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Ride or die makeup products for oily skin
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items If you’ve got oily skin like me, you know the struggle of keeping makeup in place all day without turning into a shiny mess. After lots of trial and error, I’ve rounded up my go-to products that actually work. These picks keep your skin looking smoot...
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Skin-Care Prep
Primers
Foundation
Concealers
Bronzers
Highlighters
Skin-Care Prep
The perfect first step before makeup! This gentle cleanser helps clear away excess oil and impurities while keeping breakouts in check. It leaves my skin smooth and prepped so foundation goes on flawlessly without getting cakey or greasy.
Glycerin Cleanser For The Face & Body - Gleanser - Prequel
A gentle, hydrating toner that balances and calms the skin while keeping your moisture barrier happy. Perfect for adding lightweight hydration before makeup or skincare layers.
Hydrating Milky Toner
Lightweight, hydrating, and perfect for plumping the skin. It layers beautifully under moisturizer or makeup to keep skin smooth and refreshed all day.
Hyaluronic Acid Serum
A lightweight, refreshing moisturizer that deeply hydrates without feeling heavy or greasy. Perfect daily cream for keeping skin balanced and glowy.
Electrolyte Water Cream | Lightweight Gel Moisturizer
Primers
The ultimate dupe for high-end primers! Grips makeup all day, blurs pores, and gives a smooth, long-lasting base without feeling heavy.
e.l.f.'s Power Grip Primer
Maybelline's Grippy Serum Primer offers a unique blend of hydration and grip, making it a versatile choice for those with oily and acne-prone skin. Its non-comedogenic formula and inclusion of beneficial ingredients like niacinamide and aloe provide ...
Grippy Serum 24-Hour Hydrating Gripping Primer
This primer is a total lifesaver! It mattifies, minimizes pores, and keeps your foundation from sliding off, even on long, busy days. Bonus: it’s packed with salicylic acid to help keep breakouts in check while giving you a smooth, flawless base. Def...
Photo Finish Control Mattifying Primer with Salicylic Acid
A lifesaver for oily, acne-prone skin! Mattifies, minimizes pores, and keeps makeup in place all day, without feeling heavy or greasy. One of my go-to primers for a smooth, shine-free base.
The POREfessional Matte Primer
Perfect for oily, acne-prone skin! It blurs pores, controls shine, and gives a smooth base so your makeup stays put all day. Affordable and works like a charm, my go-to for flawless skin under foundation.
Facestudio Master Prime Primer Makeup
Keeps oily skin matte and makeup in place, no midday shine meltdown!
Shine Killer | NYX Professional Makeup
Foundation
If you are an oily skin girlie like me, you must try this foundation! It’s lightweight, has a great medium coverage, looks natural, and best of all, it lasts all day.
Fit Me® Matte + Poreless Foundation Makeup
This foundation is a total game-changer! It gives a smooth, matte finish that lasts, controls oil, and still feels lightweight on the skin. Perfect for busy days, long work hours, or just when you want your makeup to stay put without constant touch-u...
Infallible Pro-Matte Foundation Makeup - L'Oréal Paris
This foundation is a holy grail for anyone with oily or combination skin. It gives full coverage that lasts all day without slipping or getting shiny, even in heat or humidity. I love how it blurs imperfections and keeps my skin looking smooth and fl...
Double Wear Stay-in-Place Foundation | Estée Lauder
This foundation is perfect if you have oily or acne-prone skin. It’s lightweight, oil-free, and actually helps fight breakouts with salicylic acid while giving a smooth, natural finish. I love that it doesn’t feel heavy or cakey, and it keeps my skin...
SkinClearing Liquid Makeup
If you have oily, acne-prone skin, this foundation is a lifesaver! It’s lightweight, oil-free, and specially formulated to help prevent breakouts while giving smooth, buildable coverage. I love how it feels breathable on the skin and keeps my makeup ...
Acne Solutions™ Liquid Makeup
This foundation is amazing for oily and combination skin! It gives a soft matte finish that lasts all day without feeling heavy or cakey. I love how it controls shine while still looking natural, and it’s perfect for long days when you need your make...
Pro Filt'r Soft Matte Longwear Foundation
Concealers
A full-coverage, oil-free cream concealer designed to address the needs of oily and acne-prone skin. Its lightweight formula provides a matte finish that helps control shine and conceals imperfections without clogging pores.
Soft Matte Complete Concealer
With oily, acne-prone skin, finding a concealer that actually stays can feel impossible, until you try this one. It manages shine, blurs pores, and gives such full coverage that those pesky breakouts look instantly smoother. It’s also oil-control pow...
Double Wear Stay-in-Place 24-Hour Concealer
Need high-coverage that actually lasts without breaking the bank? This drugstore gem is a cult favorite for oily, acne-prone skin. The matte finish controls shine, the thick formula hides blemishes like a pro, and it truly keeps your look fresh for h...
16-Hour Camo Full Coverage Concealer
If you’re looking for bright, natural-looking coverage that doesn’t feel heavy, this one’s for you! It’s lightweight, medium coverage with a radiant finish that still avoids sparkle. My under eyes look awake and smooth, and surprisingly, it lasts thr...
shape tape™ radiant concealer
When your skin is oily or prone to breakouts, finding a concealer that doesn’t slide off by mid-afternoon is like discovering a unicorn. This formula feels lightweight, delivers buildable medium-to-full coverage, and stays put, even when oil tries to...
Pro Filt'r Instant Retouch Concealer
Bronzers
A creamy, non-comedogenic stick bronzer enriched with niacinamide and soothing extracts like green tea and rosehip, perfect for minimizing pores and avoiding breakouts. Great for precise sculpting and blending seamlessly for a natural finish
No Limits Cream Bronzer Stick
Soft, weightless, and blends like a dream, this cream stick gives a natural, second-skin warmth. Ideal for those needing something that stays subtle without clogging pores.
Warm Wishes Effortless Bronzer Stick
A cult-favorite matte powder bronzer that controls shine with its finely-milled texture and offers up to 12 hours of wear. It blends beautifully without accentuating oiler areas.
Hoola Matte Bronzer powder bronzer for face
Ultra-budget-friendly, this matte powder bronzer includes primer-like properties to help makeup stay put and reduce slickness, perfect for layering and touch-ups on oily skin days.
Primer-Infused Matte Bronzer
The cream-to-powder formula dries down to a light-as-air matte, giving you sculpted, shadow-like definition that stays put without slipping. Just warm it up a bit on your fingers or a brush, and it blends into your skin like a dream. Plus, with shade...
Match Stix Contour Skinstick — Amber
Highlighters
Affordable, finely milled powder that imparts a smooth, non-greasy glow, great for oily skin since it helps control shine.
MegaGlo™ Highlighting Powder | Precious Petals
Offers a feather-light luminescence that doesn’t weigh you down or exacerbate oiliness. Easy to blend, versatile for use over or under foundation.
Saie Glowy Super Gel | All-Over Luminizer | Clean Highlighter
A natural-beauty favorite for acne-prone skin and gives a subtle glow without loading on pore-clogging ingredients.
Becca Shimmering Skin Perfector Pressed Highlighter
Creamy yet breathable, labeled as non comedogenic and safe even for fungal, acne prone skin
Killawatt Freestyle Highlighter
Another non-comedogenic option that delivers focused, clean radiance.
The Best Highlighter Makeup | OFRA | Vegan & Cruelty-Free Highlighter
Blush
Oil-free and non-comedogenic, it’s gentle on acne-prone skin and won’t cause breakouts. The mineral formula offers buildable coverage with a fresh, natural finish, and the sifter packaging helps keep the application hygienic.
Lily Lolo Mineral Blush
This cream blush uses clean ingredients and is safe for sensitive/acne-prone skin. It blends into a healthy, dewy flush without feeling greasy.
BeachPlease Tinted Balm for Lips + Cheeks
At just $8, it's an ultra-affordable winner packed with hyaluronic acid and skin-loving extracts. Lightweight and breathable, it adds a lasting dewy flush without clogging pores.
Camo Liquid Blush
Super long-lasting and oil-free; a powder option built to withstand heat and shine.
Infallible Up to 24H Fresh Wear Soft Matte Blush
Blends beautifully with a satin finish and metallic sheen; highly praised in the drugstore category.
Baked Blush
Setting/Finishing Powders
A mineral-based loose powder that controls shine, smooths texture, and offers light tint. A staple budget-friendly pick
Fit Me® Loose Finishing Powder Face Makeup
An ultra-affordable banana-style powder that keeps makeup in place and combats humidity. A cult-favorite for shine control in hot climates.
Photo Focus Loose Setting Powder | Translucent
A clean, talc-free formula with aloe and bamboo to cut shine, blur texture, and hydrate, all while being safe for acne-prone skin.
Soft Focus Setting Powder
Loose, talc-free, vegan; blurs imperfections without flashback. Loved by reviewers for long wear and a natural matte finish.
Invisimatte Instant Setting + Blotting Powder
A cult classic with ultra-fine texture that controls oil while giving skin a soft, airbrushed look.
Translucent Loose Setting Powder
Setting Sprays
A longtime go-to for whether you're battling T-zone shine or long days, this cult favorite delivers a matte finish that lasts, all without drying the skin
De-Slick Oil Control Makeup Setting Spray for Oily Skin
Loved for its ultra-mattifying, waterproof formula and fine mist that holds makeup securely for hours.
On 'Til Dawn Setting Spray | ONE/SIZE by Patrick Starrr
This sweat-safe spray combines shine control with skin-soothing ingredients like vitamins B & E and arctium majus root, at a wallet friendly price.
Magic Mist & Set: Matte Setting Spray
One of the most beloved drugstore mists. Lightweight, long-wearing, and infused with niacinamide to help blur pores and control oil.
Makeup Setting Spray - Matte