Best Mattifying Foundation Primers in 2026

MATTE PRIMER FOR PREPPING: Our matte makeup primer readies your face after your skin care regimen and before makeup application to ensure your look is locked in. It delivers an immediate smooth effect on your skin.

GET FLAWLESS FACE MAKEUP: Lock in your makeup with the power of our make up primer. This makeup primer for face leaves a matte finish that protects your makeup throughout the day from oiliness and creasing.

SKIN PRIMER FOR FACE WITH SKIN BENEFITS: Besides evening out your skin tone, our formula enlivens the appearance of your skin and balances your complexion. This pore minimizer primer is perfect for layering under makeup as it protects against creasing.

Volume: 30 ml (1 fl oz)

Skin perfecting

Ultra lightweight formula

PRIMER FOR SMOOTH-LOOKING SKIN: Ideal for creating a smooth base for foundation, use this versatile mineral primer before applying makeup.

FILLS IN FINE LINES: This primer fills in fine lines and refines your complexion.

FOR ALL SKIN TYPES: The weightless silky formula is great for all skin types.

Designed to hold your face and eye makeup in place all day with a matte finish.

Revitalize makeup colour with just a few sprays.

Formula contains aloe, green tea, cucumber and vitamins A, C and E to soothe and hydrate the skin.

Instantly smooths andmattifies skinfor a visibly matte appearance.

Helps balance oil productionto fight shine all day.

Creates a smooth, even canvas and anchors makeup for improved wear.

Visibly reduces and blurs pores while mattifying shine

Creates the perfect canvas for foundation

Long-lasting, weightless feel

Prime and prepare face for matte makeup that lasts; Infallible Matte-Lock Primer smooths skin’s appearance while blurring lines and imperfections

Pro Matte-Lock Primer smoothes skin to perfect your complexion and prime your face for a better makeup application

Matte face primer blurs imperfections and keeps oil at bay to lock in look with a matte finish that lasts all day

This Primer enriched with a unique transparent silicone gel base, and Vitamin A,C & E,Pore Minimizing Foundation Primer helps prevent the loss of hydration throughout the day,which keeps the skin looking young and fresh.

This primer face makeup transforms your face into a flawless,smooth canvas ideal for long-lasting makeup application.Great for smoothing, illuminating, and minimizing pores prior to cosmetics.

This face primer for makeup form a protective film on the skin surface,isolate cosmetics,Effectively protects skin and reduces UV damage and prevent makeup damage,Safe ingredients, colorless and tasteless.

Mattifying, pore-minimizing formula

Hydrates skin and creates a natural finish

Primes skin to create a smooth canvas before applying any foundation

A multi-tasking, micro-fine makeup setting mist

Water-based, alcohol-free formula locks on makeup for 16 hours for an instant mattifying effect

Contains pore-blurring powders to visibly reduce shine for a natural, soft-focus finish

Fit Me Maybelline Primer: Our primer with clay and SPF 20 is a must have mattifying face primer for normal to oily skin; Controls shine and provides a matte finish for up to 16HRs for a makeup look that lasts

Lightweight & Breathable Formula: This poreless primer instantly blurs pores for skin that looks even, smooth and perfected; Pore minimizing primer glides on skin to minimize the look of imperfections for a flawless, blurred skin look

All Day Matte Make Up: Our makeup primer creates a smooth canvas for makeup application and enhances the look of your makeup; Extend your makeup wear with instant shine control for a matte finish that lasts all day

LONG-LASTING MAKEUP SETTING SPRAY - Our weightless All Nighter Ultra Matte Makeup Setting Spray absorbs oil on the skin's surface and controls shine for an ultra-matte finish. Packaging may vary.

MATTIFYING WITH KAOLIN CLAY - This microfine finishing spray is infused with kaolin clay to absorb oil & block shine while mattifying & setting your look. If you see white droplets on your skin after you spray, that’s just the kaolin clay at work!

LASTS UP TO 16 HOURS - This breathable, cruelty-free formula keeps makeup looking shine-free and fresh for up to 16 hours without smudging, fading, or settling into fine lines. Mist over foundation, concealer, face makeup & eye makeup.

TRIPLE POWER : Mattifies makeup, absorbs excess oil, reduces the appearance of pores and blurs imperfections for a matte look for up to 16 hours

SUPERFOOD DETOX BLEND : Infused with a blend of powerful antioxidants: Citrus, Aloe & Broccoli to help neutralize pollutants and free radicals

SHIELDS SKIN : Protects skin against daily aggressors including blue light, environmental stress and pollution

STRESS REMEDY PRIMER: One less thing to worry about. Our gentle, cooling primer helps to soothe a stressed and irritated complexion while working to neutralize redness. Clear finish.

FOR SENSITIVE SKIN: Suitable for sensitive and acne-prone skin. Rosacea safe.

REDNESS RELIEF: Relieves visible redness; gentle enough for all skin types

Perfect Prep: A perfect base for makeup, use this primer as the first step in your makeup routine. Or wear it on its own for natural luminance

Naturally Brightening: Skin-loving ingredients like Gooseberry and Jeju Blossom Extract naturally brightens the skin, making it more beautiful than you thought possible

Intensely Hydrating: Keep your skin calm and moisturized, even under makeup, with the help of this deeply hydrating primer

Transforms your face into a flawless, smooth canvas, ready for makeup application that lasts all day.

Formula infused with grape, Vitamins A, C and E to help boost complexion and hydrate your skin.

Designed to hold your face and eye makeup in place all day with a matte finish.

1-fluid ounce of Neutrogena Shine Control Mattifying Liquid Face Primer to help control shine and keep skin looking great with or without makeup

This facial primer preps skin to help makeup apply more smoothly and last longer while offering a shine-free, matte finish for 8 hours

Formulated with rice protein, which acts as a sponge to help absorb excess oil from skin, this matte primer contains optical modifiers to help minimize the look of pores so skin looks fresh all day

2-IN-1 MAKEUP PRIMER SKINCARE: Lightweight primer improves the look of makeup by mattifying skin, reducing pores and fighting shine for oily skin

INSTANTLY MATTIFIES SKIN: Infused with artichoke extract, salicylic acid, and AHA (alpha hydroxy acid)

IMPROVES SKIN APPEARANCE OVER TIME: Over 4 weeks noticeably reduces appearance of pores and excess sebum

Preps & primes skin for makeup

24 hour hydration & moisture

Extends makeup wear

Matte primer mattifyier and complexion-evening face base. Ideal primer for oily skin & combination, which tends to get shiny during the day.

The foundation primer face makeup formula contains absorbent powders that create a soft-focus effect which works as concelaer, erasing skin imperfections and shiny areas. The product improves the application and hold of your foundation.

Easy to apply, thanks to its handy tube with its eye drop-style tip. The face primer packaging stands out with the elegant gunmetal-coloured cap with the KK logo embossed on the top.

MEET YOUR MATTE in the No Pore Zone! The lightweight matte, ultra-blurring & pore minimizing primer perfectly preps skin for flawless makeup application. Silky formula nourishes skin with Lily + Bamboo extracts.

BLURS IMPERFECTIONS, minimizes pores and controls oil. This mattifying primer extends makeup wear for all skin tones, and it provides a smooth canvas for makeup application.

CRUELTY-FREE BEAUTY: This makeup product – and every other Milani product – is never tested on animals. We don’t allow others to test on our behalf, either. Our products are 100% cruelty free.

New look, same great formula; packaging may vary

Instantly mattifies and blurs imperfections

Controls unwanted shine

MATTIFYING SETTING POWDER: Prep + Set + Go Transparent Face Powder is a complexion-smoothing primer that blurs the look of large pores and fine lines, sets your makeup—extending its wear—and controls shine on the go.

ONE UNIVERSAL SHADE: This 3-in-1 skin-perfector is available in 1 universal shade, perfect for all skin tones and types.

CRUELTY-FREE BEAUTY: Formulated to go on smooth before and after makeup application, this fine, silky powder preps and mattifies skin without drying it out. Never tested on animals.

RICE PIMER: Lightweight, smooth & made from natural rice, this mattifying foundation face primer helps control oil on your skin & locks in makeup. The beige face primer can be worn alone or as a base and helps reduce the appearence of wrinkles & pores.

CONCEAL: This face primer helps reduce shine. The velvety formula creates a smooth finish & helps prevent makeup from setting into fine lines & imperfections. Palladio carries a rice powder product line with rice paper blotting tissues, powder & primer.

CRUELTY FREE MAKEUP & COSMETICS: From blotting paper and rice powder to primer, foundation, and blush, eye makeup and lip colors, as well as a variety of makeup brushes and blending sponges, Palladio products help you create the finished look you want.

Pore Minimizing Face Primer: This translucent primer instantly minimizes the appearance of pores and blurs imperfections, improving skin texture and reducing the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles

Mattifying Formula: Infused with tea tree extract, known for its skin healing and antiseptic properties, this primer leaves skin radiant while blurring imperfections with a mattifying effect

Skin-Loving Meets Complexion-Perfecting: Create the perfect canvas for your look with our collection of primers, foundations, highlighters, bronzers and sprays crafted with top skincare ingredients

The MILK Makeup Pore Eclipse Mattifying + Blurring Face Primer is a lightweight water cream makeup primer with skincare benefits that blurs pores and controls shine for a long-lasting soft matte finish.

Never worry about makeup slipping during your active days - Keeps makeup locked on for up to 12 hours! Lentil extract is included to keep the shine away.

This primer is noncomedogenic. Formulated with niacinamide and bakuchiol to help minimize the appearance of pores and even skin tone over time.

MATTIFYING PRIMER: Our makeup primer is a lightweight gel lotion formulated with special -effect silicone, which brightens and balances skin tone, gets oil-control effect, promotes smooth texture and creats an invisible, long-lasting natural matte finish.

PORE ERASER: Our foundation primer creates a smooth canvas and enables your makeup stay matted and stay put all day

LONG LASTING: A silky gel emulsion rich in natural ingredients improves foundation or powder application, making them stay all day long

Makeup

SIZE 0.41 oz/ 12mL

An oil-free, mattifying primer that instantly reduces the look of flaws and pores, and it controls oil for up to eight hours.

LONG LASTING MATTE PRIMER: Our SHINE STOPPER minimizes the look of pores and reduces shine by mattifying skin's natural oils using unique MICROSPONGE Technology. Weightless formula dries to a soft powder-like finish that smoothes out skin imperfections.

Paula's Choice--SHINE STOPPER Instant Matte Finish Oil Control Primer absorbs excess oil from your skin for hours. It can be worn alone or under makeup and should be reapplied in tiny dabs throughout the day to combat midday shine and melt-off.

This oil-absorbing makeup primer for face works quickly to keep oily shine in check while minimizing the appearance of pores. Dab on after your morning skin care routine with your favorite Paula's Choice cleanser, toner, exfoliant, serums & moisturizer.

Cruelty Free

Mattifying primer makeup absorbs quickly to a smooth canvas for makeup, foundation and concealer

Extends makeup up to 24HR, while softening skin