Best Summer 2022 Foundations and Skin Tints

New season? New foundation. As summer approaches in leaps, it may be time to retire your winter / spring foundation and opt for something a little lighter, and SPF focused. With so much choice on the market, we’ve tested the best lightweight foundations to add to your makeup bag and why each one is a hero in it’s own way, taking into consideration the price, coverage and finish.

pixi H2O SkinTint

Best for: Hydration

Available in 18 complexion-enhancing shades, Pixi's H2O SkinTint is as hydrating and refreshing as its name implies an ultra-lightweight, cooling formula which floods skin with moisture while unifying its appearance with a weightless veil of sheer, breathable coverage. Suitable for even sensitive skin, the gel texture applies and blends seamlessly melting into skin without a trace, to deliver undetectable enhancement with a youthful dewy finish.

Available at pixi beauty.

DOLCE&GABBANA Millennialskin On-the-Glow Tinted Moisturiser

Best for: Skin Health

Dolce&Gabbana Beauty believes that skin should be nourished and enhanced at all times – which is why Millennialskin has been reformulated to contain the Dolce&Gabbana Beauty Mediterranean Glow Complex, a synergy of natural ingredients powered by exclusive skincare technology that plumps, softens and hydrates the complexion. DOLCE&GABBANA Millennialskin On-the-Glow Tinted Moisturiser now comes in an expanded range of 15 radiance-boosting shades to perfect the skin and lift its inner glow.

Available at Dolce&Gabbana.

QMS Medicosmetics Active Glow SPF 15 Tinted Day Cream

Best for: Achieving that glow

This SPF 15 tinted moisturiser is perfect for everyday use – protecting from free radicals and UVA and UVB rays, it is an ideal base for daily application. Formulated with pheohydrane, silk protein/sericin, polyphenoles from red grapes, isoamyl-p-methoxycinnamate oil, panthenol, macadamia nut oil and vitamin A and E, this day cream prevents premature ageing and keeps skin healthy, leaving it smooth, supple and glowing. Wear everyday for the perfect 'no makeup makeup' look that is a skin care and cosmetic combination at its best.

Available at QMS Medicosmetics.

Essence Hydro Hero 24h Hydrating Tinted Cream

Best for: Budget buy

Essence Hydro Hero 24Hour Hydrating Tinted Cream SPF15 (30ml) combines foundation, moisturiser, and sunscreen in one product, providing buildable, light to medium coverage without clogging the pores. This BB Cream creates an even complexion with a fresh, natural finish with hydration which lasts 24 hours. Formulated with an SPF15 filter for protection from UV radiation, the weightless, oil-free texture comprises 88% natural ingredients and has been enriched with Hyaluronic Acid to promote a hydrated complexion.

Available at justmylook.

Jane Iredale Mineral BB Cream Full Coverage Foundation

Best for: Coverage

This miracle BB Cream covers blemishes, minimises pores, disguises wrinkles and smoothes and brightens skin. All-natural minerals adjust to your unique skin tone to cover blemishes, minimise the appearance of pores and wrinkles, and smooth and brighten skin. Jane Iredale Glow Time Full Coverage BB Cream SPF 25 nourishes your complexion and protects from UV and free-radical damage while anti-ageing ingredients help control oil and minimise environmental damage. Its silky, fresh formula does not block pores.

Also available in a vegan formulation.

Available at Jane Iredale.

Revision Skincare Intellishade Truphysical

Best for: Anti-Aging

Award winning 5-in-1 daily anti-ageing tinted moisturiser with 20 anti-ageing ingredients and true 100% mineral sunscreen helps to correct, protect, conceal, brighten and hydrate skin.

The Intellishade works to prevent visible signs of aging and enhances skin’s natural moisture barrier, improves the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles while simultaneously brightening and evening skin tone.

Available at AestheticSource.

Yves Saint Laurent NU Bare Look Tint

Best for: Natural Finish

A skincare-makeup hybrid, Yves Saint Laurent’s NU Bare Look Tint is a buildable tinted moisturiser delivering light-to-medium coverage with a breathable, flexible finish.

Enriched with hyaluronic acid, the 90% skincare-based formula offers up to 24-hour hydration, locking in moisture for a fresh, dewy complexion. Its creamy water-gel texture features ultra-fine pigments, working to create a veil of colour that blends into the skin for a seamless-looking finish.  Your skin but better, the tint arrives in 20 shades perfect for creating a barely-there look.

Available at YSL Beauty.

Ciaté Extraordinary Foundation

Best for: Buildable Coverage

Achieve a flawless canvas with Ciaté London’s first ever foundation: the Extraordinary Radiant Buildable Liquid Foundation. Weightless with a ‘second-skin’ finish, the medium coverage liquid base applies and blends like silk, effortlessly blurring the appearance of pores and imperfections.

Arriving in a spectrum of shades that celebrate all natural skin tones, the versatile formula can be buffed into the skin for a sheer finish, applied just where needed or layered all over for a fuller coverage.

Available at Ciaté.

Urban Retreat UR Liquid Foundation

Best for: Sustainability

Discover the lightweight, breathable and full coverage liquid foundation that’s more than just makeup. The foundation works best with the perfect match foundation drops to adapt your foundation shade and create customisable perfection!

Infused with botanical benefits, this foundation contains acne-fighting ingredients that your skin will thank you for. Encased within our fully recyclable, rose gold packaging, this foundation looks glamourous on any makeup table and with our airless pumps, you can ensure you don’t waste a drop.

Available at Urban Retreat.

Lisa Franklin Tinted Sunscreen SPF30

Best for: Sun Protection

A natural broad spectrum sunscreen protection using zinc oxide and titanium oxide. Continuing on her portfolio of Lisa Franklin anti-pollution products with the Sol-Protect range, this innovative formula not only provides high-grade protection from the sun but also neutralises the harmful effects of electronic radiation pollution from screens and devices.

This is the true multi-tasking daily skincare product that offers protection from the effects of long- haul flights and late night holiday fun, plus the complete UV and electronic pollution protector for those lazy days catching rays whilst surfing content on your devices.

Available at Lisa Franklin.