Hard Candy Fast & Fabulous Translucent Finishing Powder Review & Swatches
Hard Candy Fast & Fabulous Translucent Finishing Powder ($6) is a new transparent silica that launched with the new Hard Candy Spring/Summer 2015 Makeup Collection recently which is available exclusively at Walmart and Walmart.com.
There’s definitely something to be said about $6 translucent finishing powder that you can easily purchase at your local Wally World. As far as pressed silica powder goes it is a little lacking at the drugstores. Don’t get me wrong there are plenty of pressed powders and loose ones but simple silica powder? Not really. I’m surprised we didn’t a round of “HD” drugstore products by now, guess the drugstore missed the mark there.
None the else if you’re on a beauty budget six bucks might seem fab but my experience with Hard Candy Fast & Fabulous Translucent Finishing Powder was meh!
Hard Candy Fast & Fabulous Translucent Finishing Powder comes housed in a plastic compact that holds 0.32 oz of product and is marked at $6. If it had a great formula this would prove a deal and a half! It unfortunately comes without a sponge or brush and no mirror. This isn’t an issue for me as in most cases I prefer using my own tools for application but a mirror for touch ups on the go would be nice.
The powder is a bit dense initially but there is a bit of an outer shell that needs sweeping away. Use some tissue to rub at the powder a little and you’ll find it loses the top level of density. Now the powder is kinda an iffy formula for me. I’m not big on setting my foundation with powder because I have drier skin but when I do I want something that won’t cling to my drier areas. This clings! It also has a odd crumbly texture (as you can see in my swatch) that looks very dry on skin. It just has a way of not smoothing evenly into place and looks very patchy nad pasty on skin. The texture kinda sorta has some silkiness to it but it also morphs a little and becomes crumbly as you apply it.
Hard Candy Fast & Fabulous Translucent Finishing Powder
Hard Candy Fast & Fabulous Translucent Finishing Powder Swatches
Not a good look!
There is a very subtle unpleasant fragrance to it as well but it’s not something that hits you in the face when the compact is opened. You really have to stick your nose in the palette to notice.
All in all this one was a miss for me. I just didn’t like the way it performed on my drier skin. The texture is very odd and not particularly flattered once applied!
Hard Candy Fast & Fabulous Translucent Finishing Powder is available now exclusively at Walmart.
Tried it?
Do share!