Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Mineral Makeup

Mineral makeup is made with all natural ingredients, is oil-free and non-comedogenic (won't cause acne).
First there's mineral powder & now there's even liquid mineral foundation, mineral eyeshadow, as well as mineral lipgloss. You can probably even get mineral eyeliner.

There very first mineral powder I ever tried was BareMinerals starter kit which I got from Sephora. It's very easy to use and comes with everything that you'll need to apply the makeup on nicely. It comes with a foundation primer/moisturizer, and 2 veils of concealer/coverup powder of 2 different shades, 1 lighter & 1 slightly darker and a translucent (no-colour) finishing powder and then a blush. You can mix the two shades depending if you want to go lighter or darker. I personally used them both on their own without mixing. I used the lighter shade during the longer winter months & then the darker shade during the summer & fall seasons when I have a bit of a tan. Three very good application brushes are included, a large kabuki brush for application at home for the powders and a shorter no handle pocket sized brush for travel, and a concealer brush. It even comes with an instructional video dvd.

The one I'm using corrently is Smashbox HALO HYDRATING PERFECTING POWDER which is a large compact of pressed powder which works as loose powder because when you turn the compact, the powder gets shaved into loose powder and it's very convenient because you only shave as much as you need to use each time. I really love this because with jars of loose powder I'm always afraid of dropping or spilling the contents to waste & also making a mess to clean up after. I can go anywhere with this Smashbox powder and even travel with it & it will last until weeks if not months because it contains more powder than your average compact.

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