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Bare Minerals, Step-By-Step.

07:08

Afternoon all,

I've been meaning to blog for a while but I've been so busy with uni work lately and I also had a trip back to my home town of Washington (near Newcastle, not America guys!)

Anyway, I wanted to blog about my favourite makeup at the moment which is Bare Minerals. Bare Minerals is really good for people with extremely sensitive skin, like me, and holds great coverage for a long time.

The only problem is its quite hard to gets to grips with, it took me a while to work it out. I've recommended it to a few friends in the past and they have said to me that it doesn't look the same as when the woman in the shop done it. You need to take time and do it properly for it to work, the more you do the faster you will get at doing it.

It has got wonderfully high coverage but only if you follow the guides given in the starter pack which can be quite confusing. So I have devised a 4 step guide of how to apply it.

My approach to this it a bit like a cookbook, first you need the ingredients (the starter kit):

The Starter Pack Contains:

Original coloured base powder (you get this matched with the BareMinerals consultants in store)
'Warmth' (which is basically a natural coloured bronzer/blusher)
Mineral Veil (using last over everything to help blend and look more natural)

and 3 brushes -

large, to use with base powder and mineral veil.
small, to use with base powder as it doubles as a concealer
short bronze one, used with the 'warmth'

(Note starter packs come in dark, medium & light)

Make sure before starting that you have all of your pots and brushes ready.
Before applying the mineral powder i would highly recommend using a primer, it makes for a more even looking skin tone, protects your skin and helps your makeup stay on longer.

Step 1 - Base

Open the base powder

Lightly tip a small amount into the lid

Then using the large brush gather it using a circular motion

Tapping off excess if needed (be sure to tap with the brush facing upwards)

Then apply it to your face again using a circular motion keep going Until you have the coverage you want.

Don't forget to blend!

Step 2 - Concealer

Using the same base powder but with the small brush

Apply to the parts of your skin that you wish to cover

It's best to apply a small amount of base again, using the large brush again, just so that it blends well.

Step 3 - Warmth

This is the small darker pot. Using this in the same way with the medium size brush

Tip a teeny about onto the lid and i'm not exaggerating when i say a teeny bit, it comes out quite dark!

Apply onto brush the same way and tap off any excess.

When applying to face follow the shape of the number 3(ish) around the eye, as shown in picture 4 (see my amazing skills on paint).

this shapes your face and gives your cheeks definition without looking too fake.

keep it light!

Step 4 - Mineral Veil

Apply this last, using the same method of tipping onto the lip and applying to brush (use the large one for this)

using this all over your face will blend the concealer, warmth and base and make it more natural.

So there you go, my quick step by step guide to BareMinerals :)

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03:34

Girly Things

The Eyes Have It

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Girly Things

My Makeup Bag

15:20

Hey,
You would not believe what I've been though trying to get these photos uploaded! My phone was not connecting to my computer via wire or blue-tooth and then dropbox.com did not work so I ended up having to use Photobucket.com, nightmare. So yeah here it is.

I wanted to go though some my makeup bag to show you what I personally use, day to day. :)

This is my beauty bag and my makeup, I got the actual bag for my 18th birthday off my parents.

For my skins base makeup i use Bare Minerals (shown bellow) which are pots of loose mineral powder and brushes, if you get that starter pack they all come in one box and that includes a DVD on how to apply it and a free mini primer.

So, there are 3 pots. The original cover/concealer (the biggest one), the warmth (the middle one) and the Mineral veil (on the left). I am planning to do another blog soon with an easy step by step guide to applying the mineral powder because it can get quite complicated.

These are my eyeliners, though worn out and dirty I love them all, from the top...

No7 - Pen Liner
It was my everyday liner but sadly it is a bit dry now and doesn't go on very well but I've have had it for about a year, it's still good for little 'ticks' because the tip is so small.

17 - Pencil eyeliner
I got this one free in a little goodie bag, i like using the pencil for underneath my eyes because it's very easy for the liquid ones to run into your eye and that can hurt also they usually come off straight away.

Rimmel - 'Scandaleyes Thick & Thin' Pen liner
I got this free when I bought the scandaleyes mascara which insistently is my favorite mascara I have ever used, its called thick and thin because one side of the tip is thick so it's good for doing big lines and the thin side is good for thin lines for example, in the inside corners of your eyes.

Loréal - SuperLiner Blackbuster
My everyday eyeliner, I love this because it has a really big pen tip which is easy to apply, doesn't smudge, stays on all day and doesn't flake like liquid eyeliners. Great for precision too. :)

That's all I've got time for at the moment, but I will post more tomorrow and the Bare Minerals Step-by-step guide soon :)

night night x

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