Mineral Makeup News

Bare Escentuals Beautiful in Pearls TSV Kit Still Available

If you missed out on the Bare Escentuals Beautiful in Pearls TSV Kit on 11/7/09, it is still available on QVC. There was also a “TSV” Extra Honora Pearls necklace that was inspired by the colors in the makeup in the kit, which included crushed Honora pearl powder – said to create a pearlescent luminescence [...]

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Bare Escentuals QVC Today’s Special Value (TSV) on November 7, 2009 Beautiful in Pearls

Beautiful in Pearls will be the Bare Escentuals QVC TSV – Today’s Special Value on 11/7/09. It was developed along with Honora pearls and the minerals all contain pure crushed honora pearls, said to create a pearlescent luminescence when applied. Rumor has it that Honora will also have a Pearl Necklace with the same colors [...]

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Bare Escentuals 11th Anniversary on QVC

Bare Escentuals will celebrate their 11th Anniversaru on QVC on May 15, 16 and 17, 2009 with a series of shows and special offers.  (Unfortunately there is no TSV, however).  The schedule of the Anniversary shows is: Friday, May 15, 2009 from 9 – 11 a.m. and 6 – 9 p.m. ET and Saturday, May [...]

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Seriesse Mineral Makeup

Seriesse Mineral Makeup is made by the new direct sales company from the founders of Serious Skin Care, Seriesse International. Jennifer Flavin Stallone and her husband Sylvester Stallone stated the company offering “new and improved” versions of the most popular Serious Skin Care products. I am a big fan of their mineral makeup – it [...]

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Pür Minerals now sold on HSN

Pür Minerals is now being sold on HSN – I am a big fan of their pressed mineral foundation and was happy to see it is being introduced on HSN. Pur Minerals was sold on ShopNBC in the past and you can also purchase it direct from Pur Minerals as well as Ulta.  (Interestingly, Sheer [...]

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Sheer Cover Mineral Makeup Now Sold on ShopNBC

Sheer Cover Mineral Makeup is now being sold on ShopNBC.  The line debuted there recently and they currently have a very nice selection of products available. Sheer Cover was originally sold on HSN, but they have been gone from there for several years.  I assume Sheer Cover is replacing PurMinerals, which was sold on ShopNBC [...]

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Serious Skin Care ProMinerals ProNano Brightening Powder

Has Serious Skin Care outdone Bare Escentuals by making a “new and improved” Mineral Veil?  Or is ir an alternative to Rare Minerals?  Or is it a makeup primer?  Or all of the above? ProNano Brightening Powder debuted a few months ago.  Since then it has received RAVE reviews by users – it is a [...]

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Mineral Makeup vs. Mineral Based Makeup

Katrina, an Asthetician from Washington made an interesting point in her recent review – Mary Kay Mineral Foundation is Glorified Loose Powder – that I wanted to highlight and discuss. Katrina wrote “What makes a mineral makeup, MINERAL MAKEUP?   The two top ingredients should be Zinc Oxide and Titanium Dioxide!! Where are they in their [...]

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Bismuth Free Mineral Makeup

Because of the problems caused by Bismuth in Mineral Makeup, many users are opting for Bismuth Free Mineral Makeup.  The good news is that there are many great brands that do not include Bismuth Oxychloride (which can cause itching, irritation and the “glow” that some people love and some people hate). The brands of Bismuth [...]

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Colorscience Sunforgettable Mineral Suncreen Powders

(Yes, I know it is Colorescience – but most people forget to add the “e”!) Colorscience has a great looking line of Mineral Sunscreen Products that include not only products for the face, but also for the body. With so many of us looking for more ways to incorporate more natural and less chemical products [...]

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Bare Escentuals to have QVC’s Today’s Special Value (TSV) on April 25, 2008

QVC has announced that there will be a Bare Escentuals TSV on 4/25/2008 – no word yet on what it will be – but for the last two years the April TSV has been a “Faux Tan” kit, with the Faux Tanning Product (which is very highly rated by users) and the Faux Tan All [...]

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Sheer Cover Mineral Makeup Formulation Change?

It appears that Sheer Cover may have slightly modified their mineral makeup formulation and that is now may contain Bismuth. The old list of ingredients was: Active Ingredients: Zinc Oxide (12.00%). Other Ingredients: Boron Nitride, Bisabolol, Aspalathus Linearis Leaf Extract, Green Rooibos Tea This is the new ingredient list: Active Ingredients: Zinc Oxide (12.00%). Other [...]

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