La Base
$58
La Base
$58
Rendering, not a photograph
La Base
What is in it
La Base
Cyclopentasiloxane, Isododecane, Dimethicone Crosspolymer, Phenyl Trimethicone, Phenoxyethanol, Glyceryl Laurate, Tocopheryl Acetate
The maker's published list. Every name, readable, under “Full ingredient list” below.
The picture is a rendering of the packaging. The list is the maker's own.
La Base
HD Smoothing Primer
What's inside: Silken Blurring Base · Wear-Extending Film
Where the face begins.
Where the face begins. A silken primer that blurs the look of pores and fine texture so colour glides on, grips, and stays hours longer — the step you skip once, then never again.
The Formula
- Blurs texture + pores
- Extends wear
- Silken, grippy finish
- Lightweight
- Cruelty-free
Before you order
- Delivery
- 5–14 business days to the US, 5–17 to Canada and 9–28 elsewhere. The first time the lab makes a piece for us it can take up to two weeks longer.
- Returns
- Unopened: 30 days
- The house
- Is Divina legit?
These dates allow up to two weeks more, because the lab has not made this piece for us before.
Free shipping over $75 to the US and Canada.
First order: FOUNDING15 takes 15% off at checkout. The code ends 31 Dec 2026.
Made after you order.
Who makes it, and what our price pays for.
Over $95, a complimentary La Brume — add pieces worth another $150, and Le Savon joins it.
Before you buy it, the other side.
Every other line on this page is an argument for La Base. This one is not, and it is the part you can check.
Buy something else if
- You need it this week. Nothing is made until you order it: two to four business days to make, then the lab's weekly dispatch — up to seven business days before it even ships. The first time the lab makes a piece for us it can take up to two weeks longer.
A smaller way in: nothing obliges you to meet the house at $58. L'Encre is $32, made in the same lab, and it will tell you what you need to know about us.
After moisturiser, smooth a thin layer over the face, especially where makeup tends to slip, and give it a minute before foundation.
Where the face begins. A silken primer that blurs the look of pores and fine texture so colour glides on, grips, and stays hours longer — the step you skip once, then never again.
Cyclopentasiloxane, Isododecane, Dimethicone Crosspolymer, Phenyl Trimethicone, Phenoxyethanol, Glyceryl Laurate, Tocopheryl AcetateAs the manufacturer lists it. Names in gold open a page on that ingredient. Check another product’s list.
Made fresh to order and shipped tracked from the lab in Toronto — 5–14 business days to the US, 5–17 to Canada and 9–28 elsewhere. Standard shipping is free over $75 to the US and Canada, over $120 to the UK, Europe, Australia and New Zealand, and over $150 to Asia and the Middle East. Opened beauty items are non-returnable for hygiene; unopened items may be returned within thirty days. Full policy.
Understanding La Base
What you're actually buying — and what it changes.
What it is
A silken smoothing primer — the thin layer between skincare and makeup that blurs texture and makes colour grip and last.
In your life
Primer is the step people skip until they try it once before a long day — and then never skip again. La Base fills the look of pores and fine texture so foundation glides instead of settling, and everything wears hours longer.
Worn alone, it's a soft-focus filter with nothing on top: the meeting-day secret for people who don't wear makeup.
What to expect — honestly
Visibly smoother texture immediately and noticeably longer makeup wear the same day. A little is exactly enough.
It's for you if
- Foundation settles into pores or fine lines
- Your makeup is gone by mid-afternoon
- You want a smoother look on no-makeup days
- Big-day makeup needs to survive photos and hours
The ritual, precisely
After skincare, before makeup — or alone
- 01A pea-sized amount, pressed where texture shows: nose, cheeks, forehead.
- 02Give it a minute to set before foundation.
Who makes it, and what our price pays for.
We do not own a lab. Every piece is made for Divina by our partner lab, after you order. Similar formulas are sold under other names for less.
Here is what our price pays for.
Made after you order
Our partner lab makes your piece once the order is in.
How long it takesUnopened? Send it back within 30 days.
Return postage is paid by the customer, except where the item was faulty or incorrect.
The returns policyThe full ingredient list
On each piece's page wherever we hold it, with the pieces that are not vegan named.
Rules our copy must pass
A script reads the copy on this site before each deploy and fails the build when it finds a claim we have banned.
What we won't say
What's inside
Every active, named
No fillers, no theatre — only what earns its place, and exactly what it does. The whole point of a formula worth trusting is that it has nothing to hide.
Silken Blurring Base
Fills the look of pores and fine texture so colour glides on and grips.
Wear-Extending Film
Makes everything applied after it last hours longer.
Before you buy
From the Journal
Honest guides that explain how this piece works — and how to use it well.
Makeup · 6 min
On the Eye: Eyeshadow, for Beginners
Eyeshadow looks complicated and isn't. Three shades, one blending brush, and a base — that's a polished eye in five minutes.
Makeup · 7 min
Makeup Questions, Answered Simply — The Divina Makeup FAQ
The specific makeup problems everyone hits — cakey foundation, creasing concealer, mascara clumps — with short, honest fixes.
Questions
Good to know
The things worth knowing before La Base arrives — answered plainly.
Do I really need La Base?
Not always — but it is what makes makeup wear longer and sit truer, especially over pores or areas that get shiny by midday. Think of it as insurance rather than a step.
How much should I use?
A pea-sized amount, pressed rather than rubbed into the areas that need it. Applying it everywhere is the most common reason makeup starts to pill.
What goes on first, skincare or this?
Skincare first, and let it absorb fully. Applying over skincare that is still wet is what causes texture to roll.
Is La Base cruelty-free — and is it vegan?
Cruelty-free and vegan: nothing in the range is tested on animals, at any stage or by any party, and nothing in La Base is animal-derived, going by what its maker publishes.
How fast does it ship, and can I return it?
Each order is made fresh rather than pulled from a warehouse and ships tracked — 5–14 business days to the US, 5–17 to Canada and 9–28 elsewhere. Standard shipping is free over $75 to the US and Canada, over $120 to the UK, Europe, Australia and New Zealand, and over $150 to Asia and the Middle East. Unopened items can be returned within thirty days; opened beauty items are non-returnable for hygiene reasons.
In Confidence
The first words are still being written
The house is newly opened, and we publish only reviews from verified purchases — which means, for now, this space is honest and empty. Order, live with it for three weeks, and be among the first voices here. We read every word.
To Complete the Ritual
The pairing
Le Maquillage · Vegan
Le Fond de Teint Liquide
HD Liquid Foundation — 30ml
The complexion, in high definition.
