A primer is a must-have for any skincare routine. It helps to lock in moisture, plump up the skin, and smooth out the texture. It also helps to prevent shine and add a glow to your skin. Here are some of the best-perfecting face primers available today.
$142.00
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...So I went “all in” and purchased the primer which help a lot. This primer is pretty moisturizing, you can wear it without makeup.
What it is: A hydrating face and makeup primer that plumps and blurs for a smooth, soft-focus effect
Skin Type: Normal, Dry, Combination, and Oily
Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, phthalates, and sulfates SLS & SLES.
What Else You Need to Know: The Perfecting Face Primer improves skin's texture and tone; Primer creates a soft, ultra-smooth canvas for foundation application, or alone to amplify skin's bare beauty with improved tone, texture and translucency.
ITEM: 2517738
Size: 1 oz. / 30 mL
$57.00
What it is: An oil-fighting primer with a matte finish to defend your skin and perfect your makeup.
Finish: Matte
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Silkscreen Complex (Antioxidants, Hyaluronic Acid, Probiotic Extract, Vitamins, and Algae): Nourishes, visibly balances, and defends skin.
- Witch Hazel, Salicylic Acid, and Zinc: Mop up oil.
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.
What Else You Need to Know: Infused with nourishing, protective, and visibly balancing Silkscreen Complex, this primer forms a breathable, silky barrier.
$54.00
Paired it with Virtue texturizing spray. Perfect!!...For YEARS I’ve been so insecure about my hairline that I’ve worn bangs religiously, but thanks to Volumizing Primer I finally feel comfortable wearing my hair back.
What it is: A weightless spray formulated to build volume and create the perfect foundation for style.
Hair Type: Fine and Medium
Hair Texture: Straight and Wavy
Hair Concerns:
- Volumizing
- Hold & Style Extending
$32.50
Most primers lighten my medium/dark skin, but this one doesnt...I won’t buy any other primer. Perfect for the summer, feels like a soft cloud on your skin.
What it is:
An oil-free primer with a silky, airy texture that leaves a smooth canvas for makeup, while reducing the look of redness, pores, and wrinkles.
What it does:
With a texture unlike any other, this silky primer extends the wear of makeup while also concealing redness and minimizing the appearance of pores, fine lines, and wrinkles for a perfect complexion that lasts.
$27.00
I have used many face primers; however, this one seems to be the best one for me. ...Hands down one of the best spray primers I've ever used! Literally see the difference when using it as a face mist
What it is:
A mini weightless, three-in-one coconut water-infused mist that primes, sets, and refreshes makeup while it helps keep skin hydrated.
What it does:
This super hydrating, multitasking mist can be used as a primer before makeup, a setting spray to keep makeup in place all day, and a mid-day refresher anytime your skin needs a boost, serving as the perfect cure for a beauty hangover. Its unique blend of coconut water, probiotic-based ingredients, and skin revivers work together to hydrate and brighten skin, promote skin’s elasticity and tone, while smoothing skin.
What it is formulated WITHOUT:
- Parabens
- Sulfates
- Phthalates
$62.50
Excellent hair primer!...This is one of the best hair primers that I've tried -- it's definitely pricey, but it does everything that it promises without leaving any residue. ...Really nice Hair Primer...Didn't make my hair feel greasy like some hair primers do. Highly recommend!
What it is: A multi-benefit hair primer with seven immediate benefits: it hydrates, detangles, smooths, conditions, boosts radiance, tames frizz, and adds silkiness in all hair types.
Hair Type: Straight, Wavy, Curly, and Coily
Hair Texture: Fine, Medium, and Thick
Hair Concerns:
- Frizz
- Shine
- Straightening and Smoothing
Key Benefits:
- Locks in moisture, boosts radiance, and tames frizzy hair for a smooth finish
- Use for air-drying hair to detangle and smooth hair texture
- Perfect for smooth hairstyles, air-dry styles, and blowouts
What Else You Need to Know: Loved by stylists, this multi-benefit primer works to immediately hydrate, detangle, smooth, and reduce frizz.
ITEM: 2770998
Size: 0.5 oz
$17.00
Once it stopped pilling though my make up looked so nice and lasted all day using this as a primer / moisturiser / SPF. This SPF isn't perfect but for no makeup makeup days it's not a bad option. ...I use it after eye cream and a serum and face cream as a final step. isn't oily. drys well before makeup. perfect sun screen, no white cast. easy to travel with and reapply as needed om vacation or after swimming.
What it is: A mineral sunscreen that hydrates and preps skin for makeup while protecting it from harmful UVA/UVB rays and blue light, with no white cast.
Coverage: Full
Formulation: Cream
SPF: SPF 30 and Under
Highlighted Ingredients:
- 18% Zinc Oxide: A non-nano zinc for a weightless formula that blends without a white cast.
Ingredient Callouts: It is gluten-free.
What Else You Need to Know: This multitasking sunscreen does more than protect you from harmful UVA/UVB rays and blue light; it also hydrates and creates the perfect canvas for makeup by priming skin.
ITEM: 2640779
Size: 0.5 oz / 15 mL
$32.50
I love the silky texture of this primer and it creates a perfect base for even full coverage foundation to glide onto!...I use this primer as a color corrector and a primer, and it changes my face in an instant.
What it is: A mini color-correcting makeup primer that quickly neutralizes redness and hydrates for up to 24 hours while extending makeup wear.
Concerns: Dryness, Redness
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Ginseng: Known to protect and promote radiant-looking skin and maintain a smooth complexion.
What Else You Need to Know: Neutralize redness on the go with a travel-friendly version of MAKE UP FOR EVER’s bestselling primer. Perfect for addressing flushed skin or blemishes, its green pigments correct redness in skin for up to 24 hours.* This primer is powered by ginseng to help balance texture for a smooth and even makeup application. (*Instrumental test on 20 subjects.)
$35.00
Cannot get enough of this primer !! I'm in love %26 I never was into lash primers until now !! ...This primer absolutely takes the cake!! I have tried so many lash primers, both drugstore and luxury, and subversion is the perfect primer!
What it is:
A whipped, creamy lash primer that conditions and preps for the perfect mascara application.
What it does:
Prep eyelashes for the perfect mascara application with Subversion Lash Primer. The brush coats each lash from root to tip, making them thicker and longerletting you build dramatically better-looking lashes that look like false lashes. Formulated with protective panthenol and conditioning vitamin E, this primer strengthens lashes for high-volume application.
What it is formulated WITHOUT:
- Parabens
What else you need to know:
This product is fragrance-free.