The only differences I found – one minor and one more defining – is that the translucent powder is more finely milled and does a better job at oil control. The latter difference is the reason why I think the translucent powder is a superior product, especially for those with oily or combination skin. I found that my skin was more shiny on the side with the RCMA powder within a couple hours of wear. And, that conversely, the translucent powder made my skin look more luminous rather than oily. With that said, if you’re trying to decide between the two and you’re budget conscious, I would try the RCMA powder first and see if it works for you. It’s a great product, and I think that as far as how it looks on the skin, I can see no difference in person or in flash photography. Laura Mercier Translucent Setting Powder is possibly the most talked about and hyped about setting powder in the beauty world. So much so, that it’s featured in just about every makeup tutorial and most makeup artists have at least one pot in their kits.

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Is the Rcma powder necessarily less drying? My skin is dry, and when I apply my foundation and concealer it looks perfect, no dryness or dullness. I have to set my makeup because I wear it all day, and so I use my Laura mercier powder and immediately my skin looks dull, lifeless, and dry patches all around my face are very accentuated… Even with setting spray afterwards, I find that the powder doesn’t settle (and I’ve found setting sprays to break my foundation up much sooner in the day than not using them).Thankyou for this! Such a good, objective and informative post. Having never tried a loose powder, I am going to take your advice and start with the RCMA and see how I like it. Hi again! For dry under eyes, it’s best to use cream concealers. I would try Bobbi Brown or Kevyn Aucoin . Hope that helps! This powder is also widely used in “baking” the face – meaning it’s applied as a heavy layer over highlighted areas of the face (mainly the center), left for a few minutes to settle in and the residue dusted off with a powder brush. I personally don’t use the baking technique so my findings/opinions are based on lightly dusting the powders over the skin with powder brushes. Love the post! Do you have a list of ingredients- would love to also know if this is paraben-free! X Figure out where you fall on RCMA’s shade spectrum, so you’ll be all set to conceal, contour, and custom-blend base shades that you can adapt as your skin.

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I do have quite dry undereye area. With the powder I would like to both set my concealer, preventing it from creasing, and maybe leave it slightly lighter than the rest of the face? Because I do have foundation powder which I use to set the rest of the face, but I feel it will look too dark under my eyes. Thank you! Thank you for the wonderful review. I am bit nervous using the rcma no color powder on my clients mainly because I m not sure if it ll leave a white cast. I usually used Laura Mercier for baking technique but rcma makes my skin look shiny on the camera.

Or what would you recomend.. my under eye tends to crease and I just want a smooth under eye with no white out cast that can easily take pics.. have you ever tried the cover fx translucent powder? Hi Shiela! I’ve never tried it, but now I know what to review next.;) It will take some time for me to get it and test it out, but I’ll definitely message you once it’s up! Hi Bronwyn, I’m so happy to hear the post helped you with your decision. Price point is definitely very different between the two powders, however you only need the tiniest amount so it will last a long time. I guess you can look at it as a long-term investment :) Ingredients: Boron Nitride, Aluminum Starch Octenylsuccinate, Silca, Mica, Polymethyl Methacrylate, Diphenyl Dimethicone, Vinyl Diphenyl Dimethicone Silsesquioxane Crosspolymer, Lauroyl Lysine, Theobroma Cacao (Cocoa)Seed Butter, Tocopheryl Acetate, Quercetin May Contain(s): Blue 1 Lake CI 42090, Iron Oxide CI 77491, Iron Oxide CI 77499, Red 28 Lake CI 45410, Red 6 CI 15850, Red 7 Lake CI 15850, Yellow 5 CI 19140, Yellow 6 CI 15985, Chromium Hydroxide Green CI 77289, Chromium Oxide Green CI 77288, Ultramarine CI 77007, Iron Oxide CI 77489, Iron Oxide CI 77492, Zinc Oxide CI 77947. Love this post❤️ thinking to buy laura at the first time, but after read your comment and you said that laura contain paraben, now I want to buy the RCMA, the problem is, my skin is sometimes very dry in my cheeks, sometims just dry, and in my nose area is always oily but not too much. what should I buy? just want to set my concealer to preventing creasing. is RCMA fine? since I really avoid using products that contain paraben. Thanks!!