Makeup Bases
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The right base can make all the difference in your makeup routine. It can smooth out your skin tone, help you achieve the perfect canvas for your foundation, and keep your face from getting shiny or greasy. A great makeup base will keep your makeup on for hours. It’s important to choose the right base for your skin type and tone. Here are a few products to help you get started on selecting the best base for you.
Fashion FairFabulous Face Priming Serum
Size: 1 oz/ 30 mL·ITEM: 2477057
Color: Peach-tinted - all skin tones; translucent finish
$53.00
Once you apply it to your face, it kind of dries down to a poreless and very soft matte finish. It makes a great base for foundation and makeup, and it makes it last well. ...Love that I could wear it with or without makeup. The fragrance is not overwhelming as well.
What it is: A do-everything serum-primer to visibly even tone and texture, boost radiance, and prep your skin for seamless makeup application.
Finish: Natural
Skin Type: Normal, Oily, Dry, Combination
Concerns: Pores and Uneven Skin Tone
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Shea Butter: Smooths, visibly plumps, and delivers an abundance of fatty acids, antioxidants, and vitamins.
- Citrus Unshiu Peel Extract: An antioxidant-rich ingredient that visibly brightens and reduces hyperpigmentation.
- Niacinamide (Vitamin B3): Promotes visibly bright, glowing skin.
$62.00
After contour, but before foundation base makeup. Also- my favorite trick is to use the peach color for color correcting under eye darkness. ...It can be used as a regular highlight by itself on cheekbones, brow bones, etc, but it also blends seamlessly with foundation if you want an all-over glow with your base makeup. I also mixed a pump in with body lotion and it looks amazing on the body as well.
What it is: A lightweight, multiuse complexion enhancer for a dewy glow—use as a highlighter or mix with skincare or foundation for a radiant boost.
Coverage: Light
Finish: Radiant
Formulation: Liquid
What Else You Need to Know: Experience weightless perfection with this liquid formula, which melts into skin for a seamless finish, under or over makeup. Sheer, buildable coverage ensures mistake-proof application, allowing you to customize your glow. Available in versatile shades, it can be used as a highlighter, blush, or bronzer. You can also mix it with foundation for a radiance boost.
$63.00
The texture is smooth and creamy which makes a perfect base for my makeup and the smell is light. My most trusted product....It does wonders to absorb any excess oil and softens your skin for a smooth base. The price of the full size is in line with other primers but I think it will last a long time.
What it is:
A makeup primer that's specifically beneficial for oily and combination skin types.
What it does:
A silky gel emulsion, rich in natural ingredients, Prep + Prime Natural Radiance hydrates and primes to improve foundation or powder application, control oil, and promote smooth texture. Vitamins E and C protect with antioxidants, while caffeine calms skin. Illuminating pearl powders reflect optic radiance. The formula disappears upon application, resulting in a beautiful glow. The formula controls shine, provides long-term hydration, and improves radiance while smoothing and softening the look of skin.
What else you need to know:
This product is silicone-free.
MILK MAKEUPPore Eclipse Mattifying + Blurring Makeup Primer with Niacinamide
Size: 1.35 oz / 40 mL·ITEM: 2572857
Color: Translucent
$52.00
Amazing for makeup base...A little goes a long way and i like to use it for a daily makeup routine for my makeup base!...User Made my base makeup go on so smoothly, it lasted me all day and there was not one moment where I felt my skin dry nor was it heavy on my skin!
What it is: A non-comedogenic makeup primer with skincare benefits that blurs pores, controls shine, and locks makeup for up to 12 hours with a soft matte finish.
Finish: Matte
Skin Type: Normal, Oily, and Combination
Concerns: Oil and Pores
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Niacinamide: Helps minimize the appearance of pores.
- Bakuchiol: Helps visibly smooth skin texture and even skin tone.
- Lentil Extract: Helps reduce shine.
MAC CosmeticsMineralize Skinfinish Natural Face Powder
Size: 0.35 oz/ 10 g·ITEM: 2099612
Color: Light Plus - pale golden beige
$60.00
However even if you are simple looking for a quick setting product to dust on to keep your makeup looking fresh, I love that the coverage is light but also has the colour options to perfectly match your base!!...I wasn't entirely sure about the shade, as I am medium-tan, but this powder works really well for setting my foundation and/or as a base for eye shadow. It does kick up a bit when you use it.
What it is:
A slow-baked powder with M·A·C Multi-Mineral Complex that provides a natural, dimensional finish.
What it does:
This luxurious, slow-baked domed face powder with low-level pearlized pigments provides a dimensional yet natural-satin finish. Featuring the M·A·C Multi-Mineral Complex and vitamin E, it can be used to set foundation and to touch-up makeup throughout the day and is perfect for contouring the face and body.
What else you need to know:
This product is dermatologist and ophthalmologist tested and non-acnegenic.
MAKE UP FOR EVERStep 1 Primer Shine Control
Size: 1 oz / 30 ml·ITEM: 2424679
Color: Shine Control - for oily, normal, combination skin
$55.50
This product keeps my makeup looking fresh after 5+ hours! It makes my base look amazing and is one of the best primers I have ever used. ...Wear it as a base....Love this stuff, I wear it under my makeup as a base, does wonders for my acne and oily skin.
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.
What Else You Need to Know: Achieve a blurred, matte complexion for up to 20 hours with the Step 1 Primer Shine Control. This comfortable formula is made with mineral clay powder, absorbs oil, and controls shine while extending the wear of makeup.
tarteMini Maracuja Creaseless Concealer
Size: 0.035 oz / 1 g·ITEM: 2274025
Color: 13N fair-light neutral - fair to light skin with neutral undertones
$21.00
I may well switch or use this concealer as a base and layer the designer product on top....I always keep it in my purse makeup bag!
What it is: A vegan, full-coverage, creamy under-eye concealer with a new applicator that’s totally foolproof and travel-friendly.
Coverage: Full
Finish: Radiant
Formulation: Liquid
Skin Type: Normal, Dry, Combination, and Oily
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Maracuja: Rich in essential fatty acids and vitamin C for firmer-, brighter-, smoother-looking skin and maximum hydration.
- Vitamin C: A free radical fighter with antioxidant benefits that also helps diminish premature signs of aging, while brightening skin.
- Vitamin E: A natural preservative that also acts as an emollient and antioxidant.
MAC CosmeticsPrep + Prime Highlighter
Size: 0.12 oz/ 3.6 mL·ITEM: 2096949
Color: Peach Lustre - bronzy orange
$43.00
I like to use this under a more full coverage concealer so I have a really good base to start with and less of the full coverage right underneath my eyes is needed (which means less creasing)! ...I also use it alone for a light coverage no makeup look. I swear by it!
What it is:
A pen-style highlighter that efficiently brings a soft, sheer wash of color to the skin.
What it does:
With its precision application, Prep + Prime Highlighter adds radiance just where you want it. The formula goes on smoothly for cushion-soft wear. Use it over makeup for highlights or touch-ups, or under makeup to brighten and prime.
Prep + Prime Highlighter provides instant radiance that is lightweight, long-wearing, and non-drying. It is dermatologist-tested, ophthalmologist-tested, and non-acnegenic.
$43.50
Overall great if you’re someone who likes barely there/your skin but better makeup!...I like the product but it needs some more grip and if you put it over makeup it shifts the product I feel like this works best if you’re a more natural dewy base type of person and if applied with finger’s
What it is: An illuminating makeup stick in a comfortable, lightweight formula that finishes any look with a natural-looking, dewy sheen for all.
Ingredient Callouts: This product is vegan and cruelty-free.
What Else You Need to Know: This makeup stick gives your complexion instant dewy radiance with a natural-looking glass finish. Its translucent, non-sticky base glides over skin, leaving a pearly, iridescent glow without the glitter.
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