10 Best setting powders to keep your makeup looking fresh
Keep the makeup on until sundown.
With setting powders becoming all the rage recently, it leaves you to wonder if you should be including this after-makeup step to your daily routine. The short answer is “yes”, if you definitely feel the need to keep your makeup looking fresh for a longer period of time. With the heat and humidity in Southeast Asia, we all run the risk of our foundation running off our faces by the end of the day, leaving patchy spots and an uneven skin tone shining through. The best thing about using an effective setting powder is that it preserves and prolongs the makeup that sits on your face.
How to find an effective setting product to suit your skin
These days, setting products come in all forms, including mists and sprays. Some setting powders are more translucent than others, while other setting powders contain nude tints for a hint of colour, or ingredients that create certain effects such as light-reflecting pigments that illuminate the skin, or oil-absorbing clay to mattify your look.
Whatever the case, it is wise to find a setting product that doesn’t feel cakey or clumpy on your skin after you’ve put on your makeup. Formulas these days are pretty lightweight and only require a quick and simple dusting over the face to be effective.
If you’re after an airbrushed look that is locked into your skin well into the evening, look no further. We’ve rounded up the 10 best setting powders (one of them’s actually a spray), that will keep your makeup looking perfect all day. Head up to the gallery to check them out.
Angela Goh
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