Next time you’re shopping for a new foundation, don’t skip over the powder category. They’re worthy of the spotlight—and a spot in your makeup bag—for so many reasons. Most popular in matte finishes, ...

There was a time, over a decade ago, when there wasn’t a single cream makeup product in my makeup routine. I would spend mornings piling on a powder foundation, then bronzer, next blush, and finish ...

A good compact powder is a makeup essential that instantly upgrades your look. It sets foundation, controls oil, blurs pores, and gives skin a smooth, even finish within seconds. Whether you prefer a ...

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You won’t see it on any Oscar ballots, but powder—that longtime makeup essential—has played a crucial supporting role in many a Hollywood movie. In The Women (1939), glamour-puss Paulette Goddard ...

For the longest time, I never really considered powder foundation a foundation at all. Like many people, I treated it as a ...

Keep oil at bay all day without looking chalky. Setting powder is a solid post-foundation makeup step that many of us wouldn’t dream of skipping—especially those of us with oily skin (and those of us ...

Rainy weather and makeup rarely get along, especially when bronzer starts looking patchy or muddy.

Imagine this: you have oily, acne-prone skin that’s been that way since puberty. Somewhere in your middle school years, you discover the magic of makeup through YouTube. You then dive deep into the ...

With the warm weather ahead, you can bet you’ll be sweating off your makeup! Avoid Gwyneth Paltrow’s super shiny face with pressed powder foundation! Gwyneth Paltrow, 38, showed up at the Good ...

Matte lipsticks have a reputation for drying out your lips, but M.A.C.'s next lipstick line seems like it's formulated specifically to combat that stereotype. The company just announced Powder Kiss, ...