Mineral Foundations

squishywishy

Have heard a lot of talk about mineral foundations lately.
just wanted to know what the deal with them is. Are they any good? expensive? would be interested in trying them but dont know which one or if they last and give much coverage.
cheers

Strokesfan

Hey I got the sample kit off www.everydayminerals.com along with a brush, blush and concealer. Try them cos it's cheap if they're still offering the free samples (you just pay postage) (it's either under kits or accessories on there I think...)
I have to say though that I have dry skin so I quite like liquid concealer and foundation more so than powders plus I've never been brave enough to just try the powder all day cos I have some blackheads on my nose that I like to cover up. I do like the small little pots and always carry two in my make-up bag with the brush but use it more over my make-up which is not how it was maybe intended.

StormWarrior

I have tried Jane Iredale's amazing base mineral foundation and it is absolute rubbish! Don't buy it. It is very expensive, but does not cover spots and has no staying power at all. Inika do a mineral foundation but I haven't tried it. Jane Iredale's has put me off, I am going back to my Estee Lauder concealer!

Pigletlover

+1 for www.everydayminerals.com. As Strokesfan said you can get a free sample pack so you only pay for postage, but I got 3 foundations, 2 bronzers, 2 blushers, eyeshadows, concealer, brushes and a bag and the free sample pack for less than €50 including delivery so it's really cheap. My skin is quite dry so I just use a rich moisturiser 20 minutes before putting it on and it doesn't look powdery. You can build it up to the level of coverage you require. Someone recommended it on here a few months ago, I was scepitcal but tried it and now I don't think I'd ever go back to a liquid foundation.

fits

I love the everydayminerals stuff too. Their concealer is excellent and you can really build up coverage, and it gives a gorgeous glow. I still use liquid an odd time, but the mineral stuff is perfect most of the time.

eefy

They tested mineral make up on This Morning on itv last year
see link below

http://www.beautybynadine.com/post.asp?id=92

I hate wearing foundation
I bought the L'oreal one, its good, but the brush is rubbish, I use my own brush

Papillon87

Really, REALLY want to try out mineral foundation. However can't decide between Laura Mercier, idMinerals or everydayminerals. I've really dry skin so I'd be worried it will all flake off!

squishywishy

http://www.sheercover.com/

I saw this one on a shopping channel on tv and it looked really really great. always afraid of buying these things on telly cos you never know if its all lies or not. Found the shades hard to choose on everydayminerals.com

squishywishy

http://www.infomercialscams.com/scams/sheer_cover_complaints

Just saw this so i think I wont be buying any sheer cover!!!!

Ruthee

i also recommend everydayminerals.com ....its cheap and works brilliantly..its also really quick to put on..knocked a few mins off my getting ready time in the morning

lilRedSmurf

I've just ordered a few bits from everydayminerals.com.

Of the mineral make ups on the market everydayminerals doesnt have any harmful fillers or nasty smoothening agents etc. It is what it says on the tin.. ALL Natural. A couple of the eyeshadow colours have some synthetics in them and they actually clearly highlight the ones that do.


The sheer cover ingredients list is just chock full of all kinds of crap that is blatantly unnatural...

The Jane Iredale ingredients list made me laugh out loud cos they actually sing the praises of something called Dimethicone that they reckon has revolutionised mineral make up and is in almost every product ... But what they forget to mention is the fact that dimethicone is actually made from PETROCHEMICALS.


Moral of the story is... read ingredients lists! And take the time to look up the stuff that you might not be familiar with.

lizzyvera

Petrochemicals form naturally from the decay of ancient plants and animals. Dimethicone derived from sand and other things, it's safe.

Anyway not all "unnatural" things are bad and not all "natural" are good- the most potent poisons are natural.

confuddled

lizzyvera wrote: »

Petrochemicals form naturally from the decay of ancient plants and animals. Dimethicone derived from sand and other things, it's safe.

Anyway not all "unnatural" things are bad and not all "natural" are good- the most potent poisons are natural.

I couldn't agree more! The backlash against all things "synthetic" makes no sense from a safety point of view.

Nonetheless I couldn't resist the essentialminerals.com freebie offer so I've ordered some along with some brushes which I've heard great things about. Will let you know how I get on...

Silverfish

I used to order lots of stuff from everydayminerals, until I realised that after a while, it started 'clumping' on my skin
Also its really hard to pick out the right shade from a screen.

Back to liquid for me, which is a shame, as it did give amazing coverage.

applejacks

I remember Sheer Cover from the States! Can you buy it over here?