This powder is so good. I wear it alone as it does everything I want it to do. At 51, wrinkles and pores show up with most powders - not this one. Neither does it have the awful silica which most companies seem to have switched to using. Silica makes skin look so flat and papery no matter how much mica they add. Finding a talc based powder now is so difficult. The finish of this powder is like skin. It doesn't crease or make my skin look dry. It is very beautifying. I apply straight over spf. My spf is quite moist so a light shade of powder is needed so it doesn't darken. I have medium coloured skin but I purchased light which is perfect. Skin texture looks great in all lights and angles. 10 out of 10 Boots.