The Best Stick Foundations For Targeted Coverage
Ultra-functional and convenient, stick foundations are one of the most under-appreciated base products around. Here are the best two-in-one stick foundations for when you need that extra coverage.
By FEMALE Staff,
Stick foundations are truly among the best makeup items on the market. Not only are they portable – perfect for touch-ups on the go – but they are also multi-functional. You can use them as a regular foundation for your entire face.
Additionally, they can replace your usual concealer to conceal flaws and imperfections. If you select shades that are lighter or darker than your skin tone, stick foundations can also serve as highlighters and contouring wands.
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What we love most about them is how easy they are to apply. Just swipe, blend with your fingers, and you’re ready to go! If you’re eager to try stick foundations, here are some of our favourites.
Charlotte Tilbury Unreal Skin Sheer Glow Tint Hydrating Foundation Stick, $71, Sephora
A moisturising foundation stick that offers a beauty filter-like glow! It can be layered for light to medium coverage, allowing you to "sculpt" your desired look. The smooth, soft-focused finish gives your skin a radiant, holiday-like glow.
This product intelligently creates a silky second layer of skin. It provides light to medium coverage and is enriched with eight skincare ingredients, including hyaluronic acid and nourishing oils, to pamper your skin while you apply your makeup. Whether applied with fingertips, a sponge, or a brush, it blends seamlessly into the skin for a flawless, smooth finish.
This multi-purpose matte foundation stick subtly adds shadow or brightness to enhance your face's overall dimension through blending, brightening, or colouring. Just one swipe creates the perfect base – like sculpting or painting – while keeping your skin hydrated all day long.
This tint stick is moisture-proof, sweat-proof, and transfer-proof, with soft-focus properties that won’t clump or leave marks, ensuring your makeup stays perfect for hours. Infused with carnauba wax and sodium hyaluronate, it guarantees comfort during wear.
This classic foundation stick, a best-seller for many years, is a backstage essential for numerous makeup artists. It provides a finish that closely matches natural skin tone while effectively covering fine lines, pores, and blemishes. Its lightweight texture applies effortlessly, adhering gently to the skin. It can be layered for extra coverage or used as a targeted concealer. Enriched with shea butter, it also moisturises the skin as you wear it.
This foundation stick serves both as a foundation and a concealer. Apply a small amount to your forehead, cheeks, and chin, then use a foundation brush to make circular motions for maximum concealing effect. Plus, it’s waterproof and offers 12 hours of long-lasting coverage, automatically adjusting to your skin based on your body temperature.
This rich foundation stick has a nourishing complex to treat skin even as its creamy texture effortlessly glides over skin to give a natural, soft matte finish.
This is an all-in-one stick gives you coverage and sculpting on the quick. The foundation side gives you medium, buildable coverage, while the soft contour side shapes and sculpts with an angled tip.
This has a lightweight formula that feels feather-light and blurs imperfection. It’s infused with hydrating raspberry stem cell extract and hibiscus extract to moisturise and treat signs of ageing.
This article contains excerpts from a story that first appeared in Nuyou Singapore