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How much coverage can the powder foundation provide?
When it comes to foundation, women are most concerned about the coverage. Of the three, compact powder foundation offers the best coverage when used alone. The other two needs more help from liquid foundation, makeup base, concealer or a veil. However, this also means compact powder foundation is much heavier, causing caking or streaking that many have been complaining about. Mineral makeup offers a more natural sheer to medium coverage, something which I like. As for loose powder, the effect is somewhat in between that of a mineral and a compact powder once you lay it on top of that liquid foundation.
Which powder foundation is suitable for your skin type?
Some people say that mineral powder foundation is only suitable for normal to slightly dry skin because it’ll accentuate wrinkles on dry skin and can clump up in the pores of oily skin. Personally, I have combination skin, and I don’t find the first claim true in my case. Anyway, most mineral ingredients reflect light and this is supposed to reduce the appearances of lines and wrinkles. In fact, I have to say that compact powder foundation accentuate my wrinkles even more!
But I have to agree that mineral makeup may not be suitable for those with very oily skin because it tends to become shinier after awhile and this means, the pores are more obvious! But again, it could be the product formulation but based on my general experience, compact powder can keep my oil glands under control better. For mineral makeup, I need to use an additional veil to do the job. Drier skin may benefit more from using a loose powder or pressed powder over liquid foundation but note that liquid foundation tends to melt faster under hot weather!