Soft Glam Satin Foundation 42 Tan Neutral dupes and alternatives e.l.f. Cosmetics
Tan · Neutral undertone
Closest shade match is the equivalent shade, scored on colour, depth and undertone only. Closest overall alternative is the most similar foundation overall, scored on shade match (55%), finish and visual result (25%), wear and performance (15%) and skin suitability (5%).
Filters, 2 applied
Coverage
- Light0
- Medium1
- Full3
- Buildable1
Finish
- Matte1
- Natural0
- Radiant0
Preferences
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- Dimethicone0
- Fragrance1
- Alcohol denat.1
- Talc1
- Silicones0
- Coconut oil1
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1 of 30 matches
Only showing matches with buildable coverage, in powder form.
- 9 matches have no formulation listed and are not shown.
Closest shade matchClosest overall alternative: Laura Mercier Real Flawless Feather Matte Powder Foundation 5W Eclair
The equivalent shade and the most similar foundation overall.
42 Tan NeutralChange shade
- 10 Fair Cool
- 11 Fair Neutral
- 12 Fair Warm
- 13 Fair Neutral
- 14 Fair Cool
- 15 Fair Warm
- 20 Light Cool
- 21 Light Neutral
- 22 Light Warm
- 23 Light Cool
- 24 Light Warm
- 25 Light Neutral
- 30 Medium Warm
- 31 Medium Neutral
- 32 Medium Neutral
- 33 Medium Warm
- 34 Medium Cool
- 35 Medium Cool
- 40 Tan Warm
- 41 Tan Neutral
- 42 Tan Neutralcurrent shade
- 43 Tan Cool
- 44 Tan Cool
- 45 Tan Warm
- 50 Deep Warm
- 51 Deep Cool
- 52 Deep Cool
- 53 Deep Neutral
- 55 Deep Warm
- 61 Rich Cool
- 63 Rich Warm
- 64 Rich Neutral
- 65 Rich Neutral
- Overall match
- 82out of 100
- Shade (Shade match)
- 88
- Finish (Finish & visual result)
- 70
- Wear (Wear & performance)
- 75
- Skin (Skin suitability)
- 92
- Shade match
- 88out of 100
- Colour
- 95
- Depth
- 97
- Undertone
- 65
Your shade $8 at Ulta Beauty · product price; shade not separately priced
Where to buy 5W Eclair
Laura Mercier Real Flawless Feather Matte Powder Foundation
Every store that sells this shade · prices as last checked
Looking for a concealer in your shade?
The closest shade to e.l.f. Cosmetics Soft Glam Satin Foundation 42 Tan Neutral (Tan · Neutral undertone) in each concealer range, compared on measured colour, depth and undertone. Price never changes the order.
Closest concealers
N10
L'Oréal Paris True Match Radiant Serum Concealer, shade N10
- Looks identical
- Deep tan · Neutral undertone
$16.99

Amande
6 Neutral
Dior Forever Skin Correct Full-Coverage Concealer, shade 6 Neutral
- Very close colour
- Tan · Neutral undertone
$42
12.5 Tan-Deep
Charlotte Tilbury Airbrush Flawless Long-Wear Blur Concealer, shade 12.5 Tan-Deep
- Very close colour
- Tan · Neutral · neutral golden undertone
$36
050 Café
19NC
Milk Makeup Future Fluid Longwear Hydrating Concealer, shade 19NC
- Very close colour
- Tan · Neutral · neutral pink undertone
$30
Concealer shade colours are sampled from retailer swatch images, so check the shade on the retailer page before buying.
Why the closest match works
Laura Mercier Real Flawless Feather Matte Powder Foundation in 5W Eclair, against e.l.f. Cosmetics Soft Glam Satin Foundation in 42 Tan Neutral. Every attribute compared, with its share of the score.
Weights are each part's share of the overall match and each attribute's share of its part; an attribute neither product lists is not comparable and its weight goes to the others in its part. Confidence reflects data quality, not similarity. Price and ingredients are not part of either score.
If you switch
To Laura Mercier Real Flawless Feather Matte Powder Foundation in 5W Eclair.
Same or better
- Near-identical swatch colour
- Buildable rather than medium coverage
- Claims a blurring effect
- Claims transfer resistance
- Both claim not settling into lines
- Both claim a lightweight feel
Different
- Slightly warmer undertone
- Matte finish instead of natural
Ingredients (information only, not scored)
7 shared ingredients; weighted similarity 13%. Ingredients only affect results through the filters.
Where to buy 5W Eclair
Your shade $8 at Ulta Beauty · product price; shade not separately priced
How these matches are scored
30 similar shades scored two ways: the shade match on colour, depth and undertone; the overall match on shade match, finish and visual result, wear and performance and skin suitability. Ingredients are shown for information and used by the filters only. Prices are shown next to every match and never change a score. How scoring and confidence work.
Shade colours are sampled from Beautler’s processing of retailer swatch images and are a digital approximation. Prices and stock were last checked when the product was imported; the retailer page is the source of truth.