Talk about major blogging withdraw. I haz it! My new camera will be here tomorrow evening, so the end is in sight! I will be stealing more of your looks sooooon!
Tonight I wanted to talk a little about a new pressed mineral powder I picked up at my local drugstore last week. Rimmel London's Stay Matte Pressed Powder. I really do need powder to finish off my foundation routine, because my face is just enough oily that my foundation gets "icky" if I don't set it. I've been a faithful user of Cover Girl powders because honestly, I like the smell. (Yes, I am weird!) But decided to venture outside of my little bubble.
* this product was purchased by me.*
I picked this up for under $6.00. I don't recall the exact price. That's still a good price for a good product. Rimmel lippies have my heart and so this powder was purchased with high expectations!
I adore the smell. I will NOT put something on my face or lips if it has a wonky smell or taste. I just won't. It makes me gag and I can smell it for the rest of the day. My husband thinks I must have some sort of weird hightened smell problem. This powder smells fresh and clean, but not perfumy or medicinal like the Cover Girl powders smell. It's light.
I picked up Sandstone and while it's great to set my foundation I probably would have been just as well off to get the Transparent powder. Or for maximum coverage, just a shade darker. The powder is not chalky and is easy to apply.
It does not have any sort of applicator, so you'll need to use a brush or your own makeup sponge to apply the powder.
It did last some time before needing another touch up and was matte as stated. My face looked and felt fresh and it did help to cover my blemishes.
Overall, I think that this is a great powder! Though, maybe not ideal for carrying around in your purse because there is no applicator.
Will I switch from Cover Girl to Rimmel pressed powders? YES!
Have you tried Rimmel's pressed powders, or face products?
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I have some of their pressed bronzer, it's in a container that looks just like that. It's GREAT and it never gets ashy or streaky on me. I love it.
ReplyDeleteI've been using this one for years! It used to come in really nice packaging which was perfect for carrying around with you. Here it is:
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All in all, I am really happy with it!
I think I used a version of this until I hit pan and then just used the lid for dumping my blush samples into to use lol
ReplyDeleteI'm using the Transparent one and I LOVE it!
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