Beauty Quickie: It is natural to assume that the best way to soak up oil is by applying powder to your face. A good plan indeed…well, at first anyway. It is a little process known as “touch-ups” where you can start to have issues with this technique. By applying powder on top of powder all day, by sunset you will have developed the dreaded cake-face. To avoid this beauty blunder opt for blotting papers instead. These little god sends will keep the oil at bay as you blot it all away.