22 Best Foundations for Mature Skin of 2022

Infused with 10 botanical oils and plumping hyaluronic acid, the GH Beauty Lab test-winning IT Cosmetics tinted cream goes on like a moisturizer, leaving skin soft and glowy. It’s also packed with SPF 50 to protect your face from the sun — the best anti-aging defense of all! It beat 29 other foundations the Beauty Lab’s test and earned the only perfect score for smooth-looking coverage. Makeup artist evaulators found it was one of the best formulas for mature skin.

Created especially for mature skin, this Good Housekeeping Seal star serum foundation from L’Oréal Paris effectively perfects, hydrates and protects skin with a high level SPF. In studies, 83% of women said the lightweight, radiant finish formula doesn’t settle into lines or wrinkles and it improved skin hydration eight hours after application thanks to moisturizers like hyaluronic acid.

More than makeup, this buttery L’Oréal Paris tinted balm foundation is boosted with anti-agers like peptides. The light-to-medium-coverage solid formula instantly makes skin look smoother, Beauty Lab data analysis showed.

This Lancôme tinted moisturizer with hyaluronic acid feels like a silky, rich cream on skin, not makeup and is one of GH’s beauty director’s go-to picks. “It provides the perfect amount of coverage, hiding spots and discoloration without settling into lines or caking, and gives skin a natural-looking youthful glow,” she explains.

This waterproof foundation will endure your sweatiest days while offering natural-looking full coverage. “Makeup still looked flawless after having it on all day (98° weather),” says one reviewer. Application is also easy and mess-free, making it great on-the-go.

With only five ingredients, this mineral foundation was formulated to let pores breathe, which one GH beauty writer says “feels virtually weightless on skin.” Powder foundations can get cakey when you build them up, but our writer says, “this one blends naturally with your skin whether you are going for sheer or full coverage. It also lasts all day and won’t settle into fine lines and wrinkles.” One reviewer commented, “It makes my skin look youthful, and I am 70 years old.”

Makeup artist Charlotte Tilbury’s base delivers medium satin-finish coverage in a lightweight cream that feels more like skincare than makeup. The formulation, a GH Beauty Award winner, is not heavy on skin and gives a lasting glow, GH Beauty Lab pros found.

Giorgio Armani’s luxurious foundation balm glides over skin to give full satiny coverage that blurs pores, redness, spots and uneven texture. “This formula really hides everything yet feels silky on skin,” GH’s beauty director says. Plus, the compact comes with an applicator sponge and a mirror for touch-ups on the go.

A base that gives a true no-makeup look, lightweight YSL Beauty provides dewy light to medium coverage that stays put, a rare feat for a tinted moisturizer. In GH Beauty Lab evaluations, the GH Beauty Award-winning formula spread well, subtly covered imperfections and evened skin tone. The coverage lasted all day, even on a tester with oily skin, and didn’t irritate another user with very sensitive skin. “I like how sheer it is — it gives a glowy, barely-there look yet evens skin tone.”

This is great if you want a flawless face, without a ton of extra steps. CoverGirl’s silky base, backed by the GH Seal, is a triple-duty primer-concealer-foundation hybrid. With just one application you’ll get the coverage of a concealer and, true to its name, it’ll last all day. That’s why it won a GH Beauty Award! Evaluations showed that the blendable formula stayed in place while still feeling light on skin and not looking heavy or cakey.

A GH Beauty Award winner and Good Housekeeping Seal star, Mary Kay’s creamy medium- to full-coverage foundation delivers hydrating and anti-aging effects via ingredients like softening vitamin E, radiance-enhancing niacinamide and smoothing peptides. In a study, over 90% of testers found that it smoothed the look of lines after one week of use and gave skin a luminous finish instantly, per Lab analysis.

GH Beauty Lab senior chemist Sabina Wizemann likes Chantecaille’s unique gel-like formula because it won’t settle into fine lines and wrinkles and leaves a fresh, natural-looking finish. The foundation is sheer, but evens out skin tone and is easily buildable if you prefer a more full-coverage look or need to cover a blemish or age spot. While it feels like a creamy skincare product, it’s not tacky or too shiny.

More than just makeup, this GH Beauty Award- and test-winning No7 foundation is infused with skincare ingredients like wrinkle-smoothing peptides and vitamins C and E to firm and brighten skin. It impressed in our Lab’s recent test thanks to a believable radiant finish and the fact that it went on and blended smoothly. Makeup artist evaluator Philippides called it “very impressive” and “flawless.” The medium-coverage pick is also a GH Seal star!

No more parching powder foundation: This silky GH Seal star L’Oréal Paris formula (with a mirror and a sponge!) is infused with anti-aging skincare ingredients like ceramides. In a study, 85% of testers said it made skin look smooth, GH Beauty Lab data evaluation found.

The best hydrator of the GH Beauty Lab’s CC cream test, this GH Seal-holding sheer tinted Olay formula improved skin over time, too, including dark spots.. According to Lab measurements, it moisturized better than any other CC cream tested, increasing hydration levels by 36% over six hours, and minimized the appearance of brown spots and pores over four weeks.

With Olay moisturizer swirled right in, this CoverGirl cream compact foundation is the ultimate product for a one-step face. While some cream formulas can feel heavy and cakey, this GH Seal star and Beauty Award winner is lightweight while still offering great coverage. It’s even pigmented enough to double as a concealer. GH Beauty Lab pros like that it feels velvety and blends flawlessly, and the packaging makes it great for keeping in your bag for on-the-go touch-ups.

Another of Wizemann’s favorites, this Nars tinted moisturizer is ideal for getting a no-makeup, natural look. It’s her go-to product when traveling: “The perfect multi-tasker, it protects with SPF 30, hydrates and keeps my skin tone looking even and glowy,” Wizemann says. The cream is easy to apply with your fingers to perfect skin without adding extra heaviness, plus you can easily build up the coverage.

If you prefer foundations in handy stick form, grab this satin finish full coverage formula from Iman. It’s perfect for on the go and blending into hard-to-reach areas like around the eyes and nose that can be prone to dark circles and redness with age.

Chanel’s high-end foundation lives up to its legacy: The base imparts skin with an “expensive-looking” glow, restoring lost radiance. “This is one of the best true foundations I’ve ever tried: It really covers and evens out skin, yet somehow looks natural and luminous,” GH’s beauty director raves. “It makes skin look perfect, even when it’s not.”

Tailored to the deepest of skin tones, Uoma Beauty’s soft matte foundation in an impressive 50 shades comes in customized formulations for different skin color groups, including rich tan, brown and dark brown. “The most perfectly matching foundation I may have ever had,” an Ulta reviewer marveled.

A skincare and makeup hybrid, Neutrogena’s sheer tint is blended with the star anti-aging ingredient retinol, which smooths skin over time. The formula has over 5,000 five-star reviews on Amazon: True to its name, one reviewer said “my skin looked healthier than the day before.”

For under $10, this classic L’Oréal Paris foundation offers stellar medium coverage at an unbeatable value and comes in a wide range of 45 shades from light to deep, with neutral, cool or warm undertones. That means you can find the right one for your skin tone and undertones (key to getting a perfect match). With over 800 5-star reviews, it’s a total crowd-favorite.