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.
Size: 1 oz / 30 ml·ITEM: 2424679
Color: Shine Control - for oily, normal, combination skin
$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.
Size: 0.5 oz / 15 ml·ITEM: 2424760
Color: Shine Control
$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.
Size: 1 oz / 30 ml·ITEM: 2424695
Color: Hydra Booster - for dry, normal, combination skin
$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.
$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.
Size: 1 oz / 30 ml·ITEM: 2424687
Color: Pore Minimizer - for oily, normal, combination skin
$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.
Size: 0.5 oz / 15 ml·ITEM: 2424786
Color: Hydra Booster
$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.
ITEM: 2683431
Size: 0.34 fl / 10 mL
$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
Size: 25 mL·ITEM: 2542843
Color: Rosa - ideal for fair-to-light complexions with cool undertones
$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
Size: 1.22 fl oz / 36 mL·ITEM: 2590107
Color: Taffy Topaz - champagne glow for light medium-to-medium skin tones
$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
Size: 1.1 oz/ 32.5mL·ITEM: 2575330
Color: Juice Boost - warm copper/bronze for all skin types
$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.