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Tati · Chanel

What do you guys do or use to keep your face from getting oily/shiny

Elle · Hermes

I'd maybe consider blotting papers as well - I find that just touching up with a compact can look cakey and heavy by the afternoon, especially since many compact powders seem to discolor easily when they mix with sweat or oil.

Boots · Gucci

I use a primer and then blot during the day. I use blotting papers, but in a pinch, I use those brown hand paper towels that come out of washroom dispenser. They actually work pretty well!

Elle · Hermes

Boots wrote:

I use a primer and then blot during the day. I use blotting papers, but in a pinch, I use those brown hand paper towels that come out of washroom dispenser. They actually work pretty well!

As does single-ply TP, in a pinch!

Kelly · Hermes

There was an article in Allure this month all about reducing shine, IIRC

pollyjean23 · Marc Jacobs

Boots wrote:

I use a primer and then blot during the day. I use blotting papers, but in a pinch, I use those brown hand paper towels that come out of washroom dispenser. They actually work pretty well!

Good to know. Finally - a useful purpose for those horrible paper towels!

nunzi182 · Kate Spade

I know this may seem strange, but instead of makeup powder, I use (sparingly!) cornstarch as a finishing powder. I have an extremely oily t-zone and this has been the only thing that has kept me shine free from 9 to 5.

XtinaStyles · Marc Jacobs

I'm with the group - blotting papers.

When you keep applying any powder (more than 1-2x) it can get cakey and look obvious. Primer helps but I personally break out with alot of them. Switching up your makeup routine can help as well. Are you wearing foundation? what kind?

Yana · Dooney & Bourke

My T-zone is very oily, so, I used blotting tissues, but it makes me feel that they take away the make up as well.
I started using balancing moisturizer - for oily skin, to prevent shine & balance the skin, it's an Israeli product & cannot be bought in the stores, it's distributed to cosmetologists, luckily I know one that sends me from Israel. But I"m sure there is something similar here on the market - when you do advanced search on Sephora - it gives you the products you're interested in.
But I found oil control powder - Estee Lauder ( it works!), foundation cream ( Clinique - also works for oil control). Now I tried Lancome powder - it's sheer & very light, you can barely notice it when you apply it , also doesn't show any sheen.

greendiamond · Marc Jacobs

mac blotting powder is nice.

fairywings · Dooney & Bourke

Bare Escentuals Mineral Veil, hands down.

dangergirl · Kate Spade

another vote for blotting papers, and I use neutrogena facewash and dr nick lowe's oil control day cream

Bastet · Kate Spade

Blotting paper! My face is mostly an oil slick, except for around my chin and mouth, which is dry and peely, so I find that powder makes that dry part even worse. Blotting paper is my HG for getting rid of shine.

Tati · Chanel

thanks for all the great advice!

now where do you recommend me going for some cheap good blotting paper? Sephora?

member · Hermes

Go to the drugstore and get the Clean & Clear blotting papers. They are like $5 and the best I've ever tried.

Boots · Gucci

shopchicago33 wrote:

Go to the drugstore and get the Clean & Clear blotting papers. They are like $5 and the best I've ever tried.

Those are the ones I use too.

lisa0911 · Nine West

smashbox phot finish primer eliminates most of my oiliness. unless its the fact that i turned 40....