If you're looking for a way to smooth out your skin before you apply your makeup, or if you want to use a primer to help your foundation last longer, silicone primers are the way to go. They're easy to use and they can be used on all skin types. Here are some of the best silicone primers available today.
Size: 1 oz/ 30 mL·ITEM: 1713114
Color: Blur Primer Gold - brightens and evens skintone
$76.00
Best primer for Matured skin...I am 48 and really not a fan of a primer. I didn't find a great benefit from using primers until I use this one. ...A couple of specifications: It is a silicone-based primer but unlike popular silicone-based primers such as Benefit's Porefessional and the wide array of Smashbox primers, it has a much thinner consistency and feels more like a silicone-based serum.
What it is: A non-greasy, lightweight makeup primer with light-infused pigments and four nourishing oils that blur imperfections and smooths the look of skin.
Skin Type: Normal, Dry, Combination, and Oily
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Corn Oil, Apricot Kernel Oil, Passiflora oil, and Rice Bran Oil: Nurture and leave skin feeling soft.
Ingredient Callouts: Free of sulfates SLS and SLES, parabens, formaldehydes, and phthalates.
$55.00
What It Is: A silicone-free primer that preps the skin for long-lasting makeup, minimizes pores and creates a soft-focus, natural matte finish.
Coverage: Light
Finish: Matte
Formulation: Liquid
Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, talc, phthalates, and sulfates SLS & SLES. It is also cruelty-free.
$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.
Size: 1 oz / 28 mL·ITEM: 2705606
$46.00
What it is: A primer that fills in and smooths the look of indented acne scars and large pores for a primed, soft-matte finish. With daily use, the look of scar depth is reduced.
Skin Type: Normal, Dry, Combination, and Oily
Skincare Concerns: Fine Lines and Wrinkles, Pores, and Redness
Formulation: Lightweight Gel
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Medical-Grade Silicone: Creates the optimal environment for surface restoration.
- Biomimetic Peptide: Improves the appearance of indented scarring and smooths skin.
- Retinol (Vitamin A): A gentle, low-dose form that supports cellular turnover for improved smoothness.
Size: 1.7 oz/ 50 mL·ITEM: 2097657
Color: Radiant Pink
$61.00
I love this primer, its so lightweight & airy, with a luxurious consistency. ...I had been looking for a silicone-free primer for a long time and this one does everything that I want it to do: it blurry slightly, improved longevity, and helps my BB creams cover my under eye circles!
What it is:
A makeup primer that's specifically beneficial for oily and combination skin types.
What it does:
A silky gel emulsion, rich in natural ingredients, Prep + Prime Natural Radiance hydrates and primes to improve foundation or powder application, control oil, and promote smooth texture. Vitamins E and C protect with antioxidants, while caffeine calms skin. Illuminating pearl powders reflect optic radiance. The formula disappears upon application, resulting in a beautiful glow. The formula controls shine, provides long-term hydration, and improves radiance while smoothing and softening the look of skin.
What else you need to know:
This product is silicone-free.
Size: 0.33 oz/10 mL·ITEM: 2888832
$26.00
As someone who usually never uses or gravitates towards primers this primer is my favorite it blurs the skin perfectly with a super heavy feeling on the face...Fills in my pores and dosnt feel thick like other silicone primers. Definitely recommend for pores .
What it is: A non-comedogenic, jelly-like primer that immediately absorbs excess oil, adds smooth texture, and blurs pores for an airbrushed, soft-focus finish.
Finish: Sheer
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Milk Thistle Extract: Antioxidant-rich, soothes oily skin.
- Glycerine: Moisturizing, soothes oily skin.
- Polymers: Blurs appearance of pores and smooths texture.
Ingredient Callouts: It is also vegan and cruelty-free.
What Else You Need to Know: Now in compact travel size, this ultra-blurring silicone-free primer is good for your skin and is so easy to use. It’s lightweight, long-lasting, and has a refreshing, cooling, jelly-like texture that layers well on top of skincare and SPF.
$23.00
It is important to note it is a non-silicone largely an oil based product. Silicones can protect the hair, reduce frizz, add shine however this product instead of containing synthetic silicones uses natural based plant oils to achieve these same things therefore if you have normal to well hydrated hair and/or use moderate to heavy application it should not be a surprise that it would make your hair greasy. ...what is the wizard silicone-free detangling hair primer? it's the wizard you all know and love, now silicone-free. this lightweight primer protects against 450°f heat, cuts down on blow dry time, reduces frizz, + detangles all hair types. who it's for all hair is welcome!
What it is: A silicone-free, lightweight primer that reduces frizz, protects against up to 450 degrees Fahrenheit heat, and detangles all hair types.
Hair Type: Fine, Medium, and Thick
Hair Texture: Straight, Wavy, Curly, and Coily
Hair Concerns:
- Frizz
- Heat Protection
- Shine
ITEM: 2517753
Size: .34 oz / 10 mL
$22.00
The other primers all seemed to have an indescribable thick feeling to them (silicone? ...Great primer...This primer really smoothes my skin before makeup application.
What it is: A mini hydrating primer with a fresh, dewy finish that defends skin and perfects makeup.
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Silkscreen Complex (Antioxidants, Hyaluronic Acid, Probiotic Extract, Vitamins, and Algae): Nourishes, visibly balances, and defends skin.
- Triple Hyaluronic Acid: Hydrates and visibly plumps for up to 72 hours.
- Niacinamide: Nourishes skin.
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.
ITEM: 2362432
Size: 0.94 oz/ 28 mL
$41.00
Not something I would have ordered for myself as I don’t wear primer year-round but I am so glad Influenster included this Illuminating Primer with their Rare Beauty box! ...Very similar to the saie primer, but glowier and doesn’t have that silicone feel.
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
