Holy Grail Foundations for Mature Skin to Hide the Deepest Lines and Wrinkles (2025)

Created especially for mature skin, this serum foundation from L’Oréal Paris effectively perfects, hydrates and protects skin with a high level SPF. In studies, 83% of women said the lightweight, radiant finish formula doesn't settle into lines or wrinkles and it improved skin hydration eight hours after application thanks to moisturizers like hyaluronic acid.

Though the foundation isn't heavy, reviewers expected it to be lighter since it's marketed as a serum foundation.

The cream foundation received the highest score for providing hydration, evening skin tone and concealing sun blemishes, according to testers. It also had a pleasant scent, but testers noted that it did not provide long-lasting coverage and had trouble blending it in.

“I liked that this doesn't have a noticeable scent to it. It is easy to apply onto my brush and on my face,” says GH Beauty Lab Senior Chemist Danusia Wnek. “It spreads nicely and has medium coverage that conceals a bit of my red spots. I like the way the packaging looks.”

With Olay moisturizer swirled right in, this CoverGirl cream compact foundation is the ultimate product for a one-step face. While some cream formulas can feel heavy and cakey, this Beauty Award winner is lightweight while still offering great coverage. It’s even pigmented enough to double as a concealer. GH Beauty Lab pros like that it feels velvety and blends flawlessly, and the packaging makes it great for keeping in your bag for on-the-go touch-ups.

Some muscle may be required to open the packaging, as some reviewers complained the twist-off top was hard to budge.

A GH Beauty Award winner and Good Housekeeping Seal star, Mary Kay’s creamy medium- to full-coverage foundation delivers hydrating and anti-aging effects via ingredients like softening vitamin E, radiance-enhancing niacinamide and smoothing peptides. In a study, over 90% of testers found that it smoothed the look of lines after one week of use and gave skin a luminous finish instantly, per Lab analysis.

Though most considered the radiant finish a plus, some found it too glowy.

The best hydrator of the GH Beauty Lab's CC cream test, this sheer tinted Olay formula improved skin over time, too, including fading dark spots. According to Lab measurements, it moisturized better than any other CC cream tested, increasing hydration levels by 36% over six hours and minimizing the appearance of brown spots and pores over four weeks.

While most love the radiant finish, some found it left their skin too shiny.

More than just makeup, this buttery L’Oréal Paris tinted balm foundation is boosted with anti-agers like peptides. Beauty Lab data analysis showed that the light-to-medium-coverage solid formula instantly makes skin look smoother.

However, one reviewer complained that the formula tends to move around, so setting powder is needed to help it stay in place.

This product is great if you want a flawless face without many extra steps. CoverGirl's silky base is a triple-duty primer-concealer-foundation hybrid. With just one application, you'll get the coverage of a concealer, and, true to its name, it'll last all day. That's why it won a GH Beauty Award! Evaluations showed that the blendable formula stayed in place while still feeling light on the skin and not looking heavy or cakey.

Keep in mind that the formula dries super fast, according to reviewers, so you'll want to blend quickly.

This waterproof foundation will endure your sweatiest days while offering natural-looking full coverage. “Makeup still looked flawless after having it on all day (98°F weather),” says one reviewer. The application is also easy and mess-free, making it great on the go.

However, one reviewer with oily skin said her complexion looked shiny after a few hours.

Makeup artist Charlotte Tilbury’s base delivers medium satin-finish coverage in a lightweight cream that feels more like skincare than makeup. GH Beauty Lab pros found that the lightweight, cruelty-free formulation, a GH Beauty Award winner, is not heavy on skin and gives a lasting glow.

Some reviewers found the foundation could rub off or transfer after a few hours of wear.

Tailored to the deepest of skin tones, Uoma Beauty's soft matte foundation in an impressive 51 shades comes in customized formulations for different skin color groups, including rich tan, brown and dark brown. "The most perfectly matching foundation I may have ever had," an Ulta reviewer marveled.

However, some reviewers found it to be drying.

This GH Beauty Award- and test-winning No7 foundation is infused with skincare ingredients like wrinkle-smoothing peptides and vitamins C and E to firm and brighten skin. The medium-coverage pick impressed in our Lab’s recent test thanks to a believable radiant finish and the fact that it went on and blended smoothly. Makeup artist evaluator Philippides called it “very impressive” and “flawless.”

Though the foundation has SPF 15, dermatologists recommend at least SPF 30 for enough protection, so another sunscreen should be worn underneath.

A base that gives a true no-makeup look, lightweight YSL Beauty provides dewy light to medium coverage that stays put, a rare feat for a tinted moisturizer. In GH Beauty Lab evaluations, the GH Beauty Award-winning formula spread well, subtly covered imperfections and evened skin tone. The coverage lasted all day, even on a tester with oily skin, and didn’t irritate another user with very sensitive skin. “I like how sheer it is — it gives a glowy, barely-there look yet evens skin tone.”

While people generally liked the scent, some found its fragrance too strong.

With only five ingredients, this mineral foundation was formulated to let pores breathe, which one GH beauty writer says "feels virtually weightless on skin." Powder foundations can get cakey when you build them up, but our writer says, "This one blends naturally with your skin whether you are going for sheer or full coverage. It also lasts all day and won't settle into fine lines and wrinkles." One reviewer commented, "It makes my skin look youthful, and I am 70 years old."

One caveat: The loose powder can be a little messy.