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Mineral Veil, HD Microfinish Powder, Light Reflecting Setting Powder.   I see these a lot among my clients’ makeup arsenals, chiefly because my clientele all have breakout issues .   Summer can really be gross.   There’s very little that’s worse than a greasy mess over layers of makeup.   These powders are not just setting powders, they do serve a great purpose for oily skin; they absorb oil like no one’s business and the white ones don’t clog pores or irritate inflamed skin. Thing is, considering they run anywhere from $20-50, and considering most are made with just one ingredient, the white ones in particular, do we really need this?   In my opinion, this is really one of the things we can indeed save money on.   Like I said, these powders are great.   But they’re not all there is. The main ingredient in most of these powders, and the only one in several of them, is something called Silica.  Silica is indeed related to Silicon and Silicone, but ...

For those of you with Adult Acne, this is real information you don't want to miss! I’m sure you’ve seen this term before.   Comedogenic.  Let's b reak it down;    comedo = an impaction of varying size containing a  mixture of sebum (fancy name for our skin’s oil) and  dead skin cells, often known as a “blackhead”;   genic = creating.    The scientific term for “blackhead” is Comedo (many, like me, say Comedone).   The start of every acne pimple is a microscopic blackhead, known as a Microcomedone, which is actually in many of our pores but doesn’t always develop enough to lead to a full blown zit.   A comedogenic ingredient makes the process so much worse, it can aggravate an acne condition, or even start one. Depending on how comedogenic something is, the resulting impaction will build up more and more, potentially creating large, dark blackheads, known as Open Comedones.   These are different from the blackheads on our t-zo...