Winter is a tough time for your skin. Between the cold outdoors and the dry indoor air, it’s easy for your skin to become chapped, itchy, and dehydrated. Maintaining a good skincare routine is essential to combat dryness and maintain a healthy complexion during the colder months—and choosing the right foundation is just as important. Whether you want a light, dewy formula or a medium to full coverage formula, you need a foundation that protects and hydrates your skin while creating a flawless complexion during the winter months.
Laura Mercier Tinted Moisturizer
This bestselling tinted moisturizer is loved for its near-sheer texture that creates a dewy, no-makeup finish. The paraben-free formula is infused with macadamia and kukui seed oils to provide 24-hour hydration and protect skin with SPF 30.
Laura Mercier Tinted Moisturizer, Natural Skin Perfecting Broad Spectrum SPF 30, $47, Ulta
Kosas Tinted Face Oil Foundation
This lightweight foundation, infused with hydrating oils of avocado, red raspberry, and rosehip, plumps, nourishes, and brightens the complexion for a velvety finish.
Kosas Tinted Face Oil Foundation, $42, Kosas
Black Opal Even True Foundation
This dermatologist-approved, hydrating foundation delivers a dewy finish and medium-to-full coverage. Oil-free and fragrance-free, it’s hypoallergenic and perfect for all skin types.
Black Opal EVEN TRUE PERFECT FOUNDATION, $12, Black Opal
Fenty Pro Filt’r Hydrating Long-Lasting Foundation
If you’re looking for a medium-coverage foundation that smooths your skin without clogging your pores, look no further than Rihanna’s Fenty Beauty Pro Filt’r Foundation. Formulated with grapeseed oil and sodium hyaluronate, this foundation is perfect for hydrating dry skin. Each of the 50 shades comes in a handy tube, perfect for a natural look on the go.
FENTY Beauty by Rihanna Pro Filt’r Long-Wear Foundation, $36, Sephora
Perricone MD No-Makeup Foundation
Not only does this foundation create a lightweight, buildable semi-matte finish, it also brightens and hydrates dull skin with a formula that improves uneven skin tone and dark spots with vitamin E oil, neuropeptides, daisy flower extract, and antioxidants.
Perricone No-Makeup Foundation Broad Spectrum SPF 20, $36, Sephora
Clinique Moisture Rich Brightening Moisturizer SPF 25
This tinted moisturizer is formulated with powerful hydrating ingredients like hyaluronic acid and aloe vera to keep skin hydrated and radiant all day long. The oil-free, lightweight formula provides just the right amount of coverage, and comes with SPF 25 to protect your skin.
Clinique Sheertint Hydrator Broad Spectrum SPF 25, $39, Ulta
Revlon ColorStay™ Light Cover Foundation
This lightweight, long-lasting foundation easily evens skin tone and hydrates skin for 12 hours while also providing SPF 34 protection. Available in a variety of skin tones, it blends into your skin for a natural, flawless finish.
Revlon ColorStay™ Light Cover Foundation, $13.99, Revlon