Sweat-proof foundation

Too Faced Born This Way Foundation has the best record for sweat, heat and humidity: 25 of 27 reviewers said it held up. Fenty Beauty Pro Filt'r Soft Matte Foundation is right behind at 22 of 24, and IT Cosmetics CC+ Cream follows at 34 of 44 with more reviewers behind it than any other foundation here. Urban Decay Face Bond Foundation sits at 21 of 26.

  • 269 store reviews counted
  • Ulta and Sephora shoppers
  • Jul 2013 to Sep 2026

Updated . How we count

Does it hold up in sweat? What buyers said
  1. Too Faced Born This Way Foundation 27 said either way
  2. Fenty Beauty Pro Filt'r Soft Matte Foundation 24 said either way
  3. IT Cosmetics CC+ Cream 44 said either way
  4. Urban Decay Face Bond Foundation 26 said either way
  5. MAKE UP FOR EVER HD Invisible Cover Foundation 23 said either way
  6. Hourglass Vanish Foundation Stick 25 said either way
  7. ILIA Super Serum Skin Tint 16 said either way

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

Too Faced Born This Way Foundation Best record Too Faced Born This Way Foundation 25 of 27 say it holds up in sweat and heat See price & reviews on Amazon
What stands out

Besides melting, the complaints that recur are shade range and shine. Hard to find a shade shows up in 17% of Too Faced Born This Way Foundation reviews and 13% of IT Cosmetics CC+ Cream reviews, and shine in 27% of ILIA Super Serum Skin Tint reviews.

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 Too Faced Born This Way Foundation

Too Faced

Born This Way Foundation

Best for all-day wear

25/27 say it holds up in sweat and heat

53% also say it lasts all day and 30% praise the coverage. It holds up for combination skin (15 of 15) and dry skin (5 of 6) alike. Shade is the catch, with 17% finding it hard to match.

What buyers praise

  • Lasts all day 53%
  • Good coverage 30%
  • Easy shade match 20%
  • Buildable 17%
  • Looks like skin 17%

What buyers complain about

  • Hard to find a shade 17%
  • Wears off fast 7%
Where buyers said it
  • Sephora 25 of 27
By skin type (Sephora reviewers)
  • Combination15 of 15
  • Dry5 of 6
  • Normal4 of 5
By skin tone (Sephora reviewers)
  • Fair to light13 of 14
  • Light-medium to medium7 of 7
  • Medium-tan to tan3 of 3
  • Deep2 of 3
Acne-prone reviewers
  • Said it worked9 of 9
2

Fenty Beauty

Pro Filt'r Soft Matte Foundation

22/24 say it holds up in sweat and heat

It holds up across skin types: 5 of 6 for oily skin, 9 of 10 for combination and 5 of 5 for dry. 27% praise the coverage and 23% say shade matching was easy. Counted reviews are all from Sephora.

What buyers praise

  • Good coverage 27%
  • Lasts all day 27%
  • Easy shade match 23%
  • Looks like skin 20%
  • Buildable 13%

What buyers complain about

  • Too shiny or greasy 7%
Where buyers said it
  • Sephora 22 of 24
By skin type (Sephora reviewers)
  • Combination9 of 10
  • Oily5 of 6
  • Dry5 of 5
  • Normal3 of 3
By skin tone (Sephora reviewers)
  • Fair to light13 of 15
  • Light-medium to medium3 of 3
  • Medium-tan to tan3 of 3
Acne-prone reviewers
  • Said it worked8 of 8

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

3 IT Cosmetics CC+ Cream

IT Cosmetics

CC+ Cream

Best for strong coverage

34/44 say it holds up in sweat and heat

Coverage is the draw, praised in 43% of its reviews. Results split by store: 19 of 21 at Ulta but 15 of 23 at Sephora. Shade match and a cakey look each come up in 13% of reviews.

What buyers praise

  • Good coverage 43%
  • Lasts all day 36%
  • Buildable 8%
  • Looks like skin 6%
  • No breakouts 6%

What buyers complain about

  • Hard to find a shade 13%
  • Looks cakey or heavy 13%
  • Transfers onto masks or clothes 6%
  • Wears off fast 6%
  • Too shiny or greasy 6%
Where buyers said it
  • Ulta 19 of 21
  • Sephora 15 of 23
By skin type (Sephora reviewers)
  • Combination8 of 15
  • Dry4 of 4
By skin tone (Sephora reviewers)
  • Fair to light7 of 13
  • Light-medium to medium6 of 8
Acne-prone reviewers
  • Said it worked7 of 11
4 Urban Decay Face Bond Foundation

Urban Decay

Face Bond Foundation

21/26 say it holds up in sweat and heat

A self-setting waterproof formula, and 47% also say it lasts all day. The main complaint is transfer, at 17%, followed by 13% for hard-to-find shades. Counted reviews are all from Ulta.

What buyers praise

  • Lasts all day 47%
  • Controls oil and shine 13%
  • Works on combination skin 7%
  • Good coverage 7%
  • Looks like skin 7%

What buyers complain about

  • Transfers onto masks or clothes 17%
  • Hard to find a shade 13%
  • Wears off fast 10%
  • Looks cakey or heavy 7%
  • Separates or breaks up on oil 7%
Where buyers said it
  • Ulta 21 of 26
5

MAKE UP FOR EVER

HD Invisible Cover Foundation

16/23 say it holds up in sweat and heat

30% say it looks like skin and 30% praise the coverage. Results vary by skin tone among Sephora reviewers: 6 of 8 for medium skin tones against 2 of 5 for fair-light. Wearing off (13%) and shine (10%) also come up.

What buyers praise

  • Lasts all day 40%
  • Good coverage 30%
  • Looks like skin 30%
  • Buildable 17%
  • Easy shade match 13%

What buyers complain about

  • Wears off fast 13%
  • Too shiny or greasy 10%
  • Too expensive 10%
  • Looks cakey or heavy 7%
Where buyers said it
  • Sephora 16 of 23
By skin tone (Sephora reviewers)
  • Fair to light2 of 5
  • Light-medium to medium6 of 8
  • Deep3 of 3

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

6 Hourglass Vanish Foundation Stick

Hourglass

Vanish Foundation Stick

17/25 say it holds up in sweat and heat

A stick foundation, praised for coverage by 33%. Complaints are 17% for breaking up on oil, 13% for transferring onto masks or clothes and 10% for a cakey look. Counted reviews are all from Sephora.

What buyers praise

  • Good coverage 33%
  • Lasts all day 23%
  • Comfortable on dry skin 13%
  • Buildable 13%
  • Looks like skin 10%

What buyers complain about

  • Separates or breaks up on oil 17%
  • Transfers onto masks or clothes 13%
  • Wears off fast 10%
  • Looks cakey or heavy 10%
  • Too shiny or greasy 10%
Where buyers said it
  • Sephora 17 of 25
By skin type (Sephora reviewers)
  • Combination7 of 10
  • Normal4 of 4
By skin tone (Sephora reviewers)
  • Fair to light7 of 10
  • Light-medium to medium6 of 6
Acne-prone reviewers
  • Said it worked9 of 10
7

ILIA

Super Serum Skin Tint

10/16 say it holds up in sweat and heat

Weakest record here, at 62%. Shine is the main complaint, in 27% of its reviews, and 9% call it too expensive. On ILIA's own site, 10 of 15 say it holds up, which we show but don't count.

What buyers praise

  • Good coverage 15%
  • No breakouts 12%
  • Lasts all day 9%
  • Comfortable on dry skin 9%
  • Easy shade match 6%

What buyers complain about

  • Too shiny or greasy 27%
  • Too expensive 9%
  • Breaks skin out 9%
  • Feels drying or tight 6%
  • Hard to find a shade 6%
Where buyers said it
  • Ulta 2 of 2
  • Sephora 8 of 14
  • Brand site 10 of 15 shown, not counted
By skin type (Sephora reviewers)
  • Combination1 of 4
  • Dry2 of 4
  • Normal3 of 3
By skin tone (Sephora reviewers)
  • Fair to light3 of 7
  • Light-medium to medium4 of 5

Share of 33 store reviews that mention each point. A full bar is 50%.

Where these numbers come from

The 7 products ranked here carry 101,666 reviews at Ulta and Sephora. We searched them for melting and read the newest matching reviews, up to 30 per product and store, posted between Jul 2013 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. Too Faced Born This Way Foundation Sephora (30 reviews counted)
  2. Fenty Beauty Pro Filt'r Soft Matte Foundation Sephora (30 reviews counted)
  3. IT Cosmetics CC+ Cream Ulta and Sephora (53 reviews counted)
  4. Urban Decay Face Bond Foundation Ulta (30 reviews counted)
  5. MAKE UP FOR EVER HD Invisible Cover Foundation Sephora (30 reviews counted)
  6. Hourglass Vanish Foundation Stick Sephora (30 reviews counted)
  7. ILIA Super Serum Skin Tint Ulta and Sephora (33 reviews counted)

People asking about it on Reddit

  1. Is there a sweatproof foundation? r/Makeup, May 2023, 77 comments
  2. Anyone else hate wearing foundation in the heat? r/Makeup, Aug 2024, 71 comments
  3. which foundation do you like using during the summer? r/Makeup, Apr 2025, 51 comments

Questions buyers ask

Which foundation holds up through sweat and heat?

In these reviews, Too Faced Born This Way Foundation comes first at 25 of 27, followed by Fenty Beauty Pro Filt'r Soft Matte Foundation at 22 of 24 and Urban Decay Face Bond Foundation at 21 of 26. IT Cosmetics CC+ Cream has more reviewers behind it than any other foundation here, at 34 of 44.

Is Urban Decay Face Bond Foundation really sweat-proof?

Mostly yes: 21 of 26 reviewers who mentioned sweat, heat or humidity said it held up. 17% say it transfers onto masks or clothes. All counted reviews are from Ulta.

Is there a sweat-proof foundation on Amazon?

Yes. The best pick sold on Amazon is Too Faced Born This Way Foundation, at 25 of 27. IT Cosmetics CC+ Cream, Urban Decay Face Bond Foundation and Hourglass Vanish Foundation Stick are also sold there through the brand.

Does IT Cosmetics CC+ Cream hold up in heat?

For 34 of 44 reviewers it did, but results depend on the store. Ulta reviewers report 19 of 21 and Sephora reviewers 15 of 23. 13% call it cakey.

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