A finely milled setting powder with a delicate pearl finish, designed to set makeup while maintaining a luminous, skin-like appearance rather than a matte finish.
Full ingredients
Mica, Tapioca Starch, Synthetic Sapphire, Bismuth Oxychloride, Polymethylsilsesquioxane, Methyl Methacrylate Crosspolymer, Boron Nitride, Silica, Phenoxyethanol, Caprylyl Glycol, Yellow Iron Oxide (Ci 77492), Red Iron Oxide (Ci 77491), Black Iron Oxide (Ci 77499)
Guru Score
72%
Mixed
3 experts · Moderate agreement
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3Gurus
2Yay
0Mixed
1Nay
What they liked
Luminous finish without looking powdery
Fine pearl that brightens without heaviness
Sheer enough for under-eye creases
What they flagged
Emphasizes large pores on T-Zone
Can look too bright if applied all over face
What the gurus are saying
The fine pearl finish is what keeps coming back in the takes, because it brightens without looking heavy or dry, which matters most under the eyes where texture shows. Both reviewers praise how it sets makeup all day while leaving skin glowing rather than flat, and note it works best on the under-eye and outer face rather than the T-zone or areas with larger pores, where the shimmer can emphasize texture. The technique that earns mention is tapping the brush repeatedly into the cap before applying to load it evenly and avoid using too much product at once.
Synthesized from 3 expert reviews · most recent take August 2026
"This is a really good one too, I love it. It has more of a glowy finish, which is nice if you want something to set your makeup but you don't want it to look powdery. It has a really nice dewy sheen to it, not sparkle, just a sheen, it's really nice."
All 4 takes from Allie Glines
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"I'm going to use the Halo Glow Setting Powder from e.l.f. This just allows your makeup to be a little more glowy while still lasting all night, which is so nice. I love this powder especially under the eyes. I'm going to press that underneath the eye area first, then I'm going to press that through the T-Zone, and then with the fluffier side of this brush I'm taking a bit more of that powder and working it into the sides of the face as well. I just want everything to be locked to make sure it lasts all night."
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"The e.l.f. Halo Glow Setting Powder is pretty glowy, so if you don't want as much glow as it's offering you can always mix it in with your more matte powder and kind of control the glow there. The e.l.f. Halo Glow Setting Powder is really excellent at setting your face but still leaving that glow. If you're somebody that feels like you want to set your skin but you don't want to mattify things, I feel like that's a great product and it's not glittery either. It just gives a really nice soft glow. I personally try to avoid the T-Zone with that powder, for example, but I love applying it on the outsides of the face."
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"With my fingertips I really do like this kind of cushiony feel that this has. Applying it with my fingertips is actually really nice, it kind of has that putty feel to it. I know it's part of their putty line, but it kind of has that same feel that was in the under eye brightener, like a cushiony finish, which is nice. I always forget, and then I remind myself every time I use the e.l.f. Halo Glow Setting Powder that I can't put it around this area here where I have larger pores, it just emphasizes them. But I love it on all the other areas of my face."
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"This is a really good one too, I love it. It has more of a glowy finish, which is nice if you want something to set your makeup but you don't want it to look powdery. It has a really nice dewy sheen to it, not sparkle, just a sheen, it's really nice."
"Oh my god, I forgot how much I liked this powder. [...] It has such a nice luminosity to it. It's smoothing, but it has that fine pearl, so it doesn't look heavy on the skin. It gives this slight reflect."
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All 25 takes from Alexandra Anele
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"I would probably just use the prism powder to set or maybe a little bit of my elf Halo Glow so that it didn't look so matte in that area compared to the rest of my forehead."
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"For an under eye setting powder I like the elf Halo Glow, the reason for this is because it's very sheer and it also has a fine pearl in it so it's luminous. I have a lot of lines and creases underneath my eyes, so if I go in with a really heavy powder it's just going to end up looking crepey. What I do is I pick up a decent amount of the powder, tap it off into the cap, pick it back up, tap it off, pick it back up, tap it off so that I'm really loading up the brush with the product but evenly distributing it throughout the brush bristles. I want to make sure that I'm nice and blended and not crepey or creasy before I apply this."
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"The powder that I do use is the e.l.f. Halo Glow Setting Powder. What I like about this powder is it's the only one that I've used that is not super heavy or dense with pearl, but it does have a little bit of pearl. It has like a very very fine sheer pearl in it, and when I say pearl what I mean is it's got a little bit of shimmer, a little bit of reflect, but it's so incredibly fine that it doesn't end up looking chunky or creating a heavy formula on the skin. I've used other powders that have pearl and either there isn't enough brightening or they're too matte in the formula, not in the pearl, or the pearl is too heavy. And so this has just been like the best thing for underneath my eyes. I use this mostly like a brightening powder for me, which I want for my under eyes. If I use this everywhere on my face it just ends up looking like a little too bright and it can look a little bit too shiny, which I just don't want. But it's fantastic for under the eyes."
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"I'm gonna set my under eyes with the elf Halo Glow."
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"I'm using my e.l.f. Halo Glow Setting Powder. I have my little e.l.f. Halo Glow powder. I've been using, I think I"
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"I'm going to set my under eyes using my elf Halo Glow powder like always. I'm going to use the elf highlighting brush. I just want to make sure that I'm well blended, no creases. I'm just gonna go in with a tiny bit of this, make sure that area stays put. I'm going to take a tiny bit of that powder and use that to set my lids, just kind of buff over that eye primer because I can feel a little bit too much moisture and I want to be able to blend easily."
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"I'm gonna go in with the e.l.f. Halo Glow Setting Powder just like the tiniest amount underneath my eyes just to kind of set that concealer. I didn't really need it, but like there was a little bit of shine that I wanted to take away."
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"For my setting powder I have been using the elf Halo Glow powder for I don't know how long, it's really great. It has like a beautiful fine reflect so it doesn't make your under eyes look super dry. You don't need a ton of it. I like to pick up my powder, tap it off into the cap, pick it up, tap it off so I have like a nice even blend, so that I'm not going in with too much, lots of powder all over the place."
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"I always use my Mac 240s brush to set. I'm going to load up my brush so that it's ready to go so that I can just go in and set immediately."
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"I'm going to use the tiniest amount of elf Halo Glow powder because it has a little tiny tiny bit of pearl so it doesn't make you look creepy. I'm going to use even less than usual, really topping off my brush. I want to make sure that I'm crease free. I'm just using this to make sure that that concealer goes nowhere."
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"I have in the past really loved the e.l.f. Halo Glow powder. Sometimes I don't know. Sometimes I still use it and then sometimes it just like I don't like it as much. So, like I kind of go back and forth. It depends on my mood. So, that's a really good drugstore option. And it does have like very light tiny tiny light reflecting like pearl that's it's so soft. Like it's so soft. It's so subtle. And I've heard from a lot of people who have more mature skin that they love this as an under eye setting powder."
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"I'm going to go ahead and set that with my elf Halo Glow powder."
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"Oh my god, I forgot how much I liked this powder. [...] It has such a nice luminosity to it. It's smoothing, but it has that fine pearl, so it doesn't look heavy on the skin. It gives this slight reflect."
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"I'm going to be using my e.l.f. Halo Glow Setting Powder, which is my favorite under eye setting powder because it has like a nice fine finely milled pearl so it has like a little bit of reflect. It's lightweight, it's brightening so it's not going to make my under eyes look like way too matte."
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"I was using the e.l.f. Halo Glow powder and I ended up like taking a bunch of other powders and mixed it in with this to add a little bit extra coverage but while maintaining this formula that I really really love."
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"To set my under eyes I'm going to use my elf Halo Glow powder. I've been mixing this recently with the Huda Beauty setting powder, but I'm not going to do that for this just to keep it more consistent. I'm using my Mac 240s, elf Halo Glow in the lightest shade, make sure that I'm blended. I'm pretty happy with that coverage."
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"To set underneath my eyes I'm using elf Halo Glow Setting Powder, which I know I've talked about so much but it is so good. It is just nice and brightening. They have a bunch of different colors for different skin tones. It has like a very fine pearl in it so it can brighten without making your under eyes look super dry."
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"I'm going to use my e.l.f. Halo Glow which is my absolute favorite under eye setting powder in the entire world. [...] I'm picking up the powder, tapping it off into the cap, picking it up, tapping it off a few times to make sure that my brush is evenly coated but that I'm not going in with way too much powder. I [...] press this gently in tiny little amounts just to make sure that this area is nice and set, no longer shiny. I haven't gotten any creasing truthfully."
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"I'm going to be using the E.L.F. Halo Glow Powder. This is the lightest one. I'm going to set my under eyes with a powder puff, just pressing my powder puff into the powder and then making sure it's evenly distributed on the puff. It's just soft and smooth. I do like this powder."
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"I love my powder setting face. You got to really flatten it out. This is Halo Glow Powder which again fave."
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"I'm going to use my go-to e.l.f. Halo Glow Powder with my MAC 240s brush, tap it off in the cap, pick it up, tap it off so it's evenly distributed, and then I tap it off extra so I'm not going in with way too much. Sometimes I'll spritz this again if I feel like I just want it or need it, go back in, make sure that's all blended, and then set immediately again, always focusing the product like in the area where I need the most coverage."
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"If you're at a point where you're just getting older and you're feeling like you can't set your under eyes with powder the way you used to, the e.l.f. Halo Glow Setting Powder is so good, so good. I highly recommend switching to it. They have a bunch of different colors for different skin tones. It has pearl, like a really fine pearl in it, so it creates like a luminosity, and it's finely milled so you can set your under eyes and it won't like move around, but it will not make your under eyes look creepy. It's been like such a game changer for me."
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"You know her, you love her. This worked pretty well with a brush. I don't know that I like it with a puff."
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"My elf Halo Glow is quite a bit lighter than Peach Pie, and while this is cool-toned, there's a lot of color in here. These powders are heavily scented, it doesn't really bother me that much, I feel like it doesn't really last too long on your face, but they are very heavily scented."
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"I'm gonna set underneath my eyes using my elf Halo Glow powder like I always do, making sure it's all blended."
"I don't like that powder. I've tested it out many times and I think it's really dry and kind of chalky. It feels very dry on your skin. I know it works for some people, I just I didn't personally like it, especially under the eyes. I'd say it's good for T-Zone mattification, like to mattify that T-Zone oil, but under the eyes it's especially dry."
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Frequently asked.
What is e.l.f. Halo Glow Setting Powder?
A finely milled setting powder with a delicate pearl finish, designed to set makeup while maintaining a luminous, skin-like appearance rather than a matte finish.
Is e.l.f. Halo Glow Setting Powder worth it?
The gurus mostly approve it, but with enough reservations to keep it in the middle at a Guru Score of 72%.
What is e.l.f. Halo Glow Setting Powder's Guru Score?
e.l.f. Halo Glow Setting Powder holds a Guru Score of 72%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 3 expert reviewers we have collected. At least one expert has named it a Top Pick in its category.
Who is e.l.f. Halo Glow Setting Powder best for?
e.l.f. Halo Glow Setting Powder is generally suited to oily skin.
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