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Photo Finish Primer.

Smashbox Photo Finish Primer
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About this product

A lightweight primer designed to smooth skin texture and blur imperfections while creating a long-wearing base for makeup.

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The Guru Index verdict

82%

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What the gurus are saying

The experts who tried this praise it as a reliable smoothing and blurring primer that feels lightweight and doesn't leave skin looking overly matte, making it a good pick for those prone to breakouts from heavier pore-filling formulas. However, a few found it can feel slightly drying on its own, though mixing it with a hydrating primerizer evens that out. Those with excess oiliness in the T-Zone may want to test it first, since the primer works well as a grip-building base there.
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Key actives & flags

RetinoidVitamin EFragrance-freeAlcohol-free

Full ingredients

Cyclopentasiloxane, Dimethicone, Dimethicone Crosspolymer, Trisiloxane, Silica, Dimethicone/​Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer, Ethylhexyl Salicylate, Retinyl Palmitate, Tocopheryl Acetate, Carthamus Tinctorius (Safflower) Seed Extract, Propylene Glycol, Water\Aqua\Eau, Vitis Vinifera (Grape) Seed Extract, Cola Acuminata (Kola) Seed Extract, Camellia Oleifera Leaf Extract

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What the gurus are saying.

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"I have been really loving this Smashbox photo finish primer. I do have this on today. It just smooths the skin really nicely. A little goes a long way. It's more lightweight than their other primers that they have, but I just really like how smooth it looks."
All 2 takes from Allie Glines
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"I have been really loving this Smashbox photo finish primer. I do have this on today. It just smooths the skin really nicely. A little goes a long way. It's more lightweight than their other primers that they have, but I just really like how smooth it looks."
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"The Smashbox Photo Finish Primer is another classic OG primer. One reviewer said they've been using this product for 9 years and needless to say they love it, it makes their skin feel so good and does a really good job at smoothing and blurring. Another reviewer called it the best primer ever, saying they tried several other brands but this is the best."
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"Smashbox Photo Finish in the very center of my T-Zone, this has been like a go-to primer for me recently. I've been really just enjoying it in general for like really creating that grip."
All 4 takes from Alexandra Anele
Super dry, post treatment skin that is sooo rude to your makeup
"I've just been kind of loving this little Smashbox combo so I'm mixing the Smashbox primerizer with the Photo Finish. I literally just mix them together and I really like it. I find that a lot of smoothing primers can sometimes just make my skin feel a little bit dry so mixing in the primerizer kind of like evens that out a little bit."
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"I was using the Smashbox Photo Finish Primer. I really liked this one because it's hydrating enough and it blurs and kind of smooths the area of your face where you can get larger pores, but it doesn't end up making your face look too matte. I don't know, I just get a lot of breakage a lot of the time with pore filling primers, so this is a really great option. If you're someone who gets excessive oiliness in your T-Zone, then that's something you want to look into."
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"Smashbox Photo Finish in the very center of my T-Zone, this has been like a go-to primer for me recently. I've been really just enjoying it in general for like really creating that grip."
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"Smashbox Photo Finish, the OG smooth and blur primer, I like to mix it with a primerizer. The Photo Finish works as a beautiful base for smoothing and long wear, makes my makeup really last. The addition of the primerizer just makes it a little bit more hydrating, especially if I'm going to be using powder. I usually start by smoothing it on like a moisturizer, and then once I've applied it all over my face I'll pat in areas where my pores might come off as a little bit larger, so I'm pressing that product in and filling in those areas."
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