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Wet n Wild Barefocus Tinted Hydrator Tinted Skin Veil - Medium Tan Versus Maybelline Dream BB Pure BB Cream - 100 Light

BB, CC, Tinted Moisturizer
BB, CC, Tinted Moisturizer
American Brand United States
American Brand United States

Updated on December 13, 2023

Overview

What they are

These products are both fungal acne (malassezia) safe and reef safe bb, cc, tinted moisturizers. They have a total of 4 ingredients in common

Suited For

They're both likely to be good for dry skin, brightening skin and scar healing

Free From

They both do not contain any harsh alcohols, common allergens, fragrances, oils or parabens

What's Inside

They both contain silicones

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Ingredient Info

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What's inside (and what isn't)

What's inside (and what isn't)

At a glance

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Benefits

Key Ingredients

Benefits

Concerns

Ingredients Side-by-side

found in both products

Ingredients Explained

These ingredients are found in both products.

Ingredients higher up in an ingredient list are typically present in a larger amount.

Skin Conditioning, Solvent

Water. It's the most common cosmetic ingredient of all. You'll usually see it at the top of ingredient lists, meaning that it makes up the largest part of the product.

So why is it so popular? Water most often acts as a solvent - this means that it helps dissolve other ingredients into the formulation.

You'll also recognize water as that liquid we all need to stay alive. If you see this, drink a glass of water. Stay hydrated!

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Humectant, Skin Conditioning, Skin Protecting

Glycerin is already naturally found in your skin. It helps moisturize and protect your skin.

A study from 2016 found glycerin to be more effective as a humectant than AHAs and hyaluronic acid.

As a humectant, it helps the skin stay hydrated by pulling moisture to your skin. The low molecular weight of glycerin allows it to pull moisture into the deeper layers of your skin.

Hydrated skin improves your skin barrier; Your skin barrier helps protect against irritants and bacteria.

Glycerin has also been found to have antimicrobial and antiviral properties. Due to these properties, glycerin is often used in wound and burn treatments.

In cosmetics, glycerin is usually derived from plants such as soybean or palm. However, it can also be sourced from animals, such as tallow or animal fat.

This ingredient is organic, colorless, odorless, and non-toxic.

Glycerin is the name for this ingredient in American English. British English uses Glycerol/Glycerine.

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Disteardimonium Hectorite comes from the clay mineral named hectorite. It is used to add thickness to a product.

It can also help stabilize a product by helping to disperse other ingredients.

Hectorite is a rare, white clay mineral.

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Preservative

Phenoxyethanol is a preservative that has germicide, antimicrobial, and aromatic properties. Studies show that phenoxyethanol can prevent microbial growth. By itself, it has a scent that is similar to that of a rose.

It's often used in formulations along with Caprylyl Glycol to preserve the shelf life of products.

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Reviews

Here's what our community thinks

Wet n Wild Barefocus Tinted Hydrator Tinted Skin Veil 19 ingredients

4.0 /5
from 11 ratings
Medium Coverage (5) Light Coverage (5) Buildable (4)
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UnidentifiedFlyingOkra

12 months ago
Review

I'm not a regular/experienced foundation-wearer so please take this review with a grain of salt. Wanted a FA-safe skin tint for special occasions, and this checked all the boxes on paper, including being inexpensive and widely available in the USA. Ultimately, this product did give me little irritation whiteheads and exacerbated some texture issues. I found that it needed some elbow grease to Show more

#medium coverage
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Blaire Massaroni

4 months ago
Review

It looked fine on the skin but the smell was very powerful and it almost immediately broke me out.

Maybelline Dream BB Pure BB Cream 11 ingredients

1.0 /5
from 2 ratings
Light Coverage (1) Oily (1)
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ST

8 months ago
Review

I realize this says FA safe. I went completely FA safe for all my skincare. I was ALMOST completely clear with just a few scars. I ran out of my regular tinted moisturizer and grabbed this in a pinch bc it says it’s FA safe. Idk what is in it but I swear it can’t be FA safe. It DESTROYED all the work I put in the past 3 weeks in a matter of 4 hours. Bumps galore, itchy and irritated. I live the Show more

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Emma Santiago

5 months ago
Review

As for pros, it has a nice texture/consistency, blends out nicely, and is not streaky. It also helped bring a stubborn pimple I've had to a head because of the clay and BHA in it lol (unexpected pro). However my GOD this was so unbelievably oily. This is the oiliest product I've used in YEARS. My forehead was practically leaking oil by hour 2, and was unbearably shiny and greasy by hour 8. With Show more

#light coverage
#oily