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Landi
Member
07-29-2002
| Wednesday, March 07, 2007 - 3:47 pm
it covers very well. both holly and i use it. mary #1 is dealing with her mom right now, and mary #2 doesn't wear makeup. but we could always just plan a day! oh and we could have elizabeth too!
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Wednesday, March 07, 2007 - 3:49 pm
And Nicholas. 
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Landi
Member
07-29-2002
| Wednesday, March 07, 2007 - 4:14 pm
i promise i won't put makeup on nicholas!
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Max
Moderator
08-12-2000
| Wednesday, March 07, 2007 - 5:47 pm
I went to the mall the other day -- a place I haven't been for a long time becuase it's nuts getting in and out of the joint and I'm just not that much of a shopper anymore, but I digress. I discovered that there will soon be a Bare Escentuals/Bare Minerals store in that mall! YEAH! I guess they finally realized that Portland is a good market for them. I'd written to them before suggesting they open a store here and they finally are! Although Ulta, a couple of Nordstrom stores, and Sephora carry their products here now, it will be much nicer to have the whole store devoted to my one and only makeup brand. 
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Wednesday, March 07, 2007 - 6:44 pm
Can I come live with you, Max?? LOL Vacanick, I'd agree and say start with the medium. I'd also get warmth or another darker color so you could mix it in if you wanted more color. I'd also HIGHLY recommend getting the bisque for covering up any redness. It evens out skin tones and works for the dark circles under my eyes as well as the large freckly on my cheek. If you use it wet, it covers even better. Finally -- add the mineral veil. It smooths things out so much you look "air brushed." The gal at work who just recently started using BE, uses these three items and has gotten THREE compliments from people that had no idea she'd switched makeup. They just noticed that she looked younger and had a "glow." (She's almost 60 years old.) The biggest thing to remember is LESS IS MORE! Even though you want "coverage," it doesn't take much of the makeup! It will feel like you are wearing nothing compared to Cover Girl, but the coverage will be better. Click on my profile to see what it looks like -- I have a ton of freckles and you can't even tell. 
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Thursday, March 08, 2007 - 6:41 pm
Wow Teach ... I don't see any freckles at all. And what a nice picture of you. Question ... with Bare Escentuals do you have to reapply often??
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Thursday, March 08, 2007 - 8:27 pm
Thanks. Gotta' thank my grandma and mom for the lack of wrinkles -- they generously passed down those genes. I don't reapply at ALL! They say you can reapply the mineral veil as often as you want w/out it building up, but I'm pretty low-maintenance. I put my makeup on at 6:30 AM and when I wash my face at midnight, my eyeliner hasn't moved nor has any of the other stuff. The only time I've seen it come off is when I blow my nose. (I also don't touch my face much during the day, so I'm sure that helps.) The lady that I mentioned above said she really noticed it when she got her first massage after switching. Her old make-up used to show up on that paper they put on the "head hole." With BE there wasn't a lick of makeup on it. I know the couple of times I've slept in it, it never showed up on my pillow. Have fun. It's the most forgiving makeup I've ever used, and I have never, ever, ever seen a "makeup line" no matter how much darker I mix the makeup in the summer to give me a "tan" look.
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Friday, March 09, 2007 - 11:38 am
Okay ... so if I was going to order some Bare Escentuals, do I do it on line or is it in stores?? What would you suggest??? 
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Landi
Member
07-29-2002
| Friday, March 09, 2007 - 12:00 pm
nic, best to go to a store, so that they can do your colors. berkeley has a store, i know that. i'll look for a closer store for ya.
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Landi
Member
07-29-2002
| Friday, March 09, 2007 - 12:04 pm
here you go nic: http://bareescentuals.com/stores/boutiques.html#ca
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Friday, March 09, 2007 - 12:06 pm
Thank you landi! I'm still going to take you up on your "girls day" invite. 
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Saturday, March 17, 2007 - 10:47 pm
Heads up-- QVC has three shows scheduled for March 22. No "special value" from the looks of it, though.
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Tuesday, April 03, 2007 - 7:21 pm
I have been working on my skin for a while, with regular facials and recently glycolic peel treatments. My skin care person recently told me to stop using products with talc, because she thought they were clogging my pores too much. (I unfortunately have very large visible pores... sigh.) She recommended mineral makeup. So this weekend when I arrived in the DC area, I went to Sephora and tried BE. I ended up getting the starter kit -- the light, surprisingly to me (I would have thought I'd be medium). Now I'm interested in getting a few more products beyond the foundation, mineral veil and warmth. What would you recommend? I was looking at the bisque in the catalogue and not sure about Bisque versus Summer Bisque (I'm actually afraid that once I get some tan the light foundation will be too light but the woman told me the medium was the wrong tone for me and that if I wanted to add color I should use warmth). I was also interested in the glimmers for a dramatic evening look -- anyone used them??? What else is dynamite? Must-buy?
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Tuesday, April 03, 2007 - 8:32 pm
Ok -- Yankee, I'm a light and if you get darker in the summer, just mix the tan (4.53) color w/the light and it will be perfect! For our skin tones, usually the bisque is fine in the winter, but the summer bisque is better because it's more gold and less pink. LOVE the glimmers! My favorite is "the gift" (brownish color) but I've recently discovered that "pure radiance" put on wet is a fantastic, totally neutral color! Desire is also nice when put on wet. For darker colors, just be realllllly careful -- oz is fantastic, but put on too much wet and you look like Mimi from Drew Carey! LOL A little of this stuff really goes a long way. Also -- I highly recommend the feather light mineral veil. It has a tiny bit of glimmer to it and I've been using it w/just the bare radiance or the pure radiance for my "every day" look. Have lots of fun! This is one of my favorite threads (and I'm just a teeny, tiny *cough cough* bit addicted to the stuff!)
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Oldtex
Member
03-06-2006
| Tuesday, April 03, 2007 - 8:35 pm
Yankee, I use the medium foundation (on top of the original Mineral Veil). When my face starts getting a bit more sun in the winter, I add just a tiny bit to the lid of my Medium foundation and mix with the Buki brush and apply. I also have LARGE pores and after my foundation and blush, I had another very light lawyer of Mineral Veil. This is what works for "me". You just have to kind of experiement. It's only make-up and you can always wash it off and start over again! OH, yes, before the first layer of Mineral veil, I do use the original bisque to conceal red areas and also as a base for eyeshadow. I'm not really much of an eyeshadow person, but a little color seems to bring out my eyes. Good luck and have fun! PS. A little warmth going a long way!
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Tuesday, April 03, 2007 - 8:43 pm
Thanks, Teach! Interestingly, it's because my skin has a yellowish/olive undertone (instead of pink) that she said the mediums were wrong for me. So what you're saying about summer bisque sounds right to me. For summer -- you mean buy the tan foundation and mix with the light? Interesting. For the glimmers, I'm not seeing the same color names as you listed. I'm looking in the catalog I got in my kit, and the glimmers I'm looking at are "True Gold" / "Nude Beach" / "Queen Phyllis" etc. And you recommend the light mineral veil instead of the regular one? Why, if I may ask? Basically what I'm looking to do is: 1) Even out my skin tone 2) Minimize the visibility of my pores 3) Minimize shine on forehead, nose & chin ALL while -- most importantly -- not damaging my skin any more or making my pores clogged and/or larger. Ultimately, I'd love to get my skin to the point where I don't need to wear makeup on my skin at all -- just use a light powder (mineral veil) to stop shine.
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Tuesday, April 03, 2007 - 8:44 pm
Thanks, Oldtex. I was putting the mineral veil on after foundation -- you're saying for the large pores, you put it on before (and lightly after)?
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Landi
Member
07-29-2002
| Tuesday, April 03, 2007 - 9:02 pm
yankee, holly and i both live in summer bisque. it's the bomb when it comes to concealing with it! you'd never know i have under eye circles when i'm wearing it! the best product they make in my opinion.
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Tuesday, April 03, 2007 - 9:09 pm
Ok - not recommending the light mineral veil in place of regular -- just adding a little sweep on your cheeks at the very, very end to add that bit of "shimmer." Regular mineral veil is fantastic at "airbrushing" pores and minimizing them. Yes -- the light and the tan colors have that gold undertone. Medium has a pink undertone. Summer bisque is more gold. True gold is gorgeous -- but I've never worn it wet. Sorry about the others; they must not be in the new catalog (this stuff lasts forever, so I never remember how long it's been since I bought it). Not sure if the catalog is the same as the one I have, but QVC has one online that allows you to go through it and see colors. Also, you can just put in "glimpse" or "glimmer" plus Bare Escentuals on QVC and get a ton of other colors by clicking on them. Not all colors are in the catalogs. You do realize that we'll want to see a picture after you start using it, right? LOL Our secretary said it took her 4 or 5 days to figure out exactly how much to use, what blends to use to get the look she wanted, but she loves it now and has had 4 people in the first 3 weeks comment on looking younger (and almost all of them thought it was her hair, which she hadn't done a thing to! LOL).
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Tuesday, April 03, 2007 - 9:15 pm
Oh -- and pure radiance and bare radiance are "all over face colors" that I just happen to put on my eyes! LOL I mix and match cheek, eye and lip colors (dip your chapstick in any color) all the time. With "desire" or "amazing amanda" I'll put the same color on my eyes as I do my cheeks, and then put it on my lips w/either chapstick or lip gloss.
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Tuesday, April 03, 2007 - 9:22 pm
Thanks, you guys! It's 1:20 am now so I'll likely log off soon, but I'll be back tomorrow!
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Crzndeb
Member
07-26-2004
| Wednesday, April 04, 2007 - 6:18 am
Wow Teach...great ideas. I have been out of Mineral Veil for a couple of days and I feel like my face is incomplete..LOL! I'm waiting until Friday to buy more because ULTA has a coupon for 20% off entire bill and it does include BE. I think I'm going to grab the "Beyond Basics" kit($49), plus a couple more BE products.
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Wednesday, April 04, 2007 - 12:08 pm
Does Ulta have the full line? I'll be near one starting Monday.
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Crzndeb
Member
07-26-2004
| Wednesday, April 04, 2007 - 12:23 pm
Yankee...I don't think they have the full line, but the one I go to here in the Seattle area, has quite a big selection. Check out the ULTA website and I think that is pretty close to what the stores have.
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Landi
Member
07-29-2002
| Wednesday, April 04, 2007 - 1:06 pm
the other thing we love love love is wearable browns. they are the perfect shade for eyeshadows!
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