Top 5 best Loose Powders

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1. Make-up For Ever Microfinish HD Powder

This is easily the most popular powder on the internet. It seems like everyone and their mother has given it a shot, with largely positive results. The top complaint is around it giving your face a white tint in photos, but otherwise it (allegedly) does a great job of blurring fine lines, minimizing the appearance of pores, and mattifying skin. Dry skin types should be aware that using too much of this powder (and it’s easy to use too much!) might lead to you looking a bit ashy, flaky, or powdery. It looks like people who use the “pat on” method of application (i.e., use a powder puff and stipple the powder on) tend to get much better effects than those who dust it over their face with a brush. For the hype alone, this one definitely makes the list.

2. MAC Mineralize Skinfinish Natural

This is the only pressed powder I’m sticking on here, but it is a VERY popular powder even though it’s not “loose” like the others on here. Unlike the MUFE finishing powder, MAC’s powder comes in various shades which are meant to suit your skintone. It’s known for being extremely lightweight, not looking cakey even on dry skin, being easy to apply (because it’s pressed rather than loose), and giving a great mattifying finish without making your face look flat or ashy (thanks mainly to the inclusion of microglitter in the power). A noted downside is that this powder can break people out, but I seem to notice this happens more often with people who are trying to use it as foundation rather than as a finishing powder on top of good foundation. Interesting. Anyway, I’ve used this before and it has looked super fantabulous on me (I used Medium Dark over my MAC Matchmaster foundation), and it served to alleviate some of the “stickiness” that you can get with liquid foundations, leaving my face feeling soft and smooth!

3. NARS Loose Powder

Where the MUFE and MAC powders retail for at or under $30, this NARS one sits above that price point at $35. It’s pricey, but from what I’ve read, it’s well worth the cash because there’s a LOT of the stuff! Like the MAC powder, it comes in a variety of shades, but you have a lot of leeway in choosing the right one for you. It’s popular for being finely milled, having great staying power through the day, and really blurring out fine lines. That said, the container is known for being an absolute MESS to use, its oil control properties aren’t fantastic, and there have been issues with staying power. It looks like getting the most out of this powder is using a powder puff rather than a brush; more people report getting airbrushed results by pressing the powder onto their makeup as opposed to giving it a light dusting. It also comes in a pressed powder but people seem not to like it as much even though application is neater; the most common complaint is that getting that airbrushed finish is somehow harder with the pressed powder version than the loose.

4. Laura Mercier Loose Setting Powder

The hype for this powder comes mainly from older women who’ve been using it for years (and I mean years). With Laura Mercier being an ace brand in general, it’s not surprising to see many of the younger generation going by a tried-and-true brand. It leaves one of the best finishes of the lot (as tested by many, many internet reviewers) and is well-known for its mattifying and oil-absorbing properties. It also lends a nice “soft focus” effect that serves to blur pores and fine lines. However, it is criticized for having a high talc content compared to other powders, and its staying power can leave a thing or two to be desired on oily skin, requiring a touch-up or two during the day. This is also on the high side in terms of price $34, but you get a TON of it and you don’t need much, so there’s that!

5. Bare Escentuals Mineral Veil

Now, this product gets a LOT of hype. It’s relatively cheap compared to the other products I’ve put on this list , which might be part of that reason. It’s insanely popular, so I had to include it on this list, but by and large it seems to fail rather valiantly where the other powders don’t. Now, this could be due to that age-old “the more people that try it the more problems you’ll find” thing. But this powder gets flak for being too chalky as well as settling into fine lines, making them look worse. Also, depending on the type you get (it comes in 4 variants depending on the effect you want), it can make your face look ashy or just change your skintone all together. And in spite of it being mineral makeup, it’s also been known to cause breakouts and allergic reactions! To be fair to this product, it’s hard to tell which variation people are reviewing when they give positive or negative feedback… but it’s also hard to ignore all the hype this product gets!