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I'm not really a New Orleans Saint's fan and can't wear a paper bag over my face with 'Who Dat?' printed on it year round. I am heaps older than everyone in the obituaries most days. Maybe this is just a birthday vent. WAaaahh. Tide doesn't make my recipe for laundry anymore, it's hard to find Fig Newtons with figs and we have to drive 30 miles to buy gas for our tractor that's made without corn. No matter. I can adjust. BUT - Of all the insulting unbearable revolting developments - my make-up powderbase whatever is no longer being made. I can deal with trivia but this is a crisis. Anybody with a suggestion for makeup base that doesn't: look like spackle for sheetrock? shine like a pig greased for a county rodeo? sog like breading for fry fish? I'm Not leaving the house (except for Halloween) until somebody (of a certain age and we won't take names) tells me what's pretty, available and works with antique complexions. Polly

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Polly Esther
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I have no suggestions. But thanks for the giggle tonight! Have you ever t= ried the Bare Mineral powdered makeup? It certainly looks pretty on the co= mmercials. DD had some that worked very well for her. Maybe someone here= uses it and can tell you more.

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Kathyl

Have you tried Physicians Formula? I have: Mineral Wear Talc Free Mineral Correcting Powder "Buff Beige" made in Italy distributed Azusa CA

This is the ONLY powder that my hyper-sensitive skin can handle for a coupla hours without my face turning beet red for hours after. I've tried it 2x's now without a reaction......and it has a number of 'hues/skin tones' now compared to the first time I tried it in '08 and again recently in May 2012 (NEW container--not the smae as '08). It has a 'swirl of colors' that blend very nicely and has its own brush in the bottom of the case. Can't say if it's expensive compared to other Brands because I very seldom use it. It certainly is different from what my Grandma/Mom use to use as it doesn't have a scent....or a mirror..or a powder puff. Our Ginger is the one that got me to try it. Thanks, Ginger :)

Butterfly (Don't have a clue how long you are suppose to keep powders......shelf life? )

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Butterfly-Wings

I have it Kathyl and Polly - and I love it. When I take the trouble to put on more than lipstick, it is undetectable - but I look great (even to myself). The fact that it is so pure is an added bonus. I should really spend more time getting ready to go out nowadays!!! . In message , Kathyl writes

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Pat S

The stuff I was using disappeared an age ago. I spent awhile fussing around and trying this and that, and had a devil of a time finding the right color in something that does not feel like I've coated my face in cooking oil. Since over the last few years I have gone back and forth between deathly pallor and nut brown tan, I haven't even known what to use for powder. So here is what I have done, I got some Medusa powder foundation in Geisha (yep, pretty much white) I use that lightly and then use a too dark for me powder over it. Works out pretty well. I can use more or less of one or the other depending on what I look like this week. This has led to me discovering that I like powder foundations pretty well. Following directions I moisturize first and it stays on without getting all cakey. As an added bonus I now own and use a kabuki brush.

So far as that mineral make-up I have noticed that people either love it or hate it. When someone loves it they really really love it. When someone hates it they have often broken out in spots, or blisters, or gotten a wicked rash off it. Being as stuff labeled "hypo-allergenic", or "safe and gentle", generally gives me a horrid allergic reaction I've steered clear of it.

Now I don't know as I am old enough to have an opinion that counts here. However my older girls were just entering their teens before they figured out that I couldn't possibly be 24 as I had been saying for about a decade at that time. So I figure that successfully lying about my age and getting away with it for a good long time must count for something. By the by neither one of them thought to do the math until last year when she was helping her dad with paperwork. (G)

NightMist

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NightMist

I can't help, I'm afraid. I haven't been able to find any sort of foundation that looks "right" in years. :( Now I use something called Touche éclat (Yves St. Laurent) under my eyes -- a little goes a long way -- and just use moisturizer and powder everywhere.

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Sandy Foster

You might want to find a dept. store with the multi-line counters and give one of those gals your needs and see what they have. One good thing is you can usually return something if you don't like it. I am using Estee Lauder most days I bother 'to put a face on' that isn't many days though. It is pricey but sometimes a splurge is ok. A trip to the big city might be fun? Taria

I'm not really a New Orleans Saint's fan and can't wear a paper bag over my face with 'Who Dat?' printed on it year round. I am heaps older than everyone in the obituaries most days. Maybe this is just a birthday vent. WAaaahh. Tide doesn't make my recipe for laundry anymore, it's hard to find Fig Newtons with figs and we have to drive 30 miles to buy gas for our tractor that's made without corn. No matter. I can adjust. BUT - Of all the insulting unbearable revolting developments - my make-up powderbase whatever is no longer being made. I can deal with trivia but this is a crisis. Anybody with a suggestion for makeup base that doesn't: look like spackle for sheetrock? shine like a pig greased for a county rodeo? sog like breading for fry fish? I'm Not leaving the house (except for Halloween) until somebody (of a certain age and we won't take names) tells me what's pretty, available and works with antique complexions. Polly

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Taria

I need to get some for myself. When DD was immobile with a broken leg, her= girlfriend come over and did a little mini makeup session with the Bare Mi= nerals products. You couldn't even tell she was wearing makeup, but she wa= nt from pale to glowing with a few whisks of the brush. Amazing.

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Kathyl

The minerals stuff is lovely on the young folks but if you hope to diminish the appearance of fine lines, wrinkles, lumps, bumps, barnacles and varicose veins caused by yelling "Wipe your feet!", it's not so good. Polly

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Polly Esther

I have lupus and crazy rosacea at times, so my face gets blotchy and wierd = looking.

I use the Bare Minerals tinted mineral veil over a light moisturizer. Recen= tly I tried Avon's Flawless Face loose powder, and combined that into the B= are Minerals. The result is a light coverage that you can add a bit more as= a concealer where you need it. No middle of the day oil slick, I can go th= e entire work day in the courtroom without a touch-up. Like Nightmist I am = learning to use a Kabuki brush.

What I like about Av> The minerals stuff is lovely on the young folks but if you hope to dimini= sh=20

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Ginger in CA

Oil slick? Ginger, I love you. Polly

I use the Bare Minerals tinted mineral veil over a light moisturizer. Recently I tried Avon's Flawless Face loose powder, and combined that into the Bare Minerals. The result is a light coverage that you can add a bit more as a concealer where you need it. No middle of the day oil slick, I can go the entire work day in the courtroom without a touch-up. Like Nightmist I am learning to use a Kabuki brush.

What I like about Av> The minerals stuff is lovely on the young folks but if you hope to > diminish

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Polly Esther

Polly,=20 Have you tried MaryKay? they will taylor a skin care regiment for you that = includes the right foundation and powder. Used it for years, even sold it f= or a while. Best stuff on the market. Lancome is about the only other cosme= tic I use. Hey, it's my face! Now for the rest of me?.....meh....

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