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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 ...

One of the first things I was taught in Beauty School (where I went in my early 30s in 1997) was that at that time, just in the United States alone the skincare industry boasted $3.2 Billion in sales annually.   The reason stated?   " It’s incredibly easy to sell moisturizer."   I’m not kidding, that’s really what they said.   Frankly, I think it’s extremely impressive.   Everyone needs moisturizer.   There’s a reason there are so many out there to choose from.   Like I always say, “Everything works for somebody, nothing works for everybody.”   My job in specializing in Adult Acne is to make sure my clients are getting adequate healing and hydration in their lotions while avoiding pore clogging and irritation.  In addition, my job especially is to make sure they’re getting anti-aging concerns taken care of without clogging pores and causing breakouts unnecessarily.  Prevention  is a big part of anti-aging consciousness these ...

As an Adult Acne Specialist , I get asked all the time how to get rid of large pores - slash - make them smaller - slash - make them disappear, etc. The answer is pretty disappointing (no, they cannot be shrunk), but also kind of fascinating.   There is, however, a way to prevent them from looking bigger than they already are. Large pores are a sign  that your skin is genetically oily. Right at puberty, as your testosterone rises to start your journey to adulthood, so does your skin’s oil production.   As described in a previous post , testosterone is responsible for oil production in your skin.   Now, since before puberty there is so much less oil being produced, your baby pores have no reason to be anything but invisible.    However, as soon as the rising testosterone comes and tells your oil glands to start pumping out more oil, more room needs to be made.   So, the funnel-like mouth of each pore, also known as the Ostium (the very opening of t...