Powder products typically come as pressed powder compacts (pressed foundations), loose finishing powders, and translucent color-correcting finishing powders. Pressed compacts often offer foundation-level coverage and portability, loose powders are mainly for setting and mattifying, and translucent/color-correcting finishes target tone correction or a soft-focus look.

Coverage ranges from sheer or light to full, with many powder formulas described as buildable so you can layer for more coverage without heavy texture.