When it comes to saving face, it's clear that women love their foundation. After all, more than 114 million American women reported using foundation (or it's sister, concealer) in 2016. That's no small number to scoff at. And the smartest beauty shoppers usually head to Sephora to find their favorite formulations. With that in mind, we've compiled the 25 best-selling foundations available at Sephora right now. So read on, and learn why Sephora foundation is indeed the cream of the crop.
1 | Best Even Coverage Foundation: Fenty Beauty by Rihanna Pro Filt'r Soft Matte Longwear Foundation
Sephora$34; buy it now at sephora.com
It's no surprise this just-dropped Sephora foundation keeps selling out en masse and tops the current best-selling foundation list—not only does it offer lightweight, matte coverage that evens out complexions, but also is available in an impressive 40 shades, with a particular emphasis on creating a slew of options for darker skin tones.
2 | Best Full Coverage Foundation: Makeup Forever Ultra HD Invisible Cover Foundation
Sephora$43; buy it now at sephora.com
Make Up For Ever creates all their makeup for the film and television industry, which translates to flawless coverage, incredible pigmentation, and smooth application. This formula is entirely buildable, and is revered for both its sheer, natural looking finish as well as for a full-coverage face that's 4K-camera ready.
3 | Best Foundation for Your Skin: Too Faced Peach Perfect Comfort Matte Foundation
Sephora$36; buy it now at sephora.com
Although this foundation was released as part of Too Faced's limited-edition Peaches and Cream collection, which launched earlier this year, it looks like this third-place formula is going to have to become a permanent member of the brand's family. Infused with a slew of antioxidants from fruits (that yes, include peaches), this protective formula offers that of-the-moment matte finish you're seeing everywhere on Instagram right now.
4 | Best Foundation for Dry Skin: It Cosmetics Your Skin But Better CC Cream With SPF 50
Sephora$39; buy it now at sephora.com
While technically a CC Cream, this formula offers full coverage that foundation fans will leave, but with a ton of skin-loving benefits even the biggest skincare purist will approve of. Not only is it spiked with a hydrating serum and a highly protective level of SPF, but it also gives off what commenters dub "an amazing glow," nixing the need for highlighter as well.
5 | Best Luxurious Foundation: Giorgio Armani Luminous Silk Foundation
Sephora$64; buy it now at sephora.com
The most expensive Sephora foundation to make this list, this Giorgio Armani formula's name is seriously apropos, as it does feel like a wash of silk over your face. (Which should also make you feel guilt-free if you wanna buy yourself a bottle.) The lightweight, highly pigmented formula is meant to layer on face the way Armani layers fabrics as a designer, and works especially well on drier skin types, as well as in the winter.
6 | Best Photoshoot-Ready Foundation: Kat Von D Lock-It Foundation
Sephora$36; buy it now at sephora.com
If you're after extremely complete coverage, this bottle is definitely your best bet—Von D's showed the formula off covering up tattoos frequently on Instagram. Available in a wide range of shades, it leaves skin with a matte finish for a full 24 hours (not that you wouldn't want to wash up before, but if you couldn't...) while also fighting against oil, sebum, and a day's worth of buildup.
7 | Best Long-Wear Foundation: Estee Lauder Double Wear Stay-in-Place Makeup
Sephora$42; buy it now at sephora.com
Although Estee Lauder may be one of the makeup OGs, this formula is nothing but forward thinking. This foundation is renowned for its staying power—it is called out in the product's name, after all—but also imparts pigmentation with a non-cakey finish for medium-to-full coverage powers.
8 | Best Powder Foundation: Bare Minerals Original Broad Spectrum SPF 15
Sephora$31; buy it now at sephora.com
This mineral-based formula is the top-selling powder foundation for a reason: It's downright amazing. Available in 30 different shades, you can blend hues, build coverage, and set concealer, plus also contains mica—aka pearl—to give skin a radiant, flawless finish. In short: this Sephora foundation dominates all others in the powder category.
9 | Best Age-Reversing Foundation: YSL All Hours Full Coverage Matte Foundation
Sephora$54; buy it now at sephora.com
Thanks to light-diffusing particles, this blurring foundation not only offers full coverage with its high pigmentation but also can smooth fine lines and wrinkles. It's also spiked with antioxidants from black tea to help ward off against free radicals that may contribute to a duller, drier complexion throughout the day—or night.
10 | Best Foundation for Oily Skin: Lancome Teinte Idole Ultra Long Wear Foundation
Sephora
$47; buy it now at sephora.com
This oil-free formula delivers a velvet matte texture that makes skin look incredibly luxe, but also works to absorb any oil throughout the day as well with sebum-busting silica. It also has particles that help with skin's pH balance to minimize redness, inflammation or irritation over time.
11 | Best Vegan Foundation: Too Faced Born This Way Foundation
Sephora
$39; buy it now at sephora.com
Like many of Too Faced's signature vegan products, their signature foundation is also infused with coconut water for lightweight yet potent hydration. Other moisturizing ingredients, like hyaluronic acid, help to reduce the appearance of crows' feet, fine lines, and wrinkles to give you that baby-soft feel.
12 | Best Complexion-Perfecting Foundation: Tarte Amazonian Clay 12-Hour Full Coverage Foundation SPF 15
Sephora$39; buy it now at sephora.com
Oilier types will love the grime-stopping clay that stars in this Sephora foundation, which also has dimethicone to smooth the complexion and silica to stop oil from producing during the day. The result? 12-hour coverage that doesn't budge.
13 | Best Sheer Coverage: Urban Decay Naked Skin Weightless Ultra Definition Liquid Foundation
Sephora$40; buy it now at sephora.com
Those who prefer sheer coverage (or rather, those who are #blessed enough to be able to use such formulas) will fawn over this foundation, which feels exactly like the "Naked" name suggests. The demi-matte finish leaves you looking dewy and fresh without visible pores, lines, or dark spots in sight.
14 | Best Foundation With UV Protection: Laura Mercier Tinted Moisturizer Broad Spectrum SPF 20
Sephora$46; buy it now at sephora.com
Skip a few steps in the morning with this fan-favorite: It's got moisturizer, foundation, and sunscreen (which also allows you to nix primer) all in one subtle tube. What's more, the deeply pigmented cream has a blend of pollution-fighting vitamins C and E to help defend against the day's damage. It also happens to be Laura Mercier's personal favorite, too. She's been known to say that she created the Tinted Moisturizer to give the complexion a no-makeup look that evens and enhances without hiding the skin.
15 | Best Foundation For Spot Treatments: Hourglass Vanish Seamless Finish Foundation Stick
Sephora$46; buy it now at sephora.com
Not only is this stick foundation the only of its kind to make it into Sephora's top 25 best sellers, but it's also one of the first of its kinds to truly work as a foundation and a concealer separately and together. Meaning, you can spot treat, blend all over, and even illuminate the under-eye area without grabbing a second bottle, tube or stick of anything.
16 | Best Waterproof Foundation: Make Up For Ever Mat Velvet + Mattifying Foundation
Sephora
$38; buy it now at sephora.com
Not only does this oil-free Sephora foundation stop shine with mattifying corn-starch powder, but also has a veggie-based amino acid which helps make this formula water repellent. Translation: Use this before you know you're going to sweat it out, be it for a big meeting or just your morning commute.
17 | Best Flawless Finish Foundation: Dior Diorskin Airflash Foundation Spray
Sephora$62; buy it now at sephora.com
When you want to look absolutely flawless, airbrush makeup is often the way to go. But with several hundreds of dollars, a lot of tools and/or a pro required, this chic option from Dior is decidedly simpler. Mist the formula directly onto skin for lighter coverage, or use a face brush with tightly packed bristles, like a Kabuki brush, to layer on more pigmentation without losing the just-spritzed effect.
18 | Bare Minerals Matte Foundation Broad Spectrum SPF 15
Sephora$31; buy it now at sephora.com
The mattified version of the best-selling classic, this foundation powder has all the prowess of its big sister with added benefits for an even more flawless face. Physical UV blockers like zinc oxide help to block the sun's rays and keep things from getting slick, as does sebum-stopping silica. The zinc also keeps skin from breaking out, too.
19 | Best Foundation for Cracked Skin: Bare Minerals Complexion Rescue Tinted Hydrating Gel Cream
Sephora$30; buy it now at sephora.com
In this foundation's case, twice is definitely nice thanks to the gel-cream dual formulation, which has an almost water-like texture with almost surprisingly full-coverage pigment payoff. It's also got derm-approved SPF 30 protection and superior hydration benefits, as it was actually first made to be a moisturizer before it was decided a decade later to use it as makeup and not skincare with Bare Minerals' famously diverse shade range.
20 | Best Skin-Brightening Foundation: NARS Sheer Glow Foundation
Sephora
$47; buy it now at sephora.com
The only satin-finish formula to make into the top 25 best-selling foundations at Sephora, this liquid gives skin the most ethereal glow with a minimal amount of product, too. Plus, it's spiked with Vitamin C extract to brighten skin and turmeric, an anti-inflammatory ingredient which helps soothe redness and works particularly well on sensitive-skinned types.
21 | Best Sweat-Proof Foundation: Kat Von D Lock-It Powder Foundation
Sephora
$36; buy it now at sephora.com
Kat Von D's Lock-It liquid foundation was such a huge success that it only made sense for her to appease the compact lovers in her life with a pressed-powder formulation of her signature coverup. It's both smudge- and sweat-proof and definitely doesn't require touch-ups, but should you want to add more coverage, no problem—the sheer powder is actually quite buildable.
22 | Best Non-Greasy Formula: Laura Mercier Tinted Moisturizer Broad Spectrum SPF 20 Oil-Free
Sephora$46, buy it now at sephora.com
This cousin to the best-selling classic formula has pretty much the same exact DNA: Hydrating, natural-finish coverage with broad spectrum sun protection. But this twist is completely oil-free, making greasier types flock to this tinted moisturizer.
23 | Best Pore-Minimizing Foundation: Dior Diorskin Forever Perfect Foundation Broad Spectrum SPF 35
Sephora$50; buy it now at sephora.com
If large pores are more pervasive than fine lines or discoloration are for you, opt for this long-wear formula with built-in broad-spectrum sun protection. Here, the foundation is infused with a skin-plumping essence, minimizing the appearance of (and your concerns about) any pores at all.
24 | Best Lightweight Formula: NARS All Day Weightless Luminous Foundation
Sephora
$49; buy it now at sephora.com
Get the most natural-looking finish with this feather-like formula, whose pigments are individually encapsulated in a polymer-based film to make color water-, sweat-, and day-resistant from your morning meeting until after happy hour drinks.
25 | Best All-In-One Foundation: Bare Minerals BarePRO Performance Wear Liquid Foundation Broad Spectrum SPF 20
Sephora$34; buy it now at sephora.com
Keep your eye out for more "performance"-oriented formulas as the line between wellness and beauty continues to blur. This foundation, which imparts a soft-glow matte finish in 30 impressive shades, is full of skin-loving lipids and hydrating bamboo extract. And, of course, a little bit of good luck.
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