It's so white! Women in the thirties must have looked like chinese opera performers! I dabbled a bit onto my cheek. Surprisingly, it blends quite well into the skin with no trace (and it's quite fragrant too...). At 50 cents, it's good value for money as a control shine powder. But before I start plonking the stuff on my face, what's in it besides harmless rice powder? Are there any funny preservatives or dangerous stuff like lead that drove up the mortality rate and triggered a mass hair loss crisis among cosmetic lovers in Elizabethan England?