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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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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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5-Star Review
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Just what I need it
I have super dry skin
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I have super dry skin and this primer makes my skin so dewy. It's lightweight and feels so nice on my skin.
Best product ever I really.
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Best product ever I really. Recommend this product I love rare beauty Selena it's the best and all products is fabulous I love rare beauty more than other makeup products
aboslutely love it!
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aboslutely love it!
it's a great base for
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it's a great base for my other rare beauty makeup! even good when worn by itself