oily skin primers

Sephora customers often prefer the following products when searching for oily skin primers.

Oily skin is a common problem, and it's often difficult to find a primer that will help your skin look less shiny. However, there are several primers that can help you achieve this goal. Here are some primers for oily skin on the market today.

MAKE UP FOR EVERMini Step 1 Primer Pore Minimizer

Size: 0.5 oz / 15 ml·ITEM: 2424778

Color: Pore Minimizer

435 Reviews

$24.00

Good primer for oily skin, give this mate effect to your skin instantly...Good for oily skin. and for long wear. I will recommended top anyone. ...A must have for oily skin...Face Primer

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.

MAKE UP FOR EVERStep 1 Primer Pore Minimizer

Size: 1 oz / 30 ml·ITEM: 2424687

Color: Pore Minimizer - for oily, normal, combination skin

373 Reviews

$41.00

Good for oily skin!...I love this primer! I have super oily skin and pores and it does help conceal them! ...My skin loves this!...I’m not exaggerating when I say this is one of the most perfect primers I’ve ever used! I have oily skin and this primer applies smoothly.

What it is: A 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 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.

$42.00

Dry to Normal Skin! Not for oily girls...I absolutely loved it from a brightening and hydrating perspective. I have oily skin and live in Texas so the heat and humidity definitely made my T-Zone look oily after a few hours....My new favorite primer!...With normal/oily skin, I have to be careful of anything that says hydrating, but this has the perfect amount of hydration.

What it is: A refreshing, lightweight, and hydrating face primer enhanced with a natural glow for up to 12 hours of smooth and seamless makeup wear.

Skin Type: Normal, Dry, Combination, and Oily

Skincare Concerns: Dryness, Fine Lines and Wrinkles, and Uneven Texture

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Double Hyaluronic Acid: Immediately hydrates the surface of skin and delivers long-lasting hydration.
- Squalane: Supports skin’s barrier by locking in hydration and retaining moisture.
- Cacao Peptides and Moringa Seed: Helps defend skin from harmful blue light and pollution.

Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, phthalates, mineral oil, retinyl palmitate, o

tartePoreless Mattifying Primer

Size: 1 oz/ 30 mL·ITEM: 1935329

738 Reviews

$34.00

Great for oily skin...This is the best primer I have tried so far. I have oily skin and a lot of primers do not do well with my skin but this one does. ...Great primer for oily skin. Has helped my makeup last all day even with my extremely oily skin.

What it is:
A vegan, 12-hour makeup primer that fights shine and minimizes the look of pores for a smooth, matte surface.

What it does:
This waterproof mattifying and re-texturizing complexion primer features optical matte-blur technology that reduces the look of imperfections.

$69.00

I usually hate primer. I have oily skin and have tried a variety of primers, including one specifically made for oily skin, and they all invariably make my face look shiny. ...LOVE THIS FOR OILY SKIN...I love this! I have VERY oily skin and this controls my oil all day!

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. 

$34.00

An Oily Skins Girls Best Friend...By far the BEST PRIMER for oily skin. I have tried aooo many from all brands. ...Oily skin needs to try this!!!...I paid for this myself. So I’ve tried every primer for oily skin under the sun and this is the best I’ve come across.

What it is: A non-comedogenic oil absorbing primer that delivers an immediate and extreme matte finish while tightening the appearance of pores. Extends makeup wear to up to 12 hours and dermatologist tested.


Coverage: Light


Finish: 
Matte


Formulation: 
Liquid


Highlighted Ingredients: 
- Alkaline pH: Absorbs excess oil to visibly balance and mattify.

- 15 Percent Mineral Silicate Complex: Tightens the appearance of pores.

- Micro-Hyaluronic Acid: Visibly plumps and prevents dryness.

$42.00

not for oily skin...It smells nice and didn't make me break out, which a lot of primers do. Worked great on my friend who does not have oily skin...great for oily skin...Only primer I have found to work for my oily skin. Keeps makeup in place without setting powder.

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.

$20.00

A MUST FOR OILY SKINS GALS...Paired with the fenty pro filter for my oily skin is amazing! Super smooth skin! If I don't use it my foundation looks terrible...Great for oily skin...My go-to primer for oily skin. Doesn’t make me look sweaty and works well with every foundation I’ve used.

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.

DermalogicaSkinperfect Primer SPF 30

ITEM: 2221190

Size: 0.75 oz/ 22 mL

34 Reviews

$59.00

Must for Oily Skin...Nothing has worked this well ever for not getting oily shiny in my Tzone throughout the day until I found this primer. ...Holy Grail Primer...My makeup always looks perfect when using this. Also, I have oily skin and this primer has held up despite it not being an oil control primer.

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.

$39.00

An Awesome Primer!!...This is a oily skin girls dream! It does a good job blurring and filling pours. ...I used without and with makeup and I liked the both ways. I have oily skin and control a lot the oil. I really recommend.

What it is: A skincare-infused primer that instantly blurs the look of wrinkles and keeps makeup from settling in creases while prolonging makeup wear.

Skin Type: Normal, Dry, Combination, and Oily

Skincare Concerns: Fine Lines and Wrinkles, Pores, Uneven Texture

Formulation: Cream

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Optical Microspheres: Scatter light to visibly blur wrinkles and imperfections.

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.

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