Setting spray for combination skin

Benefit POREfessional Super Setter has the best record for combination skin, with 19 of 22 shoppers saying it kept their makeup in place on both oily and dry areas. The best pick sold on Amazon is Urban Decay All Nighter Setting Spray at 29 of 36, since the leader has no Amazon listing we could confirm. Each record counts just shoppers who said they have combination skin.

  • 233 store reviews counted
  • Ulta and Sephora shoppers
  • Apr 2017 to Sep 2026

Updated . How we count

Did it keep makeup in place on oily and dry areas? What shoppers said
  1. Benefit POREfessional Super Setter 22 said either way
  2. Urban Decay All Nighter Setting Spray 36 said either way
  3. ONE/SIZE On 'Til Dawn Setting Spray 24 said either way
  4. NYX Face Glue Setting Spray 12 said either way
  5. Charlotte Tilbury Airbrush Flawless Setting Spray 28 said either way
  6. Milk Makeup Hydro Grip Dewy Setting Spray 25 said either way
  7. NYX Matte Finish Setting Spray 15 said either way

Share of reviewers who stated an outcome for makeup staying in place on combination skin. 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 Benefit POREfessional Super Setter 19 of 22 say it kept their makeup in place on both oily and dry areas
Urban Decay All Nighter Setting Spray Best pick on Amazon Urban Decay All Nighter Setting Spray 29 of 36 say it kept their makeup in place on both oily and dry areas See price & reviews on Amazon
What stands out

The ranking weighs how many shoppers stated a result as well as the share. That is why NYX Face Glue Setting Spray (83%) ranks below two sprays with lower shares, and NYX Matte Finish Setting Spray (73%) ranks below Milk Makeup Hydro Grip Dewy Setting Spray (72%).

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

Benefit

POREfessional Super Setter

Best for a fine, even mist

19/22 say it kept their makeup in place on both oily and dry areas

50% of its 30 reviews praise how fine and even the mist is. Its 86% share is the highest here, from a smaller group of shoppers than the spray ranked just below it.

What buyers praise

  • Fine, even mist 50%

What buyers complain about

No repeated complaints yet.

Where buyers said it
  • Sephora 19 of 22
By skin tone (Sephora reviewers)
  • Fair to light16 of 17
  • Medium-tan to tan2 of 3
Acne-prone reviewers
  • Said it worked8 of 9

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

2 Urban Decay All Nighter Setting Spray

Urban Decay

All Nighter Setting Spray

29/36 say it kept their makeup in place on both oily and dry areas

More shoppers stated a result for this spray than for any other here. 20% of its 46 reviews say it holds up to sweat and heat, while 4% mention a strong scent.

What buyers praise

  • Holds up to sweat and heat 20%
  • Fine, even mist 17%
  • Comfortable on skin 9%

What buyers complain about

  • Strong scent 4%
Where buyers said it
  • Ulta 11 of 12
  • Sephora 18 of 24
By skin tone (Sephora reviewers)
  • Fair to light5 of 9
  • Light-medium to medium7 of 7
Acne-prone reviewers
  • Said it worked9 of 9
3

ONE/SIZE

On 'Til Dawn Setting Spray

19/24 say it kept their makeup in place on both oily and dry areas

Its record is just behind Urban Decay's, with 19 of 24 shoppers saying it kept makeup in place on both oily and dry areas, and 13% of its 30 reviews say it holds up to sweat and heat.

What buyers praise

  • Holds up to sweat and heat 13%
  • No irritation 7%

What buyers complain about

No repeated complaints yet.

Where buyers said it
  • Sephora 19 of 24
By skin tone (Sephora reviewers)
  • Fair to light7 of 9
  • Light-medium to medium5 of 7

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

4 NYX Face Glue Setting Spray

NYX

Face Glue Setting Spray

Best for value

10/12 say it kept their makeup in place on both oily and dry areas

23% of its 30 reviews call it good value, and 17% say it feels comfortable on skin.

What buyers praise

  • Good value 23%
  • Comfortable on skin 17%
  • Holds up to sweat and heat 17%

What buyers complain about

No repeated complaints yet.

Where buyers said it
  • Ulta 10 of 12
5 Charlotte Tilbury Airbrush Flawless Setting Spray

Charlotte Tilbury

Airbrush Flawless Setting Spray

21/28 say it kept their makeup in place on both oily and dry areas

Complaints include the price (14% of its 37 reviews), a strong scent (5%) and a tacky or sticky feel (5%). On the plus side, 14% call it comfortable on skin, and 11% praise the fine mist.

What buyers praise

  • Comfortable on skin 14%
  • Fine, even mist 11%
  • Holds up to sweat and heat 11%

What buyers complain about

  • Too expensive 14%
  • Tacky or sticky 5%
  • Strong scent 5%
Where buyers said it
  • Ulta 6 of 6
  • Sephora 15 of 22
By skin tone (Sephora reviewers)
  • Fair to light7 of 9
  • Light-medium to medium5 of 8
6

Milk Makeup

Hydro Grip Dewy Setting Spray

18/25 say it kept their makeup in place on both oily and dry areas

Sold as a dewy spray, it kept makeup in place on both oily and dry areas for 18 of 25 shoppers, close to the records of the two sprays ranked either side of it.

What buyers praise

  • Holds up to sweat and heat 6%

What buyers complain about

No repeated complaints yet.

Where buyers said it
  • Ulta 1 of 1
  • Sephora 17 of 24
By skin tone (Sephora reviewers)
  • Fair to light6 of 10
  • Light-medium to medium8 of 10
  • Medium-tan to tan3 of 3
Acne-prone reviewers
  • Said it worked9 of 12
7 NYX Matte Finish Setting Spray

NYX

Matte Finish Setting Spray

11/15 say it kept their makeup in place on both oily and dry areas

Like the other NYX spray, it draws value mentions: 18% of its 28 reviews call it good value, and 7% say it didn't irritate their skin.

What buyers praise

  • Good value 18%
  • Holds up to sweat and heat 14%
  • No irritation 7%

What buyers complain about

No repeated complaints yet.

Where buyers said it
  • Ulta 11 of 15

Where these numbers come from

The 7 products ranked here carry 40,523 reviews at Ulta and Sephora. We searched them for makeup staying in place on combination skin and read the newest matching reviews, up to 40 per product and store, posted between Apr 2017 and Sep 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. Benefit POREfessional Super Setter Sephora (30 reviews counted)
  2. Urban Decay All Nighter Setting Spray Ulta and Sephora (46 reviews counted)
  3. ONE/SIZE On 'Til Dawn Setting Spray Sephora (30 reviews counted)
  4. NYX Face Glue Setting Spray Ulta (30 reviews counted)
  5. Charlotte Tilbury Airbrush Flawless Setting Spray Ulta and Sephora (37 reviews counted)
  6. Milk Makeup Hydro Grip Dewy Setting Spray Ulta and Sephora (32 reviews counted)
  7. NYX Matte Finish Setting Spray Ulta (28 reviews counted)

Questions buyers ask

Which setting spray works for combination skin?

Benefit POREfessional Super Setter has the best record (19 of 22), followed by Urban Decay All Nighter Setting Spray (29 of 36) and ONE/SIZE On 'Til Dawn Setting Spray (19 of 24). Next come NYX Face Glue Setting Spray (10 of 12), Charlotte Tilbury Airbrush Flawless Setting Spray (21 of 28), Milk Makeup Hydro Grip Dewy Setting Spray (18 of 25) and NYX Matte Finish Setting Spray (11 of 15), in that order.

How many shoppers are behind each record?

The groups run from 12 shoppers for NYX Face Glue Setting Spray to 36 for Urban Decay All Nighter Setting Spray. A record from a small group is less certain, since two or three more reviews could move its share by several points.

Is Charlotte Tilbury Airbrush Flawless Setting Spray good for combination skin?

More often than not. 21 of 28 shoppers with combination skin said it kept their makeup in place on both oily and dry areas, which ranks it fifth on this page, while the other 7 said makeup still slid, got shiny or looked dry or patchy.

Which of these setting sprays are sold on Amazon?

Four are sold on Amazon by the brand or Amazon itself: Urban Decay All Nighter Setting Spray, NYX Face Glue Setting Spray, Charlotte Tilbury Airbrush Flawless Setting Spray and NYX Matte Finish Setting Spray. Urban Decay All Nighter Setting Spray is the best pick sold on Amazon. We could not confirm an Amazon listing for Benefit POREfessional Super Setter or ONE/SIZE On 'Til Dawn Setting Spray. 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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