This Charlotte Tilbury Hollywood Flawless Filter dupe is half the price with all the glow
A red carpet worthy complexion without the pricetag
If you’ve ever seen a celebrity swanning the length of a red carpet and their skin looks gloriously luminescent, chances are they’re wearing one particular product under their foundation – Charlotte Tilbury Hollywood Flawless Filter.
An anomaly in terms of makeup, this pick is somehow not quite a foundation, not a primer, or an illuminator either. Yet, this skin-perfecting product confidently straddles all three categories with ease.
Hollywood Flawless Filter
$70 at Charlotte Tilbury
Charlotte Tilbury Hollywood Flawless Filter is basically like the signature Vaseline filter of a midday soap opera (but like, IRL) – it blurs imperfections, smooths skin and illuminates the complexion to perfection.
Glowy without looking shiny, sweaty or oily, this pick is a notorious must-have for celebrity makeup artists with clients who spend their lives under the glare of a camera flash.
Fun fact: A-listers like Kate Moss, Nicole Kidman, and Salma Hayek all flocked to Charlotte Tilbury for the stuff before she officially launched her makeup brand in 2013 and made the secret sauce available to the wider public.
Beauty notes:
- Available in 12 shades
- Wear alone, as a primer or mix in with your foundation
- Moisturising formula to create a hydrated base
Image credit: @charlottetilbury
And now that we’ve got our hands on it, we’re obsessed.
The only problem is we have a tendency to speed through a bottle of CT’s Flawless Filter when we use it on a daily basis. So instead, we’re saving it for special occasions only and opting for convincing Charlotte Tilbury Hollywood Flawless Filter dupes on the days we can get away with it. Here are a handful we really rate for the job…
The best Charlotte Tilbury Hollywood Flawless Filter dupes of 2024
Flawless Glow Luminous Skin Filter
$35 at MCoBeauty
Consider this the perfect dupe, MCoBeauty's Flawless Glow Luminous Skin Filter delivers all of that sunkissed luminosity without breaking the bank. It's a multi-tasking product that does it all whether you prime, use it as a mixer, foundation or spot highlighter - this creates a natural, healthy glow on your skin in just moments.
Beauty notes:
- Available in 11 shades
- Finely milled reflective finish
- Minimises fine lines and blurs imperfections
Revlon Photoready Face Gloss Rose Primer
$16.47 (usually $32.95) at Chemist Warehouse
Revlon Photoready Face Gloss Rose Glow Primer boasts a universally flattering rosy-hued tint. In fact, this glow-boosting face gloss leaves skin with a glass-like level of luminosity that makes it the Flawless Filter’s equal.
This pick is pumped full of skin-loving ingredients such as a superfruit complex, glycerin, and olive oil that make it a no-brainer for daily wear.
Beauty notes:
- Water infused for skin hydration
- Iridescent glow
- Gel formula infused with Super Fruit Complex
Also available at:
XX Glow Skin Fauxxdation Foundation
$15 (usually $30) at Revolution
Revolution XX Glow Skin FauXXdation Foundation is a lightweight and luminescent foundation that leaves skin with a barely detectable skin-perfecting tint and a pearlescent finish.
Enriched with hydrating hyaluronic acid, this radiance-enhancing foundation can be worn as a sheer layer over skin, or built up to provide medium coverage.
Beauty notes:
- Available in 55 shades to suit all colours and tones
- Infused with hyaluronic acid for a nourished finish
#4 NYX Total Control Illuminator
NYX Total Control Illuminator ($28.95 at Oz Hair & Beauty) is designed to be dropped into your foundation to enhance radiance.
Available in warm and cool-toned shades, this pick allows you to customise your base routine regardless of the occasion. Pair with a blurring primer to emulate that signature Charlotte Tilbury Hollywood Flawless Filter finish or amp up the coverage with a foundation.
NYX Professional Makeup Total Control Illuminator
$16.21 (usually $28.95) at Oz Hair & Beauty
NYX Total Control Illuminator is designed to be dropped into your foundation to enhance radiance.
Available in warm and cool-toned shades, this pick allows you to customise your base routine regardless of the occasion. Pair with a blurring primer to emulate that signature Charlotte Tilbury Hollywood Flawless Filter finish or amp up the coverage with a foundation.
Beauty notes:
- Available in 4 colourways
- Longlasting formula for all-day wear
- Buildable glow
- Blendable base that sits comfortably on the skin
#5 e.l.f Cosmetics Halo Glow Liquid Filter
e.l.f Cosmetics Halo Glow Liquid Filter ($36.21 at Amazon) caused quite a stir when it launched last year. From the finish to the packaging, it’s very obviously an imitation of Charlotte Tilbury’s Hollywood Flawless Filter.
Enriched with hyaluronic acid, squalane and blurring and smoothing powders, this stuff does exactly what Tilbury’s offers at a mere fraction of the price.
elf Halo Glow Liquid Filter
$28.87 at Amazon
e.l.f Cosmetics Halo Glow Liquid Filter caused quite a stir when it launched last year. From the finish to the packaging, it’s very obviously an imitation of Charlotte Tilbury’s Hollywood Flawless Filter.
Enriched with hyaluronic acid, squalane and blurring and smoothing powders, this stuff does exactly what Tilbury’s offers at a mere fraction of the price.
Beauty notes:
- Enriched with hyaluronic acid and squalene
- Finely milled powders
- Multi-use formula
Also available at:
- $35 at Adore Beauty
- $35 at Priceline
#6 Maybelline Instant Age Rewind® Instant Perfector 4-in-1 Glow Makeup
After her stint as a Real Housewives Of New York cast member, Bethenny Frankel appears to be spending most of her time spilling the proverbial tea on budget-friendly beauty products.
Apparently Frankel really rates the Maybelline Instant Age Rewind® Instant Perfector 4-in-1 Glow Makeup ($17.49 at Chemist Warehouse in Fair Light, Light, Medium, Medium Deep & Deep) as a dupe for the Charlotte Tilbury Hollywood Flawless Filter, especially on mature skin types.
Formulated to emulate the effects of a primer, concealer, highlighter and BB cream in one handy product, it makes sense why the no-nonsense reality star is a big fan of this multipurpose product.
Maybelline Instant Perfector Glow
$17.49 (usually $34.99) at Chemist Warehouse
After her stint as a Real Housewives Of New York cast member, Bethenny Frankel appears to be spending most of her time spilling the proverbial tea on budget-friendly beauty products.
Apparently, Frankel really rates the Maybelline Instant Age Rewind® Instant Perfector 4-in-1 Glow Makeup as a dupe for the Charlotte Tilbury Hollywood Flawless Filter, especially on mature skin types.
Formulated to emulate the effects of a primer, concealer, highlighter and BB cream in one handy product, it makes sense why the no-nonsense reality star is a big fan of this multipurpose product.
Beauty notes:
- Smoothes skin texture
- Five self-adjusting shades
Also available at:
- $17.49 (usually $34.99) at Adore Beauty
- $17.49 (usually $34.99) at Priceline
#7 Fenty Beauty Eaze Drop'lit All-Over Glow Enhancer
Fenty Beauty Eaze Drop'lit All-Over Glow Enhancer ($52 at Sephora), poses a promising threat to Charlotte Tilbury Hollywood Flawless Filter loyalists. Boasting a sheer illuminating finish that harnesses the powers of prismatic pearl technology, this stuff ensures a flawless finish regardless of how it’s applied.
Mix it into your foundation to amp up its radiance, wear it alone on no-makeup makeup days or layer with your base products for a customised glow. No matter how you wear it, you’ll notice an improvement in hydration, overall brightness and the appearance of your pores.
Fenty Eaze Drop'Lit All-Over Glow Illuminator
$28.87 at Sephora
Fenty Beauty Eaze Drop'lit All-Over Glow Enhancer, poses a promising threat to Charlotte Tilbury Hollywood Flawless Filter loyalists. Boasting a sheer illuminating finish that harnesses the powers of prismatic pearl technology, this stuff ensures a flawless finish regardless of how it’s applied.
Mix it into your foundation to amp up its radiance, wear it alone on no-makeup makeup days or layer with your base products for a customised glow. No matter how you wear it, you’ll notice an improvement in hydration, overall brightness and the appearance of your pores.
Beauty notes:
- Available in 4 shades
- Lightweight, sheer formula that is easy to build
- Can extend the life of your base when used as a primer
Main image credit: @charlottetilbury
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Briar Clark got her start in the media industry in 2017, as an intern for Marie Claire and InStyle. Since then, her keen interest in fashion and beauty has landed her gigs as a Digital Content Producer and Beauty Editor with titles like Girlfriend, Refinery29, BEAUTYcrew and beautyheaven. She loves the way seemingly innocuous topics like skin care and style have the ability to put a smile on people’s faces or make them think about themselves a little differently. A big believer in self love and experimentation, Briar has made a point of becoming the Australian beauty industry’s unofficial guinea pig for unusual treatments and daring hair trends. When she’s not testing out the latest beauty launches, Briar is big on broadening her horizons, mostly in the form of food but she’s also partial to travelling to new destinations both near and far (and of course, allocating an extra bag to bring their best beauty offerings home with her).
