Primer has been round because the Nineteen Eighties, and since then has been a finest buddy to a full face of cosmetics and liked by make-up artists for bettering utility and increasing the lifetime of your make-up. However now, primers are getting a pores and skin care-powered glow up (or ought to we are saying Glo up?) aimed toward fixing frequent pores and skin complaints whereas staying BFFs along with your make-up.

With formulation aimed toward fixing dryness, dullness, oiliness and texture, Glo Pores and skin Magnificence‘s The Answer Primers Assortment, out there January fifth, can have you asking if it’s doable to have 4 finest mates.

(It positively is.)

With long-wear endurance and good-for-skin elements, the Answer Primers assortment isn’t attempting to reinvent the wheel. However make the wheel work tougher, smarter and higher? That’s the thought.

Based on VP of name improvement for Glo Pores and skin Magnificence, Anna De La Cruz, the primary focus of the gathering was to comprehensively handle frequent skin-care issues that additionally intervene with how your make-up seems to be. “In the event you love your basis and also you need one thing that may actually elevate the expertise of that make-up, prolong the wear and tear time and assist make your pores and skin look contemporary all through the day, these primers match the invoice,” Cruz explains. “Even for those who don’t need to do a full face, you possibly can strategically place these primers for his or her skincare advantages.”

Blurring the Strains

Affected by large-looking pores, uneven texture or nice strains? The Blurring Primer is asking your identify.

With the feel and appear of a standard primer (suppose thick with a cheesy end), this silicone-based formulation fills and evens out nice strains and enlarged pores, blurring texture issues for a clean make-up utility. Focusing on anti-aging issues, the formulation doesn’t simply briefly fill strains, but additionally delivers soothing ceramides to strengthen pores and skin and enhance texture over time.

With a breathable formulation, the Blurring Primer has the gripping energy essential to maintain make-up on all day lengthy with out suffocating pores and skin beneath heavy silicone.

“We actually like utilizing silicone for what it might do on your pores and skin barrier,” explains De La Cruz. “However we use a very sized molecule which are massive and separated to let your pores and skin breathe. So, it provides you the texture you need, nevertheless it received’t break you out and has very low reactivity (about one in 100,000).”

Welcome, Matte

Want shine management? Then it’s the Mattefying Primer you need. Focusing on extra oil and selling a transparent complexion, that is the place primers go from the unique playbook to new, progressive tech.

Water-based and light-weight, the practically fluid Mattefying Primer is full of niacinamides, tea tree and caffeine to ship hydration that received’t weigh your pores and skin down. Soothing aloe vera water makes up the bottom of this formulation to stability towards different steps in your skin-care routine and maintain your pores and skin calm, whereas mushroom extract eliminates extra sebum to maintain your trying matte.

“In the event you battle with oiliness, you could have a skin-care routine full of lots of actives, like retinol,” De La Cruz says. “So, we knew this formulation wanted to be particularly soothing to stability that out.”

Made to work with the remainder of your routine, this primer can also be a simple companion to your make-up.

“It additionally received’t disrupt your make-up,” De La Cruz explains. “So, it’s excellent for touch-ups all through the day.”

Tall Glass of Water

Winter’s right here and parched pores and skin is sure to be a prime concern, particularly with everyone’s favourite cold-day companion, wind chill. If that sounds such as you, then The Hydration Primer is the formulation for you.

Combining the very best of water-based and silicone-based formulation, this light-weight primer is a drink of water for the pores and skin with that coveted dewy end. Hydrating botanical extracts like gardenia, mango and pomegranate work along with hyaluronic acid to maintain moisture in. Scented solely with the botanical inclusions, the formulation has a ravishing rosy shade due to the gardenia, and goes on cool to the contact.

“I feel that is actually the sleeper hit,” De La Cruz says. “It’s the one I’ve already used all of.”

This cooling formulation’s mild texture is non-sticky whereas nonetheless providing the graceful, velvety utility of a standard silicone-based primer.

Flip the Lights On

In case your boring, drained pores and skin wants a wake-up name, the ultimate member of this assortment is right on your routine. The Illuminating Primer is available in a delicate peach tone, gently shade correcting shadows to mitigate the look of drained pores and skin, whereas a formulation full of brightening Vitamin C helps even pores and skin tone over time. However the true secret to this water-based primer is the light-reflecting minerals that delicately sparkle for a real glow that you should utilize to boost your basis, and even top-off your look as a highlighter.

The sunshine, silky texture makes it appropriate for even oily pores and skin varieties, and squalane and jojoba seed work to melt and deeply hydrate pores and skin.

“Who doesn’t need extra radiance?” De La Cruz asks. “You may as well combine it along with your liquid basis to regulate the quantity of shine you need.”