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Want your wedding makeup to stay put all day and night long? Then you need a setting powder in your wedding makeup kit! A good setting powder will stop your foundation rubbing off on your guests, reduce shine (very important for photographs!) and generally keep you looking fabulous into the wee hours of the morning. But not all setting powders are suitable for wear on your wedding day - avoid products with silica as these can create a white cast or flashback in photographs. Your wedding makeup artist can help you find the perfect products to wear on the big day, but in the meantime, check out our list of the best setting powders for brides!
The Best Setting Powders for Brides
1. Chanel Natural Finish Loose Powder
Chanel's loose powder is a makeup artist's favourite, and it comes in seven true-to-skin shades, plus this translucent version. Ultra-fine, the powder gives a mattifying veil of cover to a bridal makeup look without settling into fine lines and creases. The finish on this is natural and sheer and it'll stay put all day and all night.
2. IT Cosmetics Bye Bye Pores Illuminating Pressed Powder
Anyone with an oily skin type will know the struggle of trying to achieve glowy, not shiny skin. A powder that delivers that glow but controls excess oil is a rare find. It's in this pressed powder compact, which is great to keep in your bridal handbag for when touch-ups are necessary. With zero glitter or shimmer, the powder boasts light reflection and superb oil control. It's available in a translucent shade - use a large powder brush to dust over the skin for the look of instant airbrushing and a lit-from-within glow.
3. Estée Lauder Double Wear Stay-In-Place Matte Powder Foundation SPF 10
One for the wedding, honeymoon, and beyond, a hybrid powder-foundation is a great investment. Everyone knows the legendary Double Wear foundation, now here it is in a handy compact. The long-wearing powder can be used as foundation (medium or full), and as a powder for touch-ups. Fantastic when redness pops through, and there are 25+ shades to choose from.
4. KVD Beauty Lock-It Finishing Powder
A compact for even the oiliest of complexions, KVD Beauty are renowned for the 'Lock-It' technology that runs through some other products, like foundation and lip colour. This powder has oil-absorbing powders to maintain a matte finish all day. Use it once oil strikes, and its translucent shade will mattify instantly. There are four shades to choose from, and the chic, wax seal-style compact is refillable too.
5. Charlotte Tilbury Airbrush Flawless Finish Powder
There are five shades in this cult-status setting powder from Charlotte Tilbury, each packaged in lustrous gold casing. Charlotte is famous for the air-brushed effect her makeup delivers. She creates everything for the catwalk or red carpet, as a celebrity MUA, it's in her DNA. This ultra-fine pressed powder has blurring qualities for pores and lines, so it gives skin a glowing veil for the cameras. 
6. BareMinerals SPF 25 Mineral Veil Finishing Powder
From the creators of the original mineral powder foundation loved by so many is this lightweight finishing powder. BareMinerals has a loyal group of fans with sensitive skin, so this setting powder is ideal if makeup causes irritation. It comes in translucent and a cream shade, and it will be used long after a wedding day for a sheer veil to balance uneven skin tone, or as last stage of any makeup look.
7. Shiseido Synchro Skin Invisible Silk Loose Powder
Japanese brand Shiseido is the expert when it comes to high-tech makeup - their lip and face base formulas are off-the-charts good. This air-light finishing powder is very finely milled and sits like silk on the skin, so we had to include it on our list of the best setting powders for brides. Translucent, it comes in two finishes, Matte and Radiant. If you need to control oil, go for Matte, if you want that lit-from-within look on your big day, go for Radiant.
8. Laura Mercier Translucent Loose Setting Powder - Glow
The Instagram cult beauty buy, Laura Mercier's Matte version of this powder was the star that spawned dozens of other loose powders for the face-baking trend. This Glow version is better for bridal makeup as it's radiant and soft to wear. It's available in two shades, light/medium and medium/deep - apply with a brush for even coverage and a soft glow that goes on all day.
9. Huda Beauty Easy Bake Loose Powder
This one is definitely a setting powder for in front of the camera - if you like to bake for that full coverage look, then Huda's award-winning powder is your best option. Available in Translucent and seven skin-coloured shades, the universally popular Banana Bread still sells like hotcakes. Ultra-light and finely milled, the powder helps to set makeup and cover small imperfections in the skin.
10. Urban Decay All Nighter Waterproof Setting Powder
High-tech durability here from Urban Decay, the All Nighter line includes setting sprays and this pressed powder. Designed with intense heat and water resistance in mind, it delivers water and sweat-proofing, and oil control in a single compact. The powder has optical illusion particles that blur pores and fine lines, so it's ideal for a destination wedding or honeymoon.
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