10 Hot New(ish) Skin Tints: Do They Work for Dry Mature Skin? - Reviewed & Ranked!

0:00 Hello. Today I'm reviewing and ranking five skin tints/tinted moisturizers, plus a bonus, those lighter complexion products that we love to wear in spring and summer. What makes this video especially fun is it's a collaboration with my good friend Tamara at Tamara's Timeless Beauty. If you're not familiar with her channel, you are going to love it. She has a beautiful channel with makeup reviews. She shares her morning and evening skincare routines, what she eats in a day, lifestyle content for the woman over 50. Definitely go check out her channel and subscribe. You're going to love her. This is our third year collaborating on our skin tint/tinted moisturizers that we love. And at the end of this video, you'll see on the end card, I'll put a playlist of our previous reviews. You're not going to want to miss those. We'll each be

0:46 reviewing five complexion products. Plus, I'm reviewing a bonus product that Tamara actually recommended because she knows that I love a minimalist makeup look. That really sheer, barely there coverage with skin peeking through. If you love a minimalist makeup look, definitely don't forget to check out my bonus review. You're going to be getting between both of our videos a total of 11 product reviews. So, when you're done watching my video, go to my pinned comment. It'll be the very top comment, and you'll see a link to Tamara's channel and her video, as well as in the description. And of course, as always, the products that I talk about will always be in the pinned comment and in the description. And now we even have YouTube shopping where they will pop up as the video moves along. If you're coming over from Tamara's channel or you

1:32 just randomly clicked on this video and you're new to Beyond 50 Skin, welcome. My name is Cindy. I am a 59-year-old retired occupational therapist and retired cosmetologist who loves to share information about skin care, new skincare innovations, minimalist makeup looks, and the occasional hair care video for women over 50. If you enjoy those topics, consider yourself invited to the Beyond 50K Skin community. Subscribe, like, click the notification bell and join in the conversation in the comments. I think that's the best part of this community. I learn just as much from you as you say you learn from me. This is the part where we get to know each other better. I also have a membership if you're curious about that. That will be starting up in June of this year. Thank you for tolerating that long

2:17 introduction. I know there's some new people here today, so I just wanted to welcome you. And now we're going to jump into the five skin tints plus the bonus skin tint that I have to review for you today. I am going to be ranking each one of these skin tints on a 25 point scale to give it a little bit of objectivity. And I have five categories and each category gets five points. The texture, which should be weightless and light because we're reviewing skin tints and tinted moisturizer. Hydration should be fairly hydrating. I'm going to share with you how I boost hydration. If the skin tint is a little bit on the drying side, the coverage again should show skin peeking through. We're going for light coverage. The finish should be fresh and dewy but not glowy. We don't want that glow in the summer when we're

3:03 already probably hot and a little bit sweaty. So, we want something that's dewy and fresh but not glowy. The wear time. I'm going to do a 6 to eight hour wear time and share with you what it looks like midday and what it looks like at the end of the day. In all of my wear tests, I'm using the dermatology untinted sunscreen. I'll put my entire skinare routine down in the comments below and down in the description so you can check that out. But I wore the same skincare routine for the wear test for every one of these. And I love an untinted sunscreen when I'm putting on a tint. Starting with a fairly new release by Milk Makeup, their Hydrogrip Gel Tint. The claim on this is that it's a skin tint that can last up to 12 hours. It's the skin tint that won't quit is their tagline. It's got buildable light

3:48 to medium coverage, a natural dewy finish. The weightless gel base is not heavy and not greasy on the skin. It's clinically proven to boost hydration with no fading, no creasing, no cracking, no settling into fine lines, which is going to be a fairly tall order for mature skin. It also claims to have souped up skin care. It visibly smooths and protects the skin barrier. It's fragrance free, paraben-free, and silicone free. Let's take a look at some of the skin care ingredients in this. Starting with trialic acid, which is a compound of three different molecular weights of hyaluronic acid. So it will help retain moisture in the skin. It also has nyioinamide which is great for skin barrier protection, skin brightening, skin soothing. And the

4:34 compound in here that's responsible for the gripping feature of the skin tint is blue agave extract. It's the one that's preventing the fading, the cracking, and the creasing. It also has sacroyces xylinum black tea ferment. And if you know what that is, you get bonus points. Put it down in the comments below. It has some of my favorite ammo and hctants, shea butter, sunflower seed oil, and squaline. So, it has a fairly robust ingredient deck as far as skin care. It's $36 an ounce. It comes in 15 shades, and my shade is three fair cool. I would say it's a pretty decent shade match for me. As I open it and show you the texture, you're going to see that the product kind of runs out of the bottle. It's a fairly creamy formula.

5:20 It's easily spreads, but the top gets goopy really fast. The opening of the top, I think, is too wide for the actual formula, but it definitely spreads. It definitely gives light to medium coverage, I would say, on first application. You could apply it with your fingers or a brush or a sponge. They recommend any application type that you like. I actually enjoyed applying with my fingers and then tamping down the little bit of glow that I got with my BK beauty brush. I used the travel foundation brush. I love the travel set. It's my absolute favorite set of brushes. And as you can see, there is a bit of glow, but if I tamp it down with my brush, I get rid of that glow and it

6:06 sets in really nicely and kind of melts into my skin. Also, another option if you find it too glowy is you can use a little bit of powder to tamp it down. I like the Hourglass. This is their veil powder. So, there are lots of ways that you can tweak this formula to make it work for you whether you have normal or more dry skin. My final thoughts in the hydrogrip gel tint are yes, it is a skin tint needs a bit of skin care. It's a nice bonus to have a few skincare ingredients in your tinted moisturizer or your skin tint. But would this replace my skinare routine? Absolutely not. but it's a nice bonus. This also has a little bit more coverage than I would prefer in a skin tint. I definitely like the beauty blender application technique because it's just a little bit more of skin peeking through no makeup makeup look. But if

6:52 you like a medium coverage, you're probably going to like this and you would probably do best to apply it with your fingers and then maybe blend it out a little bit with a brush. I scored this a three out of five on texture because it claims to be weightless and it definitely isn't weightless on the skin. Even with my dry skin, I can feel this product by the end of the day. And if you have oily skin, you're definitely not going to like the fact that this feels a little bit heavy on the skin. Or if you live in a humid climate, you're probably going to not like the fact that this has a little bit more weight than it claims to have. So, it gets a three out of five for texture. Hydration, definitely a five out of five. My dry skin loves this without any additional moisturizers to kind of boost it up. There are some skin tints in this

7:38 roundup that need a little bit more moisturizer than my regular skincare routine to work. Coverage, I'm giving it a three out of five because that's just a personal opinion, honestly. It says light to medium, and it truly is light to medium, but I just prefer a lighter coverage, especially when I'm looking for a skin tint or tinted moisturizer. I don't really want medium coverage. I would kind of look to a medium coverage foundation if I want if I wanted that much coverage. As far as finish, I gave it a five because it definitely evens my skin tone. Even if I sheer this out, it reduces the redness. It kind of blends in any imperfections that you have. It doesn't really sink into the pores as much as I thought it would given the weight of this product. So, it gets a five out of five for finish. And as far

8:23 as wear, it gets a four out of five. I can still see it at the end of the day. It has typical breakup around the nose area and the mouth area and the chin, but RMS Beauty Sun Coverup Super Tint 50, also a new launch, says that it's a skin care infused tinted moisturizer with mineral SPF 50. Now, you guys know what I'm going to say. There's no way we're going to wear enough of this to get the SPF factor of 50 that we need. It just won't look right on the skin. It does say that it gives a radiant even skin tone, has eight hour wear, 24 hours of hydration. It's one of those products that is kind of new on the market where they say that the skinincare ingredients infuse into the skin. So even after you wash it off and do your regular skincare routine, this product provides extra

9:10 hydration. It also claims that it's 94% skinare infused, sun and blue light protection, lightweight, buildable coverage, hydrates all day long, and is formulated without sulfates, parabens, and phalates. The key ingredients in this formula are squalain, a very familiar emollient hctant, the Zabalol, also pretty familiar in a lot of skin care formulas as well as foundations and skin tints. It soothes and it calms protects the skin barrier. Now we get into some interesting proprietary complexes. The first one is called Glow Plex. It's a combination of nycinomide natural peptides including quinoa seed extract and pea extract. The claim is that it boosts radiance smooths skin, firms and brightens skin tone. It also

9:58 has an adaptogenic herbal blend, a proprietary blend of nine adaptogenic herbs that helps balance, hydrate, and soothe and soften the skin. So a couple proprietary complexes in here that you're not going to get in other formulas. So, kind of interesting that they went out of their way to make these kind of unusual inclusions in the formula and make this product a little bit on the special side. And with those proprietary complexes, you get a boost in price. This is $49 an ounce. The most expensive one that I'm going to be reviewing today. It comes in 13 flexible shades. My initial shade that I was shade matched with online was Cameo. that definitely leans a little bit too warm and too orange for me. As you can see, when I picked up ivory, it was a

10:45 much better skin tone match. The one I'm putting on here right now is actually cameo, so I have to give it to them. They are somewhat flexible. It gives me kind of a tan look, but my actual shade match is much better with ivory, and I would say it still leans pretty warm. All of their shades are on the warm side. I don't see any cool undertones in any of their shades. Just know that going in, if you have a really cool undertone, you might have trouble finding a good shade match. But I have to give it to them. They are a bit flexible. As far as application, it applied really well with my fingers. And then I like to shear it out a little bit with my foundation brush and I get a really nice satin finish. But I noticed by the end of the day when I did the Cameo wear test when I was first trying

11:30 it out that it was a little bit too drying throughout the day. So what I did is I boosted it with Merritt's duo. This is their primer/moisturizer and their skin glow complex. This is a byphase product. They say you can use this one first or this one first. It doesn't matter which one you put on first. I used it at the end of my skincare routine and I applied the serum first and then the moisturizer/p primer. Then my sunscreen. I'm even getting better wear and longevity today. I put on ivory and I boosted it with this duo and it's

12:15 looking absolutely gorgeous. It is late in the afternoon and I think you would agree that for six maybe even seven hours in. I got up pretty early this morning. This is looking pretty good. Let's take a look at our scoring. As far as texture, I gave it a four out of five. It's a nice light serum texture, easily blendable, very lightweight on the skin. Hydrating wasn't very hydrating. I definitely had to boost my skincare routine in order to get the hydration that I need for my very dry skin. So, I gave that a three out of five. Coverage, four out of five. This is exactly the type of coverage that I like with a skin tint, my skin, but better. You can build this up too to a light medium coverage, but I prefer to shear it out for a very light coverage. I would even consider using a beauty blender with this and I would get even a

13:02 lighter coverage for that no makeup makeup look. As far as finish, I gave it a four out of five. It definitely evened my skin tone and has a beautiful satin finish. If you don't put any extra moisturizer and if you do, if you have dry skin, you'll just get a little bit more of a dewy finish. But either way, the finish is beautiful whether you go for satin or you go for dewy with a little bit of extra. And as far as wear, I was really impressed. By the end of the day, this didn't break up much at all. I'm headed toward the end of the day today, and it still looks really fresh. I really am impressed with the wear. I didn't expect that for as light and sheer a formula as it is. Tower 28's Sunny Days Tinted Mineral Sunscreen is a little bit of an outlier in this skin tint review, but I've been wanting to review this forever. I've heard great

13:47 things about it, and it's been on my back burner. I don't know why I haven't reviewed it before now. probably because it was a tinted sunscreen, but honestly, this is just a skin tint. The SPF in this is 30. So, basically, it's just a moisturizing skin tint. Let's get to some of their claims. It says it's a light to sheer coverage, which evens out redness and discoloration. It also claims to soothe UV stressed skin, which I'm not quite sure what they mean by that. I have a feeling they are referring to one of the ingredients, but we'll take a look here in a second. It also says it has a natural finish but lets your skin imperfections peek through, which is just what a tinted moisturizer should do. And it also says it has medium buildable coverage to cover blemishes and discoloration. So, it kind of claims to be sheer and light.

14:33 And then it says it's medium and buildable. So, we'll have to see. I'll show you what I think as I apply this. Let's look at some of the key ingredients. The first one I want to call out is white sage extract because I think that is the ingredient that they're saying is helping with UV stressed skin. It's supposed to soothe and neutralize free radicals from the sun. So that kind of makes sense. They also have prickly pear extract which protects from blue light and pollution. And then they call out their nonnano zinc oxide for their sun protection. Once again, not enough coverage for the sun protection that we need because it would look ridiculous if you wore the amount of product that you need to get 30 SPF. All right, let's look at the price. It's $32 an ounce. The shades are 17 flexible shades. And fun fact, all

15:19 the shades are named after some of their favorite hangouts in LA. The first one that I tried and got matched with is Mholland. This is definitely too dark and too orange for me. The second one is their lightest shade, Fairfax. I think it's number 05 and this is number 20. The Moholland was definitely too dark, but the Fairfax is a really good shade match. I liked it. It blended out pretty well. Now, the coverage on this is a little bit more than I would like in a skin tint. And I have to say that the application process, it was pretty stiff. My preference is to apply this with a damp beauty blender. I get a lot less coverage. I find this product, like I said, a little stiff to apply and a damp beauty blender gives me just the right amount of coverage that I consider a nice skin tint without looking too

16:06 cakey and too thick. It's definitely a dewy application. If you lean oily, you're probably not going to like this product. If you're normal with an oily T-zone, you're definitely going to want to powder down. And I do not recommend using a brush to blend this out because it just ends up streaking. So stick with the beauty blender or your fingers and shear it out. That's what I found to be the best way to apply this skin tint. And I did not have very good luck building up this product to a medium coverage. First of all, I wouldn't want a medium coverage. But if you're trying to build this up to medium coverage, I found the layering ability very difficult because it's already fairly thick and a fairly medium coverage when it comes straight out of the bottle. As far as scoring, I gave the texture a three out of five because it's pretty stiff. It takes a little while to blend this product in and make it look nice

16:52 and skin-like, and you definitely will benefit from using a beauty blender. Hydration, I gave it for my dry skin a five out of five. I didn't need any extra skin care. This is a super hydrating product and it feels somewhat olusive on the skin. As far as coverage, I gave it a three out of five because it's definitely more coverage than I like and it definitely as far as finish, a three out of five. It was very dewy. It wasn't light on the skin. I definitely could feel the product on all day long. So, if you want a light sheer coverage and a nice quality finish, this is probably not going to be the product for you. It's just your basic everyday tinted moisturizer with a little bonus of sunscreen. As far as wear, I gave it a four out of five. It's so hydrating, it basically just stuck to my skin all day. There wasn't a ton of breakup by

17:38 the end of the day. So, if you want a skin tint with longevity that doesn't really have a refined finish, Tower 28's Sunny Days could be the one for you. Thor Mercier recently reformulated their classic best-selling tinted moisturizer into a longwear formula. They call it the Longwear Tinted Moisturizer Natural Dewy SPF 30 with hyaluronic acid. What a name. But basically, it's a longwear spin-off of their original tinted moisturizer. I was so excited to try it because I tended to gravitate more toward, especially in the summer months when I wanted a bit of glow, the Laura Mercier tinted light revealer. I just liked this formula over the classic tinted moisturizer. So, I was super curious to see what the new formulation would be like. Let's look at some of the claims. It says it has a 16-hour wear.

18:26 It improves skin tone and texture, 24-hour hydration. We're seeing that once again, humidity proof, SPF 30 protection. You know what I think about that? It's supposed to reduce the appearance of pores and fine lines. Let's look at the call out ingredients. Hyaluronic acid. Kind of everything has that as we know. Upcycled grape extract with resveratrol which is an antioxidant. Multiple hctants and emollient and moisturizers. And one of their key call outs is a probiotic complex with lactobacillus and oligosaccharides to help strengthen the skin barrier. So, one little unique complex in there, and I was super hopeful about this formula. The cost is $29 an ounce. It has 20 shades, which is amazing. And my shade

19:12 is Cameo. As far as application, I didn't have any problem either using my fingers, using a beauty blender, which is what I did for my wear test. And it also works really well if you want to apply with your fingers, and brush it out with a foundation brush, or just apply and stipple in with a foundation brush if you want a little more coverage. So, putting it on was super easy, no matter what method you prefer to use. But I have to tell you, at the end of the day, you're going to be surprised how this wears. So, let's see how the Laura Mercier new reformulation scored. As far as texture, I really liked it. I gave it a four out of five. It's creamy. It glides on. You can use a brush. You can use a beauty blender. You can use your fingers. It glides on really well. As far as hydrating, you know what? It is not hydrating. By

19:58 midday, I could already see it breaking up. It's already sucking my skin dry. Coverage, I gave it a three out of five. It's not exactly skin perfecting and pore blurring the way they said. The coverage is nice, but like I said, by midday, I was not feeling it. And then finish, I gave it a four out of five because it definitely evened my skin tone when I put it on. It gave an initial soft glow. It definitely improved my complexion. It's definitely my skin, but better. As far as wear, I gave it a two out of five. By the end of the day, this product completely sucked into my skin. I don't think it's anywhere even close to the 16 hours that it promised. Definitely a bit of a disappointment with the reformulation of the Laura Mercier. The Jones Road Just Enough Tinted Moisturizer launched about

20:44 6 or eight weeks ago, and I purchased it as soon as I heard about it. Honestly, I haven't even gotten my order yet. Tamara rescued me with a lighter shade that didn't work for her. I purchased it from her. My order is still on the way, but I was so excited to review this for you. I'm really trying to find a Jones Road product that I love because I love their philosophy of being a minimalist makeup look. I haven't found my favorite coverage from them yet. There not that many products that actually work for me. So, I'm hoping that this one is going to be a winner. Let's look at some of the claims. It says it's a feel put together look without looking like you've done anything. Typical no makeup makeup claim from Jones Road. I love it. I love a

21:29 minimalist makeup look. It says it conceals redness, evens out your skin tone, gives you a light coverage. It improves hydration, protects the skin's moisture barrier, and you can apply it with your fingers or use their foundation brush. They recommend a flat foundation brush, which I prefer a fluffier brush, but you can do it with a brush or fingers. As far as call out ingredients, it's really very basic. It has sodium hyaluronate and glycerin, so you know it's going to have some moisturizing properties, but nothing super special as far as the ingredient deck. The price is $25 an ounce. Now, I have seen that almost doubled on some websites, but on the Jones Road website, it's $44. It's $25 an ounce. You get 1.7 O or 50 ms. So, it's a fairly decent

22:17 price, but be careful where you shop for this because I've seen it at exorbitant prices. It comes in 16 shades. The shade that Tamara shared with me is ivory. And I ordered fair, which is one shade lighter. They're both neutral undertones. I imagine that the ivory, which was a great match for my skin tone right now, is going to be better for me in the spring and summer, whereas the fair will probably work better in the fall when my skin is a little bit lighter. It applied beautifully with my fingers. You can buff it out with the brush if you want a more refined look. I didn't need any extra moisturizer. Maybe on really dry days I might use the duo, but in fact, this was really hydrating, and I was surprised given the limited amount of ingredients in the ingredient deck. Sometimes it's just the formula.

23:03 So, my midday check-in, it looks really pretty. It's got a nice satin finish. By the end of the day, I'm also still really impressed. Let's look at my scoring for the Jones Road Just Enough Tinted Moisturizer. As far as texture, I gave it a four out of five. It's a nice creamy formula. It goes on really lightweight. Is it completely 100% weightless? No. But it's a very light creamy formula. Hydrating. I gave it a four out of five. Looking at the ingredient deck, I didn't expect this to be hydrating at all. I expected it to break up midday, have really dry skin. Not at all. I was really pleasantly surprised given the minimalist ingredient deck. It held together and was fairly hydrating on my dry skin. Coverage, I gave it a five out of five. This is just what I expect. moisturizer

23:49 to look like my skin but better. No makeup, makeup. A little bit of skin peeking through. Absolutely love the coverage on this tinted moisturizer. Pleasantly surprised. Finish. I gave it a four out of five. It is a little bit more satin and I think that I would prefer a little bit more of a dewy finish. So, it got a four out of five where I was kind of surprised. The normal breakup in my high cheekbone area. I do have a lot of flushing the day that I wore this, but that has nothing to do with the product. That's just me having a flushing event. Pleasantly surprised about the wear. Gave it a four out of five. For the bonus tinted serum, today I'm reviewing Typologies Tinted Serum. This is a French company. I had actually never heard of Typology before. Tamara

24:36 recommended it because she knows how I love a no makeup makeup look. Let's look at some of the claims. It says even skin tone. It gives light coverage, very natural, and a no makeup finish. The ingredient deck is pretty lean. It calls out vitamin C, aloe vera, silicone free, and fragrance free. It comes in only six shades, and I am shade number one. They are pretty flexible shades. I did use the Merit Duo to help with the moisture content because it is a very sheer and very light formula. If you have oily skin and you just want that barely there look, you are going to love this. If you lean a little bit more dry like I do, you're going to want to add some more moisturizing ingredients in your skinare routine before you put this on. Let's

25:21 score the skin tint on my rating scale. For texture, I gave it a five out of five. It is the most beautiful lightweight texture. If you have oily skin, you are going to love this because it is super sheer. It's going to be your skin but better. But you will see your imperfections peeking through. It just kind of blurs them out. And I just love that about this tint. As far as hydration, I only gave it a three out of five. I had to come in with the Merit Duo to get enough hydration for my really dry skin. So, it only got a three out of five for hydration, but you can work around that. As far as coverage, I gave it a four out of five because it did blur my imperfections. Now, a lot of you are not probably not going to rate it a four out of five for coverage because you're going to want more. that

26:07 it's exactly the type of tinted serum that I love, that sheer wash of color. As far as finish, I gave it a five out of five. It has the most beautiful satin finish. I was shocked once I put this on. Ever so slightly buildable if you want to build it up a little bit, but the finish is absolutely gorgeous. This lovely satin finish. And as far as wear, I didn't expect to even see this at the end of the day. I was shocked. I gave it a five out of five. This was still there. At the end of the day, I couldn't believe it. I don't know if it's a factor that I did some extra moisturizing steps in my skinare routine, but it looked just as beautiful midday as it did at the end of the day. Super shocked. Absolutely love this new find. Thank you, Tamara, for introducing

26:54 this to me. Oh, and I forgot to mention the cost. It's $44 an ounce. So, let's take a look at the scores and we're going to rank these. I haven't even tallied up the scores yet, so I'm not quite sure. I have a good idea of what is number one. We're going to rank these from my least to my most favorite. Kind of skipping the bonus product because that really wasn't supposed to be included in this ranking, but I wanted to share it with you because it's something unusual that you just don't find typically in a skin tint. In at number five is Laura Mercier's reformulation of their classic tinted moisturizer in a longw wear formula. Honestly, it just didn't hold up for me. I gave it a 15 out of 25. At number four is Tower 28's Sunny Days Tinted Sunscreen with a score of 18 out of 25.

27:42 In the summer, I probably won't wear this. It's going to be a little bit too heavy. Also, if you lean a little bit more on the oily side, I think this is just going to be a little bit too heavy for you. I would wear this more, I think, in the winter months, considering kind of the weight of it and the coverage. RMS Beauty came in at number three with their new Sun Coverup Super Tint SPF 50. I gave it a score of 19 out of 25. Lovely satin formula. I do think it definitely works better with a little bit of moisture boost if you have dry skin, but absolutely impressive formula. Beautiful satin finish and held up pretty well throughout the day. In at number two is Milk's Hydrogrip Gel Tint. I actually really enjoyed this formula.

28:29 Is it weightless? Absolutely not. If you have oily skin, you're going to want to powder this down. And you might want to apply it with a beauty blender and definitely use either no moisturizer or a very light moisturizer. But I was really impressed with how long it wore throughout the day. It did not crease. It did not get into any of my lines around my eyes. Really impressed with the wear on this. And it got a score of 20 out of 25. In at number one was a huge surprise to me. Jones the Just Enough Tinted Moisturizer. Really impressed with this. It works just like a tinted moisturizer. It came in with a score of 21 out of 25. Honestly, number four through number one, I would all wear like them all kind of for different

29:14 reasons. But again, the winner today is the Jones Road Just Enough Tinted Moisturizer. I hope you enjoyed this skin tint review. I had so much fun collaborating with Tamara. Again, if you're not part of the Beyond 50 Skin family, definitely consider subscribing and joining our community. I also want to that I'm going to be starting a membership. And if you're interested in some content just for members, I encourage you to look at that and sign up for the membership. I'm going to be sharing just some behind the scenes type of content that I just wouldn't normally post, a very casual content. I'll be doing a little product sharing. So, definitely sign up for the membership if you'd like to be part of the tight-knit Beyond 50 Skin community. Thanks so much

30:00 for watching and wishing you all a fantastic