If you are young lucky enough to have escaped acne and have youthful flawless skin you probably don t need a primer or a foundation for that matter.
Water based foundation silicone primer.
What s even better is that they won t ever clog your pores because they feel so light and airy on the skin.
Some people love the slick glossy smoothness and how they glide over the skin whereas others hate that and think that it s making their skin feel greasy.
Water based primers are oil free and offer a mattifying effect to extend the wear of your makeup.
Otherwise the primer is most likely water based.
The difference between silicone and water based primers.
They absorb into my skin rather than sit on the surface like the silicone ones.
Also one thing that is not made clear is that silicone itself is oily so always look at the ingredients.
No foundation alone will give you as flawless an appearance as foundation applied over a primer.
However even if it s labeled oil free it may still contain silicone.
Another way to tell if it s water based is if the label states that it is oil free.
Sometimes rich silicone based primers have a tendency to make your skin look oilier than it is.
There seems to be a lot of confusion about the difference between silicone based foundations oil free foundations and water based foundations.
Hopefully this section of the post can help some people clear up their knowledge of the difference between the two.
Silicone based foundation and primers have a very different feel compared to oil and water based products.
See i never do well with silicone based primers even if i use a silicone based foundation over it.