30 Smoothing Foundations For Women In Their 30s (Tested)

This product is designed to look natural on your skin and you’ll love how it feels light – almost like a second skin! It gives a light and dewy coverage with mineral SPF and active levels of skincare ingredients.

My take: I personally love this foundation and find it so beautiful whether my skin is dry or more oily. It gives the right amount of coverage and fades beautifully throughout the day.

This foundation is absolutely gorgeous! It’s so hydrating and smoothing – definitely a top pick. It has wonderful ingredients, too! It’s a foundation I don’t think most people know about. But it has super clean and minimal ingredients and I love the finish of it.

Coverage: Light to medium
Best for: Dry to Normal Skin
Price: $36

This tinted moisturizer provides a beautiful dewy finish plus SPF! It has light to medium coverage which is perfect for evening out your skin tone.

Coverage: Buildable medium
Best for: All skin types
Price: $54

This easy to wear foundation is a fan favorite and it’s easy to see why! It’s smoothing and has a buildable medium coverage that wears beautifully.

Coverage: Medium to full
Best for: All skin types
Price: $52

This hydrating cream foundation is non-toxic and full of good-for-your skin ingredients. It’s buildable and leaves a glow without the greasy residue thanks to its hydrating ingredients. I highly recommend this one if you have combo skin especially. Your natural oils will make the foundation wear beautifully throughout the day.

Coverage: Buildable medium to full
Best for: Best for normal, sensitive or combination skin types
Price: $48

This thin and lightweight foundation provides great coverage for evening out your skin tone without feeling greasy or heavy! It comes in 19 shades and offers skin-nourishing botanicals to keep your skin hydrated and happy throughout the day.

Givenchy Prisme Libre Skin-Caring Glow Foundation is a light coverage foundation that looks natural and improves your skin over time.

The formula contains glycerin from plants which helps to provide up to 14 hours of hydration and Nasturtium Extract which provides up to 12 hours of glow! It gives a flawless finish that people rave about.

My take: This foundation is beautiful if you’re in the market for a luxury foundation. It offers such a beautiful glowing base for the rest of your makeup!

If you’re looking for a foundation with some coverage, try the IT Cosmetics CC cream. It’s designed to even out your skin tone while giving you a healthy glow.

You’ll love that it includes SPF 50 to protect against premature aging and wrinkles from sun exposure This foundation has a bit of a thicker consistency and I think it works best if your skin is slightly more oily.

Coverage: Light to medium
Best for: Normal to combination
Price: $32

The coverage from this product is fabulous and it’s designed specifically to give you a natural finish that will last all day long without caking or settling into your pores.

You’ll love how lightweight this product feels on your skin too – even though it provides a lot of coverage!

This foundation is great if you want to control your level of coverage, and the color selection is fantastic too – there are 40 different shades to choose from. It is designed for long-wear coverage with light diffusing particles for a beautiful finish.

This foundation contains hyaluronic acid and is good for dark circles, fine lines, and wrinkles.

Coverage: Medium
Best for: Normal, Dry, Combination, and Oily
Price: $140

This product is lightweight and you’ll love how it feels on your skin – plus, the coverage lasts all day long without settling into pores or fine lines! This one is great if you have oily skin too.

The Luminous Silk Perfect Glow Flawless Oil-Free Foundation is a great option for women in their thirties with mature skin. It provides coverage without feeling heavy on your skin or causing breakouts.

It is formulated with Micro–fil™ technology which allows buildable color pigments to lay flat for seamless blending and layering.

Coverage: Light
Best for: Dry, normal, and combination
Price: $46

The NARS Pure Radiant Tinted Moisturizer Broad Spectrum SPF 30 is another fantastic option for women in their thirties.

This product provides a sheer, radiant coverage with buildable layers. It has vitamin C in it for brightening! This is a good ingredient if you have dark spots.

Another excellent foundation for women in their thirties is the Dior BACKSTAGE Face & Body Foundation! This foundation provides a medium, buildable coverage that’s waterproof and sweat-resistant.

It’s great if you live in a hot climate, workout a lot, or sweat frequently! As a bonus, this foundation can be used on the face and body.

If you’re looking for a full coverage foundation with SPF 30 protection, the Shiseido Synchro Skin Self-Refreshing Foundation SPF 30 is another great option.

This product provides long lasting wear that won’t fade or settle into pores and it’s designed to hydrate your skin too!

It is an incredibly beautiful foundation and I highly recommend it.

My take: I LOVED this foundation so much! It really was self-refreshing and just looked more and more beautiful throughout the day.

Another great option for women in their 30s is the SEPHORA COLLECTION Best Skin Ever Liquid Foundation.

This product provides a lightweight, medium coverage that feels like you’re wearing nothing at all on your skin.

It won’t skin into fine lines and helps your skin look naturally plump.

My take: A great foundation at a great price point! It’s lightweight but offers good coverage.

The wet n wild Bare Focus Tinted Hydrator Tinted Skin Veil, Nourishing Foundation provides a semi-matte finish with sheer coverage.

It’s formulated with hyaluronic acid and squalane – two hydrating and nourishing skincare ingredients. This is one of the greatest matte foundations! Plus it’s one of the best drugstore foundations too.

Another excellent choice for women in their 30s is the Purito BB Cream.

This product provides a natural finish with light to medium coverage and it contains SPF 50 protection!

It’s formulated without parabens, mineral oils, or artificial fragrance so you’ll get all of the benefits without any harsh ingredients that could irritate your skin.

The tarte SEA Hydroflex™ Serum Foundation provides a lightweight coverage that’s perfect for women in their 30s.

It feels like you’re wearing nothing at all and it will hydrate your skin as well!

My take: This one is super hydrating and has great coverage. I liked it a lot!

If you need a foundation with SPF, the Saie Slip Tint Dewy Tinted Moisturizer SPF 35 Sunscreen is an excellent option.

This product provides lightweight coverage that feels like you’re wearing nothing at all and it has a gorgeous, dewy finish!

My take: The perfect foundation for the summer! The SPF is nice bonus.

The Smashbox Halo Healthy Glow Tinted Moisturizer Broad Spectrum SPF 25 provides a sheer, radiant coverage with buildable layers.

This product is designed to give you the most natural looking finish possible and it’s formulated without any harsh ingredients that could irritate your skin!

It contains SPF and primer and hydrates skin for up to 24 hours.

If you need a foundation that provides medium to full coverage without feeling heavy on your skin, the MILK MAKEUP Sunshine Skin Tint Clean SPF 30 Foundation is a perfect choice.

This product has an oil-free formula and it also contains hyaluronic acid! It is silicone-free and includes coral-reef-safe, broad-spectrum SPF 30 sunscreen.

My take: I love that it is silicone free! It does come with less product than average, though.

The NARS Natural Radiant Longwear Foundation provides a medium-to-full coverage with an oil free formula.

This product contains moisturizing and antiaging ingredients so you’ll get the best of both worlds! It comes in 20 shades.

My take: One of my favorite foundations of all time – I have purchased this many times! It offers full coverage but is still glowy and youthful looking.

This Kosas foundation is a top-rated foundation, and for good reason!

It contains ingredients like niacinamide and caffeine to visibly brighten, smooth, and even skin tone. It also has peptides and hyaluronic acid to plump and hydrate.

Not to mention it contains squalane, arnica, and pro vitamin B5 to smooth and balance skin! It hits all of the major skin issues we have in our 30s.

My take: It has amazing ingredients and looks beautiful on the skin!

The bareMinerals Original Loose Powder Mineral Foundation SPF 15 provides sheer to buildable full coverage.

This product is designed with a translucent, natural finish that can be layered as needed! It also contains broad-spectrum UVA/UV and is lightweight on the skin!

The Estée Lauder Double Wear Stay-in-Place Foundation provides full coverage and it will keep you looking flawless all day long!

This product is designed to stay put, even through heat or humidity. It’s formulated without parabens or fragrance so your skin stays healthy. A small amount goes a long way with this one!

The Urban Decay Hydromaniac Glowy Tinted Hydrator Foundation provides a light to medium coverage that’s perfect if you have combination or oily skin.

It also hydrates your skin while providing an easy, fresh look! This product is lightweight and provides a medium, sheer-able coverage.

The Laura Mercier Tinted Moisturizer Oil Free Natural Skin Perfector Broad Spectrum SPF 20 provides medium coverage and it’s formulated without any harsh ingredients.

It also helps to hydrate your skin while providing a fresh, natural look! This product has SPF protection as well.

This foundation by Lady Gaga is made with 20+ skincare ingredients to improve your skin while wearing your makeup!

Available in an astounding 51 shades, you’re sure to find something for your skin tone. It has a weightless formula that helps reduce redness in the skin as well as reduce the impact of environmental stress.

My take: I love that this is skincare and makeup combined! It has a beautiful finish and is definitely worth trying!