The best hydrating face primers are to ones that will keep dry skin looking fresh all day long. They are a must-have to keep your dehydrated skin from flaking and your makeup from looking cakey. Here are Sephora's top picks for hydrating face primers that are act as a much-needed drink of water for dry skin looking for a luminous, dewy glow.
ITEM: 2169423
Size: 1.52 / 45 mL
$38.00
I don't believe in primers but thus had made me a believer. It hydrates my dry skin and hold my foundation till I wash it off. ...This primer is absolutely amazing! I love how it isn’t sticky or thick like other primers. ...Best Primer Evern
ITEM: 2820082
Size: 1.01 fl. oz. / 30 ml.
$16.00
Glowy Primer...I was recently gifted this Hydrate + Glow primer from Sephora in exchange for an honest review. ...Tried the new hydrate and glow primer. The primer goes on nice and smooth.
What it is: A primer with a lightweight gel-in-cream texture that adds moisture and radiance to the complexion for skin that looks glowing and plumped up.
What Else You Need to Know: Reveal your natural radiance. With its hybrid gel-in-cream texture, this face primer revives skin radiance for up to 12 hours. What’s its superpower? A formula infused with intensely hydrating polyglutamic acid. As fresh as it is light, it melts into the skin for an immediate boost of hydration. Plus, with luminous micro-pigments, this illuminating primer creates a perfecting veil of light for a healthy, fresh-looking complexion.
It also makes foundation easier to apply and boosts skin radiance. Not only does it enhance makeup results, but it also improves hold
$20.00
After trying to find something that was hydrating and a primer, I absolutely love this. I use it throughout the day to refresh my face when i’m feeling dry and to keep my makeup on all day!!!...I take primer serious now.....I love using this as a primer. It’s like spraying a hydrating face mask onto your face that’s weightless.
What it is:
A mini weightless, three-in-one coconut water-infused mist that primes, sets, and refreshes makeup while it helps keep skin hydrated.
What it does:
This super hydrating, multitasking mist can be used as a primer before makeup, a setting spray to keep makeup in place all day, and a mid-day refresher anytime your skin needs a boost, serving as the perfect cure for a beauty hangover. Its unique blend of coconut water, probiotic-based ingredients, and skin revivers work together to hydrate and brighten skin, promote skin’s elasticity and tone, while smoothing skin.
What it is formulated WITHOUT:
- Parabens
- Sulfates
- Phthalates
$20.00
This primer works so well for me. It honestly perfects the look so much. ...I was struggling with my skin flaking under my makeup throughout the day, this primer is perfect to hydrate all day. Keeps the skin looking plump and makeup lays well over it
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.
$34.00
Love this primer...This one blurs, hydrates - love it!...Smooth & hydrating!...Absolutely loving the Refy Blur and Hydrate Primer! It leaves my skin smooth, hydrated, and perfectly prepped for makeup.
What it is: A primer that blurs, absorbs oil, and primes the skin, leaving a cloud like finish without mattifying.
Finish: Natural
Formulation: Cream
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Shea Butter: Boosts moisture and nourishes skin.
- Sodium Hyaluronate: Hydrates the skin and leaves it looking plumper.
- Polymethylsilesquiloxane: Increases long wear of makeup while reducing the appearance of pores.
Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, phthalates, mineral oil, retinyl palmitate, oxybenzone, coal tar, hydroquinone, sulfates SLS & SLES, triclocarban, triclosan, and contains less than one percent synthetic fragrance. It is also vegan, gluten-free, and cruel
$46.00
Excellent hair primer!...This is one of the best hair primers that I've tried -- it's definitely pricey, but it does everything that it promises without leaving any residue. ...Really nice Hair Primer...Didn't make my hair feel greasy like some hair primers do. Highly recommend!
What it is: A multi-benefit hair primer with seven immediate benefits: it hydrates, detangles, smooths, conditions, boosts radiance, tames frizz, and adds silkiness in all hair types.
Hair Type: Straight, Wavy, Curly, and Coily
Hair Texture: Fine, Medium, and Thick
Hair Concerns:
- Frizz
- Shine
- Straightening and Smoothing
Key Benefits:
- Locks in moisture, boosts radiance, and tames frizzy hair for a smooth finish
- Use for air-drying hair to detangle and smooth hair texture
- Perfect for smooth hairstyles, air-dry styles, and blowouts
What Else You Need to Know: Loved by stylists, this multi-benefit primer works to immediately hydrate, detangle, smooth, and reduce frizz.
Size: 1 oz / 30 ml·ITEM: 2424703
Color: Redness Corrector - fair to light skin with redness
$41.00
More than a primer...I’m extremely pale and prone to red flushing on my face, and this color corrects very well and blends into a normal color that does not have any greenish tint.
What it is: A color-correcting makeup primer that quickly neutralizes redness and hydrates for up to 24 hours while extending makeup wear.
Finish: Natural
Skin Type: Normal, Oily, Dry, Combination
Concerns: Redness
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Ginseng: Known to protect, promote radiant-looking skin, and maintain a smooth complexion.
What Else You Need to Know: Neutralize redness all day with the Step 1 Primer Color Corrector - Redness Corrector. Green pigments correct red tones in skin for up to 24 hours, while vitamin B5 hydrates for up to 24 hours. Powered by ginseng, this formula works to make skin look more radiant and balance its texture.
$36.00
Amazing primer. I can literally wear this primer without makeup- it makes my face appear smoother, adds a glow, and definitely hydrates without making my face look oily....Hydrating...I love this primer it feels lightweight and refreshing. It feels like your rubbing water on your face that instead of doing nothing instantly hydrates your face.
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.
$40.00
1 star off for the packaging issue (iykyk) INCREDIBLE primer. Fantastic base for makeup and I noticed it took away the majority of the redness in my face and I wasn’t expecting that at all. ...This is the first primer I’ve ever loved.
