Ok i too noticed the change and thought it was old makeup. It took me awhile to like it but one day i used the original formula one and noticed it didn't cover all my flaws like old acne scars as well as this new formula did. This new formula definitely keeps the oil away too! I use oil blotting tissues and hardly anything was on there compared to the original formula. So all in all Cover Girl, i am liking this new formula. I will also add i am 54 years old and have been a loyal customer since my teens!

I've been using this powder for years and LOVED the clean finish and coverage it provided. However, I've noticed in the last six months that not only has the shade I've been purchasing turned noticeably more orange, something in the powder itself is scratching my skin, causing small blood spots as I'm applying. I think my the rim of my right eye bleeding this afternoon may be the last straw for me. I'm not sure why Cover Girl decided to reformulate this previously outstanding product, but they've lost my business.

This compact is always there as my never fail compact. For 30 years I've been able to count on this compact to give me a shade that truly matches and easily blends and at the end of the day easy to come off. 10 out of 10!!

I thought it was only me noticing a problem. Apparently the formula changed and now the buff beige I've used for over 10 years has a shimmer to it, its lighter and it enhances my fine lines and wrinkles. I even bought three more thinking the first one was just bad, hoping they'd be like the old buff beige, turns out formula has changed. Cover Girl don't fix what is not broken. Keep your good selling products with the same formula. You should've made a Clean Matte 2.0 if you needed to try the new formula out. But don't upset millions of your customers just to be on par with "new times". I'm definitely switching to another brand.

Unusable now that they changed it to some glittery formula. Looks absolutely horrible. I used it for 30 years prior to this inexplicable change. Don't buy it.

The new formula is terrible. I have used this powder for 40 years. I too thought I had a bad batch and kept buying from different stores to find out the research that the formula has changed. Why would you change a formula after half a decade that's so many people used and loved? I am now switching and trying to find a similar brand to the old formula cover girl, if you do switch back, you had better advertise that far and wide to try and gain back some loyal customers… so sad.

I've used the CG Clean Matte Pressed Powder so many years and been very loyal, but I'm crushed to know that the product is now completely different. As others have said, CG has added a pearlized glimmer to it, which is NOT what you want in a product that is supposed to blot oil and tone down shine. Not only does it give my face an odd, unnatural gleam, the light shade is bizarrely pale, almost white, and goes on unevenly. If I had a child who was playing a unicorn in her school play, I would use this product to give her skin a white, pearly, shimmery glow, but I would never recommend it for an adult. As others have mentioned, it highlights imperfections in the skin such as pores and wrinkles, rather than minimizing them. As another reviewer pointed out, this is also frustrating because even if our feedback means that the original formula is eventually brought back, how will we ever know, since they have kept the packaging of this new formula identical to the original? I've got 4 new packages I will be throwing out (I wouldn't even give it to a friend) and after 20 years I'll be shopping for an another brand that makes a matte powder, I guess.

If I could give it zero stars I would. I have been using this pressed powder ever since they reformulated it from the original (like way back in 2006) and I have loved it since then. BUT - they recently reformulated it again and it is AWFUL. It says "clean matte" and they have added a luminous ingrediant to it, so it is no longer matte. My face has a luminous appearance to it now which emphasises the ever growing wrinkles and fine lines on my 38 year old face. The color no longer matches my skin tone (it's lighter in color now). It doesn't have the staying power like it used it and will start to get patchy after a few hours. It's also dry and flakey-looking when applied to my skin now. The powder also gets clumpy in the case now and I'm not sure why. None of these problems I have had in the last 20 years until now. I am so angry at myself because I always purchase extra to have on hand and now I have 4 of them that I can't even use. BRING BACK THE OLD FORMULA!!

I have bought Covergirl powder #725 for years. Now I can't find it anywhere. I have no clue what powder to buy now that's close to the same color.

I have been using this powder for as long as I can remember but you have changed something. Instead of being matte it looks shimmery or glittery. My nose looks shiny now. Feels uncomfortable on my face...like I want to wipe my face off after I get to work. Not the same coverage. Terrible oil shine and gets gunky with the oil on your face. Absolutely hate it! Currently looking for something else to use. Maybe Clinique? Just terrible!