Setting Powders For Dark Skin
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If you have dark skin, it's important to use setting powders that are designed for your skin type. The wrong powder can make your skin look shiny or cakey. Fortunately, there are many setting powders on the market that are specifically designed for darker skin tones. Here are some of our top picks.
ONE/SIZE by Patrick StarrrUltimate Blurring Setting Powder
Size: 1.2 oz/ 34.5g·ITEM: 2396273
Color: Dark/Deep - for dark to very deep skin tones
$46.00
This powder was everything it claimed to be and more! It was easy to blend, not ashy on my dark skin, and smoothed over my pores! ...This was a decent powder. It is very lightweight and the translucent works well with my medium dark skin. ...Beautiful Powder
What it is: A finely milled, blurring, loose setting powder that delivers 24-hour shine control and a smooth matte finish for all day wear. Now in 7 shades!
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Performance Powder Microspheres: Create a silky-smooth texture.
- Surface-Treated Pigments: Aid in skin adhesion.
- Soft-Focus Powders: Visibly blur fine lines and improve the look of textured skin.
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.
ONE/SIZE by Patrick StarrrMini Ultimate Blurring Setting Powder
Size: 0.23 oz/ 6.5g·ITEM: 2396216
Color: Dark/Deep - for dark to very deep skin tones
$24.50
This has replaced all my other setting powders! It sets my makeup without looking cakey at all. ...This setting powder is great! Doesn’t look chalking on the skin and really sets in.
What it is: A finely milled blurring powder for all-day wear, 24-hour shine control, and a soft matte finish—available in a range of shades for all skin tones.
Formulation: Powder
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Performance Powder Microspheres: Create a silky-smooth texture.
- Surface-Treated Pigments: Aid in skin adhesion.
- Soft-Focus Powders: Visibly blur fine lines and improve the look of textured skin.
HourglassVeil™ Translucent Setting Powder - Talc Free
Size: Standard Size Translucent - .36 oz / 10.5 g·ITEM: 2071769
Color: Translucent
$72.00
I’m a dark skin shawtyyy so most translucent setting powders don’t work for me!...My go to powder for dark skin girls...In this photo, I am using medium to deep. The powder is lightweight and sets the makeup beautifully
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.
Fenty Beauty by RihannaPro Filt'r Instant Retouch Setting Powder
Size: 0.98 oz/ 28 g·ITEM: 2173599
Color: Lavender - for fair to light skin tones – great for brightening
$49.00
Great color for dark skin people who don't want a super bright under eye....What I appreciate most about this is the darkest shade is neutral. Most powders for dark skin tend to be very red/orange, but with this being neutral and sheer, it doesn't change the colour of my foundation.
What it is: A superfine, weightless, loose setting powder in eight sheer shades to perfect and extend makeup wear for a filtered, photo-ready finish on lock.
Ingredient Callouts: This product is cruelty-free.
What Else You Need to Know: This silky loose powder works all day to reduce shine and blur the look of pores, fines lines, and imperfections for a hyper-smooth filter that won’t flash back. Eight versatile shades melt into your unique skin tone, letting you set, perfect, and brighten without caking or settling.
Westman AtelierVital Pressed Skincare Blurring Talc-Free Setting Powder
Size: 0.17 oz / 5 g·ITEM: 2570398
Color: Dune - for tan complexions
$105.00
The best translucent powder ever!...I have dark skin and this power works wonders for me!...Excellent setting powder...Finally a luxury setting powder that's clean and doesn't dry up my skin.
What it is: A weightless clean setting powder packed with protective, skin-refining actives for an instant diffused look and healthier-looking skin over time.
Coverage: Light
Finish: Natural
Formulation: Pressed Powder
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Quinoa Seed Extract: Minimizes the look of pores and retexturizes the look of skin.
- Vitamin C: Neutralizes free radicals, visibly evens tone, and supports natural collagen.
- Probiotic: Enhances skin’s natural defense mechanisms.
MAKEUP BY MARIOSurrealSkin™ Talc-Free Soft Blur Setting Powder
Size: 0.53 oz / 15 g·ITEM: 2797009
Color: 4.5 Medium Dark Honey
$52.00
Makeup by Mario has mastered the art of soft-focus beauty, and the Soft Set Collection is no exception. The Soft Set Setting Spray and Soft Set Powder are designed to lock in makeup while maintaining a natural, airbrushed finish. ...a must-have powder!...The Makeup by Mario Soft Set Setting Powder in Shade 2 Neutral Light has a finely milled texture that blurs and sets makeup beautifully without looking heavy.
What it is: A talc-free, pro-performance loose powder that sets makeup up to 12hrs, blurs & smoothes the complexion with a natural finish & all-day shine control.
Coverage: Light
Finish: Natural
Formulation: Loose Powder
Highlighted Ingredients:
-Light-Diffusing Spherical Powders & Smoothing Amino Acid: help blur lines and pores
-Kaolin: helps with all-day shine control
- Squalene: known to nourish the skin.
- Squalane: Nourishes skin.
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
Benefit CosmeticsMini POREfessional Matte Blurring Loose Setting Powder
ITEM: 2792950
Size: 0.14 oz / 4 g
$30.00
New must-have powder...I've been looking for a loose setting powder that wouldn't dry out my skin, but would also help keep shiny, oily skin in check - and this is it! ...Best powder ever...I have a huge amount of setting powders for dark circles and face and this is the first powder that does the job perfectly.
What it is: A loose setting powder that mattifies and blurs the look of pores.
Finish: Matte
Formulation: Loose Powder
Skin Type: Normal, Oily, Combination
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Upsalite: Provides a rapid mattifying effect.
- Mineral-Rich Kaolin Clay: Absorbs excess oil on the skin’s surface.
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.
What Else You Need to Know: This superfine loose setting powder locks in makeup, absorbs excess oil all day, and
Fashion FairSet It Loose Setting Powder
Size: 0.58 oz/ 16.6 g·ITEM: 2476893
Color: Truly Tawny - warm deep peach: for medium to tan skin tones
$47.50
Look no further, this setting powder is perfect. I have a fair skin and I am over 60. ...I really enjoyed using this powder, it set my makeup and is not cakey at all.
What it is: An ultra-fine loose powder that sets makeup with a non-cakey, matte, transfer-proof finish and makes your complexion look like magic.
Coverage: Light
Finish: Matte
MorpheMini Bake & Set Setting Powder
Size: 0.09 oz·ITEM: 2755932
Color: Translucent - sheer, soft-focus finish for fair to tan skin tones
$13.00
I absolutely love the **Morphe Bake & Set Soft Focus Setting Powder**! It’s super lightweight and finely milled, so it sets my makeup without feeling cakey or heavy. ...Love this for my darker skin tone...But the Morphe Bake and Set Setting Powder has truly impressed me! This powder is finely milled, and it goes on smooth without leaving any flashback or ashy residue, which is a major win for deeper skin tones.
What it is: A silky loose powder that sets makeup for up to 16 hours of wear and minimizes shine for up to 24 hours while smoothing pores and fine lines.
Coverage: Light
Finish: Natural
Formulation: Loose Powder
Ingredient Callouts: It is cruelty-free.
What Else You Need to Know: This talc-free, lightweight, finely milled, silky loose powder sweeps on with an imperceptible, soft, natural finish while smoothing pores and fine lines.
Clinical Results: Based on a clinical study of 32
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