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Buildable Makeup Powders

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Achieve your perfect finish with Buildable Makeup Powders designed to let you customize your coverage with ease. Whether you prefer a natural, barely-there look or a more polished, full-coverage effect, these versatile powders are ideal for layering and blending seamlessly into your routine. Explore a wide range of shades and textures to find the ideal match for your complexion and desired style. With Buildable Makeup Powders, creating a flawless look that suits every occasion has never been easier.

PAT McGRATH LABSSublime Perfection Setting Powder

ITEM: 2271120

Color: Light Medium 2

72 Reviews

$61.00

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It’s like a WHOLE NEW WORLD! of setting powder. A good tip & trick is once you apply the Pat primer, use the Pat setting powder brush and apply the setting powder B4 foundation. ...This is the perfect powder. This powder is so smoothing and blurring.

What it is: A brilliantly buildable, ultra-weightless, luxe setting powder that imparts radiant perfection in five shades formulated to match any skin tone.

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Amino-Acid-Treated Powder: Ensures color-true performance, even through sweat and sebum, with high water repellency, improved slip, enhanced feel, better skin adhesion, and improved payoff.
- Lighter-than-Air Proprietary Powder Blend: An ultra-light, pure powder blend that gives a barely-there feel on skin with a unique, sensorial application.

Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, and contains less than one percent of synthetic fragrances.

MAC CosmeticsMineralize Skinfinish Natural Sheer Coverage Dimensional Baked Face Powder

Size: 0.35 oz/ 10 g·ITEM: 2099711

Color: Medium Tan - medium red tan

56 Reviews

$56.00

HG MED COVERAGE POWDER...Truly so beautiful. Only powder I’ve ever received compliments on. Worth the $...I was told this would be perfect for a light coverage powder. It's not. It's not a bad powder, but it is nothing special.

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.

Fashion FairCrème to Powder Skin Foundation

Size: 0.46 oz/ 13 g·ITEM: 2476836

Color: Black Brunette - deep with neutral warm undertones

78 Reviews

$55.50

What it is: An opulent foundation that glides on like a silky cream and dries to a thin, elegant, second-skin powder finish.


Coverage: Medium


Finish: 
Natural


Formulation: 
Cream


Best For: Normal and Oily Skin


Highlighted Ingredients: 
- Resorcinol: A skin brightener that helps fade the appearance of dark spots and even tone.

- Vitamin C: Evens tone, visibly reduces hyperpigmentation, and smooths skin.

- Turmeric: Soothes irritation and helps heal and brighten the skin.


Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, formaldehydes, 


CLINIQUEBeyond Perfecting Powder Foundation + Concealer

Size: 0.51 oz/ 14.5 g·ITEM: 2021236

Color: Ivory

37 Reviews

$52.00

This is a pretty good foundation as far as powders go; not full coverage but definitely covers redness and unevenness, it is surprisingly hydrating and leaves a nice finish on the skin (kind of glowy, not super matte). ...I do tend to use concealer first under my eyes and in a couple of other spots and then apply the powder all over.

What it is: A full-coverage powder foundation and concealer in one with a unique, dual-sided sponge for easy on-the-go application.

Coverage: Full

Finish: Matte

Formulation: Pressed powder

Skin Type: Normal, Dry, Combination, and Oily

Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens.

What Else You Need to Know: This product is non-acnegenic, dermatologist-tested, ophthalmologist-tested, and allergy-tested. It’s 100 percent free of fragrance and oil, and is sweat and humidity resistant with up to eight hours of wear.

IT CosmeticsCC+ Airbrush Perfecting Powder Foundation

Size: 0.192 oz/ 5.44 g·ITEM: 2227643

Color: Rich - (W) (Golden Brown)

331 Reviews

$57.00

miracle powder...I am going to try using this without my bb and see if I can shorten my makeup routine. I havnt used powder makeup in years because I thought it emphasizes dryness and fine lines but this does the opposite. ...It covers blemishes pretty well, and the formula is definitely buildable. A great sub for compact powders for everyone who is looking for a rather light application.

What it is: A talc-free, lightweight, color-correcting pressed powder with buildable, sheer-to-full coverage.

Coverage: Full

Finish: Natural

Formulation: Pressed Powder

Skin Type: Normal, Dry, Combination, and Oily

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Collagen: Enhances visible elasticity for a youthful, smooth appearance.
- Peptides: Help reduce the appearance of wrinkles and support natural collagen for smoother, firmer-looking skin.
- Niacin (B Vitamin): Supports skin barrier function and visible elasticity, promotes a more even-looking tone, and combats the appearance of blemishes and hyperpigmentation.

Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens and phthalates.

NATASHA DENONAHY-SCULPT Liquid Bronzer

Size: 0.47 oz/14 g·ITEM: 2961167

Color: Drenched - Medium-Neutral

314 Reviews

$54.00

What it is: A serum-infused liquid bronzer that gives skin an ultra-blurred, natural-matte finish and water-resistant, all-day wear.

Highlighted Ingredients: 
- Sodium Hyaluronate: Supports both short- and long-term hydration.


Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens and mineral oil. It is also cruelty-free.


What Else You Need to Know: Natasha’s HY-SCULPT LIQUID BRONZER has a self-setting, highly pigmented, mistake-proof formula that blends effortlessly over a fresh face, powder, liquid, and cream products. 

MAC CosmeticsSkinfinish Sunstruck Bronzer

Size: 0.26 oz/7.5 g·ITEM: 2968741

Color: Matte Deep Golden - toasty golden bronze with golden undertones

272 Reviews

$47.00

What it is: A 24-hour bronzing powder that provides buildable, color-true coverage in matte and radiant finishes.

Formulation:
Pressed Powder

Ingredient Callouts: Free of formaldehydes and phthalates.

What Else You Need to Know: Give your complexion a sunkissed look with this bronzing powder in two finishes and eight artist-crafted, color-true shades. The dimensional radiant finish adds warmth and glow while the soft-matte finish adds warmth and depth. Designed to enhance your natural skin tone, this buildable and blendable creamy powder features double-processed pigments for a vibrant, believable finish. It’s formulated with a Marshmallow Cushion Blend for a silky texture that always looks smooth and refined.

BASMAThe Soft Matte Talc-Free Blurring Powder Bronzer

Size: 0.15 oz/4.2 ml·ITEM: 2897742

Color: Deep - A cool-toned deep bronze

103 Reviews

$44.00

Its buildable warmth adds dimension without looking harsh, thanks to blurring rice powder and a smooth talc-free formula. ...Such a very natural and beautiful velvety powder bronzer🤎 perfect for an everyday look. Has a buildable formula with light - medium coverage that gives the bronzy effect I need!!

What it is: A velvety soft, talc-free blurring powder bronzer that's long-wearing with buildable warmth and a satin-matte finish.

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Sustainable Rice Powder: Oil-absorbing, pore-blurring, and lightweight on the skin.

Ingredient Callouts: This product is vegan and cruelty-free.

What Else You Need to Know: This bronzer is lightweight, silky, and feels like second skin. Made with 87 percent naturally derived ingredients, it delivers great color payoff with medium buildable coverage and can be used as an all-over bronzer or a sculpting tool. Thanks to its naturally blurring ingredients, this formula won't cling to dry patches or emphasize texture.

Benefit CosmeticsGoof Proof Waterproof Brow-Filling Powder

Size: 0.06 oz / 1.9 g·ITEM: 2662302

Color: Shade 1 - cool light blonde

213 Reviews

$33.00

I love how easy it is to use. It’s blendable, buildable, and gives a great look for everyday or formal makeup....The powder stays put all day and doesn't smudge or fade, which is fantastic for those long days when I need my makeup to last.

What it is: An easy-to-use brow powder that is great for brow newbies and pros.

What Else You Need to Know: This easy-to-use, lightweight pressed powder is a must-have for everyone's makeup bag. It effortlessly fills in sparse areas for natural-looking, blended brows. The silky-soft powder adheres to skin and hair and gives brows texture and dimension. It is also buildable and blendable, and color stays true.

Clinical Results: In a self-evaluation by 114 participants, after 1 week:
- 96% said it was easy to apply
- 96% said brows look natural

SEPHORA COLLECTIONMicrosmooth Multi-Tasking Baked Face Powder Foundation

Size: 0.28 oz. / 8 g ·ITEM: 2730745

Color: 56 Mahogany - tan with neutral undertones

338 Reviews

$29.00

Only one that hasnt made me break out like crazy and nearly all powders break me out. This is buildable coverage up to medium coverage but looks great over a bit of concealer. ...Stunning powder...It’s a powder that doesn’t look like a powder. It’s not too matte which I love.

What it is: A baked finishing powder with weightless, buildable coverage to instantly blur imperfections and even skin tone.

Coverage: Light

Formulation:
Powder

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, cruelty-free, and comes in recyclable packaging.

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

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“this has got to be the best finishing powders i’ve tried ! it makes my makeup look flawless and sets everything in. my face normally gets super oily throughout the day and using this makes me get little to no oil”
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“Love this pressed powder. Gives my face a fresh look without looking like I have much make up on and since it is a pressed powder it is not messy like most loose powders”
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“use this w a beauty blender n lightly dab the balm in the highest points of ur face, then do the same w the highlight shimmer side n u will get a non textured glow everytime. u can use it under other powder highlighters to give it extra dimension if that is ur thing. i love this product”
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“It just leaves such a natural yet snatched finish! This is the only powder I use currently, even though I have about 30 setting powders..it’s BOMB”
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“I appreciate that it doesn’t slide around everywhere like some cream/stick contours and while that may be intimidating for some, it’s perfect for a perfectionist like me that wants a sharp contour”
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“Hands down one of the best bronzers I’ve ever used—highly recommend”
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“However it does give a beautiful, natural glow to the skin, without any glitter or shiny irridescense”
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