Our Favorite Sheer Foundations for Lightweight Coverage

L’Oréal Paris Age Perfect Radiant Serum Foundation 

For foundation that provides lightweight coverage, skin benefits and a radiant finish, try this option from L’Oréal Paris. The formula is packed with vitamin B3, a hydrating serum and SPF 50 to deliver long-lasting moisture and protection. It’s great for sensitive skin and mature skin types. 

YSL Beauty Touche Éclat All-In-One Glow Tinted Moisturizer

As far as I’m concerned, “tinted moisturizer” is just another name for “sheer-coverage foundation.” This multi-tasking product offers light-to-medium coverage in a hydrating moisturizer with SPF 23 protection. It’s also non-comedogenic and gives a glowy finish. 

Perricone MD Foundation Serum Broad Spectrum SPF 20

For the ultimate no-makeup look try a foundation serum. This one offers buildable color in a semi-matte finish, as well as broad-spectrum SPF 20. 

ILIA True Skin Serum Foundation

This serum foundation gives you a luminous, velvety finish. Ingredients in the formula like aloe leaf, rosehip and jojoba oil nourish skin during wear to help your complexion look flawless all day.

Kosas Tinted Face Oil

What’s even more lightweight and natural-looking than a foundation serum or tinted moisturizer? A tinted face oil. This makeup-meets-skin-care product is infused with botanicals to boost radiance and hydration while offering just enough pigment to disguise redness and uneven tone. 

Giorgio Armani Neo Nude Foundation 

Whether you want to smooth out your complexion before hopping on Zoom call or the no-makeup look is your everyday aesthetic, this light-coverage foundation is a must-have. It’s lightweight yet buildable and gives a glowy finish. It’s packed with glycerin and hyaluronic acid to smooth and plump the appearance of the skin. 

IT Cosmetics Your Skin But Better Foundation and Skincare 

This new foundation not only gives you a flawless-looking complexion once applied, but it’s good-for-skin ingredients actually makes your bare face appear smoother and healthier after two weeks.