Hi guys,

I'm concerned about setting makeup with baby powder. I have a Johnson and Johnson bottle of powder, 98% cornstarch. I've heard numerous times that it is bad to inhale. To make sure the makeup wouldn't bother me I applied some to my face and set it with the powder. It's impossible to not inhale the stuff when working with it, and very hard when the makeup is under your nose!

Should I be worried about anything?

Thanks,

Bohh

i dont think that you will have much of a problem with a little parctice i thik you will get use to it and not inhale so much. kinda like clinton "i never inhaled"lol if ya wanna try something else proface has a good setting powder that i like to use i think it works better than the baby powder.

Stop! Step away from the powder! Yes, it's bad to inhale, don't do it! First of all- Don't use cornstarch baby powder- You end up with a mess! Only use regular baby powder. There are several different methods to powdering. Some people fill a tube sock with baby powder and shake it over their heads. This method has great coverage, but also big mess. Another method is to put some powder on a puff and apply the puff to your face. This method is a lot less mess, but takes longer. Whatever method you use, you should powder in one spot then move quickly to another spot to breathe. Some people powder outdoors- I prefer to use the exhaust fan in my bathroom. What ever way you choose to powder, once you get the hang of it, practice, practice, practice. Pretty soon, you will be able to do it in no time! Depending on what type of clown face you have, you may want to check out colored powders. I'm a whiteface and recently switched over to Super White powder ,and boy oh boy, does that make a difference! I also use a Neutral Set powder, with no color for my facial features. The reds are brighter than with baby powder and the black and blue stands out, too. These powders are alot more expensive than J&J Baby powder, so you have to decide which is best for you. Remember- No Cornstarch!....Willy Nilly

ok then i just learned somethin new dont use baby power with corn starch i still prefer the setting powder though

Bohh,
If you can switch to the Ben Nye neutra set powder. I know it costs more but It is 200% better than baby powder. It also requires less powder than baby powder.
Commercial over.
Try this . Before you powder, lay your dusting brush in a place you can find it quickly. Apply the powder evenly to a puff and take a deep breath, Hold it and start patting on the powder. after you stop, take two steps back and the exhale through your nose. This will get you back out of the cloud a bit and by exhaling through your nose, help to blow some powder out. Powder your face from top to bottom.
It works for me and when I do my kids makeup. I tell them to do it. it seems to help.
Scruffy

I Haven't had a chance to try to other powders, but at clowning school that I went to in March, they taught us the sock method and patting it lightly while holding it above your face.

One lesson I learned tho....

If you wear a nose, don't put it on until AFTER you set the makeup. That way you don't have to dust off the nose.

Also, another little trick that I figured out on my own. For those of you that do balloons, I use a hand pump, and I've found that this can also double to help blow excess powder off the face, AND keep you from inhaling the cloud. I also, like Scruffy said, exhale through my nose at the same time to avoid inhaling.

No white boogies here!

Mehron do a fixing spray. I find it much better than powdering.

I almost forgot. If you use the sock method. Never put the Nye powders in a sock. Too wasteful.

I have to laugh- well now I can. Two weeks ago I accidentally powdered a little too much and sucked down a whole lot of powder. I thought I had lost a lung. It reminded me to be careful again. OUch! Hack Hack! Cough COugh!

Yikes! I know the sock method works pretty good for me, and I guess unless something changes it I will keep doing it that way...

Like Scruffy I prefer the Ben Nye setting powder, super white and neutral. I have the smaller containers about $7.00 each but they last a long time. Baby powder might be cheeper but there's a lot a waste and it get's every where. But each to their own, you have to do what works best for you.

Don't ya hate it when it gets in your mouth.... :P
{setting your lip}

That is the only time I breathe out my mouth while setting.

Here I am posting in another three year old thread. There are a couple of things that make Ben Nye powders and other Theatrical powders better than Baby Powder. The first is that baby powder is not held to as strick a standard as theatrical powders. That means that even though the majority of the the powder is from talc, there is a percentage of other powdered rocks in the mix also. That means that the baby powder may change the look of your make-up. Sometimes making it look more grey and sometimes more yellow. Ben Nye uses nearly 100% crushed talc. Also the talc is powdered to a much finer degree than that in baby powder. This allows the powder to absorb the oils in the make-up much more effectively than baby powder.
And when using a powder sock or a powder puff it is a good idea to cover the face with light layer of powder and then go back and press the powder into the make-up. Without pressing the powder into the make-up it will sit on top only effecting the top layer of the make-up and leaving the make-up under that top layer unset. Then your make-up still might "fall" and get smeary as the day progresses.
Once again a long winded post from the midwest...

Thank-you for that post. Thank-you for taking the time for us on that very helpful informative. No I don't mind a response to an older post, nor do I personally mind it's length.