powder foundations

Sephora customers often prefer the following products when searching for powder foundations.

Powder foundations are a popular choice for those who want to set their makeup without feeling like they're wearing anything at all. They're also a great choice for people with oily skin who doesn't want to spend their day looking like they've been coated in oil. Here are some great powder foundation options for all skin types.

$52.00

Have tried many other powders, but none compare. None. My mom uses this also which says something about the versatility of Dual Finish....My favorite powder/dual foundation period!

What it is: A sheer-to-full-coverage powder foundation has a versatile, mattifying, and long-wearing finish that is perfect for all skin types, including oily.

Coverage: Full

Finish: Matte

Formulation: Pressed Powder

Skin Type: Normal, Dry, Combination, and Oily

What Else You Need to Know: This versatile matte foundation is buildable, long-lasting, and can be used wet or dry. The face powder is perfect for on-the-go touch-ups, covering imperfections, and as a sheer-coverage setting powder. The lightweight formula does not cake and offers a shine-free, natural look.

PATRICK TAMajor Skin Crème Foundation and Finishing Powder Duo

Size: .32 oz cream and .14 oz powder / 9 g cream and 4 g powder·ITEM: 2607349

Color: Light Medium 3 - cool rose

1.2K Reviews

$52.00

Such a unique concept to have foundation and powder all in one!! I love applying the foundation lightly with the end of a beauty sponge and diffusing all over the face - it’s pigmented so you don’t need a lot of product!! ...Great everyday foundation!...I love this foundation. The formula is so creamy and blends beautifully on my skin.

What it is: A duo that includes a blendable, medium-coverage cream foundation paired with a satin-finish powder.

What Else You Need to Know: This duo includes a buildable, breathable cream formula that melts into and moves with the skin. It also includes an air-spun setting powder that blurs the appearance of pores to create a flawless-looking, skin-like finish.

This Set Contains:
- 0.42 oz/ 12 g Cream Foundation
- 0.31 oz/ 9 g Powder

SEPHORA COLLECTIONBest Skin Ever Matte Powder Foundation

Size: 0.26 oz / 7.5 g·ITEM: 2667277

Color: 17Y Light - light, yellow undertone

546 Reviews

$22.00

This matte powder foundation is amazing! I don’t usually use powder formulas for my foundations, but I decided to give this one a go. ...Night out go-to powder...After being gifted by sephoracollection I was able to try their newest matte powder foundation. It was a great matte powder for a long night out, but the color range isn't as broad as I expected.

What it is: A medium-to-full buildable coverage, long-wearing matte powder foundation that is formulated to even skin tone, smooth imperfections and control shine up to 8 hours.


Coverage: Full


Finish: Matte


Formulation: Pressed Powder


ONE/SIZE by Patrick StarrrTurn Up The Base Versatile Powder Foundation

Size: 0.28 oz/ 8 g·ITEM: 2426930

Color: Medium 5 (G) - medium to tan, golden undertones (Patrick's Shade)

755 Reviews

$38.00

Best powder foundation...Love this powder! I hate heavy foundations and still want decent coverage and this one is perfect!...I love to use these to set liquid foundation and concealer vs using setting powder, flawless!

What it is: A buttery-smooth, buildable, medium- to full-coverage powder foundation with a multiuse formula, a soft-matte finish and up to 12 hours of wear.

Coverage: Medium

Finish:
Matte

Formulation:
Pressed Powder

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Texturizers and Microspheres: Visibly blur pores, fine lines, wrinkles, and texture with a soft-focus effect.
- Rice Silk Powder: Helps create a soft-focus appearance.
- Triple-Milled Micronized Purest Pigments: Create undetectable, seamless, true-color coverage that lasts for up to 12 hours.

Fashion FairCrème to Powder Skin Foundation

Size: 0.46 oz / 13 g·ITEM: 2712685

Color: Tawny - light medium with cool red undertones

68 Reviews

$41.00

Though I am partial to liquid foundations, this Créme to Powder foundation provides me everything I look for in a foundation. ...Creme to powder foundation...Have always loved your creme to powder. The only company that I know who sells this.

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

tarteAmazonian clay blurring powder foundation

Size: 0.28 oz / 8 g·ITEM: 2641470

Color: 59N Mahogany Neutral - very deep skin with a balance of warm & cool undertones

54 Reviews

$40.00

Tarte has the best powder foundations...Simple and so easy. If you’re a powder foundation tarte has the best in my opinion....I’ve been using this for 2 months as my touch up during the day and I love it. I used to wear powder foundations in my 20s to late 40s but now I’m in my 50s, most powder foundation looks caky, except this.

What it is: A bestselling foundation, now in a powder.


Coverage: Medium


Finish: Matte


Formulation: Pressed Powder


Highlighted Ingredients:

- Amazonian Clay: Nature’s perfect ingredient for better, longer, truer wear.

- Hyaluronic Acid: Intensely hydrates.

- Vitamin E: A natural preservative, emollient, and antioxidant that calms redness and irritation.


Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, formaldehydes, mineral oil, oxybenzone, coal tar, hydroquinone, triclocarban, and triclosan. It is also vegan, gluten-free, cruelty-free, and comes in recyclable packaging.

bareMineralsBAREPRO® 24HR Skin Perfecting Talc-Free Matte Powder Foundation

Size: 0.28 oz / 8 g·ITEM: 2850030

Color: Fair 17 Neutral - for fair neutral skin with a subtle yellow hue

254 Reviews

$42.00

Fair 10 Neutral - BAREPRO® 24HR Skin Foundation...If you want to try a new powder foundation I would definitely recommend this one....My new favorite powder foundation! It looks so smooth all over the skin as well as under the eyes.

What it is: A talc-free, natural matte foundation that provides up to 24 hours of breathable full coverage and all-day oil control, while reducing the look of pores.

Coverage: Full

Finish:
Matte

Formulation:
Pressed Powder

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Brightening Pineapple Complex with Licorice Root: Visibly brightens and refreshes skin's texture by supporting cell turnover.
- Cocoa Butter and Shea Butter: Help to preserve skin's moisture balance.
- Peony Flower and Sugarcane-Derived Squalane: Promote the appearance of smoother skin by targeting roughness.

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

What Else You Need to Know: This skin-improvi

GUERLAINTerracotta Le Teint Healthy Glow Foundation

Size: 1.2 oz / 35 mL·ITEM: 2664035

Color: 5W - Medium skin with golden undertones

225 Reviews

$63.00

This foundation is sooo good for my normal to dry skin! 3W is a great match for my self tanned medium warm skin tone (Too Faced Light Beige/Nars Punjab/Armani 5.75 or 6.5) I’m 35 and find that some foundations are sinking into forehead lines and this one with a primer underneath (Bobbi Brown Vitamin Enriched or Elf Hydrogrip) doesn’t it sets to a natural powder finish but I still need to use a tiny bit of powder, just a dusting with a brush instead of my normal puff works best. ...I really love the finish of this foundation and wear time, if you don’t like to powder over foundations you will like this, it’s just the  fragrance is pretty strong and not the same as the l’essentiel

What it is: A revolutionary liquid-to-powder foundation with up to 24 hours of wear, medium coverage, and a no-transfer formula for a beautiful, healthy-looking glow and luminous matte finish.

Coverage: Medium

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Argan Oil: Provides lasting comfort and maintains skin’s hydration for up to 24 hours.
- Gemtone: Is a self-adaptable shimmer that helps foundation to adjust to all skin tones.

Ingredient Callouts: This product is cruelty-free.

What Else You Need to Know: Born from GUERLAIN’s bronzing-powder expertise, Terracotta Le Teint Healthy Glow Foundation combines the seamless, ultra-sensory lightness of a powder with the perfecting power of a fluid foundation for an effo

MAKE UP FOR EVERMini Ultra HD Microfinishing Pressed Powder

Size: 0.07 oz/ 2 g·ITEM: 1916659

Color: Translucent - for light to medium skin tones

136 Reviews

$23.00

perfect under eye setting powder...And make any powder you put on top glide on and blend perfectly. ...This is one of my favorite powders of all time. It's so hard to find a yellow powder for my skintone and the powder itself is really great.

What it is:
A finishing powder that is ultra-blurring and light-diffusing to impart unfiltered perfection on all skintones—in every light.

What it does:
The last step in your makeup routine, this pressed powder blurs, smooths, and reduces shine with the even, naturally matte coverage of ULTRA HD Pressed Powder.

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“One of the best and smoothest face powders ever!!!! Insane quality I have several colors and use them set my concealer,my face powders and bronze”
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“Overall, this brush is nice and soft and evenly applies powders”
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“With that being said, applying this all over the face after setting powder mattifies the entire face and blurs your over-all complexion for a soft finish”
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“Excellent pressed setting powder. I am very happy with all of NARS setting powders because they don’t settle into fine lines and look very natural on”