Comments on: Bare Escentuals “Bare Minerals”

By: Teresa

Teresa — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 01:49:10 +0000

I have bare escentuals and every time I use it my boyfriend comments that I look like “death warmed over”. I appreciate his honesty because I would be miffed if I was out in public looking like Elvira. I have oily skin and am acne prone at 24, god bless genetics right? I have now a new powder that I love it’s by Laura Mercier and a kabuki brush and I am happy with it so far. Winter will be the test of how much it ionizes (sephora beautician catch-phrase)? It doesn’t look cakey or clog my pores, and according to beautician “safe enough to sleep in.

By: L.C.

L.C. — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 20:45:06 +0000

I have been using this makeup for about nine months, and I like it a lot. I have dry skin and sometimes, when the weather is dry, it will sort of “cake up” on me. And occasionally the coverage is a bit too light for me (like at night for special events). So I sometimes begin with a sheer layer of liquid foundation, then put the Bare Minerals makeup over that.

Although I have pretty sensitive skin, I have never had any problems with it. However, my 18-year-old daughter had a bad allergic reaction. Her face got itchy, red, and swollen. It took three days of Benadryl for it to go down. I went searching for information on the Web and found the information about people with base metal allergies having allergic reactions, so we believe this is what happened. (We knew she was sensitive to metals, but had not read this before. This is something the Bare Minerals salewoman should have told us, I believe.)

So it’s a good product if you don’t need heavy coverage, but definitely stay away if you have metal allergies!

By: w. diva

w. diva — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 01:47:06 +0000

Wow! It’s amazing how many times we hear comments like MoneyDummy’s (#3 above)about how the highly-advertised brands of mineral makeup can make your face “ITCH like crazy” and make your face “look redder than it is”. Most of the highly-advertised brands are coated with Bismuth Oxychloride to make the minerals look shiny in the containers. Unfortunately, besides making your face look shiny, this Bismuth Oxychloride coating can make your face ITCH like crazy all day long! Also, many people with rosacea or acne have a very bad time with this Bismuth Oxychloride coating as well. A special note to brides: we have heard horror stories about brides who have used these shiny, highly-advertised brands with the Bismuth Oxychloride coating only to have their wedding pictures virtually destroyed because their faces are so shiny from this coating that their faces are almost completely washed out in the pictures. If you are planning your wedding, you owe it to youself to check out our healthy, all-natural, not-shiny, minerals.

The minerals we offer at http://www.HealthySkincare.biz are entirely natural and have no artificial coatings. They have NO toxic ingredients OR preservatives either (in case you haven’t heard, most cosmetics today have paraben preservatives that are now being linked to breast cancer so you need to read labels and know what you are putting on your face – see our website for articles about toxic cosmetics)! We are passionate about providing only healthy products! Besides that fact that we offer minerals that we think are the best in the world at incredibly-low prices, our customers also like the fact that we have $1.00 sample baggies of our minerals so they can try lots of colors before deciding which ones they like without breaking the bank.

For #4, Jen, above, you might want to check out our line of liquid minerals. They are healthy minerals only in a liquid form. We even have a very light, easy-to-spread “mousse”. Using the liquid minerals, you would have total sun protection for your face and you wouldn’t have to piece together your look with a concealer.

By: Zest-for-Life

Zest-for-Life — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 15:49:05 +0000

We’ve actually just included the Bare Escentuals range on our site this week. Might be of interest to any UK folk reading.

It’s a great range of products and has been selling well in our salon. We’re getting good feedback from our customers about it, especially interesting from those who have problems with a lot of other makeups, and the best feedback of all – people coming back to buy it again!

By: Zest

Zest — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 15:47:17 +0000

We’ve actually just included the Bare Escentuals range on our site this week. Might be of interest to any UK folk reading.

It’s a great range of products and has been selling well in our salon. We’re getting good feedback from our customers about it, and the best feedback of all – people coming back to buy it again!