2008 February | Mineral Makeup Blog

Bare Escentuals Star Style Collection Limited Edition Kit

Posted on February 23, 2008 | Filed Under Bare Escentuals | Comments Off

Bare Escentuals Star Style Collection
This limited edition kit includes:
bareMinerals White Gold Eyecolor (golden pearl glimmer)
bareMinerals Wicked Eyecolor (smoky green glimmer)
bareMinerals RSVP Blush (peach copper)
Maple Syrup bareMinerals 100% Natural Lipcolor (true taupe)
Big Tease Mascara (black)
Double-Ended Precision Brush
Angled Blush Brush

Always the center of attention, head-turning celebrity style has the ability to draw us in. You, too, can achieve star-style status with a little help from Bare Escentuals’ exclusive color collection. Call it your “personal color stylist” that assures you will look flawlessly put together whenever, wherever. Naturally glowing bareMinerals Eyecolors combine with creamy bareMinerals Blush, Big Tease Mascara and luscious 100% Natural bareMinerals Lipcolor to create an alluring look that begs the undeniable question, “Who is that?”

Tags: Mineral Makeup Kits

Laura Geller Cosmetics Baked to Perfection Kit

Posted on February 23, 2008 | Filed Under Laura Geller | Comments Off

Laura Geller Baked to Perfection - this kit is a tremendous value. It includes:
Spackle Under Make-up Primer
Balance-n-Brighten
Ethereal Rose Baked Powder (pink pearl)
Blush-n-Brighten in Roseberry (golden pink berry)
Baked Marble Eyeshadow Duo in Water Lily/Wood Forest (sheer metallic/deep brown gold shimmer)
Creamy Black Mascara

For fresh, flawless, dewy skin with an impeccable finish, try Baked to Perfection. Each silky powder dome combines a meticulous blend of colors that work together to enhance the contours of your face, cheeks and eyes. The primer and corrector provide a base for the Ethereal Rose Baked Powder, a pearlized product that covers your face with a sheer veil of radiance. Next, apply blush to add a beautiful rosy glow to your complexion. The Baked Marble Eyeshadow Duo is a combination eyeliner and shadow in one. Then just add a finishing flourish of mascara and the look is complete.

Tags: Mineral Makeup Kits

Laura Geller to have QVC Today’s Special Value (TSV) on March 8, 2008

Posted on February 16, 2008 | Filed Under Laura Geller | Comments Off

Laura Geller TSV

Laura Geller will have the TSV (Today’s Special Value) on QVC on March 8, 2008 - it will be the 8-Piece “Baked Cakes” Deluxe Baked Collection and will include:
Baked Balance-n-Brighten powder
Baked Blush-n-Brighten in Honey Dipped (new color)
Baked Marble Eye Shadow Duo in Pink Icing/Devil’s Food (new color)
Baked Cake Eyeliner Duo in Plum Pudding/Black Forrest (new)
Mosturizing Lip Shiner in Spice (new color)
Creamy Black Mascara
Retractable Face Brush (new)
Double-ended Eye Shadow/Liner Brush

The price is $49.86 and it is available on 3 Easy Pays.

It is available to preorder before 3/8/2008 - item # A81396, On 3/8/2008 - item # A74521

Auto-Delivery is also available to for additional shipments in June and one in September, 2008. The Auto Delivery preorder item number is A81403, to order on 3/8/2008 use item # A81404.

(When ordering from QVC, make sure you are going through Mr. Rebates to receive a 3% rebate!)

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Bare Escentuals Rare Minerals Blemish Therapy

Posted on February 13, 2008 | Filed Under Bare Escentuals | Comments Off

Bare Escentuals has recently expanded their Rare Minerals line by introducing two new Rare Minerals skin care products.

Bare Escentuals Rare Minerals Blemish Therapy is a sulfur based concentrated Rare Minerals treatment for acne and blemishes. It can be used as a spot treatment for existing blemishes or all over to prevent breakouts. Along with the sulfur, it also has tea tree oil, aloe and retinol, along with a 100% pure blend of Rare Minerals. It has a slight translucent tint to help conceal blemishes and even out the skin tone. It can be used alone, over your moisturizer or Rare Minerals our under your mineral makeup. This seems like it would be particularly good for adult acne, because it does not have the harsh ingredients that would dry out or irritate your skin. The first ingredient, zinc is also know for its skin healing and soothing abilities.

Tags: Rare Minerals, New Mineral Makeup Products

Bare Escentuals Rare Minerals Facial Cleanser

Posted on February 13, 2008 | Filed Under Bare Escentuals | Comments Off

Bare Escentuals Rare Minerals Renew & Reveal Facial Cleanser is a dry mineral-based cleanser. It is activated by water and is intended to cleanse, exfoliate and nourish the skin. It contains botanicals and antioxidants. It does not contain any soap, artificial fragrance or irritating ingredients. To use it, you put a half-teaspoon in wet hands and rub them together to “activate” the product and create a lather/foam.While is is definitely different than your typical cleanser, it will appeal to people looking for paraben free and all natural products as well as those who have already seen positive changes in their skin after using mineral makeup.

Rare Minerals Facial Cleanser
Rare Minerals Nighttime Treatment
Rare Minerals Blemish Therapy
Rare Minerals Reviews
Rare Minerals Ingredients
Bare Escentuals Overview

Tags: New Mineral Makeup Products, Rare Minerals

Urban Decay Primer Potion vs. Bare Escentuals Prime Time Eyelid Primer

Posted on February 12, 2008 | Filed Under Bare Escentuals, Product Reviews | Comments Off

While I do not use it everyday, I am a HUGE fan of Urban Decay’s Eyelid Primer Potion. It is an awesome product and it does and incredible job of keeping your eye makeup in place until you take it off. When I saw that Bare Escentual’s has a new eyelid / eye makeup primer I wondered how is it different from the Urban Decay product and how could it possibly be any better?
Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer Potion comes in an adorable Genie bottle in a wonderful purple color - it is too cute for words! The draw back is that at least half of the product gets trapped in the container & you have to pry off the end to have access to all of the product.

It is $16 for 10 ml or 0.34 ounce.

The ingredients are: Isododecane, Talc, Cyclopentasiloxane, Disteardimonium Hectorite, Trihydroxystearin, Triethylhexanoin, Isopropyl Lanolate, Sorbitan Sesquioleate, VP/Eicosene Copolymer, Dimethicone, PEG-40 Stearate, Propylene Carbonate, Phenoxyethanol, Cera Alba (Beeswax), Trimethylsiloxysilicate, Propylparaben, Methylparaben, Ethylparaben, Butylparaben, Methicone, Isobutylparaben
May Contain: Mica, CI 77891 (Titanium Dioxide), CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499 (Iron Oxides), CI 77163 (Bismuth Oxychloride)

Bare Escentuals bareVitamins Prime Time Eyelid Primer doesn’t have the cuteness - but it does look very functional - with it’s felt tip pen type design.

It is $16 for 15 ml or 0.5 ounce.

The ingredients are: Isododecane, Barium Sulfate, Cyclopentasiloxane, Disteardimonium Hectorite, Trimethylsiloxysilicate, Glyceryl Triethylhexanoate, Polyethylene, Trihydroxystearin, Sorbitan Sesquioleate, VP/Eicosene Copolymer, Propylene Carbonate, Dimethicone, Beeswax (Cera Alba), PEG-40 Stearate, Ascorbyl Palmitate (Vitamin C), Retinyl Palmitate (Vitamin A), Tocopherol (Vitamin E), Mica (CI 77019), Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891), Iron Oxides (CI 77491), Iron Oxides (CI 77492), Iron Oxides (CI 77499), Bismuth Oxychloride (CI 77163).

As you can see from the ingredients in bold, the two formulas seem to be very similar. The Bare Escentuals version has added vitamins, but I am unsure if they would benefit the eyelid in any way. The Bare Escentuals version is also less expensive - provided you can get all of the product out of the container. Urban Decay Primer Potion costs the equivalent of $47 per ounce and Bare Escentuals Eyelid Primer is the equivalent of $32 per ounce. (It seems like you don’t get very much product - but you use such a tiny amount it lasts a really long time.)

It looks to me like it would be a smart thing to do to try out the Bare Escentuals Primer when I run out of Urban Decay Primer Potions, but I sure am going to miss my little Genie Bottle!!

Please feel free to share you review of either (or both!) of these products!

Related Pages:
Bare Minerals Eye Makeup - Overview of all bareMinerals Eye makeup
Bare Minerals Eye Shadows - are the matte, “non-sparkly” eye shadows.
Bare Minerals Glimmers - have shine/shimmer, although the shimmer can be buffed down quite a bit.
Bare Minerals Glimpses - are a combo of eye shadows and glimmers - they are more subtle.
Bare Minerals Liner Shadows - are intense pigments that are suitable for lining, but are also used by many in the crease area of the eye lid and also on the brows.
Bare Minerals Eyeliner Application Tips

Tags: Eye Makeup, Primers

Affordable Mineral Makeup Buy 10g - Get 5g Free!

Posted on February 4, 2008 | Filed Under Affordable Mineral Makeup | Comments Off

From Now until Midnight EST 2/11 - Buy 10g and get 5g Free!

Simply put a 10g sifter jar of your desired shade in the shopping cart along with a 5g sifter jar of your desired shade in the shopping cart (along with anything else you may want) and put 10g5g in the coupon section and it will automatically deduct $6.99 for the 5g sifter jar.

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