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Top Makeup Recommendations For Oily Skin
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items As someone who lives in a hot climate, I need my makeup to be able to withstand humidity. These recommendations have never failed me.
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Oily Skin Primers
Foundation
Setting Sprays
Setting Powder
Oily Skin Primers
If you have oily skin, a make-up primer plays a key role: it helps control shine, absorb excess oil, smooth/blur pores, and give your foundation a more matte, longer-lasting base.
Sweet proof, waterproof, shine proof, oil resistant and mattifying.
Secure The Sweat Primer | ONE/SIZE by Patrick Starrr
It helps balance oil and sebum, absorbing excess oil throughout the day while helping maintain some hydration.
Yummy Skin Blurring Balm Powder
It’s a mattifying + blurring face primer that aims to give a smooth, matte, “filtered” base for makeup.
MILK MAKEUP - Pore Eclipse Liquid Primer
It’s a mattifying face primer designed specifically for oily to combination skin.
Its goal is to control shine, reduce oiliness, and give a smooth, matte base for makeup — ideal if you tend to get oily or sweaty during the day.
Pro Filt'r Mattifying Primer
A mattifying water-to-powder serum that primes, absorbs shine and visibly refines skin.
Yummy Skin Mattifying Water Powder Serum with Niacinamide and Hyaluronic Acid - Danessa Myricks Beau
A gel primer formula that grips makeup and gives a long lasting finsh.
Power Grip Primer
Foundation
This foundation feels lightweight on the skin with a natural-radiant finish and medium-to-full, buildable coverage.
Natural Radiant Longwear Foundation
NARS Soft Matte Foundation is an oil-free, long-wear foundation with medium-to-full coverage and a smooth, velvety matte finish. It controls shine, resists humidity and sweat, and stays true to color without oxidizing — great for oily or combination ...
Soft Matte Complete Foundation
Estée Lauder Double Wear is a long-wear, oil-free foundation with medium-to-full coverage and a natural-matte finish. It controls shine, lasts up to 24 hours, stays sweat- and humidity-resistant, and doesn’t transfer — great for oily or combination s...
Double Wear Stay-in-Place Foundation
This is a high-coverage foundation that blurs imperfections and delivers a natural-matte finish for up to 24-hour wear.
HD Skin Long-Lasting Waterproof Natural Matte Foundation
Setting Sprays
These setting sprays help absorb excess oil/sebum, reduce shine, and set my makeup so it stays put longer.
As someone who lives the Caribbean, this is a must have in my makeup routine.
The mist dries almost instantly and helps makeup last for hours. The spray is fine and light. Good for humid or warm climates — can help makeup resist sweat, oil, and transfer.
Infallible 3-Second Setting Mist With Microfine, up to 36H wear
Ultra-fine mist spray good for preventing makeup from fading or caking — nice for humid weather wear.
Continuous Setting Mist
This setting spray is oily skin friendly; it keeps skin matte, helps prevent shine and makes makeup last through hot, humid days.
LIGHT VELVET AIR MIST MAKE UP FOR EVER
This setting spray is waterproof with a matte finish, formulated with green tea extract and oil-absorbing witch hazel.
On 'Til Dawn Mattifying Waterproof Setting Spray
This is a transfer-proof, matte setting spray that locks your makeup in place for hours. It also helps blur pores and controls shine.
Pore Eclipse Mattifying + Blurring Transfer-Proof Setting Spray - MILK MAKEUP | Sephora
This makeup setting spray has an ultrafine mist that sets and locks makeup in place. It is also waterproof and transfer-resistant.
All Nighter Waterproof Natural Finish Setting Spray with 24HR Wear - Urban Decay | Sephora
Setting Powder
These loose setting powder are lightweight, blurring, and control shine. They also give a smooth, matte finish and prevent my makeup from shifting or creasing.
This finely milled, blurring, loose setting powder delivers shine control and a smooth matte finish.
ONE/SIZE by Patrick Starrr Ultimate Blurring Setting Powder
A lightly pigmented, ultra-brightening setting powder that bakes & sets, blurs fine lines & pores, and sets makeup with an airbrush finish.
Easy Bake Loose Baking & Setting Powder - HUDA BEAUTY | Sephora