God bless those who create skin-loving makeup formulations that not only serve the purpose of beautification but also improve your skin. These products are made with skin-loving ingredients, so you get the benefits of two products in one. If you are someone who reads labels, we are sure you are already familiar with the concept, because these products are marketed with ingredients (such as hyaluronic acid, niacinamide, and vitamin C) as the stars of the show and the solution to all your skin issues. Here are ten of our favourite skincare-infused makeup products that actually help your skin.
Swap Party: Skincare-Infused Makeup Products You Can Replace Your Routine With
e.l.f. Cosmetics Power Grip + Niacinamide Primer
The viral sensation, e.l.f.'s Power Grip Primer has beauty enthusiasts in a chokehold for its insane 'grip'. Remember when Jeniffer Coolidge stuck this primer on her face and said ‘I look like a dolphin’, well, same Jen! This is a sticky gel-based face primer enriched with 4% niacinamide to help even out skin tone and brighten while gripping makeup. Not only does it keep your makeup intact but also helps improve skin texture with regular use.
Nykaa Rating: 4.5/5
Smashbox Halo Healthy Glow All-In-One Tinted Moisturizer
Our favourite base product that does the job of a tinted skin tint while also keeping your skin super moisturised with 81% skin-loving ingredients like hyaluronic acid, niacinamide, rose extract goji berries, gold and peptides coupled with an SPF of 25. Since most skin tints and tinted moisturiser feature skincare-based formulas, they make for a better pick that your usual foundations for everyday wear.
Nykaa Rating: 4.5/5
Huda Beauty Bright Light Sheer Concealer
This concealer feels like nothing on the skin and has some absolutely amazing ingredients to improve your skin with every use. A sheer to light coverage formula packed with skin-loving and protecting ingredients that leavee your undereye looking bright, glowing, and refreshed. The stars of the show are- blueberry seed oil that defends against oxidative stress and increases barrier function, caffeine that stimulates and tones to reduce undereye puffiness and prickly pear cactus extract and sodium hyaluronate that provide intense hydration.
Nykaa Rating: 4.2/5
Love Earth Multipot-Be The Change Lip Tint
The Love Earth Multipot-Be The Change Lip Tint is a multipurpose product that works as a tint for the cheeks as well as the lips for that beautiful flush. It has nourishing and hydrating properties as well, thanks to its natural ingredients like beeswax, carnauba wax, candelilla wax, jojoba oil, castor oil, vitamin E and almond oil, all humectant that keep the skin feeling moisturised and nourished. It can also be used on the eyelids for a flush of colour when you are in a hurry.
Nykaa Rating: 4.3/5
Ilana Golden Hour
A glowing primer that gives that lit-from-within glow and also helps better your skin quality? Sign us up! Made with avocado and jojoba oils, this creamy primer preps your skin with a luminescent finish with its pearl pigments. The hydrating formula boasts of blackberries and pineapple that help brighten your skin while layering makeup over. Honestly, don't think twice and get this product if you want your skin to glow inside-out.
Nykaa Rating: 4.2/5
Ruby's Organics Lip and Cheek Oil
The goodness of glycerin, kokum butter, cocoa butter and resveratrol combined together gives you this lip product that keeps your lips hydrated to the T. This non-sticky oil-based lippie glides on smoothly to give you a slick of colour, perfect to wear on bare lips or over your favourite lipstick for that juicy-looking pout. Additionally, the blend of castor, almond and argan oil cushion and moisturise lips keeps the lips, keeping 'em soft and hydrated for long hours.
Nykaa Rating: 4.1/5
By Terry Hyaluronic Hydra Powder
Infused with skincare benefits of hyaluronic acid, the multi-purpose Hyaluronic Hydra-Powder makes for the perfect loose powder that locks your makeup in place without looking like a plastered wall. Hyaluronic acid helps to maintain optimum moisture level and prevents any cracking of your base. It also instantly blurs the skin surface, minimises pores, evens out skin, fill in fine lines and controls shine. It’s 100% natural formula suits all skin types and is a great pick for those looking for a natural-looking powder to set their makeup with.
Nykaa Rating: 4.2/5
Urban Decay All Nighter Vitamin C Setting Spray
The OG setting spray now comes with a brightening and energising twist. Apart from the fresh citrus scent, the Vitamin C in the setting mist instantly brightens, leaving a healthy-looking glow. While the vitamin C helps brighten complexion, the cactus flower water helps add instant hydration to the skin without making applied layers of makeup bleed. All in all, the perfect last step for your makeup!
Nykaa Rating: 4.5/5
Clinique High Impact Mascara
With argan oil, morninga and coconut, this mascara from Clinique not only coats your lashes for giving volume and length but also for keeping your lashes in optimal health. It is a volumising mascara with a fiber-rich formula that adds 230% more volume to the appearance of your lashes with a few coats. With a gel formulation perfect for comfortable 12-hour wear, this one is going to be your summer bestie.
Nykaa Rating: 4.4/5Pixi On The Glow Bronze
The Tik-Tok favourite, this easy to use bronzer stick doesn’t take much time to become your favourite. This solid tint is formulated with fruit extracts for superb antioxidant action to brighten the skin. The formula is a light, tinted gel cream in a stick form and blends effortlessly for a natural bronzed glow, on the go!
Nykaa Rating: 4.4/5