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I’ve been a bit tired from the shimmery mineral blushes lately, and I’ve been on the hunt for nice , matte mineral blushes. This week’s pick : Pure Anada’s Matte Berry Mineral Blush.

The Matte Berry Mineral Blush is described as “a basic cool pink.”. For me, it pretty much looks normal and neutral on the baggie that I have ( I purchased the 12-piece samples from them ), and I was stunned on how pretty it looked on my cheeks. No shimmer, just a touch of color on my cheeks. Plain and simple. Just the way I like it. I think I’d want to wear this blush everyday. The shade is just right for light to medium skin, it’d show up as a lovely pink flush. No red, just something light on the cheeks. Petal-ish.
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Mineral Blush of the Week : Pure Anada’s Matte Berry

Yesterday, I was able to do makeup for my sister’s photoshoot, and it was just the perfect opportunity to roadtest the liquid mineral foundation that I’ve been hoping to work nicely - Skin Alison Raffaele’s Liquid Foundation. I’ve been wanting to collect good mineral makeup with the hope of one day, I will be able to have a traincase full of just mineral makeup for me to take on the road. It’s quite a challenge, especially here in my country where everything is humid and melts pretty easily.

Results? Here they are.

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Mineral Makeup Look : Skin Alison Raffaele Liquid Foundation

For oily skinned people, it is just a struggle to keep the face shine free. Mineral makeup is heaven-sent as it does not clog the pores ( when skin is oily, the bigger the probability of pores getting clogged ), but it’s still a struggle to find the best product to control those oilies.

Three ingredients that are precious to the discriminating mineral makeup lover who suffers from oilies : kaolin clay, silica, and silk powder. I’ve tried the first two, and I just kept on ignoring my friend who kept on professing about silk powder because kaolin clay and silica can only bring me up to some extent for oil control, but not totally.

I was able to try Purely Cosmetics’ Silk Powder one Saturday afternoon when my skin was peeling so bad. I was loading my face with lots of moisture mist, but I still made sure that I had some oil control because of my face having greasy tendencies. Purely Cosmetics’ Silk Powder felt very very light and it felt like I was not wearing any finishing powder at all ( this is lighter than most finishing powders ) but the finish was faintly flawless -faintly in the sense that it gave out a sheer flawless finish to my overall look.
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Mineral Makeup Review : Purely Cosmetics’ Silk Powder

Skin Alison Raffaele Fast Forward Acne Response Primer is one of those unique primers that is different from the ones that I’ve been using. First, its texture is a bit different from the ones I’m accustomed to. Second, it promises to prevent acne as it is being applied on your skin, and it also has SPF ( 15 ) ! Now who wouldn’t want those added benefits?
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Mineral Makeup Review : Skin Alison Raffaele Face Forward Acne Response Primer

Fall’s all about smoky eyes, and gray just happens to be a nice shade of eyeshadow that can look a bit more subtle than the typical black smoky eye. I’ve seen it in a few magazines abroad, and it further lured me to get a gray eyeshadow for myself! It’s just so elegant, but it also looks edgy!

I found a sample of Alice Cosmetics in Sage, and I must say, it is a very beautiful green-grey shade! I was able to pull of a nice colorful smoky eye ( sigh, I wasn’t able to take a picture! ) with Alice Cosmetics Amethyst Eyeshsadow, on the 1/3 of the lid, and Alice Cosmetics in Sage on the remaining 2/3 of the lid. I was able to get compliments that it was a nice smoky eye, and I didn’t really intend it to be smoky eyes, but rather, just a new style of eye makeup that I am adapting.
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Mineral Makeup Review : Alice Cosmetics Mineral Eyeshadow in Sage

Lately, I’ve been looking for matte mineral blushes instead of shimmery mineral blushes, probably because I have too much shimmery minerals already! It’s quite a challenge to find matte mineral blushes, and I think I’ve found a very precious one from Lumiere Cosmetics called Fresh Roses.
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Mineral Makeup Review : Lumiere’s Fresh Roses Mineral Blush

I was just telling you guys a few days ago on how giddy I am and excited to try Pure Anada Mineral Foundation, and after a day or so, the postman comes to my house and deliver Aileen’s “birthday card” fulla mineral makeup goodies for me that came with Pure Anada Mineral Foundation samples.
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Initial Review of Pure Anada Mineral Foundation

While I was chatting with Patty, a friend of mine, we were exchanging product recommendations that we were currently were raving about. Turns out, she’s given in and tried Monistat Anti-Chafing Gel, something that I’ve been reading in forums that is said to be a good primer under mineral makeup, or makeup, for that matter. As a fan and strong believer of primers ( since I believe silicone-based ones even out the skin specially for those who have large pores, icepick scars, and helps prolong the staying power of makeup ), I decided to check out her review, and I was so happy that she allowed me to share her entry to our Mineral Makeup Blog readers:
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A Surprise Primer Under Mineral Makeup : Monistat Anti-Chafing Gel

Lumiere Cosmetics‘ latest mineral eyeshadow collection called Happy Hour is indeed for the “happy hours!” The colors are just so happy that you’d want to smile for yourself and wear them.

As for being pigmented, I can say that the Happy Hour Collection shades are not so pigmented - they apply in sheer, and this is perfect for those who want a touch of happy color, not wanting her eye makeup to be too vivid or bold. Everything’s shimmery, so this is perfect for nightouts, or if you just want to make your eyes stand out with the highlighting ability of the shimmer.
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Mineral Makeup Review : Lumiere Happy Hour Collection

I packed the Skin Alison Raffaele Mineral Concealer as part of my vanity kit during my trip abroad a week ago. I remember that it was just a month ago that I checked at my local mall ( while scouting for a good liquid mineral foundation ) and the old Alison Raffaele formulation for their liquid foundation and it was indeed heavy in coverage. Now that they’ve reformulated, they’re talc, paraben free, and the formulation’s filled with antioxidants. I brought the Mineral Concealer with me hoping that it would give me enough coverage for my imperfections for an all-day stay, considering that we’d be out all day for shopping trips.

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Mineral Makeup Review : Skin Alison Raffaele Mineral Concealer