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Best Makeup Primers | A Makeup Artist's Picks for Every Skin Type
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items The right primer can completely change how your makeup looks, applies and wears. As a professional makeup artist, I curated these primer picks for different skin types, concerns and makeup goals from hydrating and gripping formulas to pore-blurring, ...
Top 5 The skin-prep classic that does double duty. Part moisturizer, part primer, Bobbi Brown Vitamin Enriched Face Base preps the skin with hydration while creating a smooth, cushioned base for makeup. I love this when the complexion needs moisture ...
0.5 oz Vitamin Enriched Face Base+ Moisturizer & Primer with Vitamin C + Hyaluronic Acid - BOBBI BROWN
For when you want your foundation to look airbrushed before the foundation even goes on. Hourglass Vanish Airbrush Primer helps blur the look of imperfections and creates that smooth, soft-focus canvas I love for polished makeup. It also helps extend...
Jumbo Vanish Airbrush Primer - HOURGLASS
Top 5 When you need your makeup to GRIP and stay put. Milk Makeup Hydro Grip creates that tacky, hydrated base that helps foundation hold on while keeping the complexion looking fresh rather than dry or overly matte. I love this when longevity is the...
1.01 oz Hydro Grip Hydrating Makeup Primer with Hyaluronic Acid + Niacinamide - MILK MAKEUP
When you want your primer to do more than prep your makeup. ABH Hydra Prime combines hydration, smoothing and SPF 50 in one multitasking step, creating a fresh, radiant base for makeup while adding daily sun protection. I love this for simplifying sk...
Hydra Prime SPF 50 Hydrating Face Primer - Anastasia Beverly Hills
Top 5 For when shine is not invited. jane iredale Smooth Affair Mattifying Primer helps control excess oil while smoothing and blurring the look of pores for a more refined makeup base. I love this for shine-prone complexions when you want foundation...
Smooth Affair Mattifying Face Primer - jane iredale | Ulta Beauty
Glow, prime and protect in one step. Charlotte Tilbury Invisible UV Flawless Primer SPF 50 creates a smooth, radiant canvas while giving you high-level daily sun protection. I love this when you want that fresh, luminous complexion before foundation ...
2.0 oz Invisible UV Flawless Primer SPF 50 - Charlotte Tilbury
Top 5 Grip without the extra glow. Fenty Grip Trip is for the days when you want makeup to stay put while keeping shine under control. I love the combination of gripping, mattifying and blurring benefits for creating a smoother-looking base without m...
Grip Trip Mattifying + Blurring Primer - FENTY BEAUTY by Rihanna | Ulta Beauty
Top 5 Luxury skin prep for that polished, lit-from-within finish. Dior Forever Skin Veil creates a smooth, refined canvas while giving the complexion a fresh, radiant look before foundation. I love this when you want your primer to perfect the appear...
Forever Skin Veil Makeup Primer - Dior
For when you want your makeup to grip AND glow. This illuminating version of Milk’s Hydro Grip gives you that makeup-holding base with light-reflecting luminosity for a fresh, radiant complexion. I love this when you want longevity but don’t want to ...
Hydro Grip + Glow Illuminating Primer with Light-Reflecting Pearls - MILK MAKEUP
Top 5 For when pores and shine are the problem—not hydration. Milk Pore Eclipse helps mattify the complexion and blur the look of pores while creating a smoother canvas for foundation. I love this for oilier complexions or areas like the T-zone where...
1.3 oz Pore Eclipse Mattifying + Blurring Makeup Primer with Niacinamide - MILK MAKEUP
For that expensive-looking glow before foundation even goes on. CHANEL La Base Illuminatrice creates a beautifully luminous canvas that makes the complexion look fresh, polished and naturally radiant. I love this when the goal is sophisticated glow r...
LA BASE ILLUMINATRICE Glowing Makeup Primer - CHANEL
A classic when smooth, polished makeup is the goal. Lancôme La Base Pro creates a silky, refined canvas that helps foundation glide on more evenly while supporting longer wear. I love an oil-free primer like this when you want smoothing without addin...
La Base Pro Oil-Free Longwear Makeup Primer - Lancôme
Three steps in one—and made with melanin-rich skin in mind. Live Tinted Hueguard combines mineral SPF 30, moisturizer and primer to prep and protect the complexion without making your morning routine unnecessarily complicated. I love a multitasker th...
1.7 oz Hueguard 3-in-1 Mineral Sunscreen, Moisturizer, Primer SPF 30 - Live Tinted
A classic for a reason when visible pores are the concern. Benefit POREfessional creates that silky, smoothing effect that helps blur the look of pores and texture before foundation goes on. I especially like a targeted primer like this through areas...
1.5 oz The POREfessional Pore Minimizing Primer - Benefit Cosmetics |
When redness needs correcting before coverage. The green tone helps neutralize visible redness so you can create a more even-looking canvas without relying on heavier foundation to do all the work. I love targeted complexion prep like this because co...
1.5 oz CC Red Correct Green Color Corrector SPF25 - Erborian
For the makeup days when staying power is non-negotiable. Urban Decay All Nighter Ghosting Paste combines a blurred matte finish with serious grip, helping control shine and smooth the look of pores and texture while holding makeup in place. I love t...
0.28 oz All Nighter Ghosting Paste Primer - Urban Decay Cosmetics
Top 10 Targeted blur exactly where you need it. Live Tinted Magic Blur Primer Stick makes it easy to smooth the look of pores and texture without priming areas that don’t need it. I love the stick format for precise application around the T-zone and ...
Magic Blur Primer Stick - Live Tinted | Ulta Beauty
For those “my skin, but filtered” makeup days. TULA’s Filter Primer combines hydration with glow-boosting pigments that help blur the look of pores and texture, leaving the complexion smoother and naturally radiant. I love that this can work undernea...
Luna Blurring & Moisturizing Filter Primer - TULA
For the days you want skin prep, glow and SPF in one beautiful step. OGEE Skin Enhancing Primer SPF 40 preps the complexion with a radiant, skin-enhancing finish while adding daily sun protection. I love this for creating that healthy-looking base th...
Skin Enhancing Primer SPF 40 - Ogee | Ulta Beauty
When discoloration needs correcting before you reach for more foundation. This peach-toned primer helps neutralize the look of dark spots and hyperpigmentation while smoothing the appearance of pores and texture. I love the idea of correcting uneven ...
4-in-1 Correcting Primer Dark Spot Corrector - PÜR Minerals