Tatcha

Tatcha Silk Powder.

Powder & Setting

About this product

A finely-milled translucent powder designed to set makeup and blur the appearance of pores with a silky finish.

Full ingredients

Silica, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Serica/Silk Powder/Poudre De Soie, Hydrolyzed Silk, Sericin, Saccharomyces/Camellia Sinensis Leaf/Cladosiphon Okamuranus/Rice Ferment Filtrate*, Nacre Powder, Caesalpinia Spinosa Fruit Extract, Kappaphycus Alvarezii Extract, Titanium Dioxide, Magnesium Myristate, Propanediol, Methicone, Hydrogen Dimethicone, Stearic Acid, Cerium Oxide, Aluminum Hydroxide, Ethylhexylglycerin, Tocopherol, Aqua/Water/Eau, Phenoxyethanol, Mica (Ci 77019), Zinc Oxide (Ci 77947), Titanium Dioxide (Ci 77891), Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Tin Oxide (Ci 77861), Iron Oxides (Ci 77491, Ci 77492, Ci 77499)

Guru Score

64%

Mixed

3 experts · Moderate agreement

What the gurus are saying

One expert found the powder genuinely fine and easy to apply in light layers, especially useful for keeping targeted areas like the under-eye from looking shiny. However, another felt it leaned too shimmery for everyday wear. The texture itself drew praise, so the shimmer level may depend on how much someone applies and their preference for a matte versus luminous finish.

Synthesized from 3 expert reviews · most recent take February 2025

What they liked

Fine, easy-to-control texture
Works well over concealer

What they flagged

Too shimmery for everyday wear

Best for

Oily skin

Type

Powder & SettingPowder

Key actives

Vitamin E

Formula notes

Fragrance-freeNo drying alcohol

Where to buy

Sephora → Ulta → Amazon → Google →

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What the gurus are saying.

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No BS Beauty

89k subs

~Mixed

"I also like The Hourglass powder but for today I'm going to do the Tatcha one. [...] The powder is [...] translucent, radiant translucent. [...] It did take the radiance right out that sunscreen which is good, but it was a little too shiny for me even for me."

Alexandra Anele

1.44M subs

~Nay

"I just never use it. It's just like a little bit too shimmery for me."

Mixed Makeup

1.46M subs

~Yay

"This is the Tatcha Silk Powder. I do like that it's really nice and fine. I just tap it where I put the concealer, not too much, and then I go into these little areas really really simple, tip of the nose where I don't want to be too shiny."

What the evidence says.

Independent of what the gurus think, this is what the published research supports about the main active ingredients here.

Sunscreen filters

Sun protection is the best evidenced way to slow visible ageing, and the filters are what does the work. Mineral and chemical filters both protect when a product is applied thickly enough and often enough, which is where most people fall short rather than on the choice of filter.

Source: DermNet

Vitamin E

Vitamin E is an antioxidant, and it is often in a formula to keep the other ingredients stable rather than as the active itself. It pairs well with vitamin C, though on its own the evidence for visible change is limited.

Source: NIH, National Library of Medicine

Frequently asked.

What is Tatcha Silk Powder?

A finely-milled translucent powder designed to set makeup and blur the appearance of pores with a silky finish.

Is Tatcha Silk Powder worth it?

The gurus mostly approve it, but with enough reservations to keep it in the middle at a Guru Score of 64%.

What is Tatcha Silk Powder's Guru Score?

Tatcha Silk Powder holds a Guru Score of 64%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 3 expert reviewers we have collected.