My Spin Instructor Shared Her Secret to Flawless Makeup During Sweaty Workouts — and I Use It Now, Too

This may be TMI, but I don’t think I’ve ever sweated as much as I did this summer. Between the ever-rising temperatures and the stale air in the underground platforms, my pores were leaking like it was their job. And yet, my face makeup doesn’t budge because of this PEOPLE-approved CC cream that my spin instructor, who sweats for a living, swears by. While I would walk out of the studio red-faced and slick, she always has a pore-free, even tone that stays put, even after back-to-back classes—all thanks to It Cosmetics Your Skin But Better CC+ Cream. It’s been on my radar for a while, but nothing made me want to try it more than when my instructor told me it was her sweat-defying makeup secret. “As a full-time fitness trainer, this product has been the biggest game changer,” says Lissa Smith, trainer at Life Time Fitness in New York. “I can teach extremely intense fitness classes, from cycling to HIIT to boxing, and then film the fitness classes in a production studio with high-quality cameras, and it lasts.”

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With this information in mind, at the beginning of summer I reached for the brand’s new matte formula. And months later, it’s become my go-to for steamy commutes, stylish events, beach vacations, and more. The Color Correcting Moisturizer is a full coverage tinted moisturizer that’s somewhere between a perfect skin foundation and a nourishing face cream. It’s a great choice for anyone with dry skin, hyperpigmentation or redness, and it also comes with SPF 40, making it an all-rounder for your face base.

It Cosmetics CC+ Cream Natural Matte Foundation

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$47 on Amazon

The formula is ultra-creamy, yet easy to blend and barely felt on your skin, although it works hard to hydrate with a balancing serum made up of hyaluronic acid and lentil seed extract. One small pump packs a lot of pigmentation, and this formula comes in a whopping 30 shades — from light with neutral undertones to deep with cool undertones. As someone who deals with rosacea and seasonal dry skin, this cream has become a permanent replacement for the premium foundations that once filled my makeup drawer. It effectively covers my redness and smooths out my dry patches, all while keeping my shine at bay thanks to its softly blurring matte finish and moisture-proof formula with 16-hour oil control.

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This does not mean that this product is an antiperspirant, because sweat still leaks when you are out in the sun. But with this cream, my makeup doesn’t fall off my face like it did with past foundations, instead it sinks in, controls my shine, and keeps my redness under control. But don’t just take it from me and my instructor: Try her favorite It Cosmetics Your Skin But Better CC+ cream or my mattifying version and save yourself some summer sweat. While you’re at it, check out a few other tinted moisturizers below, including the one used on Martha Stewart.

Neutrogena Clear Coverage Flawless Matte CC Cream

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Orig. $18 $9 on Amazon

L’Oreal Paris Makeup True Match Lumi Glotion, $11 with coupon

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Orig. $17 $11 on Amazon

PÜR Beauty 4-in-1 tinted moisturizer with SPF 20

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$36 on Amazon

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