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Sheer Makeup

Sephora customers often prefer the following products when searching for Sheer Makeup.

Sheer makeup is a great way to cover up blemishes, dark circles under your eyes, and other imperfections. The main difference between sheer and full-coverage makeup is the amount of pigment in the products. Sheer makeup isn’t about covering everything up—it’s about blending away imperfections to give you a natural look. Here are some of our top sheer makeups.

Iconic LondonSheer Cream Blush

Size: 0.42 oz/ 12.5 mL·ITEM: 2380343

Color: Fresh Faced - warm fawn pink

97 Reviews

$37.00

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I recommend applying with your fingertip or brush as it is very light and sheer. If you use a foam applicator it will get shucked right up. ...Too sheer for me...The blush was extremely sheer and I feel it didn’t add much to the over all look.

What it is: A water rich blush that melts into the skin, giving your cheeks a beautiful veil of soft-focus color.


Highlighted Ingredients:

- Marrubium Vulgare Extract (Horehound Extract): Contains antipollution benefits.

Summer FridaysSheer Skin Tint with Hyaluronic Acid + Squalane

Size: 1 oz / 30 mL·ITEM: 2536191

Color: Shade 2 - Light with Cool Undertones

1.1K Reviews

$57.00

amazing finish, natural and ideal for no makeup makeup look. It’s in the sheer side and very liquid but i do add more for coverage....Im really like the Summer Fridays Sheer Skin Tint it’s lightweight and blends seamlessly with a sheer finish. ...very pretty, for the sheer girls...Love the natural sheer finish

What it is: A lightweight skin tint that layers beautifully for sheer-to-light coverage with a natural-looking finish.

Coverage: Light

Finish:
Natural

Formulation:
Liquid

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Tiger Grass: Helps soothe the skin and reduce the look of redness.
- Humectant Blend (Glycerin and Hyaluronic Acid): Helps to visibly plump fine lines and support a healthy-feeling moisture barrier.
- Rich Emollients (Squalane, Vitamin E, Safflower, and Avocado Oils): Lock in hydration and help the formula glide evenly over skin.

Ingredient Callouts: This product is vegan, cruelty-free, and comes in recyclable packaging.

Armani BeautyFluid Sheer Glow Enhancer Highlighter

Size: 18 mL·ITEM: 2424869

Color: 7 - pink pearl

474 Reviews

$64.00

Sheer perfection...I got to try this product for free via the Influenster app and I am thrilled about it! This sparkly sheer finish is the perfect addition to any makeup look. ...I was intimidated by the color at first but it sheers out perfectly and adds that perfect rosy touch to my makeup looks.

What it is: A lightweight, multiuse complexion enhancer for a dewy glow—use as a highlighter or mix with skincare or foundation for a radiant boost.

Coverage: Light

Finish:
Radiant

Formulation:
Liquid

What Else You Need to Know:
Experience weightless perfection with this liquid formula, which melts into skin for a seamless finish, under or over makeup. Sheer, buildable coverage ensures mistake-proof application, allowing you to customize your glow. Available in versatile shades, it can be used as a highlighter, blush, or bronzer. You can also mix it with foundation for a radiance boost.

MAC CosmeticsLustreglass Sheer-Shine Hydrating 8HR Lipstick

Size: 0.1 oz/3.5 G·ITEM: 2485472

Color: See Sheer - grapefruit pink

88 Reviews

$33.00

The color payoff is super sheer, more like a tinted lip gloss than a true lipstick.

What it is: A lightweight, sheer lipstick that delivers high-shine, buildable color with 8-hour wear and long-lasting moisture.


Formulation Type: 
Lipstick


What Else You Need to Know: This silky lipstick glides on for sheer, buildable color and a lustrous finish. A blend of Jojoba, Raspberry Seed, Coconut and Organic Extra-Virgin Olive Oils nourishes, while Shea Butter conditions and Hyaluronic Acid helps lock in moisture. The result? Comfortable color with long-wearing shine.

GlossierPerfecting Skin Tint for Dewy Sheer Coverage

Size: 1 oz / 30 mL·ITEM: 2649101

Color: G12 - lightest

556 Reviews

$41.00

Perfect sheer coverage look - very faint for a no makeup appearance...Truly a dewy sheer skin tint...Simple. Easy. Sheer. Dewy- all in which I love. It’s a perfect base for the no-makeup, makeup look.

What it is: A lightweight skin tint with sheer coverage that evens out the look of skin tone, minimizes appearance of pores, and leaves skin with a smooth, dewy finish.

Coverage: Light

Finish:
Radiant

Formulation:
Liquid

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Glycerin: Helps skin attract and retain moisture.
- Diamond Powder: Visibly minimizes the look of pores with a brightening and blurring effect.

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.

SEPHORA COLLECTIONAbout That Shine Sheer Shine Lipstick

Size: 0.10 oz.·ITEM: 2730083

Color: 13 Blinding Pink

513 Reviews

$22.00

Beautiful sheer lipstick!...It's also so affordable which I love about Sephora Collection makeup....Beauty sheer tint...My lips feel soft and hydrated, it’s definitely conditioning providing a beautiful sheer tint. I absolutely love this shade it’s perfect for every day makeup.

What it is: 

A lightweight lipstick with eye-catching prismatic shine that provides lips with a sheer flush of color and a 12-hour moisturizing, balm-like texture.


Formulation Type: Lipstick 


What Else You Need to Know: This lipstick contains pigments with unrivaled power to reflect light, for maximum prismatic shine.Their special structure reflects the light more intensely than traditional pearls while the sheer coverage balm formula coats the lips with a long-lasting feeling of hydration. Available in a wide range of shades that compliment all skin tones with a sheer flush of eye-catching color.

$59.00

Been obsessed with the MAC Studio Sculpt & Shape Contour Palette lately 🤎 The powders blend like butter and give that pro-finish every time! A must-have for any makeup lover...I am not really a contour/highlighting person because I am typically turned off by seeing results that look overdone but this product completely changed my opinion. The fact that it's sheer but buildable helps a lot. I watched a few tutorials (Hindash youtube tutorial on "All Matte" is a must-see) and I was really happy how I was able to achieve this enhanced, glowy and sultry look that looks like I'm not wearing any makeup at all.

What it is:
An expertly-edited contouring palette with six shades to sculpt and enhance features.

What it does:
This expertly-edited palette contains three matte contouring powders and three subtly-shimmery highlighting powders to sculpt, shape, and enhance your facial features. Each highlighting shade contains soft-focus technology to softly reflect light while the contouring colors provide sheer coverage to create natural-looking shadows. The effect is maximum impact with minimal texture.

What else you need to know:
These shades provide smooth, even, silky application with a formula soothes and conditions skin. This product is suitable for all skin types, dermatologist-tested, and non-acnegenic.

MAC CosmeticsPrep + Prime Illuminating Sheer Coverage Long-Wear Brightening Highlighter

Size: 0.12 oz/ 3.6 mL·ITEM: 2096949

Color: Peach Lustre - bronzy orange

23 Reviews

$43.00

What it is:
A pen-style highlighter that efficiently brings a soft, sheer wash of color to the skin.

What it does:
With its precision application, Prep + Prime Highlighter adds radiance just where you want it. The formula goes on smoothly for cushion-soft wear. Use it over makeup for highlights or touch-ups, or under makeup to brighten and prime.

Prep + Prime Highlighter provides instant radiance that is lightweight, long-wearing, and non-drying. It is dermatologist-tested, ophthalmologist-tested, and non-acnegenic.

GlossierGeneration G Sheer Matte Lipstick

Size: 0.1 oz·ITEM: 2717973

Color: Leo - neutral cocoa brown

435 Reviews

$27.00

love love love this lipstick for those days when i’m not wearing too much makeup. i quite enjoy this one because usually sheer lipsticks are glossy and shiny and i find them uncomfortable sensory wise but i have no problems with this...I have 2 colors and they’re a perfect sheer mate lipstick. U can build the color or leave sheer.

What it is: A sheer-matte lipstick with sheer, buildable pigment for a just-blotted, softly diffused, blurred lip look with a comfortable, cushiony feel.


Formulation Type: Lipstick


Highlighted Ingredients: 

- Sunflower Seed Wax: Feels smooth and cushiony on lips.

- Blue Agave: Locks in moisture for comfortable wear.

- Soft Focus Elasto-Powder provides the unique mattifying-but-not-drying effect.


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

Products related to Sheer Makeup

Sheer Foundation
“Makes my skin feel like skin with sheer coverage and not like a cakey foundation”
Sheer Lipstick
“Love the color and the consistency of this lipstick. Not too drying, can be layered. Apply once for a sheer look, apply it 3-4 times for a more intense look”
Soft Makeup
“Seriously, if you can be extremely gentle with her- she won’t break. But seriously the blur, the way it makes your skin look and feel- this is actually revolutionary”
Subtle Makeup
“mildly tinted gloss, quite sticky and not hydrating. slight tingle with very subtle plumping”
Ethereal Makeup
“The lightweight formula effortlessly enhances my complexion, giving an instant ethereal glow without any chunky glitter. I absolutely love how it brightens my skin and evens out the tone, thanks to the addition of vitamin C”
Creaseless Makeup
“It definitely keeps my undereye CREASELESS. The ONLY thing that would maybe be a ding is that it's a little bit dry”
Glass Skin Makeup
“Still looks nice without makeup too but I wish the red popped a little more on my skin tone but nonetheless it’s nice”
Healthy Makeup
“Such a beautiful and healthy finish. Gives a blurring appearance instead of emphasizing texture. ”
Natural Looks Makeup
“Stays on, looks natural. Actually looks like I have eyebrows and even if you look close, you can't see that my eyebrow was filled in. have very thin, very sparse eyebrows and this is a lifesaver”
Glossy Makeup
“It is NOT a highlighter. It makes my skin glossy and there's a subtle shine with it that I love”

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