Charlotte Tilbury Beautiful Skin Foundation: Guru Score 64%

What the gurus are saying.

Every take we've logged from this product's reviews across YouTube. Click any row to watch the moment they said it.

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~Yay

"This foundation comes in 30 shades across cool, warm, and neutral skin tones. Mine is number seven neutral and it has this radiant finish which is absolutely perfect and it comes in around 45 which is fine with me now. It's not a daily makeup for me. It's really for filming or if it's Saturday night going out out. The finish is just gorgeous. The coverage is good. It's not too much. They say it's a medium buildable coverage and that's why it's not an everyday. It's probably more, well, it's definitely more than I would generally wear, but I just love it. Like, if I was a big makeup gal, I would wear it every day."

Cassandra Bankson

2.46M subs

~Nay

"I know how this foundation works on me just straight out of the tube, so I'm going to compare straight out of the tube like I usually use it to how it works when it is froth. When I tried it froth with water, it felt cold and wet and like a lot of foundation. I thought it was going to be lightweight when you froth something, but it didn't feel that way. It started out drying down beautifully with a velvet finish, but it creased really badly. After just a few hours, my greasy skin came through in my T-Zone and I was flaking and dry and patchy. On textured skin, I can still see my texture, my little blemishes are still popping up, and it's not covering very well. I cannot recommend this to anybody. This is not something that I will do again."

Dr. Sam Ellis

883k subs

~Yay

"I've been a huge fan of the Charlotte Tilbury lip products for such a long time and I hadn't tried any of the complexion products, but wow, they're awesome. This is definitely a medium coverage foundation that I can also shear out depending on how I apply it. A medium coverage foundation can basically take away all of my redness, get rid of some of my hyperpigmentation and melasma, but still give me a very natural look. I really like this packaging because it's incredibly convenient and super lightweight. It applies very beautifully with just your fingertips so I don't need my brush or beauty blender. It feels very hydrating and nourishing on the skin and doesn't really weigh my skin down even though it has really good coverage. In some ways it reminds me of the IT Cosmetics CC cream where when you apply it you're like my skin looks flawless, but it's not as heavy and doesn't tend to get as cakey."

All 2 takes from Dr. Sam Ellis

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"I've been a huge fan of the Charlotte Tilbury lip products for such a long time and I hadn't tried any of the complexion products, but wow, they're awesome. This is definitely a medium coverage foundation that I can also shear out depending on how I apply it. A medium coverage foundation can basically take away all of my redness, get rid of some of my hyperpigmentation and melasma, but still give me a very natural look. I really like this packaging because it's incredibly convenient and super lightweight. It applies very beautifully with just your fingertips so I don't need my brush or beauty blender. It feels very hydrating and nourishing on the skin and doesn't really weigh my skin down even though it has really good coverage. In some ways it reminds me of the IT Cosmetics CC cream where when you apply it you're like my skin looks flawless, but it's not as heavy and doesn't tend to get as cakey."

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"I also really love the foundation within this line and again it's because it makes your skin look so good it's not that you're just using it as paint to cover up your blemishes but it really enhances the look of your skin."

HotandFlashy

1.23M subs

~Nay

"When I first put it on it looked so so good and I was like wow it's really making my skin look beautiful, but then by the end of the day I just did not like this. I couldn't get more than like six hours of wear out of it, no matter what I did, no matter what products I put with it. I felt like it was really drying which drives my skin out and just really annoys and irritates me. So by the time I was done with the three days of testing on this, I literally like never wanted to see it again."

All 2 takes from HotandFlashy

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"While it wasn't terrible, I didn't love it either. I think it's just an okay foundation. I don't think there's any reason to run to the store and give this a try and buy it. The main problem for me is how drying this is, and they go out of their way to make big claims about how hydrating it is, but I haven't felt like my skin looked beautiful for probably 95 percent of the time I've had it on. It settles into wrinkles right away and will get in there and cake up, the wear time is not great—I can get between five and ten hours out of it depending on what I have underneath. It does get shiny if you don't powder it, and it's a little bit finicky about what you put on under it."

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"When I first put it on it looked so so good and I was like wow it's really making my skin look beautiful, but then by the end of the day I just did not like this. I couldn't get more than like six hours of wear out of it, no matter what I did, no matter what products I put with it. I felt like it was really drying which drives my skin out and just really annoys and irritates me. So by the time I was done with the three days of testing on this, I literally like never wanted to see it again."

What the evidence says.

Independent of what the gurus think, this is what the published research supports about the main active ingredients here.

Sunscreen filters

Sun protection is the best evidenced way to slow visible ageing, and the filters are what does the work. Mineral and chemical filters both protect when a product is applied thickly enough and often enough, which is where most people fall short rather than on the choice of filter.

Source: DermNet

Humectants and emollients

Ingredients like these draw water into the surface layers and slow how fast it leaves. The evidence is for comfort, softness and hydration rather than for changing the structure of the skin.

Source: DermNet

Vitamin E

Vitamin E is an antioxidant, and it is often in a formula to keep the other ingredients stable rather than as the active itself. It pairs well with vitamin C, though on its own the evidence for visible change is limited.

Source: NIH, National Library of Medicine

Frequently asked.

What is Charlotte Tilbury Beautiful Skin Foundation?

Charlotte Tilbury Beautiful Skin Foundation is a medium coverage, buildable foundation available in 30 shades across cool, warm, and neutral undertones, providing a radiant and natural finish.

Is Charlotte Tilbury Beautiful Skin Foundation worth it?

The gurus are split. 2 of the 4 gurus give it their stamp of approval while 2 would skip it, which lands it in the middle at a Guru Score of 64%.

What is Charlotte Tilbury Beautiful Skin Foundation's Guru Score?

Charlotte Tilbury Beautiful Skin Foundation holds a Guru Score of 64%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 4 expert reviewers we have collected.