best moisturizer for under makeup

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Facial moisturizers are a great way to keep your skin looking young and healthy. They can help prevent wrinkles, dry skin, and other problems that can occur as you age. Facial moisturizers can be used every day or just before you go out in the sun.

$69.00

I use this product before my primer under my makeup and it feels like it actually enhances my primer. ...After seeing this on several “best moisturizers” lists...Amazing moisturizer

What it is: A protein moisturizer that combines signal peptides, growth factors, amino acids, and pygmy waterlily to visibly improve skin‘s tone, texture, and firmness.


Skin Type: Normal, Dry, Combination, and Oily


Skincare Concerns: Dryness, Dullness and Uneven Texture, and Loss of Firmness and Elasticity


Highlighted Ingredients:
- Signal Peptide Complex (Growth Factors): Nine signal peptides (made up of amino

acids, which form proteins in the skin) bind moisture to skin—visibly plumping, firming,

and restoring bounce.

- Pygmy Waterlily Stem Cell Extract: An excellent source of antioxidants and nutrients to replenish the skin.

$39.00

Best moisturizer for dry skin...It's also a bomb makeup primer. I don't use primers because they all just feel too heavy and fake. ...It also wears incredibly well under primer and foundation. Overall I highly recommend this to anyone looking for a high-quality, super effective moisturizer.

What it is: A bestselling face cream formulated with squalane, glacial glycoprotein, and pro-ceramides to support your skin’s barrier for up to 72-hour hydration.

Skin Type: Normal, Dry, Combination, and Oily

Skincare Concerns: Dryness and Dullness

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Squalane: Replenishes skin’s barrier keeping it feeling soft, supple, and moisturized.
- Glacial Glycoprotein: Intensely hydrates and maintains skin’s moisture balance.
- Pro-Ceramides: Reinforce skin’s barrier strength and resist external disruptors.

Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens.

What Else You Need to Know: Kiehl’s Since 1851’s #1 selling, ultra-hydrating facial cream

$48.00

The BEST moisturizer under makeup. I have combo skin/ dry spots around my nose and eyes so makeup usually clings to those areas. ...Best moisturizer I’ve used. I have dry skin and have been trying out different moisturizers.

What it is: An intense moisturizer that replenishes dry, distressed skin with lasting hydration to visibly plump and improve the look of fine lines.

Skin Type: Normal and Dry

Skincare Concerns: Fine Lines and Wrinkles, Dryness, and Loss of Firmness and Elasticity

Formulation: Rich Cream

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Buckwheat Honey with Propolis and Royal Jelly Blend: Known for its soothing and humectant properties, this special honey blend provides skin-loving moisture and antioxidants.
- Fig Fruit Extract and Osmolytes: Bind and restore moisture, leaving skin looking plump and supple.
- Potent Ceramide Blend: Prevents moisture loss and replenishes the skin barrier.

$40.00

Moisturizers well but pills...I have never had this issue with a moisturizers before....I’m on my 6th refill of this moisturizer; I love it sooo much! I’ve tried other many other moisturizers, but I always go back to this one.

What it is: A hydrating, skin-balancing, whipped gel cream in a refillable jar, packed with polyglutamic acid, hyaluronic acid, and plum for visibly plump, glowing skin.

Skin Type:
Normal, Dry, Combination, and Oily

Skincare Concerns: Dryness, Dullness, and Loss of Firmness and Elasticity

Formulation: Cream

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Polyglutamic Acid: A hydrating peptide to boost the efficacy of hyaluronic acid and lock in moisture.
- Hyaluronic Acid: A blend of multi-weight hyaluronic acids to hydrate skin and to keep it looking plump and bouncy.
- Plum and Ice Willowherb: Plum brightens and hydrates while Ice Willowherb visibly balances skin.

$54.00

As a makeup artist I am always looking for the best moisturizers whether it be for myself or for my clients. ...It's luxurious, and super clean instead of having to dip your finger in like all the other moisturizers. This moisturizer will truly heal your skin and gave you a crazy amount of hydration

What it is: A high-potency face cream powered by B-L3™ that quickly improves barrier function to hydrate, boost radiance, and visibly plump and firm over time.

Skin Type: Normal, Dry, and Combination

Skincare Concerns: Fine Lines and Wrinkles, Dryness, and Loss of Firmness and Elasticity

Formulation: Cream

Highlighted Ingredients:
- 3.5% Patented* B-L3™ Barrier Lipid Complex: Replenishes natural lipids to restore skin’s moisture barrier in as little as one hour.
- 3% Nutripeptide Blend: Formulated for sensitive skin to reduce visible redness.
- 5% Hydrating Glycerin: A powerful humectant that pulls moisture into skin for a hydrated, dewy finish.

Ingredient Callouts: F

$20.00

Gifted by the inkey list for honest review. Inkey list is the best for affordable skincare! I was excited to try a new moisturizer from Inkey because I use a lot of moisturizer on my dry skin especially during the winter months! ...Only moisturizer that has been perfect for my skin...Coming from someone who has to be very picky with moisturizers due to my sensitive, acne prone skin, as well as dermatitis, this moisturizer has been incredible for my skin.

What it is: A velvety moisturizer to defend against visible signs of aging, powered by bioactive ceramides for visible fine-line and wrinkle reduction.

Skin Type: Normal, Dry, Combination, and Oily

Skincare Concerns: Fine Lines and Wrinkles, Dryness, and Loss of Firmness and Elasticity

Formulation: Cream

Highlighted Ingredients:
- 0.2% Bioactive Ceramides: Visibly smooth, firm, and support skin's moisture barrier.
- 5% Gransil Blur: Blurs the appearance of fine lines.
- 3.5% Shea Butter: Nourishes and reduces skin's water loss to help protect the moisture barrier.

Ingredient Callouts: It is gluten-free and cruelty-free.

What Else You Need to Know: This ceramide-rich moistu

$44.00

Best lightweight moisturizer...Best moisturizer! It is lightweight and hydrating without being too oily and greasy. ...i have been absolutely loving this primer / moisturizer as of recently ! it is the perfect lightweight prep to makeup and doesn’t disrupt the layers between my makeup routine !

What it is: A jelly-velvet moisturizer that supports healthy skin, visibly plumps out fine lines, hydrates, and keeps your barrier feeling supple.

Skin Type: Normal, Dry, Combination, and Oily

Skincare Concerns: Fine Lines and Wrinkles, Dryness, and Acne and Blemishes

Formulation: Cream

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Glycerin 10%: Is a skin-replenishing active that helps skin hold on to moisture and hydration.
- Hydro Lipid Blend: Contains skin-loving ingredients like lipids, squalane, urea, and hydrating amino acids.
- Vegan Collagen Amino Acids 1%: Visibly firms, plumps, and floods skin with hydration.

Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, phth

$40.00

Peels under makeup...It felt like it just sits on top of the skin, and it peels really badly under primer and makeup. I have the Glow mask and love it, but it peels too, which is fine because I use it at night. ...Great Light Moisturizer...Based on my skin type this product is not intended that be a moisturizer. Even though I have dry skin I use a thin gel moisturizer powder in the morning under my primer and makeup (typically the clinique yellow gel moisturizer).

What it is: An oil-free water gel moisturizer with watermelon and hyaluronic acid to hydrate, soothe, and boost skin’s radiance without clogging pores—now refillable.

Skin Type: Normal, Combination, and Oily

Skincare Concerns: Redness, Dullness, and Uneven Texture

Formulation: Lightweight Gel

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Watermelon Extract: Hydrates, delivers essential vitamins and amino acids, and soothes skin.
- Hyaluronic Acid: Hydrates skin by holding up to 1,000 times its weight in moisture.
- Glycerin: Moisturizes, softens feel, and prevents water loss in the skin.

Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, phthalates, mineral

$38.00

Best moisturizer I’ve ever tried !...Best moisturizer I’ve ever used ! I have acneic and dry skin . ...Great Moisturizer for Sensitive Skin!...I've used this for several weeks now, and I can say that it's by far the best moisturizer I've tried. It's intensely hydrating but doesn't leave my face oily at all.

What it is: This award-winning moisturizer instantly relieves dry, distressed skin and eczema, plus strengthens skin barrier in 7 days for calm, comfortable skin.

$60.00

I love that this aqua gel is very lightweight to include both a primer and SPF 50 moisturizer. I literally don’t have to use much at all and it absorbs very well into my skin, not like products that are only made to be used as primers....This product will definitely be replacing my primer and morning moisturizer during the summer months!

What it is: A lightweight moisturizer with SPF 50 that hydrates, primes, and protects with an invisible finish—for healthy-looking, visibly glowing skin.

Skin Type: Normal, Dry, Combination, and Oily

Skincare Concerns: Dryness

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Vitamin E: Helps protect skin from the sun with antioxidant benefits.
- Moringa Extract: Possesses powerful antioxidant properties.
- Edelweiss: Enhances skin’s resistance to external aggressors.

Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens and mineral oil.

What Else You Need to Know: Part facial sunscreen, part moisturizer, and part makeup primer, this non-greasy, breathable formula absorbs quickly without leaving a white residue be

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