The Best Face Primer Products to Improve the Coverage and Shelf Life of your Makeup

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Mattifying Primers

Ideal for those with oily or combination skin to help control shine and minimize the appearance of pores by absorbing excess oil throughout the day.

L'Oreal Paris Infallible Mattifying Primer Base

L'Oreal Paris Infallible Mattifying Makeup Primer tube.
Features

Designed to delicately and sensitively ready skin the face primer consists of a dense formula gel the fine consistency cooperates with skin to offer a natural coating that hydrates skin, minimises imperfections, pores and shine

Benefits

Firmly sets into a discreet layer to instantly transform your skin's texture to give a velvet soft, smooth and even complexion.

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Neutrogena Mattifying Primer

Features

This lightweight blurring primer helps reduce shine and visibly smooths skin's texture increasing the wear time of your makeup. It is formulated with niacinamide which helps blur the appearance of pores for a more even looking complexion. It is non comedogenic so it won’t clog your pores and is ideal for oily or shiny skin.

Benefits

Blurs the look of pores and controls shine for a long lasting, soft matte finish. Helps keep makeup looking fresh, for beautiful looks that last all day.

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Hydrating Primers

Formulated with moisturizing ingredients including hyaluronic acid or glycerin they are ideal for dry or dehydrated skin providing an extra boost of hydration to keep your skin smooth and supple.

e.l.f. Power Grip Primer

A tube of e.l.f. Power Grip Primer featuring a sleek design with a blue gradient color and black cap designed to enhance makeup wear and application.
Features

A gel based face primer enriched with hydrating ingredients including hyaluronic acid which grips your makeup and smoothes your skin.

Benefits

The translucent finish works on all skin types and skin tones giving skin a long lasting, naturally dewy finish.

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Wet n Wild Prime Focus Primer

A bottle of Wet n Wild Prime Focus Primer Serum for Face with a label that reads PRIMER SERUM BASE SÉRUM and details about hydration benefits, accompanied by a dropper for easy application.
Features

This lightweight water based makeup primer preps, smoothes and primes skin for a longer lasting makeup application. It is formulated with skin hydrating and nourishing ingredients including rose water, hyaluronic acid,camellia leaf and green tea extracts that moisturize and smooth the skin.

Benefits

The translucent finish works on all skin types and skin tones giving skin a long lasting, naturally dewy finish. The silky, creamy texture creates the perfect canvas for a smooth, even complexion and flawless finish, blurring and softening imperfections.

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Pore Refining Primers

Specifically formulated to minimize the appearance of enlarged pores by creating a smoother canvas for makeup application while helping to blur imperfections.

TOUCH IN SOL No Pore Blem Primer

A bottle of Touch in Sol No Pore Blem Primer containing pink colored liquid and black cap.
Features

A lightweight pore minimizing primer infused with collagen and green tea extracts to protect and energize the skin.

Benefits

Provides seamless coverage to smooth skin leaving it flawless, silky smooth and glowing while maintaining moisture levels. Works on all skin types.

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Benefit Cosmetics Professional Balm Face Primer

A tube of Benefit Cosmetics' The POREfessional face primer for minimizing pores displayed beside its attractive packaging featuring a retro inspired illustration of a woman in a mint-green outfit.
Features

This silky, lightweight balm face primer complements all skin tones and can be applied under or over makeup. The translucent formula contains a vitamin E derivative known to protect skin.

Benefits

The primer quickly minimizes the appearance of pores and fine lines for smoother skin.

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Color Correcting Primers

Choose from the various shades available to target specific skin concerns, such as redness, dullness or sallowness to neutralize and balance out uneven skin tone before applying foundation.

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NYX PROFESSIONAL MAKEUP Studio Perfect Primer

Tube of NYX Professional Makeup Studio Perfect Photo Loving Primer with green color correcting formula.
Features

The primer is easily absorbed creating a smooth surface for foundation ensuring the longevity of your makeup. It neutralizes redness and irritation caused by rosacea, acne and broken capillaries. The product is available in three shades: Clear (to cover fine lines and large pores); lavender (to brighten and illuminate yellow undertones); and green (to eliminate redness).

Benefits

The easy application provides smooth sheer coverage for makeup.

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e.l.f. Tone Adjusting Face Primer

A 14ml bottle of e.l.f. Tone Adjusting Face Primer in neutralizing green featuring a sleek pump dispenser.
Features

A neutralizing face primer with a sheer green tint designed to adjust skin tone, minimize redness and blotchiness ensuring a balanced, flawless and even complexion.

Benefits

The silky cream formula blends with ease, delivering natural, face perfecting coverage that can be worn alone or as a base for long wear makeup application. The product is suitable for all skin types.

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Long Lasting Primers

Gives skin a smooth, spotless effect by hiding pores and reducing the look of imperfections before you even apply makeup. It extends the wear of your favorite foundation, so you can look fresh and fabulous for longer. The clear formula won’t irritate sensitive skin or clog pores and works under any foundation.

COVERGIRL All Day Makeup Primer

Covergirl Outlast All-Day Makeup Wear Extender primer tube with pink and black accents.
Features

This primer gives skin a smooth, spotless effect by hiding pores and reducing the look of imperfections before you even apply makeup.

Benefits

It extends the wear of your regular foundation for a look that lasts all day. The clear formula won’t irritate sensitive skin or clog pores and works under any foundation.

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Urban Decay All Nighter Face Primer

A tube of Urban Decay All Nighter Longwear Face Primer featuring a sleek black design with a pump top showcasing its purpose as a makeup primer for long lasting wear.
Features

A powerful buildable long wear primer with a lightweight and long lasting formula suitable for all skin types which grips foundation in place and boosts its staying power.

Benefits

Smooths skin and goes on sheer and silky soft leaving skin feeling hydrated and slightly lifted throughout the day.

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Blurring Primers

Their soft focus ingredients diffuse light and optically blur the appearance of fine lines, wrinkles and imperfections for a smoother and more refined complexion.

The Original Photo Finish Primer

Smashbox The Original Photo Finish Primer tube featuring smooth and blur makeup product packaging.
Features

This face primer has a lightweight and oil free formula which is easy to apply extending the staying power of your foundation.

Benefits

It glides on easily filling in lines and pores instantly. In addition it smooths the skin visibly reduces the appearance of imperfections while the antioxidants vitamin A and E and protect the skin from environmental pollutants, damage and stress.

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L'Oreal Paris Blurring Primer

A tube of L'Oreal Paris Age Perfect Blurring Face Primer in Rosy Rose designed to create a smooth makeup base and enhance skin texture.
Features

The product is It is infused with a caring serum and features a universal rosy formula. The rosy formula is universally flattering and is infused with a caring serum.

Benefits

Instantly and visibly transforms skin quality in one use ensuring lines are diffused with a natural looking, soft focus effect for a healthy looking complexion. The primer improves skin appearance overtime for a more radiant and smoother, softer skin.

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