Foundation for a dewy finish

IT Cosmetics CC+ Cream has the best record for a dewy finish at 40 of 41, followed by Clinique Even Better Makeup Foundation (33 of 35), Too Faced Born This Way Foundation (17 of 18) and MAKE UP FOR EVER HD Invisible Cover Foundation (16 of 17). NARS Sheer Glow Foundation has the weakest record here at 12 of 17. Each record counts just shoppers who said whether it left a dewy finish.

IT Cosmetics CC+ Cream
Top pick IT Cosmetics CC+ Cream 40 of 41 say it left a dewy, glowy finish they liked
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  • 273 store reviews counted
  • Ulta and Sephora shoppers
  • Mar 2018 to Sep 2026

Updated . How we count

Did it leave a dewy finish? What shoppers said
  1. IT Cosmetics CC+ Cream 41 said either way
  2. Clinique Even Better Makeup Foundation 35 said either way
  3. Too Faced Born This Way Foundation 18 said either way
  4. MAKE UP FOR EVER HD Invisible Cover Foundation 17 said either way
  5. ILIA Super Serum Skin Tint 33 said either way
  6. Armani Beauty Luminous Silk Foundation 22 said either way
  7. NARS Sheer Glow Foundation 17 said either way

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

IT Cosmetics CC+ Cream Best record IT Cosmetics CC+ Cream 40 of 41 say it left a dewy, glowy finish they liked See price & reviews on Amazon
What stands out

Shade range draws complaints on two of the picks: 10% of the IT Cosmetics CC+ Cream reviews and 13% of the Too Faced Born This Way Foundation reviews say a shade was hard to find.

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 IT Cosmetics CC+ Cream

IT Cosmetics

CC+ Cream

Best for good coverage

40/41 say it left a dewy, glowy finish they liked

This CC cream is sold as a foundation, and 68% of its 60 reviews praise the coverage, while 27% call it comfortable on dry skin.

What buyers praise

  • Good coverage 68%
  • Comfortable on dry skin 27%
  • Blends easily 22%
  • Lasts all day 20%
  • Flattering on mature skin 15%

What buyers complain about

  • Hard to find a shade 10%
  • Wrong undertone 8%
  • Irritated skin 3%
  • Too expensive 3%
Where buyers said it
  • Ulta 21 of 22
  • Sephora 19 of 19
By skin type (from reviewer profiles)
  • Combination12 of 12
  • Normal3 of 3
By skin tone (from reviewer profiles)
  • Fair to light5 of 5
  • Light-medium to medium4 of 4
  • Medium-tan to tan4 of 4
2 Clinique Even Better Makeup Foundation

Clinique

Even Better Makeup Foundation

33/35 say it left a dewy, glowy finish they liked

Shoppers say it looks like skin in 25% of its 53 reviews and report an easy shade match in 21%, though 8% say it wears off fast.

What buyers praise

  • Good coverage 34%
  • Lasts all day 25%
  • Looks like skin 25%
  • Easy shade match 21%
  • Blends easily 19%

What buyers complain about

  • Wears off fast 8%
  • Not enough coverage 8%
  • Too expensive 4%
  • Breaks skin out 4%
Where buyers said it
  • Ulta 15 of 15
  • Sephora 18 of 20
  • Brand site 3 of 3 shown, not counted
By skin type (from reviewer profiles)
  • Combination8 of 10
  • Dry5 of 5
  • Normal4 of 4
By skin tone (from reviewer profiles)
  • Fair to light9 of 10
  • Light-medium to medium6 of 7
Acne-prone reviewers
  • Say it left a dewy, glowy finish they liked8 of 9
3 Too Faced Born This Way Foundation

Too Faced

Born This Way Foundation

17/18 say it left a dewy, glowy finish they liked

Comfort on dry skin comes up in 40% of its 30 reviews, and 30% say it lasts all day.

What buyers praise

  • Good coverage 47%
  • Comfortable on dry skin 40%
  • Lasts all day 30%
  • Buildable 23%
  • Blends easily 23%

What buyers complain about

  • Hard to find a shade 13%
  • Wrong undertone 7%
Where buyers said it
  • Sephora 17 of 18
By skin type (from reviewer profiles)
  • Combination10 of 11
  • Dry5 of 5
By skin tone (from reviewer profiles)
  • Fair to light7 of 7
  • Light-medium to medium4 of 5
  • Medium-tan to tan3 of 3
4

MAKE UP FOR EVER

HD Invisible Cover Foundation

16/17 say it left a dewy, glowy finish they liked

The coverage earns praise in 30% of its reviews and comfort on dry skin in 30%, while 20% say it looks like skin.

What buyers praise

  • Good coverage 30%
  • Comfortable on dry skin 30%
  • Looks like skin 20%
  • Buildable 20%
  • Lasts all day 17%

What buyers complain about

No repeated complaints yet.

Where buyers said it
  • Sephora 16 of 17
By skin type (from reviewer profiles)
  • Combination6 of 6
  • Dry5 of 5
  • Normal4 of 4
By skin tone (from reviewer profiles)
  • Fair to light11 of 12
  • Light-medium to medium3 of 3
Acne-prone reviewers
  • Say it left a dewy, glowy finish they liked4 of 5

Share of 30 store reviews that mention each point. A full bar is 50%.

5 ILIA Super Serum Skin Tint

ILIA

Super Serum Skin Tint

29/33 say it left a dewy, glowy finish they liked

This is a skin tint, and 25% of its 40 reviews say it looks like skin. Complaints include a streaky or patchy look at 5% and clinging to dry patches at 5%.

What buyers praise

  • Looks like skin 25%
  • Comfortable on dry skin 15%
  • Lasts all day 12%
  • No irritation 10%
  • Flattering on mature skin 8%

What buyers complain about

  • Streaky or patchy 5%
  • Clings to dry patches 5%
Where buyers said it
  • Ulta 21 of 25
  • Sephora 8 of 8
6

Armani Beauty

Luminous Silk Foundation

19/22 say it left a dewy, glowy finish they liked

Cost draws complaints in 13% of its 30 reviews, though 27% call it buildable and 23% say it lasts all day.

What buyers praise

  • Buildable 27%
  • Lasts all day 23%
  • Good coverage 20%
  • Easy shade match 20%
  • Comfortable on dry skin 17%

What buyers complain about

  • Too expensive 13%
Where buyers said it
  • Sephora 19 of 22
By skin type (from reviewer profiles)
  • Combination7 of 8
  • Normal4 of 4
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Share of 30 store reviews that mention each point. A full bar is 50%.

7

NARS

Sheer Glow Foundation

12/17 say it left a dewy, glowy finish they liked

Its 5 misses mostly said it looked flat or matte on them rather than dewy. Of its 30 reviews, 7% say it clung to dry patches and 7% call it drying, though 23% say a shade matched easily.

What buyers praise

  • Good coverage 30%
  • Easy shade match 23%
  • Buildable 20%
  • Lasts all day 17%
  • Comfortable on dry skin 13%

What buyers complain about

  • Clings to dry patches 7%
  • Feels drying or tight 7%
  • Too expensive 7%
Where buyers said it
  • Sephora 12 of 17
By skin type (from reviewer profiles)
  • Combination6 of 10
  • Dry2 of 3
  • Normal3 of 3
By skin tone (from reviewer profiles)
  • Fair to light5 of 9
  • Light-medium to medium5 of 6

Share of 30 store reviews that mention each point. A full bar is 50%.

Where these numbers come from

The 7 products ranked here carry 93,909 reviews at Ulta and Sephora. We searched them for a dewy finish and read the newest matching reviews, up to 40 per product and store, posted between Mar 2018 and Sep 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. IT Cosmetics CC+ Cream Ulta and Sephora (60 reviews counted)
  2. Clinique Even Better Makeup Foundation Ulta and Sephora (53 reviews counted)
  3. Too Faced Born This Way Foundation Sephora (30 reviews counted)
  4. MAKE UP FOR EVER HD Invisible Cover Foundation Sephora (30 reviews counted)
  5. ILIA Super Serum Skin Tint Ulta and Sephora (40 reviews counted)
  6. Armani Beauty Luminous Silk Foundation Sephora (30 reviews counted)
  7. NARS Sheer Glow Foundation Sephora (30 reviews counted)

Questions buyers ask

Which foundation gives a dewy finish?

IT Cosmetics CC+ Cream has the best record (40 of 41), followed by Clinique Even Better Makeup Foundation (33 of 35), Too Faced Born This Way Foundation (17 of 18), MAKE UP FOR EVER HD Invisible Cover Foundation (16 of 17), ILIA Super Serum Skin Tint (29 of 33), Armani Beauty Luminous Silk Foundation (19 of 22) and NARS Sheer Glow Foundation (12 of 17). The three after the leader sit at nearly the same share, so group size sets their order: 35 shoppers stated a result for Clinique Even Better Makeup Foundation, against 18 for Too Faced Born This Way Foundation and 17 for MAKE UP FOR EVER HD Invisible Cover Foundation.

Why isn't Fenty Pro Filt'r on this list?

Its store listing mixes reviews of its matte and hydrating versions, so we can't tell which one a shopper used. We left it off rather than count matte reviews against a dewy finish.

Do these records promise a dewy finish?

No. These records come from shoppers who mentioned the finish, and shoppers mostly bring up a finish when they like it, so the numbers compare the foundations with each other rather than promise a look. The counts are what shoppers said after using each foundation, not a lab test, so follow the label directions.

Which of these foundations are sold on Amazon?

Four are sold on Amazon by the brand or Amazon itself: IT Cosmetics CC+ Cream, Clinique Even Better Makeup Foundation, Too Faced Born This Way Foundation and ILIA Super Serum Skin Tint. Armani Beauty Luminous Silk Foundation is sold there through third-party sellers, so check who the seller is. We found no official Amazon listing for MAKE UP FOR EVER HD Invisible Cover Foundation or NARS Sheer Glow Foundation, so neither has a buy link here.

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