Maybe you’ve noticed I haven’t given much screen space to tinted moisturizers. I’m not so fond of them for my oily skin, you see. I can feel the stuff on my face. Plus, I’m fairly pale — finding my skintone match is tricky. (Somehow, it seems folks decided tinted moisturizer is about giving skin a sunkissed glow, which can result in a darker-face-lighter-neck goof-up. Really, tinted moisturizer is about sheer coverage, so you should use one that pretty much matches your skin.)
But guess what? I have a crush on Laura Mercier Illuminating Tinted Moisturizer SPF 20 ($55 CAN/$42 US). A light application of Bare Radiance, the lightest shade, gives my complexion the barest of natural-looking glows without a colour demarcation at my jawline. Weightless and fresh on skin, it holds up for ages with a just-a-little pat of my oily-skin saver, MAC Blot Powder/Pressed. Makes me look healthy, like maybe I went for a run yesterday and have been eating my vegetables like a good girl.
I think this is the beginning of a beautiful relationship.
Laura Mercier Illuminating Tinted Moisturizer SPF 20 is available at Holt Renfrew in Canada, Sephora and lauramercier.com in the US.
I’m also wearing a light application of the limited edition CARGO Plantlove Green Goddess Palette on my eyes and cheeks. Fresh, yes?
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Your skin looks fantastic. I’ve been searching for the perfect tinted moisturizer & landed upon YSL’s Teint Parfait…have you tried it? Curious to know how you’d compare the two.
You look lovely doll! I’m gonna check this out next time I’m at Holts.
Leave it to you to make me spend more money! ;)
Did Alison Brod PR send this to you?
Dear! I missed leaving you a comment!!! You know that everytime I see a photo of you, I HAVE to leave some lovin’! You look HOT as usual and definitely a great relationship with Laura Mercier, I am not a tinted moisturizer user, I think I should be since I have really dry skin on some days :)
Is there oxybenzone in this?
And Holt’s didn’t make you return it? Odd.
You know, I think I have a YSL Teint Parfait but haven’t tried it yet! I’ll go find it and give it a go. I tried the Laura Mercier on a whim and was surprised — I’m not usually into tinted moisturizers for myself, you see.
Thanks, Diana — and sorry! I didn’t expect to like it as much as I do. Really makes my skin look pretty!
No, Holt’s did quite some time ago. Took me a while to get to it — oops.
Nikki! Thanks, lady :-) Dry-skin days are good ones for tinted moisturizer. But anything with colour goes on moisturized skin better than dry, so I actually applied this after my skin had absorbed my regular moisturizer. Yet it was still weightless on my skin — impressive for an oily-skinned girl.
Yeah, there is. But it’ll do until I find one without. I’d rather have some SPF rather than none while I hunt for an alternative. Share if there’s an alternative on your radar!
Well, it came with a press kit. To write about it, I had to try it. So I did!