Makeup Bases

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The right base can make all the difference in your makeup routine. It can smooth out your skin tone, help you achieve a perfect canvas for your foundation, and keep your face from getting shiny or greasy. A great makeup base will keep your makeup on for hours on end.

Fenty Beauty by RihannaMini Pro Filt'r Mattifying Primer

ITEM: 2378016

Size: 0.5 oz/ 15 mL

71 Reviews

$20.00

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super léger comparé à d'autres bases, super efficace pour mes pores et contrôler la luisance. ...I need matte…even at 60 my face still shines minted after makeup. This helps a lot.

What it is: A mattifying primer for combination-to-oily skin that delivers maximum all-day shine control while improving and extending the wear of foundation.

Skin Type: Normal, Combination, and Oily

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Blue Agave Extract: Helps to mattify the skin.

Ingredient Callouts: This product is oil-free and cruelty-free.

What Else You Need to Know: Mattify skin, fight shine all day, and smooth the look of pores without feeling tight or dry with the Pro Filt'r Mattifying Primer. Paired with Pro Filt'r foundation (sold separately), this oil-free primer—made with Blue Agave Extract and blurring powder—helps makeup blend better, last longer, and stay fresh all day without caking.

$50.00

I'm dry leaning and old so take that as you will when I say that this didn't do much for me on an everyday basis. Whilst it did seem to moderately boost the staying power of my favourite cream, serum, liquid, and stick foundations and tints, it imparted no detectable luminosity and zero added hydration. ...This is now part of my makeup and non-makeup regime.

What it is: A radiant foundation primer that delivers up to 24 hours of hydration, enhances makeup, and leaves skin looking luminous.

Finish:
Radiant

Formulation:
Liquid

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Iris Extract: Brings comfort to the skin.
- Red Hibiscus Extract: Known for illuminating properties.
- Natural-Origin Hyaluronic Acid: Contains hydrating and plumping properties.

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

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DermalogicaSkinperfect Primer SPF 30

ITEM: 2221190

Size: 0.75 oz/ 22 mL

34 Reviews

$59.00

This is my favorite primer it’s pore filling skin smoothing perfection I love Dermalogica I’m so happy it’s coming to Sephora I highly recommend this for a primer it has a tint to it so you can wear on a no makeup makeup day.....Find this to be the perfect product to apply on a daily basis. When going out I apply as my foundation coverage for a smooth, greaseless base before adding additional liquid makeup.

What it is: A primer that helps smooth fine lines, brighten, and prep for makeup application and flawless skin.

Skin Type: Normal, Dry, Combination, and Oily

Skincare Concerns: Fine Lines and Wrinkles, Loss of Firmness and Elasticity, and Dullness and Uneven Texture

Formulation: Gel

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Titanium Dioxide (4%): Protects skin from UVA and UVB radiation.
- Zinc Oxide (14%): Creates a protective barrier and deflects UVA and UVB rays off.
- Hyaluronic Acid: Hydrates the skin.

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

$40.00

I like this product a lot and it’s great now that I wear less makeup on a daily basis....Protects my skin from the sun and is not greasy at all! Works well under makeup! :)

What it is: An energizing, go-anywhere daily SPF protector for all-day defense.

Skin Type: Normal, Dry, Combination, and Oily

Skincare Concerns: Fine Lines and Wrinkles

Formulation: Lightweight Liquid

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Titanium Dioxide, Zinc, and Octinoxate: Provide protection against UV rays (UVA and UVB).

Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens and phthalates.

What Else You Need to Know: This sheer, weightless daily SPF protector works all day to support skin. It includes Stop Signs™ Technology that visibly diminishes visible signs of aging by combating a full spectrum of modern environmental aggressors including UVA/UVB and other skin irritants.

$46.00

This is an excellent primer that I use on a daily basis. The color is rich and lucious and adds great volume to my face and appearance overall.

What it is: A multi-benefit hair primer with seven immediate benefits: it hydrates, detangles, smooths, conditions, boosts radiance, tames frizz, and adds silkiness in all hair types.

Hair Type: Straight, Wavy, Curly, and Coily

Hair Texture: Fine, Medium, and Thick

Hair Concerns:
- Frizz
- Shine
- Straightening and Smoothing

Key Benefits:
- Locks in moisture, boosts radiance, and tames frizzy hair for a smooth finish
- Use for air-drying hair to detangle and smooth hair texture
- Perfect for smooth hairstyles, air-dry styles, and blowouts

What Else You Need to Know: Loved by stylists, this multi-benefit primer works to immediately hydrate, detangle, smooth, and reduce frizz.

$36.00

Also, I used to get strong pilling due to mixing moisturizers, primers, and SPFs that are different bases (oil and water), and since switching my makeup hasn’t pilled!!!...So good before my makeup !...It leaves my skin ready for makeup and very hydrated! I love it!!

What it is: A one-and-done face sunscreen, moisturizer, and primer that drenches skin with all-day bouncy hydration, preps and primes for makeup, and protects the skin from the look of premature aging and harmful UV rays.

Skin Type: Normal and Dry

Skincare Concerns: Dark Spots, Fine Lines and Wrinkles, and Dryness

Formulation: Cream

SPF: 50

Highlighted Ingredients:
- SPF 50 UVA and UVB : Broad-spectrum UV filters that prevent the look of hyperpigmentation and premature aging.
- Plant Based Pentavitin: A clever, moisture-loading magnet for dry skin, boosting hydration for up to 72 hours.
- Squalane: Prevents moisture loss, while calming impaired skin barriers.

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MAKE UP FOR EVERStep 1 Primer Hydra Booster

Size: 1 oz / 30 ml·ITEM: 2424695

Color: Hydra Booster - for dry, normal, combination skin

294 Reviews

$41.00

Best of the bases...I highly recommend using this on a daily basis as my make up applied perfectly as well

What it is: A makeup primer that boosts skin's hydration and radiance for up to 24 hours while extending makeup wear.

Finish:
Radiant

Skin Type:
Normal, Dry, and Combination

Concerns: Dryness

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

What Else You Need to Know: Refresh dry or dehydrated skin instantly with Step 1 Primer Hydra Booster. Its rich, creamy texture features ginseng, glycerin, and glycols to boost skin's hydration and a radiant look for up to 24 hours, while the invisible wear extends makeup. This primer works perfectly for all skin tones.

ValentinoV-Lighter Illuminating Face Primer and Highlighter with Hyaluronic Acid

Size: 25 mL·ITEM: 2542843

Color: Rosa - ideal for fair-to-light complexions with cool undertones

277 Reviews

$59.00

I love trying new make up bases and primers and this one works really well and I was super excited to try the brand and I am happy with it and it helps my foundation go on very well...If you haven’t gotten 10 more of these highlighting bases around go for it. But if you are like me and have a ton I’d skip on it.

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

Fenty Beauty by RihannaEaze Drop'lit All-Over Glow Enhancer

Size: 1.22 fl oz / 36 mL·ITEM: 2590123

Color: Bronze Jasper - warm bronze glow for deep skin tones

272 Reviews

$34.00

Must have for all day lasting makeup...I love this product it gives your skin the perfect glow and hydrates it so well it keeps my makeup on all day and makes my skin look flawless even without makeup must buy!...No makeup makeup look musthave...This product is quite interesting to use since I always aim for a makeup look for makeup, which does not disappoint me.

What it is: A visible-glow enhancer with skin-loving ingredients for natural-looking illumination.

Coverage: Light

Finish:
Radiant

Formulation:
Liquid

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

What Else You Need to Know: This all-over-visible-glow enhancer has a lightweight, sheer formula that visibly hydrates, brightens, and reduces pores immediately and all day. You can wear it three ways: alone, mixed with foundation for a soft-looking glow, or as a hydrating base to extend makeup wear.

Clinical Results: In a consumer study:
- 100% agreed it made their skin look brighter
- 100% agreed it instantly made their skin feel more nourish

$29.00

A must have in my makeup routine...Makeup lasts over 8 hours....I have very dry skin and have a facial routine with gentle exfoliation on a weekly or twice a week basis and use moisture locking serums and moisturizers daily.

What it is: A primer that blurs and refines the appearance of pores for cloud-like, soft-focus skin.

Finish:
Radiant

Skin Type:
Normal, Oily, Dry, Combination

Concerns: Pores and Uneven Skin.

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Vitis Vita: Red grape extract to support natural collagen and your skin’s barrier.
- Evanescent Emollients: Assure a smooth application and increase the product’s spreadabillity.
- Texture-Perfecting Powders: Give a silky texture and blurred look to the skin.

Ingredient Callouts: It is cruelty-free.

What Else You Need to Know: This primer is your ticket to achieving a perfect, velvety complexion. It effortlessly refines pores and delivers a soft-m

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