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Has anyone used bare minerals bareskin foundation?

6 replies

Beare · 19/10/2014 16:48

If so what did you think?

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dazzlingdeborahrose · 19/10/2014 17:20

I've just bought some. So far unlike it. It's very thin but you build up the coverage. It seems to last well and looks natural. I need to use it a few more times to really test it out but so far so good.

Mamab33 · 19/10/2014 17:26

Nasty parabens caused me a rash...not as natural as it claimed to be! Most I know love it though.

Carpaccio · 19/10/2014 17:50

Just bought it today.

The girl in the shop put it on my face and it honestly looked caked on and horrible. She put a primer underneath and one of their powders on top - it really wasn't nice.

I took it off first thing when I got home and re-applied it. I used a Laura Mercier primer underneath (the one for mineral makeup) and a translucent Nars powder on top. It does settle in the pores on my nose which I don't like, but it looks pretty good. I'm not completely convinced by the brush - a Real Techniques Expert Face Brush or Buffing brush will probably work just as well.
I used one drop of it - that was enough for my face.

I got the Bare Porcelain 01 colour. It looks very good on the skin - the girl did very well colour matching me. To compare, I usually use Diorskin Nude 010 and N1 in Mac Face and Body.
I have oily, dehydrated skin and the foundation is apparently great for that skin type.

It wasn't sold to me as being more natural than other foundations and the ingredients don't look more natural than others to me.
They did say that it's made with the bare minimum ingredients and formulated without oil, silicone, parabens or fragrance (which is what it says on their website as well).

If you have very oily skin, you'll probably want to powder on top - I don't think it's keeping my skin completely matte, but now I've worn it for 5-6 hours, my skin looks very natural and luminous. Without powder, I'd probably look oily.

Tractorandtree · 19/10/2014 17:55

I got a sample pot to try and I wasn't that impressed as it settled in my pores and you could see it which looked a bit odd. I'm sticking with the bare minerals original foundation for now.

Beare · 19/10/2014 18:42

OK thanks. Their mineral powder is the only foundation that deosnt block my pores. Even none acnegenic/comedogenic liquid foundations do. However now Im getting fine lines its not particularly flattering so really wanting to find a liquid foundation that doesnt clog. Maybe Ill try their primer bb cream too. That might be enough. I dont want alot of coverage. Thanks all. x

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