mineral makeup

[Guest guest]

: Thank you for posting this. I have been using Jane Iredale

mineral foundation for a long time and really like it. I am going to

try the bare escentuals to see what I think of that. I think the

mineral foundations are the same, but I noticed bare escentuals has

a " Warmth " color that is just minerals that can be used as sort of a

blusher. Jane Iredale does not have that and her blushes have

carmine in them. Carmine is derived from a type of beetle and i

think I am sensitive to it.

Patty

> I've now been using loose mineral makeup (Bare Escentuals) for

about

> two weeks and am kicking myself for not trying it sooner! I never

> believed it could provide the level of coverage it does. Although

> photoderm has almost completely reduced the permanent redness for

me,

> I still have a one stubborn, blotchy area that comes and goes and a

> few stubborn telangestacia around my nose. The way the minerals

> disguise these problems is amazing.

>

> I'm curious to know whether anyone who has tried more than one

brand

> of mineral makeup thinks a given one is any better than the next.

> The ingredients appear to be pretty much the same but the tricky

part

> is finding the right color and, of course, learning the best way to

> apply it.

>

> Also, it's been 4 weeks since my last photoderm treatment. I've

> noticed that, since using the mineral makeup, I rarely flush and

> don't quite know whether I should attribute this to the makeup or

to

> the photoderm (a very aggressive treatment). Has anyone using

> minerals noted a decrease in flushing? I actually drank red wine

> over the weekend and didn't flush! I also didn't flush after

sitting

> in a very stressful all-day meeting in a cramped, warm, conference

> room.

[Guest guest]

I've tried Bare Essentials, Jane Iredale and La Bella Donna mineral makeup. La

Bella Donna is the only one that does not irritate my face.