thick face primer

I have used other brands like BareMinerals and Smashbox primers and it leaves you feeling slightly greasy and the primer itself is thick. ...I can't tell you how many primers that I've tried that made my skin shiny and felt thick on my face.

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.

Really good for all types of faces. Makes my face feel smooth ....so this serum really is the "perfect canvas." i've been experimenting with different primers and got a sample of this - HEAVEN. my skin felt smooth and even but not oily or like there was a thick primer underneath. definitely purchasing a full size of this, i found my new go to primer!

What it is: A weightless, silicone-free primer that minimizes the look of pore size, controls shine, and locks down makeup.

Skin Type: Normal, Dry, Combination, and Oily

Skincare Concerns: Fine Lines and Wrinkles, Pores, and Dullness

Formulation: Lightweight Serum

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Agave Extract: Smooths skin and delivers a matte finish.
- Probiotic Extract: Supports natural surface cell renewal.
- Alpha-Glucans: Support a healthy skin microbiome.

Ingredient Callouts: This product is vegan, cruelty-free, and gluten-free, and comes in recyclable packaging.

I love this primer. I use it as a moisturizer as well before my makeup it’s thick and hydrating!!...Great Primer...Isn’t drying, doesn’t pill, makes your face into a nice canvas. I like that this is easy to apply, absorbs, isn’t thick or cakey and has a gel like texture that feels nice on that skin.

What it is: A lightweight gel-cream primer that mattifies your skin, extends makeup wear, and controls shine for up to 10 hours.

Skin Type: Oily and Combination

Concerns: Oil and Pores

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Witch Hazel Extract: Refines the look of pores.
- White Tea Extract: Helps protect skin from environmental factors.

Ingredient Callouts: Free of mineral oil. It is also vegan.

What Else You Need to Know: This mattifying gel-cream primer dries to a breathable, powder-like, natural-matte finish that is transparent on skin. It extends your makeup application and controls shine on combination to oily and even sensitive skin types. Plus it's non-comedogenic.

Didn’t feel heavy or thick like a few other primers I have tried. I really like how the Primer Shine Control mattified my skin while leaving my make up creaseless all day!...Very good primer...My face tends to get oily when I wear makeup and this primer helps a lot with that.

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.

This is a great primer, it’s thick and smells nice and does the job, but you could definitely find a better primer for a lot cheaper, you’re very much paying for the brand name with this product....This primer does what it says it does, it’s mattifying and doesn’t dry your face out.

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.

This primer is hydrating af! It is not super thick, still a little runny however it applies smoothly to the face. ...It took a little getting used to but it definitely leaves my face feeling hydrated. 4 stars because I didn’t love the texture...I think it’s pretty thick.

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.

This primer smells nice and the texture is great, it feels more like a moisturizer and not thick like a silicone based primer. ...This valentino primer and highlighter is a thick shiny cream. I used it as a face primer but found it didnt work well with my oily skin type.

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

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....Great primer...When I applied it alone to my face it had a very slight shimmer appearance to it.

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

This primer goes on somewhat thick and does not feel as smooth of an application as other primers (i.e. ...A bit difficult to put on the face, because of how thick it is, dries super fast, hard to blend foundation evenly after applying it.

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.

I love tapping it (with fingers) to the high points of my clients’s faces for the most expensive looking glow. They nailed this formulation, packed with skin loving ingredients, it’s extremely comfortable under makeup—a perfect light weight base. ...Amazing as primer...If you have oily skin, I recommend you use it on the outer edges of your face and the blurring balm powder on the center of your face.

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.