it's spread out with some residual that doesn't completely spread over skin sometimes, if you leave the cap open for 10-15 minutes it forms a dry part (in my opinion it's really fast), it's shiny so I tried it with powder - a bit hard to deal because at some parts it's way stickier than at the other, it's easily removed by water, I tried applying makeup over it - doesn't really stay well on top of it. My experience is you can use it as the one and only product on the skin, but it's shiny, so it's not applicable if you want to look presentable.