Shoppers Say This $19 Firming Primer Leaves Skin Smooth Like Silk

If you’re a makeup minimalist, I’d bet you rarely, if ever, wear a primer. After all, it adds an extra step to your routine and an extra layer on the skin that, especially in light of many primers’ silicone-enriched formulas, can feel heavy. The Touch in Sol Icy Sherbet Primer is an exception, however; it is completely silicone-free, ultra-breathable and cooling on the skin, giving it a refreshing, non-occlusive feel.

The Touch in Sol Icy Sherbet Primer is a smoothing, refreshing and complexion-enhancing base for the following products. Applied before foundation or tinted moisturizer, it improves wear time, smoothes skin and provides creamy softness with a matte finish, tailored to your skin but better.

The Korean beauty brand is one of my under-the-radar favorites, mainly because its formulas are innovative in the truest sense of the word. What started as a love for the brand via its lip powders — which have since been discontinued — turned into a curiosity for all of its formulas, including this glossy primer. Given its refreshing feel, I imagine the formula is especially perfect for the mild, sweaty months ahead and ideal for anyone averse to a heavy, mask-like feel of makeup.

Sodium hyaluronate, a close cousin of skin care super-moisturizer hyaluronic acid, plays a role in skin plumping. Interestingly, the primer is free of silicones, which are found in most primers. In light of their skin-smoothing and blurring effect, silicones are occlusive, although they are not comedogenic, and, therefore, can more easily trap dirt and debris than other ingredients if not not thoroughly cleansed, creating the perfect storm for clogged pores and blemishes.

One shopper who calls Touch In Sol’s base “refreshing” says the formula leaves skin “firm” with a “soft” texture. Another fan calls it one of her “favorite” products in light of how it “glides on” and leaves skin “soft as silk.” Yet another reviewer notes the “light” feeling and reports no breakouts while using the formula.

For a smoothing, shine-free finish that’s perfect for summer, buy Touch in Sol Icy Sherbet Primer on Amazon.

Shop other smoothing primers below:

Touch in Sol No Pore Blemish Primer

Elf Poreless Putty Primer

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