Face powder is not there for colour: its job is to absorb excess sebum and leave a matte finish. Innisfree describes its mineral powder in exactly those terms — a powder that soaks up oil, visibly blurs pores and leaves a translucent matte finish, applied as the last step of a skincare routine on the zones that turn oily first, or over makeup during the day once the shine comes back.
Two formats handle that job differently. Loose powder goes on with a puff or a brush and is the easiest to lay in a thin layer, but it spills and asks for a steady hand; that is why Innisfree makes the same product both loose and pressed — a compact with a mirror and puff in the case, the version that travels well. Missha says its pressed powder is ultra-light, sweat- and sebum-proof, and mattifies with no caking, without altering the makeup it goes over.
Colour is the second difference. A translucent powder does no tinting and sits over any shade of base, or over bare skin; a tinted one adds a little coverage. The word "mineral" describes the base of the formula, not the coverage — a mineral powder can be completely sheer. The method is always the same: less product, more passes, starting where the shine breaks through first.
