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.
$30.00
What it is: A gripping primer with hydrating and visible plumping skincare benefits that delivers a smooth, hydrated finish that makes your makeup last up to 12 hours.
What Else You Need to Know: This primer provides all-day hydration and visible plumping. The dual-action, primer-plus-skincare-swirled formula resists sweat and humidity. Maple sap extract locks in makeup, while butterfly lavender extract hydrates. This silicone-free primer glides on, creating the perfect canvas for your routine.
$30.00
What it is: A gripping primer with mattifying and blurring skincare benefits that deliver a smooth, filtered finish that makes your makeup last up to 12 hours.
What Else You Need to Know: This primer provides non-drying, all-day shine control and blurring. The dual-action, primer-plus-skincare-swirled formula resists sweat and humidity. Maple sap extract locks in makeup, while chia seed extract mattifies. This silicone-free primer glides on, creating the perfect canvas for your routine.
$58.00
I wasn’t sure what to expect with the Virtue Volumizing Primer, but it really surprised me in the best way. ...Paired it with Virtue texturizing spray. Perfect!!
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
ITEM: 2517779
Size: .34 oz / 10 mL
$22.00
I typically don’t use primers, because they make me breakout. I’ve had this issue with the regular smash box photo finish primer as well as a slew of other name brand primers. ...Very happy with this primer. My face doesn’t look shiny at all and I don’t waste makeup product.
What it is: A mini 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.
$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.
$30.00
Hands down one of the best spray primers I've ever used! Literally see the difference when using it as a face mist...I take primer serious now.....I love using this as a primer. It’s like spraying a hydrating face mask onto your face that’s weightless.
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
ITEM: 2640779
Size: 0.5 oz / 15 mL
$34.00
I love the silky texture of this primer and it creates a perfect base for even full coverage foundation to glide onto!...This primer is perfect to balance out my rosacea! I have a very red face at times and I felt like the primer was gentle to my face while also easing redness.
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 longer—letting 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.
