Hi--

I can't say much that you haven't said, but I'll add my experience to the pot.  I've been using Clinique's Gentle Light Powder for a number of years, but I've been a customer for at least 25 years.  I thought I was on to something, since I received so many compliments on my skin, to the point that people asked me if I'd had "work done"!  It was the powder, because when they discontinued it, I had to buy the Blended Powder, which was AWFUL, made my skin look dry, dusty, and OLD.  I left a scathing review of the Blended Powder on their website, and talked the ear off the sales associate when I returned the offending Blended Powder.  I hope she saw me walk directly to the Lancôme counter, where I conferred with their sales associate about a replacement that another unhappy Clinique customer had recommended online.  Right now I'm debating whether or not to call the Gone But Not Forgotten number.  And for the record, I also had the same experience with Prescriptives, went for a favorite lipstick and suddenly it was gone.  And then Prescriptives was gone, too.  Probably a good thing.
P.S.   Try Maybelline the Classic Volum' Express Waterproof or CoverGirl Lashblast Volume Waterproof.