These Are The Greatest Tinted Moisturisers Of All Time
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Summer is officially here, ushering in a season of sun-drenched days, alfresco everything, and makeup that lets your skin breathe. It's the time of year when heavier formulas take a well-deserved break, and we turn to barely-there makeup looks. Our best tinted moisturiser step in to deliver lightweight coverage, skincare benefits, and SPF in one effortless step.
Today's tinted moisturisers are more than just a pretty base. Their formulas go above and beyond the standard coverage checklist, providing an added layer of sun protection when paired with your go-to sunscreen and often include powerhouse skincare ingredients. Take Milk Makeup's bestselling Hydro Grip Gel Tint, for example, which is infused with hydrating hyaluronic acid and pore-refining niacinamide to deliver a serious glow.
Your skin is unique, so you’re allowed to be picky. Luckily, with a very generous selection of formulas that suit different skin types and finishes, there’s a tinted moisturiser made for you. Whether you're off to a garden party, strolling through the park, or just craving a fresh-faced glow, here are our top picks for summer 2025.
These Are The Best Tinted Moisturisers For 2025
RMS Beauty
SunCoverup Super Tint SPF 50, £ 47,00
Best tinted moisturiser with SPF
The RMS SunCoverup Skin Tint SPF 50 is everything you'd want in a summer base. Lightweight, breathable and takes sun protection seriously. It's a mineral formula offering a broad-spectrum SPF 50 that reflects both UVA and UVB rays. Mineral sunscreens often get a bad rep for feeling heavy or chalky, but the inclusion of squalane provides lasting hydration. The finish is natural and ideal for no-fuss glow-bestowing coverage on hot days.
Laura Mercier
Tinted Moisturiser Natural Dewy SPF 30, £ 39,00
Best tinted moisturiser for bridal makeup
There’s a reason bridal makeup artists always keep this in their kit. Created by a legendary makeup artist herself, Laura Mercier, the brand is credited for creating the first ever tinted moisturiser. With slightly more coverage than most, this formula is perfect for evening out redness, blemishes, or dark spots, all while feeling light as air on the skin. The added bonus? Broad-spectrum SPF 30 makes it a smart choice for summer weddings, keeping skin protected without compromising on that radiant, photo-ready finish.
Milk Makeup
Hydro Grip Gel Tint, £ 34,00
Best tinted moisturiser for glowing skin
Milk’s Hydro Grip Gel Tint is a glow-getter’s dream (and has become one of our bestselling products all round). This gel-based formula melts effortlessly into the skin, delivering sheer, buildable coverage with a dewy finish that looks fresh, never shiny. Packed with three molecular weights of hyaluronic acid, it floods the skin with hydration, while niacinamide, squalane, and aloe water help smooth texture and boost radiance. Lightweight and breathable, it’s the kind of base that thrives in warm weather, perfect for long summer days when you want your skin to look like your skin, only better.
Hourglass
Veil Hydrating Skin Tint, £ 49,00
Best tinted moisturiser for all round
You will find this tinted moisturiser in many a Space NK shopper’s summer makeup wardrobe. Why? Well, the finish is *chefs kiss*, the silky formula conceals uneven skin tone and blemishes, and it can be layered to take coverage from light to medium. It contains squalane and meadowfoam seed oil to help hydrate skin too. It's easy to apply, comfortable and leaves skin in its best summer light.
Glossier
Perfecting Skin Tint, £ 28,00
Best skin-like tinted moisturiser
We could go on about Glossier’s skin-enhancing lineup, but the Skin Tint deserves its own spotlight. Designed to deliver the most natural finish possible, it offers just enough coverage to blur and even things out, without masking your skin. Freckles, texture, and those perfectly imperfect details still shine through, giving your complexion a soft-focus glow that looks effortlessly real.
KOSAS
BB Burst Tinted Gel Cream, £ 34,00
Best tinted moisturiser for dry skin
Dry skin? Look no further than this BB cream from Kosas. It has received a lot of hype on social media thanks to its refreshing, lightweight texture and the gorgeous glow it leaves. While gel textures are usually reserved for oilier skin types, this formula is packed full of copper peptides and hyaluronic acid to quench dry, thirsty skin. It's also light enough that you can use your usual skincare routine underneath without your makeup feeling heavy and cloying.
Nars
Pure Radiant Tinted Moisturizer, £ 39,00
Best tinted moisturiser for oily skin
If you’re prone to a midday shine, this one’s for you. The oil-free formula offers natural-looking coverage that blurs blemishes and evens out skin tone, without clogging pores or sliding off by lunchtime. Despite its mattifying powers, it doesn’t dull your glow. Infused with vitamin C to brighten and SPF 30 for added daily protection, it leaves skin looking fresh and balanced. True to NARS’ commitment to inclusivity, it’s available in 16 shades to suit a wide range of skin tones.
Chantecaille
Just Skin Tinted Moisturizer SPF 15, £ 62,00
Best tinted moisturiser for sensitive skin
If your skin tends to act up during the warmer months, this gentle formula is a smart go-to. Ideal for heat-sensitive or easily irritated complexions, it’s enriched with tara tree extract and red algae to help defend against daily environmental stressors which is especially useful if you're navigating city heat and pollution. The texture is beautifully creamy, melting into the skin like butter and leaving it feeling calm balanced and comfortable all day.
Ilia Beauty
Super Serum Skin Tint SPF 30, £ 42,00
Best tinted moisturiser with skincare benefits
This is more than just a skin tint, it’s skincare in a bottle. The Ilia Super Serum Skin Tint SPF 30 blends sheer coverage with a potent cocktail of active ingredients, making it a standout choice for anyone who wants their makeup to work double duty. Hyaluronic acid deeply hydrates and plumps, niacinamide smooths and evens skin tone, and plant-based squalane locks in moisture while boosting elasticity. Add to that non-nano zinc oxide for mineral SPF 30 protection, and you've got a dewy, breathable tint that not only enhances your complexion instantly but also improves it over time.
Summer Fridays
Sheer Skin Tint, £ 42,00
Best tinted moisturiser for no makeup days
When you want just enough coverage to look refreshed, but nothing that feels like makeup this is the one to reach for. This ultra-lightweight, fluid formula glides on effortlessly, softening the appearance of pores, redness, and uneven tone without masking your skin. The sheer-to-light coverage gives a naturally healthy finish that’s ideal for laid-back summer days or low-key makeup routines.
Westman Atelier
Vital Skincare Complexion Drops, £ 62,00
Best multi-use tinted moisturiser
The beauty of Westman Atelier’s Vital Skincare Complexion Drops is that they can be used on their own or mixed with your favourite hydrating serum or moisturiser. Infused with Tsubaki oil and ginseng, the drops help to brighten and smooth skin. These are great if you’re going on holiday and want to pack light.
Lisa Eldridge
Seamless Skin Enhancing Tint, £ 37,00
Best multi-use tinted moisturiser
Of course Lisa Eldridge, a world-renowned makeup artist famed for her natural-looking looks, was going to create one of the best tinted moisturisers of all time. It subtly blurs imperfections, delivers a hit of hydration, and leaves skin looking healthy, even, and polished like you've just stepped out of a makeup artist's chair.
Rare Beauty
Positive Light Tinted Moisturiser, £ 29,00
Best tinted moisturiser for shade range
Rare Beauty's tinted moisturiser is a bestseller for Selena Gomez's makeup line which is all about enhancing your natural beauty. Featherlight in texture and available in a whopping 24 shades, it ticks a lot of boxes. The coverage is light-to-medium (we recommend using concealer on any problem areas beforehand) and the finish is somewhere between healthy matte and radiant.
What does a tinted moisturiser do?
A tinted moisturiser is a lighter coverage complexion formula that blurs the line between makeup and skincare. When chosen correctly, using one is a one-way ticket to your best skin yet and can take on your skincare woes while perfecting your base. Before you start shopping, consider your skin type and the kind of finish you want to achieve. [copy]“All skin types can use tinted moisturiser, but you need to find one that balances out your skin type,” says makeup artist Arif Khan. “If your skin veers towards the dry side, you should opt for a dewy, hydrating tinted moisturiser and if your skin tends to be oilier, choose a oil-free or mattifying option.”
If you have dry skin, you should look out for formulas that contain hyaluronic acid, while oily skin types could benefit from non-comedogenic, oil-free formulas. Another key decision is whether you want a tinted moisturiser with SPF or not. We still recommend using your daily SPF if you're going to be spending a lot of time in the sun though. If you find it tricky to source the right shade or finish when you’re shopping online, try our Foundation Finder – it’s the next best thing to a personal beauty shopper.
Can I use tinted moisturiser instead of foundation?
The no-makeup makeup look has stood the test of time, surpassing trend status, we're in a time where people love a light base to easily even out their complexion without feeling like they're wearing too much. While special occasions and colder months will always lend themselves to a foundation, tinted moisturisers are a failsafe transition to embracing the natural look.
Just like the name says, these formulas are very hydrating and if you are wondering where skin tints and BB Creams lie, the lines have become rather blurred. Skin tints are still technically tinted moisturisers with a more lightweight and watery texture that boost your glow.BB creams historically included extra skincare ingredients to help soothe, nourish, and protect skin but these days, brands are offering more and most tinted moisturisers include everything from vitamin C and hyaluronic acid to squalane and green tea.
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