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Beauty Reporter
Makeup 911
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Face powder is light, fluffy, and good at covering things up *kind of like Ryan Seacrest. But new ones are showing a more serious side, aiming to firm, hydrate, and illuminate the way a skin-care product would. L [macron]Or[umlaut][bar]al Paris Skin-Restructuring and Hydrating Makeup brightens and plumps with salicylic acid and marine collagen, which works on the skin [macron]s surface to [degrees]absorb many times its weight in water, [+ or -] says dermatologist Patricia Wexler. Cover Girl Advanced Radiance Powder uses glycerides and lecithin to hydrate and improve skin tone. However, Wexler adds, while the makeup may offer some skin-care benefits, it won [macron]t replace your moisturizer.
Bottom Line: The powders wiped out redness and softened skin, but at day [macron]s end, their effects washed away. *MOLLY FRIEDMAN
Beauty Reporter