The 8 Best Makeup Primers Without Silicone 2022

Posted by Aldo Pusey on Tuesday, July 16, 2024

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Milk Makeup Hydro Grip Primer

Hydro Grip Primer

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Milk Makeup Hydro Grip Primer

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Milk Makeup's fan-favorite primer is silicone-free, oil-free, and fragrance-free. The brand credits blue agave extract as the star ingredient for creating that even, canvas-like look.  

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ILIA True Skin Radiant Priming Serum

True Skin Radiant Priming Serum

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ILIA True Skin Radiant Priming Serum

A makeup product for skincare fans, this priming serum is lightweight, silky, and high performance. 

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Rare Beauty by Selena Gomez Always An Optimist Illuminating Primer

Always An Optimist Illuminating Primer

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Rare Beauty by Selena Gomez Always An Optimist Illuminating Primer

Rare Beauty's silicone-free primer is like a cheat code for great skin. It's made with glow-boosting shimmers that instantly light up your face, sans highlighter or complicated beauty routine. 

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LYS Beauty Secure Skin Gripping Serum Primer

Secure Skin Gripping Serum Primer

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LYS Beauty Secure Skin Gripping Serum Primer

Paging oily skin types. LYS Beauty's silicone-free serum primer is a game changer, since it does all the work without making your face slick or shiny. (We also would vote to put niacinamide in every product, but that's another story.)

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Lawless Set The Stage Hydrating Priming Serum

Set The Stage Hydrating Priming Serum

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Lawless Set The Stage Hydrating Priming Serum

If you're super into vitamin A, your skincare routine might already have rosehip seed oil in it, one of the many serum-like ingredients in Lawless's primer. But this also contains Pentapeptide-59, the brand's redness-minimizing hero. 

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REN Clean Skincare Perfect Canvas Clean Primer

Perfect Canvas Clean Primer

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REN Clean Skincare Perfect Canvas Clean Primer

Agave extract makes an appearance in this primer, which also includes probiotics to help get finicky skin into shape. Plus, we love the drama of a serum-like glass dropper.

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Laura Mercier Hydrating Pure Canvas Primer

Hydrating Pure Canvas Primer

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Laura Mercier Hydrating Pure Canvas Primer

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Laura Mercier's Pure Canvas Primer might be one of the most well known silicone-free formulas out there. It uses olive extract for skin-smoothing, and feels like an extra layer of skincare once you apply it.

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Elate Beauty Refine Mattifying Primer

Refine Mattifying Primer

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Elate Beauty Refine Mattifying Primer

"We use bamboo extract as a natural replacement for silicone," explains Reynolds. "Bamboo is rich in silica, which helps to smooth the skin and hold in moisture for that plump 'silicone' feeling," 

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Madge Maril is a writer, editor, and creative covering beauty at Harper's Bazaar and The Zoe Report. She received a BFA in Electronic Media and a Certificate in Creative Writing through University of Cincinnati's College-Conservatory of Music. You can find her on Instagram at @madgemaril, or in real life somewhere in a thrift store.

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