compact powders

I'm addicted to Laura Mercier products - especially foundations and powders. I picked this matte radiance compact up to add some summer highlights with my bronze contrasting. ...This highlighting powder is well worth the price. I love the baked consistency- much less messy than the loose shimmer/highlight powders.

What it is:
An ultrasmooth baked face powder that provides natural color with soft matte radiance.

What it does:
Wake up the skin, and provide natural color with a radiant, healthy glow for a flawless, no-makeup look. Sheer, buildable coverage lets you customize your glow, while the modern, multidimensional matte finish imparts a hint of soft luminosity. The bronze shades provide a neutral warmth in varying intensities. The ultralightweight formula feels weightless on skin and applies smoothly and blends effortlessly. The smooth, silky, velvety texture feels comfortable, while the long-wearing formula lasts up to eight hours and stays color-true without oxidizing for an even wear. Each tile is hand-mixed with a unique design.

Very creamy and easy to blend-exactly like their blushes. The refill powder comes with a plastic protector so you don’t need the clutch....Finishing powder is 5/5...The component is so flimsy that the powder flew out of the compact. I knew it was not going to be luxe, but it’s actually flimsy.

What it is: A refillable finishing powder that doubles as a cross-body clutch with a visibly radiant finish, buildable coverage, and up to 12 hours of wear.

What Else You Need to Know: This refillable pressed powder can be worn alone for a luminous complexion, on top of your foundation as a finishing powder, or as a bronzer. It can be personalized by plugging a Mini Rosso Lipstick (sold separately) into the compact and using the removable chain to carry the compact cross-body.

I liked this finishing powder but it won’t change to my go to powder. I prefer translucent powders because those with colors can make your makeup look too cakes especially if wearing it for hours. ...I'm quite picky when it comes to setting powders, so I had high expectations for Beauty Blender's Soft Focus Setting Powder when I received it to try.

What it is: A super-blurring, airy gemstone powder that sets makeup and absorbs oil, giving life to your skin without dryness or caking.

Coverage: Light

Finish: Natural

Formulation: Loose Powder

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Hyaluronic Acid: Moisturizes.
- Rose Quartz: Energizes skin.
- Freshwater Pearls: Add radiance.

Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, phthalates, mineral oil, retinyl palmitate, oxybenzone, coal tar, hydroquinone, sulfates SLS & SLES, triclocarban, triclosan, and contains less than one percent synthetic fragrance. It is also gluten-free, and cruelty-free.

the BEST baked setting powder!...I rarely use baking powders to set my makeup, but this product has completely changed the way I see powders!! ...Everyday Powder!...I received this product from Sephora Collection in exchange for my honest review :) The Microsmooth Multi-tasking Baked Faced Powder is my go-to powder! I wear this powder every day and it does NOT leave my face feeling oily by the end of the day compared to other powders.

What it is: A baked face powder that gives lightweight, buildable coverage to even skin tone and set and enhance your look with a naturally radiant finish.

Coverage: Light

Finish: Natural

Formulation: Baked Powder

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Green Tea Extract

Ingredient Callouts: Free of mineral oil. It is also vegan.

What Else You Need to Know: This versatile powder can be worn alone as a light, buildable foundation or applied on top of liquid complexion products to brighten, contour, bronze, and finish your makeup look to perfection. It is also dermatologically tested.

This means you can get every last ounce of powder, and then refill it with any other loose powders, or broken compact! ...Awesome Setting powder...Amazing powder ! It doesn’t sit in my fine lines like other powders!

What it is: A weightless translucent loose powder to set and perfect for a flawless, locked-in finish.

Coverage: Light

Finish: Matte

Formulation: Loose Powder

Skin Type: Normal, Dry, Combination, and Oily

Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens and phthalates. This product is also vegan and cruelty-free.

What Else You Need to Know: The Lock-It Setting Powder is formulated with micro-blurring technology to softly diffuse pores for a velvety-matte, photo-ready finish. This universal translucent setting powder is truly undetectable on a range of skin tones, so everyone can lock down and mattify their makeup without a trace.

These powders are so fine and perfectly pressed that you can put them on top of another powder and not look cakey (I've got dry skin!) ...I don't set with traditional powders, but use this as a light setting powder and for that flawless finish.

What it is:
A collection of six universally-flattering finishing powders that recreate the most flattering light.

What it does:
Create the perfect illumination for your face with Hourglass Ambient® Lighting Powder. Infused with the innovative Photoluminescent Technology, each finishing powder captures, diffuses, and softens the look of the skin.

What else you need to know:
Hourglass products are 100 percent cruelty-free.

I purchased to use this as a bronzer because it is hard to find a nice bronzer for my medium dark skin tone with regular bronzers so I use deep face powders instead. It has way too much fall out. I swirl my brush in it and the powder goes everywhere. 3 stars because I like the compact, good for makeup bags and travel. ...This has taken over all of my other face powders. I still use something different under the eyes, but this powder is so versatile for me.

What it is: A multi-purpose, skin-perfecting powder that blurs imperfections, smooths the look of skin, and sets makeup for up to 24 hours.

Coverage: Medium

Finish: Matte

Formulation: Pressed Powder

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Cocoa Butter-Treated Mica Minerals: Allow the formula to glide on effortlessly, leaving skin feeling like silk.
- Niacinamide: Minimizes the appearance of pores and absorbs oil over time.
- Adaptive Oil-Control Technology: Dual-powder system traps excess sebum and mattifies oily areas.

Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, phthalates, mineral oil, retinyl palmitate, oxybenzone, coal tar, hydroquinone, sulfates SLS & SLE

The product wants to lie on top of the mesh, and what contains product is only the second lid that holds the puff. You buy compact and expect it to be safe to travel, and not be of same risk of mess as loose powder that comes in jar containers. ...Beautiful Powder - Horrible Compact (Design)...Great powder, but horrible design of compact! I initially wanted to get it because of how pretty the case is, but once you open the cover, all the powder spit out from the compact.

What it is: An ultra-fine loose powder for a long-wear, matte, and naturally vibrant complexion, packaged in a signature Dior couture case.

Coverage: Light

Finish: Natural

Formulation: Pressed Powder

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Wild-Pansy Extract

What Else You Need to Know: Dior Forever Cushion Powder is available in three shades, specially developed to match all different skin tones, for perfect tone-on-tone match.
Infused with water and enriched with wild-pansy extract, the loose powder respects the skin and improves the quality of the complexion. This powder is dermatologist tested and non-comedogenic.

So in love with this setting powder! It’s not cakey no matter how many times you set or pile on. ...Best powder ever!!...This powder does not leave cracks on my face AT ALL, my foundation looks bomb af when I use this powder to set it.

What it is: A multitasking beauty powder with light-to-medium coverage and a natural satin finish.

Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, phthalates, oxybenzone, hydroquinone, sulfates SLS & SLES, and contains less than one percent synthetic fragrance. It is also vegan and cruelty-free.

What Else You Need to Know: Achieve the perfect, flawless finish with this multiuse beauty powder. This silky-smooth powder offers buildable coverage and prevents creasing while keeping your makeup in place.

Living for the fact that when used as baking my under eyes are not left ashy or crepe - I’m in my 30s so this effect is so desired!! More expensive powders have not achieved the results this powder delivers....Really nice powder and easy to refill in the compact. I wish it would come with a new powder puff though.

What it is: A weightless pressed finishing powder that layers smoothly over foundation for a perfected, soft-matte complexion that lasts all day.

Coverage: Light

Finish: Matte

Formulation: Pressed Powder

Skin Type: Normal, Dry, Combination, and Oily

Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens and phthalates. This product is also vegan and cruelty-free.

What Else You Need to Know: This pressed powder is enriched with ultrafine absorbing powders to help blot away excess oil, so it keeps your complexion looking fresh and radiant without settling in fine lines. The compact is refillable—once you hit the pan, simply pop in a new refill. It also includes a cushion-puff applicator.