non cakey foundation

Sephora customers often prefer the following products when searching for non cakey foundation.

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.

HUDA BEAUTY#FauxFilter Luminous Matte Foundation

Size: 1.18 oz/ 35 ml·ITEM: 2425569

Color: 590R Lava Cake - richest skin with red undertone

1.2K Reviews

$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.

Fashion FairSkinFlex Stick Foundation

Size: 0.32 oz/ 9 g·ITEM: 2476638

Color: Rich Brownie - medium with cool red undertones

59 Reviews

$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

MAKE UP FOR EVERMini HD Skin Undetectable Longwear Foundation

Size: 0.04 oz / 12 mL·ITEM: 2513844

Color: 1N06 Porcelain - for fair skin tones with neutral undertones

263 Reviews

$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

$52.00

I bought this with the Lancôme foundation and I'm in love! I use a primer and the foundation and then apply this powder with my kabuki brush and I instantly have the photoshopped airbrushed look! ...I use it as a finishing powder in the morning, but my favorite thing about it is the way it freshens up my "afternoon face" without looking cake-y or makeup-y. Smells good, too. I've been using this since I was 19 and it doesn't disappoint.

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.

Laura MercierReal Flawless Weightless Perfecting Waterproof Foundation

Size: 1 oz / 30 mL·ITEM: 2642791

Color: 1W1 Cashmere - fair with warm undertones

1.1K Reviews

$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

MAKE UP FOR EVERMini HD Skin Hydra Glow Skincare Foundation with Hyaluronic Acid

Size: 0.4 oz·ITEM: 2738193

Color: 3N40  - Praline - for medium to tan skin with neutral undertones

63 Reviews

$22.00

It doesn’t look cakey. Lasts for hours! I bought the shade 2Y20....I haven’t liked most foundations w/ skincare included but this one sits very nicely on the skin.

What it is: An 86 percent skincare-based foundation with medium coverage and a naturally luminous finish that hydrates, smooths appearance, and visibly plumps and brightens skin rapidly and over time.

Coverage: Medium

Finish:
Natural

Formulation:
Liquid

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Hydra-Skin Booster Complex™: Mimics the hydrating effect of a sheet mask.

Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, phthalates, mineral oil, retinyl palmitate, oxybenzone, coal tar, hydroquinone, sulfates SLS & SLES, triclocarban, triclosan, and contains less than one percent synthetic fragrance.

What Else You Need to Know: Inspired by skincare sheet masks

tarteMini Amazonian Clay 16-Hour Full Coverage Foundation

Size: 0.5 oz/ 15 mL·ITEM: 2476166

Color: 20N Light Neutral - light skin with very warm, golden or olive undertones

53 Reviews

$18.00

I'm so happy I tried this for myself. This foundation is in my top 5 favorite foundations for sure. xoxo...Great full coverage & cruelty free foundation! I got the small one just to test it out, because I’m often disappointed in cruelty free full coverage foundations.

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.

tarteAmazonian clay blurring powder foundation

Size: 0.28 oz / 8 g·ITEM: 2641322

Color: 20B Light Beige - light skin with cool, pink or rosy undertones

48 Reviews

$40.00

Best Talc-Free Pressed Powder Foundation...This is the best talc-free option for pressed powder foundations offered at Sephora right now. It has awesome coverage, is long-lasting, doesn’t crease or look cakey, and the shade match is perfect. ...My HG powder foundation...I’ve been on the hunt for a powder foundation that doesn’t look like, well, powder. I love the ease of the powder foundations I used in my younger years.

What it is: A bestselling foundation, now in a powder.


Coverage: Medium


Finish: Matte


Formulation: Pressed Powder


Highlighted Ingredients:

- Amazonian Clay: Nature’s perfect ingredient for better, longer, truer wear.

- Hyaluronic Acid: Intensely hydrates.

- Vitamin E: A natural preservative, emollient, and antioxidant that calms redness and irritation.


Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, formaldehydes, mineral oil, oxybenzone, coal tar, hydroquinone, triclocarban, and triclosan. It is also vegan, gluten-free, cruelty-free, and comes in recyclable packaging.

DIORForever Natural Velvet Matte Compact Foundation

Size: 0.4 oz / 10 g·ITEM: 2595080

Color: 7N - deep

44 Reviews

$60.00

It is lightweight smoothing my pores instantly. It is a foundation + finishing powder all-in-one. Non drying all day for my combination skin. ...It has the perfect coverage and you can build it up. Doesn’t cake or crease and by 6 hours my skin gets nice and dewy.

What it is: A transfer-proof compact foundation that visibly reduces shine and provides up to 24 hours of natural-looking, matte coverage with a smooth, refined finish.

Coverage: Medium

Finish:
Matte

Formulation:
Pressed Powder

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Iris Extract: Delivers antioxidant benefits.
- Wild Pansy Flower Extract: Preserves hydration.
- Rose Extract: Visibly refines pores.

Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, phthalates, mineral oil, retinyl palmitate, oxybenzone, coal tar, hydroquinone, sulfates SLS & SLES, triclocarban, triclosan, and contains less than one percent synthetic fragrance. It is also gluten-free.

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La MerThe Soft Fluid Long Wear Foundation SPF 20

Size: 1 oz/ 30 mL·ITEM: 1999861

Color: 120 Ivory - Very Light Skin with Neutral Undertone

400 Reviews

$150.00

I have really been enjoying this foundation. It's that perfect finish without being heavy and cakey. ...I’ve been using this foundation both by itself and in conjunction with other foundations (hourglass stick, fenty) and it gives a beautiful airbrush finish!

What it is: A weightless, hydrating liquid foundation with buildable medium coverage, a naturally radiant finish for a healthy-looking glow and SPF protection.


Coverage: Medium


Finish: Natural


Formulation: Liquid


Skin Type: Normal, Dry, Combination, and Oily


SPF: SPF 20


Ingredient Callouts: Free of sulfates SLS and SLES, parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, phthalates, mineral oil, retinyl palmitate, coal tar, hydroquinone, and triclosan.


What Else You Need to Know: This silky, lightweight formula helps main

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