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Affordable Mineral Makeup™ Coupon – 12% Off!

Suzanne — Wed, 14 May 2008 18:55:23 +0000

From Now until Midnight EST 5/16/2008 – Get 12% Off Your Order

Put your items in the cart – put the word rovaf in the coupon/voucher section and it’ll take 12% OFF automatically.

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Two New Bare Minerals Foundation Colors

Suzanne — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 23:59:30 +0000

Bare Escentuals has added 2 new foundation colors to the Bare Minerals line up.

Golden Medium is for medium skin tones with golden undertones.

Golden Deep is for dark to deeper skintones with golden undertones.

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Bare Escentuals New All Over Face Color – A Little Sun

Suzanne — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 23:47:19 +0000

Bare Escentuals has a new all over face color, called “A Little Sun”. It is described as sunlit copper rose – a light bronze flush that gives the face a light brown pink infused tint. It is available in the kit pictured with the Light Touch Fan Brush. Just in time for spring!!

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Affordable Mineral Makeup – 10% Off YOur Order

Suzanne — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:20:57 +0000

From Now until Midnight EST 3/19 – Get 10% Off Your Order

March 19th is Act Happy Day.
This day is celebrated to simply just be happy!
From now through midnight 3/19 you can get 10% OFF your order!

Put your items in the cart – put the word acthappy in the coupon/voucher section and it’ll take 10% OFF automatically – you must also put in the comments section one thing that you’re happy about!!!

Then, in a few days you’ll get your order, ENJOY and BE HAPPY!
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Maybelline Mineral Makeup

Suzanne — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 20:15:36 +0000

Maybelline Mineral Makeup is one of the newest in an ever growing line of drugstore mineral makeup. I tried it out this week – Here is my Maybelline Mineral Makeup Review:

Price – $8.99 for 0.28 ounce (includes a small natural hair brush).

Shade Selection – Maybelline’s Mineral Power Loose Foundation is available in 8 shades. I wear Medium in virtually every foundation I have ever worn (I always wear the color that they say “80% of women can wear this shade”). The store where I purchased mine was out of all medium shades, so I tried the darkest “light” shade – Creamy Natural. It was a good shade for me – maybe just a little too pink for my cool skin tone.

Coverage – I was very disappointed in the coverage. The Maybelline advertising promises “Medium to Full Coverage”. I didn’t get full coverage, not even medium coverage. I have a few dark areas on my face that are easily covered by most mineral makeup brands. Even with concealer, they were still visible. The makeup did provide color on my face, but no coverage. It was not natural looking at all you could definitely tell I had on makeup – but that could be the result of the color selection, not the foundation itself.

Ingredients – I was very disappointed with the ingredients. Synthetic wax? On my acne prone face? One of the main reasons I love mineral makeup is that it is all natural without a lot of unnecessary ingredients and it doesn’t cause my very acne prone skin to break out.

Here are the Maybelline Mineral Makeup ingredients:
Zinc Oxide, Polyethlene, Boron Nitride, Dimethicone, PTFE, Synthetic Wax, Acrylates Copolymer, Lauroyl Lysine, Cetyl Dimethicone, Aloe Barbadensis/Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Trumethylsioxsilicate, Trisocetyl Citrate, Isopropyl Titanium Trisosterate, Tocopheryl Acetate, Panthenol Chamomilla Recutita Extract/Matricaria Flower Extract (+/- May Contain: Mica, Cl77891/Titanuim Dioxide, Cl77163 Bismuth Oxychloride, Cl77499, Cl77492, Cl77491/Iron Oxides, Cl77007/Ultramarines).

I was surprised that although Zinc Oxide is listed first, there is not an SPF given with this makeup. One of the other reasons I love mineral makeup is the SPF without having to use a separate product. (And the value on this definitely goes down if you have to purchase an additional product for your SPF.) I was also wondering why in their advertising they state “Mica amplifies natural luminosity” and “100% natural mica creates a more natural luminosity”, yet mica is listed under “may contain” ingredients, along with Bismuth – which is problematic for some users.

Stash or Trash? Definitely the trash on this one for me. Maybe if you have great skin and want sheer coverage and don’t mind that long list of ingredients you might like it, but this one is not for me!

Have you tried Maybelline Mineral Power Makeup? Please share your review in the comments section!

Bare Escentuals Star Style Collection Limited Edition Kit

Suzanne — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 15:38:42 +0000

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?”

Laura Geller Cosmetics Baked to Perfection Kit

Suzanne — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 14:26:46 +0000

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.

Bare Escentuals Rare Minerals Blemish Therapy

Suzanne — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:35:38 +0000

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.

Bare Escentuals Rare Minerals Facial Cleanser

Suzanne — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:31:34 +0000

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.

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

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

Suzanne — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 21:27:24 +0000

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