5 best primers to use this winter

By Temo Mpodi

Shopping for primers this winter? As the preparatory layer in your makeup routine, a good primer should smooth your skin’s texture and keep you looking flawless for longer. Primers fill in lines, hide pores, and provide the perfect base for your foundation and concealer.

To help you find the right one for all your needs, we’ve pinned down a few of our favourites. This season is all about subtle makeup, so you want a primer that does the hard work with minimal effort on your part, allowing you to focus on what truly matters – being your gorgeous self.

1. Prep + Prime Pore Refiner Stick

Blurring primer for a flawless finish: minimises pores and lines, absorbs excess oil, and provides a smooth, matte feel. Apply under or over makeup for instant perfection. https://www.maccosmetics.co.za/product/prep-prime-pore-refiner-stick

2.Estée Lauder The Smoother Universal Perfecting Primer Prep skin for flawless makeup with this lightweight primer, infused with apricot essence to soften and optically perfect skin, reducing pores and imperfections for a smooth, even texture.

3.Elizabeth Arden Flawless Start Instant Perfecting Primer

Boost your makeup’s staying power with this multi-tasking primer, designed to perfect skin and extend foundation’s wear, keeping your look fresh and color-true all day

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4.Clarins Instant Smooth Perfecting Touch

Ultra-light and smooth, this cream glides on skin, leaving an imperceptible veil that softens fine lines, wrinkles, and pores for a flawless finish.

5.MAC Prep + Prime Skin Refined Zone

This product smooths skin, refines texture, and instantly reduces the appearance of pores and controls excess oil, without clogging pores (non-acnegenic).