Lawless Skin-Smoothing Talc-Free Perfecting Powder Versus Huda Beauty Easy Bake & Snatch Pressed Brightening & Setting Powder
What's inside
What's inside
Key Ingredients
Benefits
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Ingredients Side-by-side
Synthetic Fluorphlogopite
Zinc Stearate
Cosmetic ColorantSqualane
Emollient
Perlite
Absorbent
Caprylyl Glycol
Emollient
Ethylhexylglycerin
Skin ConditioningButyl Avocadate
Skin Conditioning
Bisabolol
Antioxidant
Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil
Emollient
Glycerin
Humectant
Water
Skin ConditioningTocopherol
Antioxidant
Lycium Barbarum Fruit Extract
Astringent
Nasturtium Officinale Extract
Perfuming
Tropaeolum Majus Extract
AntimicrobialSorbic Acid
Preservative
CI 77891
Cosmetic ColorantIron Oxides
CI 19140
Cosmetic ColorantCI 77163
Cosmetic Colorant
CI 77742
Cosmetic ColorantMica
Cosmetic ColorantSynthetic Fluorphlogopite, Zinc Stearate, Squalane, Perlite, Caprylyl Glycol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Butyl Avocadate, Bisabolol, Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil, Glycerin, Water, Tocopherol, Lycium Barbarum Fruit Extract, Nasturtium Officinale Extract, Tropaeolum Majus Extract, Sorbic Acid, CI 77891, Iron Oxides, CI 19140, CI 77163, CI 77742, Mica
Mica
Cosmetic ColorantBoron Nitride
Absorbent
Nylon-12
Magnesium Myristate
Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride
Masking
Butyl Avocadate
Skin Conditioning
Olea Europaea Fruit Oil
Masking
Hyaluronic Acid
Humectant
Tocopherol
Antioxidant
Ricinus Communis Seed Oil
Masking
Phenoxyethanol
Preservative
Dimer Dilinoleyl Dimer Dilinoleate
EmollientOctyldodecyl Stearoyl Stearate
Emollient
Sodium Dehydroacetate
Preservative
CI 19140
Cosmetic ColorantCI 77491
Cosmetic ColorantIron Oxides
CI 77492
Cosmetic ColorantMica, Boron Nitride, Nylon-12, Magnesium Myristate, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Butyl Avocadate, Olea Europaea Fruit Oil, Hyaluronic Acid, Tocopherol, Ricinus Communis Seed Oil, Phenoxyethanol, Dimer Dilinoleyl Dimer Dilinoleate, Octyldodecyl Stearoyl Stearate, Sodium Dehydroacetate, CI 19140, CI 77491, Iron Oxides, CI 77492
Ingredients Explained
These ingredients are found in both products.
Ingredients higher up in an ingredient list are typically present in a larger amount.
Butyl Avocadate isn't fungal acne safe.
CI 19140 is also known as Tartrazine. Tartrazine is a synthetic dye used in cosmetics, foods, and medicine to add a yellow color.
Tartrazine is created from petroleum and is water-soluble.
Some people may experience allergies from this dye, especially asthmatics and those with an aspirin intolerance.
Learn more about CI 19140Mica is a naturally occurring mineral used to add shimmer and color in cosmetics. It can also help improve the texture of a product or give it an opaque, white/silver color.
Serecite is the name for very fine but ragged grains of mica.
This ingredient is often coated with metal oxides like titanium dioxide. Trace amounts of heavy metals may be found in mica, but these metals are not harmful in our personal products.
Mica has been used since prehistoric times throughout the world. Ancient Egyptian, Indian, Greek, Roman, Aztec, and Chinese civilizations have used mica.
Learn more about MicaTocopherol is a fat-soluble antioxidant known as Vitamin E.
You'll find this ingredient in the vast majority of skincare (for good reason). It works to neutralize free radicals, or unstable molecules generated by UV exposure, pollution, and other environmental stressors, before they can cause oxidative damage to your skin cells.
Topically applied tocopherol has been shown to protect against UV damage by ramping up the skin's own natural defense enzymes.
It also acts as a skin conditioning agent; some studies show that regular topical use can improve the skin's water-binding capacity over 2-4 weeks.
This ingredient is especially loved for being a team player. When combined with Vitamin C, the photoprotective effect of both ingredients roughly doubles and the combo also helps reduce UV-induced DNA damage.
This ingredient has some brightening potential but it's more of a prevention ingredient than spot-fader. Cell studies show it can slow down melanin production but it's worth noting that it's not the most powerful brightener out there.
In formulations, it also serves as a stabilizer that helps protect other oxidation-prone ingredients from degrading.
Concentrations usually range from 0.1-1% in most leave-on products.
Learn more about TocopherolThis ingredient is a combination of red, black, and yellow iron oxide pigments. This combination of colors is usually found in foundation, because it results in a "skin" color.
The EU typically uses CI numbers for colorants when applicable, such as CI 77489. In the US, iron oxides are regulated as color additives and "iron oxides" is the most commonly used name in US cosmetic practice.
A 2021 paper looked at skincare formulations containing iron oxides and found that they reduced transmission of blue light when measured optically. In simple terms, the pigment particles helped block or scatter part of the visible light spectrum in lab testing and the authors suggest this could translate into better protection against blue-light-related skin effects.
There is also clinical and experimental research showing that tinted products containing iron oxides can reduce visible light-induced pigmentation:
Please note, whether a product reduces visible or blue light depends on things like:
In the EU's CosIng database, iron oxides are only listed as a colorant. CosIng groups ingredients by their main cosmetic role, such as colorant, preservative, or UV filter.
Though studies say iron oxides can "attenuate blue light", they're describing an optical property and not an officially recognized cosmetic function.
So CosIng isn’t contradicting the research. It’s just classifying iron oxides by what they officially are: pigments that add color.
Learn more about Iron Oxides
