This is a very finely milled white powder with a slight tea tree scent. The hole at the top is big enough for a cotton swab but I prefer to tip it out on my hands and use fingers to put it on. This leaves a white cast but really mattes the skin. There's no English ingredients list for this which bothers me because I have a suspicion that most of this is talc but I like it anyway. Tea tree doesn't do much for my skin but this powder certainly doesn't break the bank so I don't mind. Don't think I'll buy this again though but it'll last me a long time.