Saturday, December 5, 2009

What is a good high end mineral foundation?

I am looking for a mineral foundation from a proffesional brand (estee lauder, elizabeth arden, clinique, etc). What is a good brand to get? I need something that will help reduce pink tones in my skin. I'm very fair skinned, with combination/senstive skin.What is a good high end mineral foundation?
Bare Escentuals is the best! You can get the kit for either $60 from Sephora or $70/$75 from Bare Escentuals directly (the only difference is that the kit from the B.E. store has a compact in it). The kit comes with two shades of foundation which will last you up to 6 months each, even if you spill some, plus Warmth which is a bronzer/blush and Mineral Veil, which is a translucent setting powder. It also includes, I believe, 3 brushes, primer, and a DVD tutorial on how to use it. They recently came out with a Fair kit and it works amazingly on the most pale skin.


They have dozens of products including eye shadows, lipsticks and glosses, blush, bronzers, even skin care products like face wash and an acne treatment. They're all fantastic for your skin.


The foundations give a medium to full coverage and and very customizable (since the kit comes with 2 shades of foundation, you can mix them to match your skin exactly).





Another one I love is Urban Decay's Surreal Skin Mineral Makeup. Their foundation comes in a container with a sponge attached to it that you would apply directly to your skin. They have less colours, but the foundation is still very high quality. It's about $29.


Philosophy's The Supernatural Airbrushed Canvas comes in the same type of container, has about the same amount of colours as Urban Decay, but matches undertones of skin better than Urban Decay. They're about $35 each.


Smashbox makes a foundation called Halo Hydrating and Perfecting Powder. It is my second favourite foundation. It contains minerals and amino-acids and peptides that have amazing anti-aging properties. It comes in an a great mirrored compact in pressed powder form, but includes a shaver so you can make it unto a loose powder as you need it and save yourself the potential mess. It also comes with a really nice kabuki brush and a sample of Smashbox's famous Photo Finish primer. It gives medium to full coverage and has an amazingly smooth finish. It's $59.


Cover FX has and awesome selection of both pressed and loose mineral foundation and powders that provide sheer to medium coverage. They do have a little bit of shimmer in them so I wouldn't recommend it if you have deeper wrinkles, but the selection of colours is defiantly comparable to B.E.


All are available at Sephora.What is a good high end mineral foundation?
Take a look at Laura Mercier, Elizabeth Arden and Jane Iredale.





I have heard so many raves about Laura Mercier, but Elizabeth Arden has a packaging that lessens the mess of powder makeup. Less shades though.





Jane Iredale is the most expensive I think, but I hear amazing things about them. And heaps of great ingredients are in there too. Take a look at these and see :)
I did tons of research on all the different type of mineral makeup and i read all kinds of mixed reviews so i found Dinair Airbrush Makeup and i looove it! Its amazing! Its all water based so its not bad for your skin. Ive been using it for 2 years now and i've never been happier with makeup. If you go to google and type in Dinair you'll find their site.

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