MAC Mineralize Skinfinish Natural in Light

I bought this as a finishing powder, with the hopes of a light finishing powder which maybe could pass as an all in one powder foundation if my skin could take it.

The shade I chose is "light" unsuprisingly the palest shade.

I have mixed feelings about this product, and I think that it is more to do with my skin's short fallings rather than any failings of the product itself.

My skin is a myriad of age spots, open pores, blackheads, thread veins and this product cannot improve all of these on its own, if I apply as a powder foundation it does not have the depth of pigment to cover my imperfections, even given several coats. I also find that it does oxidise on my skin rendering the shade somewhat deeper and orangier than the swatch above suggests.

All in all I do not think that this is a bad product, I think that my expectations were somewhat higher than the product could deliver and that is my skin's short comings rather than those of the product.

Currently around £23

By Terry Hyaluronic Hydra Powder

This is a finishing powder, but with hyaluronic acid, so rather than drying the skin it smooths and mattifies without rendering one's skin as a dead, dried up bit of old leaf. 

My skin is oily, but my skin always looks flat and dead with powder, until about an hour in when everything then melds together and my skin looks alive and real, that lasts for about an hour and then I look like a pool of oil.

It is white, and I have piled it onto my old dehydrated hands in an effort to show its shade.

The shade is white, but this picture makes it look like a smattering of flour, albeit of the 00 variety, but that is to do it a disservice, for this is light and almost without substance, it flies upward as soon as the plastic covering is pierced with a few holes.

I use this, applied carefully with a brush to set my makeup across the oiliest areas of my face, the nose and chin, and around my eyes, and it pretty well lasts for most of the day.

I also put it on post evening skincare routine to minimise any oiliness and I suppose "set" my skincare.

In the last three months or so of use, I have found this a rather invaluable product, and I would like to see how it fairs in the warmer months.

I purchased mine from SpaceNK where its £42 price tag was rendered a little less painful by the careful use of Ndulge points.