Max Factor Crème Puff Pressed Powder, 05 Translucent, 14g

Ok to start with this is not transparent. I have pale skin and it adds a (imho) healthy tanned glow. I wear this just over moisturised skin, no other foundation. It gives a nice natural finish. It does have a quiet heavy old fashioned perfumed smell, but it doesn't linger.

Arrived quickly, great product, no issues

Used to have this shade but they have since messed with the colour and it’s far too orange for me! Maybe in the summer when I’m a bit tanned but I’m super fair!

I usually apply this on top of primer, and it stays on for the whole day. I use "Translucent", which doesn't look translucent in the container (looks a bit too tan in colour for a translucent powder to me), but turns out to be translucent on me - fyi I have medium, neutral toned skin, so maybe that's why it doesn't show up much on my skin. It gives me a nice, smooth, matte look on my skin and evens out my skin tone. I can understand why some others here have commented the powder is too dark - if you are very fair, maybe it might show up a bit. Now the only issues with this powder is the scent - it reminds me of old lady perfume, for some reason. And the applicator that comes in the container is rubbish. I don't use it at all. I use a fluffy large powder brush instead. When I tried using the included applicator, it delivered too much product, which settled into fine lines on my skin (I am 40+ yrs old). This didn't happen when I used the powder brush to apply it on my skin though. It went on very smooth, didn't settle into fine lines.Thankfully it doesn't require re-application during the day for me (probably helped by the fact I use primer under this powder, so if you don't use some sort of primer or something, it may not be so long-lasting and you may have to reapply), so this is not a problem to me. I also don't use foundation, so maybe that's why I don't need to reapply. I just powder this over my primer. Foundation tends to make my skin oilier over the course of the day. I think if I used foundation, I might have to reapply. But I believe this powder is good for matte-ifying oily patches on the skin because it contains talc as a main ingredient.Overall, I'd say this powder is great value for me. For under £5, this works as well on my face as my £66 Chantecaille compact makeup powder. Okay it works as well, though certainly appears cheap and cheerful. For instance, it is a lot more "dusty" than my higher end Chantecaille powder makeup. My makeup brush picks up lot of dusty particles that fly around when I use this powder, whereas my high end powder doesn't do that at all. It also has a sort of old lady cosmetics smell... I think it might be lilac or rose water? Not sure. I don't smell it after applying it though, it's just apparent during application. That's the extent to which the difference lies. The way this powder looks on me is no worse than my high end powder. I'm definitely going to continue buying it from now on.

Always use this powder, great value

Opened up the miracle touch, everything fine. Opened up the blusher, perfectly fine.However, the supposedly 'pressed' powder. Not so great. The most delicate item of them all, not correctly packaged to save it during delivery. Turned up like Thor's hammer had a field day.

I am in my 70s and my Mum used this for as far back as l can remember. It's very good but one thing l don't like is that just recently they have changed the applicator puff. It now feels like plastic against my skin and yes l am using it the right way round!

Product as expected,very pleased