What is your absolute HG finishing powder for combo/oily skin

Hi ladies,

I hope someone can help me. I am looking for the best finishing powder for combo/oily skin. I have an oily T-zone and am looking for a finishing powder that really absorbs oil well. I have tried Fryianne primer powder, SN primer powder and several others. The best I have found is MAD Minerals finishing powder, and even then I still have to blot after lunch. Has anyone had any luck with anything else? Or any tips for what to try. Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

Cindy

i have combo/oily skin and i'm looking for a good finisher too

i've just tried EDM & SN finisher

i like none of them, EDM is too powdery and SN made me break out

Have you tried using a non powder primer underneath? That may help as well.

Honestly, I use silicone powder and love it. It makes my skin look flawless and I only have some oily breakthru on nose after about 4 hours, quick touchup and I am good to go. I have thought about mixing it with silk powder to see if I get even less oily, but so many people have problems with silk powder that I am reluctant to mess with a good thing. LOL!

If you like matte looks, i like Lily Lolo's flawless matte, although the translucent powder is my favorite. I haven't really tried many brands, and by far those are two products i love. Hope that helps

Also try using a primer under, sometimes it's better to combine two products rather than one. I also like to apply a coat before applying my foundation, and one coat after.

usually I like a glow finishing powder, but when I need a good absorb oil I use in the spootlight of CORY'S. that is great!

I use Joppa Minerals Sheer Finishing Powder and love it! It keeps my shine at bay all day. I usually use it with my full coverage Joppa foundation (their foundation actually has a tiny bit of Kaolin clay that helps keep me matte, as well), but it works awesomely when I use it with my other MMU, too.

I find the more products I use to absorb oil, the more my pores excrete natural oil to compensate what I'm taking away from it. Less is more for me.

SN works best for me

Originally Posted by Adrienne /img/forum/go_quote.gif Have you tried using a non powder primer underneath? That may help as well. Hi Adrienne,
Yes, I have tried 3 different non-powder primers. So far, still oily in the T-zone. Thanks for your suggestion though.

Cindy

Hi Sunnisusie,

I have tried the CVS brand of silicone powder and still have an oily T-zone. I am thinking to try pure silk powder as a primer and see if that works, just don't have any at the moment. I'm glad silicone powder is working for you.

Cindy

Originally Posted by sunnisusie /img/forum/go_quote.gif Honestly, I use silicone powder and love it. It makes my skin look flawless and I only have some oily breakthru on nose after about 4 hours, quick touchup and I am good to go. I have thought about mixing it with silk powder to see if I get even less oily, but so many people have problems with silk powder that I am reluctant to mess with a good thing. LOL! Hi Simisimi,
Thanks for your suggestion. I am going to get a sample of this and see how it does.

Cindy

Simisimi100 wrote:

"usually I like a glow finishing powder, but when I need a good absorb oil I use in the spootlight of CORY'S. that is great!"

I switch between pure rice powder, lauress' oily skin finishing powder and meow's. I don't know if it's just me but I find if I rotate that they work better for me. They're all great though.

I know a lot of people use rice powder and it's cheap at the drug store. That might be a good option for you to try.

I did love EDM's and Lumiere's flawless but have switched over to Earthen Glow Minerals Botanical Silk and love it.

I have very oily skin. I have found, for me, that wearing only foundation is the best. My MMU stays MUCH better without any rice powder (I use to use this before foundation) or finishing powder.

I love my Aubrey Nicole MMU even more, now that I dropped the "extra" steps.

I will add that I've been doing the OCM for almost three weeks. My oil is much more controlled due to that too, I think.