15 Best Setting Powders For Dry Skin

Let’s start with one of Allure’s 2020 Best of Beauty Award winners, Jouer Cosmetics’ Soft Focus Hydrate + Set Powder. It’s a demi-matte setting powder, so dry skin havers can rejoice with a more natural finish. Hyaluronic acid is the stand-out ingredient here as it continues to bind moisture to your skin surface, while vitamin E gives you the antioxidant power to condition your skin as you set your makeup. The allantoin softens your skin so you can avoid those dry, flakey patches throughout the day. It smooths and blurs your foundation for a flawless finish and is comfortable to wear all day and touch up as needed throughout the day.

Tatcha is known for its luxury skincare meets makeup products, and The Silk Powder Protective Setting Powder is definitely one of their best. They went an extra step by adding blue light protective ingredients to block those harmful HEVs that cause those premature wrinkles and uneven hyperpigmentation. The silk extract balances your skin’s moisture, while Japanese silk powder helps your makeup last longer by blurring large pores and reducing shine for a softer, radiant look. It’s also talc-free, cruelty-free, and anti-aging to take care of your skin and makeup look. 

When you have dry skin, finding a translucent powder that doesn’t get patchy when you try to set your look can be tough. This ultra-blurring formula uses hyaluronic acid to keep moisture close to those drier areas, and amino acids help smooth the texture as silica powders leave a soft focus effect on fine lines and large pores. This setting powder gives you a 16-hour wear and doesn’t have skin irritants like talc, parabens, oxybenzone, or synthetic fragrances.  

This Superpowder gives you a naturally brightening finish as you set your makeup look with this plant-based formula. WELL PEOPLE is a dermatologist-developed brand that is both PETA cruelty-free and Leaping Bunny Certified. The ingredient list in this ultra-fine finish is pretty straightforward: mica, silica, organic green tea extract, aloe leaf juice, and pearl powder. Dry skin can stay calm with this translucent and light-as-air setting powder that leaves a beautifully subtle yet healthy glow over whatever makeup or no-makeup look you want to show off.

Known for their affordability, e.l.f. has made a fantastic weightless and silky setting powder for dry skin. This Halo Glow Setting Powder gives you a soft-focus blur that leaves a dreamy finish over your foundation. It’s also 100% cruelty-free and vegan with a subtle shimmer in Light, Medium, or Deep shades that you can lightly dust over your decolletage for an even healthier glow. 

The Halo Fresh Setting & Perfecting Powder is a loose, long-wearing, light-coverage powder that doesn’t cake up or crease under the eyes. It leaves a naturally airbrushed finish with skin-nourishing ingredients like gold, goji berries, and peptides to protect and fortify your skin. The color won’t give you that weird white-out looks in photos without silicones or oxybenzone. Some reviewers even said you could get this in a slightly darker shade – they have ten different shades – to use as a bronzer during the summertime. 

Beautyblender made one of the most popular beauty blending egg sponges on the market, and now they can add this super blurring gemstone setting powder to the list. With a light coverage that lets your makeup naturally shine, this loose powder is excellent for dry skin with its hyaluronic acid that keeps moisture close, rose quartz to energize skin, and freshwater pearl powder that adds a beautiful yet subtle radiance. The five shades absorb excess oil but don’t cause cakiness or dry out uneven spots.

Hourglass Viel is the perfect name for this translucent setting powder. The finely milled powder is talc-free, so it’s gentle on the skin, while the light-reflecting particles blur imperfections and minimize pores, fine lines, and wrinkles. It’s weightless and gives you a natural finish with a light dusting. This long-wearing makeup finisher is known as one of Sephora Beauty’s Community Favorites, so check out the reviews to see what everyone’s raving about with this one.

If you want your pictures to look like you were just Born This Way, then Too Faced’s Ethereal Setting Powder is your ticket to a great photo session. The soft powder gives you a smooth and natural finish with hyaluronic acid that preserves a glowy look throughout the day. There’s no photo flashback syndrome happening, so every photo looks like your best radiant self. Also, if you have dry skin and struggle with makeup-reactive acne, the formula is non-comedogenic with no talc or parabens. 

The Phyto-Pigments Flawless Finishing Powder combines the skincare, wellness, and environmentalism that Juice Beauty is known for. This finishing powder is formulated with organic botanical juices instead of added water, creating a dimensionally flawless setting for your makeup look. Argan powder is used as a phyto-pigment alternative for skin-irritating artificial dyes and carbon petroleum by-products. Hydrating rose powder is another phyto-pigment color alternative for other synthetic artificial dyes. Lightweight rice powder leaves a beautifully silky, soft-focus coverage that disguises imperfections without caking or settling into lines.

Easy. Breezy. Ageless. Covergirl’s Instant Wrinkle Blurring Pressed Powder gives you a creamy setting powder that leaves you with a more youthful, mattified finish. Fine lines and wrinkles are plumped up with added hyaluronic acid while vitamin C refreshes and brightens for a healthier glow. There are five shades and one translucent powder to give you variety for different looks. Big plus: All Covergirl products are Leaping Bunny Certified by Cruelty-Free International.

Becca’s ultra-fine translucent setting powder sets your makeup for extended wear using light-reflecting powders that float over your skin and blur fine lines and imperfections. The Hydra-Mist Set and Refresh Powder is a weightless, silky smooth that users say gives a mist-like effect on the skin, so you look hydrated and set for the rest of your day. Since it’s formulated with 50% water, it’s no surprise that you can apply this for a retouch throughout the day, and it looks great on all skin types.

Banana setting powders may be intimidating, but Dermablend makes it easy to use on all skin types, including fair, medium, deep, and dark skin tones. The loose powder is non-ashy and brightens your complexion. It’s smudge-proof and transfer-resistant, with a demi-matte finish for oily skin types and a radiant finish for dry skin types. It includes an applicator, and you just wait two minutes and then buff off the excess powder to prevent a white cast. They also have a universal translucent powder, cool beige for much lighter undertones, and warm saffron for deeper skin tones.

Who doesn’t want a multitasking 4-in-1 setting powder in their makeup arsenal? PÜR created this breakthrough formula to set, mattify, correct, and blur for a softer semi-matte look. They infused their proprietary Ceretin Complex to promote skin renewal and include an encapsulated blend of retinol, lactic acid, shea butter, and ceramide to support skin health and diminish fine lines and hyperpigmentation. Rice germ extract shields from environmental stressors, like pollution and blue light. Their complexion-boosting Energy Complex has green tea, ginseng, and vitamin B to rejuvenate and promote anti-aging. You’ll get a velvety soft finish with the built-in sponge applicator that’s great for quick touch-ups throughout the day.

When Rihanna makes a setting powder, you know that look is coming all the way through! The Pro Filt’r Instant Retouch Setting Powder comes in eight sheer shades that extend your look without interrupting your vibe. The superfine loose-setting powder gives you that filtered photo-ready finish as it blurs large pores while minimizing shine. It’s lightweight, lets your skin breathe, and lets your skin look like its best self. You won’t get that weird photo flashback, either.