What's the best compact (not liquid) foundation for oily skin that gives great coverage?
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I use cover girl. It's a powder foundation, which covers very well with no make-up lines. Make sure you clean your face well, and apply moisturizer prior to putting on the foundation. When it drys, then put the powder foundation on, and you'll be radiant!
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hot compress then acne drying cream by equate not an expensive brand
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You won't find it at Walmart but the BEST LOTION EVER  is called KP Duty.  You get it at Sephora or Ulta.  I use it religiously and haven't had bumps in over a year.  I think the smaller tube which has lasted me over a year cost $18 but well worth it, I promise!
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I've used a "clay" based bar soap.  It really does well on the oily areas of my face.  The clay absorbs the oil.\nI found mine at a bath and beauty type health store at the mall.
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I really like the oil of olay daily facial clensing cloths, they even out your skin, and moiturize, and seems to leave my skin not dry or oily, but soft, hope it helps!
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Pour strips! I loved them in high school.... and sensitive skin face wash, like Neutrogena Sensitive, however Biore Ice Wash is good for oily skin. Don't forget to wash your hands too! When we accidentally touch our faces we distribute bacteria onto the skin and into the pours. Also, watch your stress level. Stress is number one for breakouts, not chocolate or fatty foods. Oh, and don't forget to wash your sheets even more often, with hot water and bleach, perferrably, to keep clean skin contact at night when you've got your face on that pillow and under the sheets. Steam facials help to open up the pores so they'll expel on their own with no irritation from an attempt at popping them. Also, if you're female, Almay has the best hypo-allergenic products to keep irritation at bay. Using amore economical brand of tinted moisturizer or foundation like Wet N Wild may cause more breakouts.
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I just like the Compact skin... Simple, but looks robust.
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Hey there. The easiest and least confusing way I can think to explain it to you....Ok, begin my cleansing and moisturizing your face. Make up will look gross on dry skin. Next, chose your foundations shade ( I use liquid). Apply a small amount of the foundation to the back of your hand and blend it some moisturizer. The moisturizer should make up about a 1/3 of the total amount. Adding moisturizer will tone down the fake look of foundation and act more like a tint, giving you healthy, dewy looking skin.Next use a little dab of concealer, 2 dots on both cheeks and blend it out to help cover any bags under your eyes, or any uneven skin tone. Use concealer and you don't have to cake foundation on to cover spots....looks a lot more natural. Ok, next, add a little cream blush...nothing too over the top, it should just enhance your glow, not give you a fake one. Do a big cheesy smile and apply a finger dot on the apple of each cheek. Sweep it out along your top jawline towards the outer corners of your eyes. If you want, you can also  use a little cream blush on your eyelids. Just a little dot for each eye, and blend upto your eyebrow. If you have a different color eyeshadow you want to use, don't use the blush.Now, using a loose powder on a Puff or brush, dust lightly over your face to "set" your makeup. This will also help take away any shine.  Ok....now for the eyes. I personally don't use a lot of eyeliner, but when I do want something dramatic I use liquid eyeliner. To avoid wobbly lines, rest your elbow on a bench and hold your hand still, and move your head as required.And just line your top eyelids.  If you muck up, just touch over the top of it with a little foundation on a cotton tip, rather than taking it all off and starting again. Ok, now for mascara. Always, always do two coats at least. Do your first coat and make sure there is no clumps. Wait a minuet and apply the second coat. Try and pick a mascara that wont glug up and give you spider leg eyelashes. \nAlmost done. Time for lips, and always do lips last. I don't use lip liner, or lipstick. I'm only 21, so for a younger face I choose a shiny, shimmery cute lip gloss. I use two colors, one is a sweet pink, and its nice to wear even without any other make up. The second is a slightly bronze color. Sounds gross, but when you mix it with a little of the pink gloss, it makes a wonderful natural shimmery gloss..kind of sparkles. \nAnd that's about it. The best thing to do is go and see a professional and ask them to show you what color's are best for you, and how to use the products. And when you are buying a foundation, remember store lighting is usually harsh, so check the color out in natural light. \nPractice at it, and you'll get the hang of it. And remember - you dont want to look like a transvestite, so always pick colors that compliment you and don't go over the top...less is best.
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Never seen oils or sprays, but there are lotions I have seen.  You can also try C-Rings that will help also.
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If you want to keep your skin hydrated without making it oily, I would use a water based facial moisturizer.  You may also want to get one that is non-comedogenic, which means that it will not clog pores.\nHere are the steps that I would use....\n1. Cleanse face with a non-oily cleanser...this will help get rid of excess oils that are on your face.\n2.  Apply water-based moisturizer\n3.  Drink plenty of water......this helps keep your skin hydrated.
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Try Benadryl cream, witch hazel or calamine lotion. Can also make a compress with plain oatmeal.
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The best skin comes from good care of your body both internally and externally.  Internally- the most important thing for your skin is the amount of water it gets. You should drink a lot of water, given that your body is almost all water. Imagine your skin as the flower that you present to the world and you are it's vase. Take away the water and the flower wilts and wrinkles and looks bad very quickly, just like your skin. Externally, there is the daily regimen that is very simple that usually works to keep skin healthy and clear:\n\nThere are basic steps that you do in the morning and at night:\n\nIn the morning:\nwash your face, with a mild soap designed for your face. harsh soaps wash away the healthy natural oils your skin produces. There are plenty of products that do this, depending on your taste. Personally, I like oil of olay classic foaming face wash. Or, dove or neutregina face soap bars. \n\nSecond, apply a mild toner. Toner helps reduce the size of your pores. It makes your skin appear better, because the texture of it looks finer. \n\nThirdly, and perhaps most importantly!!! SUNBLOCK!!! Don't walk out of the house without at least an SPF 15 moisturizer. The sun is very damaging to the skin. Asian women have known this for centuries. Keeping out of the sun is essential for preventing wrinkles. This application of sunblock and moisturizer- is the foundation for your skin care. Allow it to dry then apply your makeup (or if you don't wear any, your skin is still protected)\nMy favorite is again- oil of olay daily moisturizer with spf 15 and vitamin e.\n\nRegimen at night:\n1)remove all your make-up with a product specifically for this. Makeup dosn't come off all the way with just soap. If you use foundation, especially, invest in a makeup remover. If you use water proof mascara-it's the same thing. My favorite for this- is Ponds cream clenser. \n2)Wash your face with a nicely scrubbing product. It will scrub and clean away all of the stuff that gets on your face throughout the day. --Don't think there is anything? Don't you have to dust your house every week because there is a visible layer of junk(in the form of dust) on the furniture? This same thing happens every day to your skin to a degree. There are again many products available, but what you want it to do is gently exfoliate(exfoliate= remove the rough layer of dead skin cells on the surface of your skin) the skin of your face (or your entire body). My favorite for this is St. Ives apricot scrub. There is one for sensitive skin as well. \nThen, you pat your skin dry (never rub it with the towel!) and apply your night cream or lotion. Unlike the movies, it dosn't look like a big layer of green icing on your face. Chose a nice moisturizing cream or lotion that is specifically for night time use. Your body rejuvinates and heals mostly when you are sleeping-so applying lotion at night is highly effective.\n\nSO- That's it! if you have pimples, or excessively oily skin- dab your face with the neutregina little rice papers throughout the day to remove the excess oil.  Good luck!
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You do not want to add oil to your skin find an oil free hydrating product!!  \n\nwww.MaryKay.com/MeganHill\n\nMegan
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How to fight oily skin\n\nWash your face two or three times a day with a mild cleanser that does not include perfumes or additives. Keep your skin very clean, but do not scrub too hard. \n\nUse an oil-free moisturizer and cosmetics. \n\nUse a clay-based face mask two or three times a week. \n\nChoose products containing alpha-hydroxy acids, which remove dead cells and give skin a smoother appearance. \n\nMash up a small amount of papaya for your own fruit acid mask. Smear it on your skin, leave it on for 5 to 10 minutes, then rinse. \n\nSteam your skin several times a week. Add chamomile, lavender oil or dried herbs such as rosemary, parsley or thyme to the water. \n\nKeep your skin hydrated by drinking at least eight glasses of water a day. \n\nReduce fats and oils in your diet. Increase your intake of fresh vegetables, fruits and whole grains. \n\nWatch your sun exposure. Although the sun may seem to dry your skin, too much heat actually stimulates the production of more oil. \n\n\nSupplement your diet with B-complex vitamins, vitamin A, vitamin C, zinc and vitamin E. You can also take a high-potency multivitamin.  Fish oil or flax seed oil to get your EFA's.\n\nTips & Warnings \n\nMake your own facial scrub by mixing 2 tbsp. almond meal with 1 tbsp. ground lemon rind and 1 tbsp. powdered milk. \n\nMake your own clay mask by mixing green clay powder with water or honey and applying it to your face. Leave it on for 15 minutes and then rinse. \n\nHumidity and heat will increase oil production.
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As far as skin goes: \n\nTry the Mary Kay skin care line with customized skin care products for acne. The best thing to with your skin is always to keep it clean as well as treating breakouts. This helps prevent breakouts. \n\nThere are five steps to basic skin care:  \n1. Cleanse\n2. Exfoliate\n3. Tone/Freshen\n4. Moisturize\n5. Protect\n\nThe Mary Kay 3 in 1 cleanser can do the first three steps in one. The fifth step is protect. You want to use an oil free foundation which our formulas for dry normal combo and oily skin are all oil free. When your skin is protected with foundation you can wash off the impurities that your skin catches in the air. The foundation catches the irritants and impurities instead of them getting into your pores causing further breakouts. Mary Kay is satisfaction guaranteed. So if you try it and it doesnt work for you you can get different products or your money back. \n\nAlso it is so important that when you are using skin care you use one line be it Mary Kay or Avon or a Walmart brand. They are formulated to work with one another. Mixing products not designed to work together can cause reactions in some people. ;) \n\nTo even out skin tone you of course need to keep your skin exfoliated but also use a solution like our day and night solution.  The day solution has SPF 25 in it and the Night Solution has Vitamin A and E and more in them.  These collagen inducing products help to tighten and firm the skin as well as even out tone.  You can add in our Microdermabrasion once or twice a week to totally exfoliate and remove dead skin.  The second step of our microderm set will return your skin to its proper PH balance so you will not be rough or dry afterwards.  \n\nI reccomend using products as follows but all skin care must be customized for an individual.\n\nTimewise 3 in 1 Cleanser (customized for skin type)\nTimewise Day Solution (at night use Night Solution)\nTimewise Moisturizer (customized for skin type)\nTimewise Firming Eye cream\nAdditional moisturizers if needed(intense for dry spots etc)\nFoundation (customized for skin type and shade)  \nColor products (use all oil free and non-comedogenic)\n\nHope this was helpful!!\n\nMeganHill@MaryKay.com if you need anything else\nwww.MaryKay.com/MeganHill to check out the line\n\nMegan
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Yes! Use Neutrogena Rapid Clear Oil-Control Foaming Cleanser. \n\nIt's a miracle!!! and it makes your skin feel soft and wonderful.  The container is white and blue with "Clear" in Orange.  Good luck! It's about 6 or 7 dollars, but totally worth it.  It makes my skin smooooth and I have no more problems with oil!  Use twice daily and pat your skin dry with a soft towel.  No rubbing.  Will only irritate skin more!
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I dont agree with Mimi, I found the No7 Tinted Moisturiser came out really blotchy.\n\nThe best ones I have used (and still do) are Oil of Olay, and Virgin Vie.  They both go on really well and are not to dark, and feel really light on your skin.