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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lucy Smith

This primer beats Bobbi Brown’s face base – and it’s £30 cheaper

I put the two make-up primers to the test, side by side - (Bobbi Brown/No7/Lucy Smith)

The Bobbi Brown vitamin enriched face base is the stuff of beauty legend and, having been in the industry for more than 20 years, it’s practically become etched in beauty history. While founder and make-up artist Bobbi Brown is no longer at the helm of the brand, the primer and its formula remain as iconic as ever. In fact, one pot sells every 30 seconds.

By comparison, No7’s pro-artist range is relatively new, only launching in the latter half of October 2024. The collection release prompted much excitement in the make-up sphere. Now to come out of the woodwork is the pro-artist line’s runway radiance primer (£19.95, No7beauty.co.uk), which bares a pretty noticeable likeness to, you guessed it, Bobbi Brown’s vitamin enriched face base.

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