Perfecting Face Primer

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A primer is a must-have for any skincare routine. It helps to lock in moisture, plump up the skin, and smooth out the texture. It also helps to prevent shine and add a glow to your skin. Here are some of the best-perfecting face primers available today.

La MerThe Perfecting Face Primer

ITEM: 2359206

Size: 1.4 oz/ 40 mL

7 Reviews

$142.00

Absolutely love this primer, my foundation just glides on and lasts. I have used with the La Mer soft fluid foundation, but also with other brands and love it with each one...So I went “all in” and purchased the primer which help a lot. This primer is pretty moisturizing, you can wear it without makeup.

What it is: A hydrating face and makeup primer that plumps and blurs for a smooth, soft-focus effect 


Skin Type:
Normal, Dry, Combination, and Oily


Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, phthalates, and sulfates SLS & SLES.


What Else You Need to Know: The Perfecting Face Primer improves skin's texture and tone; Primer creates a soft, ultra-smooth canvas for foundation application, or alone to amplify skin's bare beauty with improved tone, texture and translucency.

$54.00

Paired it with Virtue texturizing spray. Perfect!!...For YEARS I’ve been so insecure about my hairline that I’ve worn bangs religiously, but thanks to Volumizing Primer I finally feel comfortable wearing my hair back.

What it is: A weightless spray formulated to build volume and create the perfect foundation for style.

Hair Type: Fine and Medium

Hair Texture: Straight and Wavy

Hair Concerns:
- Volumizing
- Hold & Style Extending

HourglassMini Veil Mineral Primer

ITEM: 1319201

Size: 0.31 oz/ 8.9 mL - Travel Size

67 Reviews

$32.50

Most primers lighten my medium/dark skin, but this one doesnt...I won’t buy any other primer. Perfect for the summer, feels like a soft cloud on your skin.

What it is:
An oil-free primer with a silky, airy texture that leaves a smooth canvas for makeup, while reducing the look of redness, pores, and wrinkles.

What it does:
With a texture unlike any other, this silky primer extends the wear of makeup while also concealing redness and minimizing the appearance of pores, fine lines, and wrinkles for a perfect complexion that lasts.

$62.50

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.

$27.00

I have used many face primers; however, this one seems to be the best one for me. ...Hands down one of the best spray primers I've ever used! Literally see the difference when using it as a face mist

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

$46.00

My new holy grail primer!!!...I have oily combination skin with some texture in my t zone and this primer is perfect for those things. It’s velvety and soft but still moisturizing. ...Love this primer...LOVE this primer. It doesn’t fall into my pores, doesn’t mess my foundation up.

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

Urban DecaySubversion Lash Primer

ITEM: 1635788

Size: 0.28 oz/ 8.5 mL

417 Reviews

$35.00

Cannot get enough of this primer !! I'm in love %26 I never was into lash primers until now !! ...This primer absolutely takes the cake!! I have tried so many lash primers, both drugstore and luxury, and subversion is the perfect primer!

What it is:
A whipped, creamy lash primer that conditions and preps for the perfect mascara application.

What it does:
Prep eyelashes for the perfect mascara application with Subversion Lash Primer. The brush coats each lash from root to tip, making them thicker and longer—letting you build dramatically better-looking lashes that look like false lashes. Formulated with protective panthenol and conditioning vitamin E, this primer strengthens lashes for high-volume application.

What it is formulated WITHOUT:
- Parabens

What else you need to know:
This product is fragrance-free.

$57.00

It didn’t dry up my face like other harsh matte primers and it did not feel heavy on my face. ...Primer for oily skin...Best primer ! Instantly mattifies your face and is the perfect primer for oily skin

What it is: An oil-fighting primer with a matte finish to defend your skin and perfect your makeup.

Finish: Matte

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Silkscreen Complex (Antioxidants, Hyaluronic Acid, Probiotic Extract, Vitamins, and Algae): Nourishes, visibly balances, and defends skin.
- Witch Hazel, Salicylic Acid, and Zinc: Mop up oil.

Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, phthalates, mineral oil, hydroquinone, sulfates SLS & SLES, triclocarban, and triclosan. It is also vegan and cruelty-free.

What Else You Need to Know: Infused with nourishing, protective, and visibly balancing Silkscreen Complex, this primer forms a breathable, silky barrier.

$17.00

Perfect 3 in 1...I wear it on its own or under makeup and it’s a perfect primer. My makeup applies over it and everything is smooth and protected. ...Perfect for travelling...This is my first time trying out sunscreen, moisturizer and a primer in one product. I think its perfect to carry this while travelling.

What it is: A mineral sunscreen that hydrates and preps skin for makeup while protecting it from harmful UVA/UVB rays and blue light, with no white cast.

Coverage: Full

Formulation:
Cream

SPF: SPF 30 and Under

Highlighted Ingredients:
- 18% Zinc Oxide: A non-nano zinc for a weightless formula that blends without a white cast.

Ingredient Callouts: It is gluten-free.

What Else You Need to Know: This multitasking sunscreen does more than protect you from harmful UVA/UVB rays and blue light; it also hydrates and creates the perfect canvas for makeup by priming skin.

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