transparent makeup

So creamy, it blends like a dream and the color is very subtle but not transparent. If you are just starting out with makeup this should definitely be in your makeup bag or if you're going for that no makeup makeup look , great for clean girl makeup routine....Yet again, Merit has somehow managed to create a transparent veil of color that is leaves a light, balmy finish and a long-lasting glow letting my skin show through.

What it is: A foolproof, flexible balm that deposits a creamy, transparent veil of color to let your skin show through.

Coverage: Light

Finish: Radiant

Formulation: Stick

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Vitamin E: Nourishes and conditions skin.

Ingredient Callouts: This product is vegan, cruelty-free, and comes in recyclable packaging.

What Else You Need to Know: Soft and flexible, this buildable balm glides onto skin and is perfect for your face or lips. The lightweight formula delivers a visible long-lasting glow that’s never cakey and won’t clog pores, while micro-fine pigment powders deposit a touch of color—without covering up the natural texture of your skin.

It doesn't go on thick and opaque like the Smashbox lipstick I also ordered, but rather creamy and smooth and ever so slightly transparent. Love it!...This balm is fool proof! The nude transparent has a soft shimmer—it’s what NARS Laguna balm is trying to be!

What it is: A medium-coverage, hydrating lipstick with a high-shine, balm-like texture that conditions and moisturizes the lips.

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Nourishing Oils: Infused with six natural oils to hydrate for balm-like comfort and smoothness.
- Antioxidant Pomegranate Extract and Macadamia Butter: Protects, soothes, and conditions.

Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens and phthalates.

What Else You Need to Know: This hydrating lipstick balm is infused with 65 percent oils, antioxidant pomegranate extract, and macadamia butter to soothe, soften, and moisturize your lips, while leaving a brilliant, high-shine finish.

I really like this as a transparent brow gel. Nice and inexpensive and very effective. ...I use a small amount (otherwise it can leave white flakes) and I prefer to use it before I put on the rest of my makeup.

What it is: A clear brow gel with 24-hour hold to easily shape and set eyebrows.

What Else You Need to Know: This formula is the perfect way to define and set your eyebrows. Use the brush and clear brow gel in two ways. One end has bristles to evenly spread the gel and style your eyebrows. The other is flat for professional-looking lamination at home. Use this product alone or with other eyebrow products.

Clinical Results: In a satisfaction survey with 32 volunteers, the % of volunteers satisfied after using the product for 14 days:
- 100% of women found that eyebrows are instantly tamed
- 97% of women found that the formula felt comfortable
- 97% of women found that the brow gel holds for up to 24 hours

It's one of my to-go and must have makeup for every day look. Here's a line I said to my friend about this bronzer, "glo with me or watch me glo." ...a good no-makeup makeup routine contender...When I put it on top of just moisturizer, it looks like I am not wearing a drop of makeup! It looks like I am just tanned!

What it is:
A travel-size bronzer that fuses the illuminating effects of Ambient® Lighting Powder with bronze pigments to add depth and dimension for a sunkissed glow.

What it does:
Perfectly sized for travel, each mini compact fuses the illuminating effects of Ambient Lighting Powder with bronze pigments for sheer, airy, buildable color with a radiant finish.

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

Since this one’s yellow and the other is more pinky. Since it’s transparent to buildable it’s not grey looking but reminds me of that old banana setting power. ...Hands down the best pressed powder for natural makeup. Gives me a glow yet controls my oils.

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.

Transparent Under Eye Powder...I really love this transparent weighless powder....Secret Brightening Powder For Under Eyes. # 1. A transparent, weightless powder to set under-eye concealer.

What it is:
A transparent, weightless powder to set under-eye concealer, brighten dark circles, and diminish the look of fine lines.

What it does:
Create the appearance of naturally-perfected skin, while maximizing the wear and coverage of makeup. This transparent under-eye setting powder brightens, lightens, and creates a look of luminosity. Formulated with light-reflecting, micronized pigments, this super-soft, weightless powder delivers a soft, radiant finish and resists settling into fine lines, accentuating shadows, or building up on skin.

What else you need to know:
This product is dermatologist- and ophthalmologist-tested. It is perfect for all skin types, even sensitive ones.

I wear NARS Light Reflecting in Fiji, Haus Labs in 145 light cool and Makeup Forever HD in 1N14 for reference.

What it is: A blurring powder foundation with hyaluronic acid—like a filter in a compact, for up to 16 hours of flawless skin.

Coverage: Medium

Finish: Matte

Formulation: Pressed Powder

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Amazonian Clay: Nature’s perfect ingredient for better, longer, truer wear.
- Hyaluronic Acid: Intensely hydrates.
- Vitamin E: A natural preservative, emollient, and antioxidant that calms redness and irritation.

Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, formaldehydes, mineral oil, oxybenzone, coal tar, hydroquinone, triclocarban, and triclosan. It is also vegan, gluten-free, cruelty-free, and comes in recyclable packaging.

What Else You Need to Know: Th

Literally the best blush for a no makeup look. I want all the colors!...Perfect for the no makeup look. Super hydrating and stays put. Gives the right amount of glow and color.

What it is: A gel-balm, tinted blush that adds the perfect amount of color with a modern, glass-like sheen.

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

What Else You Need to Know: Blush is back in a major way. Ciaté London introduces Dewy Blush: next-generation, gel-balm, tinted blush that is set to shake up and refresh your spring beauty routine. Gone are the days of chalky, powder blush; with this ultra-lightweight finish, Dewy Blush leaves just a subtle hint of color that blends effortlessly onto cheeks with a modern, glass-like sheen.

The product itself is a beautiful powder, very finely milled and brightening (definitely not as transparent as one might expect). It also prevents my foundation from disappearing around my nose after a long day! ...with nice coverage but also transparent. Use it everyday and I still have more than half :)))

What it is: A mini size of the cult-favorite, ultra-finely milled setting powder that resists caking and is designed to mattify, blur, and illuminate the complexion for a perfected makeup result.

Finish: Matte

Formulation: Loose Powder