I bought this loose powder because I thought it would give me that shimmery glow that everyone craves. Well, the salesgirl dusted it on the inside of her wrist and it looked gorgeous there, so I bought it. Little did I know that when I dusted it over my face, the powder would get into the pores and lines on my face and make it look all shiny and greasy and basically crappy looking! Bleah! I was really disappointed. Maybe it looks like that because the primary ingredient is mica, I don't know. But I thought I'd just mix a little in with my regular loose powder (Clinique) and see how that looked. Much better! It just gives a little sparkle now, as opposed to a horrid shine. So I would only recommend this if you want to mix it in with your regular powder, not to use it by itself.

by iCompact Member on Nov 01st 2000