Setting spray for a dewy finish

Urban Decay Chill Setting Spray has the best record for a dewy finish at 25 of 25, and the shares of all 7 sprays run from 82% to 100%. The best pick sold on Amazon is Charlotte Tilbury Airbrush Flawless Setting Spray at 38 of 40, since we could not confirm an Amazon listing for the leader. Each record counts just shoppers who said whether it left a dewy finish.

Charlotte Tilbury Airbrush Flawless Setting Spray
Best pick on Amazon Charlotte Tilbury Airbrush Flawless Setting Spray 38 of 40 say it left a dewy, glowy finish they liked
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  • 265 store reviews counted
  • Ulta and Sephora shoppers
  • Feb 2016 to Oct 2026

Updated . How we count

Did it leave a dewy finish? What shoppers said
  1. Urban Decay Chill Setting Spray 25 said either way
  2. Charlotte Tilbury Airbrush Flawless Setting Spray 40 said either way
  3. Urban Decay All Nighter Setting Spray 47 said either way
  4. e.l.f. Power Grip Dewy Setting Spray 19 said either way
  5. Fenty Beauty You Mist Setting Spray 19 said either way
  6. Too Faced Hangover Primer & Setting Spray 23 said either way
  7. Milk Makeup Hydro Grip Dewy Setting Spray 34 said either way

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

Best record Urban Decay Chill Setting Spray 25 of 25 say it left a dewy, glowy finish they liked
Charlotte Tilbury Airbrush Flawless Setting Spray Best pick on Amazon Charlotte Tilbury Airbrush Flawless Setting Spray 38 of 40 say it left a dewy, glowy finish they liked See price & reviews on Amazon
What stands out

Complaints about spitting big droplets come up in 16% of the reviews for Milk Makeup Hydro Grip Dewy Setting Spray, 13% for Too Faced Hangover Primer & Setting Spray and 6% for Fenty Beauty You Mist Setting Spray.

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

Urban Decay

Chill Setting Spray

25/25 say it left a dewy, glowy finish they liked

Beyond the finish, 73% of its 30 reviews say it makes makeup last and 10% call it comfortable on skin.

What buyers praise

  • Makes makeup last 73%
  • Holds up to sweat and heat 13%
  • Comfortable on skin 10%

What buyers complain about

No repeated complaints yet.

Where buyers said it
  • Sephora 25 of 25
By skin type (from reviewer profiles)
  • Combination12 of 12
  • Dry4 of 4
By skin tone (from reviewer profiles)
  • Fair to light10 of 10
  • Light-medium to medium6 of 6
Acne-prone reviewers
  • Say it left a dewy, glowy finish they liked6 of 6

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

2 Charlotte Tilbury Airbrush Flawless Setting Spray

Charlotte Tilbury

Airbrush Flawless Setting Spray

38/40 say it left a dewy, glowy finish they liked

Shoppers say it makes makeup last in 53% of its reviews, though 6% find it too expensive.

What buyers praise

  • Makes makeup last 53%
  • Comfortable on skin 8%
  • Takes away the powdery look 6%
  • Fine, even mist 4%
  • Holds up to sweat and heat 4%

What buyers complain about

  • Too expensive 6%
Where buyers said it
  • Ulta 16 of 18
  • Sephora 22 of 22
Acne-prone reviewers
  • Say it left a dewy, glowy finish they liked5 of 5
3 Urban Decay All Nighter Setting Spray

Urban Decay

All Nighter Setting Spray

43/47 say it left a dewy, glowy finish they liked

More shoppers stated a result for it than for any other spray here, 47 in all. A fine, even mist comes up in 18% of its 60 reviews and holding up to sweat and heat in 17%.

What buyers praise

  • Makes makeup last 75%
  • Fine, even mist 18%
  • Comfortable on skin 17%
  • Holds up to sweat and heat 17%
  • Takes away the powdery look 5%

What buyers complain about

  • Breaks skin out 3%
  • Strong scent 3%
Where buyers said it
  • Ulta 28 of 28
  • Sephora 15 of 19
By skin type (from reviewer profiles)
  • Combination6 of 7
  • Dry3 of 4
  • Normal4 of 4
By skin tone (from reviewer profiles)
  • Fair to light7 of 9
  • Light-medium to medium3 of 3
Acne-prone reviewers
  • Say it left a dewy, glowy finish they liked4 of 5
4 e.l.f. Power Grip Dewy Setting Spray

e.l.f.

Power Grip Dewy Setting Spray

Best for a comfortable feel

18/19 say it left a dewy, glowy finish they liked

Shoppers call it comfortable on skin in 57% of its 21 reviews and good value in 14%. Reviews first posted on the brand's own site, which we show but don't count, were positive too at 6 of 6.

What buyers praise

  • Makes makeup last 67%
  • Comfortable on skin 57%
  • Fine, even mist 19%
  • Good value 14%
  • Takes away the powdery look 10%

What buyers complain about

No repeated complaints yet.

Where buyers said it
  • Ulta 18 of 19
  • Brand site 6 of 6 shown, not counted
5

Fenty Beauty

You Mist Setting Spray

Best for a fine, even mist

18/19 say it left a dewy, glowy finish they liked

Staying power gets praise in 71% of its 34 reviews, and 29% call it comfortable on skin. A strong scent is a complaint at 6%.

What buyers praise

  • Makes makeup last 71%
  • Fine, even mist 56%
  • Comfortable on skin 29%
  • No irritation 6%

What buyers complain about

  • Strong scent 6%
  • Spits big droplets 6%
Where buyers said it
  • Ulta 15 of 16
  • Sephora 3 of 3

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

6 Too Faced Hangover Primer & Setting Spray

Too Faced

Hangover Primer & Setting Spray

20/23 say it left a dewy, glowy finish they liked

Sold as a primer and setting spray, it earns praise for making makeup last in 47% of its 30 reviews. Complaints include a strong scent at 13% and a tacky or sticky feel at 7%.

What buyers praise

  • Makes makeup last 47%
  • Comfortable on skin 7%
  • No irritation 7%

What buyers complain about

  • Strong scent 13%
  • Spits big droplets 13%
  • Makeup still melts in heat 7%
  • Tacky or sticky 7%
Where buyers said it
  • Sephora 20 of 23
By skin type (from reviewer profiles)
  • Dry10 of 10
  • Combination5 of 5
  • Normal3 of 3
  • Oily1 of 3
By skin tone (from reviewer profiles)
  • Fair to light8 of 9
  • Light-medium to medium7 of 8
Acne-prone reviewers
  • Say it left a dewy, glowy finish they liked7 of 8
7

Milk Makeup

Hydro Grip Dewy Setting Spray

Best for taking away a powdery look

28/34 say it left a dewy, glowy finish they liked

Its 6 misses mostly said it left their makeup looking too wet or shiny. Complaints also include a tacky or sticky feel at 8% of its 37 reviews and a high price at 5%.

What buyers praise

  • Makes makeup last 22%
  • Takes away the powdery look 14%
  • Comfortable on skin 5%
  • Fine on mature skin 5%

What buyers complain about

  • Spits big droplets 16%
  • Tacky or sticky 8%
  • Too expensive 5%
Where buyers said it
  • Ulta 5 of 7
  • Sephora 23 of 27
By skin type (from reviewer profiles)
  • Combination7 of 9
  • Dry6 of 8
  • Normal3 of 3
By skin tone (from reviewer profiles)
  • Fair to light7 of 8
  • Light-medium to medium8 of 10
By age (reviewers who gave one)
  • Under 405 of 6
  • 40 and over3 of 5

Where these numbers come from

The 7 products ranked here carry 50,057 reviews at Ulta and Sephora. We searched them for a dewy finish and read the newest matching reviews, up to 40 per product and store, posted between Feb 2016 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. Urban Decay Chill Setting Spray Sephora (30 reviews counted)
  2. Charlotte Tilbury Airbrush Flawless Setting Spray Ulta and Sephora (53 reviews counted)
  3. Urban Decay All Nighter Setting Spray Ulta and Sephora (60 reviews counted)
  4. e.l.f. Power Grip Dewy Setting Spray Ulta (21 reviews counted)
  5. Fenty Beauty You Mist Setting Spray Ulta and Sephora (34 reviews counted)
  6. Too Faced Hangover Primer & Setting Spray Sephora (30 reviews counted)
  7. Milk Makeup Hydro Grip Dewy Setting Spray Ulta and Sephora (37 reviews counted)

Questions buyers ask

Which setting spray gives a dewy finish?

Urban Decay Chill Setting Spray has the best record (25 of 25), followed by Charlotte Tilbury Airbrush Flawless Setting Spray (38 of 40), Urban Decay All Nighter Setting Spray (43 of 47), e.l.f. Power Grip Dewy Setting Spray (18 of 19), Fenty Beauty You Mist Setting Spray (18 of 19), Too Faced Hangover Primer & Setting Spray (20 of 23) and Milk Makeup Hydro Grip Dewy Setting Spray (28 of 34). Group size explains the order: Urban Decay All Nighter Setting Spray ranks above the next two sprays despite a slightly lower share, because 47 shoppers stated a result against 19 for each of them.

Does a dewy finish mean makeup lasts longer?

These records can't say. They cover the finish, not how long makeup stayed put. Shoppers do mention wear in their reviews, so check the praise on each card if lasting power matters to you.

Are these results from a lab test?

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

Which of these setting sprays are sold on Amazon?

Four are sold on Amazon by the brand or Amazon itself: Charlotte Tilbury Airbrush Flawless Setting Spray, Urban Decay All Nighter Setting Spray, e.l.f. Power Grip Dewy Setting Spray and Too Faced Hangover Primer & Setting Spray. We could not confirm an Amazon listing for Urban Decay Chill Setting Spray, and we found no official Amazon listing for Fenty Beauty You Mist Setting Spray, so neither has a buy link here. For Milk Makeup Hydro Grip Dewy Setting Spray, we could not confirm the exact Amazon listing, so its button searches Amazon for it.

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