The oil-blotting paper myth. For years, clients have been relying on sheets of paper to âblotâ away excess oil and breakthrough shine. The truth is, blotting papers may do more harm than good. Throughout the day, skin is bombarded with oil, makeup, dust, pollution and free radicals.
despot â(plural despots) 1  A ruler with absolute power; a tyrant. ( 2 historical) A title awarded to senior members of the imperial family in the late Byzantine Empire, and claimed by various independent or semi-autonomous rulers in the Balkans (12th to 15th centuries)  Chinese:
1a : of or relating to centralized control by an autocratic leader or hierarchy : authoritarian, dictatorial; especially : despoticb : of or relating to a political regime based on subordination of the individual to the state and strict control of all aspects of the life and productive capacity of the nation especially by coercive measures (such as ...