Minerial Makeup

It's a great product.  I used it for awhlie-I think the brand was Bare Essentials.  My only complaint would be it was a little messy for me!  Sears has some nice mineral products available:  http://www.sears.com/shc/s/s_10153_12605_Beauty_Face_Foundation+%26+Concealer

Let us know if you end up trying it out! 

I was looking for discussions on gas ranges as I need to get a new one when I saw your question on Mineral Make up.  I have to tell you my story/experience with Bare Minerals. 

I too have the T-zone problem.  I also have olive skin which becomes blotchy & dull in the winter.  For over 20yrs I've been looking for makeup that matches my skin tone without much success until I found Bare Minerals.  I bought the product directly from their 800#.  When it arrived I immediately tried it & LOVED IT!!!!!  It was easy to use, the color matched my skin unlike any other product before.  It evened out my skin tone, it lasted all day, made my pores look very small (if none existant), reduced my T-zone oily problem & made my skin looked flawless and I'm talking "make up artist" flawless.  Everyone at work all of the sudden starting asking how come my skin looked so good, radiant & flawless all in one!

A week after I started using Bare Minerals I ended up in the emergency room with what I thought was a brain tumor (I can laugh now) but instead was an allergic reaction which looked like an egg size bump on my forehead above my right eye.  Turns out I was/am allergic to one of the ingredients in Mineral makeup.  Bare Minerals was the only new product I had used on my face in about 2yrs so I immediately stopped using it & the bump went away.  Bare Minerals took the product back (I only got to use it for about 10 days) & refunded me the full amount minus shipping & handling.  After all said & done, I have to say that Bare Minerals was the most awesome makeup I had ever used and my only regret is that I was allergic to it and that I can't use it.  The reaction I had is probably absolete but I've yet to find anything that matches my tone so beautifully and made my skin look so perfectly flawless & radiant. 

I did a little researched after my weird allergic reaction and turns out many women are allergic to mica which is a common ingredient used in all make up (mineral or not).  I use Estee Lauder, Clinique, Guerlain, Mary Kay, Lancome & Revlon products which all contain mica but yet I've never experience an allergic reaction to any of these products or product lines.  Mineral makeup ingredients (which is all mostly in powder form) are grinded so fine the particles are just about microscopic.  This fine milled powder is better absorbed by our pores to provide the long lasting wear, the great coverage & flawless finish.  It seems my skin just absorbed it too well & it reacted the way it did.  This reaction happened two years ago & I'm sure they are even better mineral products out there which eventually I might try again in the future.  

I know reading this probably doesn't help you but like I said I must be the only person I know that had such a reaction to Bare Minerals.  If you do try it and it works out for you I will be very very very very jealous & envious of you ;-)  LVC

Wow, thanks for sharing that story with us! I'm not very good about testing my skin for allergic reactions but your experience will make me think.

I've used mineral makeup and it's ok.

I've been using mineral foundation for months, and it's been working like a charm. My skin type is combination: T-zone is oily while the rest of the face is normal. Also, it's very sensitive. I get pimples easily, especially when I don't drink enough water during the day. I'd tried to use various cosmetic brands, but nothing really worked on me until I decided to make my own mineral foundation. Now my skin only gets one or two pimples once in a blue moon. The skin color gets lighter. The pimple scars are lighter and no longer visible in pictures. The best part is the T-zone is less oily. I recommend you to make your own mineral foundation instead of buying it from those cosmetic brands, for you'll know the exact ingredients that are put in your foundation. Also, you'll get the kick out of what rice powder, sericite mica, titanium dioxide, boron nitride, etc. can do to your skin.

I've used Bare Minerals products for years and never had problems with it.  Once in a while I have an allergic reaction to the animal hair brush I use (I have allergies) but the makeup is great. 

i tried 'Mineral Power' by Maybelline.  Huge mistake.  I bought the same color I would normally wear in a liquid make up, light beige.  I looked as if I had smeared coco powder on my face!  I personally do not like the way it looks. It has that smudged smeared look and really high lights lines if you dont blend blend blend.

My wife is diggin' the Bare Minerals.  She swears by it!

I love the mia minerals range. It comes as a complete set and is just amazing value. The foundation is way better than any mineral make up on the market that i have found and the colours really suited my skin. www.miaminerals.tv

I have tried Minerial Makups in the past, they work pretty good, right now I use a line called Physicians Formula, Love it, a bit pricey, but i think its worth it.

I always found it kind of disturbing on what makeups used to be made of.  Crush insects and things.

"Wife, your ugly, put some bug guts on your face"

Erm, no thank you.

I've been wondering about the same thing. I have oily skin and right before my cycle my skin is really oily. I actually use Neautrogena healthy Skin makeup and it works alot and my skin doesn't get oily with it,only before my cycle.But I may try out bare minerals just to see if it controls the oil more during those cycle days. Thanks for all the info everyone!