POWDER - PRESSED

We’re fans at Beauty Bible of face powder – though we know lots of women who never bother with it. Our perennial advice is that if you like to use powder to set your make-up, you really need two types of powder in your kit: a loose type for use at home, and pressed – as here – for shine-defiance on the go. (For POWDER – LOOSE winners, click here.)

GOLD AWARD  Beauty Pie One Powder Wonder

Sooo… first off: this qualifies as a Beauty Steal if you are signed up as a member of Beauty Pie, Marcia Kilgore’s disruptive beauty platform, where membership costs £10 a month. So: a Beauty Steal if you’re a member – but £30, if you’re not. To quote Beauty Pie (because we honestly could never improve on their copywriting): ‘This is NOT JUST ANOTHER translucent powder. It’s a micro-fine, uber-light, pretty-much-invisible, naked-finish, shine-evening, flaw-blurring, radiance-boosting one pot wonder. It instantly blends make-up, disguises fine lines, hides large pores, protects against dehydration, boosts luminosity, and the ultra-fine finish never cakes.’ The majority of testers gave this – in shade Uberlucent Universal – full marks. (There are other powders in the range so be sure to order the correct one.)

£35 for 8g - click to buy

OUR TESTERS’ COMMENTS:

‘I'm in love with this powder; the finish is light and lasting. Make-up sits on it well and lasts. I have already bought another’ • ‘Really fine powder that removes shine without looking cakey and settling in lines – the finish is natural, my skin without the shine’ • ‘Deliberately dropped the compact on a tiled floor to test it. As I suspected, it survived the impact intact. Phew! Would have been gutted if it hadn't – so often with a powder, it breaks into pieces on impact and needs to be binned. Well done, Beauty Pie’ • ‘ Don't be put off, because this is not like any pressed powder you have tried before; it is much better quality and has a gorgeous natural, velvety, silky-matte finish. I have been converted by this and have switched from my loose powder to this amazing powder – just so much easier to use and portable, which makes such a difference’ • ‘The texture and finish are perfect and it does not go all over the place when you overload the brush. I love it’ • ‘Copes well with oily skin - I am impressed with this. My husband said my skin looked nice and smooth’ • ‘A must-have for your make-up kit. It's like applying silk to your skin’ • ‘I have an oily T zone. The application gave a matte finish and I only needed to reapply once in the afternoon’ • ‘As someone who has a few fine lines and wrinkles, I have tried some pressed powders that would just eventually settle and sit in the lines. But with this, no settling in the lines, just a lovely flawless finish. Would recommend to someone with mature skin.’ 

£35 for 8g - click to buy