Tinted moisturizer for dry skin

Hourglass Veil Hydrating Skin Tint has the best record for dry skin: 23 of 27 reviewers said it felt comfortable and didn't cling to dry patches. Laura Mercier Natural Dewy Skin Tint SPF 30 has the highest share at 87%, but it rests on a small group of 15 reviewers. Clinging to dry patches comes up on every tint here, so none of them is a sure thing.

  • 293 store reviews counted
  • Ulta and Sephora shoppers
  • Oct 2021 to Sep 2026

Updated . How we count

Is it good for dry skin? What buyers said
  1. Hourglass Veil Hydrating Skin Tint 27 said either way
  2. Laura Mercier Natural Dewy Skin Tint SPF 30 15 said either way
  3. NARS Pure Radiant Tinted Moisturizer SPF 30 39 said either way
  4. Beautyblender 12-Hour Always On Radiant Skin Tint 25 said either way
  5. Milk Makeup Hydro Grip Hydrating Gel Skin Tint 52 said either way
  6. Danessa Myricks Beauty Yummy Skin Serum Skin Tint 24 said either way
  7. Anastasia Beverly Hills Beauty Balm Serum Boosted Skin Tint 40 said either way

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

Best record Hourglass Veil Hydrating Skin Tint 23 of 27 say it feels comfortable on dry skin Check price on Amazon
What stands out

Clinging to dry patches shows up on every tint on this page. It appears in 10% of NARS reviews and 24% of Anastasia Beverly Hills reviews.

The ranking, product by product

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

1

Hourglass

Veil Hydrating Skin Tint

Best for light, lasting wear

23/27 say it feels comfortable on dry skin

27% of reviews say it lasts all day and 23% call it lightweight. 13% still mention clinging to dry patches, and 10% mention the price. Ranked on Sephora reviews alone.

What buyers praise

  • Lasts all day 27%
  • Lightweight 23%
  • Looks like skin 20%
  • Goes on evenly 17%

What buyers complain about

  • Too expensive 10%
  • Gets greasy or shiny 10%
  • Too sheer 7%
  • Breaks skin out 7%
Where buyers said it
  • Sephora 23 of 27
By skin type (Sephora reviewers)
  • Dry9 of 11
  • Combination7 of 8
By skin tone (Sephora reviewers)
  • Fair to light12 of 15
  • Light-medium to medium3 of 3
2

Laura Mercier

Natural Dewy Skin Tint SPF 30

Best for a natural look

13/15 say it feels comfortable on dry skin

The highest share here at 87%, though it rests on 15 reviewers. 56% say it looks like skin and 22% like that it has SPF.

What buyers praise

  • Looks like skin 56%
  • Goes on evenly 28%
  • Lightweight 28%
  • Has SPF 22%
  • Easy shade match 17%

What buyers complain about

No repeated complaints yet.

Where buyers said it
  • Ulta 7 of 8
  • Sephora 6 of 7
3

NARS

Pure Radiant Tinted Moisturizer SPF 30

29/39 say it feels comfortable on dry skin

Sold at Sephora and Ulta, with 13 of 16 at Ulta and 16 of 23 at Sephora. 23% say it looks like skin, but 12% say it gets greasy.

What buyers praise

  • Looks like skin 23%
  • Goes on evenly 17%
  • Easy shade match 13%
  • Has SPF 13%
  • Lasts all day 8%

What buyers complain about

  • Gets greasy or shiny 13%
  • Patchy or streaky 8%
  • Too expensive 4%
  • Too sheer 4%
  • Breaks skin out 4%
Where buyers said it
  • Ulta 13 of 16
  • Sephora 16 of 23
  • Brand site 2 of 2 shown, not counted
By skin type (Sephora reviewers)
  • Dry10 of 14
  • Combination4 of 6
By skin tone (Sephora reviewers)
  • Fair to light7 of 10
  • Light-medium to medium5 of 9
Acne-prone reviewers
  • Said it worked5 of 6
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Share of 48 store reviews that mention each point. A full bar is 50%.

4

Beautyblender

12-Hour Always On Radiant Skin Tint

Best for a lightweight feel

19/25 say it feels comfortable on dry skin

Clinging to dry patches is the main complaint, at 23%. Fans like how lightweight it feels (27%) and that it looks like skin (23%). Ranked on Sephora reviews alone.

What buyers praise

  • Lightweight 27%
  • Looks like skin 23%
  • Lasts all day 17%
  • Easy shade match 10%
  • Goes on evenly 10%

What buyers complain about

  • Patchy or streaky 7%
  • Oxidizes 7%
Where buyers said it
  • Sephora 19 of 25
By skin type (Sephora reviewers)
  • Dry13 of 16
  • Combination5 of 8
By skin tone (Sephora reviewers)
  • Fair to light12 of 16
  • Light-medium to medium3 of 3
5

Milk Makeup

Hydro Grip Hydrating Gel Skin Tint

35/52 say it feels comfortable on dry skin

More reviewers weighed in here than on any other tint, and 35 of 52 said it felt comfortable. 27% call it hydrating and 20% say it lasts all day, but 22% mention clinging to dry patches.

What buyers praise

  • Lasts all day 20%
  • Lightweight 15%
  • Goes on evenly 14%
  • Looks like skin 10%
  • Easy shade match 7%

What buyers complain about

  • Gets greasy or shiny 8%
  • Patchy or streaky 5%
  • Wears off fast 3%
Where buyers said it
  • Ulta 19 of 28
  • Sephora 16 of 24
By skin type (Sephora reviewers)
  • Dry8 of 12
  • Combination5 of 8
By skin tone (Sephora reviewers)
  • Fair to light6 of 11
  • Light-medium to medium4 of 7
  • Medium-tan to tan3 of 3
By age (reviewers who gave one)
  • Under 409 of 17
  • 40 and over3 of 3
Acne-prone reviewers
  • Said it worked2 of 8
6

Danessa Myricks Beauty

Yummy Skin Serum Skin Tint

16/24 say it feels comfortable on dry skin

Clinging (23%) and a greasy look (17%) hold it back, and 13% had trouble finding a shade. 13% say it goes on evenly. Ranked on Sephora reviews alone.

What buyers praise

  • Goes on evenly 13%
  • Looks like skin 10%
  • Easy shade match 10%
  • Lasts all day 7%

What buyers complain about

  • Gets greasy or shiny 17%
  • Hard to find a shade 13%
  • Wears off fast 10%
  • Oxidizes 7%
Where buyers said it
  • Sephora 16 of 24
By skin type (Sephora reviewers)
  • Dry5 of 7
  • Combination3 of 7
By skin tone (Sephora reviewers)
  • Fair to light3 of 7
  • Light-medium to medium4 of 5
7

Anastasia Beverly Hills

Beauty Balm Serum Boosted Skin Tint

22/40 say it feels comfortable on dry skin

22 of 40 said it felt comfortable, the weakest record here, and it split by store: 15 of 22 at Sephora against 7 of 18 at Ulta. 24% mention clinging to dry patches and 21% like how evenly it goes on.

What buyers praise

  • Goes on evenly 21%
  • Looks like skin 16%
  • Lightweight 10%
  • Easy shade match 9%

What buyers complain about

  • Gets greasy or shiny 17%
  • Patchy or streaky 14%
  • Wears off fast 7%
  • Too expensive 7%
  • Too sheer 5%
Where buyers said it
  • Ulta 7 of 18
  • Sephora 15 of 22
  • Brand site 0 of 1 shown, not counted
By skin type (Sephora reviewers)
  • Dry8 of 11
  • Combination5 of 7
By skin tone (Sephora reviewers)
  • Fair to light9 of 13
  • Light-medium to medium2 of 4

Share of 58 store reviews that mention each point. A full bar is 50%.

Where these numbers come from

The 7 products ranked here carry 17,422 reviews at Ulta and Sephora. We searched them for dryness and read the newest matching reviews, up to 30 per product and store, posted between Oct 2021 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 and link to the product pages, never the reviews themselves.

Read the full method

Product pages we read

  1. Hourglass Veil Hydrating Skin Tint Sephora (30 reviews counted)
  2. Laura Mercier Natural Dewy Skin Tint SPF 30 Ulta and Sephora (18 reviews counted)
  3. NARS Pure Radiant Tinted Moisturizer SPF 30 Ulta and Sephora (48 reviews counted)
  4. Beautyblender 12-Hour Always On Radiant Skin Tint Sephora (30 reviews counted)
  5. Milk Makeup Hydro Grip Hydrating Gel Skin Tint Ulta and Sephora (59 reviews counted)
  6. Danessa Myricks Beauty Yummy Skin Serum Skin Tint Sephora (30 reviews counted)
  7. Anastasia Beverly Hills Beauty Balm Serum Boosted Skin Tint Ulta and Sephora (58 reviews counted)

People asking about it on Reddit

  1. What is the best tinted moisturizer or sheer foundation for dry skin? r/Makeup, Jun 2024, 134 comments
  2. Best lightweight skin tint or foundation for dry skin? r/drugstoreMUA, Feb 2026, 131 comments
  3. Best Tinted moisturizer dry skin r/Makeup, Dec 2022, 73 comments

Questions buyers ask

Which tinted moisturizer works for dry skin?

By the reviews we counted, Hourglass Veil Hydrating Skin Tint leads at 23 of 27. Laura Mercier Natural Dewy Skin Tint SPF 30 is next at 13 of 15, though that rests on a small group, and NARS Pure Radiant Tinted Moisturizer SPF 30 follows at 29 of 39.

Does Milk Makeup Hydro Grip cling to dry patches?

Sometimes. 22% of its reviews mention clinging to dry patches, and 17 of 52 reviewers said it didn't feel comfortable on dry skin. 27% of its reviews call it hydrating.

Is the Anastasia Beverly Hills Beauty Balm skin tint good for dry skin?

It's mixed. 22 of 40 said it felt comfortable, and results differed by store, with 15 of 22 at Sephora and 7 of 18 at Ulta.

Can I trust these shares?

They come from reviewers who mentioned dry skin, and people tend to bring up clinging when it happens to them. Use the shares to compare tints, not as a promise for your own skin.

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