Get to Know The 5 Best Primers In the Business
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Best Anti-Aging
This high-tech mousse primer plumps your skin, mimicking the fillers used at the dermatologist's office. The results? Colorless correction for a flawless complexion.
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Best Anti-Redness
Whether from acne or rosacea, green colored primers are famous for combating redness. This revolutionary formula from Smashbox will do just that — while also tending to those other skin needs, like fine lines and discoloration.
Smashbox Photo Finish Color Correcting Foundation Primer $38
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Best Pore Reducer
You only need a little bit of this clear gel to go along way with your beauty routine. Wear this silky and weightless formula under your makeup to create a smooth canvas or alone to mattify oily problem areas.
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Best Red Carpet Moment
Trying to capture that ethereal red-carpet-level complexion? Simply add this light-diffusing formula to your makeup routine. This gel-based primer not only captures and reflects light to create a luminizing finish, it also blurs the appearance of fine lines.
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Best Overall
A total slam-dunk, this primer truly delivers on all accounts. It hydrates so well, a few beauty mavens even suggest using it as a replacement for your everyday moisturizer. And while its super-hydrating properties might draw us in, you know what really has us coming back for more? The gorgeous, dewy results.
