tint & PROTECT Serum Foundation with SPF 50+
SUMMARY OF REVIEWS
Ciele's tint & PROTECT Serum Foundation SPF 50 offers a glassy, skin-like finish with medium-to-full coverage that several creators praise for dry, sensitive, or textured skin. Professional makeup artist Nikki La Rose says it's excellent for dry skin but also works for oily skin with extra powder, while Erin Nicole TV warns oily skin types to "run as fast as you can away from this product" due to its wet, non-drying formula.
FULL REVIEWS
POSITIVE
Variant: Eight
- “This one I feel like for me is just it's ride or die”6:20–6:26
- “My skin always looks good when I wear it”6:24–6:30
- “It has a SPF of 50. It is just such a good product overall”6:30–6:37
- “This has just such a beautiful finish. It makes my complexion look beautiful. It gives me nice coverage. It looks so much like skin”7:11–7:16
- “I feel like they do undertones really, really well”7:19–7:29
- “Finding something that doesn't go too orange, too yellow, too pink, it's really, really hard. And the shade range for me works really well”7:29–7:38
- Source: My number one makeup product in every category - May 26, 2026
Variant: 8N
- “I love it. It's just so gorgeous, gives me a beautiful complexion”0:17–0:21
- Source: May 2026 beauty favorites: complexion, eyes, lips, skincare & haircare - May 29, 2026
- “The reason I love this one is I think that no matter what your skin is kind of going through, this formulation does a really beautiful job of catering to texture and dryness”1:38–1:42
- “It's very liquidy”
- “It imparts a real glow for me”2:28–2:32
- “The way the skin looks, the texture of it is paramount rather than just the coverage, if that makes sense”2:31–2:36
- “I want the quality of my skin to look better having applied the makeup rather than dry and textured, but I'm getting coverage”2:33–2:43
- “I think this is just going to be really good for kind of like finicky, sensitive skin, dullness, flaking”2:43–2:49
- “During this winter, my skin has been going through it all over the place, and this just consistently looked really, really nice”2:52–2:58
- “This was Best of Beauty last year. It happens to be Best of Beauty again this year because I just think it's really that good”2:56–3:04
- Source: Best of beauty 2025 - Dec 30, 2025
- “It truly has the most gorgeous glassy finish of any complexion product I have ever tried”0:49–0:54
- Source: The drugstore can’t dupe these products from the Sephora Sale… - Apr 10, 2026
Variant: 8
- “which is an SPF of 50, which I love”
- Source: My Summer Makeup Bag: Products I'm Loving - Jun 9, 2026
Variant: SPF 50
- “I'd love to see them have a few more shades, but I feel like for it being a new-ish brand and not being out there as much as some of these big conglomerates, 13 isn't bad”4:28–4:32
- “$44 I feel like is a great price point for what you get”4:39–4:41
- “The formula of this is very hydrating”5:07–5:07
- “It is such a beautiful feels almost like a moisturizer to me, and that's why I love this formula so much”5:11–5:14
- “But it gives a nice satin finish”5:17–5:18
- “You see how beautiful that smoothed out my hands? I feel like this type of formula is incredible”5:19–5:21
- “It also has an SPF of 50 in there, so it's great for SPF protection plus smoothing out the skin”5:23–5:26
- “It gives a flawless finish, doesn't oxidize”5:29–5:29
- Source: Cosmetic formulator ranks the 6 best skin tints - Mar 23, 2026
- “This one's excellent for dry skin”10:30–10:33
- “In my opinion, this one's good for all skin types”10:32–10:36
- “I am an oily girl and I love this product so much and I love the finish and the feel and the wear so much that I make it work by adding just a little bit of additional powder for my oily skin”10:33–10:40
- Source: Allure Best of Beauty according to me - Oct 11, 2025
Variant: Light Medium
- “This is my favorite skin tint the Ciele and Protect”0:11–0:15
- “Look how juicy it already makes my skin without even trying”0:13–0:19
- “I like this skin tint because you can kind of still see my freckles showing through”0:21–0:26
- “You see why I am obsessed with this skin tint?”0:32–0:35
- Source: My makeup routine - Apr 20, 2026
- “The Tint and Protect has so much more coverage than you might expect. I was thinking that it was going to be a very light skin tint, you know, serumy, more skin care based, but no. It is incredibly opaque”8:36–8:40
- “It is also very wet. This doesn't really dry down”8:47–8:54
- “It has SPF 50 and incredible coverage. It's hydrating”8:56–9:01
- “I think the one complaint I could see people having is that it is just. It's very wet. Even someone like me who likes to set my face with powder can get kind of dangerous because you set and then a few minutes later you feel like your face needs to be set again”8:58–9:05
- “This is going to be perfect for dry skin. If you have oily skin, run. Run as fast as you can away from this product. You will hate it”9:19–9:25
- Source: My current favorites: the best new beauty of April 2026 - Apr 30, 2026
Variant: Shade Four
- “I pulled out my Ciele Tint and Protect SPF 50”
- “The tint in this is so pretty”3:46–3:49
- “This shade in particular is the shade four and I wish the one is just as good because I bought the lightest, it's not the same”3:47–3:51
- “This one like truly looks like skin. It is gorgeous”3:55–4:01
- Source: Fresh & glowing everyday makeup look - May 12, 2026
Variant: 03 Light
MIXED / NEGATIVE
Variant: 02 | FAIR
- “It is a little too oily for me”
- “The color has a little too much pink and is more neutral”19:39–19:44
- “The formula feels nice and hydrating”
- “It blended in pretty nicely despite the color not being perfect”
- Source: Sephora sale: what to skip and what's worth it - Apr 10, 2026
WHAT CREATORS SAY
- Consensus
- 4.6 / 5 from 10 creator reviewsGrailPeople ratings based on creator reviews.
- Good for
- Oily skin (2) · Dry skin (2)
- Features
- Natural finish (5) · Hydrating (5) · Dewy finish (3)
- ⚠ creators flagged issues with wide shade range (1)
- ⚠ can feel drying / tight (1)
- ⚠ may not suit oily skin (1)
Product details
Details
- Type
- tinted serum foundation
- Finish
- natural
- Shade
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- Key ingredients
- Allantoin, Bisabolol, Niacinamide
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