17-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
‘This glow-boosting foundation gets me more compliments than any other'
'I've tried dozens of different foundations, but this is the one I always return to whenever I need my skin to looks its very best,' says beauty editor Laura Mulley
As someone who feels most confident when my skin is looking its best, I wear some sort of face base pretty much every day. While I've been loving skin tints and tinted moisturisers recently (this one is incredible), there's one tried-and-trusted foundation that I fall back on again and again, and which always gets me compliments on my skin – and professional make-up artists love it too.
The product I'm talking about is Charlotte Tilbury Charlotte's Beautiful Skin Foundation, a gorgeous buildable, medium coverage face base that, I think, really does make skin look more beautiful: even, glowing and more youthful. It's available in 30 shades covering all skin undertones and costs £39, and a tube lasts for ages.
The main reason that I love it so much it that it gives 'proper' coverage (no hints or tints here) – something that I need, as someone who often has blemishes or redness I want to cover – but never looks patchy, cakey or like you're wearing a lot of make-up. It also gives skin the perfect amount of glow, and lasts well all day. I typically wear shade 3 Neutral, but could also wear one of the shades 4s too.
On a recent work photoshoot in which I was going to be in front of the camera, I had my make-up done by the professional MUA on set, and the base she used on me was Charlotte's Beautiful Skin Foundation; she told me how much she loves using it on clients. I actually got compliments on how good my skin looked on camera that day, which I put down to this impressive formula.
One top tip I learnt from watching her do my make-up was to not forget to blend your face base down your neck, and to brush a little of what's left over on the brush over your ears, which cam sometimes appear red.
I also recently bumped into an old friend and couldn't believe how glowing her skin looked. When I just had to ask what she was wearing, she told me it was – you've guessed it – Charlotte's Beautiful Skin Foundation.
This does give quite a 'done' look, so the only time this wouldn't be my face base of choice if I wasn't wearing any other make-up; I think it needs some mascara and blusher for balance. In this photo above I'm wearing it with Charlotte Tilbury Beautiful Skin Sun-Kissed Glow Bronzer, £45 (it's massive), the much-loved Merit Flush Balm, £26, and my go-to mascara for length, Haus Labs B Structural Mascara, £26. At weekends or if I want a barely-there base, I'll use Jones Road Just Enough Tinted Moisturizer, £44 (you can read my full review of that here).
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