Giorgio Armani Luminous Silk Foundation: a Guru Score of 67%

What the gurus are saying.

Every take we've logged from this product's reviews across YouTube. Click any row to watch the moment they said it.

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~Nay

"I was traumatized after I read the ingredients list on this because I've been using it for years, and it's actually very bad for aging skin as well. It's got isopropyl myristate, comedogenic four or five out of five, so very high up. They've added fragrance. It's got a stunning finish, but clinically it's problematic. The final verdict is it's high risk for breakouts and PIH in acne-prone skin of color. Avoid."

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195k subs

~Yay

"It does have fragrance though. It is pretty fragranced. So, if you can't do that, you will most likely want to pass on this. [...] But I'm actually quite impressed with this. This is actually really nice. I actually quite like it and it's very lightweight."

Robert Welsh

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~Yay

"This is a beautiful foundation. I love it. But I did not want that on my wedding day. [...] It's very sheer. It literally just takes out redness. It's basically like your skin, but better without redness because I have rosacea. [...] Obviously, it needs to be blended out with a Beauty Blender, but that is like, that's full coverage."

Alexandra Anele

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~Yay

"This is an OG for many people for a reason. It's a beautiful formula. Now if you're someone who's ridiculously oily you probably aren't going to like it. But I will say that it's gorgeous. This is a gorgeous like I would say medium coverage foundation. It is extremely hydrating without being like oily for me at least. As someone who does tend to lean a little bit more oily, I love this foundation for so many reasons. It has like a serum feel and kind of a satiny feel."

All 4 takes from Alexandra Anele

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"I'm gonna mix it with a pump of Giorgio Armani Luminous Silk now the reason for that is mostly just because the color I want I want to get as close to my like actual color as possible."

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"I'm an oily girl but [...] I just like bake the hell out of it. [...] I have matte foundations that I like but I don't know if they would necessarily be considered matte. [...] I just will use really really small amounts of it. [...] I kind of gravitate towards like every type of foundation. I like all of them except for like the extremely dewy ones because they'll just make me like a serum. A serum foundation just makes me like so oily I can't. [...] Sometimes it's just in the amount."

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"This is an OG for many people for a reason. It's a beautiful formula. Now if you're someone who's ridiculously oily you probably aren't going to like it. But I will say that it's gorgeous. This is a gorgeous like I would say medium coverage foundation. It is extremely hydrating without being like oily for me at least. As someone who does tend to lean a little bit more oily, I love this foundation for so many reasons. It has like a serum feel and kind of a satiny feel."

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"I did try to go in with the Armani foundation on its own but it's very very light. I typically use that shade when I mix it with other things, so I ended up mixing it with the MAC and it was fine."

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89k subs

~Mixed

"The one thing I have learned though [...] with foundation you definitely don't need nearly as much as you need when you put on like a BB cream. You need a lot with the BB cream, but with the foundation it's just a very tiny amount."

Caroline Hirons

250k subs

~Yay

"I use Armani foundations which I just absolutely love."

All 2 takes from Caroline Hirons

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"I use Armani foundations which I just absolutely love."

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"I used to do Armani Cosmetics. Luminous Silk. [...] Is it the hype everyone says? Oh, it's amazing. And I know it sounds like it, but do you know what I mean when I say this? A bit gritty. A bit gritty. [...] I don't mean actual grit. I just mean like it wasn't smooth. I don't know if it was my face, clearly, because it's one of the best-selling foundations of all time. It's iconic. But I never found it to be as smooth as I expected. Maybe it could have been me or maybe I just had a dodgy batch."

Nadine Baggott

164k subs

~Yay

"Something very light and sheer, then I like Armani. [...] It's so great and I think the color matches are beautiful."

Allie Glines

829k subs

~Yay

"It's what people wear on their wedding day, it feels like skin and looks like skin all day long, it never fails them. No matter how much texture your skin has, this foundation lays over top and doesn't emphasize it. It makes skin look smooth and glowy. It's one of the things I always look for in a product: would you wear it on a wedding day, would it look good on a wedding day on somebody else. I know so many people that say it's their Holy Grail Foundation forever and ever."

What the evidence says.

Independent of what the gurus think, this is what the published research supports about the main active ingredients here.

Sunscreen filters

Sun protection is the best evidenced way to slow visible ageing, and the filters are what does the work. Mineral and chemical filters both protect when a product is applied thickly enough and often enough, which is where most people fall short rather than on the choice of filter.

Source: DermNet

Frequently asked.

What is Giorgio Armani Luminous Silk Foundation?

A lightweight, luminous foundation with sheer to medium coverage designed to create a natural, skin-like finish.

Is Giorgio Armani Luminous Silk Foundation worth it?

The gurus mostly approve it, but with enough reservations to keep it in the middle at a Guru Score of 67%.

What is Giorgio Armani Luminous Silk Foundation's Guru Score?

Giorgio Armani Luminous Silk Foundation holds a Guru Score of 67%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 9 expert reviewers we have collected.