Compact powders are one of the most popular types of facial powders. They're small enough to fit in a purse or pocket, and they can be used on all parts of the face. They're also easy to use and can be found in a range of colors. Compact powders are a great choice for those who want to create a smooth, even complexion. They can be used to set makeup, reduce shine, and add a hint of color. Here are some of our favorites available on the market today.
Size: 0.26 oz/ 7.3 g·ITEM: 1522184
Color: Highlight 01 - golden nude
$67.00
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.
Size: 0.35 oz/ 10 g·ITEM: 2099703
Color: Medium Golden - medium golden tan
$60.00
My favorite ever powder. I will never not use this powder!...It looks so beautiful and natural on the skin, and I prefer it over actual setting powders. It helps give that extra bit of coverage!
What it is:
A slow-baked powder with M·A·C Multi-Mineral Complex that provides a natural, dimensional finish.
What it does:
This luxurious, slow-baked domed face powder with low-level pearlized pigments provides a dimensional yet natural-satin finish. Featuring the M·A·C Multi-Mineral Complex and vitamin E, it can be used to set foundation and to touch-up makeup throughout the day and is perfect for contouring the face and body.
What else you need to know:
This product is dermatologist and ophthalmologist tested and non-acnegenic.
Size: 0.52 oz/ 15 g·ITEM: 2109189
Color: Translucent - for fair to medium skin tones
$60.00
I’m obsessed! Some translucent powders still leave me looking ghostly white. This powder actually blends with my skin! ...Best powder I didn’t realize I needed!...I normally don’t use setting powders
What it is:
A loose setting and mattifying powder that absorbs excess oil and sets foundation for all day wear.
What it does:
This airy, lightweight powder reduces shine, mattifies, and sets your makeup for a flawless, all-day look. This formula absorbs excess sebum and oil, and the ultra-thin mica minerals preserve your foundation's wear and color throughout the day. It’s available in two shades, translucent and deep, to fit across a wide range of skin tones.
Size: Standard Size Translucent - .36 oz / 10.5 g·ITEM: 2071769
Color: Translucent
$72.00
Best Powder...This powder is blurring and doesn't make my foundation separate and cake like other powders do. ...Best powder! Doesn’t leave you looking powdery like other setting powders.
What it is: An ultra-refined, talc-free loose powder that is designed to give skin a naturally flawless finish.
Ingredient Callouts: This product is cruelty-free.
Finish: Natural
Formulation: Loose Powder
Skin Type: Normal, Dry, Combination, and Oily
What Else You Need to Know: This finely milled, weightless powder is formulated with soft-focus light-reflecting particles to instantly blur imperfections and minimize the appearance of pores, fine lines, and wrinkles for effortlessly smooth skin.
$49.00
Best powder....This powder makes your skin so smooth and soft and my makeup lasts all day. ...This is the best powder i have ever used. A lot of times white translucent powder leaves me looking even whiter, if possible, powders with most any tone to them go on too dark for me.
What it is: A clean, talc-free setting powder that weightlessly blurs, smooths, and cuts shine with a soft-focus finish that won’t flashback.
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Aloe: Keeps skin feeling soft and supple.
- Bamboo: Helps to balance oil and leave skin’s surface shine-free.
- Rosemary Leaf: Soothes irritation.
Ingredient Callouts: Free of sulfates SLS and SLES, parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, phthalates, mineral oil, retinyl palmitate, oxybenzone, coal tar, hydroquinone, triclosan, and triclocarban, and contains less than one percent of synthetic fragrances. This product is also vegan, cruelty-free, and gluten-free, and comes in recyclable packaging.
Size: 0.11 oz/ 3.15 mL·ITEM: 2441129
Color: Freck XL - light-medium
$38.00
I put it on right before my setting powder. It looks so natural! It stays on for a pretty long time!...But, do not make the mistake of using this product on top of already set-with-powder foundation (will look crazy).
What it is: A patented formula that creates the longest-lasting and most natural-looking faux freckles you can get.
Ingredient Callouts: This product is vegan, gluten-free, and cruelty-free.
What Else You Need to Know: After years of obsessive development, Freck OG The Original Freckle entered the world in 2017 to reveal the most-realistic faux freckle. It’s a simple product that lets you quickly and easily create perfect-looking freckles that sink into your skin or foundation—rather than sit on top like an eyeliner pencil.
Freck Noir is the same formula that broke the internet—now in a deeper, cooler hue designed for mid-to-dark skin tones.