The 15 Best Cream Foundations of 2023, Hands Down
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This ultra-pigmented foundation is perfect for achieving a really full-coverage result (think skin that appears poreless and flawless). Coverage aside, fans also love that it gives skin a lit-from-within glow.
“It’s the perfect on-the-go formula that provides instant moisture,” says Ellis. “With its customisable coverage, you can wear it for a lightweight everyday finish, or you can build it up to a full coverage.”
Tarte's Face Tape Foundation was made both to be full-coverage and to keep skin looking matte all day long. Like the famous Shape Tape Concealer, it effortlessly covers redness, pigmentation and breakouts.
“This highly moisturising, concentrated formula incorporates our signature beauty oil for rich, radiant hydration that works to smooth the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles,” says Swift. “Perfect for someone with mature skin or someone in need of a little more coverage and hydration.”
Billed as a two-in-one concealer and foundation, this formula provides impressively full coverage without the need for layers of multiple products. A moisturizing ingredient lineup (including squalane and vitamin E) prevents skin from ever looking dry or cakey.
Light in both texture and coverage, this silky cream formula blends into skin seamlessly, making skin look even but (thanks to a dewy finish) never flat. One layer is perfect for an everyday look, but it builds up beautifully for a more full-coverage finish.
Ideal for those with oily skin who do wish to try out a cream foundation, this oil-free formula has a unique gel-cream texture that feels totally weightless on skin but still provides medium-to-full coverage.
Available in over 40 shades, just one layer of this cream foundation will instantly see redness, blemishes and uneven skin tone disappear.
This luxury Chanel formula’s texture is lightweight and buttery, so it glides on with minimal blending and buffing required.
Don’t be put off by the initially solid texture. This balm instantly melts into a silky texture once it's activated by skin's warmth. It smooths skin and blurs imperfections, creating the perfect base for further makeup application.
This water-based cream formula is boosted with vitamin E, peptides and silicones to keep dry skin hydrated. The gel texture gives skin a satin (but not shiny) finish.
L’Oréal’s Infallible Fresh Wear 24HR Foundation is a tried-and-trusted favorite. Blended with a blurring and mattifying serum formula for long-lasting coverage and shine-resistance, it’s famously sweatproof, heatproof and transferproof.
An even more powerfully pigmented version of the classic Double Wear formula, this rich cream foundation has the ability to cover acne scars, birthmarks, sun spots, and even surgical scars. Expect full matte coverage that lasts all day (and night).
You have options when you use this CC cream since it layers easily from light to full coverage without feeling heavy or looking powdery. In fact, the formula is packed with moisturising ingredients like niacinamide and collagen peptides to boost hydration and add glow.
This foundation stick quickly and cleverly melts into skin, delivering the coverage of a concealer with the blendability of a liquid and the lightness of a powder. The result? Maximum coverage with minimal effort required.