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A truly effective makeup primer

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Not all primers are created equally! These are the ones that actually have an effect under makeup!
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Glowy

If you're looking to start your base makeup with a glow, these primers are for you! Some are sheer and some add slight coverage to add stunning glowy, sure to have you glowing from within under your favorite foundations!

 
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The drugstore ‘dupe’ for the Charlotte Tilbury Hollywood Flawless Filter! I beautiful glowy primer/base/mix-in/liquid highlighter, but for a drugstore price!! I wear shade ‘Fair’.
3 Light/Medium Halo Glow Liquid Filter - e.l.f. Cosmetics
 
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This is a great glowy primer for ANYONE, but specifically oily skin. It adds glow without the added moisture.
Maybelline Instant Age Rewind Instant Perfector 4-In-1 Glow Makeup
 
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A gel glowy base in a pearlescent pink-champagne shade. Great glow for oily skin, since it dries down completely.
Saie Glowy Super Gel Lightweight Dewy Multipurpose Illuminator
 
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A gel glow with a sheer bronzy tint. Perfect for oily skin since it dries down completely.
Saie Glowy Super Gel Lightweight Dewy Multipurpose Illuminator
 
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Create a captivating bronze finish! Just a touch is enough!
2 Fair: Mini Hollywood Flawless Filter Makeup

Hydrating

These primers all offer extra hydration and possibly other benefits like gripping or smoothing!

 
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Hydrating and gripping without the STICKY feeling of some other gripping primers. Scent alert: this does have an artificial cherry scent.
Oui Cherie Hydrating Gripping Make-up Primer

Gripping

These primers all grip your makeup like a sticky fly trap! The foundations sticks to the primer and stays all day! These primers may also add some hydration to the skin as well!

 
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A gripping primer that will hold onto your makeup all day!! This is my everyday makeup primer.
Power Grip Primer - e.l.f. Cosmetics
 
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A sticky gripping primer that hydrates and hold onto your makeup all day!
Power Grip Primer + 4% Niacinamide - e.l.f. Cosmetics
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Mattifying

If you need your makeup to stay on all day or if you have a combo or oily skin type, these primers all offer some level of a matte finish!

 
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THE BEST MATTE PRIMER. use it to PREP, SET or REFRESH/TOUCH UP your makeup!
SHINE STOPPER Instant Matte Finish with MICROSPONGE Technology
 
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Smoothing and extends makeup longevity! Need I say more?
Double Wear Smooth & Blur Primer - Estée Lauder

Smoothing/Blurring

These primers all have some kind of smoothing or blurring effect on the skin before makeup. Whether trying to smooth overall texture or blur those pores into oblivion, these primers will get the job done!

 
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100% a DUPE for the Tatch Liquid Silk Canvas primer (I have actually tried both)!! It's smoothing, silky and helps keep my makeup on all day!
Universal Sheer Liquid Poreless Putty Primer - e.l.f. Cosmetics
 
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A silicone based primer that smoothes, mattifies and keeps my makeup looking flawless all day!
La Base Pro Oil-Free Longwear Makeup Primer - Lancôme