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e.l.f. Power Grip Dewy Setting Spray.

e.l.f. Power Grip Dewy Setting Spray
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Powder & Setting
About this product

A hydrating setting spray with aloe and hyaluronic acid designed to set makeup while adding moisture and a dewy finish to the skin.

Full ingredients

Water (Aqua), Isononyl Isononanoate, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Caprylic/​Capric Triglyceride, Glycerin, Hydrolyzed Sodium Hyaluronate, Squalane, Camellia Sinensis Seed Oil, Melia Azadirachta Flower Extract, Melia Azadirachta Leaf Extract, Corallina Officinalis Extract, Moringa Oleifera Seed Oil, Ocimum Sanctum Leaf Extract, Coccinia Indica Fruit Extract, Solanum Melongena (Eggplant) Fruit Extract, Aloe Barbadensis Flower Extract, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil, Melia Azadirachta Bark Extract, Curcuma Longa (Turmeric) Root Extract, Ocimum Basilicum (Basil) Flower/​Leaf Extract, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, Hydroxyethyl Urea, Tocopherol, 1,2-Hexanediol, Potassium Sorbate, PVP, Sodium Benzoate, Hydroxyacetophenone, Diethylhexyl Syringylidenemalonate, Sodium Chloride, Citric Acid, Arginine, Disodium EDTA, Blue 1 (Ci 42090), Yellow 5 (Ci 19140)

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What the gurus are saying

The fine mist and hydrating formula earn consistent praise for feeling more like a skincare step than a heavy setting spray, lending a bouncy glow rather than a matte or powdery layer. Those with oily skin appreciate that it grips makeup without over-moisturising, though the formula does separate slightly so a shake before application matters. For best results, some gurus press it gently into the skin with a sponge after application.
Synthesized from 3 expert reviews · most recent take October 2026

What they liked

  • Ultra-fine mist that barely shows
  • Hydrates without feeling heavy on oily skin
  • Helps makeup last through the day

What they flagged

  • Needs a shake before each use

Type

Powder & SettingSpray & mist

Key actives

Formula notes

Fragrance-freeNo drying alcohol

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What the experts use it for.

The concerns the experts tie this product to, in their own words. Paid and founder takes don't count.

Dull skin1 expert

“And it just has a beautiful glow.”

Robert Welsh, watch at 2:11

What the gurus are saying.

Every take we've logged from this product's reviews across YouTube. Click any row to watch the moment they said it.

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Alexandra Anele
Alexandra Anele
1.45M subs
✓Yay
"I'm adding a little bit of the e.l.f. setting spray to just kind of rehydrate, which really, it's one of my favorite tips for making your makeup like sink into the skin and stay put."
Robert Welsh
Robert Welsh
1.11M subs
✓Yay
"Two of my favorites are the e.l.f. Power Grip Dewy [...] Setting Spray. The reason I really like these is because they are like setting sprays, but they're more a hydrating mist. [...] They are more skin care-like. So it's not a setting spray like a full, intense theatrical setting spray where your face is going to feel like it has a layer or something solid on it. [...] They are more hydrating to the skin."
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"Two of my favorites are the e.l.f. Power Grip Dewy [...] Setting Spray. The reason I really like these is because they are like setting sprays, but they're more a hydrating mist. [...] They are more skin care-like. So it's not a setting spray like a full, intense theatrical setting spray where your face is going to feel like it has a layer or something solid on it. [...] They are more hydrating to the skin."
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"The e.l.f Power Grip Dewy Setting Spray is incredible. [...] This is a setting spray, and it hydrates also. The hydration in this is the main thing I want to go for. It has aloe in it, which is super, super hydrating. And for you oily people, it's not over hydrating. [...] This is going to help grip onto your makeup. It's going to stop oils from coming through the skin, because that's where they come from. [...] And it just has a beautiful glow. The glow from this. Stunning."
Allie Glines
Allie Glines
829k subs
✓Yay
"For setting spray I really personally love and got a lot of use out of the Power Grip Dewy Setting Spray from e.l.f. I actually traveled with this quite a bit. I really love the mist on it, I feel like that's why I gravitated towards it so much, but also I feel like it adds a beautiful finish to the skin. I feel like it does help with the longevity of my makeup. It's just really good. e.l.f. really nailed it with this one as well."
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"For setting spray I really personally love and got a lot of use out of the Power Grip Dewy Setting Spray from e.l.f. I actually traveled with this quite a bit. I really love the mist on it, I feel like that's why I gravitated towards it so much, but also I feel like it adds a beautiful finish to the skin. I feel like it does help with the longevity of my makeup. It's just really good. e.l.f. really nailed it with this one as well."
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"I love how fine the mist is on the setting spray. Once that kind of sinks into the skin, I like to press it in with my sponge."
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"I'm going to use the e.l.f. Power Grip Setting Spray. I'm using this one like crazy I really like it. I think the fine mist is what I really love, but I do notice like my makeup looks nice when I wear it as well."
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"I traveled with this power grip setting spray from e.l.f so I'll just Spritz this all over and then I'm going to just press that in."
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"The e.l.f. Power Grip Dewy Setting Spray [...] has a little bit of separation, so you're supposed to shake it up before you apply it. It's a by-face setting spray with aloe and hyaluronic acid and it's supposed to grip the makeup onto the skin and be dewy. [...] The mist on this is perfection, it's so beautiful and so fine you can barely see it. [...] It does seem to have added a little bit more glow to the skin."
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"I'm so curious to see if it's similar to one of my favorite setting sprays from Iconic London. Some of the glow today may have been from the Elf setting spray, and the mist is very fine."

What the evidence says.

Independent of what the gurus think, this is what the published research supports about the main active ingredients here.

Urea

Urea both holds water in the skin and gently loosens dead surface cells. At higher strengths it has good evidence for very dry or thickened skin.

Source: DermNet

Humectants and emollients

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

Vitamin E

Vitamin E is an antioxidant, and it is often in a formula to keep the other ingredients stable rather than as the active itself. It pairs well with vitamin C, though on its own the evidence for visible change is limited.

Source: NIH, National Library of Medicine

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