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Loose powder is a fine-textured, powdered cosmetic mainly used to set makeup.

Its advantages are as follows:
- **Natural makeup effect**: it gives a light and translucent effect to the makeup, making the skin look more natural.
- **Oil-control and makeup-holding**: It can absorb excess oil from the face, preventing makeup from coming off due to oiliness and prolonging the durability of makeup.
- **Even Skin Tone**: The fine talc contained in it evens out skin tone and makes the overall makeup more subtle.

However, loose powder also has some relative disadvantages:
- **Weak coverage**: It basically has no concealer effect, and plays more of a role in setting makeup and adjusting skin tone.
- **Inconvenient to use**: Since it is in powder form, the powder may fly when using it and it is not very portable, so it is usually more suitable for use at home.

When using loose powder, you can use two main tools: loose powder brush and loose powder puff. Generally speaking, when using a loose powder brush to grab loose powder, the amount of powder used is on the low side, and the makeup effect will be more translucent and thin; while using a loose powder puff to grab the amount of powder will be on the high side, and the coverage is relatively better.

Overall, loose powder is suitable for normal skin, dry skin type of flawless skin to set makeup, can create a natural, comfortable and translucent makeup effect. If you like a natural, light makeup and your skin is not oily, then loose powder is a good choice.