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You may decide to switch to an organic or natural tinted moisturizer because you’re lacking time for a full makeup regime, you need a lighter option in hot and humid weather, or your skin doesn’t take kindly to heavy, pore-clogging foundations. Whatever the reason, the change will reduce your exposure to nasty ingredients that potentially compromise your health while still providing high-performance coverage – and other added skin benefits.
Instead, natural tinted moisturizers blend ingredients harvested in nature. These ingredients work harmoniously with your skin, not only moisturizing it in the immediate moment that it’s applied, but also strengthening its ability to retain moisture in the long term.
Some of the ingredients you might find in a natural tinted moisturizer include:
- Organic moisturizing oils such as jojoba, coconut, shea, and argan
- Essential oils that can correct everything from acne-causing bacteria to hydrations deficits
- Vitamins that nourish and strengthen skin such as A, B, and E
- Mineral SPF to protect your skin from the harmful effects of UVA, UVB, and UVC rays
- Soothing ingredients like aloe, cucumber, and rosehip
To avoid ingredients that are potentially unsafe and start bringing your body back in line with more natural topicals, make the switch to natural or organic tinted moisturizers. We’ve listed the top ones below.
BEST NATURAL AND ORGANIC TINTED MOISTURIZERS
The best natural tinted moisturizers – and the organic ones, too – replace bad ingredients with ones that nourish your skin as much as possible. From natural oils like shea butter and coconut oil to antioxidants and botanical extracts, organic and natural tinted moisturizers give you a flawless complexion while making your skin more healthy and resilient.
W3ll People Bio Tint Multi-Action Moisturizer $29.99
The best organic tinted moisturizers contain SPF to protect your skin from the damaging effects of the sun – and this one has SPF 30 without any of the oxybenzone that makes sun protection more harmful than it is good. Available from fair to medium and EWG verified to be non-toxic, this plant-based wonder contains hydrating ingredients like coconut, brightening ingredients like broccoli seed oil and algae extract, and rejuvenating ingredients like ginseng and pomegranate.
Juice Beauty SPF 30 Tinted Mineral Moisturizer $30
For lightweight coverage and a glowing finish, this tinted moisturizer that’s available in 3 shades can be used alone or combined with your favorite foundation for more coverage. It protects your skin with chemical-free SPF 30 and is made with tinted mineral pigments that won’t clog pores. It’s also full of antioxidants that protect your skin from free radical damage, including grape, aloe, and pomegranate juices.
Coola Rosilliance Mineral BB+ Cream Tinted Organic Sunscreen SPF 30 $52
Beyond broad spectrum SPF 30 protection and the ability to even skin tone and hide imperfection, this tinted face oil has three stand-out ingredients. Acai fruit oil repairs damaged skin cells with vitamins A, B, C, and E, plankton extract reduces impurities like blemishes and dark spots, while rose stem cell moisturizes and provides powerful antioxidant protection. Those ingredients, and 70% of the formula, are certified organic and the three shades are 100% waterproof.
Jane Iredale Dream Tint $32
An oil-free and lightweight formula that you can actually feel soothing your skin as it hydrates. In a wide range of shades (7 to be exact), from light to dark, the water-resistant formula is perfect for the beach and a sheer to medium level of coverage. Swim all day (but don’t forget to reapply) without worrying about sun protection (SPF 15), covering your blemishes, or hurting the water wildlife (because this natural tinted moisturizer is reef-friendly).
100% Pure Fruit Pigmentated Tinted Moisturizer $48
100% Pure’s Fruit Tinted Moisturizer uses natural fruit and vegetable pigments to bring you light to medium coverage that lasts all day. With 9 shades ranging from the lightest to darkest skin tones, this tinted moisturizer rich in aloe and cucumber juice delivers a beautiful dewy finish. The formula includes a number of other skin-beneficial ingredients including reparative Pommegranite Oil antioxidant rich White tea extract as well as collagen boosting Goji Berry.
Dr Hauschka Tinted Day Cream $45
Dr. Hauschka has created a tinted moisturizer that’s great for all skin types. If you have dry or sensitive skin, the beeswax and rosehip extract will protect your skin and help to make it stronger. If uneven skin tone, redness, or blemishes are your biggest problem, then you’ll benefit from essential oils and mineral pigments that clarify and renew the tone and texture of the skin. And regardless of what your skin type is, you’ll look more youthful with the sun-kissed glow that this tint leaves behind.
Eminence Organic Skin Care Vanilla Latte Tinted Moisturizer $37.50
Even the name of one of the best organic tinted moisturizers sounds rich and luxurious. This high-performance organic skincare line is best for light skin tones and those who require a lightweight, non-comedogenic formula that won’t clog pores. Featuring shea butter, aloe vera, and jojoba oil for hydration and nourishment, as well as vitamins and nutrients that heal your skin every day that you wear it, this tinted moisturizer by Eminence will prevent damage and renew your radiant flow. Another key benefit that the tinted moisturizer offers is broad-spectrum sun protection (SPF 30).
Josh Rosebrook Tinted Nutrient Day Cream with SPF 30 $55
This Is just as much skincare as it is lightweight and seamless makeup. Filled with deeply nourishing ingredients from bilberry and rosehip to seabuckthorn and borage, it’s also formulated with a fast-absorbing SPF 30 to protect your skin from the sun. Only available in one color, the formula adjusts to your skin tone for the perfect finish every time.
Ilia Beauty Super Serum Skin Tint SPF 40 $46
Available in 18 shades, Ilia’s Super Serum Skin Tint has appropriately named serum and not just a simple moisturizer. One part mineral sunscreen, one part tint that can be used as a primer, and one part skin serum, each component consists of the highest quality ingredients that all skin types, including sensitive, will benefit from. Take, for example, the non-nano zinc oxide sunscreen, which protects against UVA, UVB, UVC, and even blue light. Or the combination of hyaluronic acid, plant-based squalene, and niacinamide, which are some of the best ingredients for strengthening your skin’s natural barrier.
Suntegrity 5 in 1 Natural Moisturizing Face Tinted Moisturizer $45
Suntegrity was given “Champion” Status by the EWG Campaign for Safe cosmetics. They develop superior sun protection products without toxic preservatives and chemicals. That’s how you know that their 5-in-1 tinted moisturizer is safe and friendly for all skin types. Formulated with organic ingredients like aloe, jojoba, sunflower, cucumber, and green tea, it’s as hydrating as it is cooling and soothing. For sheer coverage and a dewy finish.
HAN Skincare Serum CC Cream SPF 30+ $32
This liquid formula is a bit different than what you expect from the texture of a tinted moisturizer. But it’s that texture that allows for the high concentration of nourishing oils such as coconut, jojoba, and rosehip. Those oils promote a naturally even skin tone while the tint gives your skin the appearance that you’re already there. In seven shades from porcelain to deep, Han scores extra points for the airless pump bottle that preserves the integrity and effectiveness of the formula.
Kosas Tinted Face Oil $42
This Allure Best of Beauty winner-tinted face oil allows you to control the amount of coverage you get: 2-4 drops for sheer coverage and 4-6 drops for fuller coverage with any of the 16 shades. But more than just great and flexible coverage options, Kosas Tinted Face Oil is an award-winning product for its capacity to deliver deep hydration. A blend of six active botanical oils nourish the skin, help blur the imperfections you have today, and prevent future problems with your skin tone.
FINAL THOUGHTS
Tinted moisturizers can contain harmful and potentially toxic ingredients that are easily absorbed by the pores on your face and neck. Because they typically contain sunscreen, that means they can also contain the hazardous chemicals found in many forms of SPF. With natural and organic tinted moisturizers, you get all the same sun protection and the level of coverage you desire. The difference is, their packed with mineral pigments, vitamins, and antioxidants that are easily (and safely) absorbed by the skin.
