Primer Serums

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Looking to perfect your makeup application and achieve a flawless, long-lasting finish? Look no further than best makeup primer for oily skin primer serums. These power-packed beauty essentials are designed to create a smooth canvas for your foundation, while also providing nourishing benefits for your skin. Whether you're seeking a blurring effect, hydration boost, or oil control, our collection of primer serums has got you covered. From lightweight formulas to those infused with skin-loving ingredients, discover the perfect primer serum to enhance your makeup routine and help your look stay put all day.

Fashion FairFabulous Face Priming Serum

Size: 1 oz/ 30 mL·ITEM: 2477057

Color: Peach-tinted - all skin tones; translucent finish

28 Reviews

$53.00

Love this primer. I use it like a primer/ moisturizer. I want it to work on its own. ...All in all, I can definitely see myself picking this primer up again in the future!...Great serum primer and evens skin tone

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.

$81.00

Amazing Primer!...This is a great primer serum for my oily skin. I always like to use hydrating products under my makeup and target oily areas with other primers and this works amazing for both. ...I really enjoyed this primer. I have oily skin and it helped my skin stay matte longer than other primers I’ve tried.

What it is: A primer that creates a luminous finish, visibly evens tone, and visibly plumps skin while creating a soft glow effect.

Highlighted Ingredients:

- Squalane: Helps replenish the moisture barrier, leaving skin soft and supple.

- Powder Technology: Imparts an elegant silky texture for better blendability and a natural finish.

- Elastomer Technology: Provides a soft-focus effect, which minimizes the look of pores and evens texture.

What Else You Need to Know: Optimizing foundation coverage for all-day wear, this non-sticky, smooth formula is suitable for all skin types.

Danessa Myricks BeautyYummy Skin Glow Serum with Hyaluronic Acid & Niacinamide

Size: 1.1 oz/ 32.5mL·ITEM: 2575322

Color: Main Squeeze - champagne gold for all skin types

352 Reviews

$46.00

A serum you need...I'd consider myself a primer fanatic and this yummy skin serum is everything I love in a primer. ...Skincare and primer in one...The serum is light, smells amazing and I would definitely recommend using as a primer with any foundation!

What it is: A skincare-infused, radiant priming serum that hydrates, preps, and protects skin for a lit-from-within glow.

Finish:
Radiant

Skin Type:
Normal, Oily, Dry, and Combination

Concerns: Dryness, Pores, and Uneven Tone

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Vitamin C: Visibly brightens dullness and protects skin from free radicals.
- Niacinamide: Minimizes the appearance of pores.
- Hyaluronic Acid: Hydrates and visibly plumps fine lines and wrinkles.

Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, phthalates, mineral oil, retinyl palmitate, oxybenzone, coal tar, hydroquinone, sulfates SLS & SLES, triclocarban, triclosan.

LANEIGEGlowy Makeup Serum

ITEM: 2352441

Size: 1.0 oz/ 30 mL

723 Reviews

$43.50

Better primers out there...Slight glow, not bad but not great.serves just as a primer but too expensive to buy again....This product was gifted to me by Laneige to review for you guys, and it is hands down one of my favorite primers now! I have combination skin so I’m always having to mix primers to try and get a “glowy” look that I love for my makeup and this primer has helped with that!

What it is: A lightweight and hydrating Korean priming serum hybrid with Diamond Mineral Powder for visibly smooth and long-lasting makeup wear.


Skin Type: Normal, Dry, Combination, and Oily


Skincare Concerns: Dryness, Dullness, and Uneven Texture


Formulation: Serum


Highlighted Ingredients:

- Diamond Mineral Powder: Creates a visibly translucent glow and smooths skin’s appearance.

- Light Fit Prep Technology: Helps makeup last longer.

- Ceramide Hydration Gel: Delivers and locks in moisture for an oil-water balance.


Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens

ILIATrue Skin Radiant Priming Serum

ITEM: 2196780

Size: 1 fl oz/ 30 ml - sheer

1K Reviews

$71.00

Reminds me a bit of the Milk Hydrogrip primer but in a serum form w/ most skincare benefits. ...Very good primer! I feel like this primer leaves your skin super soft and does not cause piling as much as some other primers I’ve used.

What it is: A clean, silicone-free, ultra-breathable primer that protects against harmful environmental stressors and preps skin for seamless makeup application.

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Beta Glucan: Helps to reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles.
- Hibiscus: Helps to protect against free-radical damage.
- Mastic: Helps to mattify and refine skin throughout the day.

Ingredient Callouts: Free of sulfates SLS and SLES, parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, phthalates, mineral oil, retinyl palmitate, oxybenzone, coal tar, hydroquinone, triclosan, and triclocarban, and contains less than one percent of synthetic fragrances.

$49.00

Bye Bye, Primer!...I have always struggled with short lashes and have always used a primer before mascara to provide the length. I've been using this lash serum for a couple of month now and I am very happy with the results. ...i tested this out and my lashes grew really fast but ive heard that lash serums aren't good for you so i stopped using it. it didn't really burn for me as i didn't apply it close to my water line.

What it is: A cult-favorite serum that promotes longer-, thicker-looking lashes in as little as eight weeks with full improvement in as little as four months.

Highlighted Ingredients:
- L-Proline: An amino acid essential for healthy, fortified lashes.
- Hyaluronic Acid: Conditions and protects to prevent breakage while bringing hydration to dry, brittle, damaged lashes.
- Vitamin E: Supports lash health.

Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens. It is also cruelty-free.

What Else You Need to Know: Infused with vitamins, peptides, and amino acids, this serum is beloved for its ability to visibly enhance short, thinning, brittle lashes.

$439.00

Plays great with other serums/moisturizer and look amazing when wearing foundation (no primer needed.) ...Best HA Serum...This HA serum is amazing. I have tried many samples of the regular HA serum by Sturm, and the Darker Skin Tones one absorbs into the skin far better and feels lighter to me. 3 to 4 drops is more than enough for my face and neck.

What it is: A fast-absorbing hyaluronic serum was specially developed to meet the beauty needs of darker skin tones.

Skin Type: Normal, Dry, Combination, and Oily

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

Formulation: Serum

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Hyaluronic Acid: Leaves the skin looking refreshed and radiant.
- Purslane: A strong antioxidant that stimulates the body and supports skin health and rejuvenation.

$65.00

I am so use to wearing serums that need to be apply on and rub into the skin! ...Great summer primer...Perfect summer primer. Light and cooling. Love this product.

What it is: A spray-on vegan collagen and probiotic serum that hydrates, soothes, and visibly firms, lifts, and plumps. The ultimate makeup prep step.


Highlighted Ingredients: 
- Vegan Collagen: Visibly firms.

- Peptides: Lift and plump the look of skin. 

- Plant Probiotics: Support skin microbiome.


Ingredient Callouts: This product is vegan, gluten-free, cruelty-free, and comes in recyclable packaging.

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