Mario Badescu Special Healing Blemish Repairing Face Powder for Oily and Troubled Skin, Reduces T-Zone Shine, Decongests Pores and Balances Excess Oil, Gentle Sulfur Powder for Skin Care

The best product for controlling oil. I wear it at night and in the morning under my foundation. I apply a small amount and lightly rub into pores on nose, chin. It clarifies my skin and shrinks pores. It lasts all day and it’s the first time I have ever, ever not oily skin by mid-day. I love it and it’s the best thing I’ve ever used to combat oil and large pores.

This product is a cult fave just like their drying lotion, but gets so misunderstood from the reviews I've read. It is an all over finishing powder, yes, for all skin tones! If you use it that way on melanin-blessed skin, please don't use the puff they provide. That is too heavy an application and will show opaque on your skin. Use a very fluffy, long bristled powder brush. Natural bristle holds the product, synthetic bristle let's it fly away. I like synthetic for finishing powder so it's not cakey. And for the love, not a flat-top aka kabuki or domed brush. That is what you want for a powder foundation application. The DUcare you can find here on Amazon looks like it'll do the job great! B09W957GTH <--- search that ASIN it'll pop up the D03.This is also an anti-redness/color correcting powder. That's a happy by-product of the yellowish color of the active ingredient sulfur.It is a daytime drying treatment to just- popped zits, y'all! Even the ones you could kick yourself for messing with when you're about to do your makeup and there's fluid...tap that bad boy with some of this magic Blemish Repairing Powder on a cotton swab. If it's not open, and you don't need full face prevention, and you just want to speed healing of yesterday's monster? I use a concealer brush or even an eye lining brush. Natural bristle for this trick. No fly away-lays down the product well.Boys! Treats popped and picked zits in the day, takes away redness, cotton swab application. Full face acne protection or broken out shave bumps in beard area? Big, fluffy synthetic bristle brush. Like an old fashioned shaving cream brush would work awesome for the guys. Ya dig?I don't work for Amazon or Mario B. I just have been in the beauty and spa biz a long time. I've sold, repped for, tried, sampled and bought every product and brand you can imagine! Product junkies gonna junk! ✌️💋🩷

This product is best used as a medication or as a "prep" product on clean, dry skin. I purchased this and the "Buffering lotion" to use in combo for a heinous cystic acne breakout that started in September and has resisted every treatment known to man. It's so bad that I've sat with masks and peels and treatments for hours hoping to alleviate just a little of the inflammation or spreading of the breakout. After months of enduring this never-ending breakout, I purchased this powder to use with the Buffering lotion and the two combined started clearing my breakout in 2 days!After about 5 days of using both... all but 2 of the cysts are just dry, tiny bumps and the others are gone with just some redness remaining. I cannot believe how fast this worked and how gentle the formula is. The powder isn't nearly as effective as the Buffering lotion, but it has its own virtues. I use the poof and put it all over my face (except your eyes) and layer extra over actual breakouts. Then I use my fingers and actually rub it into my skin until it disappears. After that you can apply your moisturizer and/or make up without a problem and let it work as a base layer. At night I do the same ritual, except I apply the Buffering lotion right after the powder and rub them both in as well as possible. I wait a bit and then apply my nighttime moisturizer and you're done!You can use this with make up as a setting powder, as well. This helps control oil and makes pores/skin look cleaner and more even toned with or without make up. The yellow tone reduces the redness and the powder treats and absorbs without drying out your skin. There is virtually no scent unlike most sulfur-products and can be worn daily to treat acne and oil invisibly, so I'm very pleased.The powder is a little hard to dispense and the poof has no ribbon (handle) so you tend to fumble to get the poof out without getting too much or making a mess. I'd also prefer this be a talc-free formula as its unhealthy to breathe and if you accidentally get this in your nose or down your throat, it's irritating, so be careful to use it in a ventilated area or turn your bathroom fan on. Definitely give this a try because the fact that it helps breakouts and oil invisibly is something most other acne products can't claim. And the price is extremely reasonable, too.***The first photo shows me with FULL make up attempting to cover up the heinous chin and mouth break-out (ie: base, concealer, foundation, and powder). Even with maximum coverage and a forgiving photo, you can see the lumps and bumps. The second photo is recent and you can see that those lumps and bumps are gone with just a BB Cream as my coverage. The second photo is updated after continued use as of March 2017. (Yes, my haircolor is VERY different....I switched from platinum blonde back to brunette between my original review and this update. But they are both photos of me from December 2016 to March 2017).****