10 Best Concealers For Oily Skin To Colour Correct, Highlight, Conceal & Prime

For Even Skin Tone: Concealers can be used to blur fine lines, colour-correct undereyes, and even out blemishes. For blurring fine lines, use a buildable concealer (which basically means a liquid formulation that is thin and you're applying an extra layer) and add tiny dots under your eye and blend using your fingers. For colour-correcting your undereyes, you can use a brightening concealer by using the same process as above. You can also use a colour corrector as a base and then use a regular concealer. Add a little to your blemishes and blend with a foundation brush to avoid your finger touching the blemish, but make sure you use one with salicylic acid. 

For Highlighting And Contouring: Even when you're not doing a full face of makeup, you can use it to highlight your face. Just use a little at the high points of your face such as your cheekbones. Add little dots to your inner eyes and the top of your cheekbones. You can also add a line down the middle of your nose, and a little dot to the middle of your chin and tiny lines to your jaw, between the hollows where the darker contour shade goes and your jawline to enhance the chiseled look. Use a concealer two shades lighter than your skin tone, and make sure it's not the dewy kind (they tend to break down faster).

As A Primer: A concealer can be the perfect product to use as a primer for your eye and lip makeup. Just add a little to your eyelids and your lips and then dab with your fingers before you add colour. 

When choosing a concealer for oily skin, you must be mindful of things like whether it's oil-free, long-wearing, and has a matte finish to keep the sebum in check. You should also look for a lightweight formula that doesn't feel heavy on the skin. Also, opting for a non-comedogenic formula won't clog pores or contribute to breakouts so keep that in mind since oily skin can be sensitive and prone to acne. Additionally, when looking for a full-coverage concealer for oily skin, go for one that has a bit more slip to it and doesn't get cakey in a jiffy with enough time for you to set it.

The ultra-blendable formula of this concealer by Loreal is meant for long-lasting wear, concealing imperfections with the slightest quantity and providing a matte finish that's perfect for oily skin. The waterproof and non greasy formula claims to not to transfer, fade, or flake which ticks all the right boxes as a concealer for oily skin. And, a little bit of product goes a long way when covering anything because its damn full coverage. 

What We Like: Smooth and matte finish, longwearing and affordable

The Too Faced Born This Way Concealer is one of the best concealers for oily skin in the market since it provides long-lasting coverage without much or any cakiness, which is awesome. However, mind you, it can be a bit too mattifying so you should hydrate the base well before going on with this concealer. Additionally, it dries down quite quickly so you want to make sure you set it with powder as soon as possible for flawless coverage.

What We Like: Matte, long-lasting, lightweight

The e.l.f. Cosmetics 16HR Camo Concealer is a heavy duty full coverage concealer for oily skin that has a highly pigmented formula, is light on the skin and dries down extremely matte. You want to get this one only if nothing tends to stay put on your oily skin. The only note we have about this one is that it can be a little difficult to blend at times, especially for the under eyes so you might want to go in with a makeup fixing spray to keep things moist and blendable.

What We Like: Matte, full coverage and affordable

Soft Matte Complete Concealer from Nars is a favourite among MUAs for spot correcting and hardcore under eye correcting since it instantly blurs and smoothens uneven texture while beautifully concealing dark spots, undereye circles, redness, breakouts and any other surface skin woes that might be bothering you with a soft-focus matte effect that wears all day. You better set this one with powder ASAP before it creases since it has a creamy texture.

What We Like: Creamy texture, coverage and soft focus matte finish

The Kay Beauty HD Liquid Concealer is a a great concealer for oily skin if you are looking for something a bit more hydrating. It's formula is designed to give you a creaseless, seamless HD matte finish that lasts all day long. From a natural look to a flawless glam finish, you can effortlessly build your coverage from medium to high. This one's fab for oily skin if you are looking for a lightweight concealer that blends like a dream but sets matte.

What We Like: Satin matte finish, easy to blend and affordable

Hands down one of the most beautiful concealer formulas in the market at the moment. This is a crease-proof, medium to full buildable coverage creamy concealer that brightens, conceals, and moves with your skin for a luminous matte, skin-like finish that lasts all day long. Its a great concealer for oily skin if you wish to use something a bit more satin-y that's not obnoxiously matte.

What We Like: Luminous matte finish, skin-like finish and lightweight feel

Another great concealer for oily skin, this OG concealer is an oil-free, non-comedogenic concealer that covers light dark circles and blemishes quite well. The creamy consistency sits great under the eyes and the dry down is a beautiful matte finish. The consistency is super thin so you might want to set it in place as soon as you can to avoid creasing.

What We Like: Thin consistency, creamy formula and affordable

This two-in-one foundation and concealer pen from MAC is transfer-proof, waterproof and claims to wear for 36 hours (yes, that's a whole day and a half). It is a good full coverage concealer for oily skin and effectively conceals undereye circles, redness and blemishes, and evens skin tone. The coverage is buildable from medium-to-full with a natural matte finish. One of the thinnest high coverage concealers on the market in our opinion.

What We Like: Full coverage, thin consistency and precise application

Hands down the best concealer for oily skin if you are on a tight budget. This affordable concealer from Swiss Beauty has a long-lasting formula, gets blended in the skin like butter and is very easy to work with. Minimum quantity is required to conceal areas. The coverage is decent, not too much but buildable enough to get full coverage.

What We Like: Easy to blend, lightweight texture and affordable

We have lost count of the number of times we have come across people who are obsessed with this concealer. L.A. Girl's HD Pro Concealers are crease-resistant with opaque coverage featuring creamy, yet lightweight texture. The long-wearing concealer formula camouflages darkness under the eyes, redness and skin imperfections quite well and since it has a satin matte finish, it works well on oily skin.

What We Like: Coverage, lightweight texture and affordable