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Customer Reviews
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It's powder.
It's powder. not foundation...so if you want foundation, you'll need to use foundation...then use their powder in addition.
The powder is nice powder....really nice powder, but still powder...and they market it as foundation when it's not.
Ooh, but the warmth is the best bronzer ever...and I expected the brushes to be crap based on other reviews....and they really aren't. I don't regret buying it.
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Far and away the most awful makeup I've ever tried!
Just to give you some background in case you have a similar skin type.... I have medium/large pores on my nose and part of my cheeks, and a few fine lines, some small pimples here and there but for the most part my acne is confined to just small colorless bumps (except for when I used this product). My skin is pretty oily, usually shiny in the t-zone by the end of the work-day no matter what I wear. It's a little more reddish around my nose and across my cheeks than the rest of my face, and mildly sensitive.
When I first put the foundation on it didn't look bad, but give it about an hour and watch as the makeup magically seeps into every pore and wrinkle on my face!! I can now count my pores without getting even remotely close to a mirror! The mineral veil doesn't matte my skin enough so I felt that I I looked pretty greasy from the beginning, however that might just be me since I like a REALLY matte finish. After that first hour once everything has slid around I looked like I hadn't washed my face in days. It doesn't absorb oil at all. I've tried a lot of regular foundation/powder combinations over the years and I have to say that this one allowed me to get oily faster than any I can ever remember using. It could not keep me shine free for even 1 hour. The product made my face itch like crazy, though I was told that this would subside, I couldn't take more than a week of it. I wanted to tear my skin off it itched so bad. I have since been told that it's the bismuth that makes a lot of people itch and that other mineral based foundations don't have that ingredient in them. My experience with this product was so bad that I won't even consider trying another mineral make up.
The foundation evened my skin tone out a bit, but it doesn't cover blemishes at all. It does do a grand job of cakeing onto them and making them far more noticeable, so if you really want to show your pores, wrinkles, and blemishes to the world, this is definitely the product to use. I don't what sort of airbrushing/video techniques they used on the infomercial [...].
I suppose if you already have good skin or perhaps for people with dry skin/very fine pores, this would be ok. If you've got sensitive skin save your money! It was definitely NOT worth the money for me. I'll never buy this torture kit again. How exactly this stuff is supposed to be "good" for your skin it made my face raw and red and breaking out everywhere I have no idea. The experience was so bad that I tossed everything out. I wouldn't even give it away --- I don't dislike anyone enough to put them through what I went through the week I used this stuff, and then the following 2 weeks that it took me to get rid of the redness and acne flareup that it caused.
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Difficult..
I found it very complicated to use. Plus I needed to watch a DVD for that? Please. Even after watching the damn DVD and 1 hour of blending, I couldn't get the right tone for my skin. I have gone back to my Black Opal; cheap but does it for me.
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Makes your skin glow!
Like almost everyone else, I love the Bare Minerals line of products. I use the basic foundation on my whole face, and then a concealer on problem areas, like under my eyes. For me, the regular foundation is not quite enough! I don't use Bare Minerals exclusively, because my skin gets terribly dry in the winter even with tons of moisturizer. This is the only reason why I rated 4 stars instead of 5; when my skin is dry, Bare Minerals makes my skin look flaky. But, in the humid months, this is the answer to my prayers! Mineral Veil is a great part of the kit- it really, really keeps your skin oil free all day. You can reapply, but I almost never find this neessary unless I've been out in the heat all day.
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Never going back to liquid makeup
After more than 10 years of using Revlon Colorstay liquid makeup, one use of the Bare Minerals powder foundation and I was sold for life. With Revlon, my makeup looked heavy and pale and it didn't really match my skin tone. With the Bare Minerals Light Starter kit, I mixed the light and fairly light to find my perfect shade. People around me have noticed a difference and have commented that my makeup looks very natural and soft. I should have done this a long time ago. The only problem I have now is that I can't stop looking in the mirror! Powder foundation is the way to go!!
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