6 posts tagged “mineral makeup”
Jane Iredale's undereye concealer
Active Light is an illuminating under-eye concealer that instantly brightens the complexion while providing skin care benefits. The revolutionary formula won't crease or crepe, because it contains no talc, leaving a smooth airbrushed finish to the skin.
The mineral particles in Active Light create a soft focus effect and manipulate how light is reflected from the skin, instantly camouflaging any signs of fatigue, covering darkness and concealing dark circles.
The pen and brush dispenser allow for easy and accurate application of the vitamin and anti-oxidant infused formula, which is designed to hydrate and smooth fine lines of the skin. Nourishing oils provide a base for vitamin K to lighten dark circles, cucumber extract for its anti-inflammatory and skin tightening properties and white tea extract to boost the skin's immune function.
Buckwheat wax is also found in the formula and is added to reduce puffiness. An independent in vivo test on 15 subjects showed that 80% of them had a reduction of 10% in puffiness around the eyes after applying a formulation with 1% Buckwheat twice daily for 28 days
What it is:
A bronzing stick that gives legs a gorgeous beach-worthy faux glow.
What it does:
Tarte Glam Gams Leg Bronzing Stick will have gams looking taut and tanned from summer through fall. It's infused with Tarte's t5 super fruit complex™, a proprietary blend of the five most active superfruits: goji, acai, maracuja, acerola, and pomegranate and has a delightful natural fragrance.
What else you need to know:
The first blend of its kind, the t5 super fruit complex™ is loaded with naturally occurring, antioxidant-rich nutrients and vitamins that have been known to deliver refining, antiaging, and skin-restorative benefits with each application. It's preservative-, paraben-, phthalate-, sulfate-, propylene glycol-, and mineral oil-free.
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A great new (or new to me) skin care line that a good friend introduced me to is Obagi Skin Care. What I love about their products is that they work super fast! And I mean fast. The price is not so attractive but… everything that I’ve used was outstanding. Better than anything else that I’ve come across so far.
My favorites are the Derm Clear – it clears your complexion and evens it out quickly. You’ll notice a difference in a matter of days. It is excellent. The Clenziderm is great too for clearing blemishes. My mother loves the CRX serum and NuDerm with a passion. They’re great for toning and removing age spots etc…
Obagi may not be for everyone but a little goes a very long way and…. The products are worth their price in that you will notice a change quite rapidly.
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A fast-acting, powerful, and effective skin therapy treatment, Obagi Tretinoin Cream 0.1% fights unsightly acne and wrinkles without fighting the natural functions of your skin.
As the strongest Obagi Tretinoin treatment, it's designed to stimulate the renewal and growth of healthy skin cells to promote heightened function and durability. Skin will be softer, smoother, and much calmer, while emitting a beautifully radiant glow.
20 g.
Those with aging and acne-prone skin will achieve great results with this cream. It will also help those with hyperpigmentation and acne scarring.
Tretinoin is the acidic form of Vitamin A, which works to resurface and treat acne-prone skin. It will also renew a healthy tone and texture to aging and mature skin.
Make your intentions crystal-clear as you hydrate, balance, and even out your complexion. Obagi Nu-Derm Clear's lightweight formula delves deep into skin to clear, resurface, and reduce uneven skin tone while lightly moisturizing.
2 fl. oz.
This formula is ideal for skin suffering from hyperpigmentation, wrinkles, age spots, and sun damage.
Hydroquinone lightens hyperpigmentation. Glycerin boosts the skin's natural protection by attracting the perfect level of moisture for the skin. Lactic Acid softens proteins and increases cell turnover to renew and reveal softer, smoother skin.
http://skincarerx.com/review_box.html?pid=4561
One of the best features of shopping on line with a smaller mineral cosmetic company is the option to purchase samples prior to investing in a full size of a product. The samples are generous and usually enough in quantity to provide several uses, whether it is foundation, eye shadow, or blush.
Several months ago I began making my own mineral make up and skin care and amassed quite a large quantity. Surprisingly what I thought would be at least a 3 year supply has been dwindled down to close to nothing. So recently I had to make a decision to either invest the time into replenishing the supply or shop again with favored companies. I immediately jumped on line and began ordering samples from my favorite companies from the past and have been ordering from newer ones that have recently opened.
I'll be posting reviews of various companies over the next few weeks but would like to begin with Bare Faced Minerals.
Several months ago myself and many other women who are lovers of mineral make up began formulating our own mineral make up. I actually as I said above made a very large amount and most of it is now in the hands of family and friends. Some of the women who learned this craft a few months back are now running businesses doing it or are soon to open a business doing it. One question that I'm commonly asked when contacted by someone interested in learning how to make their own mineral make up is " how do you make this or that by this or that company?" My reply is that those formulators have been doing this a lot longer than I have and are far more experienced and knowledgeable at this craft. They also have worked on their own unique recipes for quite some time and through trial and error have formulated a successful stand out from the crowd winner and that this is something that is closely held by them as a secret. I then have said that the best that we could do is to attempt to formulate a "generic" dupe by using the ingredients that they have posted and hope that our end results are similar to what we are attempting to duplicate.
One company, who in my opinion, creates mineral make up products that are unique and above the masses available is Bare Faced Minerals. This company's foundation is quite honestly the only foundation that I've encountered that not only requires very little (Velvet Plush) for full flawless coverage but once applied this perfect finish remains in tact perfectly for many many hours. The finish is also a very naturally beautiful one that requires no finishing powder. Needless to say I've never even attempted to duplicate any of Bare Faced Minerals products because I honestly believe that there is something that is done that is unique at some point in the processing stage of this company's formulating process. I say this because the glimmers, multi use products, and foundations are smoothly textured and have a finish and quality that I've not found equaled by any other mineral make up company.
My review of Bare Faced Minerals is in no way intended to be a slight towards any other mineral make up company, I'm simply stating that in my opinion, they produce a particularly excellent product. I still shop with and will continue to shop with many other mineral make up company's because there are so many great products out there made by so many great companies.
Yesterday morning when applying my foundation I remembered how superior this product, Bare Faced Minerals was. With 1/4 of the usual required amount of foundation my face was fully covered and this coverage looks amazingly natural and youthful. There were no problems during my busy work night with itching, there were no touch ups with finishing powder, and there was left at 5am the same flawless perfectly in tact foundation coverage that I started out with earlier that previous day.
So again today when it was decision time for which foundation to sample - I reached for the Bare Faced Minerals knowing that I'd be comfortable through out the day and that the initial coverage that it gave me this morning is the same basic coverage and look that I'd maintain regardless of how long my day lasted.
A lot of you have contacted me by Private message for tips and pointers on starting your own businesses and making mineral make up. This is great and exciting and I will help all of you as much as I can with as much as I've learned and done. I do work quite a bit and during my free time sleep - (smile) and do the normal things that the rest of us do. I just want to know that anyone who I haven't gotten back to with information please don't think that I'm ignoring you I've just been busy and am answering a lot of other emails and questions through PM, plus working.
I also want to let all of you know that have sent me samples that I will be contacting you with my honest opinions on them. Also I'd like to say that another member here, Miss Nola, has made and sold quite a large amount of mineral make-up to several distributors and has done this for some time. She's done a lot more formulating than I have and has successfully marketed to them everything from mineral make-up, lip stains and glosses, to pressed minerals. Basically I would advise that if anyone is considering seriously investing money and making a business out of this to contact her as she has dealt on a professional level with many distributors and suppliers and can give you much better tips on that level than I can.
I did start the thread over on MUT and taught Hoozey and Coromo through recipes, suggestions, and emails and a few others from MUT but I've never marketed or sold any of my DIY or MIY items nor have I had a personal interest to develop anything beyond use for myself.
Now with that out of the way, I'm finally getting in some samples of mineral make-up items that I've been ordering. This week I received things from Southern Magnolia Minerals, Meow - back at that again for a compatible foundation match - their foundation coverage is so nice I'll keep trying until I strike gold. Also traded some perfume for some Oceanmist eyeshadow samples.
I will start with what I love!!!!!!!! Oceanmist Eye shadows!
Oh my goodness! The finish on these is perfect. Not shimmery, glittery, or too pure mica - like. They are very smooth and pearl like. Another bonus is the colors all looked great on me. I had my doubts when I first looked at them but swatching them on my arm proved different! I love these and hope that they will develop more eye shadow colors because these look great and feel great. Sometimes when eye shadows are too glittery or shimmery they itch and irritate my lids. Not these!
Manatee,Vanora Blush, Pink Urchin, Paradise Pink,Hammerhead,Golden Pearl,Oriental Beige, and Gold Bullion
The yellow color is not my color but the only way that I could get the swatches to show up in my bathroom. All of the colors show up on me but I think that they would be perfect for someone with much lighter skin than myself. I would buy eye shadows from this company again!
This cute bag is from Southern Magnolia Minerals. I ordered a few samples from them. Her customer service is excellent and I found her to be a very genuinely kind person. She's definitely about pleasing her customers and not just about getting their money.
That's important to me because I am a big shopper but not one who will just throw my money to someone greedily jockeying for it. I resent insincerity. I ordered a full size foundation and finishing powder from her. This is about my 5th order with this company and I will continue to return to them due to the excellent and sincere customer service.
What I highly recommend?
The Ostrich oil, the eye shadows, the veil finishing powder. If you can find a foundation match in your complexion then I'd recommend that too because her foundation formula is nonirritating and lasts beautifully all day.
I went shopping for a friend last Saturday to see if I could find something nice for her to wear to a special event. I wound up totally unsuccessful after hunting for over 6 hours through Lenox Mall, Phipps Plaza, and Town Center. I didn't come home completely empty handed. Picked up a few perfumes, cosmetics, and some gifts for the friend who was kind enough to accompany me that Saturday.
My girlfriend wanted this MJ perfume. After going to 2 stores all we were able to get was a lousy sample. When I asked for more samples seeing as I was willing to buy if they had full sizes - she said that this one was all that they had until next week. She did phone me yesterday to tell me that it was in and she set 2 aside for me.
This is probably the best finishing powder compact that I've ever met. One application over your foundation and you are really perfectly set for the entire day. OK it's not mineral but trust me, it is excellent!
The sales associate talked me into this one. I was there to buy a perfume for a friend Oh DeMoschino. So they didn't have it. Surprise right? Not. So then I was getting another order for a friend overseas who loves Hermes 24 Fauborg. They had it, I bought it but he, the expert told me that it smelled like something that he smelled back in Dominica on an old woman. Now this guy was young and attractive and presented himself as an expert in scents - said that he had been trained by a professional perfumery in New York. So I asked him to recommend something and this was it. I bought it, liked it, and actually kept it for myself.
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