Neha Mehrotra
29-Mar-2025
Healthy Skin = Flawless Makeup
For me, the biggest compliment that I could get from someone is, “Your skin looks flawless.” But let’s be real—achieving that naturally radiant, lit-from-within glow isn’t always easy. Until I discovered the holy grail of hybrid beauty—aka skincare that moonlights as makeup (or vice versa). The idea of hybrid beauty is to simply bridge the gap between make-up and skin care, equate it to fewer steps and achieve healthy and glowing skin. And if you are a fan of the no makeup look, you are going to love it! Why? Because your foundation isn’t just covering imperfections; it’s treating them. Your primer doesn’t just grip makeup; it hydrates like a serum.
Here are 10 game-changing beauty hybrids that will make you wonder why we ever separated skincare and makeup in the first place!
1. N°1 de Chanel Lip and Cheek Balm
Skincare: Enriched with red camellia oil and 86% natural ingredients, the multi-use N°1 DE CHANEL lip and cheek balm provides soft, supple and hydrated lips all day. The range also marks the brand's foray into sustainable beauty.
Makeup: With its rich, buildable tint, this balm effortlessly glides onto lips for a luscious pop of colour or blends onto cheeks for a radiant, healthy glow.
2. Colorbar Crystal Glow Hybrid Foundation
Skincare: More than makeup—it’s skincare in a bottle! This SPF 30 foundation shields your skin from UV damage, locks in hydration, and improves texture for a healthy, radiant complexion that glows from within.
Makeup: This lightweight foundation melts into your skin, blurring imperfections while keeping it breathable. With a natural, luminous finish, your complexion looks effortlessly flawless—never dry, heavy, or cakey.
3. Laneige Glowly Makeup Serum
Skincare: Infused with hyaluronic acid, this weightless, hydrating serum does it all—keeps oil in check, quenches your skin’s thirst, and smooths out imperfections.
Makeup: This serum moonlights as a face primer, creating the ultimate silky, glowing base for makeup that lasts all day. Thanks to diamond mineral powder, you get a luminous, lit-from-within glow, while Light Fit Prep Technology ensures your makeup stays put like a pro.
4. Bobby Brown Vitamin Enriched Face Base
Skincare: Packed with Vitamin B, C, and E, this multitasking primer instantly hydrates and plumps your skin. For those who like fragrance, the cream has a light and peppy, grapefruit-and-geranium scent.
Makeup: As a base for foundation and concealer, it provides a smooth and silky canvas by flooding the skin with hyaluronic acid for instant hydration. It’s also infused with shea butter for easy application.
5. Clinique’s Superdefense City Block
Skincare: Add this sunscreen to your AM routine and bask in the sun worry-free. It is paraben-free, phthalate-free, fragrance-free and even has mineral filters to prevent signs of ageing.
Makeup: If you only have 5 minutes for makeup, the Clinique Superdefense sunscreen also doubles up as a tint and will give your skin a subtle beauty boost while looking soft and natural.
6. Inde Wild Dewy Lip Treatment
Skincare: Infused with Ayurvedic ghee, linoleic acid, vitamin E, and phospholipids, this lip tint hydrates and revives dry, dehydrated lips. And the best part? It’s vegan, plant-based, and as kind to your lips as it is to the planet.
Makeup: The trio of peptides—hyaluronic acid, shea butter, and squalane leaves you with plump and moisturised lips that enhance your lips appearance and give a soft pink hue.
7. Forest Essentials Gulaab Khaas Kajal
Skincare : The Gulaab Khaas Kajal is a super-saturated kohl stick infused with Pure Cow’s Ghee, Rose petals, and other natural botanicals to enhance, define, and brighten the eyes.
Makeup : The creamy, non-drying texture glides on effortlessly. It is intensely pigmented and easily blendable, and it is a go-to for achieving a sultry, saturated smokey eye with just one product.
8. Type Beauty Set Me Up Brightening Setting Spray
Skincare: Powered by Vitamin C and Alpha Arbutin, this formula works from within to fade dark spots and banish dullness over time. And the Korean sunscreen filters with SPF 35 provide sun protection.
Makeup: Lightweight yet powerful, this fine spray primes your skin and locks in makeup for up to 12 hours, leaving behind a fresh, natural finish.
9. Moha: Tinted Sunscreen
Skincare: This tinted sunscreen does more than just shield your skin —it pampers it too! Packed with Sariva, it keeps your skin hydrated, enhances your complexion, and gives you an effortlessly radiant glow.
Makeup: Consider this your no-makeup makeup essential! The tinted formula gives you a soft matte finish, effortlessly blurring minor blemishes and redness for that naturally flawless, filter-free glow.
10. Oteria All Rounder Skin Cream
Skincare: Designed to shield against urban pollution and blue light damage, it helps erase wrinkles, boost radiance, and preserve your youthful glow.
Makeup: This multitasking cream also makes for a smooth makeup base. Its lightweight, nourishing formula blurs fine lines and preps your skin for a seamless foundation application.
Cover Credits : Instagram @deepikapadukone
