Fabulous tinted moisturizer / BB cream

[Chewbecca]

I'm 50, don't use foundation as it feels too heavy but think I look better with just a little evening out of my skin.

I have bought a few from superdrug but they seem to look yellow on me or accentuate my pores. I'm cool toned, pink-ish (controlled with soolantra).

I used to happily use an M&S Autograph BB cream in 'cool' but it's been discontinued.

Happy to splash out on something fabulous.

TIA

Me too. It's fab, wear it every day for work or whenever I want to look a bit healthier but not overly made up. Rare for me to buy second tubes of anything for this face but I do love this 😊

As a PP suggested - Chantacaille tinted moisturiser is fantastic. I cannot recommend it more highly. I think I probably recommend it on here every month or so!

Can you go to a Space NK? If so, you could ask someone to colour match you with a few brands and they will give you tester pots with enough to try each product for a coupe of days. Really helps to work out which product works best for you over a normal day in your life and not just immediately after application in the shop.

Boots have sold out of Nude Eborian!

L’Oréal Paris lovers - how do you find the colours? Descriptions are not overly helpful.

Agree, in person colour checking would be helpful! No Space NK easily visitable sadly.

La Roche Posay. Oddly though I need the medium, even though I'm very fair. Tried the light one but this made me look like a ghost.

Oh, it’s back now. Got a small (15ml) tube on click and collect this week 👍

Ah, I use non tinted LRP and really like it. I couldn’t get the right shade in tinted though!

Bare minerals complexion rescue

For those who have mentioned redness Rosalique is absolutely amazing.

It cosmetics nude glow cc I really like. Have three colours for different times of the year etc. V natural and glowy.

I love Guinot Hydra Finish

Estée Lauder day wear. It's fab

Did you try the toleriane tinted moisturiser?
The one I'm talking about is Hydraphase HA BB Cream, might look different?

Just turned 40 but been using BB cream for years now.
I love L'Oréal BB cream. It comes out white, but as soon as it hits your skin it changes to the colour of your pigment. It's light and small amount goes a long way.

This is the one I use. Love it!

I use Trinny London BFF (gives an amazing glow) and, as suggested above, add a couple of drops of my current foundation to it before I apply. You can then up the coverage if necessary or change the shade in the summer. One pump of the BFF is a lot though so probably use half of one. Looking at the number of recommendations on here shows what a personal choice good skin coverage is.

I love Sculpted by Aimee as well - the colour isn’t quite right for me though so I mix it with the Beauty Pie tint thing in the silver tube and my skin looks fab.

I've just bought Charlotte Tilbury Healthy Glow all year hydrating summer tint moisturiser.
It's about £39 but there's 20% off online and in store.
It's fab, it comes out grey but blends into your own skin tone, I'm absolutely amazed.
It looks great, not heavy, it gives me a healthy glow.
They have concessions in big department stores, if there's one near you the staff will put it on your face, no charge

I haven’t used foundation for 5 years since I discovered this:

https://www.klairscosmetics.com/product/illuminating-supple-blemish-cream/

It’s beautiful 😍

After using Laura Mercier and Nars which are both very good, I now us the cc ByTerry in Sunny Flash. Brilliant for olive skins which need warming up in winter.

Tried Erborian and it didn't look natural at all - far too orange

Wayne Goss just did a video on youtube of his best foundations for 2023. There were a couple of lightweight tinted moisturisers he recommended, off the top of my head one was Laura Mercier and the other Rose Inc. There were more so worth a look.
I am pale with pink tones and have both the erborian bb in nude and cc in clair - the cc can look a bit orange but if I apply it very thinly it seems to work ok and the bb I would say is slightly more coverage and a better shade match, I use it more for "going out". However, I tempted to try some others that Wayne Goss recommended.

I bought erborian bb concealer from their own website and you could choose samples to try. So I bought the colour I thought was right but got some tiny sachets of different colours and also the CC concealer. In the end I had chosen the wrong colour so could swap.

Also I use erborian green cc which I find great for me as I tend to get red quite easily! Lasts ages too.

Estee Lauder Daywear. Don't forget sunscreen whatever you use.

How do you know which colour to go for though?