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mineral make up

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FluffyMummy123 · 04/07/2007 16:37

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bundle · 04/07/2007 16:38
HunkyLoveCod · 04/07/2007 16:38

yes.
if you don't have a hairy face.

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FluffyMummy123 · 04/07/2007 16:39

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bundle · 04/07/2007 16:40

which did you order?

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FluffyMummy123 · 04/07/2007 16:49

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Tutter · 04/07/2007 16:50

oops
just realised i never completed order

MrsBadger · 04/07/2007 16:51

I had email saying my testers of the yellow anti-eyebag stuff and the foundation had been dispatched

am not hairy

will report

bundle · 04/07/2007 16:52

no cod, which make?

binkleandflip · 04/07/2007 16:52

mineral make-up is ace. Have you got the base powder?

p.s. we've all got hairy faces - some are just more furry than others! Shouldn't matter though if you blend it right

MyEye · 04/07/2007 16:53

According to an upmarket makeup artist I met yesterday (bundle can work out who I am and where I met this person -- I'm in hiding for no good reason) mineral makeup is made out of...
crushed pearls
Honestly. What a load.

MrsBadger · 04/07/2007 16:53

lilylolo
as recommended by India Knight when she was on on Monday

MrsBadger · 04/07/2007 16:53

tis not pearls

is rock

binkleandflip · 04/07/2007 16:54

it kind of is lily...

bundle · 04/07/2007 16:54

myeye

that's a top quote

binkleandflip · 04/07/2007 16:55

sorry, myeye

MyEye · 04/07/2007 16:58

How can it kind of be made out of crushed pearls?

It is, or it isn't, surely?

bundle · 04/07/2007 16:59

pmsl @ sort of

MyEye · 04/07/2007 17:02

well?

MrsBadger · 04/07/2007 17:06

I think some of them have some crushed pearl in

most of them are based on mica and zinc oxide etc
ie rock

MyEye · 04/07/2007 17:13

I love the way people talk about mineral makeup: 'ooh, it's sits on top of your epidermis so you can sleep in it'
As if we don't all sleep in our makeup anyway
Huge black blotches on my pillow, at any rate

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FluffyMummy123 · 04/07/2007 17:14

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bundle · 04/07/2007 17:20

take your pick - these are both mineral make ups, but obviously have different ingredients.

Bare Minerals Foundation :
Bismuth Oxychloride, Mica, Iron Oxide. May Also Contain: Titanium Dioxide

Laura Mercier's Foundation Powder :
Talc, dimethicone, nylon-12, lauroyl lysine, zinc stearate,
magnesium myristate, polymethyl methacrylate, squalane,
methicone, tocopherol, ascorbyl palmitate, sodium
dehydroacetate, methylparaben, propylparaben, mica, titanium dioxide (Cl 77891), iron oxides (Cl77491, Cl 77492, Cl 77499).
(May contain): Ultramarines (Cl 77007)

MyEye · 04/07/2007 17:26

I'm a bit backwards when it comes to sciencey bits. Any pearls in there?

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FluffyMummy123 · 04/07/2007 17:27

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bundle · 04/07/2007 17:30

lol

In most pearls, the mineral aragonite is arranged in sheets of flat, six-sided crystals. Between each sheet, the mollusk secretes a very thin layer of the membrane-forming protein conchiolin. This composite material is called nacre ("NAY-ker") or mother-of-pearl. The crystalline structure of nacre reflects light in a unique way, giving so-called nacreous pearls their high luster. In contrast, some pearls are not nacreous and instead have a low-luster, porcelainlike surface. The needlelike crystals of aragonite in these pearls are arranged perpendicularly or at an angle to the surface of the pearl.

or see here