This is truly a HG item for me. I was using the Bare Minerals powder before I heard of this from icompact and the BE was mostly hit and miss for me. I put up with the occasional "miss" since it gave me such a wonderful flawless finish that it was worth it. After using this for about 6 months now, I'm about to toss all my BE foundations and stick to this. I'm a 1.2 in BE and use this in Translucent.