Is L'Oreal True Match Lumi Glotion worth it?

Mostly yes. 8 of the 9 gurus who reviewed it give it their stamp of approval, for a Guru Score of 81%.

What is L'Oreal True Match Lumi Glotion's Guru Score?

L'Oreal True Match Lumi Glotion holds a Guru Score of 81%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 9 expert reviewers we have collected.

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About this product

A luminizing lotion by L'Oreal True Match designed to add a dewy, radiant glow to the skin with a lightweight, hydrating formula available in multiple shades.

Full ingredients

Water, Glycerin, Cyclohexasiloxane, Alcohol Denat, Butyrospermum Parkii Butter/Shea Butter, Ci 77891/Titanium Dioxide, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Dimethicone, Ammonium Polyacryloyldimethyl Taurate, Polyglyceryl-6 Distearate, Mica, Ci 77491, Ci 77492, Ci 77499/Iron Oxides, Polysilicone-11, Phenoxyethanol, Pentaerythrityl Tetraethylhexanoate, Jojoba Esters, Capryloyl Salicylic Acid, Caprylyl Glycol, Sodium Citrate, Polyacrylamide, Boron Nitride, Polyglyceryl-3 Beeswax, Cetyl Alcohol, C13-14 Isoparaffin, Adenosine, Disodium EDTA, Citric Acid, Laureth-7, Triethoxysilylethyl Polydimethylsiloxyethyl Dimethicone, Isopropyl Titanium Triisostearate, Tin Oxide, Alumina

Guru Score

81%

Yay

9 experts · Strong agreement

What they liked

Buildable glow from sheer to luminous
Watery, serum-like texture that sets quickly
Skin-like finish without grease or shine

What they flagged

Can look cakey and muddy if overapplied
Not ideal for oily skin

What the gurus are saying

This liquid glow builds beautifully from a subtle sheen to a more radiant finish depending on how much you layer, and dermatologists and makeup artists alike praise how weightless and skin-like it feels even though it dries down quickly. Most gurus love it for adding luminosity without grease, though shade selection matters (the wrong shade can read ashy on deeper skin tones) and a couple of reviewers found it can settle into texture or look heavy if not applied sparingly. Best applied with fingers using just a tiny amount, either mixed into foundation, worn under it, or blended over the whole face for that fresh, healthy look.

Synthesized from 9 expert reviews · most recent take September 2026

Type

Lotion

Key actives

Salicylic acid (BHA)

Formula notes

Fragrance-freeContains drying alcohol

Where to buy

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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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Skin Obsessed Mary

33k subs

✓Yay

"The L'Oreal Gotion has become a staple. I don't wear makeup every day, but I will wear this instead. It gives this sort of healthy, lit from within glow that just makes me look better, fresher. Plus, it solved a problem I didn't expect it to solve. My face lives under a factor of 50 every single day, so no matter how much sun I get, my face never catches up to the rest of my body, which goes quite dark."

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"I will be bringing my L'Oréal True Match Lumi Glotion. I love this because I can just throw it on and I can somehow look fresh and healthy without even trying. That's the perfect fallback. I could do absolutely nothing except a little bit of this."

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"And this product does this really, really well. Sometimes I wear this and nothing else because honestly, I can't be bothered wearing makeup every day. But this just makes me look better. Makes me look healthier. [...] It's one of those products that just lifts everything without looking like you've put anything on. It's a bit of magic, really. I use a small amount of this and I apply it with my fingers and it gives that soft sheen to the skin. It's nothing heavy, it's nothing obvious."

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Pampered Wolf

237k subs

✓Yay

"The Lumi Glotion from L'Oreal, I have this in two shades, the shade light glow 902 and I also have medium glow 903. Medium glow is the one that I have on today. I just find this so versatile because if you want more glow you can actually build this up, but if you want something very soft and very subtle then one layer of this very finely applied is beautiful. The Lumi Glotions are also superb because you can add them to a tinted moisturizer or a foundation to make that product slightly glowier."

Allie Glines

829k subs

✓Yay

"I've loved the Lumi Glotion in the past, [...] I always used the light shade and loved the pink undertone, [...] and this time I'm trying the shade Fair Glow. The thing I like about this formula is it gives you a glow without the grease, so if you want something that will brighten up the face but not take away the longevity of the makeup underneath, this has been one of my favorite formulas for a long time."

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"Super hydrating, super weightless. [...] I really like the glow that it's giving. The shade match is fabulous. [...] This does kind of dry down, which is interesting because it feels so watery but then it almost feels like it sets. [...] I do feel like the finish is very, very skin-like, very luminous. [...] I think this is actually really pretty. I was kind of nervous as to how it would settle on top of that primer."

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April Basi

72k subs

✓Yay

"For melanin rich skin the key is shade selection, I'm using shade 904 Deep Glow and it comes in multiple shades. [...] I used it on my arms and my collarbones and it is popping. The wrong shade will give you a gray, ashy cast that nobody likes, so getting the right shade plays a huge part in getting that lift, warmth from within glow. I layer it over the places where I applied my body oil, [...] just a selective application that looks more natural and avoids that coated shimmer look."

Dr Dray

2.69M subs

✓Yay

"I like using this for just a little bit of color correction, a little bit of a glow. [...] The iron oxides in the tinted moisturizer [...] can also offer some additional protection against visible light from the sun that drives hyperpigmentation. This just looks good. [...] It's fragrance-free. It's moisturizing. [...] It's not overly shimmery. It doesn't make you look like a copper pot. [...] It's really good."

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"I love this L'Oreal True Match Lumi Glotion. I like to use it. [...] I put a couple of dots of this on my cheek and I just rub them all together. These Lumi lotions are great. Currently I'm using the light glow shade. I actually need to reorder this, it's almost dunzo. I've used the medium too. I can't say enough good things."

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"But I really love the finish of these. I went through two bottles of the light shade. I like it because it's fragrance-free. [...] It spreads on the skin pretty easily. You don't need very much. [...] The tint comes from iron oxides, which may offer some protection against the propigmenting wavelengths of visible light that come from the sun. Putting it over your sunscreen if your sunscreen's not tinted, especially can give you a little something something extra."

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"This is the L'Oreal True Match Lumi Glotion. I kind of use this to blend in that sunscreen that's been on my face for about 30 minutes since we last left off."

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"I have repurchased this so many times. It's the L'Oreal True Match Lumi Glotion. This is basically a tinted fragrance-free moisturizer. I have the shade light glow, although I've used a little bit deeper of a shade as well, and they also look good. These are beautiful on the skin. I put some on the cheeks and then I just kind of blend it all in with the concealer under my eyes and then blend this product down my face for just a little bit of a glow. This is not a high coverage product."

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"It's a perfect product for summertime, for going out at night where you don't necessarily feel like doing makeup, it gives you [...] a little bit of glow [...] from the tint, it's moisturizing, it's hydrating. Try this out, it's really good, very affordable, you can get it at Walmart or on Amazon. It's not overly shimmery, it just gives you a little spark of something, and I loved it, very moisturizing, no fragrance, and not overly glittery or anything."

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"I love the L'Oréal Lumi Lotion. It gives a nice glittery glow to the skin and it's a nice way to incorporate iron oxides as a daily facial moisturizer. I just wish it had sunscreen in it, because this is a really nice product if you want to back away from wearing foundation, or if you're going out at night and don't feel like wearing makeup. [...] It's moisturizing, it gives the skin a nice healthy glow, and it's easy to remove at the end of the day."

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"I like this L'Oreal Lumi lotion, but it has no sunscreen in it. It's a facial moisturizer, and some people would put that on every day as a tinted moisturizer and think nothing of it. The [...] difference is people aren't as inclined to put this on all surfaces of the face, so they'll end up with a lot of skipped areas without sun protection."

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"I'm also taking this L'Oreal True Match Lumi Lotion, I've rather been liking this."

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"I've been using [...] the L'Oreal Lumi lotion, it's just a tinted moisturizer, but I find on camera I kind of like the way that it looks, and I like the way it looks in person too. I just use it right before I'm on camera as kind of a makeup type product, so I don't look so washed out under the ring light."

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"On my face I bought this the other day and I've really been liking it, the L'Oreal True Match Lumi Lotion. It's just a tinted moisturizer, but it's really glowy. I got the shade medium and I really like it."

HotandFlashy

1.23M subs

✓Yay

"The L'Oreal Lumi Glotion is in it as well. This is a really nice highlighter. One of my favorites for a long time."

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"The L'Oreal Lumi Glotion is in it as well. This is a really nice highlighter. One of my favorites for a long time."

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"I'm not. It just doesn't look good. It looks kind of cakey and it looks very mudded on the surface, very cracked, sliding around up here. It's definitely settled in wrinkles. So all in all I don't love this. It's just doing all the things that I really don't love in a foundation, and there are better foundations from the drugstore that don't get shiny six or seven hours in. For me this is kind of a miss."

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"This is a highlighter, one of the first highlighters I ever tried, and it's so beautiful. One of the things I love best about this is that it comes in different shades, I wear it in shade 9002."

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"This is a highlighter and it's so pretty, I have it on today, I wear it in the shade 902 light glow, and it just gives the most beautiful subtle highlight."

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"From the drugstore, I love the L'Oreal Lumi Lotion. They give you that glow from within, that little cheek plumping pop that just makes you look so juicy and so much more youthful."

Robert Welsh

1.11M subs

✓Nay

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Dr. Sam Ellis

897k subs

✓Yay

"Also, if you are a makeup wearer, and even if you're not, I love the L'Oreal True Match Lumi Glotion. You just need the tiniest bit, but it gives you this really beautiful luminosity to your skin. And especially if you wear a medium or more full coverage foundation, having a luminous product underneath makes the skin read less flat and just more radiant."