Liz Earle Sheer Skin Tint 40ml Review

Image borrowed from uk.lizearle.com

Available from Liz Earle for £21.00 (+p&p), & QVC for £29.24 as part of a set (+ £3.95 p&p).

Liz Earle's brand new tinted moisturiser has been getting a lot of publicity lately.  QVC seems to have had it on rotation and we've had 3 sets of samples through the door. My sister was so impressed by the QVC presentation that she ordered her very own sheer skin tint last week.

The available colours are:

• Bare - suited to fair, alabaster skin types.
• Medium - suited to most caucasian skin types.
• Beach - suited to suntanned or olive skin tones and most asian skin tones.

I find it a bit odd that nothing has been developed for darker skin tones. But I guess that that's another post, for another time.

One thing that you need to know about this product is that the 3 available colours are not standard; "bare", is definitely for people who are naturally very pale on the site they describe it as "best suited to alabaster skin". My sister usually wears a very light coloured foundation and even she found that it was far too pale for her.

Medium was perfect for her and Beach suited me. But I can't say I was very impressed, the texture was quite thick. The light reflecting particles seems to have missed the batch of samples that came through and the "dewy glow" that is continually referred to by marketing when referring to this product is hiding. Instead of moisturising it seemed to dry my skin out and give a matte finish.
My sister, on the other hand, loved it. She's been trying to wean herself off using foundation and this seems to be the perfect replacement.

One thing you've got to remember is that this is a tinted moisturiser; it won't cover up blemishes, thread veins, broken capillaries, redness or blotches.

Funnily enough there are no mediochre or bad reviews on the Liz Earle site which I think is a shame. QVC on the other hand has mixed reviews; some people say it's too heavy and that you can feel it on your skin all day long, others say that it left their skin too greasy, or sticky, or dry, some have said that the coverage is poor given the pricetag, and others have loved it.

For that reason, we can't give it a proper rating. Would I buy or use it on a regular basis? No. If you're trying to wean yourself off foundation then this could be perfect, then again, it might just dry your skin out. I'm not impressed by the limited colour selection, we really should be beyond that by now. Maybe their demographic is predominantly caucasian or of a light olive skin tone, but they should have done a shade for people with darker skin. Judging by the reviews on QVC, however, it doesn't look like anyone with darker skin is missing out on much.

Have you tried Sheer Skin Tint? What did you think?
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Ingredients: Water, Cyclopentasiloxane, C12-15 Alkyl benzoate, Zinc oxide, Titanium dioxide, Sorbitol, Cetyl PEG/PPG-10/1 dimethicone, Isononyl isononanoate, Polyglyceryl-4 isostearate, Talc, Disteardimonium hectorite, Sodium chloride, Squalane, Borage seed oil, Polyhydroxystearic acid, Propylene glycol, Alumina, Aluminum stearate, Silica, Isostearic acid, Stearic acid, Aluminum hydroxide, Triethoxycaprylylsilane, Sodium dehydroacetate, Methicone, Vitamin E, Avocado oil, Disodium EDTA, Phenoxyethanol, Ethylparaben, Propylparaben, Methylparaben, Titanium dioxide, CI 77491 (iron oxides), CI77492 (iron oxides), CI77499 (iron oxides).