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A+ No Pore Face Primer

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C Brightening Putty Primer

Product category and function

A+ No Pore Face Primer

C Brightening Putty Primer

Face Primers	Face Primers
Base products to smooth skin and improve makeup wear.	Base products to smooth skin and improve makeup wear.
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Ingredient highlights

A+ No Pore Face Primer

C Brightening Putty Primer

Ingredient info	Ingredient info
Alcohol-free Paraben-free SLS-free Mica-free Fragrance-free	Alcohol-free Paraben-free SLS-free Mica-free Fragrance-free

Full ingredient list

A+ No Pore Face Primer

C Brightening Putty Primer

No. of common ingredients = 0
Aqua, dimethicone/vinyl dimethicone crosspolymer, cyclopentasiloxane, paraffin, dimethicone, talc, glycerin, butylene glycol, peg-10 dimethicone, peg/ppg-18/18 dimethicone, sodium chloride, disteardimonium hectorite , phenoxyethanol, ethylhexylglycerin, propylene carbonate, triethoxycaprylylsilane, ci77491(iron oxide red),ci 77492(iron oxide yellow) 9	Water (aqua), dimethicone, propylene glycol, glycerin, paraffin, ceresin, hydrogenated polyisobutene, hdi/trimethylol hexyllactone crosspolymer, ascorbyl tetraisopalmitate, trimethylsiloxysilicate, polymethylsilsesquioxane, sodium chloride, lauryl peg-10 tris(trimethylsiloxy)silylethyl dimethicone, musa sapientum (banana) fruit extract, niacinamide, zinc pca, tocopherol, oryza sativa (rice) bran wax, dimethicone/peg-10/15 crosspolymer, synthetic fluorphlogopite, phenoxyethanol, dimethiconecrosspolymer, caprylyl glycol, ethylhexylglycerin, disodium edta, silica, tin oxide, triethoxycaprylylsilane, butylene glycol, kaolin,

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 17

Total Number of ingredients = 30

Aqua, dimethicone/vinyl dimethicone crosspolymer, cyclopentasiloxane, paraffin, dimethicone, talc, glycerin, butylene glycol, peg-10 dimethicone, peg/ppg-18/18 dimethicone, sodium chloride, disteardimonium hectorite , phenoxyethanol, ethylhexylglycerin, propylene carbonate, triethoxycaprylylsilane, ci77491(iron oxide red),ci 77492(iron oxide yellow)

Water (aqua), dimethicone, propylene glycol, glycerin, paraffin, ceresin, hydrogenated polyisobutene, hdi/trimethylol hexyllactone crosspolymer, ascorbyl tetraisopalmitate, trimethylsiloxysilicate, polymethylsilsesquioxane, sodium chloride, lauryl peg-10 tris(trimethylsiloxy)silylethyl dimethicone, musa sapientum (banana) fruit extract, niacinamide, zinc pca, tocopherol, oryza sativa (rice) bran wax, dimethicone/peg-10/15 crosspolymer, synthetic fluorphlogopite, phenoxyethanol, dimethiconecrosspolymer, caprylyl glycol, ethylhexylglycerin, disodium edta, silica, tin oxide, triethoxycaprylylsilane, butylene glycol, kaolin,

Notable ingredients

A+ No Pore Face Primer

C Brightening Putty Primer

Solvent: Aqua, Butylene glycol, Cyclopentasiloxane, Glycerin, Propylene carbonate

Abrasive: Talc

Absorbent: Talc

Anti-acne: Niacinamide

Soothing: Niacinamide

Skin brightening: Niacinamide

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Ingredients with their functions

A+ No Pore Face Primer

C Brightening Putty Primer

Aqua

Also-called: Aqua, Aqua/Water, Water/Aqua/Eau, Aqua/Water/Eau | Function: Skin conditioning, Solvent

Water serves as a fundamental component in skincare products, often listed as the first ingredient, which means it's the most abundant. It acts as a solvent, helping to dissolve other ingredients and facilitate the application and absorption of products.

Dimethicone/vinyl dimethicone crosspolymer

Function: Viscosity controlling, Skin conditioning

We don’t have a detailed description of this ingredient yet.

Cyclopentasiloxane

Function: Emollient/Moisturizer, Skin conditioning, Solvent

We don’t have a detailed description of this ingredient yet.