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13 Best Face Powders
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A Nice, Effective Powder
The powders I use are chosen carefully, as too many can be aging and drying. I was fascinated when Physician's Formula came out with "CoverToxTen50" powder specifically to disguise wrinkles, firm skin, and help disguise age spots. The chemistry made sense: Physician's Formula uses GABA, a muscle relaxant naturally occurring in the body, to calm facial muscles (much like the way BOTOX works). ...read more BV-OSC™, an active form of Vitamin C, helps to encourage the synthesis of collagen, which keeps skin firm. The brush which comes with the compact isn't highly useful, so I substituted a kabuki brush instead and worked this over my complexion in circles. I liked the coverage (gentle radiance), and there was a softening of some of the furrows just beginning to appear. Physician's Formula claims that there is a 50% improvement in five minutes (and I saw it). After ten days of continuous use, skin is 90% visibly smoother. I love this and keep it in my vanity and in my purse.This review is: Helpful | Not helpful | Inappropriate | 1 of 1 people said helpful
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Average
This is pretty much like any other face powder, blurs shine, covers under eye circles and facial spots.This review is: Helpful | Not helpful | Inappropriate | 0 of 1 people said helpful
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Didn't work well for me ;(
I just read GigiSD's review on this and almost feel guilty that I wasn't fond of this powder, but I still have to remain honest and say that this didn't really work for me... I usually like most "Physicians Formula" products I try, and I love their "Mineral Wear" powder in "translucent" (the mosaic kind, not the "spotty" one), and I got this hoping that it will work just as well, but take care of ...read moresome of my fine lines as well. I was very wrong... I'm in my mid thirties, but my skin is in pretty good condition... I can't say that I have a lot of wrinkles but I do have them, even though most of them are fine lines. So I don't know what type of skin I would need to have in order to like this, so I'm describing my skin type just to let your know that for my particular skin it didn't work, and in case yours is the same, hopefully this review will help you... My combination skin tone is somewhere between NC20-25 and NW 20-25, and I got this in "Translucent Light"... So here's the weird thing. When I swatched it with my fingure, the texture felt very light and it really did feel like it would look translucent on my skin, but when I apply it on my face, for some reason it looks very powdery. That's a very odd thing for me, because I always thought that powdery looking powders have to feel pretty thick and not finely milled. This one feels very thin and light, but just doesn't look like it on my face... So I can't say if the science behind this powder, in terms of wrinkle relaxation and things like that, makes sense because I just can't wear this long enough to find out. And because it looked so powdery on my face, I'm unfortunately not able to recommend this as a good product... I'm still giving this six stars because in general, I support a lot of "Physicians Formula" products. This is just one that I happen not to like but no brand is 100% perfect...This review is: Helpful | Not helpful | Inappropriate | 1 of 1 people said helpful
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