The Setting Powder I'm Currently Into

So guys. Remember when I bought and returned that Smashbox powder foundation that I tried to use as a setting powder? (If not, read about my adventures in returning HERE) Well, I totally had a game plan to buy a Laura Mercier translucent setting powder in place of the Smashbox one because every blogger/youtube beauty guru/their mothers all love it.

But I really should have learned because I cannot just "have a game plan" when walking into Sephora. There are too many distractions and I start second guessing myself and my well thought out "game plan" fall apart.

Well. When I went to Sephora to ask a sales rep if she thought the Laura Mercier powder was in fact, a good choice for my skin and what I was looking for, the sales rep was like, "Girl. If you're looking for a dewy finish setting powder, come. Over. Here." She lead me to the Too Faced section and showed me the below:

I like the Too Faced products I've tried, namely their chocolate soleil bronzer (holy grail bronzer because of the tone; not too red not too gray. Perfect to create those shadows under your cheekbones for a contour but magically the tone also works perfectly to tan your face up. It's rare you find a product that can do both.)

And their Chocolate Bar Eye Shadow palette (the best mix of neutral shimmer shades and matte shades, really nice deeper tones with a little olive and purple thrown in. Great for hazel, brown and green eyes. Although, hold up: my bff has blue eyes and this palette looks awesome on her. So, revised. Great for every eye color.)

So I was willing to give the setting powder a shot. And then she had me try some on the back of my hand and one swipe was all I needed to be totally sold. It isn't a flat powder; it sets your concealer and or foundation but it has the SLIGHTEST bit of sheen to it. It really just makes for gorgeous skin, youthful, dewy skin. All the other ones I tested in Sephora were flat, matte and I could tell, would make my skin look dry as the sahara.

Oh, ALSO. I love the packaging. A big reason I've stayed away from loose powder previously is because that shit just gets so messy. It's not easy to travel with because you get back to your hotel room, unpack everything, take your makeup out, open up your translucent powder and then it's like Pablo Escobar left a trail all up in your hotel bathroom. White powder EVERYWHERE. Then you have to deal with like, trying to get the powder back into the little holes in the sifter because you don't want to dunk your brush into a huge mound of powder...and frankly, who has time for that. That cap closes over the sifter area and the powder doesn't go everywhere. Why is this is the first company to think of this?!

So anyway, that's today's little bit of goodness. If you have dry to normal skin and you like a dewy finish, TRY THIS SETTING POWDER.

Do you guys like Too Faced? Any products that are holy grail status?