Abstract: A topical skin care composition disclosed herein comprises a combination of complexion modifying components, and skin conditioning agents in a cosmetically acceptable vehicle and surprisingly helps achieve, restore and/or maintain a desirable enhanced uniform complexion color and moisturized tone on human skin. In a preferred embodiment, the skin care composition further includes skin protective agents to help ameliorate past sun-induced darkening of the skin and help protect the skin against further ravages from environmental ultraviolet radiation, such as sun-induced pigmentation and sun-induced aging.