Archive for 'Eyes'

First of all, Happy Earth Day everyone! Everyone’s been celebrating, and lots of brands have been coming up with their earth-friendly products in celebration of this ( and I hope they’d just do it everyday! Lol! )

We here at the Mineral Makeup Blog celebrate Earth Day everyday as we feast on makeup made from crushed minerals from the earth!

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Bare Minerals Eco Chic Collection

In my last entry, I have failed to provide a photo of me, using the new Lauress Minimalist Foundation.
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Mineral Makeup FOTD : Photogenic Lauress Minimalist Mineral Foundation

Last weekend was indeed scorching hot. My friends and I went to Tagaytay ( some highlands here that would be colder than the city ) and the beach. I was too lazy to apply any eye makeup because of the sweltering heat.
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Mineral Makeup Technique : Eyeliner for the Hot Days

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

Looks like it’s graduation season again ( end of March ), and as The Blushing Vixen featured her gorgeous sister’s FOTD, let me just share my baby sister Sarabeth‘s FOTD, whose makeup I did, just a few hours ago.

This is what the makeup set that I have prepared for Sarabeth a night before , since she planned on waking up 5 am in the morning, and her makeup was to be done at 6 o’clock. No time for me to think then!

I wanted a fresh, simple look for the graduating sixth grader so I chose the following minerals and tools to get the job done :
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Mineral Makeup FOTD : Sarabeth’s Graduation

For the very first time, I am sharing an FOTD that doesn’t feature yours truly, but my little sister who just graduated from her culinary arts course. The Mineral Makeup Girl once did her little sister’s makeup too! Isn’t that just sweet, big sisters primping and prettifying the li’l ones!

When my sister told me maybe I should do her makeup on graduation day, I was totally clueless. Sure, I did attempt to put makeup on her once, like a few years ago, and it didn’t turn out so well. Much that she almost didn’t want me to touch her face ever again! Lol. I guess she changed her mind seeing how often I wear mineral makeup these days.

I have my own ideas. But in playing makeup artist , I made it a point to ask her what look she was going for and what colors she had in mind. Since the event was set a little after lunch, she didn’t want it to be too dark, or smokey or over-the-top. She was aiming for something in neutrals/coppers that would complement her floral kimono dress and rich medium skin tone. I let her pick the colors from my makeup box, mostly in neutrals, golds and coppers. Two nights before, we sort of “practiced” the look so as not to take too much time when I am to actually do her makeup.

Presenting my sister:

And this was taken after, not before the ceremony since we were running late! Here’s her EOTD:
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Mineral Makeup Look : Graduation Day FOTD

Having seriously dark undereyes had been a problem since the word stress and insomnia introduced themselves to me. Thank heavens for mineral makeup! With Bare Escentuals’ Well Rested and Ocean Mist’s saffron yellow concealer, I am able to look my best everyday. As if I had a good night’s sleep. Here’s a before-and-after shot of me with and without concealer:

Looking for your HG (holy grail) concealer is quite tedious, just as finding the perfect tools in giving you bright undereyes. I must admit it took me over a year (yes, I’m turning one year with mineral makeup!) to almost perfect applying concealer. And to be honest, I still am using a cream concealer from a non-mineral makeup brand to help in the staying power of my loose powder concealers. I rarely have any problems anymore, except when I over-apply too much product. I ended up looking like a panda, only that it’s a weird, yellow circle around my eyes. Lol.
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Mineral Makeup Loves the Undereyes!

I was able to stock up some Oceanmist products a few months ago as they had a buy one, take one sale on their products. Mineral makeup sales are just so darn tempting because the promos are so generous! I was able to buy 2 full pots of Saffron Undereye Concealer (yeah, one can never have too much of this, this is a miracle worker ), and I decided to try again their foundation. Months ago, when Oceanmist first opened, they had limited shades, that hindered me from getting my shade. With their additional shades that had golden ( or yellow ) undertones in them, I was able to pick two shades to try : Lilia and Dandelion
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Mineral Makeup Review : Oceanmist Cosmetics Mineral Foundation

Mineral makeup and chocolate – well, how about that?

Four bareMinerals Eyecolors boast rich colors and silky, truffle-like textures—making Chocolate Decadence a purely delicious addiction.

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Bare Escentuals Chocolate Decadence Collection

The Holidays are over, but I don’t think it’s time to stop applying mineral makeup that just makes the skin glow. Illuminating mineral makeup further reflects light that gives the illusion of more even skin ( just in case one’s skin is flaking or with scars ), and imparts a fresh aura to someone so tired. ( Yes, faking a good night’s sleep and skin care regimen can be achieved for last-minute parties or meet ups ).

Physician’s Formula has come up with its Holiday Illuminating Mineral Kit that includes a mineral eyeshadow trio, and a mineral veil bundled in one pack.

The colors for their mineral makeup sets are,

Warming Glow – Warms skin for a sun-kissed glow

o Warming Glow Illuminating Veil

o Mineral Wear Quad Eye Shadow in Earth Minerals

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Physicians Formula Holiday Illuminating Mineral Kit