Retouch Effect Primers

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Achieve a flawless complexion and elevate your makeup routine to new heights by exploring our curated collection of Retouch Effect Primers. These innovative primers are designed to create the perfect canvas, ensuring your foundation glides on smoothly and stays put throughout the day. Discover a variety of formulations tailored to address different skin types and concerns, from minimizing the appearance of pores to enhancing radiance. Whether you're preparing for a special occasion or perfecting your everyday look, Retouch Effect Primers are your secret weapon for impeccable, long-lasting makeup.

$20.00

I thought this would be perfect but it was just too drying. The 'Instant Retouch' primer would probably be better for me, but I haven't tried it yet....I have super oily skin and sometimes my primers do not work very well. This primer did well on my skin.

What it is: A mattifying primer for combination-to-oily skin that delivers maximum all-day shine control while improving and extending the wear of foundation.

Skin Type: Normal, Combination, and Oily

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Blue Agave Extract: Helps to mattify the skin.

Ingredient Callouts: This product is oil-free and cruelty-free.

What Else You Need to Know: Mattify skin, fight shine all day, and smooth the look of pores without feeling tight or dry with the Pro Filt'r Mattifying Primer. Paired with Pro Filt'r foundation (sold separately), this oil-free primer—made with Blue Agave Extract and blurring powder—helps makeup blend better, last longer, and stay fresh all day without caking.

$20.00

One of the best primers...Makes my skin looks soft, minimizes pores, and I love that it is not a sticky type of primer....I use this primer on my face and the Pro filt’r instant retouch on my t zone as I have combo skin.

What it is: A lightweight, hydrating makeup primer for normal to dry skin that nurtures, keeps skin comfortable all day, and extends foundation wear.

Skin Type: Normal, Dry, and Combination

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Grape Seed Oil and Sodium Hyaluronate: Hydrate skin.

Ingredient Callouts: This product is cruelty-free.

What Else You Need to Know: This lightweight yet moisture rich face primer instantly hydrates skin, and keeps it hydrated all day and extends makeup wear. Formulated with grape seed oil and sodium hyaluronate, this fast-absorbing formula melts into skin, for a silky-smooth finish that normal to dry skin types will love.

MAKE UP FOR EVERMini Step 1 Primer Shine Control

Size: 0.5 oz / 15 ml·ITEM: 2424760

Color: Shine Control

343 Reviews

$24.00

If you struggle with an oily t-zone like I do this is the primer for you...I’m going to buy the poreless primer too

What it is: A mattifying makeup primer that absorbs oil to control shine, delivers a blurred, velvety finish, and extends makeup wear.

Finish:
Natural

Skin Type:
Normal, Oily, and Combination

Concerns: Oil

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Ginseng: Known to protect, promote radiant-looking skin, and maintain a smooth complexion.

Ingredient Callouts: This product is vegan and cruelty-free.

MAKE UP FOR EVERStep 1 Primer Hydra Booster

Size: 1 oz / 30 ml·ITEM: 2424695

Color: Hydra Booster - for dry, normal, combination skin

295 Reviews

$41.00

Hydra Booster Primer...When I first applied the primer it felt velvety and so smooth on my skin leaving it radiant and glowy. ...Now I'm not a big fan of primers, I know, shocking. But I've noticed with most primers it separates my makeup or makes it look uneven and cake-like.

What it is: A makeup primer that boosts skin's hydration and radiance for up to 24 hours while extending makeup wear.

Finish:
Radiant

Skin Type:
Normal, Dry, and Combination

Concerns: Dryness

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Ginseng: Known to protect, promote radiant-looking skin, and maintain a smooth complexion.

What Else You Need to Know: Refresh dry or dehydrated skin instantly with Step 1 Primer Hydra Booster. Its rich, creamy texture features ginseng, glycerin, and glycols to boost skin's hydration and a radiant look for up to 24 hours, while the invisible wear extends makeup. This primer works perfectly for all skin tones.

$15.00

Not a primer person...I’m just not a primer lover. So it might work for you if you enjoy primers....Definitely one of the best primers out there.

What it is: A hydrating, cushiony gel primer that blurs the look of pores and fine lines, boosts and extends makeup wear, and helps fight shine all day.

Skin Type:
Normal, Oily, Dry, Combination

Concerns: Oil and Pores

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Hyaluronic Acid: Hydrates and conditions.
- Green Tea Extract: Helps soothe and calm skin.
- Vitamin E: Protects skin from environmental stressors.

Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, phthalates, mineral oil, and retinyl palmitate. It is also vegan and cruelty-free.

$36.00

The texture is smooth, it’s a very beautiful primer but it’s not as hydrating as some of my other primer( no biggie I always use two primers, one for hydration, another for pores)....Love This Primer!...Feels good on the skin and has that same nice soft lotiony smell. I LOVED the Instant Retouch Primer so I had a feeling id love this! Def will expermient with this with some of my matte foundations!

What it is: A lightweight, hydrating makeup primer for normal to dry skin that nurtures, keeps skin comfortable all day, and extends foundation wear.

Skin Type: Normal, Dry, and Combination

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Grape Seed Oil and Sodium Hyaluronate: Hydrate skin.

Ingredient Callouts:This product is cruelty-free.

What Else You Need to Know: This lightweight yet moisture rich face primer instantly hydrates skin, and keeps it hydrated all day and extends makeup wear. Formulated with grape seed oil and sodium hyaluronate, this fast-absorbing formula melts into skin, for a silky-smooth finish that normal to dry skin types will love.

MAKE UP FOR EVERStep 1 Primer Pore Minimizer

Size: 1 oz / 30 ml·ITEM: 2424687

Color: Pore Minimizer - for oily, normal, combination skin

381 Reviews

$41.00

Better ingredients than most primers...I like that this primer has better ingredients than most primers it has barely any silicones it also doesn’t ball up and bead off the skin...Great primer...I really love this pore minimizing primer. I have used a lot of different primers that say they minimize pores but with my dry skin they usually make my makeup look flaky.

What it is: A smoothing makeup primer that visibly reduces the appearance of pores and fine lines for a smooth texture and blurred finish.

Finish:
Natural

Skin Type:
Normal, Oily, and Combination

Concerns: Pores

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Ginseng: Known to protect, promote radiant-looking skin, and maintain a smooth complexion.

What Else You Need to Know: Reduce the appearance of pores for up to 24 hours and instantly smooth skin's appearance with the Step 1 Primer Pore Minimizer. Innovative polymers and silica visibly blur and smooth fine lines and skin’s texture, while ginseng maintains balance. The translucent formula works on all skin tones.

$36.00

I tried this primer and the instant retouch in trial size. This mattifying primer kept the oil at bay even when faced with the Caribbean (and NYC) sun and heat! ...My oilslick of a face ate right through it all within an hour but if youre looking for a smoothing and soft effect, this is the one. Personally prefer the Original Instant Retouch primer

What it is: A mattifying primer for combination-to-oily skin that delivers maximum all-day shine control while improving and extending the wear of foundation.

Skin Type: Normal, Combination, and Oily

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Blue Agave Extract: Helps to mattify the skin.

Ingredient Callouts: This product is oil-free and cruelty-free.

What Else You Need to Know: Mattify skin, fight shine all day, and smooth the look of pores without feeling tight or dry with the Pro Filt'r Mattifying Primer. Paired with Pro Filt'r foundation (sold separately), this oil-free primer—made with Blue Agave Extract and blurring powder—helps makeup blend better, last longer, and stay fresh all day without caking.

$30.00

BEST PRIMER EVER...This primer makes my makeup go on so smoothly and creates a beautiful blurred effect. ...obsessed with how this feels and goes on. so hydrating and blurring at the same time. love how it wears under makeup as a primer. one of my favorite primers of all time

$38.00

The best primer...I’ve tried a lot of primers and this is my favourite!! Get it...Best Primer Ever...Best primer I’ve ever tried. I honestly think most primers are a waste but this provides the perfect base for makeup.

What it is: A gripping cream to oil primer that can be worn alone or to lock in makeup.

Skin Type: Normal, Dry, Combination, and Oily

Skincare Concerns: Dryness, Dullness, and Uneven Texture

Formulation: Liquid

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Prickly Pear Seed Oil: Provides hydration and supports skin barrier.
- Yam Root Extract: Supports skin elasticity.
- Japanese Camelia Oil: Visibly improve skin texture.

Ingredient Callouts: This product is vegan, gluten-free, and cruelty-free.

What Else You Need to Know: This multi-benefit primer serum melts into skin, transforming from a lightweight cream to oil texture that’s hydrating, nourishing, and supporting. It also works to i

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