11 Best Setting Powders For Acne Prone Skin

Not worrying about reapplying your powder throughout the day is important, especially if you’ve never been the type to retouch your makeup once it’s on.

However, those with oily skin types know how difficult that may be — that’s when oil- and sebum-controlling powders like this one from I’m Meme come in handy!

This is a pressed powder, so it’s lightweight and buildable, but don’t let its delicate feel fool you! In a single application, it leaves the skin looking soft and oil-free, blurs texture, and keeps problem areas matte where they may be the oiliest.

When it comes to the ingredients, you can rest assured knowing that this powder was made with only the finest.

Plant extracts, squalane, and Acacia flower make up this stellar formula, keeping your oil production in balance without over-drying your skin.

Etude House is a Korean skincare brand renowned for its sensitive-skin-friendly products, focusing on designing formulas that are truly beneficial for your skin, working to improve it with continued use.

This Zero Sebum Powder isn’t just affordable, but it’s also very telling of the quality of products that the brand releases. It’s a loose powder, but so finely milled that it sits extremely lightweight on the skin. It also comes with a powder puff for an easy application process!

This powder can be used both immediately after skincare and as a setting powder for your makeup, controlling oil production on your face and keeping your cosmetics from drawing too much attention to texture or redness.

As for the formula, you’ll be impressed to hear that this powder wasn’t made with any talc, mineral oils, or artificial ingredients. It’s also vegan, making it environmentally friendly as well!

NYX is a trusted makeup brand, known for offering high-performing products at affordable drugstore prices. What we love about the brand is its accessibility.

This pressed setting powder is perfect for acne-prone skin types with all levels of oil production. It boasts a vegan formula with a minty green tint that helps neutralize the appearance of acne and any accompanying redness or irritation.

Although the tint may look intimidating, it’s actually quite sheer powder, so it can work on all skin types when applied lightly.

In addition to correcting any redness, the powder also boasts a fantastic blurring property, making it perfect for those with fine lines, wrinkles, or under-the-skin spots caused by clogged pores.

There’s nothing wrong with keeping it clean! This matte pressed powder from the highly revered drugstore makeup brand CoverGirl is a miracle worker for acne-prone skin.

One of our favorite things about this formula is that it wasn’t formulated with any oils during production, so it’s compatible with all skin types (including those with super shine-prone skin).

Mattifying during initial application, this powder also does a knockout job of reducing oil production throughout the day!

It has an 8-hour lasting time, making it great for the work or school day, and can be reapplied without looking cakey.

There is a slight skin-toned tint to this powder, so you may be able to get away with using it in place of foundation — it even comes with multiple formulas (even for those with super sensitive skin)!

You may have heard of how deeply loved the Dermablend brand is, but if you haven’t yet tried anything from the brand, we highly recommend this loose setting powder as your first purchase!

This is a loose setting powder, and one of the longest-wearing ones on the market. From application, you can expect this product to keep you matte (and your makeup in place) for 16 hours — which is almost unheard of for a setting powder!

This product comes in a variety of shades, but all of them deliver the same high quality you would expect from Dermablend. They’re all noncomedogenic as well as phthalate- and sulfate-free.

However, if the clean ingredient list isn’t proof enough that they’re a great choice for acne-prone skin, surely learning that they’re dermatologist-tested and allergy-safe will have you adding this cosmetic staple to your cart!

For those who deal with a lot of redness (from acne worsened by rosacea or irritation especially), you’ll be big fans of this tinted setting powder from Kokie Cosmetics — not only is it color correcting, but since it’s a loose powder, it can cover redness that spreads across the whole face rather than in one area!

Kokie formulated this powder due to a major concern in the skincare world: cream color correctors just don’t work well with textured, acne skin.

Thankfully, they were able to remedy this problem by designing a product that not only addresses redness but also blurs texture, controls shine, and mimics the appearance of natural skin.

It has a matte finish and can be worn both over cosmetics and after you’ve freshly cleansed your face to keep redness and irritation at bay.

Neutrogena is a brand you can count on for both your skincare and cosmetic needs. Due to their affinity for keeping your skin healthy, it’s no surprise that their makeup products are chock-full of nourishing ingredients!

For example, this color-correcting compact works great on acne-prone skin, not just by easing red tones, but also by improving the appearance of your skin when you’re makeup-free.

How, you may ask? With the smart addition of niacinamide, a vitamin B derivative that improves skin tone with consistent use.

So, not only will this makeup product keep your skin looking great while you wear it, but it’s also working to keep your face calm during your evening cleansing routine.

Though the color that we most commonly associate with acne is typically a bright red, those dealing with deeply rooted or cystic acne know that painful breakouts may leave you with blue- or purple-hued pimples or under-the-skin spots.

For acne of this nature, a green color-correcting powder won’t do anything but leave your skin looking sallow and grey. Instead, a yellow setting powder should be used to keep your breakouts looking neutral!

This loose setting powder from Catkin works as a color-correcting product for acne or bruised-looking breakouts, and its ultra-fine milled finish keeps you from looking cakey.

Keeping your skin looking cake-free is definitely important, considering this setting powder is truly built to last all day and night.

It fights sweat, oil, and sebum production, and also shields against humidity you may deal with while you’re out and about!

Perhaps one of the worst aspects of applying powder on top of acne-prone skin is that, although it keeps your makeup and concealer in place, it can make textured areas even more apparent.

Thankfully, in addition to being oil-controlling, this pressed powder from Jolie works like real-life Photoshop on textured skin.

Blurring, lightweight, and translucent, you will be blown away by the fact that this powder still keeps your skin looking like skin, which is almost unheard of for a powder of this quality!

Best of all, you can wear this either on its own or over foundation for a filtered look, regardless of the effort you’ve put into your look.

If you love Neutrogena products but prefer prevention over color correction, then we definitely have a great alternative to their previous product on this list!

This mineral powder comes in a variety of shades, but they all share an incredible formula that keeps acne-prone customers coming back for more.

Not only is this powder compact, non-comedogenic, and oil-controlling, but it is also formulated with salicylic acid and other acne-fighting ingredients, allowing your skin to continuously heal with every application.

This skincare cocktail, known as “Microclear Technology,” is patented by Neutrogena as an effective way to fight breakouts while healing existing acne.

Coming in at under $10, this incredible face powder from Revlon is proof that fantastic things do come in unassuming packages!

This powder is mattifying, oil-controlling, and blurring — it effectively disguises acne, fine lines, pores, and other skin concerns for up to 16 hours.

In addition to shielding your skin from bacteria, germs, and environmental aggressors, this face powder was also formulated with the purest, cleanest ingredients.

This face powder boasts an incredible combination of superfoods (including broccoli, aloe, and citrus juice) that your skin will yearn for again and again!