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Best Oil-Control Product No. 2: Lancôme La Base Pro Perfecting Makeup Primer, $42
TotalBeauty.com average member rating: 9.7*

Why it's great: Reviewers agree that this "light, oil-free" and long-lasting primer is "the best primer ever" for oily skin. "I have extremely oily skin and enlarged pores," says one reader. "This primer keeps my oil under control and minimizes the appearance of pores."

Another user says, "I have oily skin, acne and acne scars.... This primer not only mattifies my face for hours, it helps my makeup last and go on smoother than ever."

Agree? Disagree? Write your review for Lancôme La Base Pro Perfecting Makeup Primer here.

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Best Oil-Control Product No. 1: Jan Marini Skin Research Bioglycolic Oily Skin Cleansing Gel, $33
TotalBeauty.com average member rating: 9.7*

Why it's great: "This is a really good product for anyone with oily skin," one reader writes of this aesthetician-approved cleanser. Readers are amazed by how well the product eliminates excess oil from skin and prevents breakouts. "My oil is under control [at] a great price," another reader describes. "Love this cleanser!"

Agree? Disagree? Write your review for Jan Marini Skin Research Bioglycolic Oily Skin Cleansing Gel here.

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Here's an all-too familiar scenario: Every morning you cleanse, prime and mattify your skin to pore-less, oil-free perfection. But by the time you walk through your office doors, you need another dab of powder — and by midday, it looks like you've slathered a layer of Crisco on your face. What gives?

For those of us with oily skin, the problem is not the lack of products for oily skin — it's the fact that they never seem to work. The magical powder that mattifies everyone else's face slides off your T-zone in hours, and those oil-blotting sheets that work like a charm for your friend do diddly-squat for you. So, what's a glistening gal to do? Stay chained to your powder compact?

Not anymore. Our readers tested every skin-care and makeup product out there for oily skin, which determined this list of oil-control products that really work. No more wandering through the skin-care aisles, gambling on oil-control primers to find the ones that will finally mattify your lovely mug. These products for oily skin (including foundations, powders, cleansers and more) truly are the cream of the crop. The best part? Most of the oil-control products on this list are under 20 bucks. Now, let's count down to No. 1.

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BY AMBER KATZ, AMANDA MONTELL, HAYLEY MASON | SHARES
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