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Oily Skin recs
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items Everything you need as an oily skinned person for a full face. No you don’t need one thing from every section, some people prefer powder over liquid/cream. It’s personal preference. Also dry skin girlies can use these products two, just know the prim...<3
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Primer
Brow Gel
Primer
Skin prep!!!!!
Pretty pricey, water based primer, but so worth it if you can afford!!! Sucks up all the oil on my face leaving my makeup lasting hours longer.
Tip!!! Make sure you let it FULLY dry before and remember… a little goes a long way!
Oil Sucker Extreme Mattifying Alkaline Primer
Outside of the UK i’m not too sure if they have superdrug but i know it’s available in boots and on look fantastic as it is a drug store primer!!
It’s a water based primer that i find to have a serum like texture. Honestly, in a primer i do prefer t...
Maybelline Grippy Serum Makeup Primer (30ml)
You can 100% still have a dewy look with a matte primer!!!!
Another Water based primer! For me, I mostly use this because of the enlarged pores on my cheeks. Just to smoothen the base out. Most people with oily skin have enlarged pores. If you don’...
Matte Putty Makeup Primer | e.l.f. Cosmetics
Oh how i LOVE NYX!!!
Their Glue range is honestly one of my favourites. It’s my fav drug store brand EVER. Like come on!!!!
Water based, looks like actual glue but i PROMISE it isn’t. Leaves your skin feeling tacky - SUPER similar to the e.l.f one b...
NYX Professional Makeup The Face Glue Primer
I find that this silicone based primer helps both control my oil and reduce my visible pore size. Now, it isn’t actually formulated to reduce shine from what the sephora worker told me. But most silicone primers do so anyways (and that’s from my expe...
Benefit The Porefessional Face Primer
Water based, for some reason i like this one but not the e.l.f one? Perhaps it’s just preference but this one does not leave my makeup separating even when i choose to do a dewy look! I find that the e.l.f one (the grippy one not the putty one) leave...
Milk Makeup Hydro Grip Primer - Makeup Primer
Water based, Def recommend for matte looks, of course you can use it with a dewy look two just this is what I prefer. It smooths out my pores and easily controls shine!
Best part!!! NONCOMEDOGENIC!!! Acne prone girls get on this!
Milk Makeup Pore Eclipse Mattyfing Primer
Water based, makes my skin look extra smooth. If you have tried the setting spray it’s literally the same but in a primer. Your makeup is going NOWHERE.

Ingredients list :
Aqua / Water / Eau, Butylene Glycol, Polyacrylamide, Ethylhexyl Palmitate, ...
Urban Decay All Nighter Face Primer 30ml
Water based , SUPER long lasting, keeps my skin looking smooth all day. Honestly i think for the price tag there could be others you’d use that do similar… but i fear it’s one of my top 3. My skin is instantly mattified. I’ve said before i hate that ...
Estée Lauder Double Wear Smooth and Blur Primer 40ml
Water based, pretty expensive (especially for primer). BUT. It is so mattifying. I haven’t actually bought it myself, one of my friends has it and she gave it to me a few times. Oh my god. It blurs my pores two. But it is so hydrating (a need for oil...
Danessa Myricks Beauty Yummy Skin Water Powder Serum
Silicone Based, The oil control effect this primer has. It’s CRAZY!!!! I only put it where i get oily because of that. And I find myself not needing to touch up because the oil does not even get through the primer! Until I take it off. The oil just… ...
Danessa Myricks Beauty Yummy Skin Blurring Balm Powder Universal 18g
Water based, Perfect for mattifying skin and blurring pores! I find that my nose’s oil still tends to shine through but that can be fixed with a few touch ups throughout the day with a powder!
Ingredients List:
PINK BASE INGREDIENTS: AQUA/WATER/EA...
Fenty Beauty Grip Trip Mattifying and Blurring Face Primer
Silicone based, for some reason all the silicone primers are pretty pricey. This retails for around £15.99.
Dupe of benefits porefessional imo. It DOES peel if you apply too much or touch it too quickly after application. So my advice is to let it ...
Sephora Collection Smooth + Blur Primer 30ml
Water based, Acts as a primer AND a moisturiser. Smells like an orange peel(?). Keeps my skin hydrated (yes you need hydration for oily skin)
Ingredient list:
WATER\AQUA\EAU <> CYCLOPENTASILOXANE <> BIS-DIGLYCERYL POLYACYLADIPATE-2 <> BUTYLENE GLYCOL <> PPG-2 MYRISTYL ETHER PROPIONATE <> CETYL ALCOHOL <> PEG-40 STEARATE <> BUTYROSPERMUM PARKII (SHEA BUTTER) <> SQUALANE <> GLYCERYL STEARATE <> SORBITAN STEARATE <> EPILOBIUM ANGUSTIFOLIUM EXTRACT <> YEAST EXTRACT\FAEX\EXTRAIT DE LEVURE <> BETA-CAROTENE <> SODIUM HYALURONATE <> CITRUS GRANDIS (GRAPEFRUIT) PEEL OIL <> TOCOPHERYL ACETATE <> METHYL GLUCOSE SESQUISTEARATE <> PELARGONIUM GRAVEOLENS (GERANIUM) FLOWER OIL <> DIMETHICONE CROSSPOLYMER <> ACRYLATES/C10-30 ALKYL ACRYLATE CROSSPOLYMER <> CARBOMER <> PEG-20 METHYL GLUCOSE SESQUISTEARATE <> C12-15 ALKYL ETHYLHEXANOATE <> TETRASODIUM EDTA <> SODIUM HYDROXIDE <> PANTHENOL <> MAGNESIUM ASCORBYL PHOSPHATE <> LIMONENE <> CITRONELLOL <> GERANIOL <> LINALOOL <> CHLORPHENESIN <> PHENOXYETHANOL
Bobbi Brown Vitamin Enriched Face Base 50ml
Silicone based, it’s been a WHILE since i used this. It was the first primer i ever used, purely just because it was cheap and in the shop lol. It’s honestly good for the price. Dont really see it anywhere anymore in the UK, the place i linked its pi...
Superdrug | Beauty, Health, Skincare & Perfume
Brow Gel
Glue them DOWN
Sets and locks those brows in place!!! I feel like it can withstand anything lolll
Ingredients list:
AQUA (WATER), ALCOHOL, ACRYLATES COPOLYMER, AMP-ACRYLATES COPOLYMER, HYDROXYETHYLCELLULOSE, PHENOXYETHANOL, PEG-12 DIMETHICONE, CAPRYLYL GLYCOL, PAN...
24-Hour Brow Setter Clear Brow Gel
Got2b is so good for affordable haircare (like dry shampoo and hairspray) only found out recently they make an eyebrow gel. And it’s also advertised as an edges gel. Can’t speak on that because i’m white but it HOLDS my brows in place. Like cement pr...
got2b Glued 4 Brows & Edges 2in1 Gel 16ml
They won an AWARD for this. It’s that good. It’s quite spenny but honestly? It’s anastasia beverly hills. You’re paying for that product and the brand name. The smaller size is a bit cheaper but honestly i prefer buying the bigger size just for conve...
Brow Freeze® Gel
I actually used to use this in year 9! So around 2022/2023??? I stopped doing PE after that (or gym for anyone who doesn’t know what PE is <3)
It kept my brows shaped and stuck down despite the SWEAT from running cross country in the middle of summer. UK heat is unbearable (iykyk)
I did find if i set my brows with powder before applying the glue it worked a little better :))
NYX Professional Makeup The Brow Glue Crazy Lift
My links have changed to Sephora us and Canada because the uk one removed the auto- affiliate
Brow 1980 Volumizing Tinted Eyebrow Gel-Pomade - MERIT | Sephora
Personally I use the shade ‘neutral light brown’ and I dont use too much of it just to be cautious on bulkiness. It definitely adds colour and density to your brows! I usually get the value size if I can find it!! I found that’s its on the Sephora si...
Gimme Brow+ Tinted Volumizing Eyebrow Gel - Benefit Cosmetics | Sephora
I’ve noticed it keeps my brows in place WITHOUT going greasy or sliding off throughout the day. The formula is like super lightweight and dries CLEAR (yay!) , so it doesn’t leave any residue or make my brows look shiny, which is soooo important for o...
Clear Brow Gel