Explain this makeup fail.

[Anonymous]

So, this white powder is showing on camera under certain lights only? Because a lot of celebs are showing up with this...

[Anonymous]

Sunscreen with zinc oxide? Contouring gone awry?

[Anonymous]

I am assuming that they looked in the mirror before they left the house, so obviously not discernible to the naked eye.

Their partners, peeps, agents, friends were close by. No one is walking around like this...

[Anonymous]

Any photographer or makeup person here, who can address this phenomenon?

[Anonymous]

It's makeup. Obviously, not supposed to be white in photos.

Something about visible in certain lights, meant for tv, not print.

[Anonymous]

Yikes I hope this is not real.

[Anonymous]

10:37


It's a silica powder.

[Anonymous]

http://imabeautygeek.com/2011/04/07/mystery-solved-why-all-the-white-powder-on-that-celebrity-face/

it's loose silica powder

[Anonymous]

My friend just told me that if you use loose powder, like Bare Minerals, it will photograph as white. I bet that's what happened here.

[Anonymous]

Like 10:40 said it's loose silica powder, probably Make Up Forever's HD Powder. It's great for "finishing" your makeup: it helps to set your foundation while blurring imperfections. The problem is that you get that white effect with flash photography. In person, you look great; in pictures, you look like you rolled around in a mountain of coke or were just attacked with baby powder.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My friend just told me that if you use loose powder, like Bare Minerals, it will photograph as white. I bet that's what happened here.

BareMineral's Mineral Veil won't. It's cornstarch based so you don't get that flashback effect.

[Anonymous]

I think it's meant to make people look good in HD, on TV. In flash photography, not so much.

[Anonymous]

Like others have said, it's flashback caused by the still camera's flash. it's makeup specifically for hd video and won't necessarily work for other formats.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Like 10:40 said it's loose silica powder, probably Make Up Forever's HD Powder. It's great for "finishing" your makeup: it helps to set your foundation while blurring imperfections. The problem is that you get that white effect with flash photography. In person, you look great; in pictures, you look like you rolled around in a mountain of coke or were just attacked with baby powder.

+1

It's the MUFE HD Powder. There are a couple other HD powders that are extremely fine. These photos were taken right after the HD powder came out -- then everyone learned the hard way that you either need to blend blend blend or use something else, if you're going to be photographed.

Normal powder, like Bare Minerals, won't do this. It might make you look whitish overall, as might zinc sunscreen, but it won't look like this.

[Anonymous]

Not blended well enough, probably shows up in pics but not in person.