Creating the perfect smokey eye and contour takes time, so if there’s a way to ensure your makeup stays in place all day, we’re definitely going to take it. With so many available, it can be pretty hard to find the perfect setting spray, so handily our Beauty Editor has done all the research and developed a guide to the best setting sprays EVER.
Best Setting Spray 2019
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NYX Professional Makeup Setting Spray - Matte Finish/Long Lasting
Buy now with free deliveryFirst up on our list of the best setting sprays, is NYX Professional Makeup’s cult Matte Setting Spray. As the name would suggest, this one leaves you with a matte finish, as opposed to dewy, making it a great option for those with slightly oilier skin types.
Incredibly lightweight, this formulation won’t leave any tacky feeling on the face, and help to ensure a shine-free appearance all day.
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Barry M Cosmetics Makeup Setting Spray - Dewy
Buy now with free deliveryDrugstore makeup brand Barry M have created a good setting spray that comes in at under a fiver. Ultra light, this setting spray will cover face in a veil that will leave a dewy finish to your complexion whilst hydrating.
Plus, it will help to protect and shield skin against dirt and pollution in urban environments.
This is also cruelty-free and vegan makeup.
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GLAMGLOW GLOWSETTER MAKE UP SETTING SPRAY
Buy now with free deliveryAlthough better known for their face masks, celebrity skincare brand GLAMGLOW have created a professional quality setting spray that’s worthy of anyone’s makeup collection.
GLOWSETTER is a mix of mineral waters enriched with Caffeine to boost tired skin, and veil it in hydrating ingredients. Plus, the brand’s TEAOXI® complex of Green, White and Red Teas will help to shield your skin from environmental aggressors.
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Ciaté London Dewy Spritz Prime and Set Spray
Buy now with free deliveryLondon based makeup brand Ciaté have created a setting spray that will lock makeup in place without giving your complexion a cakey finish, and we are here for it. With naturally hydrating ingredients, this will ensure your face remains nourished after application.
Plus, it includes tiny pearlescent particles, helping to illuminate the face and add extra glow – even when you’ve already used highlighter.
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NIP+FAB MAKE UP ILLUMINATING FIXING MIST
Buy now with free deliveryNext up on our list of the best setting sprays is another illuminating option. NIP and FAB have created a fine mist that’ll set your style in place all day – and all night too. Both the product itself and the nozzle of the bottle ensure that it sprays as a fine mist, ensuring your cosmetics aren’t smudged or moved at all by the formula.
Plus, NIP and FAB recommend this makeup spray for use throughout the day to help add extra moisture to skin, and refresh makeup as it wears.
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PIXI MAKEUP FIXING MIST
Buy now with free deliveryCult skincare and makeup brand PIXI have fused the two beauty verticals to create a rose water and green tea infused mist that can be used for multiple purposes.
Obviously, primarily we use this one as a setting spray, however the brand have developed this unique formula that can also be used for other thing. We love to use it as a makeup primer to hydrate skin pre-cosmetics application, or also throughout the day to refresh foundation if it starts to settle in fine lines or look cakey.
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MAYBELLINE DREAM SATIN MAKEUP SETTING SPRAY
Buy now with free deliveryDrugstore brand Maybelline have created the best setting spray for a satin finish. This doesn’t mean dewy, but more of a lit-from-within glow with tiny pearlescent particles that will leave anyone looking radiant.
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Max Factor Lasting Performance Setting Spray
Buy now with free deliveryOG makeup brand Max Factor have created an MUA-approved product that we’re obsessed with. The best setting spray for oily skin, this fine mist will minimise shine for up to eight hours thanks to Cucumber extract. Plus, it’s completely oil-free.
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Revlon PhotoReady Prime, Set, Refresh Mist
Buy now with free deliveryLast on our list of the best setting sprays is this all-in-one product by Revlon. Like the name would suggest, this mist may be used to prime your face post-moisturiser, set makeup, and also refresh the complexion.
A great option for those with large pores or uneven skin, this product utilises High Definition Filter Technology to give skin a blurred finish, resulting in the impression of smoother skin.
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