L’Oreal Paris Infallible Pro-Matte Powder Review

Hello friends,

How are you doing today? We are all set for our upcoming vacation in India and I am so excited to meet my parents and my family after 3 long years. Gosh! I wish this trip becomes the most cherish-able and memorable trip for both of us and our kiddo who is visiting our home land for the very first time. I hope our gal is able to cope up with changes.

Everyone is eagerly waiting to get the first glimpse of our gal which makes us little nervous & happy at the same time; let’s see how it goes. Fingers crossed!

By the way, I am also here to share my new L’Oreal purchase with you all which seems a fresh launch from its Infallible range! Yes gals, L’Oreal launched its infallible make-up range a while back and here I bring you the review for L’Oreal Paris Nude Beige Infallible Pro-Matte Powder which seems another good product after L’Oreal True Match Mineral Powder. Let’s see how it is!

L'Oreal Paris Nude Beige Infallible Pro-Matte Powder Review

Price:

$16.99-$12 for 0.31 Oz (9.0 g). Price varies across stores.

Ingredients:

Talc Perlite Triisostearin Phenyl Trimethicone Magnesium Stearate Caprylyl Glycol Tocopheryl Acetate Calcium Gluconate Magnesium Gluconate [+/- May Contain / Peut Contenir Ci 77491, Ci 77492, Ci 77499 / Iron Oxides Ci 77891 / Titanium Dioxide ]

Product Description:

Absorbs excess oil and reduce shine on the skin’s surface for up to 16 hours. The lightweight pressed powder can be used alone, to set foundation after application, and/or throughout the day for quick touch-ups.
• The pro look of long wear.
• Defy shine for up to 16 hours.
• Creates the perfect matte finish.

My Experience with L’Oreal Paris Infallible Pro-Matte Powder:

L’Oreal Paris  Infallible Pro-Matte Powder comes in as usual sleek, sturdy and transparent packaging with inbuilt mirror and sponge applicator. I love its white sponge applicator which is perfect for achieving medium-sheer coverage apart from using it for touch ups. Over all, I find it quite price worthy and travel friendly product so far in terms of packaging. I reckon their shade selection is quite versatile and perfect for variety of Indian skin tones with medium-tan skin. I found Nude Beige to be the closest match for my pale light skin.

L'Oreal Paris Nude Beige Infallible Pro-Matte Powder Review

Well, let me tell you that this L’Oreal Paris Infallible Pro-Matte Powder does live up to its claims to a very good extent, but only when used over makeup and not alone. I tried using it alone as well as over my foundation and while it gave me 8+ hours of matte skin over makeup, I had to re-apply it over my bare skin after 6-8 hours.

However, it is still satisfactory considering my oily, acne prone skin as it is gentle on skin and never broke me out plus in any case, it does not look cakey or chalky on my skin. Moreover, it does seem slight powdery in texture, but it literally absorbs every single trace of oil off my skin leaving behind squeaky clean & dry surface that too with no dryness or ugly patches. Amazing, isn’t?

At first, I was worried that it would accentuate dryness considering its pro-matte claim as I have often noticed that many matte powders tend to make our skin too dry with flakes accentuating those laugh lines & fine lines around the eyes. Thankfully, it did not settle in dry patches or sink inside my pores; even, it does not accentuate those fine lines around lips or eyes luckily.

I can compare this pressed powder to my previous Tarte Amazonian Clay Powder in many aspects as in the sponge applicator seems quite similar and the results are almost same on my skin.

L'Oreal Paris Nude Beige Infallible Pro-Matte Powder Review

Secondly, Tarte also gives me 6+ hours of matte skin which is quite similar to that of L’Oreal Pro-Matte Powder. The only thing is that Tarte ingredients are more skin friendly and L’Oreal still needs to improve over ‘talc’ & other ingredients. Other than this concern, I totally like it over Tarte pressed powder! All I need is to swipe it gently over my skin and it will erase that shine and oil within seconds with no chalky residue just natural clean skin behind.

I also love that the sponge applicator not only gives effortless blending and touch ups, but it’s super easy to clean with soap water and dries up fast within 10-12 hours with no shrinking or issues so far. I cleaned it twice and it still seems like new. Great, haan!

L'Oreal Paris Nude Beige Infallible Pro-Matte Powder Review

Comparing it to their own L’Oreal True Match Mineral Powder, I think I would prefer this one over mineral powder, for summers especially; though, talc seem bothering to me in both products. I wish L’Oreal improves their ingredient list to make it an HG skin product as well as make up product for girls like me! If you are fine with talc then I would definitely recommend this L’Oreal Paris Infallible Pro-Matte Powder to every girl, especially oily, combination skin with/without acne prone skin.

L'Oreal Paris Nude Beige Infallible Pro-Matte Powder Review

Pros of L’Oreal Paris Infallible Pro-Matte Powder:

• Instant mattifying powder that lives up to its claim up to good extent.
• Gentle on even acne prone skin .
• Instantly soaks every trace of oil from skin leaving behind crisp dry skin.
• Does not leave any chalky or powdery residue on skin unlike other powders.
• Gives perfect matte skin without over drying or causing any further dryness on my super sensitive skin.
• Does not settle in dry patches and/or pores.
• Does not accentuate or highlight fine lines around lips, eye area luckily.
• Effectively stays put for good 6+ hours on my bare skin while it gives me 8+ hours of shine free skin over primer-foundation.
• Does not clog my pores nor causes any break outs.
• The sponge applicator is USP of this powder that gives effortless blending results.
• Even this sponge applicator gives perfect matte finish with gentle touch ups.
• The sponge is very easy to clean and does not shrink or change its texture irrespective of multiple washes.

Cons of L’Oreal Paris Infallible Pro-Matte Powder:

• Talc!
• I never noticed more than 10 hours of shine free results on my skin hence 16 hours claim seems false.

IMBB Rating:

4/5

Conclusion:

Well, even if it does not live up to its claims completely, it is still a winner for decent results and good quality sponge this time and honestly, I am happier with this re-usable & washable sponge.

I might get it again. Though, not now as I have lot of products to finish off.

L’Oreal Paris Ideal Balance Unifying and Balancing Foundation in Nude Beige
L’Oreal Paris Shine Caresse Lip Color in 605 Eve
L’Oreal Paris Rouge Caresse Lipstick – Aphrodite Scarlet
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L’Oreal Paris Color Riche Le Kohl – Midnight Black
L’Oreal Paris Infallible Le Rouge Lipstick – Always Apricot
L’Oreal Paris Infallible Never Fail Eyeliner in Carbon Black
L’Oreal Paris Infallible Le Rouge Lipstick Lingering Mocha
Maybelline Dream Liquid Mousse Airbrush Finish Foundation
Maybelline Clear Smooth BB Silk Cake Powder in Nude Beige
Faces Ultime Pro Long Wear Matte Lipstick – Read My Lips
Faces Ultime Pro Long Wear Matte Lipstick – Lust
Faces Ultime Pro Long Wear Matte Lipstick – Passion
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25 thoughts on “L’Oreal Paris Infallible Pro-Matte Powder Review

    1. yeah jomol but in current harsh weather around no idea hw it will fair on my skin by summers. I have bought it for mil as well let’s see hw she likes it.. 😛 hehe

  1. Seems a must hav product Neetu.. What with summer on its way… Hope they release this in India soon and I get my shade for this… Thanks… Waiting to try this out definitely

  2. Btw Neetu… Saw this one has titanium dioxide… So did u notice any sun protection properties… That would be sone pe suhaaga indeed

    1. You will definitely get ur shade arpita, i see most shades are versatile and perfect for our Asian-Indian skin tones.
      Talking about Titanium to I guess its may be or may be not present as their formula says so I m pretty sure it won’t be enough to give us spf protection alone in this powder. Moreover, I hardly move out am lazy bum in winters just baking and eating.. 😛 Hence I cannot tell if I m getting any tan or whether this product guards my skin against sun tan except one thing that i m getting tons of fat here & there. haha 😛

  3. this sounds absolutely wow neetu. i love it when these drugstore finds are sooo soo impressive. love the packaging. It looks beautiful! very good and detailed review as always. 🙂

    have a safe journey!!! :))

    1. very true rati dear.. 🙂 Its great to find gud quality product at drugstore especially once we get used to of high end products then our expectations definitely raise a bit high. Thankfully loreal/maybelline still hold their place for quality and unbeatable prive.. 🙂

    1. purva hi5 i also love mattyfying word and often grab anything with mattify oil free terms.. 🙂 get it m sure ur oily skin will love it!!

    1. Thank u sumera dear.. 🙂 we wish same aadya to fir be sabka dil jeet legi pray for me ki main sabko khush kar paun, without compromising with my freedom, identity and positivity,.. 😛

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