Blurring Primers

Sephora customers often prefer the following products when searching for Blurring Primers.

Blurring primers are a great way to smooth out your skin and create a more even appearance. They can also be used to hide blemishes and redness, or to even out skin tones. Check out some of our customers' favourite primers.

MILK MAKEUPMini Pore Eclipse Mattifying + Blurring Makeup Primer with Niacinamide

Size: 0.68 oz / 20 mL·ITEM: 2572865

Color: Translucent

1K Reviews

$27.00

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Milk makeup makes the best pore blurring primers hands down so I was super excited to try the mattifying one. ...I absolutely love this primer. I have used a lot of blurring primers and this one is pretty nice.

What it is: A mini lightweight water-cream makeup primer with skincare benefits that blurs the look of pores and fights shine for a long-lasting, soft-matte finish.


Finish: Matte


Skin Type: Normal, Oily, and Combination


Concerns: Oil and Pores


Highlighted Ingredients:

- Niacinamide: Helps minimize the appearance of pores.

- Bakuchiol: Helps visibly smooth skin texture and even skin tone.

- Lentil Extract: Helps reduce shine.


Ingredient Callouts: This product is vegan, gluten-free, cruelty-free, and comes in recyclable packaging.

$52.00

Best Mattifying Primer!...Great blurring primer! I usually do not like mattifying/blurring primers but this one is very different from other primers! ...Overall, one of my more favorite blurring primers I’ve tried!

What it is: A non-comedogenic makeup primer with skincare benefits that blurs pores, controls shine, and locks makeup for up to 12 hours with a soft matte finish.


Finish: Matte


Skin Type: Normal, Oily, and Combination


Concerns: Oil and Pores


Highlighted Ingredients:

- Niacinamide: Helps minimize the appearance of pores.

- Bakuchiol: Helps visibly smooth skin texture and even skin tone.

- Lentil Extract: Helps reduce shine.

$26.00

Very nice Blurring Primer...The Glowish Blur jam was my favorite Pore minimizing, Blurring while still moisturizing Primer ever. ...Usually blurring primers can feel very heavy and cakey on the skin but not this one!

What it is: A non-comedogenic, jelly-like primer that immediately absorbs excess oil, adds smooth texture, and blurs pores for an airbrushed, soft-focus finish.

Finish:
Sheer

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Milk Thistle Extract: Antioxidant-rich, soothes oily skin.
- Glycerine: Moisturizing, soothes oily skin.
- Polymers: Blurs appearance of pores and smooths texture.

Ingredient Callouts: It is also vegan and cruelty-free.

What Else You Need to Know: Now in compact travel size, this ultra-blurring silicone-free primer is good for your skin and is so easy to use. It’s lightweight, long-lasting, and has a refreshing, cooling, jelly-like texture that layers well on top of skincare and SPF.

$34.00

Best primer for oily to normal skin!...ABSOLUTELY LOVE! This primer is amazing paired with the Laura Mercier Oil Free Tinted Moisturizer (im sure plenty others too only one tried with so far) my face literally sooo silky smooth after put the primer on. 10/10!...I really enjoy using this primer if I want a more matte look to my base. I’m combination skin and it works for me.

What it is: A primer that smooths skin for even makeup application and reduces the appearance.

Finish:
Matte

Formulation:
Liquid

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Skin Perfecting Complex: Blend of rose extracts that work to moisturize, protect, and smooth skin.
- Silica Beads: Instantly blur and smooth imperfections.
- Red Clover Flower Extract: Controls oil while actively decrease appearance of pore size over time.

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.

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$75.00

Favorite Primer...I've been using this primer for over a year. It's pricey but it works the best out of all the primers I have tried. ...I have tried Selena Gomez primer and many Make Up Forever primers but this one is hands down the best for staying and blurring power.

What it is: A clear primer gel that smooths skin and pores so your makeup lasts, while vitamins A and E protect your skin.

Ingredient Callouts: Free of sulfates SLS and SLES, parabens, phthalates, and contains less than one percent of synthetic fragrances. This product is also vegan and cruelty-free.

What Else You Need to Know: Reduce the appearance of fine lines and pores while locking in your makeup with this primer. Lightweight and oil-free, it gives you a flawless finish, while antioxidants and vitamins A and E help protect your skin from pollutants, damage, and stress.

Clinical Results: In a consumer study on 103 women after 1 week of use:
- 93% said they saw blurred imperfections
- 93% said they saw smoother skin<

$34.00

It's not too greasy or too highlighting, something I've not liked about most newer primers. Sometimes you just need a primer that does what it says on the tin without making your face look like a disco ball....Pure canvas primer...Other make up primers often make me break out but this one doesn’t.

What it is: A primer that smooths skin for even makeup application and improves skin’s radiance.

Finish:
Radiant

Formulation:
Liquid

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Skin-Perfecting Complex: Blend of rose extracts that work to moisturize, protect, and smooth skin.
- Porcelain Flower: Promotes long-term radiance.
- Encapsulated Luminous Pearls: Provide light reflection on skin for natural radiance.

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.

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$47.00

Definitely blurring but makeup doesnt stick to it so use a good setting/finishing spray!...Out of all the O/S primers this one is my fav. It doesn’t great at blurring pores.

What it is: A blurring, mattifying primer that minimizes the look of pores, visibly evens texture, and controls shine while gripping makeup for all-day, ultimate wear.

Skin Type:
Normal, Oily, Dry, Combination

Concerns: Oil, Pores, Uneven Skin Tone

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Niacinamide: Minimizes the appearance of pores, fine lines, and texture and helps address shine.
- Witch Hazel: Visibly tightens pores.
- Glycerin: Minimizes the appearance of pores, fine lines, and texture and helps address shine.

Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, phthalates, mineral oil, retinyl palmitate, oxybenzone, coal tar, hydroquinone, sulfates SLS & SLES, triclocarban.

$50.00

It’s exactly what it is, blurring and hydrating....I never believed in primers, and especially a blurring oil control primer because I’m a dry skin girlie however I took a chance on this primer because it also has hyaluronic acid and that meant it wouldn’t be as dry or stripping on my skin. ...Both of the primers are incredible but the cooling applicator and blurring yet still hydrating technology is what does it for me.

What it is: A primer that blurs, absorbs oil, and primes the skin, leaving a cloud like finish without mattifying.

Finish:
Natural

Formulation:
Cream

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Shea Butter: Boosts moisture and nourishes skin.
- Sodium Hyaluronate: Hydrates the skin and leaves it looking plumper.
- Polymethylsilesquiloxane: Increases long wear of makeup while reducing the appearance of pores.

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, gluten-free, and cruel

$22.00

This primer does great job covering the pores and making the flawless application of the foundation, but it still feels like my skin can breathe with it and I think for this price it’s a very great primer and can be better even then some expensive primers...I love wearing this with their blurring primer as well- I love how it looks and makes my makeup last

What it is: A primer with a lightweight gel-in-cream texture that adds moisture and radiance to the complexion for skin that looks glowing and plumped up.

What Else You Need to Know: Reveal your natural radiance. With its hybrid gel-in-cream texture, this face primer revives skin radiance for up to 12 hours. What’s its superpower? A formula infused with intensely hydrating polyglutamic acid. As fresh as it is light, it melts into the skin for an immediate boost of hydration. Plus, with luminous micro-pigments, this illuminating primer creates a perfecting veil of light for a healthy, fresh-looking complexion.

It also makes foundation easier to apply and boosts skin radiance. Not only does it enhance makeup results, but it also improves hold

MAKE UP FOR EVERMini Step 1 Primer Pore Minimizer

Size: 0.5 oz / 15 ml·ITEM: 2424778

Color: Pore Minimizer

453 Reviews

$34.00

It goes on smooth and instantly gives a blurring effect over my mature skin problem areas. ...My absolute favourite primer. I used many primers in the market but the compares to it.

What it is: A mini-size smoothing makeup primer that visibly reduces the appearance of pores and fine lines for a smooth texture and blurred finish.

Finish:
Natural

Skin Type:
Normal, Oily, and Combination

Concerns: Pores

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Ginseng: Known to protect, promote radiant-looking skin, and maintain a smooth complexion.

What Else You Need to Know: Reduce the appearance of pores for up to 24 hours and instantly smooth skin's appearance with the Mini Step 1 Primer Pore Minimizer. Innovative polymers and silica visibly blur and smooth fine lines and skin’s texture, while ginseng maintains balance. The translucent formula works on all skin tones.

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“I received this product from influencer for my honest review. After using this primer for some time, I do really like it. I usually prefer a pore filling primer but with my dry skin this is great”
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“This is one of the best primers for large pores. It literally smooths out and blurs the appearance of pores and wrinkles”
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“I really liked how the primer felt when I applied it to my face. Some primers can be tacky when you apply it, this one went on smooth”
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