Primer Serums

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Looking to perfect your makeup application and achieve a flawless, long-lasting finish? Look no further than best makeup primer for oily skin primer serums. These power-packed beauty essentials are designed to create a smooth canvas for your foundation, while also providing nourishing benefits for your skin. Whether you're seeking a blurring effect, hydration boost, or oil control, our collection of primer serums has got you covered. From lightweight formulas to those infused with skin-loving ingredients, discover the perfect primer serum to enhance your makeup routine and help your look stay put all day.

Fashion FairFabulous Face Priming Serum

Size: 1 oz/ 30 mL·ITEM: 2477057

Color: Peach-tinted - all skin tones; translucent finish

31 Reviews

$53.00

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This is a pretty sold primer. I really liked the packaging of the product and how easy it was to get the primer out. ...Love this primer. I use it like a primer/ moisturizer. I want it to work on its own. ...Great serum primer and evens skin tone...Nice Primer

What it is: A do-everything serum-primer to visibly even tone and texture, boost radiance, and prep your skin for seamless makeup application.

Finish:
Natural

Skin Type:
Normal, Oily, Dry, Combination

Concerns: Pores and Uneven Skin Tone

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Shea Butter: Smooths, visibly plumps, and delivers an abundance of fatty acids, antioxidants, and vitamins.
- Citrus Unshiu Peel Extract: An antioxidant-rich ingredient that visibly brightens and reduces hyperpigmentation.
- Niacinamide (Vitamin B3): Promotes visibly bright, glowing skin.

$81.00

Amazing Primer!...This is a great primer serum for my oily skin. I always like to use hydrating products under my makeup and target oily areas with other primers and this works amazing for both. ...I really enjoyed this primer. I have oily skin and it helped my skin stay matte longer than other primers I’ve tried.

What it is: A primer that creates a luminous finish, visibly evens tone, and visibly plumps skin while creating a soft glow effect.

Highlighted Ingredients:

- Squalane: Helps replenish the moisture barrier, leaving skin soft and supple.

- Powder Technology: Imparts an elegant silky texture for better blendability and a natural finish.

- Elastomer Technology: Provides a soft-focus effect, which minimizes the look of pores and evens texture.

What Else You Need to Know: Optimizing foundation coverage for all-day wear, this non-sticky, smooth formula is suitable for all skin types.

Danessa Myricks BeautyYummy Skin Glow Serum with Hyaluronic Acid & Niacinamide

Size: 1.1 oz/ 32.5mL·ITEM: 2575322

Color: Main Squeeze - Champagne Gold for all skin types & tones

396 Reviews

$48.50

A serum you need...I'd consider myself a primer fanatic and this yummy skin serum is everything I love in a primer. ...Skincare and primer in one...The serum is light, smells amazing and I would definitely recommend using as a primer with any foundation!

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, Combination

Concerns: Dryness, Pores, and Uneven Skin 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, and contains less than one perc

$49.00

An AMAZING serum primer!...The serum-y texture is unlike any other primer I've used before, and it soothes the skin so nicely. ...I absolutely love this product. I usually like my primers to be super sticky and so I was kind of skeptical, but this serum primer made me makeup last all day!

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.

Glow RecipeWatermelon Glow Niacinamide Hue Drops Serum

Size: 1.35 oz / 40 mL·ITEM: 2742195

Color: Sun Glow

1.6K Reviews

$50.50

It leaves you looking sunkissed, glowy and hydrated. It is also a great primer for makeup. 10/10 recommend....I love to use right before using my primer and then foundation . Gives a beautiful subtle glow .

What it is: A clinically effective, multi-purpose serum that evens skin tone with two sheer tints and helps visibly brighten skin over time with niacinamide.


Skin Type: Normal, Dry, Combination, and Oily


Skincare Concerns: Uneven Tone, Dryness, and Dullness

ILIATrue Skin Radiant Priming Serum

ITEM: 2196780

Size: 1 fl oz/ 30 ml - sheer

1K Reviews

$71.00

Reminds me a bit of the Milk Hydrogrip primer but in a serum form w/ most skincare benefits. ...Very good primer! I feel like this primer leaves your skin super soft and does not cause piling as much as some other primers I’ve used.

What it is: A clean, silicone-free, ultra-breathable primer that protects against harmful environmental stressors and preps skin for seamless makeup application.

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Beta Glucan: Helps to reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles.
- Hibiscus: Helps to protect against free-radical damage.
- Mastic: Helps to mattify and refine skin throughout the day.

Ingredient Callouts: Free of sulfates SLS and SLES, parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, phthalates, mineral oil, retinyl palmitate, oxybenzone, coal tar, hydroquinone, triclosan, and triclocarban, and contains less than one percent of synthetic fragrances.

$43.50

I’m not typically a fan of traditional primers but this one doesn’t feel like a primer at all. ...Nice priming serum...This is very different than other primers I have used. This has more of a serum texture which makes sense since it's a serum and primer in one.

What it is: A multifaceted, silicone-free formula with antioxidant-rich skincare ingredients that provides lightweight hydration and soothing benefits.

Coverage: Light

Finish: Natural

Formulation: Liquid

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Pentapeptide-59: helps to reduce signs of sensitization, including visibly reducing redness.
- Rosehip Seed Oil: Packed with Vitamins A and C to support natural skin elasticity, hydration, and healing.
- Sea BuckThorn Oil: Rich in antioxidants like Vitamin E, carotenoids, and lycopene that protect from free radical damage.

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

BuxomPlump Shot™ Collagen-Infused Lip Serum Plumper

Size: 0.14 oz/4 mL·ITEM: 2916203

Color: Clear

176 Reviews

$40.00

I’ve always been skeptical of lip plumping serums just because they usually tend to burn a lot and not really fulfill on lasting results. ...It almost feels like a primer for your lips! Very tingly and pepperminty which I like as well and that feeling lasts quite a bit!

What it is: A visibly plumping lip serum infused with advanced peptides, clinically shown to plump and smooth the look of lips with a refreshing tingle.

Formulation Type:
Lip Gloss & Lip Plumper

Benefits:
Plumping

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Pure Vegan Collagen: Helps promote fuller-looking lips over time.
- Hyaluronic Acid Filling Spheres: Smooth the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles.
- Tripeptides: Promote fuller-looking lips over time.

Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens and mineral oil. It is also cruelty-free.

What Else You Need to Know: Enter your faux-filler era. Buxom’s clinically shown plumping lip serum is stacked with hyaluronic acid and moisturizing botanical oils fo

$439.00

Plays great with other serums/moisturizer and look amazing when wearing foundation (no primer needed.) ...Best HA Serum...This HA serum is amazing. I have tried many samples of the regular HA serum by Sturm, and the Darker Skin Tones one absorbs into the skin far better and feels lighter to me. 3 to 4 drops is more than enough for my face and neck.

What it is: A fast-absorbing hyaluronic serum was specially developed to meet the beauty needs of darker skin tones.

Skin Type: Normal, Dry, Combination, and Oily

Skincare Concerns: Fine Lines and Wrinkles, Dryness, and Loss of Firmness and Elasticity

Formulation: Serum

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Hyaluronic Acid: Leaves the skin looking refreshed and radiant.
- Purslane: A strong antioxidant that stimulates the body and supports skin health and rejuvenation.

$52.00

It is easier to use than runny serums, and it sticks to where you apply it. No stinging vitaminC serum running into the eyes. ...Considering this may be more of a skincare than makeup or primer, I really can't get past the smell.

What it is: A balm-to-serum stick supercharged with non-irritating 15 percent vitamin c to dramatically brighten the look of uneven skin tone and to target texture.

Skin Type: Normal, Dry, Combination, and Oily

Skincare Concerns: Fine Lines and Wrinkles, Dullness, and Uneven Texture

Formulation: Serum stick

Highlighted Ingredients:
- 15% Vitamin C (THD): Visibly brightens, protects against oxidative damage, and targets age spots.
- 1% Alpha Arbutin: Lightens the look of dark spots and diminishes the appearance of acne scars.
- 0.5% Ferulic Acid: Fights the formation of fine lines, wrinkles, and age spots.

Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agen

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“My favorite primer so far. It does help blur fine lines and wrinkles and lasts through my long work days”
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“This will probably work best for normal skin looking to provide a glowy, dewy base foe their makeup”
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“I had quit using eye serums till i recieved this one because I thought I could save myself a step with just using my face serums under my eyes but after using this one and seeing the results I’m seeing never again”
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“I received this serum complimentary from Kate Somerville. I love to use it together with water cream for best results”
Pearl Serums
“I have my own skin care routine so that meant switching up my own serum for this amazing serum. I have been using Guerlain products for as long as I can remember (Meteorites Pearls and Primer anyone”
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“It’s dermatologist tested so it’s pretty trustworthy. It repairs the skin and keeps it hydrated. The whole package looks high quality”
Lightweight Serums
“I *love* this serum! It's lightweight and absorbs into your skin super quickly, so it feels effective (as compared to other serums, which leave a sticky feeling or layer on your face”
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“I use this serum as my only “topper” after I use an acid-based, AHA, BHA, or enzyme related exfoliant, mask or peel”
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“Please follow the instructions!! I have mature dry skin and this primer is SO great!! I use after my serums and before my moisturizer and then I apply my make up”

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