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The not-so-secret trick to staying flawless…
Even the most ardent beauty enthusiasts can take a long time to come around to primers. If you already cleanse, tone, moisturise, exfoliate and spend precious minutes doing whatever else, adding yet another step to your regime can seem a tad tedious.

The thing about primers, however, is that once you start, you won’t stop. They really do work wonders when it comes to brightening, mattifying, smoothing and solving a whole host of complexion gripes that you thought were beyond help.

With party season looming, it’s worth noting that they really do keep make-up firmly in place, too. Here’s what’s we turn to when we need our faces primed and proper all day long…