My First Tinted Moisturizer Experience

I have never thought I would be a good candidate for tinted moisturizers.  The word “tint” does not expel the notion of coverage for me, which is what I need.  Since I have the pleasure of having fickle skin; sometimes it’s clear sometimes it’s not, I tend to stay towards makeup that has a bit more coverage than a tint.  But, lately all I hear is “tinted moisturizers this, tinted moisturizers that”…so I decided to test it on myself.  My best friend swears by them, but she’s also the person who in college washed her face maybe 3 times a week and still had flawless skin.  But, since I think it’s good to try new things, I thought why not?  I had my Super Bowl coupon from Sephora, which offered free shipping on any order over $25, so I decided to buy a tinted moisturizer.  It was a toss up between DuWop Revolotion Face, Lorac ProtecTINT and Stila Sheer Color.  I ruled out Stila, even though it sounded great, because I already have a ton of Stila makeup and I wanted to branch out.  I had read a few good things about the DuWop tinted moisturizer, but I decided to get the Lorac.  I believe I tried out the Lorac tinted moisturizer on one of the days I was sick.  I remember I had to leave the house for something…or was it that it was Valentine’s Day and I didn’t want to look too scary when my husband came home?  I think it was both.  Anyways,  I applied some tinted moisturizer to my finger and I knew it was going to go south from there.  I might as well have applied plain old moisturizer to my face.  There was no coverage at all and I ended up having to apply a ton of concealer and then I caved and applied a dusting of my MAC Studio Fix.  So, I don’t expect to use this stuff much.  My goal was to use it on the weekends, but I don’t see that happening now.  I’ll probably save it for days when I go skiing, or to the lake or on a tropical vacation (hint, hint) since it does have SPF 30.  Other than that, this stuff is not for me and will not be a repeat purchase.