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Complexion Rescue.

Bare Minerals Complexion Rescue

About this product

A lightweight tinted moisturizer that provides sheer to medium coverage while maintaining a natural, skin-like finish.

The Guru Index verdict

76%

Approved

✓Approved · 76%
3Reviewers
2Approved
0Mixed
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What the gurus are saying

Gurus widely praise this as a reliable, long-standing tinted moisturizer that blends seamlessly and looks like skin rather than makeup, making it a staple for many. The consensus is it delivers solid coverage without feeling heavy, though it sits on the lighter end and won't cover significant blemishes or redness. One reviewer found it too drying for very dry skin, but it's generally regarded as ideal for combination, normal, or oily complexions.
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Key actives & flags

Hyaluronic acidSPFSqualaneFragrance-freeAlcohol-free

Full ingredients

Water, Coconut Alkanes, Propanediol, Squalane, Trehalose, Isostearic Acid, Glycerin, Silica, Agar, Caprylic/​Capric Triglyceride, Globularia Cordifolia Callus Culture Extract, Salicornia Herbacea Extract, Melilotus Officinalis Extract, Coco-Caprylate/​Caprate, Butylene Glycol, Lauroyl Lysine, Sodium Hyaluronate, Succinoglycan, Polysorbate 60, Cellulose Gum, Polyglyceryl-4 Laurate/​Succinate, Sorbitan Sesquiisostearate, Magnesium Stearate, Magnesium Hydroxide, Magnesium Chloride, Potassium Chloride, Calcium Chloride, Potassium Sorbate, Phenoxyethanol, Titanium Dioxide, Iron Oxides

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What the gurus are saying.

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Allie Glines
Allie Glines
830k subs · 34k devotees
✓Approved
"I love this product. I have for literally over 10 years because I feel like no matter how much you apply, it just always looks like skin. You're going to get pretty good coverage with this. Definitely not foundation level. So, if you feel like you have quite a bit of redness or you have like blemishes you would like to cover up, maybe you wouldn't like this. But even then, I've left it for so long, even through all the years where I had super active breakouts. All I would do is just use this all over and then spot conceal. And I feel like it gave me a more fresh look versus like a full coverage foundation all over the face."
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"So many people submitted this like it was the number one most requested product, and you know what, I understand why. It is so good. I wear the shade Birch 1.5. This is one of those products that just never gets old to me. What's crazy is so many people in my life that I got hooked on this product years ago still wear this product exclusively as their base makeup. It's actually nuts. This just melts into the skin. It doesn't look makeupy at all, but it gives great coverage, which I love, because for me if I'm gonna put something on my face I like it to do something. Even on a no-makeup makeup day, if I'm gonna bother it needs to improve my skin or the appearance of my skin in some way, and I feel like this does that."
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"This is such a fabulous tinted moisturizer and it's fully back into my routine. It's what I'm wearing right now. This is just such a good staple product. I've never not had this in my collection, but I haven't been wearing it every single day until lately. And now that I'm wearing this again, I'm reminded how fabulous this is. I know why she was wearing Complexion Rescue. It's so good."
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"I love this product. I have for literally over 10 years because I feel like no matter how much you apply, it just always looks like skin. You're going to get pretty good coverage with this. Definitely not foundation level. So, if you feel like you have quite a bit of redness or you have like blemishes you would like to cover up, maybe you wouldn't like this. But even then, I've left it for so long, even through all the years where I had super active breakouts. All I would do is just use this all over and then spot conceal. And I feel like it gave me a more fresh look versus like a full coverage foundation all over the face."
Mixed Makeup
Mixed Makeup
1.47M subs · 11k devotees
✓Approved
"I think it's like a really nice skin tint. Back when that launched I remember it feeling like it was revolutionary because tinted moisturizers didn't feel that great, they were just kind of blah. You wanted a tinted moisturizer but you couldn't really find one that gave good coverage that set well that did a good job. This one was great and it was SPF 30, so back then that felt better. When that was launched, the competition was Laura Mercier tinted moisturizer, like that was essentially the only tinted moisturizer that was really talked about. This actually felt like a true tinted moisturizer, not like other cosmetics where you got a lot of coverage but it didn't really feel like a tinted moisturizer. I think I would still enjoy using this, not as my sunscreen but I think I would still enjoy using this."
Beyond50Skin
Beyond50Skin
31k subs · 1k devotees
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"The Bare Minerals Complexion Rescue is just a little bit too drying for my very dry skin, but if you have combination skin, normal skin, or oily skin, I think you're going to love this. This is one of the top sellers of all the complexion products in the US, and it just didn't suit me. It's a light product but dries down, which I think would work really well for someone who prefers that finish."
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