Sensitive/rosacea type skin, looking for loose powder
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Thu Oct 13, 2011 10:19 am

Hello! I have sensitive/rosacea type skin, and I'm looking for a loose powder that won't irritate my face. I have tried mineral powders, but find that they make my face red and sore. I'm looking to buy individual ingredients. Has anyone tried rice powder? Silk powder? All I need is something real simple to put together myself. If anyone has any suggestions or ideas, it would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!
Linda

free skin care · Tue Oct 18, 2011 6:16 am

I'm currently in love with Chi Chi Mineral Powder Foundation, it dosent contain harsh chemicals and looks excellent on, without the glittery factor allot of mineral foundations are carrying with them these days.

free skin care · Tue Oct 18, 2011 6:55 am

Check the ingredients in any mineral powder you try - bismuth is very irritating to some people which might be the issue.

I've used silk powder and rice powder in the past. I found silk was more drying, but basic rice powder was fine (if just that 'basic').

Smile

free skin care · Tue Oct 18, 2011 10:59 pm

In the past I've used cornflour (cornstarch) as a setting powder. You could mix this with individual coloring agents to make it suitable for your skin type. I do not have sensitive skin but I have had a reaction to a mineral powder that contained bismuth oxychloride as others have noted. You can buy bismuth free loose mineral makeup quite cheaply on Ebay. I would suggest buying it one shade darker than your skin color and mixing it with the cornflour.

Cornflour is healing and is used in natural baby products as baby powder in place of talc.

When buying cornflour or cornstarch just read the packet carefully. A lot of supposed cornstarch is simply made from finely milled wheat flour because it is cheaper. Read the fine print and make sure it's made of corn.

free skin care · Wed Oct 19, 2011 12:43 am

luckylouie wrote:

In the past I've used cornflour (cornstarch) as a setting powder. You could mix this with individual coloring agents to make it suitable for your skin type. I do not have sensitive skin but I have had a reaction to a mineral powder that contained bismuth oxychloride as others have noted. You can buy bismuth free loose mineral makeup quite cheaply on Ebay. I would suggest buying it one shade darker than your skin color and mixing it with the cornflour.

Cornflour is healing and is used in natural baby products as baby powder in place of talc.

When buying cornflour or cornstarch just read the packet carefully. A lot of supposed cornstarch is simply made from finely milled wheat flour because it is cheaper. Read the fine print and make sure it's made of corn.

Great suggestion, corn starch is often used in natural products for its oil absorbing properties. Also it makes a great tightening facial mask when mixed with water (as opposed to the egg white facial mask). Also it dosent give that caked on affect that most pressed powders do as it's invisible. I tried a combination of baby powder, corn starch, and loose powder (to make the color a bit more skin toned instead of white) a while back and it made for an amazing powder, but I'm a makeup junkie so couldnt stick with it.

But yes great suggestion.

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