Nivea Pure Talc 400Gm

I bought this to make my own chalk paint, and it works beautifully. It does leave all my projects with a major baby powder smell, but it doesn't bother me. The smell dissipates within a few days.

Real Talc. Glad they haven't switched over to corn starch..

Smells great keeps me dry. Very pricey.

Supreme skin comfort with mild fragrance for men or women

It is so hard to get true talc, and this one was from Nivea (which I trust) and said "Pure Talc" in bold (which is good, since I need hypoallergenic products). But once I got it & opened it up, the perfumey fragrance was overwhelmingly strong! Stunned it had perfume, I looked at the label and it also has other ingredients, too (like calcium carbonate, etc.). BOO, HISS! What was Nivea thinking, selling something as "pure talc" when it is anything but!

If you are looking for the baby powder smelling talcum powder of our youth, beware this is not the powder you are looking for. It is talcum powder, but it is not THAT talcum powder and to me has an almost medicinal or medicated type scent. I subsequently found powder that smelled like what I wanted here on Amazon, and wish I had seen that before getting this.

I was taught to draw the Art Center way mixing ground up NuPastel and talcum powder and to apply it to vellum or marker paper with a Webril Wipe. Because of all the talcum powder on the surface of the paper I got accustomed to my hand gliding across the paper when I stroked my lines. I can feel any change of curvature in my lines with my wrist. I got to the point that I draw long, sleek boats by hand without ship's curves. A decade ago I switched to drawing on a digital glass covered Cintiq instead of vellum. I now have to powder my hands instead of the glass "paper" to get that smooth stroke I am used to. Using actual talcum powder instead of cornstarch doesn't attract ants in my office.

Talc has been in my family since my birth in the 1960's. And I'm sure much longer before that. I can't confirm all the bad hype since none of my family ever experienced the effects. Corn starch just doesn't work for me. The fine dust that gets everywhere and on everything, how is this a substitute?