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The Heavenly Primer That Makes Highlighter and Concealer Obsolete Whenever I see, hear or read about makeup primer, I think about beauty editor Allie Flinn. See how great her makeup looks here? Would it surprise you if I said Allie looks that great every day? Because I will, and she does -- she looks like a literal angel, because angels have perfect eyeliner and cheekbone highlighter.
Allie is a makeup wizard. She's also a big believer in primer. In spite of the fact that Allie gave me at least one impassioned speech on the absolute necessity of primer, and in spite of the fact that her face looks airbrushed by God, she could never convince me to wear it. I hated the way primers pilled on my skin -- definitely not worth the extra step.
All that changed when I tried Hourglass Ambient Light Correcting Primer, $44, in Luminous Light. This is the product I've been waiting for throughout years and years of trying every tinted moisturizer, luminizer and primer. It's sort of a hybrid of all three -- a skin-illuminating, barely tinted primer that makes my skin look healthy and alive, makes dark spots disappear, and makes my makeup last and last and last. And it never pills or clumps. When I don't wear it, I feel naked and wrong. When I do wear it, I look almost as angelic as Allie does. --Katie McCarthy
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All that changed when I tried Hourglass Ambient Light Correcting Primer, $44, in Luminous Light. This is the product I've been waiting for throughout years and years of trying every tinted moisturizer, luminizer and primer. It's sort of a hybrid of all three -- a skin-illuminating, barely tinted primer that makes my skin look healthy and alive, makes dark spots disappear, and makes my makeup last and last and last. And it never pills or clumps. When I don't wear it, I feel naked and wrong. When I do wear it, I look almost as angelic as Allie does. --Katie McCarthy
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