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Smooth Affair® Illuminating Glow Face Primer

A smooth, illuminating primer that helps your skin stay hydrated while softening the look of pores and fine lines, leaving a naturally radiant, soft‑focus glow with a subtle pearlescent finish

Overall rating: 4.62 / 5 from 300 reviews.

AI Generated Review Summary

The Smooth Affair® Illuminating Glow Face Primer is praised for its silky, smooth application that enhances the skin's natural glow and provides a flawless base for makeup. Customers appreciate its ability to minimize pores and fine lines, resulting in a radiant, soft-focus finish. The primer is also noted for its hydrating properties and versatility in use.

Summary topics

  • Application: 5%
  • Skin Effect: 12%
  • Makeup Base: 5%
  • Base Quality: 10%
  • Coverage: 3%

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Review highlights

  • "Great product, gentle and soft on skin, easy application, and creates a smooth base for foundation."Jeanie S.
  • "Nice smooth effect and nice glow."Deborah C.
  • "Gives a really smooth effect, nice feel on my face, and I can use less foundation."Heather C.

Reviews

Best Face Primer

"I have rosacea and acne prone skin. I use Smooth Affair Illuminating Primer daily and does not affect my skin except in a positive way. I use it daily under my makeup to keep my skin moisturized along with it keeping my makeup in perfect fresh condition throughout the day."

Eve M. (5/5)

Loyal returning customer

"Love the illuminating glow primer as well as most of the other Jane Iredale products"

E. S. (5/5)

I FINALLY found a wonderful primer!

"Illuminating Glow Face Primer delivers exactly what its name promises—a soft, lit-from-within radiance that enhances skin without looking glittery or heavy. The lightweight, silky texture glides on easily and helps blur fine lines and pores, creating a smooth canvas for makeup."

Nicole T. (5/5)

FIVE STARS for this one!

"This primer is the nicest primer I have ever used. I used to think that a primer was unnecessary…until I found this one. It gets my face ready for my pure pressed base and the application is flawless. It never cakes or gets flaky…even after all day/night wear. I’ve gone to bed without washing my face occasionally, and I look the same by the next morning! FIVE STARS…would highly recommend!!!!"

Laurie K. (5/5)

Love

"Love the feel. Lightweight. Great product."

Sharon R. (5/5)

Best Primer

"Love this primer! Love how smooth it is and the way it feels on my skin. Love the smell and the glowing effect it gives. Best part is that it works well with all types of foundation brands."

Anna (5/5)

My Secret Affair

"I use this before I put my tinted serum on my face. It makes everything blend well and easy to apply. If you want any foundation to glide on while applying, this is the product to use."

Laura M. (5/5)

Smooth Affair Illuminating Glow

"I love this Smooth Affair, it puts just the right Glow on your face, a winner for me!!!!"

Pamala W. (5/5)

My go to primer

"I have been using this primer for a few years now. Really happy with it."

Mindy S. (5/5)

Seems to be really good.

"Seems to be really good."

Linda P. (5/5)

Q&A

What order should I apply if I’m using the hydro pure tinted serum, the primer and the pressed mineral foundation?
Great question! You would apply Smooth Affair Primer, HydroPure Tinted Serum, and then PurePressed Base Mineral Foundation!
What is the difference between the hyaluronic serum and the smooth affair primers? Does one have more hyaluronic acid in it? Thank you.
BeautyPrep Hyaluronic Serum is designed to hydrate dry skin and provide anti-ageing properties. Smooth Affair Primer is designed to prep your skin for makeup application by minimizing pores/fine lines and allowing your makeup to adhere better to the skin!
How can this be non-comedogenic with coconut oil as an ingredient? When I looked up coconut oil as an ingredient for skin I read that it’s highly comedogenic.
Thank you for sharing your comments! All of our facial products including Smooth Affair Primer are non-comedogenic.
I received a sample of the Dewy primer and Pearl. Which one is which when buying since they do not have these words on the description? Thank you
We offer Smooth Affair Brightening Primer which gives a dewy finish and Smooth Affair Illuminating Glow Primer which creates a pearlescent finish!
Which is best to combine with glow time bb cream?
You can use any Smooth Affair Primer! We suggest to choose based on your skin type. The Brightening Primer is great for all skin types including dry skin, Mattifying Primer is great for oily skin, and the Illuminating Primer is a good choice for dry, dull skin.