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Hollywood Flawless Filter.

Charlotte Tilbury Hollywood Flawless Filter
Powder & Setting

About this product

A luminizing filter with light coverage in liquid form, designed to add glow and smooth the skin, available in multiple shades and versatile enough to use as a primer, base, or highlighter.

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The Guru Index verdict

70%

Approved

✓Approved · 70%
9Reviewers
7Approved
0Mixed
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#5 in Powder & Setting

What the gurus are saying

Most gurus praise this for delivering a natural glow with a touch of coverage, and find it especially effective when applied sparingly to the high points of the face rather than all over. The texture divides reviewers sharply: those with smooth or normal skin love how it blurs and sits cleanly, while those with texture, enlarged pores, or oily skin report it can cling to imperfections and look greasy. A few note the full-size tube lasts years, so the mini might be the smarter choice for lighter users.
Synthesized from 9 expert reviews

Key actives & flags

SPFSqualaneFragrance-freeAlcohol-free

Full ingredients

Aqua/​Water/​Eau, Hydrogenated Didecene, Mica, Glycerin, Propanediol, Squalane, Cetyl PEG/​PPG-10/​1 Dimethicone, Isoamyl Laurate, Hydrogenated Styrene/​Isoprene Copolymer, Sodium Chloride, Caprylic/​Capric Triglyceride, Hydroxyacetophenone, Polyglyceryl-4 Isostearate, 1,2-Hexanediol, Caprylyl Glycol, Trisodium Ethylenediamine Disuccinate, Glycosaminoglycans, Hoya Lacunosa Flower Extract, Iron Oxides (Ci 77491, Ci 77492, Ci 77499), Bismuth Oxychloride (Ci 77163), Titanium Dioxide (Ci 77891)

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No BS Beauty
No BS Beauty
89k subs · 2k devotees
✓Approved
"I really loved just using this plain on my skin. I did say the Charlotte Tilbury ones weren't bad. I really like this, but then I remember her telling me it's not a foundation. So, then I kind of just slowed down and stopped using it so much because I'm like, well, maybe it's not giving me enough coverage. I've got melasma, hyperpigmentation. I want to cover all of that up."
Mixed Makeup
Mixed Makeup
1.47M subs · 10k devotees
✓Approved
"This is the Hollywood Flawless Filter. There's been so many dupes of this one, but it's just great on those high points, just in small high points. Not everywhere, but just a little bit because it not only gives glow, which we love, but it actually blurs and smooths the skin a little bit. So I use it on these little areas and you don't have to put it on the whole face, just the high points. I like to use quite minimal of it. When you're going to a big glam event, there's flash photography, there might be heaps of people in the room, meaning you might get a bit flustered. You know, warm environment. Sometimes you don't want to overglow your skin. So just very minimal, really small concentrated dots of glow is actually enough. Don't overglow your face."
HotandFlashy
HotandFlashy
1.23M subs · 70k devotees
✓Approved
"This is my favorite highlighter. It's the Charlotte Tilbury Hollywood Flawless Filter. But the fullsize tube of this is just so big. I think I've had mine for maybe four years. The mini is so perfect. It's also great for travel. But it's just a great size if you don't wear a ton of makeup."
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"This is my favorite highlighter. It's the Charlotte Tilbury Hollywood Flawless Filter. But the fullsize tube of this is just so big. I think I've had mine for maybe four years. The mini is so perfect. It's also great for travel. But it's just a great size if you don't wear a ton of makeup."
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"My favorite highlighter to pick up in the sale is the Charlotte Tilbury Hollywood Flawless Filter, but this is so huge. If you're never going to use this all, get the mini. Do yourself a favor. The mini is great for travel, it's great for everyday. You will actually go through this. This is just so enormous. But I wear this in shade four and I love it. Have it on my cheeks today. Just love that extra pop. Just makes the cheeks look so full and so beautiful."
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"My tried and true one that I've loved for years is the Charlotte Tilbury Hollywood Flawless Filter. This comes in more shades so you can get a shade. I wear it in shade four and this is more of a golden glow. I feel like it has more pigment in it so it more like colors your skin a little bit. It's beautiful."
The Style and Beauty Doctor
The Style and Beauty Doctor
220k subs · 7k devotees
✓Approved
"You didn't need as much of the Charlotte Tilbury to get it to spread. The Charlotte Tilbury Flawless Filter has been a popular product and I can see why. It's really pretty if you're going for a very minimal makeup look or just want a glow underneath your foundation."
Robert Welsh
Robert Welsh
1.10M subs · 71k devotees
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"Someone who's tried this Hollywood Flawless Filter product numerous times, I think it's one of their worst products. The idea is good."
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"The Charlotte Tilbury Hollywood Flawless Filter is definitely high end. It's a really interesting product because it's become the subject of comparison in the beauty community due to similar products at lower price points, but the Charlotte Tilbury version itself represents the premium end of the market."
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"I've tried the Hollywood Flawless Filter. On me, there was nothing flawless about it. This product, again, in Charlotte Tilbury style, was kind of greasy. It sat kind of greasy on the skin. It doesn't smooth. It isn't like, oh my gosh, my skin looks like it's been filtered. No, it just looks like your skin has a glow. Is it a nice glow visually? Yes. On my skin, it didn't sit so well."
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"Someone who's tried this Hollywood Flawless Filter product numerous times, I think it's one of their worst products. The idea is good."
Alexandra Anele
Alexandra Anele
1.42M subs · 29k devotees
✓Approved
"I'm going in with Charlotte Tilbury Flawless Filter just to kind of prep. I want glow in the outer perimeter of my face around my cheekbones."
Beyond50Skin
Beyond50Skin
31k subs · 1k devotees
✓Approved
"I'm going to use Charlotte Tilbury's Hollywood Flawless Filter as my complexion base. I would adjust this for your skin tone since this comes in multiple colors. Mine is in Fair and it has a lot of yellow undertones. The Hollywood Flawless Filter gives a little bit more coverage and isn't as sheer as other options, but it also gives me a more tanned look. Make sure you get in your under eye area because this is going to be the only complexion product that you're going to be using for concealer and you want to give that blended look from your cheek to your under eye."
Allie Glines
Allie Glines
830k subs · 36k devotees
✓Approved
"This adds glow to the skin, a little hint of coverage, can be used as highlighter as a primer. I typically use it as a glowy primer. The formula is really beautiful. It's a little bit of a deeper shade, but I can't really tell a difference even though the shade is a little darker."
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"This is the Charlotte Tilbury Flawless Filter. I haven't used this in a while but I feel like I've been into really healthy looking skin, not just for fall but especially when you have more of a lip focused look. I love having fresh looking skin to go with it."
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"This adds glow to the skin, a little hint of coverage, can be used as highlighter as a primer. I typically use it as a glowy primer. The formula is really beautiful. It's a little bit of a deeper shade, but I can't really tell a difference even though the shade is a little darker."
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"The Charlotte Tilbury Hollywood Flawless Filter, I feel like the majority of us have that in our collection because there was a time where literally everybody was using it. But I haven't really seen as many people talk about it anymore, which is actually nuts. It feels so nice on the skin honestly."
Nipun Kapur
Nipun Kapur
399k subs · 10k devotees
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"This is a texture monster. I don't have large open pores, so it gives me this really soft airbrushed finish, but if you have texture, if you have enlarged pores, if you have oily skin, if you have anything happening, this is not for you. I've recommended this to friends and family and some of them have bought it and they've been like, upon it looks bad on us. I think this is a product which is overhyped. You don't want to bother yourself with it."
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