MAC : Studio Fix Powder Plus Foundation

not worth it!

I honestly used to have perfect skin. When I turned 30 my acne broke loose and recently when I turned 32 it is the worst ever with deep pits, dark scars, and just horrendous cysts. I used MAC Studio Fix for many years with good coverage and then I realized, well duh! if you have perfect skin anything looks great. The true test is now when I am very ugly and getting older with many lines and wrinkles. This fails to cover well and cakes up in my lines. I would give it a one star, but for good skin it is a good coverage and did not make my acne worse

I have used many foundations before and my sister gave me this Mac powder last month, along with seventeen foundation, it was the most horrible breakout month I have had in my life, and the more you use the more you have break outs. I just stopped it last week and now I am trying to deal with the scares left. Had to use it today to left my spirits up, and there u go again two new break outs, who ever made this is evil.

You can't beat the colors and the coverage, but every single time I use this makeup it makes me breakout. I have this powder and only use it when I'm in a bind and literally every time I do I breakout. I've tried soooooo many times, ugh!

i love Mac honestly its the best powder that i was able to use. it does make my skin oily and i get breakouts because i'm not cleaning my brushes as often as i should lol. but i'm trying oil control moisturizer and its better! another thing is having acne you have to make sure a lot of brushes you used are cleaned at least once a week, and that sponges are thrown away after every use! and hands are washed before and after you put your makeup on.

I used MAC products for 5 years beginning in 7th grade, assuming they were the best of the best. Then I discovered quality makeup. Studio Fix will always be nostalgic for me. How it smelled, how nice it was to run out and open up a fresh one... That said, it looks cakey with any touching up, it made me break out like crazy - in fact, I never HAD acne before I used MAC foundation (granted I didn't hit puberty until after I started wearing MAC), and if you have olive skin? It may look good in the mirror, but once you step outside it looks like you used blush all over your face. Even the "C" shades.

So I have Comb/Dry Skin which has always been Acne Prone. I started using powder foundation because I hated how heavy liquid looked on my skin, especially as a male. I work on a Make-up Counter so my days are long, I work near enough 40 hours a week most weeks and the stress of working in and around people can sometimes reflect on the condition of my skin. I expected to break out at first with this powder, I read some reviews of people saying it was awful and how it broke them out but everyone I know who has it and uses it has naturally flawless skin. I was concerned at first as to whether it was a waste of money. The first 3 or 4 times I used it, it broke me out in little pimples, on my nose, forehead and cheek. I kept up with my skincare regime, applying a good clearing gel by Dermalogica and Sudocream before bed after wearing it all day. I wore it daily so my skin could get used to it, my heart was set on powder foundation. Within a week my skin started clearing up, it looked a lot fresher, less discolouration. I use this powder with my Spa Find Comb Stabalizing Moisturiser alongside a Kiko Colour Correcting Primer in Purple everyday. I use a Mac 129 brush to apply it with and now I see myself with no issues whatsoever. If you stick with it you will be absolutely fine, recover from the breakouts and it'll become a holy grail product. I am so happy with the way my skin has reacted to it, I have next to no spots now!

MAC powders and foundation are great for coverage but they broke me out badly.

I wouldn't recommend this product. It changes colors and will most likely make you break out. Also, I don't think that it is non-comedogenic but I could be wrong. I don't think it says on any of the packaging.

I remember purchasing this several years ago when I was in grade 8, it was the first high end foundation I'd bought before so I had high hopes for it, also most MAC foundations I notice don't come in a shade pale enough for me and are too yellow undertoned so I thought a powder would be more forgiving... plus help with oil control better. The first time I used this I noticed the day afterwards that I had small whiteheads all over where I applied it and I've NEVER had that happen to me with any sort of product before, makeup or otherwise. I decided to give it a bit of a break then try it again in a smaller portion of my face and same exact thing happened... I think I gave this away to one of my friends and it worked alright for them but there's so way I'll be repurchasing this product again. Not sure which ingredient(s) may have triggered this reaction as I've been perfectly fine using other talc based powders in the past but it makes me somewhat reluctant to try other MAC foundations.