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Tinted Serum Number One.

Typology Tinted Serum Number One
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About this product

A lightweight tinted serum that combines skincare actives with subtle bronze pigment to even skin tone while hydrating and creating a natural glow.

Full ingredients

Guru Score

83%

Yay

Early verdict · Few reviews so far
2Gurus
2Yay
0Mixed
0Nay

What they liked

  • Lightweight, blends easily with fingers
  • Subtle bronze and glow finish
  • Evens redness without heavy coverage

What they flagged

    Nothing. None of the experts who reviewed it raised a problem.

    What the gurus are saying

    This serum holds its color and glow throughout the day without fading, and blends seamlessly for a no-makeup makeup finish that doesn't feel heavy. The formula pairs hydrating actives like squalane, aloe vera, and vitamin C to soften skin and smooth texture while the tint evens redness and adds warmth. Those after true tinted skincare rather than lightweight foundation may find this approach refreshingly simple.
    Synthesized from 2 expert reviews · most recent take July 2025

    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 is a very sheer serum concealer. So, if you need some significant coverage, you're probably not going to like this. But, if you just want a minimal coverage concealer that blends in with the skin, absolutely no creasing, this is perfect. Love these both. Super complimentary and this just does the trick for a nice minimalist makeup look with absolutely no creasing in the under eye area or the crows feet area. Lasts all day long. The end of the day, I'm so shocked that these two are still there. They don't wear the way I expected them to for a skin tint. I expected them to be gone by midday or at least showing a lot of breakthrough. But Typology for me lasts a good 6 to 8 hours and still looks fresh by the end of the day. I've been so impressed by this. I've been reaching for it every time I want to wear a tinted serum. Love this. Super lightweight, super beautiful coverage. I can't talk enough about it."
    All 2 takes from Beyond50Skin
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    "This is a very sheer serum concealer. So, if you need some significant coverage, you're probably not going to like this. But, if you just want a minimal coverage concealer that blends in with the skin, absolutely no creasing, this is perfect. Love these both. Super complimentary and this just does the trick for a nice minimalist makeup look with absolutely no creasing in the under eye area or the crows feet area. Lasts all day long. The end of the day, I'm so shocked that these two are still there. They don't wear the way I expected them to for a skin tint. I expected them to be gone by midday or at least showing a lot of breakthrough. But Typology for me lasts a good 6 to 8 hours and still looks fresh by the end of the day. I've been so impressed by this. I've been reaching for it every time I want to wear a tinted serum. Love this. Super lightweight, super beautiful coverage. I can't talk enough about it."
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    "I gave it a five out of five. This was still there. At the end of the day, I couldn't believe it. I don't know if it's a factor that I did some extra moisturizing steps in my skincare routine, but it looked just as beautiful midday as it did at the end of the day. Super shocked. Absolutely love this new find."
    Yay
    "I'm actually using a tinted serum, so not even a foundation, not even a skin tint. It's just a serum that has some color. This is a one from Typology, my favorite one to use."
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    "This is the Typology Tinted Serum and it has that glow, it has that bronze and glow. This serum has this beautiful bronze to it. This is a product that has hydration so it's going to glide nicely onto those areas and you can see it just really gives such a beautiful subtle bronze to the skin."
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    "This is a tinted serum. If you want no makeup makeup, or you want to add something extra to your makeup, if you're looking for that no makeup makeup look, but you don't want to feel heavy with makeup, you just want to even out the skin tone. This is the one. This is tinted skincare. So it contains incredible skincare ingredients that in turn make the skin look amazing. You have Vitamin C, which is going to brighten. Squalane, which softens the skin, it fights dryness, and aloe vera, which is one of my favorite ingredients in general, because the finish it gives to the skin, it helps to combat dehydration, which is different to being dry. You can be oily and have dehydrated skin, but while also softening the skin, so in turn, you get this beautifully smooth finish to the skin. Finding a product that is truly, in my opinion, a tinted moisturizer or a tinted serum in the makeup world is very, very difficult because they don't exist anymore. They are all just lightweight foundations. So turning to the world of skincare and tinted products is the best way to go."
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    "I'm actually using a tinted serum, so not even a foundation, not even a skin tint. It's just a serum that has some color. This is a one from Typology, my favorite one to use."
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    "This is one of those few products I actually do prefer just using my fingers cuz as I said it is just like serum so it literally just blends in really easy to the skin there's no going wrong with it really. This is going to even out redness and here's the deal if you were going to heavily bronze or heavily add a blush then I would go for something with a little bit more coverage because blush and bronzer can sometimes pick up on the red undertones in your skin or redness or discoloration in your skin and it makes that kind of uneven skin tone a little bit more obvious. But if you're just going to highlight and you're just going to glow I do like those kind of highlights. Look how easy that is my skin looks so much more even I don't feel like heavily covered or anything like that still glowing still have that glow."

    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

    Frequently asked.

    What is Typology Tinted Serum Number One?

    A lightweight tinted serum that combines skincare actives with subtle bronze pigment to even skin tone while hydrating and creating a natural glow.

    Is Typology Tinted Serum Number One worth it?

    Yes. All 2 gurus who reviewed it give it their stamp of approval, for a Guru Score of 83%.

    What is Typology Tinted Serum Number One's Guru Score?

    Typology Tinted Serum Number One holds a Guru Score of 83%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 2 expert reviewers we have collected.

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