A true makeup artist worth his or her salt will tell you how much difference moisturising and priming can make to a certain look. While a primer boosts the skin with moisture, giving it an instant glow, primer minimises the pores, makes the skin smooth and makeup application a dream. Primers also make makeup last longer on face. But with the weather playing havoc, nobody has time for layers and layers of product till you even begin applying your makeup. You need something quick, easy going and effective. Enter our hero moisturisers double up as primers. These moisturisers, not only give your skin a healthy glow, they prep the skin perfectly for the makeup look. So if you’re in the market for a double duty moisturiser-cum-primer, ahead are some of our favourites.

Homegrown brand is always coming up with something innovative – their brand new priming moisturiser is just one example. For people with dry, patchy skin, who dread wearing foundation, just because of dry it feels – slather this one, by itself or before your foundation. It guarantees a happy, hydrated skin, with or without makeup!

With this product preps your skin for makeup by creating a silky smooth canvas, hydration and nourishment is of equal priority. The brand uses actual Greek yoghurt packed with protein power to strengthen and moisturize the skin, in addition to prebiotics and ingredients like hyaluronic acid to plump. It's creamy and lightweight and absorbs quickly, leaving your face ready for foundation.

While the brand's anti-redness complex evens your skin tone, the formula is packed with fatty acids, ceramides, and murumuru butter to protect the skin barrier and lock in hydration so your skin feels (and looks) good all day long.

An oil, serum and primer in one? It’s possible. And it’s here. The 50 in No. 50 stands for the 50 anti-aging ingredients in the serum. The serum hybrid absorbs into your skin to treat and create a smooth and hydrated base for whatever’s going on there next.

Every makeup artist keeps a tube of Émbryolisse in their kit because they’re super moisturizing and leave a great dewy but semi-matte texture that’s perfect for absorbing any makeup. Embryolisse however, upped the ante with their Emulsion Hydra-Mat, the answer to the moisturizing primer that absorbs excess sebum, reduces shine, and moisturizes with apricot oil—all while leaving you with the perfectly moisturized primed base.

The Lakme Aloe gel is your every day aloe vera gel but better. The gel based moisturiser deeply hydrates the skin, evens the texture and creates a protective layer on the skin. The hydrated, evened out base makes for the perfect base for makeup application.

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This face oil makes it importance felt when your skin is being dry and cracked or perhaps when it’s the colder time of the year. The blend of oils, together moisturises skin and gives a it a lit-from-within glow. If you stay in a cooler area, this oil will moisturize and prep skin.

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Here’s a facial cream that looks heavy and haughty, but is the light weight hydration your skin has been dying for. The cream deeply hydrates skin and supplies skin with moisture for a long, long time. It is your ultimate solution for hydration and skin prep.

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Here’s a product that preps, moisturises, primes and protects. With SPF 50, this gel like product melts into skin, making it makeup ready while giving you solid sun protection.