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Cricket · Gucci

tinted moisturizer recs

Michibanana · BCBG

Um, I've never used expensive make-up (I just graduated from college and have never had the budget for it), so I don't know how helpful this will be. But I find that Cover Girl's tinted moisturizer works just fine for me. It's only about $7 a tube.

ILoveChoo · Hermes

I use the l'oreal true match and just mix equal parts with my moisturizer. I love the way it works!

Tashina · Kate Spade

lauren hutton good stuff tinted moisturizer. it is great. not oily, but a good moisturizer but doesn't lack in the tinted end. the cap has a concealer and a mirror in it.

nicoley · Coach

Recently I have been just mixing my moisturizer with a little bit of foundation and putting it on a sponge and blotting it on my face. I have been so impressed at how great it covers the redness in my face. I have dry skin so just putting foundation on does not work because it just ends up getting absorbed into the dry spots.

My method i have been using has been leaving my face looking flawless.

lynnie · Chanel

nicoley013 wrote:

Recently I have been just mixing my moisturizer with a little bit of foundation and putting it on a sponge and blotting it on my face. I have been so impressed at how great it covers the redness in my face. I have dry skin so just putting foundation on does not work because it just ends up getting absorbed into the dry spots.

My method i have been using has been leaving my face looking flawless.

What brands do you use? TIA!

dot · Marc Jacobs

may i suggest cutting corners on color or mascara or something like that. foundation, tinted moisturizer should not be scrimped on. there is usually a huge difference in quality in drugstore vs. dept. store when in comes to complexion stuff.

if you had to, i would try maybelline pure makeup. its coverage is actually a little heavier but the texture is very water-y and light. this is one of the best drug store products i have tried in a long time!

i also hear good things about cover girl's tinted moisturizer.

if you are searching for another dept store rec., i like both becca's and bobbi brown's.

nicoley · Coach

lynnie wrote:

What brands do you use? TIA!

Currently I am using Bobbi Brown foundation and Origins moisturizer, but i have also done it with loccitane moisturizer. Overall i have been really impressed with bobbi brown foundation.

Lilykind · Hermes

dot wrote:

if you had to, i would try maybelline pure makeup. its coverage is actually a little heavier but the texture is very water-y and light. this is one of the best drug store products i have tried in a long time!

ITA.

I don't believe in skimping on anything skin-colored as a whole (concealer, foundation, tinted moisturizers, etc.) but I was pleasantly surprised by this...nice colors, good coverage, and it feels great on.

Tashina · Kate Spade

Lilykind wrote:

dot wrote:

if you had to, i would try maybelline pure makeup. its coverage is actually a little heavier but the texture is very water-y and light. this is one of the best drug store products i have tried in a long time!

ITA.

I don't believe in skimping on anything skin-colored as a whole (concealer, foundation, tinted moisturizers, etc.) but I was pleasantly surprised by this...nice colors, good coverage, and it feels great on.

i tried the pure makeup, and liked the light coverage and the feel and all, but my only problem is, i am very neutral colored. i am not pink or yellow and the foundation colores all came in very yellow colors or pink colors and they all looked unnatural on me.

Cricket · Gucci

Well, girls, I'm going to head to Sephora and find a new TM this weekend. I figure that if I'm willing to give up LM tinted moisturizer in order to buy my other "must haves", then it's not a "must have" at all, and I'm just not going to buy it, especially since it's so pricey. BUT, I will find something I like and spend the extra $$$ if I have to. I'll let you know what I find!

Aurora · Marc Jacobs

Stila TM is around $28 and I am happy with it. I tried benefit and I hated it. It comes in one color which is very dark and I looked like I had slathered mud all over my face.

Sephora brand use to have a TM but I'm not sure on the quality or if they still have it. Some of their stuff is hit or miss.

boobaby · Kate Spade

Aurora wrote:

Stila TM is around $28 and I am happy with it. I tried benefit and I hated it. It comes in one color which is very dark and I looked like I had slathered mud all over my face.

I hated Benefit, too. It made me look dirty. I like Bobbi Brown and Tarte, but recently when I needed to cut corners, I tried Sonia Kashiuk or whatever her name is from Target. I was pleasantly surprised.

-- Edited by boobaby at 19:54, 2006-08-21

kittenheels · Coach

I really like the stila tinted moisturizer. It's light and creamy, and the coverage is sheer but good. Lately, I've been creating my own to get a little bit more sun protection. I mix my peter thomas roth oil free spf 30 with a tiny pump of the stila illuminating foundation. It's a really sheer mix and gives me a nice glow with a little bit more moisture.