RMS Beauty

RMS Beauty Hydra Setting Powder.

Powder & Setting

About this product

A finely milled setting powder designed to mattify shine and set makeup while maintaining a natural glow, particularly for use under the eyes and across the T-zone.

Full ingredients

Mica, Silica, Cetearyl Ethylhexanoate, Squalane (Vegetable), 1,2-Hexanediol, Caprylyl Glycol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Glycerin, Lycopodium Clavatum Extract, Imperata Cylindrica Root Extract, *Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil, **Mauritia Flexuosa (Buriti) Fruit Oil, Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Extract, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, Gellan Gum, Potassium Sorbate, Cellulose, Tocopherol (Non-Gmo), Water/Aqua/Eau, Iron Oxides (Ci 77491, Ci 77492, Ci 77499), Yellow 5 Lake (Ci 19140)

Guru Score

74%

Mixed

4 experts · Moderate agreement

What the gurus are saying

The powder's fine milling and lightweight texture let people target shine without flattening their whole face, keeping concealer in place and pores from looking enlarged even after hours of eating and drinking. The formula is economical, with a little going a long way, though most gurus who weighed in used it sparingly on shine-prone spots rather than all over.

Synthesized from 4 expert reviews · most recent take November 2025

What they liked

Finely milled texture
Mattifies without enlarging pores
Keeps concealer from settling

What they flagged

Nothing. None of the experts who reviewed it raised a problem.

Best for

Oily skin Combination skin

Type

Powder & SettingPowder

Key actives

Vitamin ESqualane

Formula notes

Fragrance-freeNo drying alcohol

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What the gurus are saying.

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HotandFlashy

1.23M subs

~Yay

"They have a really good setting powder. This is their Hydra Setting Powder. This is great. Also makes a"

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"They have a really good setting powder. This is their Hydra Setting Powder. This is great. Also makes a"

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"With the Hydra Setting Powder everything is still looking really nice, really mattified, pores aren't extra enlarged, and it seems to be keeping the concealer from settling [...] better than the tinted powder. It looks pretty dang good even after four hours with eating and drinking throughout the day."

Skin Obsessed Mary

33k subs

~Yay

"This is called the Hydra Setting Powder, and this is so good. I don't use a [...] lot of powder, but I prefer this just under the eyes or just around the T-zone because I can get a bit of shine. [...] It's very finely milled. I just go in to these little spots that I want to just get rid of that shine or set the concealer. [...] I still want a bit of glow, and this lets me do that."

Abbey Yung

886k subs

~Mixed

"Powders with that kind of radiance, like the Hourglass Ambient powder, often look gorgeous at first but [...] don't hold up well on me [...] because I lean oily, and [...] that was the case here, it doesn't keep my oils at bay as much as I'd like [...] with a full day of wear. It also makes my skin feel a little dry by the end of the day, though nothing like Makeup Forever or Makeup by Mario. I actually think it makes my skin look better than Makeup by Mario since it doesn't look as greasy."

Allie Glines

829k subs

~Mixed

"I really like the packaging it has a nice stopper on it. [...] This one feels very lightweight which is nice, very smooth too. I feel like a little goes a long way. I didn't use even half of what I dumped out. It feels really nice though. I like how lightweight it is, it feels very smoothing, feels very [...] soft. Yeah, it feels really nice."

What the evidence says.

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

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

Frequently asked.

What is RMS Beauty Hydra Setting Powder?

A finely milled setting powder designed to mattify shine and set makeup while maintaining a natural glow, particularly for use under the eyes and across the T-zone.

Is RMS Beauty Hydra Setting Powder worth it?

The gurus mostly approve it, but with enough reservations to keep it in the middle at a Guru Score of 74%.

What is RMS Beauty Hydra Setting Powder's Guru Score?

RMS Beauty Hydra Setting Powder holds a Guru Score of 74%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 4 expert reviewers we have collected.