Vegan powder is formulated using plant-based ingredients. It can also be a good option for those with sensitive skin, as it is often free of harsh chemicals and additives commonly found in traditional makeup products. Here are some great vegan powders to add some pizzazz to your day.
Size: 0.28 oz/ 8 g·ITEM: 2427037
Color: Dark 4 (G) - darker, golden undertones
$53.00
I am obsessed with powders. Loose and compact. This is by far the best powder makeup I’ve ever used. ...Good powder, identical to the bare minerals pressed powder.
What it is: A buttery-smooth, buildable, medium- to full-coverage powder foundation with a multiuse formula, a soft-matte finish and up to 12 hours of wear.
Coverage: Medium
Finish: Matte
Formulation: Pressed Powder
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Texturizers and Microspheres: Visibly blur pores, fine lines, wrinkles, and texture with a soft-focus effect.
- Rice Silk Powder: Helps create a soft-focus appearance.
- Triple-Milled Micronized Purest Pigments: Create undetectable, seamless, true-color coverage that lasts for up to 12 hours.
Size: 0.39 oz/ 11 g·ITEM: 1688860
Color: Luminous Bronze Light - a medium bronze shade fused with Luminous Light for a softer, candlelit warmth. (Ideal for light/medium complexions)
$80.00
These powders provide a true sun kissed bronze glow that isn't orange at all once buffed into the skin using the most minimal amount on a soft fluffy small powder brush...the one I use is actually 4$ from a brand whose brushes are sold in stores and are great quality for cheap. ...I find it hard to blend, and I was expecting the same subtle glow that the ambient lighting powder gives. This powder is more shimmery (in an obvious way), as opposed to effortlessly glowy (like the ambient powders).
What it is:
An illuminating bronzer with Photoluminescent Technology, featuring bronze pigments that deliver a natural-looking, sunkissed glow while flaunting depth and dimension.
What it does:
Ambient LIghting Bronzer’s sheer, airy formula sweeps softly onto skin for a healthy-looking, radiant finish. It’s formulated with Photoluminescent Technology, featuring optically transparent particles that transform the look of skin by manipulating and refracting light to emphasize your best features. The optically transparent particles allow for seamless blending and color transitions.
What else you need to know:
Hourglass products are 100 percent cruelty-free.
Size: 0.05 oz/ 1.4 g·ITEM: 1833755
Color: Luminous Bronze Light - a neutral bronze shade fused with Nude Light to mimic a subtle warmth. (Ideal for fair/light complexions)
$45.00
Favorite powder bronzer! Most bronzers look too orange and warm on my pale skin, but not this one. ...I wish Sephora stocked the whole line of the ambient lighting bronzers, as there is one shade that has the cooler shades of the ambient lighting powders blended with the cool diffused bronzer powders.
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. While traditional bronzer tends to be flat, Ambient Lighting Bronzer uses Photoluminescent Technology for seamless blending and color transitions. The hand-made powders are formulated using an advanced miscelare technique—which means "to mix" in Italian—creating the perfect balance of pigment and powder, and no two look alike.
Size: 0.3 oz/ 8.6 g·ITEM: 2477040
Color: Mahogany Muse - rich deep with neutral undertones
$47.50
I recommend this powder. It’s light to medium coverage and it did not oil up on me.
What it is: An ultra-lightweight, oil-absorbing powder that instantly sets—or refreshes—makeup at home and on the go.
Size: .35 oz/ 10 g·ITEM: 2514776
Color: Mesa - medium-deep
$57.00
This is a great setting powder. I was so excited to see this come out in a pressed powder as I am not a fan of loose powders. ...Love the compact...actual powder is pretty good...I prefer smashbox's powder over this formula but will use it while I have it.
What it is: A bestselling pressed powder that locks makeup in place up to all day with a luminous, photo-ready finish.
Coverage: Light
Finish: Radiant
Formulation: Pressed Powder
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Micro-fine Mineral Powders: Glycerin and vitamin E guard against dryness and keep skin comfortable.
- Light Reflecting Complex™: Visibly restores skin’s youthful radiance.
- Photochromic Technology: No-flashback formula makes skin look perfect in person and on camera.
$40.00
What it is: A high-pigment, petal-soft blush that blends effortlessly into skin for an intense bloom of transfer-resistant color that lasts all day.
Ingredient Callouts: This product is vegan and cruelty-free.
What Else You Need to Know: This blush contains silky, micro-milled powder that is highly pigmented yet velvety as a rose petal, allowing it to blend effortlessly into skin. A bouquet of six shades offers a range of depths for every complexion each in a rose compact. Everlasting Blush delivers extreme long wear and a beautiful, soft-matte finish.
Clinical Results:In a consumer study on 32 volunteers over 24 hours:
- 100% agreed it applied smoothly and seamlessly
- 100% agreed it had a soft, velvety texture
Size: .11 oz/ 3 g·ITEM: 2550499
Color: Crystal - very light to light
$28.00
Doesn’t make me look crusty like most powders. When I put it on my eye lids my eyeliner holds up all day. 10/10...I have tried many setting powders. So many of them looked “chalky” on my face or you could see where I had put the powder.
What it is: A bestselling pressed powder that locks makeup in place for a luminous, photo-ready finish.
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Microfine Mineral Powders: Glycerin and vitamin E help guard against dryness and keep skin comfortable.
- Light Reflecting Complex™: Helps restore skin’s youthful-looking radiance.
- Photochromic Technology: Diffuses light so skin looks radiant all day long.
Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, phthalates, mineral oil, retinyl palmitate, oxybenzone, coal tar, hydroquinone, sulfates SLS & SLES, triclocarban, triclosan.
Size: 0.04 oz/ 1.3 g·ITEM: 1963644
Color: Diffused Heat - vibrant poppy
$45.00
Well pigmented, and I like that it’s vegan. I prefer getting the mini size because i travel often and it’s small and lasts a long time....Hourglass sets the bar for powders...As a long-time devotee of Hourglass pressed powder, I finally picked up another powder other than the blush I have.
What it is:
A groundbreaking hybrid that combines the customized lighting effects of Ambient Lighting Powder with a spectrum of breathtakingly modern hues for seamless, soft-focus, and multidimensional color.
What it does:
Discover a new way to blush. Hourglass has fused Ambient Lighting Powder, the cutting-edge collection of finishing powders, with an array of vivid cheek colors, creating a hybrid product that is unique, contemporary, and revolutionary. Unlike traditional blush, which tends to be flat, Ambient Lighting Blush uses Photoluminescent Technology to exhibit depth and dimension.
$49.00
When I then put on either my Tarte Shape Tape or ELF Camo concealer I don’t need any setting powder at all which is such a nice change as most setting powders after an hour it starts to flake and at 54 I don’t want to look 74! ...This color corrects great, however it creases so much. I’ve tried powders after using kosas which is a light and moisturizing formula, and the Nars soft Matte concealer, even using the corrector alone.
What it is: A buttery, lightweight, full-coverage color corrector that conceals pigmentation and brightens the appearance of the under-eye area.
Coverage: Full
Finish: Natural
Formulation: Cream
Skin Type: Normal, Dry, Combination, and Oily
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Flavanoids: Help visibly diminish the appearance of under-eye puffiness.
- Carnauba Wax: Allows for a silky-smooth application.
- Mica: Provides a smooth, silky feeling to the powder, as well as an outstanding illuminating effect, which enhances skins luminosity.
