A primer is a makeup base that helps your skin look better and feel smoother. It's also an important step in the makeup application process. A good primer will make your makeup apply easier, last longer, and look better. Here are some of our favorites.
Size: 1 oz/ 30 mL·ITEM: 1713114
Color: Blur Primer Gold - brightens and evens skintone
$76.00
The gold flakes are very subtle. Looks great on my dark skin tone. You need very little makeup once this is applied. ...An average primer...First off this primer has glitter in it, but guess what they do NOT show up on your skin.
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
$57.00
This keep me matte! I use this primer with the makeup forever HD foundation. But I noticed if i rub the primer too much into my skins it creates this week texture and ends up on my hands....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!!
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.
$46.00
My number one fav primer!...I've used a lot of good primers from sephora, all which are good, but this smashbox primer is the best! ...This primer truly makes your skin feel like satin and helps your make up stay on longer.
What it is: A clear primer gel that smooths skin and pores so your makeup lasts, while vitamins A and E protect your skin.
Ingredient Callouts: Free of sulfates SLS and SLES, parabens, phthalates, and contains less than one percent of synthetic fragrances. This product is also vegan and cruelty-free.
What Else You Need to Know: Reduce the appearance of fine lines and pores while locking in your makeup with this primer. Lightweight and oil-free, it gives you a flawless finish, while antioxidants and vitamins A and E help protect your skin from pollutants, damage, and stress.
$37.00
It's not too greasy or too highlighting, something I've not liked about most newer primers. Sometimes you just need a primer that does what it says on the tin without making your face look like a disco ball....Pure canvas primer...Other make up primers often make me break out but this one doesn’t.
What it is: A primer that smooths skin for even makeup application and improves skin’s radiance.
Finish: Radiant
Formulation: Liquid
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Skin-Perfecting Complex: Blend of rose extracts that work to moisturize, protect, and smooth skin.
- Porcelain Flower: Promotes long-term radiance.
- Encapsulated Luminous Pearls: Provide light reflection on skin for natural radiance.
Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, phthalates, mineral oil, retinyl palmitate, oxybenzone, coal tar, hydroquinone, sulfates SLS & SLES, triclocarban, triclosan, and contains less than one percent synthetic fragrance.
What Else You Need to Know:
$65.00
My new go-to primer....It has no shimmer, but still leaves your skin with a beautiful gleam. The primer itself is a smooth, hydrating texture, and it leaves your skin feeling moisturized- yet not greasy, nor slick. ...Great, smooth glowing skin...I love how my skin and makeup looks after using this primer. It smooths my skins appearance and gives me glowing, healthy looking skin.
What it is: A primer that smooths skin for even makeup application and improves skin's radiance.
Finish: Radiant
Formulation: Liquid
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Skin-Perfecting Complex: Blend of rose extracts that work to moisturize, protect, and smooth skin.
- Porcelain Flower: Promotes long-term radiance.
- Encapsulated Luminous Pearls: Provide light reflection on skin for natural radiance.
Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, phthalates, mineral oil, retinyl palmitate, oxybenzone, coal tar, hydroquinone, sulfates SLS & SLES, triclocarban, triclosan, and contains less than one percent synthetic fragrance.
What Else You Need to Know: This p
ITEM: 2901429
Size: 1 oz/30 mL
$49.00
I like to use this as a primer after I use SPF and it helps with my skin texture. ...This primer is great!! It is a super lightweight formula that leaves my skin feeling hydrated and really works with all of my makeup.
What it is: A hydrating lightweight primer that diminishes the appearance of hyperpigmentation while making makeup last—wear as a pore-blurring base or alone.
Skin Type: Normal, Oily, Dry, Combination
Highlighted Ingredients:
- 0.5% Tranexamic Acid: Diminish the appearance of hyperpigmentation and dark spots.
- 2.5% Niacinamide: Improves the look of skin tone and texture.
- 2% Hydrating Complex with Hyaluronic Acid: Adds hydration and antioxidants for a visible plumping effect.
Ingredient Callouts: This product is cruelty-free.
$115.00
Best Primer...An amazing primer that evens skin tone and covers pores....It sank into the skin beautifully and gave me a soft, blurred, but radiant and glowing finish.
What it is: A brightening skincare primer that enhances the look of clarity and luminosity for a refined, translucent finish.
Finish: Natural
Skin Type: Normal, Oily, Dry, and Combination
Concerns: Pores and Uneven Skin Tone
Highlighted Ingredients:
- 4MSK: Targets the chronic keratinization error unique to dark spots.
- Textol: Maintains a moisture-rich, comfortable texture.
- Black Tea Extract: Is an antioxidant with skin-brightening and collagen production-promoting effects.
What Else You Need to Know: Skin concerns become less noticeable and bare skin looks beautiful. Achieve supreme, beautiful, and natural makeup.
$78.50
Just Not For Me-It Sat On My Skin...These primers tend to sink into my skin better. Also, my primary foundation is Prada Skin Revealing Soft Matte Foundation....The product is super lightweight and doesn’t feel heavy on my skin, which is something I look for in makeup primers.
What It Is: A priming moisturizer that instantly nourishes and hydrates for soft, supple skin that’s perfectly prepped for makeup application.
What Else You Need To Know: This powerful, skincare-infused formula visibly reduces fine lines and wrinkles for smoother skin. The luxurious texture instantly melts into skin, quickly absorbing to lock in moisture while simultaneously improving the look, feel, and wear of foundation.
$57.00
This primer adds a glow to your skin. Other than that, I found it to be a pretty basic primer. ...Smashbox's primers never disappoint! I really liked this primer because it made my skin feel so nice and prepped before I applied my makeup.
What it is: A visibly radiant primer that delivers a bright-, healthy-looking glow while defending skin and perfecting makeup.
Finish: Radiant
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Silkscreen Complex (Antioxidants, Hyaluronic Acid, Probiotic Extract, Vitamins, and Algae): Nourishes, visibly balances, and defends skin.
- Passion Fruit: Supports a strong skin barrier.
- Super-fine Peachy-Gold Pearls: Visibly illuminate skin.
Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, phthalates, mineral oil, hydroquinone, sulfates SLS & SLES, triclocarban, and triclosan. It is also vegan and cruelty-free.
Size: 0.63 oz / 18 g·ITEM: 2836708
Color: Universal Radiant - colorless/translucent with soft gold pearl
$52.50
The product blurred my pores without taking away the my skins glow. The texture is nice e and smooth. My makeup looks great over it!...Radiant skin...I even got a compliment on my makeup today so the skin was skin-ing. So happy to have tried this and can’t wait to recommend it to my friends.
What it is: An award-winning, visibly balancing balm-to-powder primer for a smooth, refined finish and all-day absorption of sweat and oil.
Coverage: Light
Finish: Matte, Radiant
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Upsalite: Absorbs excess sebum and sweat without depleting skin's hydration.
- Olive-Derived Squalane: Visibly balances oily skin and diminishes signs of aging.
- Hyaluronic Acid: Hydrates.
Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, phthalates, mineral oil, retinyl palmitate, oxybenzone, coal tar, hydroquinone, sulfates SLS & SLES, triclocarban, triclosan,
