Tried & Tested: These Are The Best Skin Tints
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If you wear nothing else, wear these.
Forget the trend for unrecognisable makeup (dramatic, transformational looks) – we’re here for skin so good it’s unrecognisable. It’s about makeup that doesn’t look like makeup, a colour base that offers additional skincare benefits, from SPF to anti-ageing ingredients. We’ve tried and tested a host of options, and chosen these as the best skin tints and tinted moisturisers on the market, to help you find your perfect match.
Skin Tints: What To Look Out For
The ultimate multitaskers, the best skin tints combine the skin touchup of makeup with the benefits of skincare. Key ingredients to look out for are hyaluronic acid for hydration, niacinamide for brightening and pore-refining, or antioxidants like vitamin C or E for protection. Products with a broad-spectrum SPF are also beneficial, while some offer a radiant finish to double as a brightening base.
The Best Skin Tints For Every Skin Type
Best overall: Chantecaille Just Skin Tinted Moisturizer Sunscreen Broad Spectrum SPF 15
Best full coverage: La Prairie Skin Caviar Concealer Foundation SPF15
Best radiant finish: Dior Forever Glow Star Filter
Best for matte finish: Chanel CC Cream
Best hydrating: Bobbi Brown Vitamin Enriched Skin Tint
Best SPF protection: RMS Beauty SunCoverup Skin Tint SPF 50
Read Our Reviews Of The Skin Tints
Chantecaille Just Skin Tinted Moisturizer Sunscreen Broad Spectrum SPF 15
Want the perfect no-makeup-makeup tint to wear every day? Chantecaille’s light tinted moisturiser delivers sheer coverage and is enriched with hyaluronic acid for hydration, butterfly bush for blue light protection and titanium dioxide for mineral sunscreen. It’s lightweight and dewy for a perfecting, natural-looking finish that looks and feels great.
Buy Now: chantecaille.co.uk
La Prairie Skin Caviar Concealer Foundation SPF15
An absolute cult classic, La Prairie’s Skin Caviar Foundation is a full-coverage base that offers the anti-ageing benefits of the brand’s caviar extracts. It’s a buildable colour that gives skin a flawless, dewy finish, and it makes skin look particularly good in photographs, so it’s a great choice for wedding and party seasons, too. It offers SPF 15 protection, and comes with a shade-matched concealer and brush for touch-up. Use with caution: it’s tough to go back to your old foundation once you’ve tried this ultra-luxe formulation.
Buy Now: harveynichols.com
Dior Forever Glow Star Filter
This light skin tint is truly transformative – it’s the kind of product you apply in the morning and people spend all day asking what you’re using on your skin. It’s a hybrid skincare makeup product that brightens, smooths and blurs the complexion, a non-comedonegenic formula enriched with iris extract. You can wear it on its own for a natural glow and increased hydration, or mixed with a traditional foundation for a fuller coverage.
Buy Now: dior.com
Chanel CC Cream
A great example of a ‘skinstreaming’ product, Chanel’s CC Cream provides a creamy mid-level coverage with the added benefits of SPF 50 protection for skin, plus hyaluronic acid and vitamin C–rich murunga plum to hydrate and strengthen the skin’s barrier. Texture is more matte than many other skin tints, so it’s a good option if you prefer a less dewy finish. You can easily replace your usual serum, SPF and foundation with this one singular step in the morning.
Buy Now: chanel.com
Bobbi Brown Vitamin Enriched Skin Tint
Enriched with vitamins B, C, E and Pro-Vitamin D ingredients, this medium-coverage skin tint hydrates and nourishes while strengthening the skin barrier. It’s enriched with hyaluronic acid and shea butter for hydration and offers SPF 15 protection. It’s more lightweight than your average foundation, but it offers a medium coverage for a no-makeup touch-up.
Buy Now: bobbibrown.co.uk
RMS Beauty SunCoverup Skin Tint SPF 50
Surprisingly lightweight for an SPF 50, this tinted moisturiser is enriched with the brand’s GlowPlex formula, which smooths, firms and brightens the complexion, with squalane and bisabolol to smooth and hydrate. It gives a medium coverage and a more even tone to skin, plus it’s super blendable so a little goes a long way.
Buy Now: spacenk.com
