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Summary
Rare Beauty Always an Optimist Illuminating Primer is a weightless, silicone-free gel primer that smooths, hydrates, and illuminates skin, prepping you for makeup that looks and feels its best all day.
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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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.
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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Reviews
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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...
Most Helpful Critical Review
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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My absolute favorite Rare product!
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My absolute favorite Rare product!
This is such a good
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This is such a good product!! It goes on my skin really well and feels super comfortable, and makeup goes on super well.
It's fine, but nothing special.
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It's fine, but nothing special. I was hoping it would work better with the foundation from rare. They aren't really a match.
I had a mini and
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I had a mini and loved it enough to get the large one.
2-Star Review
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I didnt love the texture, felt and looked abit cheap, face broke out after using it.