Veil™ Mineral Primer

Absolutely the best primer I've tried, and I've tried many!! It makes my skin feel ridiculously soft. I received it as a free sample about a decade ago, and have been using it as my main primer ever since. The 2oz bottle is such a good deal too. My only wish would be an option for a "nicer" bottle for the 2oz option. I've considered purchasing the 1oz option just to have a nice bottle to refill, but the cost difference between the two just doesn't make it worth it to purchase the 1oz. A refill-able bottle would be amazing!

My go to primer with SPF

I repeatedly buy this primer. It really preps the skin well for my foundation. The bonus is the SPF and we all need to make sure we wear some sort of SPF daily.

Best primer ever

I have combination skin and this is my holy grail primer.

Goes on smooth but so difficult to build and blend on top of. Everything overtop of it just flakes off. Overpriced for what it is

HG primer *if* you know what to pair it with

This will *not* fill your pores, this will *not* reduce shine, and if you are oily, this will *not* offer any oil control. However, it *will* create a near flawless canvas for your foundation to glide over, and your skin *will* look airbrushed. As an oily skinned girl, this is my go-to primer to pair with a full coverage mattifying foundation. It prevents the foundation from looking cakey and ensures it never settles into fine lines. On days when I don’t need full coverage, I’ll do a different combo (Smashbox mattifying primer with Armani Luminous Silk foundation). But I never use mattifying primers and mattifying foundations together — I pick one or the other, or else the combo is way too heavy. And I avoid pore filling primers in general because I find them clogging and with continuous use they’ll cause me to break out. Hourglass truly is a HG primer *if* you know what to pair it with. Tip: after applying, let this primer sit for 5 full minutes before applying foundation. Literally set your timer. This will make a world of difference in how it looks and performs.

The formula itself is beautiful and makes my foundation look beautiful all day. The packaging of the standard size is so bad, however, that it's worthwhile reviewing on its own. I had to transfer all of the product out of the packaging into an empty eye cream pot, and that worked well for me. I now only buy the large size so that I get the tube packaging instead of the pump. This product just does not work in pump form because of its consistency. I know this packaging shape is Hourglass's "standard" look, but they really should reconsider because it's ruining a lot of people's impression of the product.

I have been using this for several years now. I love how my makeup just glides on top of it and stays on.

yikes

after only a few weeks of using (keeping the pump fully screwed on, not like I would take it off) it coagulated and stopped coming out of the pump. some gross very liquid-y stuff would come out about every third pump and there was a huge mass congealed in the bottle.

I have been using this primer for over 20 years and have never found it's equal. Sublimely silky.

Don't bother.

Doesn't matter how much I shake this product up, the first dab out is liquidy. Imagine that preketchup juice. Gross

Great formula, faulty packaging

Really like this formula but the packaging has twice failed me—first time, the contents just wouldn’t mix so I had to open the bottle to get the product out. The second time I bought this, the pump broke altogether. It’s so pricey for it to have these issues.

Looked great but sensitive skin be warned

i am an absolute hourglass stan but this was not it for me. I have sensitive combination skin leaning more towards dry/acne prone. This primer looked stunning on under my makeup but my skin was absolutely wrecked the day after and made me peel. i want to give it another chance, but it was absolutely crazy and painful, so be careful