Beauty - Bare Minerals

My face was acting up and had a terrible breakout. My facial therapist was commenting that it could be my makeup giving me problems and clogging my pores, so i decided to go hunting for more gentle makeup. Decided to try out mineral makeup, after hearing all the raves from friends and in the forums. Wanted to try everyday minerals, but since they are not available in Singapore, I decided to give Bare Minerals a try.

The SA at Sephora was really nice and patient and went through the steps of using mineral makeup. It seems abit more leh-cheh (troublesome) when you first got in touch with mineral makeup, since unlike the usual sponge-on-face-and-off-you-go, mineral makeup comes in powder format. You'll need to swill, blend and buff. After you get the hang of it, it's pretty easy. But i also realised if you're really in a hurry, mineral makeup may not be too suitable for you (or maybe i havent really master the art fully yet). Also, it's not easy to touch up on the go in the trains or cars since how on earth are you going to swill and buff?

I bought the starter kit, which is selling at $98 with purchase of anything in Sephora. Usual price is $143 or something like that i think. The kit comes with 1 bare Vitamins to prep your face, 3 brushes (1 Handy Kabuki Brush, 1 Concealer Brush and 1 Face Brush), 2 different shades of SPF15 foundation, 1 Mineral Veil Finishing Powder (which is like your loose powder), and 1 Warmth Face Color (which you can use as bronzer, contour or as a blush). There's also a DVD to teach you how to get started on mineral makeup. In addition to that, I also bought the primer.

I love how the foundation feels on my skin. It's so light, and you dont have that I've-make-up-on-my-face-and-my-skin-cant-breathe-properly feel. Coverage is ok. You just need to blend well, and it have pretty good oil-control. I've extremely oily skin, and with bare minerals, surprisingly, i dont need to blot that often, and at the end of the day, i dont really need much touch ups. this, i like.

so far, it's been working really well with my skin and i love it. i love how natural it looks on my face, as if there's minimal makeup on. It's one of the best investments i've made so far this year on makeup!

I've also just placed orders for everydayminerals. I'll provide my reviews on them soon.