 1.5 pumps to do an entire face. This primer is extremely illuminating. It...

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This product feels very watery

This product feels very watery and light weight. I love that it doesn't get cakey or have the silicone gel of other primers. With that being said I feel like this product needs development, or a 'sister' The first day I noticed my skin was glowing, but my dry patches and texture looked much worse th...

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I love it!

Submitted 7 months ago

By Karen B.

From US

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I love it!

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My favorite primer! So glowy

Submitted 8 months ago

By Ashley H.

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My favorite primer! So glowy and dewy. Lasts long. Definitely try this. You won't be disappointed.

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I love it

Submitted 8 months ago

By Anna S.

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I love it

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My favorite primer ever! 🥰

Submitted 9 months ago

By Dayana S.

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My favorite primer ever! 🥰 It makes me shine and feel radiant

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Great product. No settling in

Submitted 10 months ago

By Stella S.

From US

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Great product. No settling in fine lines and lasts all day.

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