{"id":5693,"date":"2013-12-10T00:00:11","date_gmt":"2013-12-10T06:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/?p=5693"},"modified":"2013-12-09T19:57:27","modified_gmt":"2013-12-10T01:57:27","slug":"secret-weapon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/?p=5693","title":{"rendered":"Secret Weapon"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(Rimmel London’s Stay Matte Pressed Powder<\/a> with my favorite applicators.)<\/p><\/div>\n

I have really oily skin, and I’m always on the hunt for a good pressed powder.\u00a0 My all-time favorite is Jane Iredale’s PureMatte Finish Powder, but the refill is fairly expensive and I go through the stuff in two to three months.\u00a0 Recently, I was reading a back issue of Allure<\/em> and stumbled across the magazine’s Beauty Blog Winners for 2013.\u00a0 Tati Westbrook<\/a>, of the YouTube channel GlamLifeGuru<\/a>, listed Rimmel London’s Stay Matte Pressed Powder as one of her top five favorite products, and that kind of stuck with me.<\/p>\n

Years ago, I got my hair done at Ulta Salon, and since I bought my hair products there, I always earned lots of points for their store reward system.\u00a0 When I cashed them in, I often bought Rimmel London products, because they were really inexpensive and had such fun colors.\u00a0 Plus, there’s something kind of glamorous about a product with “London” in its title.\u00a0 I’m a sucker for advertising, I guess.<\/p>\n

So when I was at Walgreen’s recently, I picked up a compact of this powder for less than $5 on sale.\u00a0 I wasn’t really holding my breath that it would work wonders, but I did read many glowing reviews on Makeup Alley<\/a><\/em>, and I decided to try it.<\/p>\n

And guess what?\u00a0 This stuff really works!\u00a0 It is super light, finely milled, and doesn’t settle into my pores like many powders do.\u00a0 It’s most definitely on par with Jane Iredale’s more expensive powder, and I’m so thrilled that I found it.\u00a0 At around $5, it comes in a plastic compact without a mirror or a compact, so it isn’t ideal for application on the go.\u00a0 That’s okay with me, since I prefer to apply it with a large brush or soft sponge over my foundation, and I’m saving my more expensive powder for touch-ups when I’m out and about.<\/p>\n

I’m so excited to discover a drugstore product that works this well, and I definitely plan to keep it in my arsenal of favorite beauty buys.<\/p>\n

Do you have any beauty secret weapons you swear by?<\/p>\n

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