smooth operator™ Amazonian clay pressed finishing powder

Tarte smooth operator™ Amazonian Clay Pressed Finishing Powder is the last step that keeps the rest of your face in place. It is a light pressed powder built around Amazonian clay, and Tarte positions it as a complexion-perfecting finish rather than a coverage product. A compact and brush come together, so it travels as a single piece of kit.

What it actually does

• Locks your makeup down for the day. The formula is designed to hold foundation and concealer where you placed them, without stacking on extra weight.
• Takes down shine. Tarte credits the Amazonian clay with mattifying the skin and cutting back excess oil through the day.
• Softens how pores read. The brand says it makes pores look less noticeable and leaves a soft-focus result on the surface.
• Keeps the texture light. This is a pressed powder meant to sit thin on skin, so it finishes a base instead of rebuilding it.
• Vegan, with two things left out. Tarte formulates it without parabens and phthalates, and lists the product as vegan.

How to use

1. Finish your foundation, concealer and cream products first — powder always goes last.
2. Take the brush that comes in the compact and pick up a small amount of powder.
3. Dust it lightly over the forehead, along the bridge of the nose, and anywhere else that turns shiny first — that is usually the chin and the inner cheeks.
4. Keep it sheer. Build only where you need extra hold rather than coating the whole face.

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