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Power Grip Primer + 4% Niacinamide

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Even Better Pore Defying Primer

Product category and function

Power Grip Primer + 4% Niacinamide

Even Better Pore Defying 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

Power Grip Primer + 4% Niacinamide

Even Better Pore Defying 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

Power Grip Primer + 4% Niacinamide

Even Better Pore Defying Primer

No. of common ingredients = 0
Total Number of ingredients = 18	Total Number of ingredients = 16
Water (aqua), butylene glycol, glycerin, niacinamide, peg-150 distearate, polysorbate 80, tocopherol, hylocereus undatus fruit extract, sodium hyaluronate, peg-240/hdi copolymer bis-decyltetradeceth-20 ether, potassium laurate, 1,2-hexanediol, hydroxyacetophenone, disodium edta, pentylene glycol, phenoxyethanol, ethylhexylglycerin, caprylyl glycol, 7	Water/aqua/eau, glycerin, sodium acrylates crosspolymer-2, butylene glycol, dipropylene glycol, pentylene glycol, salix alba (willow) bark extract, laminaria saccharina extract, lactobacillus ferment, niacinamide, trimethylpentanediol/adipic acid/glycerin crosspolymer, acetyl glucosamine, sodium hyaluronate, pyridoxine hcl, zinc sulfate, phenoxyethanol

Notable ingredients

Power Grip Primer + 4% Niacinamide

Even Better Pore Defying Primer

Anti-acne: Niacinamide

Soothing: Niacinamide

Skin brightening: Niacinamide

Anti-acne: Niacinamide

Soothing: Niacinamide, Salix alba (willow) bark extract, Lactobacillus ferment

Skin brightening: Niacinamide, Acetyl glucosamine

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Ingredients with their functions

Power Grip Primer + 4% Niacinamide

Even Better Pore Defying Primer

Water (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.

Butylene glycol

Function: Viscosity controlling, Skin conditioning, Humectant/Moisturizer, 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