Face primers are a must-have for anyone who wants to make their skin look younger, smoother, and more dewy. The right one can help you achieve that goal while also preventing your makeup from creasing or settling into lines and wrinkles. Here are some silicone face primers on the market today.
Size: 1 oz/ 30 mL·ITEM: 1713114
Color: Blur Primer Gold - brightens and evens skintone
$56.00
I usually don't like silicone based primers, but this one didn't feel overly slippery or strange on the skin. ...I like the texture of this primer, similar to other silicone primers but more moisturizing. ...Touche Eclat Blur Primer
What it is: A non-greasy, lightweight makeup primer with light-infused pigments and four nourishing oils that blur imperfections and smooths the look of skin.
Skin Type: Normal, Dry, Combination, and Oily
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Corn Oil, Apricot Kernel Oil, Passiflora oil, and Rice Bran Oil: Nurture and leave skin feeling soft.
Ingredient Callouts: Free of sulfates SLS and SLES, parabens, formaldehydes, and phthalates.
Size: 1 oz / 30 ml·ITEM: 2424679
Color: Shine Control - for oily, normal, combination skin
$39.00
I’m loving this primer ! I’ll be honest I’m not a big fan of primers, most have the silicone feel to them that I hate ! ...This has helped control my shine way better than any other primer I’ve used. This is definitely one of the best primers for oily skin!
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.
$60.00
Amazing primer!...My skin is combination/dry and I must use a primer daily to keep my make up in place. Gucci feels luxurious on skin with a silicone like texture. ...Most matte primers have a silicone like feeling to them, it almost feels greasy.
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: 1.35 oz / 40 mL·ITEM: 2572857
Color: Translucent
$38.00
Silicone primer...This has a silicone you feel so if you're not a fan of silicone primers you probably won't like this however I do think that it does blur pores a little bit. ...Just be cautious to use silicone-based primers with silicone foundations, and water-based primers with water-based foundations and etc.
What it is: A non-comedogenic makeup primer with skincare benefits that blurs pores, controls shine, and locks makeup for up to 12 hours with a soft matte finish.
Finish: Matte
Skin Type: Normal, Oily, and Combination
Concerns: Oil and Pores
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Niacinamide: Helps minimize the appearance of pores.
- Bakuchiol: Helps visibly smooth skin texture and even skin tone.
- Lentil Extract: Helps reduce shine.
Size: 0.68 oz / 20 mL·ITEM: 2572865
Color: Translucent
$20.00
Silicone-free primer...It gives a matted finish look to the skin. Since is is silicone-free do not compare it to other primers because it is mostly made with natural ingredients. ...With this primer I don’t think Ben feel the silicone tht most primers have .
What it is: A mini lightweight water-cream makeup primer with skincare benefits that blurs the look of pores and fights shine for a long-lasting, soft-matte finish.
Finish: Matte
Skin Type: Normal, Oily, and Combination
Concerns: Oil and Pores
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Niacinamide: Helps minimize the appearance of pores.
- Bakuchiol: Helps visibly smooth skin texture and even skin tone.
- Lentil Extract: Helps reduce shine.
Ingredient Callouts: This product is vegan, gluten-free, cruelty-free, and comes in recyclable packaging.
ITEM: 2683431
Size: 0.34 fl / 10 mL
$15.00
Use a cleansing balm / oil cleanser and double cleanse after using anything with silicone, lovelies! That being said, most primers have a silicone or something similar in them. ...I also love how it doesn’t feel like a typical silicone primer. This perfect for this hot hot weather!
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: 1 oz / 30 ml·ITEM: 2424695
Color: Hydra Booster - for dry, normal, combination skin
$39.00
Great primer!...Loving this primer! Makes my makeup go on flawlessly. There is no “pilling” or build up like with other primers....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.
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.
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. ...This primer smells nice and the texture is great, it feels more like a moisturizer and not thick like a silicone based primer.
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: 0.5 oz / 15 ml·ITEM: 2424760
Color: Shine Control
$20.00
Step 1 Primers...first impressions, this is a good primer and this really works,It did everything it was supposed to and more but i for my type of skin i dont think it was that good, but i will keep using this primer to try better ways of using this, this primer will definitely works on my mothers skin!! ...I first purchased the small version of this to test out. I chose this primer because I have oily skin and this doesn't have any silicone products, like dimethicone.
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.
$38.00
This is really nice! It’s a smoothing primer without being too silicone like and preps my skin for my foundation beautifully. ...My skin is super dry in the winter due to the cold so when I use primers, I tend to reach for more moisturizing ones rather than silicone/slick ones.
What it is: A gripping cream to oil primer that can be worn alone or to lock in makeup.
Skin Type: Normal, Dry, Combination, and Oily
Skincare Concerns: Dryness, Dullness, and Uneven Texture
Formulation: Liquid
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Prickly Pear Seed Oil: Provides hydration and supports skin barrier.
- Yam Root Extract: Supports skin elasticity.
- Japanese Camelia Oil: Visibly improve skin texture.
Ingredient Callouts: This product is vegan, gluten-free, and cruelty-free.
What Else You Need to Know: This multi-benefit primer serum melts into skin, transforming from a lightweight cream to oil texture that’s hydrating, nourishing, and supporting. It also works to i