In the past I have preferred light coverage foundation to tinted moisturizer, as I have found that most tinted moisturizers do not cover redness nor do they even out skin tone. Furthermore, there is the rather annoying fact that most tinted moisturizers come in a very narrow range of shades. However, finding that neither powdered mineral foundation nor Liquid Minerals was for me, I decided to give it a try as a last resort. Suki’s products are of the highest quality and I had read good reviews, so I began there.
I don’t have a retailer near me where I could obtain a color consultation, and didn’t want to buy the full sized product not knowing if I would like it (Suki isn’t cheap). Fortunately, you can buy a 10-, 20-, or 30-pack of sample sized Suki products for about $1 a packet. I bought a 10-pack, including Suki Tinted Active Moisturizer in Natural.
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Suki Tinted Active Moisturizer comes in 2 shades: Natural and Bronze. Natural is for medium skin tones (see pic, #1) and Bronze is for dark. This is what it looks like straight out of the pack. The instructions say to mix with any Suki moisturizer for lighter skin tones. I mixed this with Suki Intensive Brightening Cream in equal parts, and the color was still too dark (see pic, #2). So I added more moisturizer until it matched my skin tone, but at that point it had thinned out so much that there was absolutely no coverage (see pic, #3). Additionally, this tinted moisturizer has yellow undertones, so those of us with cool undertones will never match the correct color, no matter how much moisturizer we add. I added a dollop of my usual light coverage foundation (see pic, #4) for comparison; you can see that it is noticeably pinker than #3 (the tinted moisturizer mixed with lots of moisturizer).
I don’t have a retailer near me where I could obtain a color consultation, and didn’t want to buy the full sized product not knowing if I would like it (Suki isn’t cheap). Fortunately, you can buy a 10-, 20-, or 30-pack of sample sized Suki products for about $1 a packet. I bought a 10-pack, including Suki Tinted Active Moisturizer in Natural.
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Suki Tinted Active Moisturizer comes in 2 shades: Natural and Bronze. Natural is for medium skin tones (see pic, #1) and Bronze is for dark. This is what it looks like straight out of the pack. The instructions say to mix with any Suki moisturizer for lighter skin tones. I mixed this with Suki Intensive Brightening Cream in equal parts, and the color was still too dark (see pic, #2). So I added more moisturizer until it matched my skin tone, but at that point it had thinned out so much that there was absolutely no coverage (see pic, #3). Additionally, this tinted moisturizer has yellow undertones, so those of us with cool undertones will never match the correct color, no matter how much moisturizer we add. I added a dollop of my usual light coverage foundation (see pic, #4) for comparison; you can see that it is noticeably pinker than #3 (the tinted moisturizer mixed with lots of moisturizer).So unfortunately the search for foundation is still on. I think this would be a great product for those of you with medium or dark skin, as it combines everything that makes a great tinted moisturizer: evens out skin tone, contains antioxidants and good things for your skin, doubles as a moisturizer but doesn’t appear shiny on application, and SPF. Definitely give this one a try for medium or dark skin tones. Suki—how about offering this in a lighter shade???
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