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Prime Time® Hydrate & Glow Primer

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Shine Stopper Instant Matte Finish With Microsponge Technology

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Prime Time® Hydrate & Glow Primer

Shine Stopper Instant Matte Finish With Microsponge Technology

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

Prime Time® Hydrate & Glow Primer

Shine Stopper Instant Matte Finish With Microsponge Technology

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

Prime Time® Hydrate & Glow Primer

Shine Stopper Instant Matte Finish With Microsponge Technology

No. of common ingredients = 0
Water (aqua/eau), caprylic/capric triglyceride, glycerin, caprylic/capric/succinic triglyceride, dicaprylyl carbonate, glyceryl stearate, sodium stearoyl glutamate, cetearyl alcohol, tocopherol, malus domestica fruit cell culture extract, kappaphycus alvarezii extract, caesalpinia spinosa fruit extract, euterpe oleracea fruit oil, helianthus annuus (sunflower) seed oil, xanthan gum, lecithin, tin oxide, synthetic fluorphlogopite, polyacrylate crosspolymer-6, mica, hydroxyacetophenone, ethylhexylglycerin, cellulose, tetrasodium glutamate diacetate, sodium hydroxide, ascorbyl palmitate, citric acid, phenoxyethanol, iron oxides (ci 77491, ci 77492, ci 77499), titanium dioxide (ci 77891) 7	Water, methyl methacrylate/glycol dimethacrylate crosspolymer, caprylic/capric triglyceride, dimethicone, cetearyl alcohol, glycerin, peg-100 stearate, magnesium aluminum silicate, glyceryl stearate, myristyl myristate, ceteareth-20, xanthan gum, disodium edta, benzyl alcohol, phenoxyethanol

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 30

Total Number of ingredients = 15

Water (aqua/eau), caprylic/capric triglyceride, glycerin, caprylic/capric/succinic triglyceride, dicaprylyl carbonate, glyceryl stearate, sodium stearoyl glutamate, cetearyl alcohol, tocopherol, malus domestica fruit cell culture extract, kappaphycus alvarezii extract, caesalpinia spinosa fruit extract, euterpe oleracea fruit oil, helianthus annuus (sunflower) seed oil, xanthan gum, lecithin, tin oxide, synthetic fluorphlogopite, polyacrylate crosspolymer-6, mica, hydroxyacetophenone, ethylhexylglycerin, cellulose, tetrasodium glutamate diacetate, sodium hydroxide, ascorbyl palmitate, citric acid, phenoxyethanol, iron oxides (ci 77491, ci 77492, ci 77499), titanium dioxide (ci 77891)

Water, methyl methacrylate/glycol dimethacrylate crosspolymer, caprylic/capric triglyceride, dimethicone, cetearyl alcohol, glycerin, peg-100 stearate, magnesium aluminum silicate, glyceryl stearate, myristyl myristate, ceteareth-20, xanthan gum, disodium edta, benzyl alcohol, phenoxyethanol

Notable ingredients

Prime Time® Hydrate & Glow Primer

Shine Stopper Instant Matte Finish With Microsponge Technology

Sunscreen/UV filter: Titanium dioxide (ci 77891)

Antioxidant: Ascorbyl palmitate, Hydroxyacetophenone, Tocopherol

Solvent: Water (aqua/eau), Caprylic/capric triglyceride, Glycerin, Helianthus annuus (sunflower) seed oil

Solvent: Water, Benzyl alcohol, Caprylic/capric triglyceride, Glycerin

Absorbent: Magnesium aluminum silicate

Anti-microbial: Phenoxyethanol

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Ingredients with their functions

Prime Time® Hydrate & Glow Primer

Shine Stopper Instant Matte Finish With Microsponge Technology

Water (aqua/eau)

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.

Caprylic/capric triglyceride

Also-called: Caprylic Capric Triglyceride | Function: Occlusive/Moisturizer, Skin conditioning, Solvent

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

Glycerin

Also-called: Glycerol | Function: Skin-identical ingredient, Viscosity controlling, Skin protecting, Skin conditioning, Humectant/Moisturizer, Solvent