That makes sense to me. I'm old enough to remember when women used only powder, I think. I know I dislike makeup of any kind. Didn't use to be so particular.ORIGINAL: bostaurus
I have no idea about the history of make-up but maybe this is from the time when liquid foundations first came out. Ladies powdered their faces to cover blemishes...now they could use a 'liquid powder' to cover them. Just a very wild guess.