base coat makeup

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A base primer is a must-have for any makeup artist. It helps to keep your makeup from creasing, fading, and oxidizing, and it provides a smooth surface for your foundation or powder to glide on top of.

ValentinoV-Lighter Illuminating Face Primer and Highlighter with Hyaluronic Acid

Size: 25 mL·ITEM: 2542850

Color: Ambra - ideal for medium-to-deep complexions with warm undertones

267 Reviews

$58.00

another dewy base...It’s a good base. If you haven’t gotten 10 more of these highlighting bases around go for it. ...I loved the smell of the base coat, it smelled floraly. It blended well in with my regular moisturizer and I would even consider using the base coat without fountain because it gave a my natural skin a glowy and dewy look.

What it is: A multitasking lightweight makeup primer formulated with skincare ingredients to provide up to 24 hours of hydration and a rapidly visible glow.


Highlighted Ingredients:

- Roma-Light Complex™: Light-reflecting, color-boosting pearls to enhance skin’s natural luminosity.

- Hyaluronic Acid: Visibly plumps skin.


What Else You Need to Know: Formulated with hyaluronic acid for up to 24 hours of hydration and ultra-fine light-reflecting pearls for a luminous look, this multitasking primer and highlighter can be worn alone, under or on top of your foundation. It is available in two shades: Rosa, ideal for fair-to-light complexions with cool undertones

Urban DecaySubversion Lash Primer

ITEM: 1635788

Size: 0.28 oz/ 8.5 mL

417 Reviews

$26.00

I've tried many but the recurring problem with most is having them clump my lashes together into spider legs. This one coats each lash separately with a nicely opaque base that colored mascara can go over and really stand out....Gives great base to mascara. No more multiple coats of mascara.

What it is:
A whipped, creamy lash primer that conditions and preps for the perfect mascara application.

What it does:
Prep eyelashes for the perfect mascara application with Subversion Lash Primer. The brush coats each lash from root to tip, making them thicker and longer—letting you build dramatically better-looking lashes that look like false lashes. Formulated with protective panthenol and conditioning vitamin E, this primer strengthens lashes for high-volume application.

What it is formulated WITHOUT:
- Parabens

What else you need to know:
This product is fragrance-free.

tarteOpening Act™ Lash Primer

ITEM: 1707835

Size: 0.24 oz/ 7.1 mL

403 Reviews

$27.00

My routine- Curl bare lashes One coat of primer let dry Curl lashes Two coats of mascara Once it's completely dry the light curl again ... ...I always use a primer under my mascara, so that I don't end up having to use too many coats of mascara itself. This allows me to use just one coat of mascara and is great!

What it is: An ultra-conditioning lash treatment primer that delivers volume to your lashes before you even apply mascara.

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Cellulose: Plant-derived thickening agent.
- Caranuba Wax: Emollient from the leaves of the carnauba palm to ensure a smooth application.
- Olive Esters: Help condition and protect lashes.

Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, phthalates, mineral oil, retinyl palmitate, oxybenzone, and triclosan. This product is also cruelty-free and gluten-free.

What Else You Need to Know: This lash primer lengthens and strengthens with nurturing, plant-based conditioners to fend off flaking and fall-out.

$34.00

Excellent base...Makes my makeup last all day and leaves a really nice, smooth base ready for foundation! ...The primer works perfectly diminishing the appearance of pores instantly and with that soft feeling on the skin, it also works with other bases without sweeping! I loved.

What it is: A vegan primer that maximizes makeup wear and minimizes the look of pores immediately and over time.

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Green Lentil Extract: Visibly minimizes pores.
- Rice Water: Soothes skin.

Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, phthalates, mineral oil, retinyl palmitate, oxybenzone, coal tar, hydroquinone, sulfates SLS & SLES, triclocarban, triclosan, and contains less than one percent synthetic fragrance. It is also vegan and cruelty-free.

What Else You Need to Know: Create a smooth base for your makeup artistry with this vegan primer. In a clinical test, it continued to reduce the look of pores after two weeks of regular use. Non-comedogenic an

$36.00

It’s the best base ☝️😌...I really love this as a base for my makeup routine. I’m a total newbie to the makeup world, but the softness of this product is amazing!!!...If you put too much on your Makeup pill. too much on once in my make up pilled.

What it is: A clean, blurring face primer with hydrating niacinamide & plumping collagen peptides delivers a soft-touch silky feel and a poreless matte finish.


Coverage: Light


Finish: Matte


Formulation: Cream


Highlighted Ingredients:

- Niacinamide: Hydrates and helps to reduce redness, pores and hyperpigmentation

- Collagen Peptide: Plumps and firms skin to reduce signs of fine lines & wrinkles

- Poreaway Complex (Pistacia Lentiscus Mastic Gum): Visibly tightens pores, reduces imperfections and controls oil



$42.00

This primer provides the most flawless base for me to apply on my makeup. It tightens, blurs all the pores and lines on my face giving me such a natural looking base. ...Flawless base...My biggest skin concerns are texture, fine lines, and pores - especially when accentuated by makeup. This primer does a beautiful job blurring the skin giving you a flawless base for your makeup!

What it is: A no-filter primer that visibly tightens, firms, and blurs the look of fine lines and pores for a temporary effect and flawless makeup application.

Skin Type: Normal, Dry, Combination, and Oily

Skincare Concerns: Fine Lines and Wrinkles, Pores, and Loss of Firmness and Elasticity

Formulation: Cream

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Firm-A-Tite™: A blend of silicates and seaweed extract.
- 3% BarPull: Hydrates and provides long-term benefits.
- Elastiflex IQ™: Helps improve the look of smoothness and elasticity over time.

Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, phthalates, mineral oil, retinyl palmitate, oxybenzone, coal tar, h

$69.00

Good as a treatment and as a makeup base...A base that combines 3 types of makeup bases known to me. ...I typically do not use makeup bases but I saw this one and decided to try it!

What it is: A bestselling hydrating primer and moisturizer that nourishes, plumps, and preps skin to improve the look of foundation.


Highlighted Ingredients: 
- Vitamins B, C, and E: Help replenish and condition skin with essential nourishment.
- Hyaluronic Acid, Squalane, and Shea Butter: Help quickly hydrate, visibly plump, and prep skin for a fresh, healthy-looking glow.
- Grapefruit and Geranium: Leave a light, uplifting scent on skin.


What Else You Need to Know: This hydrating formula blends the performance of a makeup primer with the cushion of a moisturizer. 

$36.00

I use it for everyday makeup as a base....A solid makeup base...This smells nice and it does provide a nice base for makeup application--neither greasy or drying, and a little goes a long way.

Skin type:
✔ Normal
✔ Dry
✔ Combination
✔ Oily

What it is:
A shine-stopping, pore-diffusing primer that smooths the way for better foundation application and longer wear with an instant retouch effect.

What it does:
Nothing is sexier than touch-worthy skin. Pro Filt’r Instant Retouch Primer is the first step to getting there. Paired with Pro Filt'r Foundation, this oil-free primer smooths away the look of pores, visibly evens skin tone and texture, and instantly absorbs shine without feeling dry or chalky. That means smoother foundation application and longer makeup wear.

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“This creamy highlighter provides such a natural glowy look to the skin without looking like you’re wearing a whole lot of makeup. I have really been enjoying wearing this on my lighter makeup days to give my face some brightness”
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“We live in dry heat and I don't worry about this breaking on my face, just looks like nice, hydrated and healthy skin”
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