Gone are the days when foundations are all about covering up all imperfections to achieve a unified skin tone. In 2022, we embrace skin's natural texture and glow, with foundations that offer lightweight coverage so that your own skin peeks through. The plus side? They feel comfortable even under masks. Here are our best picks.
An innovative blend of makeup and skincare, NARS Light Reflecting Foundation is powered with advanced skincare ingredients—featuring Photochromic Technology and Light Reflecting Complex—that help defend against environmental aggressors and blue light while strengthening skin’s moisture-retaining barrier. This lightweight, breathable and vegan formula (calling sensitive skin types!) imparts medium, buildable coverage with a natural finish and radiant glow. It not only blurs, conceals and smooths imperfections, but also visibly improves skin’s clarity over time.
Born in Taiwan and raised in Singapore, the founder of Orce Cosmetics Yu- Chen Shih created this six-shade foundation line made specifically for Asian skin tones. Though it’s lightweight and watery, it can be built up in any area where you need more coverage. It also has ingredients like Tahitian pearl, evodia rutaecarpa and hyaluronic acid to keep skin moisturised and happy.
Formulated with a powerful blend of active skincare ingredients including hyaluronic acid and viola extracts, this youth-infusing formula plumps and smoothes your skin with its eight-hour hydrating properties – for a visibly youthful complexion and ultimate radiance. The skincare serum-like texture is lightweight, smooth on your skin and unifies the complexion while giving a second-skin feel.
This new-generation Dior Forever Skin Glow offers 24 hours of hydration for skin, while creating a smooth and even texture. The formula also contains floral ingredients like iris, pansy and nasturium extract to quell inflammation, protect skin and improve skin hydration. In addition, hibiscus acid extract helps to stimulate cell renewal so that skin is smoother and more even over time.
Don't be fooled by this foundation's medium to full coverage—it's exceptionally lightweight and breathable on skin and has a refreshing watery texture when applied.
This foundation leaves skin looking like it is naturally perfect. Its hydrating formula keeps skin moisturised and glowing for up to 24 hours, with skincare ingredients like AHAs and antioxidants to protect and refine skin.
Made with 97 natural ingredients, this foundation leaves a subtle glow and blurs out pores for a luminous finish. A blend of AHAs and antioxidants keeps the skin refined and protected against free radical damage.
A foundation that keeps skin hydrated for up to 48 hours, the Neo Glow Foundation combines the best in skincare and makeup. The ultralight formula ensures that the foundation doesn't cake up, and is able to resist sweat as well, making it the ideal foundation for Singapore's humid weather.
With additional reporting from Her World