Smashbox

Always On Foundation.

Foundation

About this product

A lightweight, skin-balancing foundation with hyaluronic acid and adaptogens designed to adjust to dry or oily skin while providing coverage and a blurred finish.

Best for

Oily skin

Type

FoundationLiquid

Key actives

Hyaluronic acidVitamin E

Formula notes

Fragrance-freeNo drying alcohol

Full ingredients

Water\\Aqua\\Eau, Dimethicone, Trimethylsiloxysilicate, Methyl Trimethicone, Phenyl Trimethicone, PEG-9 Polydimethylsiloxyethyl Dimethicone, Butylene Glycol, Glycerin, Magnesium Sulfate, Silica, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Sodium Hyaluronate, Salicornia Herbacea Extract, Tocopheryl Acetate, Saccharide Isomerate, Laminaria Saccharina Extract, Polysilicone-11, Polymethylsilsesquioxane, Glycyrrhiza Inflata Root Extract, Betaine, Pullulan, Polyglutamic Acid, Dipropylene Glycol, Triethoxycaprylylsilane, Jania Rubens Extract, Sodium Carrageenan, Polyglyceryl-3 Diisostearate, Disteardimonium Hectorite, Triethyl Citrate, Sodium Polyacryloyldimethyl Taurate, Cetyl PEG/PPG-10/1 Dimethicone, Dimethicone/PEG-10/15 Crosspolymer, Xanthan Gum, Silica Dimethicone Silylate, Laureth-7, Alumina, BHT, Sodium Citrate

Guru Score

87%

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What the gurus are saying

This foundation earns consistent praise for staying put all day without settling into fine lines, and for a lightweight formula that delivers surprising coverage without feeling heavy. The formula is designed to adapt to skin type, adding moisture to dry patches and resisting absorption on oily areas, and gurus found it works beautifully across different skin conditions and needs. One note: the shade range is limited, so you may want to check availability for your tone, though mixing shades is an option some have explored.

Synthesized from 2 expert reviews · most recent take March 2025

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What the gurus are saying.

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Alexandra Anele

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"I was obsessed with this. It was the only foundation I was wearing for such a long time. It really stays put but it provides that beautiful blur to the skin. This is the skin balancing foundation with hyaluronic acid and adaptogens. It is really soft, really smoothing. It's meant to really melt into the skin and mimic skin. It's supposed to work with your skin type. So if you are dry it's supposed to balance that by adding moisture, and if you're oily it's supposed to balance that by not absorbing the moisture. It's supposed to adapt to your skin type. My experience with this foundation has been nothing but positive every single time I've used it. Just wish the shade range was better."

Top Pick: foundation for oily skin

All 7 takes from Alexandra Anele

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"The Smashbox Always On, I'm obsessed, obsessed. I love it so much, it's so good, especially if you get oily anywhere throughout the day. It's so good, it's like the only one that prevents it. In my experience, SPF really creates a really really nice grip to the skin, like if you have a little bit of that tacky feeling after you apply your SPF."

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"Still continuously loving the Smashbox Always On. I'm holding two because I mix these two colors, mostly this one and then this one. Usually I go in with F10 O and then F30 N, but honestly I have F20 W and sometimes I throw that in there too, so it's just how I'm feeling, how yellow am I feeling today. Still the foundation that I've been obsessed with and I'm wearing, and that hasn't changed. I've been super happy with my skin, it's fantastic. I'm not going to change that anytime soon. That is still my foundational choice."

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"I have three shades of Smashbox Always On Foundation and I just don't know what to mix to get my perfect shade, so I'm just going to do a combination of a couple of them."

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"I've just absolutely been loving the Smashbox Always On Foundation. It just wears so beautifully and it works with my skin so nicely. I've been recommending it to a lot of people. If you've been interested I would check it out and see if they have your skin tone. I've been mixing a couple of shades and they have some nice olive tones."

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"I'm going to use a teeny bit of my Foundation, which is Smashbox Always On."

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"The Smashbox Always On Foundation, the formula itself is pretty thin feeling, very comfy, very lightweight, but it also provides a lot of coverage, like a surprising amount of coverage, but nothing about this feels heavy in any way. It's very lightweight and it just looks beautiful on everybody no matter what. No matter what state my skin is in, if it's too dry, if it's too oily, if I've got some irritation, this just adapts to my skin no matter what. This has been the foundation that I've basically been recommending to everyone who asks me."

HotandFlashy

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✓Approved

"The Smashbox Always On Foundation it stayed on all day with very little settling into wrinkles."

Common questions

Frequently asked.

What is Smashbox Always On Foundation?

A lightweight, skin-balancing foundation with hyaluronic acid and adaptogens designed to adjust to dry or oily skin while providing coverage and a blurred finish.

Is Smashbox Always On Foundation worth it?

Yes. All 2 gurus who reviewed it give it their stamp of approval, for a Guru Score of 87%.

What is Smashbox Always On Foundation's Guru Score?

Smashbox Always On Foundation holds a Guru Score of 87%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 2 independent expert reviewers we have collected. At least one expert has named it a Top Pick in its category.