Is Summer Fridays Sheer Skin Tint worth it?

The gurus are split. 3 of the 5 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 Summer Fridays Sheer Skin Tint's Guru Score?

Summer Fridays Sheer Skin Tint holds a Guru Score of 64%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 5 expert reviewers we have collected.

Summer Fridays

Sheer Skin Tint.

Foundation

About this product

A lightweight sheer skin tint that evens skin tone with light coverage, creating a natural, luminous finish.

Full ingredients

Water/Aqua/Eau, Ethylhexyl Palmitate, Glycerin, Isododecane, Diethylhexyl Carbonate, Isohexadecane, Polyglyceryl-4 Diisostearate/Polyhydroxystearate/Sebacate, Polymethylsilsesquioxane, Trimethylsiloxysilicate, Sodium Chloride, C13-15 Alkane, Sodium Hyaluronate, Squalane, Niacinamide, Centella Asiatica Leaf Extract, Tocopheryl Acetate, Tocopherol, Persea Gratissima (Avocado) Oil, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, Carthamus Tinctorius (Safflower) Seed Oil, Glycine Soja (Soybean) Oil, Ethylhexylglycerin, Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil, Silica, Alumina, Disteardimonium Hectorite, Magnesium Oxide, Propylene Carbonate, Zinc Stearate, Boron Nitride, Sodium Benzoate, Potassium Sorbate, Caprylyl Glycol, Phenoxyethanol, Titanium Dioxide (Ci 77891), Iron Oxides (Ci 77491, Ci 77492, Ci 77499)

Guru Score

64%

Mixed

5 experts · Moderate agreement

5Gurus

3Yay

0Mixed

2Nay

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What they liked

Gives a healthy glow and natural finish
Calms redness like rosacea

What they flagged

Very emollient, may break up other products underneath

What the gurus are saying

This sheer tint creates the 'skin but better' finish that sets it apart, evening redness and minor imperfections while maintaining a barely-there look. It's lightweight and glowy, making it perfect for minimal-makeup days or anyone wanting a simple, natural complexion. Its rich, emollient formula may not work well layered under heavy under-eye products; shade and undertone matching also deserve attention as these vary.

Synthesized from 5 expert reviews · most recent take March 2025

Type

Foundation

Key actives

Niacinamide Hyaluronic acidVitamin ESqualane

Formula notes

Fragrance-freeNo drying alcohol

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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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Beyond50Skin

32k subs

~Yay

"I'm going to apply a little bit of skin tint from Summer Fridays. This is one of my favorite skin tints."

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"Summer Fridays Sheer Skin Tint is another skin tint that I've been so excited to try. I've heard a lot about it. It is a complexion product with tint."

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"It really does give that sheer skin-like finish that I expect of a skin tint finish. It's radiant, gives a healthy glow, and it's not overly shiny or tacky. The texture spreads beautifully, it's very lightweight, it's beautiful on the skin, you don't even feel like you have it on. The only real notable ingredient is Tiger grass which can help cut down on redness, otherwise it does have a fairly significant amount of emollient in it, so if you have oily skin you're probably not going to like the texture of this, but for my very dry skin this worked perfectly."

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"I was going to come in with Summer Fridays Sheer Skin Tint but this is a very emollient complexion product and I'm worried that it's going to break up the seal that the Peter Thomas Roth made in my under eye area and cause it to basically break up and not hold the firmness that it's created."

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"I'm going to apply a little bit of skin tint from Summer Fridays. This is one of my favorite skin tints."

Alexandra Anele

1.44M subs

~Nay

"Summer Fridays, what colors are these? They sent me shade one and shade two, such a similar thing. They're like so close to the same colors. How is that supposed to be a tint for pale skin? That's one. How am I, what am I supposed to do with that color? I don't get it. I don't understand it, doesn't make any sense. To be fair, the Summer Fridays one is way closer to my skin tone than this one, but still I just don't understand why we want a skin tint to tint our skin the wrong undertone or the wrong color. I know how that's faster, I don't know how that's better. Doesn't make any sense. I don't get it."

James Welsh

1.58M subs

~Yay

"This is just such a nice sheer tint that just kind of evens out a little bit of rosacea for me. I like that it's very natural. I like how you can still see a bit of redness in my skin."

Allie Glines

829k subs

~Yay

"This was a go-to for me in the springtime. It literally just looks like your skin but better, it's perfect for no makeup makeup days. This is the shade one, it has really light coverage but it's not so light that you don't notice a difference. I love this stuff. If you're looking for a really nice, actual proper skin tint that gives a healthy veil and glow and slight tint to the skin, check this one out, it's so pretty."

HotandFlashy

1.23M subs

~Nay

"I really had high hopes for this one you know I love these nice lightweight natural looking things but it doesn't work with my sunscreen it is not going to work for me. It doesn't look terrible it doesn't look great either. The finish on this is a little more luminous than I'd like and even though this is supposed to be self-setting it is luminous. It's just like separating on top, it's balling and pilling all over my face. It's not blending into my skin. As a tinted moisturizer goes I don't love this just because it was so finicky and didn't play well with a lot of my other things. It looks so terrible, so crusty looking, really bad really like ick."

What the evidence says.

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

Niacinamide

Niacinamide has evidence behind it for redness, uneven tone and supporting the skin barrier, and it is usually well tolerated even by skin that reacts to most things.

Source: DermNet

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