Setting spray for hot weather

Fenty Beauty You Mist Setting Spray has the best record: 26 of 27 reviewers who mentioned heat, humidity or sweat said their makeup held up, and it is sold at Sephora and Ulta. The best pick sold on Amazon is Charlotte Tilbury Airbrush Flawless Setting Spray at 34 of 36. Every spray here is at 80% or better, and most reviewers weighed in on Urban Decay All Nighter Setting Spray (58).

  • 247 store reviews counted
  • Ulta and Sephora shoppers
  • Jul 2017 to Sep 2026

Updated . How we count

Does it hold in the heat? What buyers said

Share of reviewers who stated an outcome for heat and humidity. 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 Fenty Beauty You Mist Setting Spray 26 of 27 say their makeup held up in heat
Charlotte Tilbury Airbrush Flawless Setting Spray Best pick on Amazon Charlotte Tilbury Airbrush Flawless Setting Spray 34 of 36 say their makeup held up in heat See price & reviews on Amazon
What stands out

Milk Makeup Hydro Grip Dewy Setting Spray ranks last, and 12% of its reviews say it makes skin shinier.

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

Fenty Beauty

You Mist Setting Spray

26/27 say their makeup held up in heat

Sold at Sephora and Ulta, with 23 of 24 at Ulta. 55% praise the fine mist, 52% call it comfortable and 42% say it is hydrating, not tight.

What buyers praise

  • Makes makeup last 79%
  • Fine, even mist 55%
  • Comfortable on skin 52%
  • Hydrating, not tight 42%
  • Good value 9%

What buyers complain about

  • Strong scent 6%
Where buyers said it
  • Ulta 23 of 24
  • Sephora 3 of 3

Share of 33 store reviews that mention each point. A full bar is 50%.

2 Charlotte Tilbury Airbrush Flawless Setting Spray

Charlotte Tilbury

Airbrush Flawless Setting Spray

Best for oily and combination skin

34/36 say their makeup held up in heat

Among oily-skin reviewers it is 6 of 6, and among combination-skin reviewers 14 of 14. At Sephora it is 27 of 29. 11% say it is too expensive.

What buyers praise

  • Makes makeup last 89%
  • Controls oil and shine 8%
  • Good value 8%
  • Fine, even mist 5%
  • Hydrating, not tight 5%

What buyers complain about

  • Too expensive 11%
Where buyers said it
  • Ulta 7 of 7
  • Sephora 27 of 29
By skin type (Sephora reviewers)
  • Combination14 of 14
  • Oily6 of 6
  • Normal2 of 4
  • Dry3 of 3
By skin tone (Sephora reviewers)
  • Fair to light10 of 12
  • Light-medium to medium10 of 10
3 Urban Decay All Nighter Setting Spray

Urban Decay

All Nighter Setting Spray

53/58 say their makeup held up in heat

Most reviewers weighed in on this one (58), and it holds up at both stores: 27 of 29 at Ulta and 26 of 29 at Sephora. 25% call it comfortable on skin.

What buyers praise

  • Makes makeup last 90%
  • Comfortable on skin 25%
  • Fine, even mist 15%
  • Controls oil and shine 5%
  • Good value 5%

What buyers complain about

  • Strong scent 3%
Where buyers said it
  • Ulta 27 of 29
  • Sephora 26 of 29
By skin type (Sephora reviewers)
  • Combination13 of 14
  • Normal5 of 5
  • Dry3 of 4
By skin tone (Sephora reviewers)
  • Fair to light13 of 14
  • Light-medium to medium3 of 3
  • Medium-tan to tan3 of 4
4 NYX Matte Finish Setting Spray

NYX

Matte Finish Setting Spray

23/24 say their makeup held up in heat

23% call it good value and 19% say it controls oil and shine, though 12% say it makes skin shinier.

What buyers praise

  • Makes makeup last 88%
  • Good value 23%
  • Controls oil and shine 19%
  • Comfortable on skin 12%
  • Fine, even mist 8%

What buyers complain about

  • Makes skin shinier 12%
Where buyers said it
  • Ulta 23 of 24
  • Brand site 2 of 2 shown, not counted
5

ONE/SIZE

On 'Til Dawn Setting Spray

28/30 say their makeup held up in heat

Sold at Sephora. 17% say it controls oil and shine. Among Sephora reviewers with medium skin tones it is 7 of 7.

What buyers praise

  • Makes makeup last 90%
  • Controls oil and shine 17%
  • Comfortable on skin 13%
  • Fine, even mist 7%
  • Good value 7%

What buyers complain about

  • Strong scent 7%
  • Too expensive 7%
Where buyers said it
  • Sephora 28 of 30
By skin type (Sephora reviewers)
  • Combination15 of 16
  • Dry4 of 5
  • Normal3 of 3
By skin tone (Sephora reviewers)
  • Fair to light12 of 14
  • Light-medium to medium7 of 7
  • Medium-tan to tan4 of 4

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

6 NYX Face Glue Setting Spray

NYX

Face Glue Setting Spray

Best for good value

26/28 say their makeup held up in heat

30% call it good value, 47% call it comfortable and 23% say it controls oil and shine. 10% complain of a strong scent.

What buyers praise

  • Makes makeup last 90%
  • Comfortable on skin 47%
  • Good value 30%
  • Controls oil and shine 23%
  • Fine, even mist 13%

What buyers complain about

  • Strong scent 10%
  • Makes skin shinier 7%
Where buyers said it
  • Ulta 26 of 28
7

Milk Makeup

Hydro Grip Dewy Setting Spray

16/20 say their makeup held up in heat

Has the weakest record here at 16 of 20. 29% like how hydrating it is and 25% call it comfortable, but 8% say it had no noticeable effect.

What buyers praise

  • Makes makeup last 67%
  • Hydrating, not tight 29%
  • Comfortable on skin 25%

What buyers complain about

  • Makes skin shinier 13%
  • No noticeable effect 8%
  • Too expensive 8%
Where buyers said it
  • Sephora 16 of 20
By skin type (Sephora reviewers)
  • Combination10 of 12
  • Normal3 of 3
By skin tone (Sephora reviewers)
  • Fair to light6 of 10
  • Light-medium to medium4 of 4
  • Medium-tan to tan4 of 4
Acne-prone reviewers
  • Said it worked3 of 6

Where these numbers come from

The 7 products ranked here carry 40,781 reviews at Ulta and Sephora. We searched them for heat and humidity and read the newest matching reviews, up to 30 per product and store, posted between Jul 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. Fenty Beauty You Mist Setting Spray Ulta and Sephora (33 reviews counted)
  2. Charlotte Tilbury Airbrush Flawless Setting Spray Ulta and Sephora (38 reviews counted)
  3. Urban Decay All Nighter Setting Spray Ulta and Sephora (60 reviews counted)
  4. NYX Matte Finish Setting Spray Ulta (26 reviews counted)
  5. ONE/SIZE On 'Til Dawn Setting Spray Sephora (30 reviews counted)
  6. NYX Face Glue Setting Spray Ulta (30 reviews counted)
  7. Milk Makeup Hydro Grip Dewy Setting Spray Ulta and Sephora (24 reviews counted)

People asking about it on Reddit

  1. Best setting spray for humid weather? r/Sephora, May 2026, 36 comments
  2. what is the best setting spray for people who sweat a lot? r/Makeup, Sep 2023, 121 comments
  3. For people who sweat a lot or are often in very hot places, what’s the best setting spray you’ve come across? r/Makeup, Aug 2026, 37 comments

Questions buyers ask

Which setting spray holds up in hot weather?

Fenty Beauty You Mist Setting Spray leads at 26 of 27. Charlotte Tilbury Airbrush Flawless Setting Spray follows at 34 of 36 and Urban Decay All Nighter Setting Spray at 53 of 58.

Does Urban Decay All Nighter hold up in humidity?

In these reviews, yes. 53 of 58 said their makeup held up in heat, humidity or sweat, and it holds up at both Ulta and Sephora.

Do the NYX setting sprays hold up in the heat?

Yes, for nearly all of the reviewers who mentioned it. NYX Matte Finish Setting Spray is 23 of 24 and NYX Face Glue Setting Spray is 26 of 28. Reviewers also call them good value, at 23% and 30%.

Is Milk Hydro Grip good for hot weather?

It has the weakest record here at 16 of 20, so reviewers had more trouble with it in the heat. 12% say it makes skin shinier.

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