Laura Mercier: Tinted Moisturizer

Ever have one of those days where your skin just needs a breather? Or you need to be out and about but don’t want to pile a whole heap of foundation on your skin? Well, I feel like I've pretty much found the solution (that works for me at least). 

Laura Mercier Oil Free Tinted Moisturizer

The thing about me is that I have extremely dry skin, so as soon as I put any form of makeup on my face, it immediately dries me out and gets crazy annoying. I’m talking so irritated that I feel the need to scratch my entire face off (a bit dramatic?).

 Mostly I will deal with it because I do want the full coverage that these foundations provide, but for days where I just need a little bit of help to even out my skin tone, no way is my usual foundation going to cut it. 

Yes, I know there are BB creams or even light weight foundations, but personally these have never really worked for me. No matter what, I still feel them very heavy and uncomfortable on my skin, with no real outcome. 

I’ve heard for a while that Laura Mercier has probably one of the best solutions to this problem—their Tinted Moisturizer. But of course I was not so quick to believe it, until that was I made my way to Sephora and had a little test of my own. This stuff actually is amazing! To be honest, with the steep price tag of RM169 I was hoping it wouldn't live up to my expectations, just  so I wouldn't have to fork out that amount of money.  Unfortunately (or fortunately for my skin) I absolutely love it! It is so light weight and literally just feels like a moisturizer absorbing into your skin- except with the benefit of some coverage to even everything out.  

I picked up the  Oil Free Tinted Moisturizer in the shade "Tawny" (swatched below). I feel this shade matches me pretty well, but considering the nature of this product, it will pretty much blend into and adapt to your skin tone- which I love! (provided you pick up the round-about correct shade).

Laura Mercier Oil Free Tinted Moisturizer: Tawny

Pros

• Light weight- Perfect for those lazy days where you don't want to put on a lot of makeup, but still want that tinted glow
• Natural finish- Lets your natural skin peep through, so it actually looks like skin- just better ;)
• Protects you- It does have SPF 20 in it, so actually protects you from the harmful sun rays

Cons

• Scent- It smells like straight up sunscreen. If you were blind-folded, you would 100% think you were applying sunscreen onto your face. But hey, some people do enjoy that scent- me, not so much.
• Coverage- Like I said earlier, it has very light coverage (well it is a tinted moisturizer- not a foundation) so may not cover as many imperfections as you would like. Personally I have an issue with dark circles, so on days I want to put in an extra effort I will go in with some concealer over top problem areas and I'm good to go :) 

Hope this was helpful!

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