Seal the Deal Hydrating Setting Spray Dewy Finish

5 Reviews

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   lazyCur9

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   This stuff rules. Essentially it does what it says on the bottle. What really sets this one apart is the sprayer. Not only is it a nice, fine mist (second only to UD), but the nozzle is narrower than other sprays I’ve tried. You have better control and less wasted product. For example, I can spray just the top of my cheeks before applying highlight.

   The fragrance is nice and not overpowering for me, but I think it might be if you are more sensitive. My only real complaint though is that a bigger bottle would be nice.

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   puzzledGarlic1

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   Amazing setting spray and that’s coming from someone who had given up on setting sprays in general as I couldn’t find one that actually worked for me.
   I have combination/ dry skin and it helps to keep my foundation from getting/ looking dry and patchy. It still doesn’t look perfect but the way my foundation looks throughout the day has improved by 70-80%.
   It adds a natural glow on the skin too.

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   empathicWhiting5

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   I love this stuff! I’ve tried several drugstore setting sprays (Hard Candy, L’Oreal, E.L.F., Wet n Wild, and one or two I’m forgetting), and this is by far my favorite. It might be a HG, honestly.

   The mister on this is great. It’s very even and fine, so I don’t end up with big drops or the spray only hitting a small area at a time.

   It really does make my makeup look more skin like and smooth, which isn’t something most of my setting sprays have done. I think it’s most similar to the Wet n Wild one, but I like this a lot more (I think the WNW one make me break out, and it looked greasier).

   The price is a little high for drugstore, but this is a larger bottle than most of the others I’ve used (I think), and a little goes a long way. The first time I used this, I hated it. It made me look so oily, and I wasn’t a fan, but it was my fault for using too much. The next time I used it, I held it a little farther away form my face and only used 2-3 sprays, and it was great.

   I’m not sure it makes my makeup stay on any longer, but I’m fine with that because I don’t wear full coverage or anything, and I usually don’t need my makeup to last more than 6-8 hours anyway.

   I have dry skin, and I do feel like this helps with hydration. I usually have at least a couple of dry patches (particularly around my nose, because I have allergies and blow my nose a lot), and this works great on those. I like to spray it once on a makeup sponge and press it into those areas where I tend to get flaky and my foundation looks bad, and this helps to smooth it all out and look better and skin like. If I don’t have any flaky spots, this still makes my face look smoother and less like I’m wearing makeup.

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   sincereMeerkat6

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   This review will be comparing a number of drugstore makeup setting sprays to each other. There are plenty of reviews on the internet comparing each of the drugstore sprays to high end sprays so you could easily search for that if needed. I’ll be focusing on the DEWY versions of Milani (Make it Last), NYX (Professional), LA Girl (Pro HD Finish), and Flower Beauty (Seal the Deal). I’ve added Wet N Wild but I haven’t used it for long so I’ll edit the review at a later point. For me, Flower Beauty was the best.
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   Testing conditions:
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   I live in the Northeast where the winters are cold and windy and the summers are hot and humid. I have a long commute to work, part of which includes a 20 minute walk in all kinds of weather conditions. I work in an office setting so my makeup has to last from one extreme to the next. In other words, these products have been put to the test.
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   Spray & Bottle (they’re all plastic):
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   Flower Beauty’s spray bottle is amazing. By far the best of all. The spray comes out in an extremely fine mist, it never clogs, and the nozzle responds to different pressure as you’re pressing down on it. The other bottles only spray if you press all the way down, if that makes sense. This is the only one out of all the products where you have quite a bit of control with the finest mist.
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   Milani’s product comes in a semi-translucent bottle, which is nice because you can see how much product is left. There are reviewers who say the Milani bottle and spray is the best, but I’ve used multiple bottles of it and have found that it’s not nearly as good as Flower’s and it starts off good but clogs up and spritz’s big pellets towards the end. The bottle is NOT a screw top–you can’t open it up, reuse the bottle, or get any of the remaining product out. Out of all of the products, Milani’s is the only product that is a sealed, non-screw top.
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   I would note that all the other products come in a pretty standard spray bottle, the kind that you get in a travel kit. They are sprays that work evenly, but they’re still sprays, not mists. But, if you’ve ever tried the ELF setting spray that comes in that square-shape bottle, these are all world’s better than that. The ELF thing spits at you, none of these do that so you don’t need to worry.
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   Staying power:
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   The staying power of all the products are pretty on par with each other. Out of all the products, Milani looks the best for the longest amount of time. That being said, the difference was very slight and for me, not worth the extra price per ounce and the bottle.
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   Dewy Look:
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   In terms of leaving me the dewy-est, NYX wins, hands-down. It gives me a very nice sheen that is visible. Second best is Milani, but I can’t tell if it’s the product itself or if it’s because it lasts the longest so it ends up looking the best by the end of the day. Flower’s sheen is nice but subtle. It’s probably not the shiniest because the mist is so fine. The rest of the products I would say leave me natural looking but not dewy. Let’s put it this way, the rest are setting sprays that do NOT make me look flat, matte, or dry but they don’t particularly leave me dewy.
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   Overview:
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   My favorite out of the bunch is the Flower Beauty Seal the Deal Hydrating setting spray. It’s the most expensive per bottle but the cheapest per fluid ounce–you get a lot of it. The spray itself is superior to all the rest. The only con is that it’s hard to find (only in Walmart or online) and never goes on sale. Out of the remainders, I would say they do not differ too much from each other. The second best is Milani and per bottle, it’s only a little cheaper than Flower Beauty but you get a lot less product. If you’re looking at paying the least per bottle then NYX, LA Girl, and Wet n Wild are pretty much on par with each other by price but I think NYX is the best out of those three. I’m ranking LA Girl the lowest but it doesn’t actually mean it’s the worst. I would say that it really doesn’t differ much from NYX or Milani by very much and I’ve seen both the NYX and the LA Girl get sold in a 0.5 fl oz mini bottles for around $3 so they’re good travel products or a good trial size with minimal financial investment.
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   Overall Ranking:
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   1. Flower (best value, best spray, hard to find)
   2. Milani (fair value, best staying power)
   3. NYX (most dewy look)
   4. Wet n Wild (excellent value, good overall)
   5. LA Girl (inexpensive per bottle, good but not special)
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   Prices (based on Walmart)
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   Flower = $9.98 for 3.4 fl oz (100ml) (2.96 per fl oz)
   Milani = $8.97 for 2.03 fl oz (60ml) (4.42 per fl oz)
   NYX = $5.59 for 1 fl oz (30ml)
   Wet n Wild = $4.68 for 1.52 fl oz (45ml) (3.08 per fl oz)
   LA Girl = $4.99 for 1 fl oz (30ml)

5. 

   enragedPudding3

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   This is my HG setting spray. It holds for 8 hours solid, doesn’t break my acne prone skin out, and delivers the dewy finish. I use it to set my Flower Miracle mat powder (HG powder) with L’Oreal true match concealer, no foundation. All of that gives me flawless skin that’s a total lie lol.