How To Use a Powder Puff for a Filtered Makeup Finish
By Ella Neve
Brought to life by the internet's favorite It Girl, Alix Earl, powder puffs have taken over the makeup brushes’ role in achieving the smooth, filter look everyone is aiming for.
Alix Earl’s Process
In Earl’s viral makeup routine she applies her “wet” products first, aka a shimmery primer, foundation, liquid bronzer, and concealer, blending each product with a damp beauty blender before moving on to the next.
Once the “wet” products are blended, Earl dips her powder puff into her favorite setting powder (Huda Beauty Easy Bake Loose Baking & Setting Powder) and heavily applies it to the sides of her nose and across her eyes to upper cheek bones.
The powder puff achieves seamless blending better than a damp beauty blender because it is already dry, rather than trying to use a wet applicator (damp beauty blender) with a dry product.
Alix Earl via Style Caster
In this step it is careful to note that she doesn't blend it, but rather allows it to set on her face while she does her eyeshadow, eyeliner, and eyebrows. Earl then lightly brushes off the applied powder under her eyes and moves on to her “dry” products, blush, powdered bronzer, powdered highlighter, and tops it off with mascara. If you are newer to the idea of layering your dry and wet products, we recommend researching skin combination types to learn if you fall under a more oily or dry combination, whichever way you lean more will determine how you balance out your dry and wet products, and therefore how you can use setting powder to your advantage.
Powder puffs can be used on dry and wet products and since many come in a pack, take advantage of being able to use them to blend many kinds of products, experiment, and find what works best for you and your skin type!
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