Tinted moisturisers are a great way to get the benefits of both makeup and skincare in one product. They provide light to medium coverage, while also moisturising your skin and protecting it from the sun’s harmful rays — which is why, here at GRAZIA, we’re obsessed with our summer skin tints!
If you’re looking for the best tinted moisturizers with SPF to rock the perfect no-makeup makeup look this summer, keep reading for a full list of our top product picks:
Laura Mercier
Tinted Moisturizer Natural Skin Perfector Broad Spectrum SPF 30, $86: SHOP NOW
Perfect your skin with a sheer hint of coverage for an effortless no-makeup makeup dewy finish. This perfect blend of skincare and makeup improves your skin over time with a Hydrating Complex made up of Macadamia and Kukui Seed Oils that helps increase the skin’s moisture levels long-term for 24 hours of hydration, while reducing the signs of visibly dry skin. The lightweight formula, infused with Tamarind Seed Extract, helps skin retain moisture to prevent water evaporation, for long lasting hydration. A Broad Spectrum SPF 30 UVB/UVA sunscreen plus a power-blend of antioxidant vitamins C and E help protect skin from the damaging effects of the environment.
NARS
Pure Radiant Tinted Moisturizer Broad Spectrum SPF 30, $72: SHOP NOW
Discover NARS’ iconic tinted moisturiser, available in 16 shades for all skin types and tones. It’s the everything, for everyone—buildable, oil-free coverage is packed with SPF 30 and skincare ingredients to hydrate, smooth, brighten, and protect. Vitamin C helps protect against environmental aggressors and even out skin tone for a brighter-looking complexion in just four weeks. French Polynesian Kopara helps hydrate, condition, and refine the look of skin for a softer, smoother complexion. To confirm your perfect shade match, allow foundation to dry down on skin. Please note shades may vary slightly across formulas depending on coverage and finish.
Ilia
Super Serum Skin Tint SPF 40, $82: SHOP NOW
Super Serum Skin Tint SPF 40 is an award-winning clean skin tint that delivers light coverage, potent skincare, and mineral SPF—all with a dewy finish for skin that looks and feels alive. Powered by active levels of skincare ingredients, it’s clinically proven to improve the look of dryness, blemishes, redness, wrinkles, and uneven tone over time. Plus, ILIA Skin Tint is vegan, non-comedogenic, safe for sensitive skin, and formulated without fragrance, gluten, or silicone. This is SPF, made super.
BareMinerals
Complexion Rescue Tinted Moisturizer SPF 30, $56.18: SHOP NOW
The #1 tinted moisturiser in the U.S. This 3-in-1 multi-tasker is a moisturiser, skin tint and SPF 30, with Hyaluronic Acid to boost hydration for a dewy, healthy-looking glow. Perfect for dry, normal and combo skin.
Supergoop!
CC Screen 100% Mineral CC Cream SPF 50, $72: SHOP NOW
Meet the ultimate, super clean, skincare-meets-makeup-meets-SPF: CC Screen SPF 50. A color correcting cream formulated with clean and skin-nourishing ingredients, it’s buildable enough to cover imperfections yet lightweight enough to deliver instant luminosity, plus it has physical sunscreen actives for broad spectrum SPF 50 protection. It’s your skin, made super. This product is notably made without D4 and D5 cyclical silicones, PEGs, talc, phenoxyethanol or any potential skin sensitizers.
IT Cosmetics
CC+ Cream with SPF 50+, $70: SHOP NOW
Discover IT® CC+ Cream with SPF 50+ is the #1 SPF Foundation in America and your multitasking color correcting cream—now with an extended shade range! IT’s your full-coverage foundation, hydrating and anti-ageing serum, and broad-spectrum SPF 50+ sunscreen all in one! Infused with skin-loving ingredients like hyaluronic acid, niacinamide and vitamin E, CC cream provides hydration while instantly camouflaging the look of skin imperfections like acne scarring, wrinkles, redness on skin, dark circles under eyes, large pores and uneven skin tone for flawless-looking natural coverage! To be able to extend our shade range, we worked with plastic surgeons and dermatologists to introduce clear SPF 50+ in our new deepest shades. Now, a wider range of skin tones can achieve complexion perfection plus sun protection—without the white cast!
Clinique
Moisture Surge CC Cream SPF 30, USD$43 (about SGD$58.70): SHOP NOW
One simple step for glowing skin. Moisturises, perfects, and protects with SPF. Lightweight formula instantly colour corrects a range of complexion concerns—redness, dullness, sallowness—so all you see is a healthy-looking glow. Oil-free hydration and sunscreen mean a more flawless look tomorrow, too. Each versatile shade is appropriate for a range of skin tones and undertones.
Too Faced
Born This Way Healthy Glow Skin Tint SPF 30, USDS$42 (about SGD$57.30): SHOP NOW
This nourishing serum foundation with 24-hour wear masterfully diffuses the line between makeup and skin while offering refreshing hydration and SPF 30 protection for healthy, glowing skin. Our colour-true formula conceals imperfections with sheer, buildable coverage that feels weightless on skin, leaving you with a soft-focus ethereal glow so healthy and natural, they’ll think you were Born This Way.
Additional tips for choosing and using tinted moisturisers with SPF:
- When choosing a tinted moisturiser with SPF, it’s important to consider your skin type, coverage needs, and desired finish.
- It’s also important to make sure that the product is broad-spectrum and has an SPF of 30 or higher.
- Look for a product that is oil-free and non-comedogenic if you have oily or acne-prone skin.
- Choose a product that is fragrance-free if you have sensitive skin.
- Test the product on a small area of your skin before applying it to your entire face.
- Apply the tinted moisturizer to clean, dry skin.
- Use a small amount of product and blend it evenly over your face.
- Don’t forget to reapply the tinted moisturiser every two hours, or more often if you are sweating or swimming.
Tinted moisturizers with SPF are a great way to protect your skin from the sun’s harmful rays while also giving you a natural-looking makeup finish. With so many great options available, you’re sure to find the perfect one for your unique skin needs!
This article originally appeared on Grazia International