![]() You Need A Good Face Powder For Oily Skin Information provided is based on my opinion and personal experience. Honestly, this powder has proven to be an expensive and ultimately fruitless experiment! I don’t think I’ll be using this powder again, as I can’t guarantee it will look good.Hey girl, affiliate links are provided to help you find the products mentioned in this post. It was doing nothing to control my oily zones, and managed to look horribly cakey around my nose within just a few hours. How about just on oily zones? I tried both the puff and a brush and ended up with the same result: oil peeking through within hours. Even after I put on setting spray, it still looked out of control powdery. ![]() ![]() Sometimes it looked okay, but other times it was a cakey mess. I tried going in with a big, fluffy brush and using the tiniest amount possible. Again, it sunk into all my fine lines and just looked cakey as heck on me. So how about all over the face? First I tried taking a little bit on the velour puff and patting it into my skin. Better, but still a little too dry for my liking. It made my under eye look dry, flaky, and sunk into every fine line I didn’t even know I had! Ok, so I tried going in with a light hand and just setting my under eye concealer. I’ve tried it a number of different ways, and I just can’t seem to get it to look good on me! I tried using it to bake, since that seems to be the most popular use for it on YouTube. This powder just doesn’t look quite right on me. In theory, this should be an excellent powder. They just recently brought out a medium-deep shade, so if you have darker skin and think this would look ashy on you, you’re in luck! The beige color helps minimize flashback, along with the ingredient list (I’ll make a separate post about what to look for ingredient-wise – keep your eyes peeled this Sunday). The Laura Mercier Powder is translucent, but as you can see it does have a beige tone to it. On the right there’s the Laura Mercier Powder, no flashback. You see the white cast in the left of the picture? That’s what the NYX Studio Finishing Powder ($10). If you’ve ever used one of those pure white loose mineral powders, you know what those can look like in flash photography. For me the biggest draw was that it had absolutely zero flashback in photographs. A lot of people say they like it for oil control, or for setting under eye concealer. It sticks and creates a super smooth surface on the skin. ![]() It’s one of those powders were if you dip your fingers into it and rub them together, the powder doesn’t totally go away. Okay, let’s start by talking about how Laura Mercier came to be the go-to brand of loose powder. Before we continue, keep in mind that this is just my personal experience with this powder! If you love this powder and this is your holy grail, I’m glad! It must work for a lot of people if it’s so popular! But for this combination-skin girl, it was less than ideal. This $38 loose powder, the holy grail of so many makeup lovers scores just “meh” in my book. After trying it for several months I think I’m finally ready to give my verdict on this product. During the Sephora VIB Sale last November I picked up a jar of this powder along with the Laura Mercier Velour Puff ($15). It feels like I can’t go on YouTube without someone mentioning the Laura Mercier Translucent Loose Powder ($38). Hey everyone! Today I wanted to talk about a big-ticket item that a lot of beauty gurus rely on as a staple product in their collection. ![]()
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