Best overall
e.l.f. Cosmetics
Halo Glow Liquid Filter
8.3Great
A $15 liquid glow booster in 15 shades, widely compared with Charlotte Tilbury's Flawless Filter for a fraction of the price.
Highlighter5$15.00
Finish & Wear · Coverage
Blurring
5 products we review are built for blurring — 60% of them complexion. The ingredients doing most of the work: squalane, glycerin and vitamin e. Most are made for combination skin, oily skin and normal skin.
How makeup looks and lasts: matte to dewy, all-day wear, sheer to full coverage.
Top rated
The blurring podium.
The ingredients behind it
Key actives in the products that deliver blurring — tap one for what it does and how strong the evidence is.
Often paired with
Benefits that tend to come along for the ride.
5 products
Every blurring pick.
5 products
Community favorite
Laura Mercier
Translucent Loose Setting Powder
8.3Great
The benchmark loose setting powder: finely milled, truly translucent and long-wearing, though it contains talc and costs $43.
Powder4$43.00
Cult favorite
Beautyblender
Beautyblender Original Makeup Sponge
7.9Good
The original pink, edgeless blending sponge, still a benchmark for a seamless damp-sponge finish, though cheaper rivals now come close.
Tool3$20.00
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Supergoop!
Unseen Sunscreen SPF 50
7.9Good
The cult clear-gel primer sunscreen, now SPF 50: invisible on every skin tone and makeup-friendly, but pricey per ounce.
SPF 504$38.00
Cult favorite
Charlotte Tilbury
Hollywood Flawless Filter
7.6Good
Charlotte Tilbury's sheer, illuminating glow booster in 12 shades, the $50 benchmark that budget liquid-filter dupes are compared with.
Highlighter5$50.00