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The key is using enough product and covering the whole face evenly, since a light dusting isn’t going to cut it.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Kansas City Star,
2 July 2026 Those offers didn’t cut it for the few dozen residents who’ve held out.—
Max Klaver,
Miami Herald,
2 July 2026 Cleveland loaded the bases against reliever Sean Newcomb in the sixth and cut it to 5-3 on an RBI groundout by Chase DeLauter.—ABC News,
2 July 2026 An uncouth mix of stress and chlorine exposure recently left my skin simultaneously drier and more breakout-prone than it's been in quite a long time, and my usual routine of a quarter-size drop of skin tint just wasn’t cutting it anymore.—
Sarah Hoffmann,
Allure,
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