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First Base Hydrating Primer

$69.95
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Experience the perfect fusion of skincare and makeup with First Base Hydrating Primer. This luxurious, skin-loving formula hydrates, smooths, and perfects your complexion while creating the ideal canvas for flawless makeup application.

Enriched with 2% Hyaluronic Acid, Kakadu Plum, Pomegranate, and White Sapphire, it delivers lasting hydration, enhances radiance, and leaves skin with a luminous, pearlescent glow.

Wear it alone for a naturally fresh complexion or under makeup to create a smooth, long-lasting finish.

Overall rating: 4.946281 / 5 from 484 reviews.

AI Generated Review Summary

First Base Hydrating Primer is highly praised for its ability to provide intense hydration, leaving the skin feeling smooth and glowing. Customers appreciate its lightweight, non-greasy finish and its effectiveness in enhancing the skin's natural beauty. The product is also noted for its dewy, luminous effect and its compatibility with makeup.

Summary topics

  • Base Quality (8%): Customers expressed satisfaction with the base, describing it as perfect, great, gentle, and nourishing.
  • Skin Glow (18%): Many customers loved the hydrating primer, stating that it gives a nice glow to their skin.
  • Overall Product Quality (3%): Customers keep praising the First Base Hydrating Primer for its fantastic feel and glowy finish.
  • Skin Appearance (8%): Customers expressed appreciation for how the product made their skin look amazing and gave a dewy finish.
  • Product Feel (20%): A significant number of customers stated that the product feels great on their skin and leaves it feeling soft and smooth.

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Review highlights

  • "Love the dewy finish , skin looks hydrated and fresh" — Lisa D.
  • "My skin looks amazing using this giving a nice subtle glow and keeping hydrated" — Jane P.
  • "Lovely texture and gives that subtle glow my skin is very dry and dull so nice pick me up" — Sue B.

Reviews

This primer is awesome, seems

"This primer is awesome, seems to give the finish product of foundation and powder a nice glow, so you don’t get that Cakey look! I love all my products from Runway Room & will continue to use them only. 🤎"

— Wendy H. (5/5)

I have rosacea and sensitive

"I have rosacea and sensitive skin and I absolutely love this product. It’s hydrating and gives me the best glow. It feels soothing"

— Amelia R. (5/5)

As with all Runway Room

"As with all Runway Room products I am super happy with the First Base Hydrating Primer. It provides adequate coverage and is lightweight. As a result my skin is hydrated and glowing."

— Michelle G. (5/5)

First Base Hydrating Primer

"Really loved the texture and finish of this product"

— Lisa H. (5/5)

Feels nice on but dosnt

"Feels nice on but dosnt glow on skin as much as id like."

— Annette P. (4/5)

Instant moisture and base for

"Instant moisture and base for foundation to last all day."

— Sharon C. (5/5)

Love,love,love this primer, would not

"Love,love,love this primer, would not use any thing else. Such a great foundation for my foundation and glow grip. Have even converted my daughters 🥰"

— Jan C. (5/5)

Quality Primer

"I purchased this primer and I absolutely love it! I would like it to come in a larger container though. I am in my 70s and it makes my foundation look great. Thank You Run Way"

— Lee C. (5/5)

Amazing product, goes on easy

"Amazing product, goes on easy and feels amazing"

— Belinda G. (5/5)

Best primer I have ever used

"I remember being told decades ago, it’s a crime not to prime!! And this is the best one I have ever used!"

— Tess G. (5/5)

Q&A

Experience the perfect fusion of skincare and makeup with First Base Hydrating Primer by Runway Room. This multi-tasking primer is powered by 2% Hyaluronic Acid, Kakadu Plum, Pomegranate, and White Sapphire to deliver intense hydration, smooth the skin, and enhance your natural radiance with a soft, pearlescent finish.

Lightweight and nourishing, First Base creates the perfect canvas for makeup, helping foundation glide on seamlessly while extending its wear. Worn alone, it leaves skin looking fresh, luminous, and beautifully hydrated for an effortless no-makeup makeup look.

Proudly Australian made, cruelty-free, and PFAS-free, First Base is suitable for all skin types and blends high-performance ingredients with skincare benefits to support a healthy-looking complexion. Whether you’re creating a full glam look or simply enhancing your natural glow, this skin-loving primer delivers lasting hydration, a smooth finish, and radiant results with every application.

AQUA (WATER), CAPRYLIC/CAPRIC TRIGLYCERIDE,  CYCLOPENTASILOXANE, DISODIUM COCOAMPHODIACETATE, ETHYLHEXYL METHOXYCINNAMATE, SORBITAN STEARATE, CYCLOHEXASILOXANE, ETHYLHEXYL PALMITATE, METHYLPROPANEDIOL, PHENOXYETHANOL DIMETHICONE, MAGNESIUM ALUMINUM SILICATE, STEARYL DIMETHICONE,PROPYLENE GLYCOL STEARATE, GLYCERIN, CELLULOSE GUM, ALUMINA, GLYCERYL STEARATE CITRATE, SILICA,  LECITHIN, TOCOPHERYL ACETATE, PUNICA GRANATUM (POMEGRANATE) SEED OIL, ROSA CANINA (ROSEHIP) FRUIT OIL, TERMINALIA FERDINANDIANA (KAKADU PLUM) SEED OIL, CARTHAMUS TINCTORIUS (SAFFLOWER) SEED OIL,SODIUM HYALURONATE TOCOPHEROL,CAPRYLYL GLYCOL, PHENYLPROPANOL, POLYSORBATE 20,SORBITAN LAURATE,SILICA DIMETHYL SILYLATE,  PROPYLENE GLYCOL LAURATE,BUTYLENE GLYCOL,HEXYLENE GLYCOL,MICA,CI 77891 (TITANIUM DIOXIDE), CI 77491 (IRON OXIDE) 

Apply a small amount of First Base Hydrating Primer to clean, dry skin using your fingertips. Gently blend over the face and neck using circular motions, allowing the formula to absorb for approximately 30 seconds before applying foundation or powder.

Wear alone for a fresh, radiant complexion or under makeup to create a smooth, hydrated base that helps enhance makeup application and wear. Suitable for all skin types.

PAO 12M

Shelf Life 36M

Store below 30 degrees