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Azriel
Member

08-01-2000

Sunday, April 10, 2005 - 9:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Has anybody tried the Jane Iredale mineral make-up? I can't find anywhere that will ship the Bare Minerals internationally, but I have found a place that will ship the Jane Iredale.

Spygirl
Moderator

04-23-2001

Sunday, April 10, 2005 - 10:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
<Butting as quietly into this thread as possible>

Froggie, I'll be glad to give you some feedback about wedding makeup and skin care, but my absolute bias is Mary Kay. I've used it since I was 14 years old and it is half the cost of most other products. If you want some tips, I'll be glad to share!

<Backs slowly out of the thread>


Froggiegirl621
Member

02-14-2003

Sunday, April 10, 2005 - 10:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Share away...I need a lot of help!

Texannie
Member

07-16-2001

Monday, April 11, 2005 - 5:52 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Az, I have/do. I love their concealer. It covers everything but looks so natural! I use it sometimes alone with just some powder and now just the mineral veil. Actually, that's how I got into BM minerals to begin with. I went into Sephora to get just the mineral veil and when they did the make over, it looked so good, I got the whole kit! I think for most day to day stuff, I will probably just use the JI and MV.
I couldn't find a good match for my skin with her loose foundation, but did with the pressed. I like the coverage but feel like it's looks pretty powdery on me.

Teach, what are you foiling??? I am confused! LOL

Reader234
Member

08-13-2000

Monday, April 11, 2005 - 9:07 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Froggie, I love my bare escentials, but I have to tell you when we were in Mystic, Spygirl took a better picture than I did!! Meaning, I kept noticing the pics of me came off w/ a "shine" whereas Spy had no shine!! (I know Spy did touch up maybe once during the night, discreetly of course!) Whereas I tend to just put it on, and forget it!! Bare Minerals has the Mineral Veil, but i find it hard to pack, and travel w/ bare minerals.


Here's a favorite website of mine>>>

BE Addicts
scroll to the bottom to get an FAQ, and Tips.

They just opened a boutique near me, and Saturday I went for a "Make under" and they did "foil" the glimmer makeup, she used a Q-tip, put a drop of water, wet the Qtip, then dipped in the glimmer eyeshadow... WOW!!

I have a problem with "age" spots, and acne - and I take a summer bisque, or the foundation color to 'conceal', I use one of the fluffier eyeshadow type brushes, and poof, all gone!!

I put the foundation on, then I dip my kabuki brush in the "warmth" and add it to my face! I also used to use a "base" for my eyeshadows, that prevented creasing, I've noticed when I cover my eye lids w/ bare minerals, I dont need to use the base, and its much faster getting ready!!


Froggiegirl621
Member

02-14-2003

Monday, April 11, 2005 - 1:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks Reader for your comments.

Spy - I'd still love to hear any tips you may have for wedding day makeup. I wear makeup daily but want to try something that will give me photo-friendly skin as well as shine control - and all without having to retouch (too much) throughout the day. I also have problem skin so I need something that will cover my imperfections. Feel free to PM me if you want!


Teachmichigan
Member

07-22-2001

Monday, April 11, 2005 - 5:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Spy -- you're a brave girl coming in with Mary Kay to a BE thread! LOL

Have to tell you a funny story. My mom used to sell MK -- but I never got over the smell of some of the products. Anywho, a friend gave a MK party last year and I agreed to go for the wine and the cheese -- plus, my mom wanted one particular product. We started off in the usual way -- removing our current makeup with the cleanser. Within about 2 seconds of cleaning my face -- my entire face went BEET red and got really hot! The hostess (a grandma type lady dealing w/ half a dozen 30 something, raucous teachers) asked me if I drank wine very often! After laughing uproariously and showing that I'd only had one sip so far, she said it was probably an allergic reaction. My face didn't go back to normal color for a good two hours -- and every time we'd try something new, she'd tell me -- test it on your hand first! LOL Think I flipped the poor lady out. I have extremely fair, sensitive skin, and although MK worked for me in my younger days, I literally can't use it now.

Froggie -- Mineral veil is the shine police! LOL I love how my skin looks "dewy" in pictures -- not wet or shiny -- but I use MV every day.

Foiling is playing with eye shadow. Use the glimmer eye shadow -- only use it wet instead of dry. I did it today and it perked up my eyes so I didn't look like I was dragging butt, even though I really was! LOL I haven't tried applying it w/ a q-tip, yet. Guess that'll be my next "experiment"!

Landi
Member

07-29-2002

Tuesday, April 12, 2005 - 8:55 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
i just bought these items off of ebay.
they were all samples.

WEARABLE BROWN MEDIUM
SUMMER BISQUE Concealer
WEARABLE BROWN DARK
WEARABLE BROWN LIGHT


Spygirl
Moderator

04-23-2001

Tuesday, April 12, 2005 - 10:00 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Froggie, I don't want to hijack this thread, so I'll post in your folder this afternoon or evening. I don't want to offend anyone with my Mary Kay talk

Froggiegirl621
Member

02-14-2003

Tuesday, April 12, 2005 - 10:31 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
No problem. Thanks again for your help!

Texannie
Member

07-16-2001

Tuesday, April 12, 2005 - 11:11 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Yes, you will be taken out and shot if you talk MK in here again, young lady!!!!!!!!



Landi
Member

07-29-2002

Tuesday, April 12, 2005 - 11:13 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
i buy from spy also. i love the mary kay dermabrasion set, and the moisturizer. i'm just a bare escentuals person for my makeup.

Reader234
Member

08-13-2000

Tuesday, April 12, 2005 - 2:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
HEY - I want to hear MK talk!! Sure, keep all the good stuff to yourself!!

Landi, at the BE Boutique they had something called wearble browns... and I do love the summer bisque, I use that when I think about it!! (usually I just take my eyebrush type brush and dip it in my foundation and go over the 'flaws')



Kstme
Member

08-14-2000

Tuesday, April 12, 2005 - 3:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
LOL, Spy, you're always welcome where ever you go!

I, also, bought the summer bisque today!

Took Thekid and went to the Strip today. We hit Sephora at the Aladdin and the Venetian. Neither store carried much in the BE line. We were very surprised! The up side of this is that the saleslady put some BE on Thekid and she loved it!! She is VERY pale so she bought the light kit! I can't wait until she plays with it and lets me know how she well she likes it!

Teachmichigan
Member

07-22-2001

Tuesday, April 12, 2005 - 4:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Spy -- you're a nut!

I actually was trying to poke fun at my own face-- not Mary Kay! (We laughed soooo hard --by the time the dear lady left we had her so flustered that she not only forgot her display of nail polish, she left the whole portfolio thing w/ all her different shades under the table! I think we scared her without meaning to! We were poking fun of each other the entire night (not her), but since we were all great friends, we were also a bit raunchy. Nothing worse than teachers having a bit of fun with wine thrown in.)
Mary Kay's lotions for legs are wonderful!

Haven't tried the wearable browns but they sound like exactly the kinds of colors I wear!

Landi
Member

07-29-2002

Tuesday, April 12, 2005 - 4:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
the wearable browns are brand new! they were being sold out of QVC, but they are all sold out. i saw all sorts of wonderful colors from people on ebay of eyeshadows and glimmers and glimpses.

Teachmichigan
Member

07-22-2001

Tuesday, April 12, 2005 - 4:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
****runs out to shop on ebay****

Reader234
Member

08-13-2000

Tuesday, April 12, 2005 - 10:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
(reader reminds ebay buyers to look at quantity, most sell just a sample of color, which is not a bad thing!!)

Landi
Member

07-29-2002

Wednesday, April 13, 2005 - 8:52 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
reader, i specifically bought samples, so that i could try and test. and sellers state whether or not they are "samples" or "full size" and whether they are sealed or not. you'd be surprised how many were sealed full size products. and they aren't discontinued colors either!

Reader234
Member

08-13-2000

Wednesday, April 13, 2005 - 10:59 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I agree Landi! I just sometimes forget to read the print, when I get excited, the post was meant to read, not meant to be wary or anything negative about the sellers of BE on ebay...

Teachmichigan
Member

07-22-2001

Wednesday, April 13, 2005 - 4:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
You'd be surprised how FEW wearable browns are out there right now (samples OR full size). :-(

Kstme
Member

08-14-2000

Thursday, April 14, 2005 - 8:31 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
OK, whose bidding against me on eBay??? Sephora does have the wearable brown kit back in...at least, they did yesterday.

Thekid LOVES this stuff!! She looks so stunning!

A few 'blind' people have called me 'cute' over the last three days!! OMG, I haven't been called anything in years!! It has to be the make-up!!!! What a great boost for the ego!! :-)

Reader234
Member

08-13-2000

Thursday, April 14, 2005 - 8:49 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Here's the kit from QVC...

Wearable Browns

0.02 oz eye shadow in wearable brown light 0.02 oz eye shadow in wearable brown medium 0.02 oz eye shadow in wearable brown dark
bareMinerals 3-piece Wearable Eye Collection
Introductory Price $29.34

Landi
Member

07-29-2002

Thursday, April 14, 2005 - 9:25 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
thanks reader. the last time BE was on QVC, it was on very late at night, so i DVR'd it, and watched it the next day. by that time, the wearable browns were sold out. also, i don't like to buy the BE anymore without trying the colors. since BE will send you samples, or you can get them from the store, that's how i get new colors. better than wasting a ton of money on colors i'd never use. i was so glad to see the samples come up on ebay, i had to grab them!

Reader234
Member

08-13-2000

Thursday, April 14, 2005 - 10:02 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Well, yeah!! If I only knew I could get eye color samples at the boutique, they gave me some eye cleaner and some moisturizer, both have a minty fresh feel (not to my liking mind you!!)

Guess I just have to go back to the boutique!!