A makeup primer is a must-have for any beauty lover. It helps to keep your makeup in place and prevents it from creasing or fading. It also helps to reduce the appearance of pores and fine lines. Here are some great options of photofinish makeup primers on the market today.
Size: 1 oz / 30 mL·ITEM: 2844561
Color: 13 - for deep skin with neutral golden undertones
$36.00
I use this with the Smashbox Photofinish primer as my base and I received multiple compliments today on how my skin looked! ...It will be added to my daily work makeup routine. It provides some coverage and with a little concealer it is the perfect makeup, no makeup look.
What it is: A hydrating & plumping skin tint with buildable, sheer to medium coverage that leaves a radiant, healthy-skin finish and a non-oily feel.
Skincare Concerns: Dryness, Dullness, and Uneven Skin Tone
Benefits: Hydrating
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Polyglutamic and Hyaluronic Acids: Hydrates and visibly plumps skin.
- Grapefruit Extract: Promotes healthier-looking skin by helping to improve skin’s quality.
Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, phthalates, mineral oil, retinyl palmitate, oxybenzone, coal tar, hydroquinone, sulfates SLS & SLES, triclocarba
$30.00
I usually use a primer before applying my makeup and I always feel my makeup blends better and has a better look when I use primer. ...I really feel a difference when i don’t use this under makeup. It preps your makeup with a nice glow!
What it is: A skincare-makeup hybrid primer with Vitamin C and blue light protection that delivers a subtle glow and minimizes the look of pores and fine lines.
Finish: Radiant
Skin Type: Normal, Oily, Dry, Combination
Concerns: Pores, Uneven Skin Tone
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Artemisia Capillaris: Helps to protect against blue HEV light.
- Vitamin C: Antioxidant which is renowned for helping boost skin radiance.
- Soft Focus Blurring Powders: Smooth the appearance of fine lines and large pores.
Ingredient Callouts: This product is vegan and cruelty-free.
$20.00
Great base for makeup...I don't get along well with silicone based primers (porefessional/smashbox photofinish) and this is the opposite. It goes on almost like a lotion but then becomes tacky to adhere to makeup. ...I've used Smashbox Photofinish Light and this is far better!
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.
Size: 1.1 oz / 35 ml·ITEM: 2670958
Color: 31 - light
$35.00
Makeup No-Makeup look...It’s lightweight and covers just enough to even out skin tone, making it a makeup no-makeup look....Not super heavy coverage, but still photofinish approved. Highly recommend for hot days or on the go looks.
What it is: A vegan, noncomedogenic, dewy foundation that delivers hydration, medium coverage, and a fresh glow finish for up to 24 hours.
Coverage: Medium
Finish: Natural
Formulation: Liquid
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Kombucha Filtrate: Detoxifies and nourishes skin.
- Marula Oil: Protects and hydrates skin.
Ingredient Callouts: This product is vegan and cruelty-free.
What Else You Need to Know: Infused with nourishing ingredients, this lightweight tinted moisturizer foundation leaves skin feeling super hydrated while minimizing pores with a blurri
Size: .24 oz / 7 g·ITEM: 2597565
Color: Translucent - neutral with balanced undertones
$38.00
No makeup makeup...This is definitely a no makeup makeup look kind of powder. It’s nice and super fine....It sets your make up and blurs your face for a photofinish look. The only problem is, I used it with the foundation and that dried my face out which made me dislike all of the products.
What it is: A clean, skincare-infused loose powder that blurs imperfections, smooths skin, and optimizes makeup performance in five talc-free, soft-focus shades.
Coverage: Light
Finish: Natural
Formulation: Loose Powder
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Fermented Arnica: Visibly reduces redness and irritation.
- Plant Squalane: Protects and boosts hydration.
- Tourmaline: Supports cellular energy.
Ingredient Callouts: This product is vegan, gluten-free, and cruelty-free.
What Else You Need to Know: This multitasking magician combines talc-free, gel-powder technology and finely milled pigments to deliver a weightless veil of translucent color with a comfortable, flawless-looking fini
$39.00
I am going to stick with my smashbox photofinish primer....Makeup stays in place!...This primer definitely grips the makeup in place. It is great for oily skin.
What it is: A smoothing and hydrating face primer that grips foundation into place and supports its staying power, so your makeup look lasts up to eight hours longer.
Ingredient Callouts: This product is also vegan and cruelty-free.
What Else You Need to Know: This long-wearing complexion primer goes on sheer, silky soft to the touch, and leaves skin feeling hydrated. It preps and smooths the look of skin, then grips makeup in place so it lasts longer, but is so lightweight that you can wear it solo. It reduces the look of fine lines and leaves skin feeling slightly lifted.
$28.00
I have tried many lid primers including Smashbox Photofinish Lid and Bare Minerals Prime Time. This one is by far the best! ...One that I found that sort of compares, at least in my opinion, is Smashbox Photofinish. I still love this one a bit better. No parabens in Eden...and no weird potion bottle (that you have to struggle to cut to get all product out) anymore!
What it is: An award-winning nude eyeshadow primer that ensures vibrant and crease-free wear.
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.
ITEM: 1578251
Size: Mini Size - 0.25 oz/ 7 g
$15.00
I use this on areas with bad pores & smashbox photofinish everywhere else for the perfect base!...best primer i've ever used. much better than smashbox photofinish. reduces appearance of pores, evens skin tone, reduces shine. love!
What it is:
A professional balm that minimizes the appearance of pores.
What it does:
Quickly minimize the appearance of pores and fine lines and help makeup stay put with this priming phenomenon. The silky and lightweight formula can be worn under makeup to create a smoother-than-smooth canvas or used throughout the day to mattify shine and touch up problem areas. It’s so translucent, no one will know you’re wearing anything!
What else you need to know:
This formula contains vitamin E, which is known to protect skin from free radicals.
$40.00
I find it has an every so slight orange tinge to it, which you can’t see when makeups warn on top of it but on its own, I’ll pass. ...I received this complimentary in my influencer box, I've used this by itself and with makeup, but I prefer to wear it under makeup because it looks a little too dewy by itself.
What it is: A vitamin C-infused, illuminating face primer with banana powder-inspired pigments that delivers instant radiance while improving and extending makeup wear.
Skin Type: Normal, Dry, Combination, and Oily
Skincare Concerns: Dullness and Uneven Texture, Fine Lines and Wrinkles, and Pores
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Vitamin C: Helps target visible signs of aging.
- Banana Powder-inspired Pigments : Instantly illuminate.
- Vitamin E: An antioxidant that helps nourish and condition skin; also helps stabilize the vitamin C in the formula.
Size: 1.18 oz/ 35 ml·ITEM: 2425296
Color: 420G Toffee - tan skin with golden undertone
$42.00
I combine this with the Milk Makeup matte hydro grip primer and BAM, makeup is locked and loaded for 12+ hours!...I get a lot of compliments on my skin <3 My routine: Serum, moisturizer, sunscreen, smashbox photofinish primer, fauxfilter foundation, hourglass setting powder, and urban decay all nighter!
What it is: A cult-favorite, fragrance-free foundation with full coverage, up to 24 hours of weightless wear, and a non-drying luminous matte finish.
Coverage: Full
Finish: Matte
Formulation: Liquid
Ingredient Callouts: This product is vegan and cruelty-free.
What Else You Need to Know: This blendable, full-coverage formula is fragrance-free, transfer-proof, waterproof, fade-proof, and sweat- and humidity-proof and offers up to 24 hours of wear. Essentially, this foundation is your new BFF. No matter the weather, occasion, or situation, #FauxFilter Luminous Matte won’t let you down.