Cakey foundations are a thing of the past. Today's foundation formulas are so lightweight, they won't settle into your wrinkles or make your skin look orange. Here are some of the best non-cakey foundation options.
Size: 1.18 oz/ 35 ml·ITEM: 2425569
Color: 590R Lava Cake - richest skin with red undertone
$42.00
with minimal touch up. i get very oily in my t-zone especially if i'm dancing all night and this foundation never cakes up around my nose like most foundations do....Love love love this foundation!...NO CAKE!!
What it is: A cult-favorite, fragrance-free foundation with full coverage, up to 24 hours of weightless wear, and a non-drying luminous matte finish.
Coverage: Full
Finish: Matte
Formulation: Liquid
Ingredient Callouts: This product is vegan and cruelty-free.
What Else You Need to Know: This blendable, full-coverage formula is fragrance-free, transfer-proof, waterproof, fade-proof, and sweat- and humidity-proof and offers up to 24 hours of wear. Essentially, this foundation is your new BFF. No matter the weather, occasion, or situation, #FauxFilter Luminous Matte won’t let you down.
Size: 0.32 oz/ 9 g·ITEM: 2476638
Color: Rich Brownie - medium with cool red undertones
$39.00
Great Stick Foundation...This foundation goes on beautifully. Doesn’t enhance your pores like most cream/stick foundations. ...Great silky foundation stick...Such a silky foundation stick! i have combo skin and wanted a foundation that didnt cake - but had good coverage for a 'natural' makeup look.
What it is: A lightweight, creamy, blendable foundation stick that delivers high-pigment coverage with a natural, semi-matte finish.
Coverage: Full
Finish: Natural
Formulation: Stick
Size: 0.04 oz / 12 mL·ITEM: 2513844
Color: 1N06 Porcelain - for fair skin tones with neutral undertones
$22.00
I love this foundation,it’s not heavy on the skin medium coverage.it doesn’t cake on the skin. ...This is about the only foundation with any coverage that I like. Won’t give you cake face!
What it is: A foundation that blurs and covers imperfections for up to 24 hours and is powered by a micro-skin system that syncs with the skin for a true-to-skin finish.
Coverage: Medium
Finish: Natural
Formulation: Liquid
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Micro-Skin System™: Follows skin movement, provides immediate, visible high correction, and smooths skin.
- Vegetable-Origin Glycerol: Helps to preserve the initial moisturizing of the skin.
- Exopolysaccharide: Helps for radiance of complexion.
Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, phthalates, mineral oil, retinyl palmitate, oxybenzone, coal tar, hydroquinone, sulfates SLS & SLES, tricloc
ITEM: 927053
Color: Matte Neutralle II (W)
$52.00
I was used to fluid foundations and bought this on a whim many years ago--I'm "hooked." ...Anything that cakes, does not work with me.
What it is: A sheer-to-full-coverage powder foundation has a versatile, mattifying, and long-wearing finish that is perfect for all skin types, including oily.
Coverage: Full
Finish: Matte
Formulation: Pressed Powder
Skin Type: Normal, Dry, Combination, and Oily
What Else You Need to Know: This versatile matte foundation is buildable, long-lasting, and can be used wet or dry. The face powder is perfect for on-the-go touch-ups, covering imperfections, and as a sheer-coverage setting powder. The lightweight formula does not cake and offers a shine-free, natural look.
Size: 1.7 oz/ 50 mL·ITEM: 2476075
Color: 54G Deep Golden - deep skin with very warm, golden or olive undertones
$42.00
What it is: An iconic foundation just got an upgrade with 46 new shades and an improved oil-free formula for up to 16-hours of lightweight, full-coverage, matte foundation.
Coverage: Full
Finish: Matte
Formulation: Liquid
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Amazonian Clay: Acts as nature's most perfect ingredient for better, longer, truer wear.
Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, phthalates, mineral oil, sulfates SLS & SLES, and triclosan. It is also vegan, gluten-free, and cruelty-free.
What Else You Need to Know: This foundation’s skin-mimicking full coverage never cakes or creases and has a soft-matte, never-flat finish that smooths and blurs.
Size: 0.5 oz/ 15 mL·ITEM: 2476166
Color: 20N Light Neutral - light skin with very warm, golden or olive undertones
$18.00
Mini size makes that easy. This foundation goes on thick in the beginning but don’t be afraid! ...Best Tarte foundation. Such a good coverage and buildable. Color matches perfectly
What it is: A mini oil free, 16-hour full-coverage foundation. Formulated with Amazonian clay for a light-weight feel and matte finish.
Coverage: Full
Finish: Matte
Formulation: Liquid
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Amazonian Clay: Acts as nature's most perfect ingredient for better, longer, truer wear.
Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, phthalates, mineral oil, sulfates SLS & SLES, and triclosan. It is also vegan, gluten-free, and cruelty-free.
What Else You Need to Know: This skin-mimicking full-coverage foundation never cakes or creases.
ITEM: 2548220
Color: Medium Dark 2 - medium dark, golden undertones
$35.00
But this foundation make large pours literally disappear. I’ll be 60 years old this year and this foundation looks great on my skin. ...Best foundation...One of the absolute best foundations ive ever tried, i used it with the one size concealer and it did not crease AT ALL the whole entire day.
What it is: A hybrid foundation with up to all-day wear that blurs skin, visibly minimizes oil, and boosts hydration.
Coverage: Medium
Finish: Natural
Formulation: Liquid
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Japanese White Rose Stem Cells: Quickly improve the appearance of skin tone and visibly minimize oil over time.
- Skin-Like Treated Pigments: Rapidly blur and feel like skin.
- Avocado and Mango Hydra-Blend: Boosts hydration for smooth-feeling skin.
Ingredient Callouts: This product is vegan and cruelty-free.
What Else You Need to Know: This versatile formula combines the coverage of a foundation with the benefits of a BB cream.
Size: 0.35 oz / 10 g·ITEM: 2739795
Color: 3W Spruce - Extra light with warm undertones
$48.00
New everyday foundation...I was concerned this foundation stick would be dry and cakey. I was wrong! ...This is a very thick foundation. It does cover all imperfections, but looks cakey.
What it is: A long-wear, skincare-powered complexion stick that blurs instantly and visibly firms and smooths over time.
Coverage: Medium
Finish: Natural
Formulation: Stick
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Ceramide-Peptide Complex: Visibly firms and strengthens the skin barrier.
- Winged Kelp Extract: Restores luminosity, helping skin look more youthful.
- Butterfly Lavender Extract: Botanical powerhouse that smooths the look of fine lines and wrinkles.
Size: 1 oz / 30 mL·ITEM: 2642767
Color: 1C1 Cool Vanille - fair with cool undertones
$52.00
I love how it makes my skin look & doesn’t cake like many other foundations I’ve used in the past. ...It left my skin feeling hydrated and didn't seem to cake onto my dry skin like some other foundations do.
What it is: A weightless foundation that blurs the line between makeup and skin with medium-buildable coverage, waterproof wear, and up to 12 hours of fade-proof wear.
Coverage: Medium
Finish: Natural
Formulation: Liquid
Highlighted Ingredients:
- High Resolution Pigments and 3D Smooth Priming Powders: Perfecting, cake-free coverage, and optimal color laydown with less product.
- Blurring Bamboo Silk Powders and Hydro-Lipid Matrix: Balance moisture and shine control to maintain skin's optimal state.
- Camelia Seed, Vitamin E and Cacao Extract: Antioxidant-rich formula helps defend against damage by external stressors.
Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-relea