Discover the differences between pink and peach setting powder vs regular setting powder and learn why you need to try setting your makeup with a shade of pink or peach.
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Darlings, pink setting powder has been all over social media recently, but what does pink setting powder do? What’s the difference between pink and peach setting powder? And when should you reach for a pink setting powder over your usual AIRbrush Flawless Finish pressed powder or AIRbrush Flawless Blur Loose Powder?
Discover the beautifying effects that pink and peach powder can have on your makeup look and learn how to use pink and peach setting powder to give your complexion a love-blushed filter effect.
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Pink is such a beauty-boosting colour – whether you’re glazing your lips with pink lipstick, creating a romantic pink eyeshadow look, or rouging your cheeks with pink blush, there’s something so magical about the way shades of pink can lift the look of your makeup. Pink setting powder takes notes from the dreamy tones of pink makeup and gives your complexion the blushing appearance of an English rose. Just like skin-toned shades of makeup powder, pink setting powders like my AIRbrush Flawless Blur Loose Powder in Brightening Pink can be used to set makeup into place and give your complexion a smooth-and-blur effect, however, it also has an array of beauty benefits that you can only get from adding a wink of pink powder to your look:
Dark circles are one of the most common skin concerns that people in my makeup chair talk to me about, and what a lot of them don’t know is that you can disguise the appearance of dull-looking skin tone and darkness under eyes with pink setting powder. A rosy shade of pink has the ability to neutralise the look of blue tones that give your eye area a dark, shadowed appearance. When setting concealer under your eyes, try using a pink setting powder to set and colour correct in one step!
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Pink makeup powder can look flattering on everyone, but it marries particularly well with cool-toned complexions. Cool-toned skin often has a pink undertone that is beautifully complemented by pink setting powder. Tapping on a shade of pink setting powder gives skin a rosy, cherry blossom appearance that beautifully enhances the pink tones in your complexion.
Working on set for over 30 years, I’ve learned so many lighting tricks that I have then bottled with my makeup collection. There’s something so flattering about the glow of pink lights… Old Hollywood actresses used to carry around pink lights to act like a beauty filter, lifting and enlivening the look of their complexions on camera with pink light tricks! Using a pink setting powder will give your skin a similar pink tint that looks effortlessly beautifying. Press pink setting powder under your eyes, on the top of your cheekbones, and underneath your contour to instantly lift and brighten the look of your facial architecture.
Monochromatic makeup looks will always be chic, darlings, and using a pink setting powder will perfectly complement the pink makeup products you have used to beautify your lips, cheeks and eyes. Colour match your pink setting powder and pink blush to give your makeup look a pretty pink love effect! My Brightening Pink loose setting powder will pair beautifully with a pink blush like my AIRbrush Flawless Blush Blur in Pillow Talk Medium or Loved Up. It's also a magical match for any of the products in my globally loved Pillow Talk collection and the touch of rose that it gives your complexion will also look sensational alongside a pearly pop of my Pinkgasm Beauty Light Wand.
Get the pink setting powder look with my AIRbrush Flawless Blur Loose Powder in Brightening Pink and my limited-edition Pillow Talk Beauty Soulmates Face Palette in Flawless Pink!
Peach setting powder is similar to pink setting powder in the sense that it has colour-correcting properties and subtly tints your complexion, however, the effect that you get from pink vs peach setting powder differs slightly. Peach is a warmer, more orange-leaning shade of pink which makes it perfect for adding warmth to your complexion. If you are interested in the abilities of pink setting powder to cancel out the appearance of dark circles but don’t feel like pink is your colour, I recommend experimenting with a peachy shade of powder.
Dark circles can also be colour corrected with peach setting powder. Peach has warm, orangey tones that are perfect for counteracting the blue tones that exist within dark circles. For pronounced dark circles, I recommend applying a colour-correcting concealer like my Magic Vanish, then setting it with a peach setting powder to effectively neutralise dullness and darkness around the eye area.
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Peachy pinks are universally flattering and are perfect for warming up the look of your face. If your skin is naturally warm toned, peachier shades of pink will pop on your complexion. Peach setting powders will bring out any peach or golden undertones in your skin and give your face a warm, healthy-looking, sunshine appearance.
On set, warm-toned lighting is used to give complexions a rich, golden glow. By using a peach setting powder, you can mimic the filter effect of warm beauty lights and give your complexion a kiss of sweet peach. Applying a soft veil of peach setting powder on your whole face will give your complexion a warm, even-looking, peachy tint, or you can create a warm, brightening effect by focusing peach powder under your eyes, on the high points of your cheekbones and below the carve of your contour to create a flattering flush and lift effect.
Adding a peach setting powder to your peach makeup look will carry the beautiful, peachy tones that you love into your complexion. If you are wearing a peach blush like my AIRbrush Flawless Blush Blur in Ecstasy or Summer Lovegasm or my Beauty Light Wand in Peachgasm, pairing them with a peach setting powder creates such a seamless look and beautifully meshes your foundation and blush.
To get an irresistible peach makeup look, wear a peach setting powder like my AIRbrush Flawless Blur Loose Powder in Brightening Peach and the matte peach blush shades in my limited-edition Pillow Talk Beauty Soulmates Face Palette – Flawless Rosewood.
Darlings, regular setting powder and pink setting powder share a lot of the same qualities – they both smooth and blur the look of skin, mattify and remove unwanted shine, and set liquid and cream makeup products into place. The difference between the two lies in their unique tone; regular setting powder is designed to closely match your foundation shade to create a perfected, porcelain-like skin finish that looks super smooth, whereas pink setting powder is intended to brighten and colour-correct the look of your existing skin tone, introducing neutralising pink or peach tones that help skin to look brighter and more lifted.
Tilbury Tip: Darlings, the pink and peach setting powder shades in my Pillow Talk Beauty Soulmates Face Palettes are the same AIRbrush Flawless Finish formula you love in limited-edition colour-correcting shades! They have my signature AIRbrush effect as well as Colour Correcting Pigments that help skin tone to look brighter and more balanced.
To set and mattify foundation
To cover blemishes
Makeup touch ups
Shop AIRbrush Flawless Blur Loose Powder in Translucent Blur Filter
To powder under your eyes
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To brighten and colour correct
Shop AIRbrush Flawless Blur Loose Powder in Brightening Pink
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Tapping a light veil of pink or peach setting powder onto your under eyes can help to neutralise the appearance of dark circles, making your eye area appear brighter and more awake. To effectively colour correct under eyes, first apply a colour-correcting concealer like Magic Vanish in a pink, peach, orange or red tone that will help to counteract cool blue tones around the eyes. Then, apply a medium or full-coverage concealer on top to give your under eyes a perfected, even-looking appearance. Finally, set your under eyes with peach or pink setting powder like AIRbrush Flawless Blur Loose Powder in Brightening Pink or Brightening Peach to help cancel out any remaining dullness.
Since pink and peach setting powders have similar tones to the pink and peach blushes that you love, they are the perfect transition shade for getting a seamless blend from your blush into your foundation. After you have applied your blush, take a pink or peach setting powder on the Powder & Sculpt Brush and brush in light circles around the edges of your blush. This will diffuse the edges and create a dreamy gradient that flows effortlessly from poppy, pigmented blush into smooth-as-butter foundation.
Tilbury Tip: AIRbrush Flawless Blush Blur and AIRbrush Flawless Blur Loose Powder are a miracle match! For a flawless blend, apply Pillow Talk Medium blush and use Brightening Pink loose powder to diffuse the edges.
Pink and peach tones of setting powder are perfect for baking your makeup because they give your complexion a beautiful, brightening effect. To brighten and bake, press setting powder into the centre of your forehead and under your eyes, cut along the underside of your cheek contour, tap onto the sides of your nose, then leave it for a few minutes to bake. Sweep it away with a fluffy brush and you’ll reveal bright, pinky-peach highlights that pop!
Tilbury Tip: I like to use my Soft AIRbake method when baking with pink setting powder. Apply on the inner and outer corners of your under eyes and at the corners of your mouth for a soft lift effect.
Cloud blush is where your blush looks so velvety smooth and diffuses so effortlessly into your complexion, it looks like a beautiful pink or peach cloud! To get the cloud blush look, tap the Bronzer & Blusher Brush into your blush shade of choice, then swirl it into your pink or peach setting powder before sweeping it along your cheekbones. Adding setting powder to your blush will introduce a gorgeous, airbrush effect to your look that instantly blurs and beautifies, and the pink and peach tones will pop on the apples of your cheeks!
Get the look: Tap into both shades in my limited-edition Pillow Talk Beauty Soulmates Face Palette to create a custom cloud blush look – they belong together, darlings!
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With over 30 years experience, Charlotte Tilbury MBE is the world's number 1 makeup artist and British beauty entrepreneur. Charlotte established Charlotte Tilbury Beauty in 2013, which is now a record-breaking beauty brand that has won over 400 awards.
