It’s tinted moisturiser season, which strikes just as winter pallor is transmogrifying towards spring sparkle… but isn’t quite there yet. Your complexion is still punishing you for central heating and gales (does anyone else suspect that Storm Gareth was named by someone called Gareth in an attempt to make the name sexy?) but the bright and extended daylight makes the foundation that saw you through the winter look chalky.
Here are my tinted moisturiser stars; all with SPF — obviously — and all non-colour specific. In other words, they are a little squirt of pale cream in the palm of your hand but then react to your skin to develop a blurring, veiling glow.
1. Perricone MD’s Face Finishing & Firming Tinted Moisturiser SPF 30 is whisper-light and magically transformative: from mad attic lady to fully functional human woman. Masses of top quality antioxidant, vitamin C and a microcapsule colour blending system (it really is magnificently natural) may justify the price. £59 (perriconemd.co.uk)
2. Sarah Chapman Skin Insurance SPF 30 is insurance against the environment (UVA, UVB and free radical protection), insurance against the future (elastin regenerating action) and insurance against looking ghostly for a moment longer. Super natural. And all-round super. £52 (sarahchapman.com)
3. Erborian CC Crème Doré SPF 25 is the most muscular of the three, pulling coverage punches like a summer foundation but nevertheless super-malleable and radiant-making. Hydrates, unifies and camouflages. £38 (uk.erborian.com)
