Laura Mercier Mineral foundation....

[JeremyVile]

Wanted to give this a go but cant see where to buy it. All I can find is the US site.
Loads of people have posted about it on here so where are you all getting it from??
Preferably I'd like to go to a counter so I can get the shade right but failing that if anyone has advice on the shades I'd be v grateful - I'm fairly pale and anything even a bit too dark looks awful on me.

Thanking you.

[cornsilkwearscorsets]

I'd like that too. May visit the LM counter this weekend.

[JeremyVile]

Hellooooooooooooooooooo, Cornsilk and I are waiting...

[CybilLiberty]

Don;t big dept stores have laura Mercier?

[cornsilkwearscorsets]

Yes where are they the lazy feckers. They're all in bare essentials. Sooo last year.

[cornsilkwearscorsets]

I searched space NK and they didn't have it.

[cornsilkwearscorsets]

Actually that's bare essensuals or some wanky spelling like that.

[JeremyVile]

All the dept stores I've checked sell the mineral primer but not the mineral foundation, its odd.

[cornsilkwearscorsets]

Very odd. I want mineral foundation very much so that I never have to wash again.

[JeremyVile]

Me too.
Takes me too long to get ready in the morning and tbh washing is the only thing I'm willing to skip.

[cornsilkwearscorsets]

A world without washing.
Take that Mr Tweedie.

[EldonAve]

is this it?

[cornsilkwearscorsets]

I looked and couldn't find it! Well done Eldo Ave - there's a code for space NK on here.

[JeremyVile]

Yes thats it!
I looked on spacenk last night too but couldn't see it. Thank you EldonAve

[EldonAve]

I am pleased because I also found that Liberty sell the tinted moisturiser in porcelain which SpaNK don't

[cornsilkwearscorsets]

I am a nude gal myself.

[jumblequeen]

What a great thread! Was just thinking the same thing... thanks Eldon.

On a shading note, nude makes me look like jordan but porcelain makes me look like wednesday adams... would I be bonkers to buy both and do some kind of mix?? Advice please.

[cornsilkwearscorsets]

I read once that Nigella did just that!

[EldonAve]

Mixing works okay - I would just mix a little for each application

I use the Nude in the summer

[jumblequeen]

Eldon - I think you've got the right idea. I'm a definite porcelain in the winter and nude in the summer () and somewhere in between at the moment...

[cornsilkwearscorsets]

I ordered some but they don't show the shades very clearly on the site. Hope it's okay.

[JeremyVile]

I ordered some too - I went for Real Sand, have no idea if it'll be ok but looked on the LM US site and the colours were a bit clearer.
Am hopeful. Poor but hopeful.

[ScotGirl]

I use Lily Lolo mineral makeup here. They send you little testers that cost penies - the blusher one I used for a good month and it cost 50p. Lily lolo came out in a Marie Clare review as the best mineral make up too!

[cornsilkwearscorsets]

Didn't think to look on US site. I went for tender rose. I've read good things about that Lily lolo - might send off for a tester.

[penona]

I bought some of this in the US earlier this year. Am using the Real Sand which is a good colour if used v v sparingly and worked properly into the skin. Tis much better with a decent brush (ie LM expensive one, sigh). I usually use Nude in the tinted moisturiser in the summer, find it a little dark in the winter. If I am a bit more heavy handed with the mineral powder it looks darker so am hoping will do for the summer.
Do you also have the mineral primer? I found that helps too.
And no, sadly I don't work for LM. I just LOVE her make-up. (And got a 'mineral starter kit' with loads of stuff v cheap in the USA).

They do have it at the LM counters, but not generally in the SpaceNK shops.

[JeremyVile]

I ordered the primer too (and the finishing powder and the blush and 4 brushes (there's more but I might be a bit sick in my mouth if I list it all). Mixture of SpaceNK and john lewis.
Eeek am a bit worried now about the shade - what is your skin colouring like penona?