Whether you’re going full glam or applying the everyday essentials, the best setting sprays help you avoid a midday makeup meltdown. These multitasking mists don’t just lock everything in place—they also nourish your skin with soothing ingredients like niacinamide, glycerin, and green tea extract. The secret? Film-forming polymers create a weightless shield over your makeup. No more end-of-day sweat streaks or leaving half your face on your friend’s shirt after a hug. Ahead, the best editor- and makeup artist-approved setting sprays for makeup that goes the distance.

Our Top Setting Sprays

Best Overall: Urban Decay All Nighter Waterproof Setting Spray

Why it’s worth it: Urban Decay’s newly reformulated All Nighter Waterproof Makeup Setting Spray just leveled up, big time. The industry favorite now claims up to 24 hours of wear (versus the old 16-hour wear time), with a finer, featherlight mist that melts powders and creams together seamlessly. This spritz is makeup artist-approved and a tried-and-true Allure editor favorite. Take it from Glazer, who calls the product “a soft, scentless, and lightweight setting spray that keeps your makeup looking perfect for any occasion.” Sweatproof and waterproof, you can dance the night away without worrying about your foundation melting off or your eye shadow or concealer creasing.

Best Alcohol-Free: MAC Fix+

Why it’s worth it: If alcohol-based formulas are too drying or sensitizing for your skin, MAC’s Fix+ is here to mist without irritation. This alcohol-free mister is a tried-and-true favorite amongst editors and makeup artists because it grips everything in place while replenishing moisture with soothing green tea, chamomile, and cucumber extracts. “Fix+ takes away the ‘powdery’ look and allows my clients’ makeup to look like their skin again,” says Shervonne Kitto, a makeup artist based in Secaucus, New Jersey.

Best Hydrating: Clinique Set The Day Makeup Setting Spray

Why it’s worth it: Think of Clinique’s alcohol-free Set The Day Makeup Setting Spray as a moisturizer in mist form, plus some extra benefits. With glycerin, aloe water, and a boost of antioxidants (hi, vitamin E and caffeine), it delivers a refreshing hit of hydration while day-proofing makeup against sweat, humidity, and smudging. And, since it’s fragrance-free, it won’t feel like you’re dousing your face in perfume. Keep it on hand for an afternoon pick-me-up or post-workout reset.

Best Long-Lasting: L’Oréal Paris Infallible 3-Second Setting Mist Spray

Why it’s worth it: Quick English lesson: Infallible is an adjective that means “never failing; always effective,” and L’Oréal Paris’s Infallible 3-Second Setting Mist Spray stays true to that definition. With just three seconds of misting over your makeup, you get 36 hours (!) of budge-free coverage that feels like nothing on the skin. This affordable drugstore formula won’t settle into fine lines or leave behind any white cast, so you can be confident your look is the main event.

Best Waterproof: One/Size On ‘Til Dawn Setting Spray

Why it’s worth it: For a look that truly lasts until the end of the day, our editors recommend the One/Size On ‘Til Dawn Setting Spray. Its ultra-light mist and 16-hour-long formula, which features the brightening benefits of antioxidant-rich green tea extract alongside sebum-balancing polymers, is among your best bets if you’re all about a grease-free, matte finish. Witch hazel also appears in this mist to enhance its oil-balancing benefits. Beyond this spray’s ingredients list, On ‘Til Dawn is an editor-favorite for its weightless feel—it gusts out of its aerosol can like a hairspray and instantly dries down without the crunchy, tacky feel of one.

Need further proof of its abilities? “Beyoncé’s makeup artist Rokael credited this exact setting spray for keeping the makeup perfect during a moment of rain during a Renaissance tour show—talk about the ultimate test,” Ashlee Glazer, a makeup artist based in New York City, says.

Best Dewy Finish: Tirtir Mask Fit Makeup Fixer

Why it’s worth it: This Korea-born setting spray is the best of both worlds, reducing excess shine and greasiness while delivering a soft-focus glow (think radiant, not oily!). Packed with micro-fine powders, soothing Centella Asiatica, and oil-controlling green apple polyphenols, Tirtir’s Mask Fit Makeup Fixer is sweat-proof and transfer-proof, like it was tailor-made for us to withstand the NYC humidity. We also love the wide-angle mist, which evenly blankets your whole face without clumping or leaving patchy spots.

Best Matte Finish: Milk Makeup Pore Eclipse Matte Setting Spray

Why it’s worth it: Milk Makeup’s Pore Eclipse Matte Setting Spray (a 2024 Best of Beauty Winner) sets makeup without drying out your skin or precious foundation. In addition to staving off smudging, caking, and fading, this mattifying mist softens the look of pores with niacinamide, reduces shine with lentil extract, and evens texture using bakuchiol. One caveat is that its spray nozzle does clog every now and then, but a quick rinse under warm water will do just the trick to remove any buildup.

Best Fixing Spray: Charlotte Tilbury Airbrush Flawless Setting Spray

Why it’s worth it: Charlotte Tilbury’s Airbrush Flawless Setting Spray has a pore-blurring finish that’s won over Allure editors with every spritz. Beyond that, it scores major points for its multitasking formula as a setting and fixing spray. According to New York City-based makeup artist Natalie Dresher, you can think of fixing sprays as “a setting spray times ten” in terms of their long-wearing hold. This spray’s pore-blurring effect comes from a combination of film-forming polymers and aromatic resin, which create a soft-matte veil over your makeup to seal it in place for up to 16 hours. Bonus: Skin-loving ingredients like aloe vera and green tea extracts to cool your face and calm redness and irritation.

Best for Textured Skin: Danessa Myricks Yummy Skin Liquid Blurring Balm Mattifying Setting Spray

Why it’s worth it: We all want a little extra coverage when our skin’s not playing nice, but sometimes foundation only makes bumps, texture, or breakouts look more obvious. Enter Danessa Myricks Yummy Skin Liquid Blurring Balm Setting Spray: an app-like filter in a bottle. It blurs and smooths imperfections, so your base looks seamless. Our trick is we treat it like a setting powder. Mist between layers of foundation and concealer, let it sit for a minute, then press it in with a sponge for targeted blurring. A few final sprays on top, and your look is locked. The formula is stacked with sweat-absorbing upsalite, pore-refining marine water and silica, hydrating glycerin, and soothing niacinamide, which, when all mixed together, creates a one-stop shop for a good skin day.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How does setting spray work?

Los Angeles-based cosmetic chemist Victoria Vohland explained to Allure that setting sprays create a barrier to prevent makeup from slipping, using primarily a mixture of water, alcohol, and film formers. “A film former is a chemical put into cosmetics to offer long-wear benefits,” she said.

It’s hard to give summer movie trailer energy via the written word, but I’m going to try. From the brilliant minds behind your favorite summer 2025 beauty blockbuster, Pink Guava Butter Balm, a new—and equally sweet—product is coming.

This is a love story. The colors are gorgeous. It stars you and Summer Fridays, and you will be blushing.

On Tuesday, July 8, Summer Fridays is launching Blush Butter Balm, a “buttery-soft blush that melts seamlessly into skin” for a healthy flush and long-lasting hydration. Keep reading for all the info on the pretty new product, including our honest review.

The Inspiration

When you have your butters down, you might as well spread that softness any way you can. Blush was an obvious next step for the brand, who know how to consistently thrill their clientele.

Designed for on-the-go moments, the sweet compact these blushes come in includes a built-in mirror. (These are the brilliant minds behind the Jet Lag Mask and coordinating transportable eye patches, so none of this is surprising. Still exciting, though.)

The Formula

“Effortlessly blendable” and created with a skincare-first philosophy, the blushes come in six shades: Soft Strawberry (a neutral pink), Pink Sunset (a warm, peachy pink), Sweet Rosé (a cool baby pink), Toasted Terracotta (a warm rose), Dusty Rose (cool-toned and exactly what it sounds like), and Berry Spritz (a neutral berry).

The non-comedogenic and fragrance-free formula is powered by “a nourishing blend of butters, peptides, and ceramides.” Key ingredients include a fatty-acid enriched trio of creamy butters (shea, mango seed, and illipe) that work to create a creamy and hydrating texture. Meanwhile, hyaluronic acid “acts as a moisture magnet to plump out fine lines” and those ceramides work to to maintain hydration and strengthen your skin’s moisture barrier.

Eventually, you’ll also be able to get your hands on the brand’s Blush Brush, “an ultra-plush, dual-ended tool for effortless application and seamless blending.”

The Reviews

Bella Cacciatore, senior news editor

“I love a cream blush and I love Summer Fridays, so I couldn’t wait to put this launch to the test. It has the creamy, dewy formula I would expect from the brand, and blends so easily into my skin with a brush or fingers. I tried the shade Pink Sunset, a pretty peachy pink. I like a lot of blush (some might say too much), so this was a little sheer for my taste, but it’s great for a more natural look. I’ll definitely be reaching for it on minimal makeup days this summer.”

Kieaundria Bellamy, summer intern

“I used Summer Fridays Blush Butter Balm in the shade Sweet Rose, and I can say this will be my every day summer shade. It’s just the right amount of pigment to add the perfect flush to my skin, and it’s super hydrating which I love as someone who experiences dry skin.”

Adelaide Giesey, editor

“I have always been a fan of the dewy finish of Summer Fridays products. So it only feels right that their first foray into blush be in a matching format. I was immediately drawn to the shade Soft Strawberry as it felt like the perfect subtle flush. For how creamy and blendable the formula is, I was pleasantly surprised by the strong initial pigment payoff. It melted into my full face of makeup and felt light on my cheeks. I can definitely see myself mixing colors throughout the summer to create a customized, glowy look.”

Jasmine Phillips, social media editor

“I love a creamy blush that melts into the skin and Summer Fridays’ new Blush Butter Balm does just that. The Berry Spritz shade adds a pretty natural flush to my cheeks and the buildable formula puts me in control of how much or little I want to apply. The formula’s blend of butters, hyaluronic acid and ceramides provides hydration to my skin so I not only look dewy but my skin is hydrated. I will definitely be throwing the cute compact into my purse this summer for touch-ups on the go.”