Ever since we’ve read that case study for sunscreens with twin women, we’ve made tight friendships with the supreme powers of SPF, and we suggest you do as well. While they’re an absolute necessity in the warmer months, SPF shouldn’t be skipped, at all, all year long. While SPF underneath the foundation should be the way to go, an extra layer of SPF doesn’t hurt either. But foundations with SPF can be a little tricky. They can never be replaced by your daily sunscreen, and if we’re being completely honest, they give flashbacks. But as long as you stay away from flash photography or avoid direct flash, you’ll be be just fine. Besides, these formulas are pretty amazing, so we doubt you will get any away. Read to check out our favourite picks.

With a solid SPF properties and 60% moisture essence, you could easily skip your moisturiser and SPF before you dab on this foundation. It does a thorough job of evening out the skin tone and concealing marks. It blends easily and gives you a natural looking coverage.

This longwearing foundation is meant to be applied all day long – seriously, no touch ups required. It has a medium to full buildable coverage, blends easily and evenly while controlling shine. It also helps minimize the appearance of pores and imperfections, giving skin a smoother, more flawless look and finish.

With an insanely wide shade range, this long wear matte foundation is a staple for a day look that doesn’t demand touch-ups. It boasts a 24 hour wear time, so we take this with us everywhere, especially for those special events when your makeup needs to be perfect all day.

This iconic foundation has fans among celebrities and other mere mortals, and it’s for a good reason. Its medium coverage can be built up to full and lasts all day long. Its formula is nourishing, and extremely skin like.

Perfect for combo skin babes, the Naked Skin One and Done Foundation give skin a natural finish while adding more SPF to your daily routine. This is a great starter foundation and is so lightweight; it’s easy to forget you’re wearing it at all.

This CC cream has a global fan base, and honestly, we’re not surprised. Yeah, it’s not your regular foundation. But it gives just the right kind of coverage, that blurs all that imperfections and the skin tone. It’s perfect for a light, every day, ‘my skin but better’ look which is perfect for the warmer months of the year.