Jaclyn Hill Preps Her Skin With a $500 Moisturizer and $200 Primer

Jaclyn Hill subscribes to the same philosophy as so many other makeup artists: Makeup looks so much better on skin that's treated well. In a recent interview with People, she explains for her that means exfoliating up to four times a week, using hydrating masks, and prepping skin for makeup with a great moisturizer and primer. If you pick the moisturizer and primer she does, however, you may end up making a pretty significant dent in your bank account.

"I am very dry and I use a lot of pharmaceutical-grade skin care that I get from my aesthetician," she told People. "But I will say I am obsessed with the La Mer Soft Cream. I have been using it for close to two years. It’s my favorite moisturizer ever."

La Mer's The Moisturizing Soft Cream is a version of the brand's iconic Crème De La Mer aimed at dry and combination skin, and it's no less expensive than the original formula. Promising "beautifully glowing radiance" and skin that "looks naturally vibrant, restored to its healthiest center," a 3.4-ounce jar of The Moisturizing Soft Cream will run you $490. Luckily, there's a half-ounce version available for $85 — a price that's still nothing to sneeze at, but significantly less expensive than Hill's favorite primer, Sisley Paris Double Tenseur Moisturizing Gel.

"It has the perfect amount of tackiness so your makeup grabs onto it like glue," she says of the $192 formula. "Everyone I’ve recommended it to, no matter what their skin type is, they all say it is amazing." And for Hill to recommend any primer — let alone one so expensive — is a pretty big deal considering she used to consider it a gimmick. "I thought moisturizer was more than enough, but now I am definitely 100 percent pro-primer," she told People.

If you're comfortable purchasing pricey moisturizer and primer, awesome, more power to you. But there are, of course, plenty of amazing moisturizers and trusty primers that are far less expensive. And not everything Hill recommends for your beauty routine will make a major dent in your wallet — her new makeup brush collection, for example, is arguably quite affordable. The 24 brushes are available as a set called The Master Collection for $165, which sounds like a lot, but when you consider that means each brush comes to about $7 — not even counting the case — then it's really quite the bargain.

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