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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

Last weekend, as part of my course, we were tasked to bring home our false eyelashes, and as an assignment, to decorate them. Our instructor suggested glitters to decorate them, while I, bringing along ziploc baggies of multi-purpose minerals, was so game in using them to transform my plain, black false eyelashes to the most ostentatious and whimsical ones!

Well, I wasn’t able to create the most dazzling ones, but hey, I was able to successfully color my falsies!
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Decorating False Eyelashes With Multi-Purpose Minerals

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

MAD Minerals is slashing 20% off in all orders above $20.00

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This includes items already on sale, *pre-orders, closeouts, etc.
STARTS NOW- ENDS SUNDAY 02-08-09 MIDNIGHT EST. OR WHILE SUPPLIES LAST

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More Mineral Makeup Sales

Wow, looks like it’s mineral makeup shopping time today. I don’t know, but mineral makeup companies are really generous in giving price slashes to their customers. Of course, it endears them to their customers, as they enjoy flawless skin, with value for their money! I myself am always happy when I see these sale notifications in my inbox because I know I can get more for my money now that times are not so good, economically.

Earthen Glow Minerals gives 33% discount coupon , valid until January 31, 2009, with code “January 33″

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Mineral Makeup Sales This Month

I thought that mineral makeup was just huge in the U.S., moreso in the Philippines. When I landed in Singapore, I already packed full sizes of my favorite mineral foundations, mineral blushes, and ziploc baggies of my favorite multipurpose minerals. Little did I know that there were mineral makeup brands being sold here!
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Bare Escentuals Mineral Makeup in Sephora, Singapore

I’ve often been asked – what are mineral illuminizers?

Mineral illuminizers are loose mineral powder, often finely milled, with translucent effects just like finishing powders, only with added glow. The glow is so fine that it is not considered glittery, so the glow looks very natural, and very much coming from within.

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Using Mineral Illuminizers

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

Hi everyone! Ask I am trying to catch up on my blog posts, I’d like to open this entry for questions from our readers from The Mineral Makeup Blog.

I’m trying to put up a video post, answering your questions in one entry, as I try my luck in video blogging, My gift to myself last year for Christmas was a new cam, and the video quality’s about nice enough, that I’d want to try to grace this blog with some video posts!

Post away!