Browse Clarins face primers and highlighters that are essential for creating the perfect makeup base. Our product also protects and hydrates your face, leaving you with flawless makeup and radiant skin every time.
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Face primer and highlighter are an essential part of any make-up base, helping you to achieve flawless, glowing skin. You should apply face primer before your foundation to blur imperfections and minimise pores. Face highlighter can accentuate your cheekbones and elevate your makeup look.
What does a face primer do?
Why should I use a Clarins primer or highlighter?
What is the best face primer to buy?
Depending on your needs and facial condition, the best primer for you might vary. Our range of primers is designed to revive and brighten your complexion, with the aim of enhancing your natural beauty. Your skin will be glowing and radiant, protected from pollution and ready to face the day. As photo-ready as a pin-up icon!
Instant Smooth Perfecting Touch is a smoothing, mattifying base that glides over skin, enveloping the face in a hydrating, colour-correcting layer. Incredible results, whether applied alone or mixed with a little foundation! A hybrid product for perfecting and caring for skin, all in one go. You can find tips for applying this iconic product with our exclusive application methods.
To reduce the appearance of pores and blot away shine, the matifying SOS Primer is the perfect product. It mattifies and pampers the skin, designed to be used for touch-ups on the go or after your day cream. Brimming with fruit and plant extracts, this mattifying solution blurs pores and reduces shine across the face for smooth, clear skin and a soft-focus matte finish.How to apply highlighter to your face and décolleté
Applying highlighter to your face and décolleté can accentuate your cheek and collar bones. Use a soft brush, such as the Clarins Blush Brush, to sweep the highlighter across the top of your cheek bones. Start with a small amount of product, and build up to your preference.
You can also use SOS Primer in White to boost glow and act as a highlighter that increase your skin luminosity.