Makeup Essentials for Beginners #2 - Powder
Summers can get reaaaal hot in Nepal. Your face gets oily… you use blotting papers but it still doesn’t make a difference half an hour later… I get it. I used to go through compact powders like a crazy person during the summer (I did use it in the winter but not so much). I thought it was just my skin. Turns out, its just the weather and I felt the need to keep blotting no matter what I wore that day to keep my face from being too shiny/oily looking. For this, another MUST-HAVE for any makeup beginner is a powder. It can be just a blotting powder, or if you want more coverage, you can get a foundation in a loose powder or compact form. This will help make your face look even and will remove the oil and shine.. and it also comes in handy when you have a compact in your handbag to touch up your makeup. So ready to hear about my experience with powders?
My favourite high-end powder foundation/ blotting powders I’ve used so far have been:
Bare Minerals Original Loose Powder SPF 15 - Medium Beige
I feel like bare minerals owns it in the loose powder department. I don’t even know how to describe it. It feels so smooth and soft and you just feel really great and your skin feels great after using this product. I have used this and the Bare Minerals Veil and I love it. However, I don’t like their powder concealer that much. I think having pretty heavy dark circles comes with having dark skin :( That’s why I need a heavy duty concealer and a powder one just doesn’t do the trick !
(US) Available at Sephora : $27
(UK) Available online (Amazon, bareminerals.co.uk) : £25
MAC Studio Careblend Pressed Powder - Medium Dark
I am in the shade Medium Dark. My sister mistakenly got the shade Medium Deep for herself, which is slightly darker than this one. If this happens, don’t worry ! You can use it as a bronzer for contouring your face… More on that later ;)
This product is really fine and it blends easily in the skin. I love this powder and have nothing bad to say about it. However, there are many drugstore alternatives which perform much better and which I think are just neglected because people just want to buy high-end makeup.
(US) Available at any MAC counter/ Store : $25
(UK) Available at any MAC counter/ Store: £20
Speaking of high-street makeup….
My favourite high-street/ drugstore powder foundation/ blotting powders I’ve used so far has been:
Revlon Photoready Powder - 020 Light Medium
I am telling you girls, u CANNOT go wrong with this. I have combination skin (with an oily t-zone) and this powder is amazing! I never used foundation and even now I rarely do. This powder gives you amazing coverage. You can just put on some moisturizer, pat on some concealer on your under-eyes/ blemishes, powder this on, and you are good to go ! This evens out your skin so well I have no words to describe how awesome I think this product is—- and not to mention HIGHLY underrated !!! Why hasn’t it gained more popularity? Well in my opinion, Revlon can “do no wrong” in the makeup business and maybe I am biased like that. (On an added note, I did not really like the Revlon Photoready Concealer. Read about it here.)
(US) Available at Walmart (or any other drugstore I guess) : $11
(UK) Available at Boots/ Superdrug : £11.29
Rimmel Stay Matte Pressed Powder- Natural Beige
Also, the Rimmel Stay Matte Pressed Powder is one of the best powders out there in the drugstores
(US) Available at Walmart (or any other drugstore I guess) : $3.97
(UK) Available at Boots/ Superdrug : £3.99
So as you see, this is a really cheap but highly effective and well-loved powder. There must be some reason why everyone loves it so much right? … and it’s not gonna break your bank too ! That’s always a plus point !
I really hope this post was helpful for the beginners. Powder was the fourth makeup item I started using, (It’s weird that I remember right? lol) and now I cannot live without it. To find out what my first makeup item that I used was, come back next week and there will be a brand new post waiting for you ! :)
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