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.

Size: 1 oz/ 30 mL·ITEM: 2477057
Color: Peach-tinted - all skin tones; translucent finish
$53.00
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.

Size: 1.1 oz/ 32.5mL·ITEM: 2575322
Color: Main Squeeze - Champagne Gold for all skin types & tones
$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

ITEM: 2901429
Size: 1 oz/30 mL
$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.

Size: 1.35 oz / 40 mL·ITEM: 2742195
Color: Sun Glow
$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

$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.

$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









