This is an old picture of me, but illustrates the sort of skin I deal with on a daily basis: 'dewy' at best, all-out shiny at worst. Blame my pores.
Nadine Baggott has a good piece on pores, for which she talked to Dr. Daniel Maes, head of R&D for Estée Lauder. Dr. Maes imparts the infuriating information that sebum is a very bad moisturiser and has been made redundant by evolution.
Maybe millions of years ago it had a role to play in keeping our hair waterproof, back when we had fur; now it is simply a nuisance.
You can say that again. Nadine lists some of her favorite instant pore perfectors, and I have to admit to slavish use of Estée Lauder Idealist Skin Refinisher (now in much more sleek, appealing packaging) for the last few weeks since receiving a bottle of it from Lauder PR. In the ridonkulous heat and humidity we've been suffering of late, my expectations of any mattifying product are at an all-time low. That said, I do like the way this product changes the surface of my skin once I've smoothed on a very small amount of it, and it feels like a much better base for the rest of my makeup. (You use it before your moisturizer, a product I skip in this climate.)
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