12 Best Makeup Setting Sprays
12 Best Makeup Setting Sprays on the Market
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Every makeup routine needs a finishing touch that secures the whole look and pulls it together — that finishing touch is a setting spray. Whether you're dealing with sweat, heat, creasing, or oily skin, a good setting spray can help keep your makeup looking fresh for longer. "Priming sprays are a bit more skin-care-focused and offer more texture for a smooth surface," Allen Goldman, CEO of Skindinavia, says. "Finishing sprays are about a healthy, luminous look and extended wear."
A makeup setting spray is the last step in your routine that helps give your complexion and base makeup a blended, flawless look while protecting and preserving it for long-lasting wear. Setting sprays use special polymers to seal your makeup in place, creating a breathable mesh on top. Investing in a quality setting spray made for your skin type and needs can be more effective in making your makeup last longer than a primer might. We rounded up the best setting sprays on the market. We found top-tier picks, including the product responsible for keeping Beyoncé looking fresh, the bestselling Urban Decay All Nighter Setting Spray, and others from brands like Morphe, Charlotte Tilbury, and more. Shop all of our top best makeup setting spray picks ahead.
Best Aerosol Setting Spray
One/Size On 'Til Dawn Mattifying Waterproof Setting Spray ($32)
Not only does this setting spray keep Beyoncé's makeup from coming off, but it's editor-approved as well. It's best for oily, combo, or normal skin, so we'd skip this one if you're super dry because it's mattifying. It's made with witch hazel for a blurring effect and green tea extract to minimize the appearance of pores. Read our full review.
Best Setting Spray Overall
Urban Decay All Nighter Long-Lasting Makeup Setting Spray ($36)
The Urban Decay All Nighter Long-Lasting Makeup Setting Spray is so good, it's practically magic. Its formula promises to lock down your look for up to 16 hours, meaning you can head to a sweaty rave or a sexy sleepover without fear of smudging a single bit of pigment.
Best Blurring Setting Spray
Em Cosmetics Divine Water ($38)
If you're looking for a setting spray that will make your skin look like it has the TikTok retouch filter on it, this is the product for you. It's made with hyaluronic acid, peptides, and microbiome ferment, and will give your skin the most luminous glow ever. It can be spritzed on before and after makeup, and it has a very light milky orange blossom fragrance.
Best Transfer-Proof Setting Spray
Flower Beauty Jet Set Invisible Powder Spray ($16)
The Flower Beauty Jet Set Invisible Powder Spray is what you pick up when you want to be photo-ready for hours upon hours. It's made with a nongreasy, nonsticky formula that keeps makeup from fading for up to 16 hours. Read our full review.
Best Hydration Setting Spray
Charlotte Tilbury Airbrush Flawless Setting Spray ($58)
The Charlotte Tilbury Airbrush Flawless Setting Spray is so good, it even has drag queen Alyssa Edwards's stamp of approval. It uses Japanese green tea to keep skin hydrated and provides protection for up to 16 hours.
Best Dewy Setting Spray
NYX Professional Makeup Dewy Finish Setting Spray ($10)
Lots of people grow dissatisfied with setting sprays because they are prone to soaking up excess moisture and oil. The NYX Professional Makeup Dewy Finish Setting Spray is ideal for those with dry complexions, as it keeps the skin hydrated but still keeps your makeup in place. It also contains powerhouse antiaging ingredient niacinamide, which fades discoloration and brightens uneven tone.
Best Affordable Setting Spray
With ingredients like aloe, green tea, and vitamins A, C, and E, the E.l.f. Makeup Mist & Set was created to soothe and hydrate skin while keeping your makeup in place, though you can also use it ahead of applying product for smoother application.
Best Setting Spray For Oily Skin
Milani Make It Last Prime + Correct + Set Makeup Setting Spray ($12)
This Milani Make It Last Prime + Correct + Set Makeup Setting Spray is a 3-in-1 product that not only sets your makeup for up to 16 hours, but also hydrates and balances your skin. It's great for those with oily or combination skin types.
Best Sweat-Proof Setting Spray
Skindinavia The Makeup Finishing Spray Bridal ($29)
Every bottle of the Skindinavia The Makeup Finishing Spray Bridal contains the brand's patented temperature-control technology, which reduces the heat of your makeup, preventing melt-off and fading. This one was developed specifically for brides and resists tears, sweating, and kissing, leaving makeup photo-ready for up to 16 hours.
Best Refreshing Setting Spray
Rare Beauty Always an Optimist 4-in-1 Mist ($27)
The Rare Beauty Always an Optimist 4-in-1 Mist is a multitasker that primes, sets, hydrates, and gives your skin a dewy glow, all with help from one to two long-lasting spritzes.
Best Multitasking Setting Spray
MAC Prep + Prime Fix ($34)
If you love MAC, you will live for its MAC Prep + Prime Fix setting spray. Use it before and after makeup for the ultimate hydration vacation for your face. It's infused with vitamins, minerals, green tea, chamomile, and cucumber to balance out your skin. It'll make your makeup last until you want to take it off.
Best Setting Spray With SPF
Coola Makeup Setting Sunscreen Spray SPF 30 ($36)
The Coola Makeup Setting Sunscreen Spray SPF 30 not only keeps your makeup looking fresh all day but also gives you a built-in layer of sun protection while hydrating skin with hyaluronic acid. Use this throughout your day for a quick makeup refresh and as a way to reapply your sunscreen.
— Additional reporting by Renee Rodriguez
Anvita Reddy (she/her) is an assistant editor for PS Shopping. She has a passion for products and reviews home gadgets, cookware, tech, and more. Having dealt with acne as a teenager and into adulthood, her expertise lies in beauty. She tests skin care, makeup, and hair care, plus countless other beauty products.
Renee Rodriguez (she/her) is a staff writer and social producer for PS. She writes across all verticals, but her main areas of expertise focus on fashion and beauty content with an emphasis on reviews and editor experiments. She also produces social content for the PS TikTok and Instagram accounts.
