Archive for 'Valerie Beauty'

Valerie Beauty is one of my favorite mineral makeup brands - their foundation promises a really really flawless finish, their Satin Sun is the finest shimmer powder that I’ve ever used ( almost magical ), and their fleximinerals or multipurpose minerals are highly pigmented and beautiful, be it used wet, or dry. With Valerie reopening her store for a limited time again, take advantage of her summer sale!

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Mineral Makeup Sale : Valerie Beauty

Crissy, one of our beautiful contributors here, has decided to “bare it all”, and show her EOTD to us!

Here’s her adventure with silver shades! Enjoy reading! - MMU Girl
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Whenever I buy mineral eyeshadows, I usually get neutral colors. I’m not too confident with eyeshadow application and neutral colors are a lot more foolproof than its bright colored counterparts. My neutral mineral eyeshadows definitely outnumber any other shade of eyeshadow that I have in my makeup stash.

Weeks ago, I read an entry from this blog about storing mineral makeup sample baggies in trading card or business card holders. I bought a business card holder back then, but never got around to actually organizing my samples. So I started taking out my samples, and my sister suggested storing them by color.
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Mineral Makeup Look : An EOTD While Organizing Mineral Eyeshadows

Last weekend was pure bliss to me as I traveled to a place far, far away from the city, and just relaxed, and had an annual reunion with the beach. Of course, everyone knows I just can’t live without applying makeup, specially when my friends and I love taking photos to chronicle our vacations, one just has to look good no matter what! Thing is, makeup should be really unnoticeable, and natural to pull off a relaxed, beautiful vacation photo!

As I prepared for my “travel makeup kit”, I wanted to save as much space as possible because I had alot of skin care, makeup brushes ( which I totally forgot, good thing my bestbud had extras ), and more clothes and a camera gear. ( My back almost broke because I also carried a sturdy and heavy tripod with me! hahaha! ). So there, I used a multi-deck jar and just put about 1/4 teaspoons of each variant of minerals that I would need.

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Mineral Makeup On The Beach!

WELCOME TO THE BIGGEST SALE OF THE YEAR AT VALERIE BEAUTY!

Check the liquidation sale category for lots of rock-bottom deals! While supplies last!

The discounts are from 10% to a whopping 50% off their regular price !

Happy mineral makeup shopping people!

I woke up extra early today because it was my baby sister’s big day - her graduation picture day. Well, ya know I’m not a morning person for sure, but I really did try!

Here’s what I did for my baby sis ( who is not a baby anymore, I guess. ). Only the best for her - mineral makeup ! I don’t want to be hurting her baby skin that I wish was mine!

1. First, I applied moisturizer on her since her skin seemed to be dry on some areas.
2. Second, I applied a mix of Monave Hyeyeon and Caroline Concealer Foundation using a flat top brush to ensure that her foundation would stay put all throughout the day. She told me she was having a speech practice before having her shot taken, and I am not taking any chances.
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A Mineral Makeup FOTD For Graduation Picture

Illuminator Satin Sun Finish Powder gives a subtle glow to skins lacking luminosity. This light, fluffy powder can be worn along or mixed with other powders to enhance.
Not a highly glowy finish, just gives a nice sheen.

I’m not a big fan of traditional multipurpose makeup, or makeup that can be used on your eyes, lips, and face. Its consistency doesn’t work well for all three areas. Plus, it can look sticky on the eyes, dry on the lips, and streaky on the cheeks. While multipurpose makeup seems practical, I believe that there’s a better alternative – multipurpose mineral makeup.

Multipurpose mineral makeup takes versatility to a whole new level. It can be used as eyeshadow, blush, lipstick, eyeliner, nail color, body shimmer, and even hair mascara. It’s easy to mix multipurpose mineral makeup into other kinds of makeup because its consistency is loose and powder-like. Best of all, multipurpose mineral makeup doesn’t irritate your skin, because it’s made of minerals.
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Multi-purpose Mineral Makeup

If you happen to log on to the Valerie Beauty website, you would notice that it underwent a site revamp, and yes, it’s screaming V as in Vampy for the new and improved website! I just love it!

She has also renamed her Multi’s ( multi purpose minerals ) into Flexi-Minerals. A fitting name, indeed, for the minerals are flexible enough to be used as eyeshadows, eyeliners, blushes, or even lip colors ( just be sure to use lip-safe colors! )

With the celebration of Val’s sizzling new site, she has launched three color sets for minerals, and these are :

Blue Jeans Baby Collection

Who doesn’t love the snug fit, and the comfort that the good ol reliable jeans give us?
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What’s New : Valerie Beauty Launches 3 Sets on New Site!

I was home on a Saturday night. Must have been the headache induced by my statistics class earlier in the day that made me just want to have some quality time with myself. And what better way to nurse a headache than to play with mineral makeup!

So I cleaned my face and did the usual routine, sans sunblock (it was already 8pm that time). It was also a good opportunity to test the sample of Coastalscents foundation in Honey light tan. I wasn’t expecting it to be a match, but it was! It blended well with my skin despite the fact that I just had a major breakout, thanks to my upcoming monthly period. And let me tell you, Coastalscents foundation is by far the most finely milled I have ever used! Just by looking at the pot, there is no chunkiness or clumps of minerals.

Back to my eye look, I was thinking of something pinkish to go with Valerie Beauty MPM’s in Wink and Karma. I then reached for Meow Scandal Eyes in Tenacious, described as “Peach w/golden bronze shimmer.” It’s one of my fave lid colors as it complements neutrals, even greens! Using my eye shadow brush, I applied it on my whole lid.