A pressed setting powder from Charlotte Tilbury, designed to set makeup and give skin a smooth, softly blurred, matte finish, and available in a mini size.
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6 experts · Strong agreementWhat the gurus are saying
Under-eye brightening is the job this pressed powder keeps getting handed, and the takes are warm across the board. The lighter shade lifts the skin just beneath dark circles, while blending two shades gives a more balanced finish if glow isn't your goal. It also locks concealer into a smooth matte base, and a beauty sponge adds extra blur, while the mini slips into a purse for touch-ups.
What they liked
What they flagged
Nothing. None of the experts who reviewed it raised a problem.
The concerns the experts tie this product to, in their own words. Paid and founder takes don't count.
“I'm not placing it on my dark circles, I'm just placing it underneath, just right here, just to kind of brighten and bring focus back to around the eyes.”
Alexandra Anele, watch at 28:47
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Independent of what the gurus think, this is what the published research supports about the main active ingredients here.
Topical vitamin C is an antioxidant with reasonable evidence for dullness and uneven tone. It breaks down in light and air, so how a product is formulated and packaged matters as much as the percentage on the front.
Source: DermNet
Sun protection is the best evidenced way to slow visible ageing, and the filters are what does the work. Mineral and chemical filters both protect when a product is applied thickly enough and often enough, which is where most people fall short rather than on the choice of filter.
Source: DermNet
Ingredients like these draw water into the surface layers and slow how fast it leaves. The evidence is for comfort, softness and hydration rather than for changing the structure of the skin.
Source: DermNet
A pressed setting powder from Charlotte Tilbury, designed to set makeup and give skin a smooth, softly blurred, matte finish, and available in a mini size.
Yes. All 6 gurus who reviewed it give it their stamp of approval, for a Guru Score of 86%.
Charlotte Tilbury Airbrush Flawless Finish Pressed Powder holds a Guru Score of 86%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 6 expert reviewers we have collected. It is also Guru Certified, our mark for products that hold broad approval across many expert reviewers.
Charlotte Tilbury Airbrush Flawless Finish Pressed Powder is generally suited to oily skin.
In their reviews, experts say Charlotte Tilbury Airbrush Flawless Finish Pressed Powder is good for dark circles (1 expert).
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