dusting powder

American  

noun

1. a powder used on the skin, especially to relieve irritation or absorb moisture.

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dusting-powder British  

noun

1. fine powder (such as talcum powder) used to absorb moisture, etc

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Etymology

Origin of dusting powder

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

However, all too often, the senior citizen in a nursing home will be given something completely useless, such as dusting powder, or some silly knickknack.

From Washington Post

In makeup school, they taught us to do foundation first, and to heavily powder under the eyes with white dusting powder to catch eyeshadow fallout.

From Salon

She shook some dusting powder into a plastic tub and the students held it up to the open cage.

From Washington Times

He took a light approach elsewhere, just dusting powder on the face and a pale, shimmery green shadow around the eyes.

From New York Times

The most that can be done for its relief is to protect the parts with cotton wool or some dusting powder, while the pain may be allayed by opiates or bromide of potassium.

From Project Gutenberg