The Beauty Cheat: A Barely There Base

In the past year, we’ve covered products and tricks that’ll make acing the no-makeup look effortless as many times as Taylor Swift’s switched boyfriends, but this new generation of bases has to be one of the easiest, quickest and lightest.

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In the past year, we’ve covered products and tricks that’ll make acing the no-makeup look effortless as many times as Taylor Swift’s switched boyfriends, but this new generation of bases has to be one of the easiest, quickest and lightest.

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Chanel’s Les Beiges Healthy Glow Gel Touch ($88) boasts a jelly-emulsion texture that melts upon application and leaves a soft, rosy flush. M.A.C’s balmy Next To Nothing Face Colour ($58) has opalescent microspheres that blur out imperfections and bring out skin’s luminosity. And Shu Uemura’s Petal Skin Fluid Foundation ($68) hides pores with one application while brightening skin, leaving a transparent, semi-matte finish thanks to a mix of ultra-fine mineral pigments and soft radiance diffusers. Tay Tay, this is real. – MSY.

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