Laura Mercier – What's Your Chic Blog

Okay so this post may be a bit touchy but, whatever, right? Anyone that has been in the makeup world for a while or has had their makeup done by professionals over the years can tell you that the Laura Mercier Translucent Setting Powder is the standard. For some magical reason, it seems that no matter how good you are at doing your makeup, this translucent setting powder takes your beauty game to the next level. Even if you did not know what it was, you’ve seen the container. It seems that when you buy this powder, it lasts forever. Here’s a photo of it:

Yes. There she is ↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑ The magical, unicorn dandruff called Laura Mercier Translucent Setting Powder. Sigh…….

Well, what you are also likely to know, or after you take a trip to stores that carry this voodoo in a plastic container, is that its expensive too! Weighing into your purse at a whooping $38.00, it has been often discussed on which products are the valid dupes, saving us poor makeup geeks a few 💸💰 Here are the possibilities out there:

dermablend-loose-setting-powder-translucent-1-oz — $27.00 at Ulta.com

Yes, can we stand up and give Dermablend a round of applause please? According to Ulta’s website Here are the results:

PROS

Easy to apply (432 reviews)
Lightweight (424 reviews)
Controls shine (405 reviews)
Long-lasting (399 reviews)
Blends well (370 reviews)

CONS

Messy (116 reviews)
Settles in creases (54 reviews)
Unnatural color (39 reviews)
Cakes up (25 reviews)
Poor coverage (22 reviews)

I have not used Dermablend’s setting powder before but its used quite often by some of my favorite makeup YouTubers. They pray to this stuff ✨

NYX mineralfinishingpowder_lightmedium_main — $9.99 at Ulta.com

PROS

Lightweight (419 reviews)
Easy to apply (404 reviews)
Controls shine (395 reviews)
Blends well (323 reviews)
Covers well (274 reviews)

CONS

Messy (175 reviews)
Unnatural color (74 reviews)
Settles in creases (73 reviews)
Poor coverage (54 reviews)
Cakes up (32 reviews)

With over 81% of its users recommending it, the NYX Matte Setting Powder is a well-known product. But a Laura Mercier dupe? Those are big shoes to fill.

PROS

Easy to apply (34 reviews)
Lightweight (31 reviews)
Controls shine (27 reviews)
Long-lasting (27 reviews)
Doesn’t settle in creases (26 reviews)

CONS

Messy (20 reviews)

While being a well-known and loved product, I am not surprised that people are calling E.L.F. a justified dupe for Laura Mercier’s setting powder. One thing I can agree with the review of this setting powder is that its probably the messiest.

What’s your favorite setting powder dupe to Laura Mercier’s Translucent Setting Powder? Do you even think there is one, or should we just spend the coin and get the original. Leave a comment and let us know 🙂

You know, it seems that we tend to touch the topics that seem to be a bit ‘touchy’, if you will. For example, this phonomenon with the Fenty Beauty makeup line. Now, as well all know, the majority of the makeup world is not only in love with Fenty Beauty but also with the pop singer herself, Rihanna. With this in mind, does this not prove to provide some level of bias toward the product itself?

Now, before anyone decides to come for me and my ideas, I would like to say that this is a topic that has been brought up by others in the YouTube community as well as on other blog sites, but only have been touched on. Now what do others have to say about which products? Let’s find out.

Here is what some had to say about the Fenty Beauty Makeup Sponge:

I think these are some really good reviews for the first time Fenty released a competitor to the beauty blender. Let’s see what kind of reviews came in for the Fenty Beauty Pro Filt’r Instant Retouch Primer: