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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

Another trick that I have learned from makeup class that can be incorporated into using mineral makeup, is how to make the face smoother, brighter, and even when skin is tired, looking dull, and uneven.

My teacher was exclaiming on the wonders of iridescent powders, on how they reflect light and create an illusion of luminosity, a totally even texture, and good skin. He demonstrated on using cake powder, and iridescent powders, mixed together, and I saw how beautiful it looked on my classmate’s complexion once it dewed up.

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Mineral Makeup Application Technique : Keeping Mineral Foundation Luminous, and Skin Smooth

Mineral makeup blush is a bit tricky to apply, it’s because for mineral foundations, you can always load up, and just buff them away evenly if you apply too much, but mineral makeup blushes, very pigmented in nature, when applied, cannot be undone unless it is removed with tons of mineral foundation ( which I don’t recommend, since it would chalk up the face ), or by erasing everything and starting again, which is a pain.

To apply, get the smallest amount of product using a very light, and fluffy brush, with the brush head not being bigger than the entire apple of your cheeks. Apply the least amount of product, and as you notice a slight flush, just blend until it looks flawless, and get more product, apply again in a very sheer layer, until you get the desired color on your cheeks.

There are two types of application for mineral blush, according to face shapes.
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Mineral Makeup Application Technique : Applying Mineral Blush, According to Face Shape

I must admit, liquid mineral makeup such as Illuminare Cosmetics really makes me struggle in the application department. I have all these samples in my cabinet that I haven’t started trying because well, I was trying to to keep on using powder mineral foundation because they’re the easiest to apply, but liquid mineral makeup is so challenging, that something in me wants to really go and see for myself the effect, the second time around. Last time, I applied on too much that I felt my skin had a mask on.

Great thing that Illuminare Cosmetics has released its first ever how to tutorial on how to apply their liquid mineral makeup! I’m so excited that I’m going to be using my Illuminare samples soon and have them up for a review, as I watched this very, very useful video!

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How To Apply Liquid Mineral Makeup by Illuminare Cosmetics

Even before mineral makeup was introduced to the market, loose powders have been there for quite a while, as something to set makeup. Loose powder was also something that is worn by those who have flawless and low maintenance skin to begin with, just to give it a more polished and neater look.

There are also loose powders that promise superb oil control properties that control shine all throughout the day. But most of the time, loose powders are there to set makeup. Specially for full coverage makeup, when a liquid, or cream foundation is used, the loose powder is used last to make the skin feel velvety, smooth, polished, and all even.

Good thing that mineral makeup is here, with ingredients helpful to the skin and non-comedogenic, as well as non-harming to the skin with the absence of the ingredient talc. For my makeup schooling, when they ask me to get loose powder, I just whip up whatever mineral loose powder I have to use on my model, because mineral loose powder, in my opinion, can be more fine, skin friendlier, and can dew up into a fabulous, dewy finish as skin oxidizes as minutes or hours pass by.
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Setting Makeup With Mineral Loose Powder

Here’s another reason why everyone should have their dose of mineral makeup eyeshadows – they blend in better!

I’ve been conducting lessons lately on how to apply traditional makeup and mineral makeup on girls who want to look more polished and beautiful in the office, and I’ve made them try two kinds of makeup – starting with traditional makeup, and removing it, and going home with their face made up using mineral makeup.
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Mineral Makeup Eyeshadows Blend In Better!

This next topic about using mineral makeup for certain skin problem is very very sensitive to me, because no one taught me how to combat this problem and I dealt with this on my own. But now that I’ve found out how to combat it, I’d like to share with this to the world because people who have uneven skin are not hopeless. Take for example, me *smiles*

Uneven skin is different from uneven skin tone. Uneven skin can take in form of crater, or depressed scars, or even pores that are too big that look shrunk scars. What’s depressing about them is that no matter how much makeup you put on your skin , they will still appear as such as it is irreversible ( except for aggressive dermabrasion , continuous skin peeling, or Fraxel/Pixel treatments ). We can only do so much as we can make it look less visible or noticeable.
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Mineral Makeup Guide : Bad Skin, Uneven Skin

Here’s our first installment for our Mineral Makeup Guide, and for the first problem, it’s for those who have oily skin. Oily skin is not really an indication of bad skin, but it can cause breakouts, and it doesn’t look pleasant on pictures. Oily skin is somewhat beneficial in the long run because it has less tendency to look wrinkled unlike dry skin.

Here’s a quick guide on how to deal with oily skin using mineral makeup.

Key Ingredients
Ingredients that oily skinned ones should be on the lookout for are the following : kaolin clay, silica, silk powder, bentonite clay, Cornstarch ( Zea Mays ), Oat Powder ( Avena Sativa ). They all help absorb excess oil on the skin. Mineral makeup that have this can give good oil control, it depends on the skin’s affinity to that certain ingredient, it’s your choice on what works great for you.
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Mineral Makeup Guide : Bad Skin, Oily Skin

Here’s a quick story from my photoshoot held last Saturday. I was doing Cilarisse’s makeup, and I decided to apply an earth tone combo, and as I was very very afraid that the shade would turn out dull in photos, I whipped up my ever reliable Monave Multi-purpose Mineral in Gold Brick to use on her. Turns out, the color was very vivid. I didn’t even have to apply it wet!

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Mineral Makeup in Photoshoots Give Stunning Eye Candy

Here’s part two of the mineral makeup guide for good skin. With having good skin, there are also inevitable things in life such as stress, lack of sleep, some minimal acne, or some dryness. Here are some tips!

Applying Concealer for the Under Eyes
There are moments when sleep is scarce, and the lack of oxygen circulation around the undereyes causes them to discolor and darken. Not a good sight, but this can be momentarily corrected with a yellow mineral color corrector in loose form.
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Mineral Makeup Guide: Good Skin, Part Two