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powder primers

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

Powder primers are a great way to add a little extra protection to your face. They're also convenient as they are easy to use. If you're looking for a powder primer, here are some of the best options on the market today.

MAKE UP FOR EVERStep 1 Primer Shine Control

Size: 1 oz / 30 ml·ITEM: 2424679

Color: Shine Control - for oily, normal, combination skin

215 Reviews

$39.00

i loved this primer it helps my face not get all oily which i have a huge problem with! ...I’ve tried a few primers more recently and this one is probably my favorite.

What it is: A mattifying makeup primer that absorbs oil to control shine, delivers a blurred, velvety finish, and extends makeup wear.

Finish:
Natural

Skin Type:
Normal, Oily, and Combination

Concerns: Oil

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

What Else You Need to Know: Achieve a blurred, matte complexion for up to 20 hours with the Step 1 Primer Shine Control. This comfortable formula is made with mineral clay powder, absorbs oil, and controls shine while extending the wear of makeup.

MAKE UP FOR EVERMini Step 1 Primer Shine Control

Size: 0.5 oz / 15 ml·ITEM: 2424760

Color: Shine Control

265 Reviews

$20.00

So my t-zone is an oilfield. No matter what primers, powders, or setting sprays I use, by noon I need serious blotting. ...I actually prefer sticky formulas for primer like the cover fx one because it locks in my foundation and setting powder a lot better!

What it is: A mattifying makeup primer that absorbs oil to control shine, delivers a blurred, velvety finish, and extends makeup wear.

Finish:
Natural

Skin Type:
Normal, Oily, and Combination

Concerns: Oil

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

What Else You Need to Know: Achieve a blurred, matte complexion for up to 20 hours with the Mini Step 1 Primer Shine Control. This comfortable formula is made with mineral clay powder, absorbs oil, and controls shine while extending the wear of makeup.

MAKE UP FOR EVERStep 1 Primer Hydra Booster

Size: 1 oz / 30 ml·ITEM: 2424695

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

208 Reviews

$39.00

I am not a heavy makeup wearing but i did like how this primer made my skin feel! If anything i use a bit of powder foundation and it went on so smooth....Great primer!...Loving this primer! Makes my makeup go on flawlessly. There is no “pilling” or build up like with other primers.

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.

GucciGucci Matte Primer

ITEM: 2508117

Size: 1 oz / 30 ml

78 Reviews

$60.00

Love this primer...I love this primer .. definitely among the top 3 primers Ive used . ...Love this primer!...I used the primer under my regular foundation with no setting powder and my face turned out so smooth.

What it is: A mattifying primer that keeps makeup looking fresh while leaving skin feeling cared for.

Highlighted Ingredients:

- Hyaluronic Acid and Glycerin: Create a naturally perfected and visibly unified complexion.

- Rose Centifolia: Soothes the skin and provides antioxidant power.

- Salicylic Acid and Bamboo Powders: Control shine for up to a day and blur the look of the pores.

What Else You Need to Know: The non-sticky, cool gel formula is developed for all skin types and designed to beautify one’s unique features, rather than mask them.

MAKE UP FOR EVERStep 1 Primer Pore Minimizer

Size: 1 oz / 30 ml·ITEM: 2424687

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

232 Reviews

$39.00

Best primer by far i have used many types of primers but none have ever come close to this one its blurs the pores so perfectly...I received this primer from an Influenster VoxBox to try! I have always loved MakeupForEver but this primer was a new product for my skin, considering sometimes i think primers are very gimicky and dont actually make a difference in makeup application, but this primer left me pleasantly surprised.

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.

MAKE UP FOR EVERMini Step 1 Primer Hydra Booster

Size: 0.5 oz / 15 ml·ITEM: 2424786

Color: Hydra Booster

233 Reviews

$20.00

Now I'm not a big fan of primers, I know, shocking. But I've noticed with most primers it separates my makeup or makes it look uneven and cake-like. ...I don't wear foundation very often, but when I do, I use powder. The powder foundation I use works so well in conjunction with this primer.

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

$15.00

That is to apply moisturized, then powder, then setting spray, then primer, then concealer only, no foundation. ...Caliray will be my go to primer. The smell is amazing.

What it is: A clean, blurring face primer with hydrating niacinamide & plumping collagen peptides delivers a soft-touch silky feel and a poreless matte finish.


Coverage: Light


Finish: Matte


Formulation: Cream


Highlighted Ingredients:

- Niacinamide: Hydrates and helps to reduce redness, pores and hyperpigmentation

- Collagen Peptide: Plumps and firms skin to reduce signs of fine lines & wrinkles

- Poreaway Complex (Pistacia Lentiscus Mastic Gum): Visibly tightens pores, reduces imperfections and controls oil



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

261 Reviews

$58.00

good solid primer...Good solid primer! I like this just as well as my Tom ford and Gucci primers. ...Usually I notice that primers feel off while applying (my skin just feels like it’s too much), and I skip them altogether and either settle for a setting spray or powder…. but this primer allowed for my foundation to sit well on my face without the caking and rubbing off..

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: 2590107

Color: Taffy Topaz - champagne glow for light medium-to-medium skin tones

256 Reviews

$34.00

It looks really natural on its own where other illuminating primer do not give that a fact they do not look natural enough, and they are to metallic looking, but this one really looks wonderful on the skin....I love the glow from eaze drop but sometimes I have to tone it down with powder. I don’t have to use powder when I mix this with eaze drop.

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

Danessa Myricks BeautyYummy Skin Glow Serum with Hyaluronic Acid

Size: 1.1 oz/ 32.5mL·ITEM: 2575330

Color: Juice Boost - warm copper/bronze for all skin types

138 Reviews

$34.00

Bought it for my daughter to use as primer for her dance competition make-up but it's so good I'm keeping it for myself.. ...I apply the DM Blurring powder, with this and they are a great complexion combo.

What it is: A skincare-infused, radiant priming serum that hydrates, preps, and protects skin for a lit-from-within glow.

Finish:
Radiant

Skin Type:
Normal, Oily, Dry, and Combination

Concerns: Dryness, Pores, and Uneven Tone

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Vitamin C: Visibly brightens dullness and protects skin from free radicals.
- Niacinamide: Minimizes the appearance of pores.
- Hyaluronic Acid: Hydrates and visibly plumps fine lines and wrinkles.

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

Products related to powder primers

colored primers
“I use this as a spot redness corrector in addition to the primer I use all over my face. I have applied it before and after the regular primer, and it seems to do fine either way”
luminous primers
“It is a great primer especially if you are looking for a luminous base”
purple primers
“It looks really natural on its own where other illuminating primer do not give that a fact they do not look natural enough, and they are to metallic looking, but this one really looks wonderful on the skin”
shimmer powders
“I love this new highlight color it’s perfect for that dramatic pop of shimmer every girl loves and shows on most skin tones”
blurring primers
“If you’re looking for a mattifying primer that subtlety blurs the look of pores by removing any shine around them, this may just be the perfect solution. ”
yellow primers
“Compared to other primers I've used, this one feels very smooth, but doesn't have the heavy greasy feeling of some primers I've tried”
pink powders
“I PURCHASED 12,13,15,19 OF THE STAR LITE POWDERS. THE POWDERS ARE VERY PIGMENTED AND ARE GREAT AS A HIGHLIGHTER OR EYESHADOW”
makeup primers with silicone
“I bought this one and it's not the same at all, it feels a little less silicone-y and kinda creamy, but I cannot go more than a couple hours without having to touch up because I'll look super shiny”
styling powders
“I wish it would've come in a bigger packaging or different style of packaging. Don't get me wrong, there's enough amount of product... but I wish the packaging itself is more convenient and not so small to where you can drop it easily when twisting the small cap”
top powders
“Instead of returning it, I decided to use this creamy compact powder as a contour. It works so much better than most powders in the contour kits that come out to dry and ashy”