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Looks like there’s a new mineral makeup brand in the block!

Fresh Minerals, comes with a very “fresh” tagline, “beauty never felt this fresh.” I havent tried the line for myself, but what impressed me at first inspection on their website is the packaging.

The foundations are packaged just like Philosophy’s Supernatural Mineral Powder, the concealer tube with brush looks like a Tarte product, other mineral powders are in very convenient pump brushes, and the color scheme, including the lipstick’s packaging, is very much Shiseido. Mineral eye powders look like Bare Escentuals packaging. I must say, the packaging and presentation is very elegant, but, will it fare well on our skin?
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What’s New: Fresh Minerals

With applying mineral makeup, it is very important to have a reliable make up base, or primer, as it will prevent mineral makeup from sitting in pores and enhancing fine lines, like normal makeup application.

I’ve previously tried Bare Escentuals Prime Time, Bare Escentual‘s silicone based primer. It is lightweight, and the texture really resurfaces the skin as it fills in pores, fine lines, and did a great job in helping mineral makeup stay longer on the skin.
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What’s New : Bare Escentuals Prime Time Oil Control Primer!

Lumiere Minerals Introduces Summer 2009 Collection!

Lumiere Skin & Beauty Bar is releasing four new eyeshadow trios to kick off the summer season! The new limited edition pigments are themed around our favorite summer treats! The decadent flavors are:

* Root Beer Float (Whipped Cream, French Vanilla, Root Beer Pop)
* Rainbow Sherbet (Lime, Pineapple, Raspberry)
* Cotton Candy (Blueberry, Pink Sugar, Blue Raspberry)
* Cherries Jubilee (Dark Sweet Cherries, Vanilla Creme, Flambe) !

The Trios will be available to you at a summer savings price of $12.00 for a mini set & $21.00 for full sizes, but that’s not all! Along with your order we will include a FREE Gift!

A Lumiere Parfum Rollie filled with the scrumptious flavor to match the eye shadow trio you purchase!

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Mineral Makeup Upadate : Lumiere and Joppa Minerals’ New Stuff!

Inspired by ballet, Aromaleigh Mineral Makeup comes up with a really romantic, yet colorful eye makeup collection :

This is a gathering of lush shades, not just the expected ballet pink. For me, ballet is dramatic, emotional, and full of tragic beauty. With almost 20 years of ballet study, I watch not only dreaming that I could be on the stage, but knowing the iron strength and control that the most ethereal, graceful dancer must have.

“En Pointe” has a little bit of everything… plush matte shades with graceful iridescent highlights, a brilliant shimmering black and white that can make any color into whatever you imagine, and some lovely frosts with multi-faceted effects. Most of this year’s collections have been straight frosts with vivid sparkling highlights, but this collection is more understated while still being full of mystery and transient beauty.

The photos of these colors barely touch what they truly are like in person…

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Mineral Makeup News : Aromaleigh’s En Pointe Collection

I’ve always been on the lookout for that perfect pressed mineral makeup out there. Mineral makeup is fairly new, as compared to traditional makeup, and trying to make pressed mineral makeup can be quite a challenge, doing away without preservatives, and binders that sometimes compromise quality.

When I came across the brand Colorescience, I was very curious about how it fared since it was the brainchild of Diane Ranger, mother of mineral makeup, and the founder of Bare Escentuals. Colorescience is an elite mineral makeup line that seeks to reconcile skin care and color ( makeup ) as it facilitates a good healing environment in the skin that highly complements dermatological procedures such as facial peels, laser procedures, and so much more.
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Mineral Makeup Review : Colorescience Pressed Mineral Pigment

The first time I roadtested Illuminare Cosmetics, I had trouble blending their foundations. I skipped, and just went on trying other brands. But with alot of satisfied customers, I began to think, was it something I did wrong? After a year or so, I decided to get trial sizes again to see how it’d fare on me. Yes, I don’t really give up!

From Illuminare Cosmetics‘ website, their liquid mineral foundation has 3 formulas,
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Mineral Makeup Review: Illuminare Cosmetics Liquid Mineral Foundation

A comment in this blog just caught my interest,

Hey mineral makeup girl i just wanted to know how to apply mineral makeup so it doesnt make fine line around eye look very bad. i dont even conceal there cause it looks worse and it also makes my pores look huge. i use bare esentuals. i love the coverage just not the super magnifying of flaws

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Mineral Makeup Question : Minerals and Fine Lines

It’s been way back since I featured Colorescience Mineral Makeup. I think it was one of my first posts in this blog, but it is only last month that I had a very good chance to play with the products.
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Colorescience Sunforgettable SPF 30 Brush

Bare Escentuals has come up with another new product again. For those who don’t like applying sunscreens because they feel icky should have no excuse to take this extra step in taking care of their skin against aging and skin cancer, because Bare Escentuals SPF 30 Natural Sunscreen is powder-based.
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Bare Escentuals SPF 30 Natural Sunscreen