We Rigorously Tested 13 of the Best BB Creams—These 8 Passed

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Sometimes, wearing a full-coverage foundation feels like putting on a latex mask. And on the flip side, going totally bare-faced can feel daunting. For days when both sides of the spectrum feel impossible, it’s best to reach for a base product with flexible coverage that feels breathable and maybe even skincare-adjacent. That’s where BB creams come in.

BB creams are the perfect solution for skin-blurring, even-toned coverage that looks—and feels—like your skin. Unfortunately, finding the right BB cream can quickly devolve into a Goldilocks and the Three Bears situation. You want a formula that has enough coverage (but not too much), feels hydrating (but not oily), and stays on all day (but doesn’t mattify). Basically, we want BB creams to do the most. We tried the best BB creams and picked the top eight. Keep reading to see all eight and learn why we love them. Plus, get info on our rigorous testing process and insight from a celeb makeup artist on everything you ever wanted to know about BB cream.

Our Top BB Cream Picks, Listed

The Best BB Creams of 2025

Best Overall BB Cream: Chantecaille Just Skin Tinted Moisturizer SPF 15

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Best Budget BB Cream: Covergirl Clean Matte BB Cream

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Best BB Cream for Dry Skin: Saie Slip Tint Tinted Moisturizer SPF 35

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Best BB Cream Shade Range: Fenty Beauty Eaze Drop Blurring Skin Tint

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Best BB Cream for Combination Skin: BareMinerals Complexion Rescue Tinted Hydrating Gel Cream

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Best BB Cream for Oily Skin: Cle Cosmetics CCC Cream

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Best BB Cream for Mature Skin: Tower 28 SunnyDays SPF 30 Tinted Sunscreen Foundation

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Best BB Cream for Blurring: Maybelline New York Dream Fresh BB Cream

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First of all, what is BB cream?

To get the lowdown on all things BB cream, I reached out to celebrity makeup artist Renée Loiz, whose clients include Quinta Brunson, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Cynthia Erivo, Jaylen Barron, and Vanessa Rubio. Essentially, BB cream really is a do-it-all product—it’s moisturizer, primer, and foundation all in one. "[It’s] sort of like an all-in-one product that helps to hydrate, smooth fine lines, and brighten the skin,” Loiz says.

How do you apply BB cream?

There are plenty of ways to apply BB creams. "You can apply like a moisturizer with your fingers, use a makeup brush, or a beauty sponge,” says Loiz. "I personally prefer to use a beauty sponge, as I feel I use the least product this way and get a seamless finish.”

What is the difference between BB cream, CC cream, and tinted moisturizer?

Think of CC creams as a step above a BB cream—they share all the same benefits, but CC creams have the extra benefit of color-correcting added in. "Also, a CC cream is a much thicker formula and has more coverage than BB cream," says Loiz.

A tinted moisturizer is the simplest of the three but still shares many similarities to BB cream. "A tinted moisturizer is a moisturizer and foundation mixed together," says Loiz. "[It] has a very sheer coverage and usually no added skincare benefits." When it comes to product names, the terms can be pretty interchangeable, which is why you'll see some products labeled "CC cream" and "tinted moisturizer" on this list.

How We Chose

First, Loiz recommends looking for a BB cream with a wide-coverage range. After that, she recommends looking for BB creams that boast hydrating and skin-blurring benefits. With Loiz’s expertise in mind, we combed through 51 BB creams that had made other publications’ "best-of” lists and landed on 13 formulas for our editors to test. From those, we chose and ranked the top eight based on coverage, blendability, finish, shade range, wear time, and more.

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Prior to her time atBest Knockoff Luxury Clothing , Katie Berohn worked as the beauty assistant for Good Housekeeping, Woman's Day, and Prevention magazines, all part of the Hearst Lifestyle Group. She graduated from the University of Colorado, Boulder, with a major in journalism and minor in technology, arts, and media, and earned her master's degree at NYU's graduate program for magazine journalism. In addition, Katie has held editorial internships at Denver Life magazine, Yoga Journal, and Cosmopolitan; a digital editorial internship at New York magazine's The Cut; a social good fellowship at Mashable; and a freelance role at HelloGiggles.