Bake & Set Setting Powder
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Morphe's Bake & Set Setting Powder is praised for its brightening effect, especially in pink and lavender shades, with several creators noting it doesn't darken concealer or look heavy. However, Magdaline Janet found it not finely milled enough and preferred other drugstore options, while Taylor Wynn had better results with a brush than a puff. The quad design with a separator is convenient, but shade range is limited and HotandFlashy reported cakiness.
Full Reviews
Positive
Variant: Lavender (from the Quad)
- “This is a quad powder, so purple is only one quarter of it, but there is a separator, so you can adjust get off the purple”0:03–0:07
- “This is the Morphe Bake and Set formula, so it is a gorgeous setting powder formula”0:17–0:20
- “My under eyes are completely set, and it kept that brightness”0:20–0:25
- “It didn't darken anything, and it is working out very nicely on my cool tone skin without pulling me a weird color”0:23–0:27
- “Purples and lavenders tend to pull pink and actually brighten and work with cool tone skin rather than against it”0:29–0:36
- “My under eyes are completely set, but they are not darkened, they are not pink, and they are not gray”0:36–0:41
- “They are still nice and bright”0:39–0:44
- “Cuz this looks 8 million bajillion times better than any pink powder ever has”0:47–0:54
- Source: Morphe Lavender Setting Powder Review - May 14, 2026
Variant: Bright Balance
- “It's good. It is brightening”
- “I just don't think it's my tip-top fave in this category of product”4:33–4:37
- Source: Top 10 Morphe Products - Applying Them All - Jul 4, 2026
Variant: Brightening Pink
- “This one, for whatever reason, when applied with a puff, doesn't work well for me with a brush. Makes my under eyes look like so much softer”
- “It doesn't take away the coverage of the concealer”7:31–7:37
- Source: 2025 favorites: best makeup, hair, beauty and perfumes of the year - Dec 17, 2025
Variant: Quad / BRIGHT BALANCE
- “I love using the pink and the lavender because it's so super brightening”8:10–8:17
- Source: Top 10 Revlon Products: Famous Faves to Hidden Gems - May 21, 2026
Variant: Quad / BRIGHT BALANCE
- “It actually comes with four different powders”16:07–16:11
- “The way they designed it actually makes for a very very easy process when you're trying to just get one shade in particular”16:15–16:25
- “You can actually close it, which is amazing because it won't make a mess”16:42–16:46
- “It actually looks really good with a nice heavy layer of it because it is such a pretty smoothing powder”17:58–18:05
- “The hint of pink I feel like is perfect for under the eyes into the blush”18:14–18:20
- Source: Drugstore makeup dupes for high-end brands - Jun 15, 2026
- “I feel like I can get a very brightening effect when I'm using just these two”1:57–2:04
- “If you're just working with these two, the lilac and the rose, I feel like I get a really bright under eye”2:13–2:17
- “Once the yellow comes into play and stuff, it becomes a little less brightening on under eye and a little bit more of like an all over skin tone powder”2:24–2:32
- “Morphe's I feel just has a little more color pigment maybe going on in their shades and that's why I noticed the difference there with it not being quite as bright when you use everything”6:48–6:54
- Source: Hot makeup categories and my faves in each one - Jul 18, 2026
Variant: Quad / BRIGHT BALANCE
- “This is seriously brightening”5:45–5:48
- “The more I use it, the more I realize like, wow, this is very, very brightening”5:47–5:52
- “This might be some of the most brightening powder I have used up on the under eye”6:10–6:17
- “It's a good texture, too”
- “Not looking too heavy”
- “It's not looking too dry”
- “I'm really liking it and I'm very impressed by how brightening it can be”8:00–8:03
- Source: Makeup follow-ups: products I actually really like - May 19, 2026
Variant: Quad / BRIGHT BALANCE
- “I used the pink and the lilac today”1:34–1:38
- Source: Makeup haul under $10 at Walmart - Jun 6, 2026
Variant: Brightening Pink
- “I have a handful of powders that make my under eyes look better. One of them being the Morphe loose pink setting powder”19:31–19:39
- Source: Summer Makeup Routine for Heat & Humidity - Jul 21, 2026
- “Morphe pink setting powder the closest dupe you'll get to Huda Beauty cherry Blossom for $13”0:24–0:30
- Source: Full Face Using the Best Drugstore Makeup - Jan 6, 2025
Mixed / Negative
Variant: Quad / BRIGHT BALANCE
- “Powder feels very like finely milled and I feel like it is smoothing”24:30–24:35
- “I feel like it did brighten a little bit. Like I can see that it's made my complexion a little bit more pink”24:41–24:46
- “I just don't feel like it's anything special”24:32–24:36
- “I feel like they could have had maybe two more color ways because this and then the deeper one, I just feel like this is too dark for even my skin tone on my under eye area”
- Source: Trying hot new makeup releases - May 25, 2026
Variant: Banana
- “It just made everything look a little bit cakey and not great and it didn't keep the shine from the makeup from coming through”22:46–22:51
- Source: Testing new drugstore makeup 2025: Elf, L'Oreal, NYX & more - Feb 7, 2025
Variant: Bright Balance
- “I really love Morphe's pink powder. That powder truly is brightening, it's smoothing, it's finely milled”10:07–10:14
- “Oh, yeah, that's finely milled”10:27–10:30
- “The powder is nice. It looks good. I think it smoothed out the skin pretty well. It's not too matte”
- “I think this powder isn't so finely milled. Like it's not as smooth as I would like it to be”10:14–10:18
- “Powder is not as smooth as I would like it to be. Getting the job done, but it's not giving me that smooth look that I like”14:22–14:28
- “The powder is also going to be a no for me”
- “The powder, I still don't like the powder. I don't think it's as finely milled as I personally would like it to be”25:51–25:55
- “The powder, it's still a no. I think it gets the job done, but there's so many other drugstore setting powders that are better”29:02–29:09
- Source: 8 new makeup products 2-day wear test - May 25, 2026
What creators say
- Consensus
- 3.6 / 5 from 8 creator reviewsGrailPeople ratings based on creator reviews.
- Good for
- Dark circles (4) · Dullness (4)
- Features
- Blurring (2)
- ⚠ less matte than expected (1)
Product details
Details
- Type
- loose powder
- Finish
- natural
- Shade
- Quad / BRIGHT BALANCE
- Key ingredients
- Mica, Aluminum Starch Octenylsuccinate, Silica, Lauroyl Lysine, Boron Nitride, Dimethicone/Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer, Tocopheryl Acetate, Caprylyl Glycol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Phenoxyethanol
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