Setting powder that doesn't crease

Huda Beauty Easy Bake Loose Setting Powder has the best record at 27 of 30, followed by Laura Mercier Translucent Loose Setting Powder at 37 of 48 and Laura Mercier Secret Brightening Powder at 22 of 29, close enough to each other to read as a tie. Laura Mercier Translucent Loose Setting Powder is the best pick sold on Amazon, because the leader is sold there through third-party sellers. Each record counts just shoppers who said whether their concealer or makeup creased.

Laura Mercier Translucent Loose Setting Powder
Best pick on Amazon Laura Mercier Translucent Loose Setting Powder 37 of 48 say it kept their concealer or makeup from creasing
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  • 253 store reviews counted
  • Ulta and Sephora shoppers
  • Aug 2018 to Oct 2026

Updated . How we count

Did it stop creasing? What shoppers said
  1. Huda Beauty Easy Bake Loose Setting Powder 30 said either way
  2. Laura Mercier Translucent Loose Setting Powder 48 said either way
  3. Laura Mercier Secret Brightening Powder 29 said either way
  4. Laura Mercier Translucent Powder Ultra-Blur 33 said either way
  5. Hourglass Veil Translucent Setting Powder 38 said either way
  6. KVD Beauty Lock-It Setting Powder 30 said either way
  7. ONE/SIZE Ultimate Blurring Setting Powder 26 said either way

Share of reviewers who stated an outcome for creasing. Ranked by the lower bound of a 90% confidence interval, so a product needs both a good share and enough reports to rank high.

Huda Beauty Easy Bake Loose Setting Powder Best record Huda Beauty Easy Bake Loose Setting Powder 27 of 30 say it kept their concealer or makeup from creasing See price & reviews on Amazon
Laura Mercier Translucent Loose Setting Powder Best pick on Amazon Laura Mercier Translucent Loose Setting Powder 37 of 48 say it kept their concealer or makeup from creasing See price & reviews on Amazon
What stands out

The last three powders each land on an even split, with 19 of 38 for Hourglass, 15 of 30 for KVD Beauty and 13 of 26 for ONE/SIZE. When shares match, the larger group ranks higher.

The ranking, product by product

Praise and complaints are the points reviewers repeat most, shown as a share of each product's counted store reviews.

1 Huda Beauty Easy Bake Loose Setting Powder

Huda Beauty

Easy Bake Loose Setting Powder

27/30 say it kept their concealer or makeup from creasing

Shoppers mention a blurring effect in 37% of its 30 reviews and oil and shine control in 13%.

What buyers praise

  • Blurs pores and texture 37%
  • Doesn't look cakey 13%
  • Controls oil and shine 13%
  • Natural finish 10%
  • Fine on dry skin 10%

What buyers complain about

No repeated complaints yet.

Where buyers said it
  • Sephora 27 of 30
By skin type (from reviewer profiles)
  • Dry9 of 10
  • Combination8 of 8
  • Normal4 of 4
By skin tone (from reviewer profiles)
  • Fair to light6 of 7
  • Light-medium to medium11 of 12
  • Medium-tan to tan4 of 4
By age (reviewers who gave one)
  • Under 4016 of 18
  • 40 and over3 of 3
Acne-prone reviewers
  • Say it kept their concealer or makeup from creasing6 of 8

How often it comes up: about 1 in 10 of this product's 14,064 store reviews mention creasing.

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Share of 30 store reviews that mention each point. A full bar is 50%.

2 Laura Mercier Translucent Loose Setting Powder

Laura Mercier

Translucent Loose Setting Powder

37/48 say it kept their concealer or makeup from creasing

More shoppers stated a result for this powder than for any other here, 48 in all. Of its 54 reviews, 15% say it doesn't look cakey, though 7% say it does.

What buyers praise

  • Doesn't look cakey 15%
  • Blurs pores and texture 9%
  • Good value 7%
  • Controls oil and shine 7%
  • Natural finish 4%

What buyers complain about

  • Looks cakey 7%
  • Shine comes back fast 4%
  • Emphasizes texture or lines 4%
Where buyers said it
  • Ulta 15 of 22
  • Sephora 22 of 26
  • Brand site 2 of 3 shown, not counted
By skin type (from reviewer profiles)
  • Combination8 of 10
  • Oily4 of 5
By skin tone (from reviewer profiles)
  • Fair to light8 of 9
  • Light-medium to medium5 of 5
  • Medium-tan to tan2 of 4

How often it comes up: about 1 in 27 of this product's 22,370 store reviews mention creasing.

3 Laura Mercier Secret Brightening Powder

Laura Mercier

Secret Brightening Powder

22/29 say it kept their concealer or makeup from creasing

This under-eye setting powder is praised for not looking cakey in 10% of its 31 reviews and for a natural finish in 6%, though 10% say it emphasizes texture or lines.

What buyers praise

  • Doesn't look cakey 10%
  • Natural finish 6%

What buyers complain about

  • Emphasizes texture or lines 10%
Where buyers said it
  • Ulta 1 of 1
  • Sephora 21 of 28
By skin type (from reviewer profiles)
  • Combination10 of 13
  • Normal3 of 5
  • Dry3 of 4
By skin tone (from reviewer profiles)
  • Fair to light10 of 15
  • Light-medium to medium3 of 5
  • Medium-tan to tan3 of 3

How often it comes up: about 1 in 5 of this product's 2,459 store reviews mention creasing.

4

Laura Mercier

Translucent Powder Ultra-Blur

19/33 say it kept their concealer or makeup from creasing

A blurring effect earns praise in 26% of its 34 reviews, while 6% say it costs too much. Reviews first posted on the brand's own site, which we show but don't count, were kinder at 9 of 9.

What buyers praise

  • Blurs pores and texture 26%
  • Doesn't look cakey 12%
  • Fine on dry skin 6%
  • Controls oil and shine 6%

What buyers complain about

  • Too expensive 6%
  • Looks cakey 6%
  • Fails on oily or dry areas 6%
Where buyers said it
  • Ulta 0 of 4
  • Sephora 19 of 29
  • Brand site 9 of 9 shown, not counted
By skin type (from reviewer profiles)
  • Combination6 of 8
  • Dry2 of 4
By skin tone (from reviewer profiles)
  • Fair to light4 of 6
  • Light-medium to medium5 of 7

How often it comes up: about 1 in 23 of this product's 3,707 store reviews mention creasing.

Share of 34 store reviews that mention each point. A full bar is 50%.

5

Hourglass

Veil Translucent Setting Powder

19/38 say it kept their concealer or makeup from creasing

Price splits opinion, with 20% of its 44 reviews calling it too expensive against 11% calling it good value. A drying feel draws complaints in 11%.

What buyers praise

  • Blurs pores and texture 14%
  • Good value 11%
  • Fine on dry skin 9%
  • Doesn't look cakey 7%
  • Natural finish 5%

What buyers complain about

  • Too expensive 20%
  • Too drying 11%
  • Messy packaging 7%
  • Flashback or white cast 7%
  • Shine comes back fast 5%
Where buyers said it
  • Ulta 7 of 13
  • Sephora 12 of 25
By skin type (from reviewer profiles)
  • Combination9 of 15
  • Dry3 of 10
By skin tone (from reviewer profiles)
  • Fair to light5 of 10
  • Light-medium to medium4 of 10

How often it comes up: about 1 in 14 of this product's 2,276 store reviews mention creasing.

Share of 44 store reviews that mention each point. A full bar is 50%.

6

KVD Beauty

Lock-It Setting Powder

15/30 say it kept their concealer or makeup from creasing

Shoppers say shine comes back quickly in 13% of its 30 reviews and call it too drying in 13%. On flashback the reviews split, with 10% reporting a white cast in photos and 10% saying it left none.

What buyers praise

  • Controls oil and shine 10%
  • No flashback in photos 10%
  • Natural finish 7%
  • Doesn't look cakey 7%

What buyers complain about

  • Shine comes back fast 13%
  • Too drying 13%
  • Flashback or white cast 10%
  • Emphasizes texture or lines 7%
Where buyers said it
  • Sephora 15 of 30
By skin type (from reviewer profiles)
  • Combination9 of 20
  • Dry2 of 4
  • Normal2 of 3
  • Oily2 of 3
By skin tone (from reviewer profiles)
  • Fair to light6 of 14
  • Light-medium to medium7 of 12
Acne-prone reviewers
  • Say it kept their concealer or makeup from creasing6 of 17

How often it comes up: about 1 in 15 of this product's 2,945 store reviews mention creasing.

Share of 30 store reviews that mention each point. A full bar is 50%.

7

ONE/SIZE

Ultimate Blurring Setting Powder

13/26 say it kept their concealer or makeup from creasing

A cakey look draws complaints in 17% of its 30 reviews and the price in 13%, though 27% praise how it blurs.

What buyers praise

  • Blurs pores and texture 27%
  • Controls oil and shine 13%
  • Doesn't look cakey 7%

What buyers complain about

  • Looks cakey 17%
  • Too expensive 13%
  • Flashback or white cast 10%
  • Emphasizes texture or lines 7%
  • Too drying 7%
Where buyers said it
  • Sephora 13 of 26
By skin type (from reviewer profiles)
  • Combination3 of 9
  • Dry4 of 8
  • Oily3 of 4
  • Normal2 of 3
By skin tone (from reviewer profiles)
  • Fair to light3 of 12
  • Light-medium to medium6 of 8
  • Medium-tan to tan3 of 3

How often it comes up: about 1 in 12 of this product's 2,674 store reviews mention creasing.

Share of 30 store reviews that mention each point. A full bar is 50%.

Where these numbers come from

The 7 products ranked here carry 50,495 reviews at Ulta and Sephora. We searched them for creasing and read the newest matching reviews, up to 40 per product and store, posted between Aug 2018 and Oct 2026.

A review counts only when the reviewer used the product themselves. We drop reviews written in exchange for a free product or a sweepstakes entry (0 on this page), and products that are no longer sold.

Ulta also shows reviews first posted on brands' own websites. They run much more positive than store reviews of the same products (across 19 products with both, 76% of brand-site reviewers said the product solved the problem, against 55% of Ulta shoppers), so we show them on product cards but never count them.

Because we searched for the problem, people who had it are overrepresented. Compare products with each other rather than reading a share as your own odds.

Skin type, skin tone and age splits use what reviewers chose on Sephora's review form (and age on Ulta's when given). We only show a split when enough reviewers fall on each side.

Amazon buttons appear only on products that most reviewers here say fix the problem (at least 60%, with enough reviews to trust it). Everything else gets no buy link.

An AI model labels each review against a fixed list of points, and we spot-check the labels before publishing. We publish counts, never the reviews themselves.

Read the full method

Product pages we read

  1. Huda Beauty Easy Bake Loose Setting Powder Sephora (30 reviews counted)
  2. Laura Mercier Translucent Loose Setting Powder Ulta and Sephora (54 reviews counted)
  3. Laura Mercier Secret Brightening Powder Ulta and Sephora (31 reviews counted)
  4. Laura Mercier Translucent Powder Ultra-Blur Ulta and Sephora (34 reviews counted)
  5. Hourglass Veil Translucent Setting Powder Ulta and Sephora (44 reviews counted)
  6. KVD Beauty Lock-It Setting Powder Sephora (30 reviews counted)
  7. ONE/SIZE Ultimate Blurring Setting Powder Sephora (30 reviews counted)

Questions buyers ask

Which setting powder stops concealer from creasing?

Huda Beauty Easy Bake Loose Setting Powder has the best record (27 of 30), followed by Laura Mercier Translucent Loose Setting Powder (37 of 48), Laura Mercier Secret Brightening Powder (22 of 29), Laura Mercier Translucent Powder Ultra-Blur (19 of 33), Hourglass Veil Translucent Setting Powder (19 of 38), KVD Beauty Lock-It Setting Powder (15 of 30) and ONE/SIZE Ultimate Blurring Setting Powder (13 of 26). The second and third are close enough to treat as a tie.

Does Laura Mercier Secret Brightening Powder stop creasing?

Mostly. It is an under-eye setting powder, and 22 of 29 shoppers said their concealer or makeup didn't crease. Brightening is in its name, but we count just whether makeup creased.

Which of these setting powders are sold on Amazon?

Laura Mercier Translucent Loose Setting Powder is the best pick sold on Amazon, and like Laura Mercier Secret Brightening Powder it is sold there by the brand or Amazon itself. The leader, Huda Beauty Easy Bake Loose Setting Powder, is sold on Amazon through third-party sellers, so check who the seller is. Laura Mercier Translucent Powder Ultra-Blur, Hourglass Veil Translucent Setting Powder, KVD Beauty Lock-It Setting Powder and ONE/SIZE Ultimate Blurring Setting Powder have no buy link here, because too few shoppers reported a good result for us to recommend them.

Are these results from a lab test?

No. The counts are what shoppers said after using each powder, not a lab test, so follow the label directions.

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