Milk Makeup

Milk Makeup Pore Eclipse Primer.

Primer

About this product

A water-based mattifying primer in a squeezable tube designed to blur pores and set makeup while maintaining hydration and a natural skin feel.

Full ingredients

Aqua/Water/Eau, Silica, Propanediol, Nylon-11, Pentylene Glycol, Niacinamide, Polyglyceryl-10 Diisostearate, Dicaprylyl Ether, Corn Starch Modified, Bakuchiol, Fragrance (Parfum), Hamamelis Virginiana (Witch Hazel) Water, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter Unsaponifiables, Lens Esculenta (Lentil) Seed Extract, Shorea Robusta Seed Butter, Coffea Arabica (Coffee) Seed Oil, Glycine Soja (Soybean) Oil, Tocopherol, Moonstone Powder, Glyceryl Undecylenate, Ethyl Stearate, Ethyl Palmitate, Ethyl Oleate, Ethyl Linoleate, Acrylates/Beheneth-25 Methacrylate Copolymer, Ethyl Macadamiate, Malic Acid, Sodium Carbomer, Saccharide Isomerate, Sodium Hyaluronate, Sodium Hydroxide, Trisodium Ethylenediamine Disuccinate, Ethylhexylglycerin, Glyceryl Caprylate, Phenoxyethanol, Linalool

Guru Score

84%

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Early verdict · Few reviews so far

What the gurus are saying

This primer delivers a matte finish without the heavy, dry feel many mattifying products leave behind, striking a balance between oil control and skin hydration that appeals to those who want mattified skin but hate that stripped sensation. It works best for people with genuinely oily skin; those with milder oiliness may find it slightly drying. The creamy, lightweight formula feels like skincare rather than a silicone layer, and the squeezable tube makes application precise and portable.

Synthesized from 2 expert reviews · most recent take October 2025

What they liked

Mattifies without feeling heavy or dry
Hydrating despite mattifying effect
Creamy texture that feels like skincare

What they flagged

May dry out those who are only slightly oily

Best for

Oily skin

Type

PrimerCream

Key actives

Retinoid Niacinamide Hyaluronic acidVitamin E

Formula notes

Contains fragranceNo drying alcohol

Where to buy

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What the gurus are saying.

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Alexandra Anele

1.44M subs

✓Yay

"Another primer that I actually really like is the Pore Eclipse from Milk. If you're looking for something that's going to do a little bit of mattifying, this is really nice because it is water-based, but it is also mattifying, but it's also hydrating enough. There's a lot of mattifying products out there that are just like they just feel like heavy and dry on the skin. I don't like that. I like my skin to feel hydrated."

Robert Welsh

1.11M subs

✓Yay

"Milk's Pore Eclipse Primer is great if you are super, super oily, not just a little bit oily. This might dry you out a little bit. But the formula is more creamy and it's not like that siliconey clear liquid. It feels like skincare. You can feel your skin and it doesn't feel like there's a layer of something on top."

All 2 takes from Robert Welsh

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"I adore that primer. The squeezy tube for one, in this picture, I adore this. If I'm going out to dinner for an event, I will pop this on my face, which is where it belongs. It's stunning. Really stunning. I'll also use a little bit of their pore eclipse spray, then do my makeup and then use a bit of their spray afterwards. It is beautiful if you are oily. If you just want matte skin, you don't even have to be oily to have matte skin. This is the one. Adore it."

What the evidence says.

Independent of what the gurus think, this is what the published research supports about the main active ingredients here.

Niacinamide

Niacinamide has evidence behind it for redness, uneven tone and supporting the skin barrier, and it is usually well tolerated even by skin that reacts to most things.

Source: DermNet

Humectants and emollients

Ingredients like these draw water into the surface layers and slow how fast it leaves. The evidence is for comfort, softness and hydration rather than for changing the structure of the skin.

Source: DermNet

Vitamin E

Vitamin E is an antioxidant, and it is often in a formula to keep the other ingredients stable rather than as the active itself. It pairs well with vitamin C, though on its own the evidence for visible change is limited.

Source: NIH, National Library of Medicine

Frequently asked.

What is Milk Makeup Pore Eclipse Primer?

A water-based mattifying primer in a squeezable tube designed to blur pores and set makeup while maintaining hydration and a natural skin feel.

Is Milk Makeup Pore Eclipse Primer worth it?

Yes. All 2 gurus who reviewed it give it their stamp of approval, for a Guru Score of 84%.

What is Milk Makeup Pore Eclipse Primer's Guru Score?

Milk Makeup Pore Eclipse Primer holds a Guru Score of 84%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 2 expert reviewers we have collected.