When it comes to foundation, there’s one brand that we go back to time and time again – Fenty. The beauty brand, which is owned by Rihanna, is known for its incredibly diverse shade range as well as its array of different formulas and finishes, making it a go-to for many people when on the hunt for a new foundation.
Now, the brand has launched another new formula, and we can almost guarantee it’s going to become your new must-have summer foundation. The Fenty Beauty Soft’Lit Naturally Luminous Longwear Foundation, £34 here, is long lasting, waterproof and packed full of skincare ingredients. It also promises to give you that coveted golden hour glow all day long.
Golden hour is widely considered the perfect flattering lighting, bathing you in a natural, radiant golden glow that somehow smoothes and evens out your skin and leaves you looking healthy and radiant. But with real life golden hour only lasting approximately 60 minutes, any foundation that promises to give you the same effects at all hours of the day has to be a winner in our books.
The new Soft’Lit foundation is a high-performance medium coverage foundation that helps blur and diffuse imperfections and blemishes, leaving your skin looking smoother and more glowy. The mica-free formula also includes Fenty’s signature natural limouns complex, which is made up of easy-gleam oils, polymers and powders which give you a luminescent finish without any extra shine.
However, it’s not just aesthetically that it works its magic – it also helps your skin underneath, too. It contains skin-enhancing ingredients including cyperus papyrus leaf cell extract and kakadu plum extract to protect against free radicals and pollution whilst also delivering antioxidants to your complexion.
It also controls surface oil whilst simultaneously improving skin discolouration and dark spots over time, maximising your skincare routine throughout the day. The foundation comes in the same 50 shades as another of Fenty’s best-selling foundations, the Pro Filt'r Soft Matte Longwear Foundation, £34 here, so you can pick up the exact same shade in new Soft’Lit formula.
Another beloved radiant foundation of ours is NARS’ Natural Radiant Longwear Foundation, £31.20 here (was £39), which is one of the go-tos for plenty of celebs who want a natural-looking dewy glow whilst still getting full coverage. Plenty of shoppers have called it their “holy grail” product, with one saying: “I'm nearly finished my 3rd bottle and will without a doubt be repurchasing. I cannot live without this in my makeup bag. I wear it 90% of the time as my foundation. I've very dry skin but this doesn't dry it out or feel heavy on the skin. I'm forever getting complimented on it. It's amazing.”