Kosas Setting Powder

Milabu Rating

  • Overall
    (4.4)
  • Performance
    (4.4)

Price Category: Pro-Grade

  • $35.00 Retail

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Pros

  • Lightweight
  • Smooths fine lines
  • Gives skin an airbrushed, diffused look
  • Minimizes pores
  • Takes away shine
  • Comes in 10 shades

Cons

  • Not mattifying
  • Not long-lasting

Kosas Setting Powder Review

Let’s review Kosas Cloud Set Setting Powder that flawlessly sets makeup. It is a lightweight, baked pressed powder that minimizes pores and smoothes fine lines.

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Kosas Cloud Set Setting Powder diffuses skin and keeps the glow.

Kosas has been making waves over the past few years with its unique formulas, its banning of over 2,700 ingredients, and its infusing of skincare with makeup in every product. Kosas Cloud Set Setting Powder is one of them. Cloud Set is a skincare-infused, pressed powder that flawlessly sets makeup. This talc free powder hasn’t won any awards yet, but it has been on my radar, Allure‘s radar, and has made a buzz in the beauty community since its early 2021 launch. Let’s dive into Kosas Cloud Set Setting Powder Review.

Quick Rating Rundown

This Product

(4.4)
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Value

(4.4)

Application

(4.8)

Finish

(4.3)

Longevity

(4)

Extra Benefits

(4.5)

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Our Rating Criteria

Promises vs. Performance: Just how can a powder have skincare benefits?

Kosas is a unique brand that infuses the majority of their products with skincare benefits. Kosas Cloud Set Setting Powder is no different. According to their website, this formula starts as a mousse filled with active liquid, skincare ingredients. These ingredients work to reduce oil (bamboo stem extract), smooth fine lines (passionfruit leaf extract) and minimize pores (Chinese peony). Cloud Set is a baked powder that is soft, sheer, and lightweight. And, of course, Kosas is a clean brand that is cruelty free with no use of ingredients such as talc, PEGS, or undisclosed fragrances.

My Review Thoughts: Kosas Setting Powder

Let me start out the review by expressing just how stunning Kosas Setting Powder is! It gives you a beautiful airbrushed, diffused look. It removes excess shine and oil, without removing the glow of the products underneath. Kosas setting powder flawlessly sets just about every product I have tried it with (yep, even Estée Lauder Double Wear). I do find that I have to powder or blot my face throughout the day to control oil on hotter days, but that is normal for me with any setting powder I use. What’s nice about Kosas setting powder specifically, is it doesn’t look cakey or powdery the more product you add. You can even bake with it, which I find unique for a pressed powder!

Performance Rating

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(4.4)
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(4.8)

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(4.2)

Finish – texture

(4.5)

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(4.1)

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(4)

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(4.3)
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Let’s Review How It Compares: Kosas Setting Powder is a beautiful, talc free formula.

Kosas Cloud Set Setting Powder has become one of my favorite powders. It’s a stunning formula that is lightweight and beautifully sets makeup. It provides a really nice, natural finish. My pores vanish, my fine lines are smoothed, and my skin looks airbrushed, all of which I just love. The one thing I will say is that it isn’t the most mattifying powder out there. If your skin does lean more oily, you may find you need to touch up with this powder throughout the day with a blotting sheet. Or, layer a setting spray on top for even more longevity!

And, I must say in the review: I haven’t met a complexion combination that doesn’t play well with this Kosas Setting powder. Even if I add more when I touch-up, it doesn’t look cakey or powdery.

Milabu Beauty Method: Use setting powder for anything cream.

  1. First apply all cream products (foundation, concealer, cream blush/bronzer/highlight).
  2. I like to set my under eye area first. Take a small, fluffy brush that fits easily in this area. One of my favorites is this one from Real Techniques ($7.99).
  3. Next, set the rest of your face. I tend to concentrate setting powder in my T-zone then lightly dust it over the rest of my face. A good brush for this is the Ultra Plush Powder Brush from Real Techniques ($9.99).
  4. Toss it in your purse for easy, on-the-go touchups!

Tip: If there’s an area where makeup tends to budge most, take a puff (the BeautyBlender one is amazing) to really press the powder into your skin. I find this technique works really well for setting the under eye area!

Advertised Product Highlights

Kosas Cloud Set Setting Powder

# OF SHADES: 10

FORMULATION: Pressed Powder

FINISH: Natural

LONGEVITY: No claims

SKIN TYPE: All skin types

BENEFITS: Bamboo stem extract reduces shine; Passionfruit leaf extract smoothes skin; Chinese peony minimizes the look of pores

CLEAN BEAUTY CLAIMS: Cruelty free; Vegan; Free of parabens, sulfates, formaldehyde, PPG, phenoxyethanol, aluminum, dimethicone, phthalates, talc, BHA/BHT, PEGS, petrolatum, undisclosed “fragrance,” cyclic silicones

Edited by Maddie

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