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Review - Physicians Formula Mineral Airbrushing Powder

Product obtained: The Real Canadian Superstore

Reason for trying: I wanted to pick up a drugstore powder foundation to experiment with and see what type of foundation would be my favourite. I like the idea of powder for the summer, because I do have oilier skin and my hopes was that this product would help absorb it and last throughout the day with the advertised airbrush finish.

Size: Full sized

Colour: 3B Translucent Beige

Coverage: Light

Purchase details: Walmart, Target, Shoppers Drug Mart, etc. for approximately $15 each.

Swatch prior to blending.

Swatch post blending.

Pros:

I really like the packaging. It comes with a main cap to keep the brush hygienic, the powder cap inside the product that keeps the powder on the inside of the main compartment on one side and has a pretty sturdy brush holder on the other side, and a sifter to dispense some product at a time.

I like how it absorbs my oil.

I also tried it out as a finishing powder instead of a foundation and I think I like it better as a powder to help with touch ups throughout the day.

It slightly evens out my skin tone in a pretty natural looking way in some parts of my face.

Has no effect on flash photography.

Cons:

I don't like how you can't regulate how much product comes out at once. Sometimes too much comes out, especially when this product has been moving around and shakes out of the section where all the powder is through the sifter.

This product is really messy. Whenever I use it, powder is flying everywhere. It flies up when I open the powder cap after shaking for some product to come out of the sifter. It gets everywhere when I buff it into my skin.

I really hate the brush it comes with. The bristles are short and dense, yet very rough and irritating against the skin. It feels like the bristles are ripping off my skin.

The colours available are pretty limited. This colour doesn't fully match me. It's still a bit light for me during the winter (seem in the swatches above) so I really need bronzer, especially in the summer to help me look decent.

Although it absorbs the oil throughout the day, it can sometimes cake up around my T-zone, especially nose and some of my lines are emphasized. You can see in the blended swatch above, you can see the lines on my arm, because of this product.

This product is definitely not for traveling. If it shakes around too much, too much powder would be released through the sifter, which means more mess and more wasted.

Does nothing for covering up redness and blemishes.

I don't feel like it gave me an airbrushing effect.

Overall Rating: 6/10

Repurchase: No way. Right now I'm just using it here and there for touch ups just to use it up. I have finishing powders that I prefer over this too.

Recommend: I think people should just save their money and find a better mineral foundation,

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Review - Clinique Acne Solutions Cleansing Foam (+ Beauty Review June)

Things have been pretty crazy since the beginning of the blog and I've been collecting all of these different products and samples to try out. Since I collect them faster than I blog, I've been having difficulties trying to keep up with reviews while aiming to blog about everything else I had planned. If you look at the image above, you can see a bunch of the products I've collected. I actually have a lot more products hiding out inside the bag, but I didn't want to spoil everything I'd be testing out for you. I've decided that June would be dedicated to reviewing beauty products that I've bought but haven't shared about yet and samples, starting with Clinique's Acne Solutions Cleansing Foam. I thought June would be a good month to do it since my routine is going to be changing anyways in transition for summer and I want to find products that would be great for that. This month, I'll be leaving for Hong Kong as well, which means I won't be able to do the same posts as I usually do anyways (I'll talk more about it during tomorrow's post).

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Product obtained: Gift through a friend, who received it as a gift with code through her online Sephora purchase.

Reason for trying: Been having problematic skin since last year all of a sudden and I've noticed that salicylic acid seems to work on my skin.

Size: Deluxe sample size, which ended up being the same size as the one provided in the sample kit.

Purchase details: Sephora, The Bay, Sears, etc. for $43 in a kit that includes this size or$23 for the full size.

Pros:

I like how the product dispenses a little bit at a time, which gives you more control on how much you use at once.

It helped control bigger pimples.

It was pretty light and easy to use.

The pump dispenser makes this product really easy to use and it's perfect for traveling.

This deluxe sample size lasted me a month and a half. The full size product is approximately 3 times the size, so it should be lasting 1/4 of the year.

Pump does a decent job at getting the very lasts drop out of the bottle.

The price is pretty reasonable for the cleanser, especially when you take into account how long it'll last you.

Can be used for day time or night time.

Doesn't leave my skin feeling overly dry from being cleansed with that squeaky clean feeling.

Cons:

It didn't do anything for smaller bumps and blemishes.

Doesn't work well with a sponge, since the sponge will just absorb all the product.

It's definitely a product that won't help remove makeup and some dirt, because my toner would pick up the traces that got leftover.

Overall Rating: 7/10

Repurchase: Probably not.

Recommend: For sure if you have problematic skin and salicylic acid works for you, especially if you're younger in your youth.