Clinique's cult moisturising gel with a sheer tint that adapts to your skin
Clinique iD Dramatically Different Moisturizing BB-Gel is a tinted version of Clinique's Dramatically Different Moisturizing Gel, the third step of its 3-Step routine, for all skin types and all skin tones. The oil-free gel comes out grey and turns into a sheer tint that blends into your own skin tone, evening out the complexion while it hydrates for up to 8 hours. Its formula brings together hyaluronic acid, trehalose, glycerin and barley and cucumber extracts to keep skin soft and comfortable, with caffeine and vitamin E for antioxidant care. It is a simple way to moisturise and even out your skin tone in one step on no-makeup days.
The texture
A light, non-greasy gel that glides on and sets to a natural, fresh finish. The grey colour in the tube shifts as you blend it, leaving a sheer, even veil rather than coverage. It works alone or under foundation.
Who it suits
- All skin types, especially combination to oily skin that prefers a gel
- All skin tones, thanks to its adaptive tint
- No-makeup days when you just want a more even tone
- Clinique 3-Step users who want a tinted step 3
Worth knowing before you buy: it gives a sheer, universal tint, not real coverage, and it has no SPF, so add a sunscreen in the morning. Very dry skin may need a richer cream underneath. It is fragrance-free but contains silicones.
How long one tube lasts
Used every morning on the whole face, a 50ml tube lasts about two to three months.
Complete the routine

Liquid Facial Soap
Step 1 of the Clinique 3-Step routine.
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Clarifying Lotion
Step 2, to exfoliate before the gel.
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- Texture: tinted gel
- Skin type: all skin types, all skin tones
- Skin concerns: dehydration, uneven skin tone
- When to apply: in the morning
- Main benefits: hydrates for up to 8 hours, evens out the complexion with a sheer adaptive tint, non-greasy, oil-free
- Formulated without: fragrance
How to use
Use in the morning on clean skin, after Clinique Liquid Facial Soap and Clarifying Lotion if you follow the 3-Step routine. Apply to the face as you would a moisturiser and blend until the tint adapts to your skin. Wear alone or under foundation, and finish with sunscreen.
Active ingredients
- Sodium hyaluronate, trehalose and glycerin: hydrate and help keep skin soft
- Barley, cucumber and sunflower seedcake extracts: help soothe and protect the skin
- Caffeine and vitamin E (tocopheryl acetate): antioxidant care
- Iron oxides and titanium dioxide: give the sheer, adaptive tint
Ingredients
WATER/AQUA/EAU · DIMETHICONE · ISODODECANE · BUTYLENE GLYCOL · BIS-PEG-18 METHYL ETHER DIMETHYL SILANE · GLYCERIN · SACCHAROMYCES LYSATE EXTRACT · LAMINARIA SACCHARINA EXTRACT · POLYGONUM CUSPIDATUM ROOT EXTRACT · LACTOBACILLUS FERMENT · CUCUMIS SATIVUS (CUCUMBER) FRUIT EXTRACT · OLETH-10 · HELIANTHUS ANNUUS (SUNFLOWER) SEEDCAKE · HORDEUM VULGARE (BARLEY) EXTRACT/EXTRAIT D'ORGE · POLYSILICONE-11 · TOCOPHERYL ACETATE · SODIUM HYALURONATE · CAFFEINE · TREHALOSE · AMMONIUM ACRYLOYLDIMETHYLTAURATE/VP COPOLYMER · ACRYLATES/AMMONIUM METHACRYLATE COPOLYMER · PROPYLENE GLYCOL DICAPRATE · TROMETHAMINE · PROPYLENE GLYCOL STEARATE · HEXYLENE GLYCOL · MAGNESIUM STEARATE · LAURETH-23 · CARBOMER · LAURETH-4 · SILICA · CAPRYLYL GLYCOL · CELLULOSE ACETATE · DISODIUM EDTA · BHT · SODIUM BENZOATE · PHENOXYETHANOL · IRON OXIDES (CI 77491) · IRON OXIDES (CI 77492) · IRON OXIDES (CI 77499) · TITANIUM DIOXIDE (CI 77891)
Formulations are updated by the manufacturer from time to time. Always check the packaging you receive.
Manufacturer information
Brand: Clinique Laboratories (Estée Lauder Companies)
Address: 767 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10153, USA
EAN: 192333011980
