This product is a true skincare and cosmetic hybrid, with its hydrating serum base combined with the coverage, the evening of your Complexion and the longevity that we demand from a cosmetic! Ilia delivers with their skin-matching technology that provides us with a wide variety of shades, by tone AND undertone. The coverage of the product is lighter, however, bordering on sheer almost, so you will need a good concealer or another foundation for days that your dark and puffy under eye circles can tell the world about your night beforehand or it’s the week leading up to menstruation. Hence, the ‘tint’ in the title, this product does more to even your overall complexion. It serves a different purpose than every other foundation product on the market. This tint becomes the only coverage that you require after consistent use of the actual product. It addresses many of the concerns that cause us to seek out Cosmetics to begin with, including minimizing redness, improving skins’ texture and decreasing hyperpigmentation. If you like a full coverage product, this will probably not appeal to you. However, it still doubles as a fantastic moisturizing serum, so you may find a use for it and then fall in love. Makeup lovers might like this as a primer, as it does well to smooth and even the skin, making it (appear to be) naturally flawless! I highly recommend this for all skin types.

TL;DR- even my hypersensitive skin tolerated it (and my skin freaks out from Cetaphil so that’s big) BUT it smells bad, stays shiny and tacky, is difficult to spread without leaving a line, makes facial peach fuzz very obvious, and has few options for those with cool undertones.
I had really high hopes for this, as I’ve seen that several celebs love it, but it’s just sort of meh. I actually feel like Wet n Wild had a similar feeling product several decades ago. To start, I found the colors all far too warm. I have pink cool undertones and nearly all the colors skew toward warm or at best neutral undertones. So I went with Bom Bom although it is too orange for my skin (in Tarte, I use 20B if that helps). Folks are not wrong about the smell. It’s not pleasant. I smell like I have some algal mud mask on and that scent does not go away over time. It’s also surprisingly sticky. It didn’t spread as easily as I expected for something
so liquid, and it never dried down so I was shiny and had several lines for on moving my hair and inadvertently brushing my cheek in the process. If you have super dry skin it may be okay but I was a greaseball by day’s end and it’s winter. I’d be an orange puddle if temps hit the 70s. I also found that it clings strangely to the peach fuzz hair near my jaw (thanks PCOS), and refused to be blended in naturally. On the plus side though, I have incredibly sensitive skin with rosacea that couldn’t tolerate the dermatologist’s meds let alone OTC stuff and this did NOT make me break out or get a rash or itch or anything! So if they can improve the stank and the viscosity and the color (just a few tweaks), girl call me.

I am 40 years old. No filter used, wearing ONLY one layer of skin tint. I have fine lines and large pores. I am prone to occasional hormonal acne and have combination skin with slightly drier cheeks.
Let's break it down...

Color gets 5 stars.
The color match for my light olive complexion is perfect, and that is unusual for me. I am wearing the shade ST4, which is extremely similar to Beautyblender's Bounce Skin Tint Light 4, as well as my discontinued holy grail, L'ancome Skin Feels Good in 15N Blonde Pecan.

Coverage gets 4 stars. It is definitely buildable coverage and goes on fairly even with fingers. I have not tried a brush or sponge just yet, so I assume I will get even better results. It does a great job of camouflaging my pores as well as my dark circles; mind you, this is Without concealer. This is definitely a casual tint, not like the Beautyblender Bounce Skin Tint, which is much more opaque and what I now use as a sole go-to foundation, actually.

Formula gets 4 stars. Almost perfect, but not quite. There is a little too much SPF which makes it on the SLIGHT greasy side when you first put it on, however it's not NEARLY as much as the grease-bomb skin tint recently released by Fenty (which makes you feel like you're basting your head for Thanksgiving, yuck). The good news is that it does dry after 10 minutes & is less sticky.

Finish gets 3.5 stars. I feel like this can be improved by lowering the SPF dose, oh so slightly, to maybe 15-20. If you like a dewy finish, then this is certainly for you. I usually prefer semi-matte and hate dewy, but this one is decent enough where I will definitely wear it. I also have no choice now that Skin Feels Good is definitely being discontinued because I've now, at this point, literally tried every single skin tint that exists in both Sephora and Ulta. I am not even kidding.

Overall, this is the ONLY skincare-grade tint product other than Beautyblender, that Sephora stocks, that isn't a hot, streaky, greasy mess.

**Honest Review** I had seen this product on my IG for a bit now. I am usually a no makeup girl but I'm in my early 30s and usually use Clinique and Lancome religiously for skincare. I've been bad with not using sunscreen. I've noticed aging and know I'm not getting any younger but still have youthful skin which I partially attribute to my skin care regimen. I wanted to give this product a try despite the comments about the scent and finish. I was more interested in the ingredients of the product. I will be clear that although my skin has changed and become less acne prone with age that my problems include acne prone/oily/and enlarged pores.. I have worn this product for about 3 weeks now.. I have to say at first I was impressed.. then unsure .. but NOW .. I'm impressed enough to write this review. It is a serum. It provides coverage, decent in my opinion, it covers redness and lays nicely on the skin. It's definitely a sheen finish, but I just use the Laura Mercier finishing powder in the areas I don't use bronzer and it's dewy afterwards. The scent is not lovely to say the least but after these few weeks I have to say my fine lines (which where pretty fine to begin with) are much finer. So for me... with the perfect coverage (with finishing powder), SPF 40, no breakouts (other than slight purging for 1-2 weeks), and noticeable minimization of fine lines and pores I am overall impressed. If scent is more important than quality skincare that truly delivers.. find a rosy product that you're not impressed with and keep spending in an attempt to find what you're looking for. The scent of this product doesn't bother me because it a "cleaner" product that checks off what I am needing in a skincare/light coverage product. So far... I am really satisfied and feel excited to use this every morning.