BB and CC cream for dark spots

Tarte BB Blur Tinted Moisturizer has the best record, with 28 of 29 shoppers saying it covered or evened out their dark spots. Clinique Moisture Surge CC Cream follows with no misses at 13 of 13, as do IT Cosmetics Mini CC+ Cream (9 of 9) and IT Cosmetics CC+ Nude Glow (9 of 9), though all three rest on small groups. Each record counts just shoppers who said they have dark spots.

  • 149 store reviews counted
  • Ulta and Sephora shoppers
  • Aug 2012 to Jun 2026

Updated . How we count

Did it cover dark spots? What shoppers with dark spots said
  1. Tarte BB Blur Tinted Moisturizer 29 said either way
  2. Clinique Moisture Surge CC Cream 13 said either way
  3. IT Cosmetics Mini CC+ Cream 9 said either way
  4. IT Cosmetics CC+ Nude Glow 9 said either way
  5. IT Cosmetics CC+ Cream 34 said either way
  6. Maybelline Dream Fresh BB Cream 8 said either way

Share of reviewers who stated an outcome for dark spots showing through. Ranked by the lower bound of a 90% confidence interval, so a product needs both a good share and enough reports to rank high.

Tarte BB Blur Tinted Moisturizer Best record Tarte BB Blur Tinted Moisturizer 28 of 29 say it covered or evened out their dark spots See price & reviews on Amazon
What stands out

Shade is a repeat complaint across brands: 8% of Tarte reviews, 8% of Clinique reviews and 5% of IT Cosmetics CC+ Cream reviews say a shade was hard to find, so check the shade range before you buy.

The ranking, product by product

Praise and complaints are the points reviewers repeat most, shown as a share of each product's counted store reviews.

1 Tarte BB Blur Tinted Moisturizer

Tarte

BB Blur Tinted Moisturizer

Best for keeping shine down

28/29 say it covered or evened out their dark spots

Shoppers say this matte tinted moisturizer lasts all day (25% of its 48 reviews), looks like skin (17%) and controls shine (10%).

What buyers praise

  • Lasts all day 25%
  • Looks like skin 17%
  • No breakouts 12%
  • Controls shine 10%
  • Fine on mature skin 6%

What buyers complain about

  • Hard to find a shade 8%
  • Too expensive 4%
Where buyers said it
  • Ulta 11 of 11
  • Sephora 17 of 18
  • Brand site 2 of 2 shown, not counted
2 Clinique Moisture Surge CC Cream

Clinique

Moisture Surge CC Cream

13/13 say it covered or evened out their dark spots

Reviews first posted on the brand's own site largely agree with its perfect record, at 10 of 11, and we show them but don't count them. Among the 25 reviews we count, 8% say it lasts all day and 8% say it broke them out.

What buyers praise

  • Lasts all day 8%
  • Looks like skin 8%

What buyers complain about

  • Hard to find a shade 8%
  • Breaks skin out 8%
Where buyers said it
  • Ulta 4 of 4
  • Sephora 9 of 9
  • Brand site 10 of 11 shown, not counted
3 IT Cosmetics Mini CC+ Cream

IT Cosmetics

Mini CC+ Cream

9/9 say it covered or evened out their dark spots

None of its complaints comes up in more than one review, and shoppers mention a skin-like look in 25% of its 12 reviews and staying power in 25%.

What buyers praise

  • Looks like skin 25%
  • Lasts all day 25%
  • No breakouts 17%

What buyers complain about

No repeated complaints yet.

Where buyers said it
  • Sephora 9 of 9
4 IT Cosmetics CC+ Nude Glow

IT Cosmetics

CC+ Nude Glow

9/9 say it covered or evened out their dark spots

Of its 11 reviews, 27% say it lasts all day and 27% say it looks like skin.

What buyers praise

  • Lasts all day 27%
  • Looks like skin 27%

What buyers complain about

No repeated complaints yet.

Where buyers said it
  • Ulta 9 of 9
  • Brand site 3 of 4 shown, not counted
5 IT Cosmetics CC+ Cream

IT Cosmetics

CC+ Cream

Best for mature skin

29/34 say it covered or evened out their dark spots

More shoppers with dark spots stated a result for this cream than for any other here. In its 40 reviews, shoppers call it skin-like (25%) and fine on mature skin (18%), while 5% say it settles into lines.

What buyers praise

  • Looks like skin 25%
  • Fine on mature skin 18%
  • Lasts all day 10%
  • Good value 8%
  • No breakouts 5%

What buyers complain about

  • Clings to dry patches 5%
  • Hard to find a shade 5%
  • Settles into lines 5%
Where buyers said it
  • Ulta 23 of 24
  • Sephora 6 of 10
6 Maybelline Dream Fresh BB Cream

Maybelline

Dream Fresh BB Cream

7/8 say it covered or evened out their dark spots

Shade fit splits reviews of this sheer-tint BB cream, with 15% saying the shade stayed true and 15% saying it ran too dark. Its record rests on a small group.

What buyers praise

  • Fine on mature skin 15%
  • Looks like skin 15%
  • Shade stays true 15%

What buyers complain about

  • Too dark 15%
Where buyers said it
  • Ulta 7 of 8
  • Brand site 8 of 10 shown, not counted

Where these numbers come from

The 6 products ranked here carry 41,314 reviews at Ulta and Sephora. We searched them for dark spots showing through and read the newest matching reviews, up to 40 per product and store, posted between Aug 2012 and Jun 2026.

A review counts only when the reviewer used the product themselves. We drop reviews written in exchange for a free product or a sweepstakes entry (0 on this page), and products that are no longer sold.

Ulta also shows reviews first posted on brands' own websites. They run much more positive than store reviews of the same products (across 19 products with both, 76% of brand-site reviewers said the product solved the problem, against 55% of Ulta shoppers), so we show them on product cards but never count them.

Because we searched for the problem, people who had it are overrepresented. Compare products with each other rather than reading a share as your own odds.

Skin type, skin tone and age splits use what reviewers chose on Sephora's review form (and age on Ulta's when given). We only show a split when enough reviewers fall on each side.

Amazon buttons appear only on products that most reviewers here say fix the problem (at least 60%, with enough reviews to trust it). Everything else gets no buy link.

An AI model labels each review against a fixed list of points, and we spot-check the labels before publishing. We publish counts, never the reviews themselves.

Read the full method

Product pages we read

  1. Tarte BB Blur Tinted Moisturizer Ulta and Sephora (48 reviews counted)
  2. Clinique Moisture Surge CC Cream Ulta and Sephora (25 reviews counted)
  3. IT Cosmetics Mini CC+ Cream Sephora (12 reviews counted)
  4. IT Cosmetics CC+ Nude Glow Ulta (11 reviews counted)
  5. IT Cosmetics CC+ Cream Ulta and Sephora (40 reviews counted)
  6. Maybelline Dream Fresh BB Cream Ulta (13 reviews counted)

Questions buyers ask

Which BB or CC cream covers dark spots?

Tarte BB Blur Tinted Moisturizer has the best record at 28 of 29, followed by Clinique Moisture Surge CC Cream (13 of 13), IT Cosmetics Mini CC+ Cream (9 of 9) and IT Cosmetics CC+ Nude Glow (9 of 9). Tarte ranks first even with a miss because 29 shoppers stated a result for it, more than for any of the three creams with perfect records.

Does IT Cosmetics CC+ Cream cover dark spots?

Mostly: 29 of 34 shoppers said it did, the lowest share on the page. Its group of 34 is why it still ranks ahead of Maybelline Dream Fresh BB Cream, whose share is higher but rests on 8 shoppers.

Will a BB or CC cream fade dark spots?

No. Makeup covers spots but doesn't fade them, and the records on this page show how well each cream covered shoppers' dark spots. A dermatologist is the person to ask about new or changing spots.

Which of these creams are sold on Amazon?

All 6 are sold on Amazon by the brand or Amazon itself. Tarte BB Blur Tinted Moisturizer is the best pick sold on Amazon at 28 of 29, and it is also the leader.

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