Luminizing Face Primer

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Face primer is a makeup base that helps to keep your skin looking young and flawless. It is used before the application of makeup to create a smooth surface for the makeup to sit on. Face primers can be found in many different forms, including liquid, cream, and powder. Here are some of our favorites.

Armani BeautyLuminous Silk Hydrating Makeup Primer

ITEM: 2287951

Size: 1 fl oz/ 30 mL

913 Reviews

$70.00

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it seems like a serum in texture and how it sits on the skin— it does have a luminizing effect and allows for smooth makeup application but doesn’t add any staying power....I absolutely love this primer. I had been using Marc Jacobs Perfecting Coconut Face Primer for years. ...amazing primer for dry skin

What it is: A smooth, hydrating primer that preps skin for makeup, nourishes, and moisturizes the complexion for noticeably softer, supple, and more radiant skin.

Finish: Radiant

Skin Type: Normal, Dry, Combination, and Oily

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Shea Butter: Moisturizes skin.
- Rice Bran: Conditions and softens.
- Glycerin: Moisturizes and smooths.

Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens.

What Else You Need to Know: This moisturizing, radiance-boosting face primer blurs pores and imperfections while softening and visibly plumping for a smoother makeup application. With shea butter, rice bran, and glycerin providing hydration, this makeup primer is suitable for all skin types.

$39.00

It wasn’t as drying as other luminizing primers, which typically can be irritating due to the glitter, but it didn’t feel particularly hydrating either. ...Beautiful Primer...Plus the primer has pearl dust in it, so it leaves a beautiful luminizing look.

What it is: A weightless, silicone-free, gel primer enriched with ultra-fine pearls for a lit-from-within glow.

Finish: Radiant

Skin Type: Normal, Dry, Combination, and Oily

Concerns: Dryness

TULA SkincareFilter Primer Blurring & Moisturizing Primer

Size: 1 oz·ITEM: 2745339

Color: Sunrise - medium skin tones

203 Reviews

$52.00

I’m already a diehard user of the Tula purifying cleanser, so I had high hopes for this luminizing and moisturizing primer – and it didn't disappoint! ...This primer has an amazing blurring effect. It starts out as a transparent gel and slowly transforms into this medium toned primer which is very close to my complexion.

What it is: A tinted skin enhancer, hydrator, and blurring primer all in one.

Skin Type: Normal, Dry, Combination, and Oily

Skincare Concerns: Dryness and Dullness

Formulation: Lightweight Cream

Highlighted Ingredients:
- S6Pro Complex®: Visibly smooths and balances skin.
- Licorice: Evens the look of skin tone over time.

Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, phthalates, mineral oil, retinyl palmitate, oxybenzone, hydroquinone, sulfates SLS & SLES, triclosan, and contains less than one percent synthetic fragrance. It is also gluten-free and cruelty-free.

What Else You Need to Know: Providing sheer coverage with a lit-from-withi

$27.00

I have used porefessional and dr. Brandt luminizing primers as my go to's in the past, but hydro grip blew them both away!...Will forever be mine…er my faces. 😜...The best there ever was. I have other primers, no, not one, work like this one! This is by far the absolute best primer ever.

What it is: A clean, silicone-free dewy makeup primer with hyaluronic acid that grips makeup for up to 12 hours and hydrates skin to prevent meltdown and caking.

Finish:
Radiant Natural Matte

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Blue Agave Extract: Grips makeup to prevent melting, fading, and caking.
- Hyaluronic Acid and Hemp-Derived Cannabis Seed Extract: Boost hydration to visibly smooth uneven texture.
- Aloe Water + Hemp-derived Cannabis Seed Extract: Provide additional boost of hydration to lock in moisture .

Ingredient Callouts: This product is vegan, gluten-free, and cruelty-free.

What Else You Need to Know: This silicone-free, oil-free makeup primer goes on clear to work across all skin tones and types.

$52.00

Excellent t-zone primer for combo skin....Excellent t-zone primer! I use this primer on my t-zone and I use hydrogrip on the rest of my face. ...Best Mattifying Primer!...Great blurring primer! I usually do not like mattifying/blurring primers but this one is very different from other primers!

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.

$115.00

TOP PRIMERS!...Either get this one or the YVES SAINT LAURENT Touche Eclat Blur Primer. Best 2 primers i've tried so far!...Best Luxurious Primer I have EVER used! I went through various high end primers and I can say in confidence that this primer is the best.

What it is: This lightweight, gel primer infused with pure 24 Karat gold flakes infuses the skin with hydration and radiance while allowing for a longer-lasting makeup result.

Highlighted Ingredients:
- 24-Karat Gold Flakes: provide luxurious radiance.

Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens.

What Else You Need to Know: This luxurious and hydrating gel primer seamlessly melts into the skin to provide a more even and long-lasting finish under makeup, to smooth the appearance of fine lines, and to tighten skin.

$52.00

Those primers so good for so many reasons. These stickiness that this provides to help it hear any sort of makeup/complexion product to the faces amazing. ...Primer...This primer is everything and more for my oily skin. It’s very hard for me to find good primers that work well but this one does.

What it is: An award-winning longwear gel makeup primer that grips makeup for up to 12 hours and hydrates with hyaluronic acid and niacinamide for a dewy finish.


Finish: Radiant


Formulation: Lightweight, Gel


Skin Type: Normal, Dry, and Combination


Highlighted Ingredients:

- Blue Agave Extract: Grips makeup to prevent melting, fading, and caking.

- Hyaluronic Acid and Niacinamide (Vitamin B3) : Boost hydration to visibly smooth uneven texture.

$20.00

Great Primer...This primer is different from the normal face primers because it is not greasy or oily at all. ...It goes on smooth, leaves your face matte and is one of the better primers out there.

What it is:
A professional balm that minimizes the appearance of pores.

What it does:
Quickly minimize the appearance of pores and fine lines and help makeup stay put with this priming phenomenon. The silky and lightweight formula can be worn under makeup to create a smoother-than-smooth canvas or used throughout the day to mattify shine and touch up problem areas. It’s so translucent, no one will know you’re wearing anything!

What else you need to know:
This formula contains vitamin E, which is known to protect skin from free radicals.

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“This mattifying primer is the best for a matte look. It leaves ma skin smooth and it does blur imperfections”
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“I was skeptical at first (because the foaming seemed a bit gimmicky) but am really liking this primer! It gives a natural glow, which I like. I’m not a fan of glowy primers that have glitter or mica”
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“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”
Perfecting Face Primer
“Absolutely love this primer, my foundation just glides on and lasts. I have used with the La Mer soft fluid foundation, but also with other brands and love it with each one”
Soothing Face Primer
“This was one of the best vitamin face bases I have ever owned I love it. It soothes my skins and it is very beneficial”
Mattifying Primer
“Pore Eclipse Mattifying Primer gifted by Milk Makeup excels in creating a matte, pore-blurring base that lasts all day”
Hydrating Face Primer
“I’ve started using it as my primer before make-up application. It both hydrates and leaves a plump and tacky base to apply make up on top of”
Purple Face Primers
“I normally do not like mattifying primers since I have normal to dry type skin, but this primer really just controlled the natural oil of my face and instead allowed me to intentionally highlight areas”
Mineral Face Primers
“I recently tried this primer ...It lives up to its name...I was very please...Its make applying your make up very smoothly with a nice finish”

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