12 Of The Best BB Creams For Dewy, Radiant Skin

Yes, that Trinny is now a certified make-up queen, thanks to her incredibly successful eponymous beauty brand. The star of the show – so much so, it continually sells out – is the BFF Cream, which is one of the lightest, glossiest beauty balms we’ve come across.

The white cream contains encapsulated pigment, which bursts on application and adjusts to your natural skin tone. Flower extracts work to bounce the light back out from dark circles while neutralising redness and, to top it all off, there's SPF 30 in there too. Consider every single box ticked.

Dr. Jart's latest launch sits somewhere in-between a tinted moisturiser and a foundation. It's cushiony and moisturising, yet heavily pigmented, so masks redness and pigmentation with ease.

Erborian pretty much owns the floor when it comes to BB creams, and this one is the first thing you should try from the brand. It contains niacinamide to control oil and reinforce your skin barrier, and has just enough pigment to unify and brighten.

Anyone who struggles with sensitive skin or frequent breakouts should try Kosas. The brand formulates all its products with sensitive, acne-prone skin in mind, and this gel-textured BB cream is the future.

Available in 24 shades, it uses zinc to calm redness and irritation, and copper peptides to supports collagen production without feeling heavy or settling into enlarged pores.

This innovative new launch from RMS is billed as a 'tinted serum' - essentially, it combines satiny translucent colour with SPF30 and a host of skin-fortifying ingredients, including peptides and niacinamide. The pigment here is glowy and bronze-tinted (but thankfully without shimmer), so it's ideal for those days you simply want a radiant glow with minimal effort.

A staple in Alexa Chung's 10-minute makeup routine, Code8's beauty balm offers barely there coverage, so it's perfect if you're after a super-natural result. It's glowy and radiant, yet doesn't veer into greasy territory.

This recent gem from Iconic London looks intimidatingly shimmery in the tube, but somehow melts on contact with skin to deliver a dewy, intensely luminous finish that looks entirely natural.

Rather than an obvious 'make-up' effect, it reflects the light without glitter or pigment, leaving your natural skin to shine through. For that 'just back from Barbados' glow, this is the one.

Don't let the name fool you here: this is a brilliant all-rounder that everyone should try. Offering SPF50 alongside hydrating, redness-concealing coverage with a bright, dewy finish, it might just be the best complexion launch of recent months.

We know, we know...It’s technically a CC cream. But let’s be honest, there's no real difference (aside from marketing jargon) and this one absolutely deserves a mention here.

This cult formula boasts proper SPF 50, enough coverage to tempt even the most foundation-fixated, and the kind of creamy consistency that melts into skin beautifully.

So popular was the original, there’s now an illuminating version that offers more of a shimmery glow, and an oil-free iteration for those who prefer a more matte finish.

Complexion products at this end of the price spectrum can be hit and miss, but Elf rarely lets us down. This absolutely brilliant formula delivers the hydration of a moisturiser and the glowy pigment of your favourite foundation. The coverage is higher than most, as is the SPF: there's factor 30 in there to keep you protected.

A green-tinted cream is ideal if you're hoping to cover red acne scarring or thread veins. Big on Tiktok (and for good reason) this one gets the balance just right, bringing down redness without veering into chalky territory.