The Bestselling Foundation Sticks Celebrities Love – Ranked & Reviewed

This past award season followed a common thread in beauty trends, countless celebrities – from Jennifer Lawrence to Mia Goth — sported the same beauty product on the red carpet: a foundation stick. The “makeup hack” has been quietly migrating to the top of makeup artists cosmetic bags for years now due to its easy application and multi-use capabilities. Now that foundation sticks have officially gone mainstream with every top makeup brand catering to the trend, shoppers have well-reviewed their favorites by now, so we compiled the bestselling foundation stick options for every skin type and budget.

• Best Sweat-Resistant Foundation Stick for Summer: Milk Makeup Flex Foundation Stick
• Red Carpet Foundatin Stick Approved by Celebrities: Dior Forever Skin Perfect 24H Multi-Use Foundation Stick
• Most Inclusive Shade Range: Fenty Beauty by Rihanna Eaze Drop Stick Blur + Smooth Tint Stick Foundation
• Best Beginner-Friendly Foundation Stick: Hourglass Vanish™ Seamless Finish Foundation Stick

Like all makeup products, the key is choosing wisely based on your needs. Dry complexions need creamy, hydrating formulas. Conversely, oily skin wants foundation that controls shine without oxidizing (aka changing colors while wearing) while mature skin may prefer a formula that won’t settle into fine lines or create extra texture.

This is our expert-approved list of the very best 20 foundation sticks – from $5 drugstore heros to under-$90 celebrity favorites — organized by complexion concern, from dry to oily to mature skin, so you can have your best skin yet this summer.

This clean beauty stick with 70% organic ingredients includes seed oils and leaf extracts that improve skin elasticity and collagen production over time. 

Beloved by Jennifer Garner, Demi Moore and Jennifer Aniston makes a pretty strong cosign. This balm-like formula provides a luminous, hydrated finish with coconut oil derivatives that won’t crease, oxidize or get cakey, making it best equipped for dry and mature skin. 

This award-winning formula uses fatty acids to lock in moisture and even skintone, offering a buildable medium coverage that won’t cake or crease. Use as a foundation or concealer with a brush or fingers to easily blend. 

Favored by celebs and professional makeup artists alike, this one stick is a hybrid of skincare and makeup with ingredients like Hylauronic Acid and Vitamin E antioxidants, creating a dewy, hydrated finish that reviewers call a natural-looking, lit-from-within glow that’s ideal for fighting texture and fine lines, making it best-suited for dry and mature complections.

Long-wearing with a natural-matte finish that’s buildable from light to medium coverage, Ilia‘s clean beauty stick contains ceramide-peptide complex that actively strengthens skin barrier, making it one of the best clean options for mature and dry skin. 

This blurring formula softens pores and textures for a no-makeup-makeup look that’s credited as “foundation for dummies” with clean ingredients and buildable coverage. 

Credited as a leading pioneer in the foundation stick space, Bobbi Brown carries a wide range of 40+ shade options of its rich, creamy foundation formula that glides on effortlessly, blends in seamlessly and hydrates dry skin without creasing.  

Credited as a leading pioneer in the foundation stick space, Bobbi Brown carries a wide range of 40+ shade options of its rich, creamy foundation formula that glides on effortlessly, blends in seamlessly and hydrates dry skin without creasing.  

With thousands of 5-star reviews, this vegan formula offers 24 hours of flawless, moisturised wear.

Trusted by dermatologists at a drug store pricepoint, this foundation is infused with Squalane for a non-drying finish that stays fresh and dewy all day, no settling into fine lines or clinging to texture. At just $16, shoppers say this is the perfect introduction if you’re new to foundation sticks since it’s so user-friendly and easy to perfect. 

Technically a bronzer stick, however shoppers say the light shades functions as a beautiful, buildable skin-warming tint that achieves that makeup-free look. Simply swipe it across the high points of your face, blend with fingers or a brush, and enjoy a chiseled complexion in just one step. 

This mighty stick was crowned the best overall pick two years in a row now, beloved for its oil-free long-wear formula with full buildable coverage in 40 shades. If oily skin has kept you away from trying founation sticks, start with this beginner-friendly option. 

A staple for good reason, Rihanna‘s beauty brand speficially created this blur-and-smooth stick for texture-prone skin to smooth pores and dry patches. The 50-shade range is the most inclusive in this list and promises lightweight, buildable coverage that photographs perfectly. 

According to reviews, Milk Makeup‘s stick is the best for humidity, heat and sweat – making it a must-own for summer. The sweat-resistant formula is buildable, blendable and best for oily skin types for a natural finish that dries smooth, never cakey. 

Looking for un-movable coverage on oily skin? This oil-free formula delivers a soft-matte finish that’ll last all day without sliding off, making it one of the best long-wear choices in the stick category. 

Packed with green tea to calm redness, watermelon seed extract to lock in moisture and vitamins A, C and E to improve hyperpigmentation, it’s no wonder why reviews rave about the all-day wear, breathable feel and smooth finish that this Black-owned stick offers. 

Combo skin? Beauty beginners love the ease of applying Nars’s long-wear stick that provides a subtle glow with light moisture that won’t look flat or too matte, making it particularly suited for combo skin that wants buildable coverage. Hack: Use the brand’s accompanying contour sticks for a flawless glam. 

Meet the drugstore staple that shoppers can’t stop raving about: this oil-absorbing stick has a clear core surrounded by light pigment that dries in a matte powder finish. This oil-free, under $15 pick proves good makeup doesn’t have to cost your budget.

Founded by Bobbi Brown in 2020, Jones Road Beauty is her newest line since the original brand was acquired by Estée Lauder. This innovative stick is new and improved with everything that Brown has perfected over decades in the makeup space, saying it’s a “creamy formula that warms with your skin instead of fighting it, buildable medium-to-full coverage that disappears the second it hits skin.” 

Beloved by Jennifer Garner, Demi Moore and Jennifer Aniston makes a pretty strong cosign. This balm-like formula provides a luminous, hydrated finish with coconut oil derivatives that won’t crease, oxidize or get cakey, making it best equipped for dry and mature skin. 

This award-winning formula uses fatty acids to lock in moisture and even skintone, offering a buildable medium coverage that won’t cake or crease. Use as a foundation or concealer with a brush or fingers to easily blend. 

Jennifer Lawrence, Jenna Ortega and Mia Goth all wore this foundation stick from Dior to the 2026 Golden Globes, cementing it’s superstar-approved status. The TikTok-viral formula feels luxuriously velvety on skin and has a blurring finish that photographs flawlessly, it’s no wonder stars like Bella Hadid and Hailey Bieber love it, too. 

A creamy, skincare-infused tinted balm stick that melts into skin for a blurring, second-skin finish with powerful skincare ingredients like niacinamide, peptides, and hyaluronic acid creates a flawless base that glides on effortlessly. 

This clean beauty stick with 70% organic ingredients includes seed oils and leaf extracts that improve skin elasticity and collagen production over time. 

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