10 Best Makeup Primers for Dry Skin - Top Hydrating Primers 2020 - GoodHousekeeping.com
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When you have dry skin, you need all the help you can get to fight flaking, irritation, and that tight, uncomfortable feeling. Hydrating makeup primers can help keep parched and dehydrated skin feeling soft. While a makeup primer formulated for dry skin can’t replace a face moisturizer, it can help prep skin for makeup and keep it in place while making your complexion look and feel softer.
When shopping for a face or makeup primer for dry or sensitive skin, look for key words like "hydrating," "moisturizing," "softening," or "nourishing" on the product's packaging. Hydrating or moisturizing makeup primers should be applied on the face after any skincare products have absorbed. They can be worn alone to perfect the look of skin or topped with makeup to help it adhere to skin and prevent it from settling into lines and pores.
Here, the best makeup primers for dry skin as recommended by Good Housekeeping Institute Beauty Lab scientists, including GH Seal picks, online best-selling and top-rated formulas, and drugstore buys. They're worth the extra step to make your skin (and makeup) look and feel silky — and stay that way.
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Best Overall Primer for Dry Skin
Airbrush Away Original Primer
No7ulta.com
$19.98
Backed by the Good Housekeeping Seal, this powerhouse makeup primer has moisturizing and anti-aging benefits too: Its plumping, hydrating hyaluronic acid spheres instantly soften wrinkles and blur imperfections. After the first use, 81 percent of testers said their skin looked smoother, and more than 70 percent reported that it made their fine lines and pores look less visible in 10 minutes.
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Best Value Drugstore Primer for Dry Skin
Hydrating Face Primer
e.l.f. Cosmeticsamazon.com
$6.00
This bargain hydrating face primer pick from E.L.F. is top-rated on Amazon thanks to a formula infused with nourishing grape seed oil. "It keeps my skin from getting and feeling dry," one reviewer said. "And it helps my makeup go on a lot smoother."
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Best SPF Primer for Dry Skin
Sun Face Lotion + Makeup Primer
Olayamazon.com
$11.45
A Good Housekeeping Seal star, this Olay lotion primer is made with SPF 35 sunscreen and skin softeners like vitamin E and fatty acids. According to GH Beauty Lab evaluations, 70 percent of testers found it prevented foundation from cracking or creasingevenafter eight hours of wear.
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Best Primer for Dry Skin and Pores
Micro-Blur Skin Perfector
Kiehl'ssephora.com
$36.00
To reduce dryness and pores at the same time, look no further than this Kiehl's blurring primer, a GH Beauty Lab test winner. It improved skin's texture by 25% immediately after application per digital imaging with the Lab's Visia Complexion Analyzer device. Testers gave it a near-perfect score for giving skin a "smooth appearance" and "silky feeling," and it scored well for minimizing pores.
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Best Hydrating Primer for Dry Skin
Backstage Face & Body Primer
Diorsephora.com
$36.00
This luxurious Dior face primer based on glycerin and shea butter is a go-to favorite of GH Beauty Lab Director Birnur Aral, Ph.D. "It seems to hydrate and plump my skin immediately and give it a soft-focus finish," she says. "This primer also has a slight tint — I usually wear full foundation, but some days I can get away with just wearing this by itself because it make my skin look so good! It has a nice after-feel, too."
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Best Primer for Dry Skin and Wrinkles
Maestro UV Skin Defense Primer Sunscreen SPF 50
Giorgio Armanibergdorfgoodman.com
$64.00
Despite a high level of sunscreen (SPF 50!), this Giorgio Armani liquid primer won't disrupt skin's barrier. "It doesn't dry out my skin and isn't tacky," says GH Beauty Lab senior chemist Sabina Wizemann, who is a fan of the formula. "Foundation adheres to it very nicely without creasing into my wrinkles."
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Best Face Primer for Dry and Sensitive Skin
Face Primer
Glo Skin Beautyamazon.com
$35.00
A best-seller on Dermstore, Glo Skin Beauty's face primer contains skin-soothing plant extracts and oils like green tea, safflower, and olive. "Great primer for dry skin that makes foundation apply so much easier and blends out seamlessly, making skin look glowy and healthy," one reviewer noted.
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Best Smoothing Primer for Dry Skin
FaceStudio Master Prime Primer Hydrate + Smooth
Maybellineamazon.com
$7.94
A cocktail of dry skin softeners such as glycerin, botanical oils (apricot, rice bran), and shea butter, this Maybelline primer is a top-rated at Walmart.com with more than 5,000 reviews. "My skin tends to get dry during the winter months and this primer makes my face feel hydrated and so smooth," one reviewer raved.
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Best Multi-Purpose Primer for Dry Skin
Top Secrets Instant Moisture Glow
Yves Saint Laurentnordstrom.com
$40.00
This skin-nourishing Yves Saint Laurent makeup primer triples as a moisturizer and makeup refresher when applied on top of color cosmetics throughout the day. Top-rated on Nordstrom, reviewers raved that "my makeup has never looked so good" and "it gives skin a flawless appearance".
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Best Glow-Boosting Primer for Dry Skin
Hydro Grip Primer
Milk Makeupsephora.com
$30.00
Nearly 1,000 Sephora reviewers gave this Milk Makeup moisturizing gel primer 5-star reviews for making skin look radiant. "My skin had a glow from within that was visible even after I set my foundation with translucent powder," one reviewer marveled. "It was very hydrating for my very dry skin," another said.
April FranzinoBeauty DirectorApril Franzino is the Beauty Director at Good Housekeeping, part of the Hearst Women’s Lifestyle Beauty Group.
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