If you’re after a barely-there makeup look, take your pick from our round-up of the best tinted moisturisers of 2024. Forget heavy and cakey bases, these formulas grant lightweight, breathable coverage and a luminous, dewy finish. We’re also giving bonus points to the tinted moisturisers with SPF protection and long-lasting hydration.
If you’re not familiar, a good tinted moisturiser is where makeup meets skincare. It’s an easy solution for beautiful, natural coverage (even on lazy days) and an all year round makeup bag staple. You can shop our full selection here.
Rounding up the best tinted moisturisers for a healthy-looking complexion, we look for formulas suited to every skin tone, complexion concern and budget. Consulting our in-house beauty experts, we’ve also considered coverage, hydrating benefits, time to absorb and how long a product lasts. As always, we’ve read through customer reviews, too, so you can rest assured that these tinted moisturisers are definitely worth the hype.
By Sephora UK Makeup Editorial Team
Writers and experts
Updated: 03 April 2024
Invisible Illumination Instant Glow Fresh Skin Tint
This gel-like texture will have you hooked from first use. It smooths over skin like a silky veil, leaving your face supple, moisturised and refreshed for 24 hours. Bursting with Lumene’s staple hydrating ingredients, Pure Arctic Spring Water and Nordic Algae, this is your foolproof tinted moisturiser for a subtle glow. Keep close to hand on mornings when you’ve hit snooze one too many times.
Tried and tested: “At last a cream I love and I think it might actually be the best skin product I have ever used. I usually use a light beige tone in other products but the shade medium is perfect for me - it doesn’t turn orange and looks very natural whilst giving an even skin tone. Perfect on all counts.” - Lesley, Customer Review
NU Bare Look Tint
Nail the natural look with minimal effort. This silky, weightless tinted moisturiser with superfine pigments creates a thin veil of colour to enhance skin radiance and is infused with skin-loving hydrators. We’re talking the big powerhouse ingredients like Glycerin and Hyaluronic Acid that plumps and delivers up to 24-hour hydration while Mallow helps skin to look incredibly fresh and dewy. With 20 lightweight, silky shades to choose from, there’s one to suit every skin tone.
Tried and tested: “I can’t get over how much this looks like it’s my skin with having such a nice coverage! It doesn’t leave my skin shiny or dry it out! Coverage is great and it’s long-lasting too which isn’t usually the case with skin-like foundations usually. My go to!” - CarmenRoisin, Customer Review
Positive Light Tinted Moisturiser
Hailed as no-makeup makeup in a bottle, it’s the perfect tinted moisturiser if you want to look put together with zero effort. With SPF 20 and light-medium coverage, this will keep you protected while enhancing your complexion. The BEST part? It comes in 21 shades without ashy undertones, so find the one that suits you and experience your smoothest skin yet.
Tried and tested: “Love how this tinted moisturiser feels like my skin but better, it’s perfect for no-makeup makeup days and it has SPF, perfect for the summer when you want to wear lighter products and you still get sun protection.” - Salma, Customer Review
Eaze Drop Blurring Skin Tint
Your best blur is just a few drops away. In 25 universal shades, this dewy tinted moisturiser keeps your skin looking like skin only better. It even has a hydrablend complex to keep your complexion hydrated and glowing for 24 hours. Humidity, sweat, and transfer-resistant - where have you been all our lives?
Tried and tested: “This was absolutely perfect!! You only need two drops for your whole face and really don’t need powder especially in the summer!!” - Linda, Customer Review