If you have an oily nose, it's important to find makeup that will keep your t-zone matte and not accentuate your natural oiliness. Fortunately, there are plenty of great choices from powders to foundations.
Size: 0.39 oz/ 11 g·ITEM: 2439461
Color: 4 - reddish brown
$24.00
This powder is amazing! I have oily skin and this looks so smooth on my face I’m so glad I gave it a shot...I have a lot of noticeable pores on my nose and cheeks, and this totally helps hide that.
What it is: A micro-fine, flashback-free powder that mattifies, blurs, sets and corrects.
Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, phthalates, mineral oil, retinyl palmitate, oxybenzone, coal tar, hydroquinone, sulfates SLS & SLES, triclocarban, triclosan, and contains less than one percent synthetic fragrance. It is also vegan and gluten-free.
What Else You Need to Know: Evolution Powder Setting Powder was designed to help lock in your makeup and absorb excess shine without drying out your skin.
Size: 1 oz / 30 ml·ITEM: 2424679
Color: Shine Control - for oily, normal, combination skin
$39.00
This product definitely helps with shine if that’s an issue your skin experiences. I have an oily t zone and this matte’s you in all the right places...I received complimentary from Influenster. My face is a bit oily especially around the T-zone. I really like how well it makes my foundation look throughout the day.
What it is: A mattifying makeup primer that absorbs oil to control shine, delivers a blurred, velvety finish, and extends makeup wear.
Finish: Natural
Skin Type: Normal, Oily, and Combination
Concerns: Oil
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Ginseng: Known to protect, promote radiant-looking skin, and maintain a smooth complexion.
What Else You Need to Know: Achieve a blurred, matte complexion for up to 20 hours with the Step 1 Primer Shine Control. This comfortable formula is made with mineral clay powder, absorbs oil, and controls shine while extending the wear of makeup.
Size: 1 oz / 30 ml·ITEM: 2424687
Color: Pore Minimizer - for oily, normal, combination skin
$39.00
Works well with oily skin...I use it first thing under my foundation and it helps to Minimize my pores around my nose and t-zone. I have very oily skin, but this product does not contribute to it- I think it actually helps reduce an oily appearance....I only apply it to my target areas (mostly my T-zone, yay combination skin!). It totally smoothed my skin and covered my pores, and after applying my foundation it just looks so much better.
What it is: A smoothing makeup primer that visibly reduces the appearance of pores and fine lines for a smooth texture and blurred finish.
Finish: Natural
Skin Type: Normal, Oily, and Combination
Concerns: Pores
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Ginseng: Known to protect, promote radiant-looking skin, and maintain a smooth complexion.
What Else You Need to Know: Reduce the appearance of pores for up to 24 hours and instantly smooth skin's appearance with the Step 1 Primer Pore Minimizer. Innovative polymers and silica visibly blur and smooth fine lines and skin’s texture, while ginseng maintains balance. The translucent formula works on all skin tones.
Size: 1.35 oz / 40 mL·ITEM: 2572857
$38.00
Excellent t-zone primer for combo skin....Excellent t-zone primer! I use this primer on my t-zone and I use hydrogrip on the rest of my face. ...This product worked very well with keeping my t-zone area matte. My t-zone is more oily than the rest of my face.
What it is: A lightweight water-cream makeup primer with skincare benefits that blurs the look of pores and fights shine for a long-lasting, soft-matte finish.
Finish: Matte
Skin Type: Normal, Oily, and Combination
Concerns: Oil and Pores
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Niacinamide: Helps minimize the appearance of pores.
- Bakuchiol: Helps visibly smooth skin texture and even skin tone.
- Lentil Extract: Helps reduce shine.
Ingredient Callouts: This product is vegan, gluten-free, cruelty-free, and comes in recyclable packaging.
Size: Stick - 0.16 oz/ 4.5 g, Liquid - 0.12 oz/ 3.5 g·ITEM: 1897099
Color: Deep - deep with warm brown undertones
$30.00
The matte stick is perfect for concealing redness on my nose and cheeks and the liquid concealer is perfect for concealing under eye circles and brightening the eye area. ...As a reference I have oily combo skin. my under eye area gets dry and can look cracked and ugly, but my forehead gets soooo oily- which is why i often times use different concealers for each area, and we all know makeup is NOT cheap.
What it is:
An innovative, double-sided concealer, with a full-coverage matte stick on one end and a lightweight, illuminating liquid on the other.
What it does:
Dualist Matte and Illuminating Concealer is double sided with a full coverage matte stick on one end and a lightweight illuminating liquid on the other.
Size: 1.4 oz/ 40 mL·ITEM: 2307247
Color: Walnut - deep brown with red undertones
$40.00
It gives the hydration that I need on my mostly dry skin but I don't get shiny on my t-zone. The coverage is sheer to light, and the consistency is water-like, so it's great for my over-40 skin- it doesn't look heavy at all- it just makes my skin look like it's naturally good. ...holy grail for oily skin...WHHHYYY? I have a very oil T-zone and do not need added shine or tackiness, but no one seems to make anything that’s matte, or at least not in a very fair shade that’s orange/oxidizes.
What it is: A first-ever liquid-to-powder foundation from Bobbi Brown that self-sets into a comfortable soft-matte finish.
Coverage: Light
Finish: Matte
Formulation: Liquid
Skin Type: Best for Oily, Good for Combination
SPF: SPF 30 and Under
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Power Protein Complex: Helps skin look smooth and healthy.
Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens and phthalates. This product is also gluten-free.
What Else You Need to Know: Sweat resistant, transfer resistant, and non-acnegenic, this mask-friendly formula controls oil and stays color true all day while keeping skin protected with environmental, blue light, and UV filters.
Size: 0.35 oz/ 10g·ITEM: 2474658
Color: 11 Deep - deep skin tones with red undertones
$33.00
This powder is really pretty but my suggestion is wear it over another powder foundation or foundation. The t zone gets too shiny after a few hours of wear....Nowhere near perfect or flawless; I have some enlarged pores, couple clogged pores and dry patches with a very oily T-zone. I loved wearing this alone as well as over my Oil-free Laura Mercier TM.
What it is: A clean, ultra-comfortable, blurring, luminous pressed powder that gives coverage without the cake while being lightweight and buildable.
Coverage: Medium
Finish: Radiant
Formulation: Pressed Powder
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Damascus Rose Oil: Is known to soothe, clarify complexion, and lock in extreme moisture, as well as for having a beautiful scent.
- Red Bell Pepper Extract: Known for its defense against the effects of digital pollution, including blue light emitted from urban technology which can cause visible signs of aging and dark spots.
- Vitamin E: Protects skin from free radicals to target damage and is also known for its moisturizing and calming properties.
$42.00
Feels like silk going on. I only powder nose and chin area and with whatever is on brush, I run it over forehead and chin. ...The powder does perform well, I was not oily at the end of my 10 hour day, just a tad shiny in my T zone which I just blotted .
What it is: A brilliantly buildable, ultra-weightless, luxe setting powder that imparts radiant perfection in five shades formulated to match any skin tone.
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Amino-Acid-Treated Powder: Ensures color-true performance, even through sweat and sebum, with high water repellency, improved slip, enhanced feel, better skin adhesion, and improved payoff.
- Lighter-than-Air Proprietary Powder Blend: An ultra-light, pure powder blend that gives a barely-there feel on skin with a unique, sensorial application.
Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, and contains less than one percent of synthetic fragrances.
Size: 0.25 oz/ 7 g·ITEM: 1827351
Color: 11 Golden Tan - medium, warm undertones
$49.00
It breaks apart on my nose, and basically my T-Zone, I used it with its powder but it still just broke apart for me...I have combination skin, particularly oily around my T-zone as I wear makeup a long time, and this really does last.
What it is: A weightless, waterproof foundation with long-wearing, concentrated coverage in a custom, triangular component for fast and easy full coverage on-the-go.
Coverage: Full
Finish: Natural
Formulation: Stick
Skin Type: Normal, Dry, Combination, and Oily
Ingredient Callouts: Free of mineral oil, parabens, phthalates, and triclosan, and contains less than one percent of synthetic fragrances. This product is also vegan, cruelty-free, and gluten-free.
Size: .11 oz/3 g·ITEM: 2552891
Color: Beige - medium beige with yellow undertones
$33.00
Amazing concealer for effortless makeup...I love the fact that it’s lightweight, blends easy, doesn’t add visible texture, but just evens out the skin tone, and I could blend it through the T-zone for an effortless day look. I have it in a shade Cool Sand and it is a perfect match. ...I typically use this under my eyes and in my T-Zone - it looks so natural! Whether I’m doing a full coverage makeup with a darker eye or a natural glam, this is my new go-to!
What it is: A color-true concealer stick for evening and brightening imperfections with up to 12 hours of crease-proof comfort.
Coverage: Medium
Finish: Natural
Formulation: Stick
Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, phthalates, mineral oil, sulfates SLS & SLES, and triclosan. It is also gluten-free and cruelty-free.
What Else You Need to Know: Bobbi Brown’s first-of-its-kind transformative stick conceals imperfections with creamy coverage. The comfortable formula stays the day without settling, creasing, or caking and delivers immediate and all-day moisture for smoother, plumper-, healthy-looking skin.