SETTING AND FINISHING POWDERS

We’ve come a long way from the days of using talcum powder and a puff over absolutely everything, there’s a science to setting powders and how to use them correctly. Read on to find out which is right for you!

Translucent Powder

Starting with the classic, Kryolan Translucent powder is the traditional all rounder to get you through the day.

Translucent Powder is a setting powder for full coverage cream and fluid foundations. Developed with a large amount of modified rice starch, the ingredients have been specifically designed to ensure optimal absorption qualities which increase durability on a high-performance level. Therefore, making it suitable for full coverage foundations or those containing a high amount of oils. It’s the perfect setting powder for professional use and equally as effective for everyday full coverage make-ups. Translucent Powder has a matt finish and is incredibly long lasting. The powder comes in translucent as well as a variety of tinted options in order to warm or cool the foundations slightly where necessary.

Apply Translucent Powder with a powder puff and remove the excess with a powder brush

Pro Tip: The fully translucent TL1 is perfect for baking or place an excess amount under the eyes to catch any fallout when applying eye makeup. When you brush off the powder the fallout will be swept away with it.

This powder comes in a 15g size, a 60g size or a whopping 400g, perfect for backstage use.

Translucent Event Compact

Now for something completely new!

Translucent Compact Event is a pressed powder with tiny, elegantly shimmering reflections. This powder provides a satin finish to the skin by its light reflecting ingredient Mica, a natural mineral. It can be used alone, directly onto skin, or can be used to effectively set sheer to medium coverage foundations. The radiant powder can also be used on the body for a subtle glow or over set foundation to bring back a natural luminosity to the finished effect of the skin. The light reflection can help to reduce visible texture on the surface of the make-up softening full coverage applications. Vegan friendly. 

This powder is designed as a finishing powder to add shine to the skin so can be used in conjunction with any setting/ fixing powders in the range.

Pro Tip: To increase the shine simply buff with a clean powder brush, this will activate the mica pigments and accentuate a beautiful glow. For best results apply as a finishing product over set foundation.

Dermacolor Fixing Powder

Dermacolor Fixing Powder is a loose powder that not only sets cream and liquid makeup, but waterproofs and mattes. Designed to be used with Dermacolour Camouflage Cream, Fixing Powder comes in a variety of shades, is compatible with face and body, and is fragrance free. It can be used lightly to set the face for a matte and water resistant wear, or heavily packed and baked into the skin such as for tattoo coverage for a fully water and smudge proof wear. (check our Tattoo Cover Blog!)

Because it is loose, Dermacolour Fixing Powder can be lightly dusted onto skin as a translucent powder that sets makeup. Due to its matte and waterproofing qualities it is recommended to use less at a time when setting the entire face for more natural wear.

Fixing Powder can also be used to bake makeup. With a Powder Puff, the powder can be packed onto the face and body and left to sit for 15 minutes. The synergy between powder and Camouflage cream is key to making the application waterproof. Excess powder can then be dusted off lightly with a brush and set with Fixing Spray. This process works for heavier wearing of makeup such as cosplay, drag and tattoo coverage

Pro Tip: Though designed for use with the Dermacolor range, Fixing Powder can be used with any liquid and cream makeup such as TV Paintstick and Digital Complextion Fluid.

This powder comes in 20g size or 60g size.

Digital Complexion Finish

An ultra-fine loose setting powder with a coated silica base for specific use on advancing technologies. This setting powder has been specifically designed to appear invisible on the skin under the most cutting-edge resolutions in today’s media. Incredibly durable and with a smooth, matt finish, this high-performance powder leaves the skin appearing completely natural without any chalky residue.

Vegan certified and completely free from pigments and fragrance.

Digital Complexion Finish can be applied with a powder puff or brush over cream or fluid foundations. If using a powder puff, ensure the powder is evenly covered by folding the puff and massaging together. Tap off excess powder before rolling the powder puff over the skin. When using a brush ensure excess powder is tapped off and then lightly sweep over the skin. Allow to sit on the surface for a few minutes and then remove the excess with a clean powder brush.

Pro Tip: This is a HD powder so should not be used for baking or catching fallout. Over-applying this powder may result in flashback in flash photography settings.

Dual Finish Powder

Dual Finish lives up to its name as a micronized powder foundation that can be used wet or dry!
As a dry application it can be applied as a sheer coverage foundation for a soft velvet matte finish. Dual Finish can also be used to set the other foundations in the range. When used this way the powder will increase the opacity of other foundations so you can adjust the covering powder of any other foundation in the range!
This powder can also be applied with a wet sponge or brush, in this case it applied as a medium to full coverage powder foundation!
The powder formula makes it especially suited to oily skin types as a foundation though can be used as a setting powder on any skin type.

Pro Tip: This powder comes in a 6-colour palette perfect as a kit friendly contouring palette.

The Dual Finish compact is re-usable and re-fillable.

Blot Powder

Now for something slightly different.

Blot Powder is a pressed compact powder that reduces, and controls shine on the skin. Blot Powder may be reapplied as often as required with a powder brush. The product does not affect the foundation underneath as Blot Powder does not add any colour or texture. Blot Powder was specifically developed as a retouch product to be applied to any model in front or behind the camera.

Pro Tip: Blot powder is not a setting powder but was specifically designed as a retoucher to absorb oils from the skin throughout the day. This can be used in conjunction with any other setting powder in the range.

The powder can be bought in individual compacts or as part of a palette.

Anti-Shine Powder

Lights camera shine… or not! This is the classic mattifying powder used commonly to mattify skin under bright lights on set, on stage and anywhere in between.

Anti-Shine Powder is a special matt powder that prevents unwanted dull or chalky effects. It creates a pleasant, lightweight feeling on the skin. Anti-Shine Powder is especially effective for mattifying creams and fluid foundations.

Pro Tip: Made with a finely milled rice powder, this powder blurs pores for a flawless look making sure your skin looks perfectly smooth.

Glamour Glow

To finish off, let’s move away from the matte and into the glow.

Glamour Glow is a beautiful, velvety powder that adds life to the skin. The powders come in a variation of bronzer, highlight, blush and complexion tones adding a luxurious radiance to the face and body. The Mica infused pressed powders are easy to apply with a brush and can be blended on top of any foundation. The key to healthy looking vibrant skin, the more you buff the more you glow.

Glamour Glow is best applied with a soft powder brush. To increase the shine simply buff Glamour Glow with clean powder brush, this will activate the mica pigments and accentuate a beautiful glow.

Pro Tip: Apply to the body using a dense powder brush to create beautiful light reflective skin.

These come in Refillable Compacts or in 8 colour palettes. Or customise your own!

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