Rare Beauty It's Always an Optimist Weightless Eye Primer

What the experts use it for.

The concerns the experts tie this product to, in their own words. Paid and founder takes don't count.

Redness2 experts

“It'll hide any veins or freckles or redness on your eyelids and it's a beautiful product and eyeshadows just blend over it so beautifully.”

HotandFlashy, watch at 20:16

Dark spots and post-acne marks1 expert

“It does give a little bit of brightening too, because when you get to be older you can get discoloration which I do have.”

Skin Obsessed Mary, watch at 14:51

What the gurus are saying.

Every take we've logged from this product's reviews across YouTube. Click any row to watch the moment they said it.

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Skin Obsessed Mary

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✓Mixed

"I don't usually do eye primers, I don't generally have a separate one for that, but I bought this five months ago and never used it. I haven't tested this to see if it works or not. It does give a little bit of brightening too, because when you get to be older you can get discoloration which I do have. I can have a bit of redness or just general blotchiness."

HotandFlashy

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✓Yay

"The one that I'm loving for that lately is the Rare Beauty It's Always an Optimist Weightless Eye Primer. This is a great primer, it's kind of a cream color so it will start to color correct your eyelids, but it's very lightweight. It's not sticky but it's not super grippy, so you can actually blend your eyeshadow out with it. I just apply a little bit of it to my eyelids and spread it around with my fingers."

All 3 takes from HotandFlashy

Faves + Fails October 2023

"I really like this as an eyelid primer. It's really sheer, it goes on really nicely, and the eyeshadows go on over it so nicely. It's not super grippy so you can blend your eyeshadows a little bit better with this. It does hold it in place for the entire day, keeps it from settling in your creases, but it also gives you that blendability that you want so that your eye looks come out nice and blended and nice and subtle."

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"The one that I'm loving for that lately is the Rare Beauty It's Always an Optimist Weightless Eye Primer. This is a great primer, it's kind of a cream color so it will start to color correct your eyelids, but it's very lightweight. It's not sticky but it's not super grippy, so you can actually blend your eyeshadow out with it. I just apply a little bit of it to my eyelids and spread it around with my fingers."

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"The [...] Rare Beauty eyelid primer is really good. I was looking for one that didn't contain bismuth oxychloride because that's an ingredient that's in a lot of eyelid primers and it tends to irritate my eyelids, you know they get a little stingy and burny sometimes, but this doesn't make them sting and burn so I love this one. It'll hide any veins or freckles or redness on your eyelids and it's a beautiful product and eyeshadows just blend over it so beautifully."

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Frequently asked.

What is Rare Beauty It's Always an Optimist Weightless Eye Primer?

A weightless eyeshadow primer in cream color, designed to prep eyelids and help eyeshadow last all day without settling into creases.

Is Rare Beauty It's Always an Optimist Weightless Eye Primer worth it?

Mostly yes. 1 of the 2 gurus who reviewed it give it their stamp of approval, for a Guru Score of 76%.

What is Rare Beauty It's Always an Optimist Weightless Eye Primer's Guru Score?

Rare Beauty It's Always an Optimist Weightless Eye Primer holds a Guru Score of 76%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 2 expert reviewers we have collected.

What is Rare Beauty It's Always an Optimist Weightless Eye Primer good for, according to the experts?

In their reviews, experts say Rare Beauty It's Always an Optimist Weightless Eye Primer is good for redness (2 experts) and dark spots and post-acne marks (1 expert).

Is Rare Beauty It's Always an Optimist Weightless Eye Primer good for redness?

2 experts who reviewed Rare Beauty It's Always an Optimist Weightless Eye Primer say it is. HotandFlashy put it this way: “It'll hide any veins or freckles or redness on your eyelids and it's a beautiful product and eyeshadows just blend over it so beautifully.”