Physician's Formula Healthy Wear Foundation

I am on a roll with Physician's Formula products. Now this is more of a new product that I am still getting to know. It's not a complete and through review but I really wanted to write about it. Now I got this at my local Rite Aid for 75% off. I never would have picked this up otherwise because Physician's Formula tends to be pricey for a drugstore brand but with the sale and  9.6g of product convinced me otherwise. 

I wasn't going to get this but changed my mind because of the SPF 50. 50! Not even my moisturizer has that much. I am getting a bit lax with my skin and decided that this was going to be a first step towards change. This, like most Physician's Formula products, has bulky packaging with a mirror compact and a separate compartment for their sponge. Totally love that there is a separate place to put the sponge. It also has a little knob of ribbon at top that serves no actual purpose. I like the bright orange color of the compact because I can see this in the mornings and not have to fumble around my drawers for it. 

Now here is the bad part. This had a limited color selection that I had trouble matching up to my skin. Could be because of the clearance sale or just the normal color selection, but I don't know. This powder is supposedly translucent white but it was not translucent and was much too pale for me. There wasn't a darker color available in store and the other ones left were all bronzers. Luckily, I can blend this fairly well and I have to because this thing wasn't an easy blender. With the sponge that came with this, I patted a good amount and spread it all over my face. This managed to even out most of my rosacea and my red spots. With one swipe, I fell in love.

Here comes the test. A mole on my forearm with nothing on it. Used to sponge that came with it for a heavier coverage.

One swipe that was nicely patted in afterwards. See how decently that covered up the dark mole? Not full coverage but a nice cover for all of those tiny marks and red skin.

After a bit of concealer and the powder. Now it's not 100% covered but I think that it did a hell of a job on the mole. I find myself using less concealer on my skin on certain places because I know that this will cover it up. I haven't broken out so far but I also haven't used this for a long time. This also did not oxidize on my skin and kept a barricade on my oily skin for a while. In the end I still managed to get oily, but it still had great long lasting coverage.

Now here are some of the cons. This can make you look cakey. Luckily, I have oily skin so this helped me control a good bit of my oil prone skin but people with dry skin may need to beware. You can also set this with a setting spray to reduce the powdery look. Difficulty with blending and poor color selection are also some of the issues you may have with this product. However, the high SPF, medium coverage and no scent are one of the many pros that will have me reaching for this product.

My goodness it had been a fairly warm winter here and all of a sudden BAM. My little tootsies are getting so cold. I'm also starting to get chicken skin and cracks all over my body. Here's a trick. Get some Aquaphor or Vaseline, pronto if you have really dry skin, apply it to the affected area and put a bit of plastic wrap over it to seal it in. I used to get Aquaphor all over my clothes because I didn't cover it up. This method helps keep the dry skin moist and gets rid of the itches that come with it.

I've also picked up a bad habit. Scratching my scalp. I do this in my sleep as well and find my pillow littered with hair. My sister comes to steal my slippers a lot and she tells me that she can hear me scratching my scalp. Not even seeing but hearing. How gross. Premature baldness begone! I need to stop this habit and get my sister a pair of slippers. She tells me that she killed a spider with hers and can now no longer wear it. Wuss.

Physician's Formula Mineral Wear Color Correcting Pebbles

I picked this Physician's Formula Mineral Wear Color Correcting Pebbles along with their powder foundation from Rite Aid for about 75% off retail value. It comes in a sturdy container that looks a bit clunky with a powder puff, mini tri-colored brush and a mirror on the inside. The brush is flimsy and the powder puff dispenses a lot of the product with being able to buff it it so I suggest using you personal brush.

Now, when reading the instructions, it tells you to apply this all over your face in order to even out your skin tone. In my head I imagined this to be a matte powder that I could use before my new powder foundation that would hide my rosacea and any  other discolorations. Take a look at this and tell me if I could apply this all over my face. 

 No! Do you know why? Because it is nothing but shimmery colored pebbles that do nothing to even out the skintone. People who have oily skin can not/should not apply shimmer all over their faces.Now it does blend in nicely, but for a gal who gets the oilies after two hours of original application, I've learned that shimmer is best applied to limited areas. This is also low coverage and the colors blended together did not even out the skintone.This has now been delegated to the highlighter pile.

Before I continue further, let me profess my love for the Guerlain. Before I knew what a highlighter was, I used to set my makeup with this powder. Looking back, I shouldn't have because this has shimmer as well, but when I used to wear this all over, I used to get so many compliments on my glowy skin. My skin was always bad, so the glowing part had to be attributed to the Guerlain. I don't wear it anymore because
1) I am saving my meager stash
2) I like the matte look better now
3) Not a big fan of the scent after a prolonged use.

 This is with flash compared alongside my Guerlain Meteorites in Beige. Now the Physician's Formula has a noticeable sheen rather than the flecks of shimmer in the Guerlain. The glitter in the Guerlain can be tapped off and  for some reason, isn't so noticable once applied and buffed.

In natural light the sheen in thePhysician's Formula is much more noticeable while the Guerlain looks almost invisible except for the occasional glistening of glitter.

It's not that this product is bad, it's really decent. However, I really didn't need an another highlighter and do not like this purchase. I still have about 10 other highlighting products that look fully intact and I hate that now I have an extra albatross around my neck. It isn't so unusual that I had to have it but it's not so crappy that I can throw it away. Oh well.

See those purple lines? It was to remind myself on where each product ended and began. Had a bit of difficulty with removal but nothing like rubbing off the first layer of your dermis keeps it looking fresh. Since winter is here, I really want to go to a Korean spa. I really like soaking in the different tubs, getting massages and lounging in the oddly themed rooms while sipping some shikhye. The only problem is the full nudity. I know that it's normal to remove all, but I am a bit shy. All they offer you is a small hand towel that covers nothing. Nothing!