Charlotte Tilbury’s New Skin Tint Is Like Flawless Filter in a Stick

Just like we shed our winter coats for breezy sundresses, when it comes to beauty, we swap our full- and medium-coverage foundations for something lighter once summer rolls around. Warmer weather calls for formulas that won’t melt off in the heat, and spontaneous plans and low-maintenance looks go hand-in-hand. So, it’s only natural that the queen of complexion, Charlotte Tilbury, is ready for her skin-tint era. The brand’s new Unreal Skin Sheer Glow Tint Foundation Stick is your summer skin but better, with a sheer formula that gives a just-got-back-from-vacation glow.

The Unreal Skin Sheer Glow Tint Hydrating Foundation Stick is a quintessential summer formula—it has non-comedogenic claims, a long-lasting formula, and an ultra-glowy finish. Not to mention, stick products are having a major moment right now for their on-the-go versatility, so you can throw it in your purse and re-apply when necessary. Read on for everything you need to know about the launch.

The Inspiration

It’s safe to say Charlotte Tilbury has mastered the foundation category. Her glowy Hollywood Flawless Filter is one of the most viral beauty products of the 2020s, and has been duped by almost every brand, and for good reason. The sheer shimmery primer-hybrid helped jumpstart the dewy, glowy no-makeup makeup trend. What’s more, before launching the Unreal Skin Sheer Glow Tint Foundation Stick, Tilbury had built up a strong foundation roster with its Beautiful Skin Foundation, a medium-coverage formula, and the Airbrush Flawless Foundation, a full-coverage foundation. A lightweight foundation that combines the coverage of Beautiful Skin with the glow of Flawless Filter feels like a natural next step for the brand.

The Formula

The Unreal Skin Sheer Glow Tint Foundation Stick is just like it sounds: a sheer, glowy, foundation stick. It has a light-coverage formula and the stick packaging allows the balm-style formula to be applied directly to the skin, for a no-fuss application that’s great for on-the-go.

The Sheer Glow Stick is the latest launch of makeup with skincare-like benefits that work to improve the skin. Its hydrating formula emphasizes strengthening the skin’s barrier and improving texture and elasticity over time. Impressive ingredient call-outs include hydrating hyaluronic acid, moisturizing vitamin E oil, and Collageener, which works to improve firmness and “snatch” the skin for a lifted effect. In the brand’s clinical trials, it found that after six weeks of consistent use, testers noticed their skin was firmer and stayed hydrated for up to 24 hours, with 38% of people agreeing that their wrinkles appeared reduced.

Tilbury also infused the stick with her Light Mapping Mesh Tech, a blend of smoothing emollients and light-mapping micro-fine pearlescent filters that give a blurred effect finish (or as Tilbury would explain it, a” ring-light effect”). The Unreal Skin Sheer Glow Tint Foundation Stick comes in 20 shades, and the brand recommends pairing it with Charlotte’s Magic Cream as a primer and setting it with the Airbrush Flawless Finish Setting Spray.

Charlotte Tilbury Unreal Skin Sheer Glow Tint Foundation Stick