A primer/serum to wear under make up that blurs pores, reduces shine but also makes me look glowy at 58!

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Will pay a ridiculous amount for something I can apply after moisturiser and before foundation - I get a shiny forehead with large pores. Nothing too 'young' and cheap because they are often too mattifying or greasy!

Clarins Instant Smooth is a bit like that stuff plasterers use to fill holes and cracks - you slather it on with a spatula and basically have a brand new face to work with.

Smashbox! Expensive but so worth it.

Elf is lovely
No7 also

Loving Charlotte Tilbury at the moment.

This really made me laugh 😂

Lol! I used to love their beauty flash balm but they've changed it and now it's crap.

I also have very reactive skin so a bit worried about cheaper brands.

No 7 do so many! Impossible to tell which will work.

Bare Minerals do a really nice one. Has a very smooth and velvety feel.

I swear by Touche Eclat Blur Primer from YSL. Makes everything super smooth and sort of glowy. A bit like a real life filter!

I don't think one primer can do all the things you listed! I wear two separate primers-a pore reducing one on my t zone and a glowy one on my cheeks (Max Factor) and under eye area (Glossier).

Laura Mercier has a blurring primer and an illuminating one.
The Clinique light reflecting primer is very good for giving you glowy skin.

Smashbox was the best but it's not available in the uk or Ireland anymore. I keep trying but can't find a better one.

I agree. Smashbox primer was the BIZ. My makeup drawer is full of ‘failed’ primers. 😩

Estée Lauder

I’m 60. Elf poreless primer is excellent.

This is the best I've tried 👍

Estée Lauder futurist watery glow primer. I'm 60 and love this primer. I often just use it on its own without any foundation on top.

The Armani one is gorgeous. Ask for a sachet. It's really beautifying

I have L'Oréal niacinamide and aloe, it's really good and would fit the bill. As an aside I put my excess facial cream etc onto the back of my hand and a couple of weeks ago I burnt the back of my hand and a week later the burn has gone and it only shows if I angle my hand and that's because I know where it is.

Is that the one that comes in a tub almost like a balm? As that made me break out sadly.

I was looking at this. Thanks.

Korean brands have very advanced technology. I hate a shiny nose but obvs after a certain age you do want to look a bit glowy rather than the flat matt that silicone primers give you. I think Erborian Skin Hero with ginseng is really good. The whole brand is great if you have decent skin.

Benefit pore-sessional fills in pores and reduces shine, and gives you a great colanvas. It doesn’t have a glow though. I really like it, I’ve bought it for years and I rarely depart from Estée Lauder for anything these days.

If you head to a biggish branch of somewhere like Boots the beauty counter staff can advise, its handy being able to actually try them as well as everyone is so different! I like NYX Marshmallow but know it's not everyone's cup of tea.

Elemis pro collagen insta smooth primer - I've never used one but this was part of a set. I was amazed at the difference in my complexion, glowy and even. I will always use this now. Pricey but worth it.

I use Bobi Brown Face base Vitamin enriched...it's pricey but only one which blurs forehead, without drying out face. I'm 53 and want to look fresh without looking shiny!!