Best Makeup Primers

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Looking for the perfect makeup primer to create a flawless base for your beauty routine? Look no further! Our comprehensive guide to the best makeup primers is here to help you find the ideal product to enhance the longevity and performance of your makeup. Whether you're aiming for a smooth canvas, pore minimization, or oil control, our expertly curated list has got you covered. Discover the top makeup primers that will ensure your makeup stays in place all day long, giving you a radiant and polished finish. Get ready to achieve a flawless complexion with these must-have beauty essentials!

Urban DecayEyeshadow Primer Potion

Size: 0.33 oz / 10 mL·ITEM: 1704402

Color: Original - sheer nude

11.6K Reviews

$28.00

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Simply the best...I've tried other makeup primers, cheap ones, expensive ones, all sorts. ...The best eye makeup primer I have ever used!...I have tried so many eye makeup primers, my lids get oily and my eyeshadow creases.

What it is: An award-winning nude eyeshadow primer that ensures vibrant, crease-free wear for up to 24 hours.


Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens. This product is also vegan and cruelty-free.


What Else You Need to Know: This long-lasting eye makeup base keeps eyeshadow crease-free, eye color vibrant, and application smooth. Formulated with polymer technology, this vegan beauty eyelid primer serves as the perfect eyeliner or eyeshadow base, filling in any surface imperfections and prepping lids for all-day wear.

NARSPro-Prime™ Smudge Proof Eyeshadow Base

Size: 0.26 oz/ 7 mL·ITEM: 1236843

Color: Original

2.6K Reviews

$26.00

I've tried several other mid end makeup primers but they all end up creasing within four to five hours. ...best primer ever!...I've been looking for a good primer, this is the BEST. Makeup stays put all day and looks great!

What it is:
A lightweight primer that creates a seamless canvas that keeps cream and powder eye color looking brilliant, fresh, and just-applied all day.

What it does:
This smudge-proof eyeshadow base uses a unique polymer and mineral powder blend to get a firm grip on color for long-lasting, gorgeous wear. Fortified with a special deep-sea extract and an antioxidant rice extract, it dries on contact and keeps the delicate eye lid smooth and ready for eyeshadow application.

What else you need to know:
This fragrance-free product is ophthalmologist and dermatologist tested.

$54.00

The Steph Curry of makeup primers!...This has completely changed my makeup game! My makeup has NEVER looked this good! ...one of the bests....love it , one of the best primer by far. Love the texture and it’s kind of sticky on the face which is good for the foundation stay longer .

Which skin type is it good for?
✔ Normal
✔ Oily
✔ Combination
✔ Dry
✔ Sensitive

What it is:
A velvety priming balm of pressed silk that smooths and makes makeup last longer while keeping it out of skin, helping to prevent clogged pores and breakouts.

Solutions for:
- Pores
- Oiliness
- Dullness and uneven texture

If you want to know more…
This multitasking skin-protecting, makeup-perfecting primer is for face, eyes, and lips. Silk extracts feel nourishing on skin and diminish the look of pores, fines lines, and imperfections for the perfect canvas before makeup.

$35.00

Best primer ever. It hides my pores and make my foundation and other makeup apply smooth and even. ...Great Primer!...I usually concentrate it in my T-Zone for best results. My best makeup days are always when I use this product!

What it is: A primer that quickly minimizes the appearance of pores and fine lines for smoother-than-smooth skin.

Finish: Natural

Formulation: Cream

Skin Type: Normal, Dry, Combination, and Oily

$54.00

Also, I can use it on my eyes and they do not water like with some other eye makeup primers. Once I’m done with my other primer (different brand that is not as good) I plan to buy this in the full size....Best Makeup Primer...Tatcha's primer holds my makeup in place all day and make my pores appear smaller!

What it is: A weightless liquid primer that protects skin from pollutants and makeup while helping your look go on better and last longer.

Skin Type: Normal, Combination, and Oily

Skincare Concerns: Pores, Redness, and Dullness and Uneven Texture

Formulation: Liquid

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Thin Layers of Silk (Fibroin, Sericin, and Silk Powder): Diminish the look of pores, fines lines, and imperfections for the perfect canvas before makeup.

$42.00

Best. Primer. Ever!...With other primers my foundation would cling to my dry patches however, this primer gives my skin a healthy hydrated appearance prior to and after my makeup application. ...best primer so far...such an amazing primer, for both skin types. it makes my makeup last longer and at the same time it hydrates my skin and makes my makeup application 10x more flawless. if you are not a coconut lover or are allergic too it, won't recommend it. but so far its one of the best primers ever.

What it is: A replenishing face primer that hydrates, smooths, and brightens for a dewy, healthy-looking complexion.

Skin Type:
Normal, Dry, Combination

Concerns: Dryness

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Coconut Water: Hydrates skin.
- Probiotics: Boosts skin’s visible radiance and elasticity.

Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens. It is also vegan, gluten-free, and cruelty-free.

$29.00

One of the Best primers ever!...It’s one the best makeup primers I’ve ever used. It hydrated skin so deep and leaves it super soft and supple with smooth and even application on makeup. ...Probably one of the best makeup primers I've ever tried. I got the travel size but definitely getting the full sized one when I run out!

What it is: An award-winning longwear gel makeup primer that grips makeup for up to 12 hours and hydrates with hyaluronic acid and niacinamide for a dewy finish.


Finish: Radiant


Formulation: Lightweight, Gel


Skin Type: Normal, Dry, and Combination


Highlighted Ingredients:

- Blue Agave Extract: Grips makeup to prevent melting, fading, and caking.

- Hyaluronic Acid and Niacinamide (Vitamin B3) : Boost hydration to visibly smooth uneven texture.

$28.00

Milk Makeup has the best primers, and cloud glow is no exception!...This primer is so amazing! Milk truly makes the best primers.

What it is: A skincare-packed priming foam that visibly brightens and hydrates to bring out your skin’s natural glow and create a smooth base for makeup.

Highlighted Ingredients: 
- Turmeric and Saffron Extracts: Visibly brighten skin and reduce redness for a healthy, natural glow.

- Apricot Extract: Nurtures skin and seals in moisture.

- Wu-Zhu-Yu Extract and Hydra Booster: Boosts radiance, helps visibly even skin tone, and locks in hydration for smoother skin.


Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents,

$16.00

Not only does it smell amazing but it leaves your hair so soft and so beautiful! This primer is to die for! Definitely my holy grail of hair primers!...part 3: the primer...One of the best primers I've found. I'd been in need of a great one, and have had a lot of trouble finding one that wouldn't weigh my fine, oily hair down or make it feel sticky.

What it is: A primer that starts your styling routine by instantly cutting frizz by 50 percent all day versus untreated hair (even in extreme humidity).

Hair Type: Fine, Medium, and Thick

Hair Texture: Straight, Wavy, and Curly

Hair Concerns:
- Frizz
- UV Protection - Heat Protection

$22.00

Newest no makeup day obsession. Gives you a perfect glow without any makeup and works great under makeup too as a primer. ...I love wearing it with a no makeup look. 4 stars because I have texture and it highlights it a bit I would also be scared to wear this with makeup primers over.

What it is:  A glowy tinted sunscreen that hydrates skin & primes for makeup with a radiant finish & broad spectrum SPF protection.

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