Meet the best soft focus foundations

Sometimes, all you want to do is light makeup that looks like you've not put any. You know, when you want your skin texture to look slightly more even but you don't want to look like you're attending a red carpet event. Here, these foundations will give you just the right look for your IG posts and stories!

Kay Beauty Hydrating Foundation

Who doesn’t want their make-up products to be more ‘giving’? The Hydrating Foundation by Kay Beauty, per its name, nourishes your skin along with covering up imperfections in a way that doesn’t look or feel heavy. We love the butter-smooth texture that’s easy to blend and is super-lightweight. Available in 20 shades—suited for Indian skin tones and undertones— it offers buildable coverage, making it perfect for both day and night. 

Price: ₹ 1,200

Forest Essentials Chandan Som Rasa Silk Skin Tint

When this homegrown brand forayed into make-up, we knew they’d whip up a blend that’s part skincare and part make-up. The Chandan Som Rasa Silk Skin Tint is designed to blur out imperfections, lending a soft glow to the skin. Much lighter than traditional foundations, this skin tint is created with hand-pressed moringa, almond, sunflower and green tea oils. It can be applied over your daily moisturiser as the last step of your skincare routine for a healthy finish. 

Price: ₹ 2,700

By Terry Hyaluronic Hydra Foundation, Nykaa.Com

If nourishing formulas are your jam, consider this vegan foundation that hydrates the skin, covers up imperfections, and also protects from sun damage—it is infused with SPF 30. The long-wear formula has a fine texture and is extremely easy to blend. Since it is formulated with hyaluronic acid, it traps moisture and plumps up the skin, blurring fine lines and wrinkles.

Price: ₹ 5,500

Guerlain Parure Gold Fluid Foundation Spf 30 Pa+++

This full-coverage foundation promises to not budge for 24 hours. Delivering an even, flawless coverage in a single stroke, it leaves the skin looking radiant in a matter of seconds—you can thank the dual-faceted golden pigments for that Goddess-like glow. Parure Gold is a sweat-proof and heat-resistant formula that adapts to every season and region, and offers skincare benefits, perfecting your complexion with regular use. 

Price: ₹ 7,800

Bobbi Brown Intensive Skin Serum Foundation Spf 40​​​​​​​

This silky formula combines Bobbi Brown’s trademark Active Skin Energizing Complex with lightweight, skin tone-perfecting pigments. The result: smooth, flawless, and luminous complexion. The foundation also has UV filters that defend the skin against environmental aggressors, thus preventing collagen damage. 

Price: ₹ 6,700

Dior Capture Totale Triple Correcting Powder Compact Spf20​​​​​​​

An amalgam of Dior’s cult Capture Totale skincare and Dior’s make-up expertise, this is a first-of-its-kind, triple-action foundation. Enriched with the essence of the Longoza Cellular Complex that lends a smoothing effect, flat powders that help refine the skin, and light-diffusing pigments that add luminosity, the Triple Correcting Compact is just what your skin needs for an instant pick-me-up.

Price: ₹ 9,500