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Photo Finish Primerizer Hydrating Primer.

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Photo Finish Primerizer Hydrating Primer
Powder & Setting

Guru Score

84%

Yay

Early verdict · Few reviews so far
2Gurus
2Yay
0Mixed
0Nay

What the gurus are saying

Unanimous yay from 2 reviewers. Allie Glines and Alexandra Anele both rate it highly. Top take: "This is such a beautiful, very hydrating kind of almost gel lightweight primer. It really plumps the skin. I love how lightweight it is. It's beautiful. It's a great little prep.", Allie Glines.
Synthesized from 2 expert reviews · most recent take August 2025

Type

Powder & Setting

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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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Allie Glines
Allie Glines
829k subs
✓Yay
"This is such a beautiful, very hydrating kind of almost gel lightweight primer. It really plumps the skin. I love how lightweight it is. It's beautiful. It's a great little prep. It's one of my favorite primers from Smashbox."
Alexandra Anele
Alexandra Anele
1.44M subs
✓Yay
"I'm actually going to use a little bit of the Smashbox primerizer just to hydrate around my nostrils"
All 3 takes from Alexandra Anele
Super dry, post treatment skin that is sooo rude to your makeup
"I've been kind of loving this little like Smashbox combo so I'm mixing the Smashbox primerizer with the photo finish"
Strap in, I’m doing makeup, telling crazy stories & talking a LOT of shizzz
"I'm actually going to use a little bit of the Smashbox primerizer just to hydrate around my nostrils"
I'm here to teach you how I make my makeup look like skinnn
"I'm going to go in with this the primerizer first from Smashbox which is nice and hydrating"

Frequently asked.

Is Smashbox Photo Finish Primerizer Hydrating Primer worth it?

Yes. All 2 gurus who reviewed it give it their stamp of approval, for a Guru Score of 84%.

What is Smashbox Photo Finish Primerizer Hydrating Primer's Guru Score?

Smashbox Photo Finish Primerizer Hydrating Primer holds a Guru Score of 84%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 2 expert reviewers we have collected.

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Smashbox Photo Finish Primerizer Hydrating Primer: a Guru Score of 84% from 2 experts on The Guru Index

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