Foundation
 

What brand do you like the most? I don't wear a lot of make-up, but I'm looking for a new foundation. I'm tired of Cover Girl. I use to wear Mac. What do you like?

I wear L'Oreal true match. It's hard for me to find foundation that has a shade pale enough for me. It offers good coverage.

L'Oreal Cashmere or maybe it's Pure Cashmere

I think Laura Mercier is the best. I especially like the Silk Creme. A bit expensive, but great products.

I like mineral foundation and go with Everyday Minerals. About 90% of my pimples cleared up after I started using it. Website is www.everydayminerals.com. Can order a free sample kit from them and just pay bout $4.00 in shipping.

I started out with Cover Girl as a teenager and over the years tried others...like L'oreal too, used it for a while and now I am back to my Cover Girl...just like it the best.

I don't wear make-up very often, but I have CG TruBlend and Bare Minerals. I still haven't watched the DVD instructions, so I think I put it on wrong. But it does make my skin look brighter and smoother (it doesn't cover pimples or blemishes -- you almost have to have good skin to begin with!) I like it. It's probably awesome (like everyone says) if I actually knew how to put it on right. :dizzy:

I don't wear foundation normally, but for special events or photographs I wear Bare Escentuals bareMinerals. I always hated liquid makeup and I love how this stuff feels.

2 of my all time favorites are from BE as well - their Multi Tasking Bisque as concealer and Well Rested as a neutral all over eye shadow/brightener. They are simply magical for my sleep-deprived life right now.

I've used Clinique foundation (not the liquid) and It works pretty well. Right now I am using Estee Lauder double wear. It's a liquid, but it looks great!

When I lived in Chicago several years ago, Elizabeth Arden had this "custom color foundation" that I LOVED. They took a camera to your face to get the exact color match, and they customized it for your skin type (oily, dry, etc). It was expensive, and I'm not even sure if they make it anymore (I live in Boston now, and they don't have it out here last I checked). But it was the best foundation I've ever used. All other brands just don't quite match my coloring.

I gave up on foundation- I have very fair and very sensitive skin. I use a moisturizer and Smashbox Photo Finish SPF 15 (this stuff is pure miracle). A little Bobbi Brown gel eye liner, Cover Girl cream eyeshadow (pencil) and lip gloss and I'm out the door.

I use Cover Girl cream makeup . I have found the perfect color and it is easy to use. I just can't get the hang of using the minerals. it just looks like powder when I try to use it.

I use mineral foundation. I have used Bare Minerals, and some of the newer drugstore brands as well.

They *will* cover blemishes and pimples, but the key is in the application. The more you swirl the brush into the skin, the more coverage you get. If you have great skin, a light swirling all over will do it, but if you need more coverage, do it again, all over. Work with it a bit.

Suzanne-I have the same problem as you, with needing a color that is pale enough for me. I normally always have to "mix" my foundation. I have to mix half of the palest, pastiest shade ever made, with the next one up. :lol: With the minerals it is easier, because I can dump both powders in a bowl, mix, and put them back into the containers. With liquid foundation, I have to buy both shades, and put a dot of each in my palm and mix. If I don't, I either look too ghostly, or too orange. (even with ivory shades...)

I agree...I think I would have a hard time going back to liquid, after getting the hang of mineral powders. They don't seem to break my skin out nearly as badly as liquid did-even oil free ones.

I switched fromn CG to bare minerals about a year ago. I love it!

I have dry skin. I use Bobbi Brown moisturizing foundation and love it. I get a lot of complements on my complexion. I also like to use a primer. I want to try to Smashbox one. I'm using Philosophy's The Present right now.

Lovin' BAre Minerals, too. If you order the starter kit it will take you through multiple seasons. That's the great thing about powder/mineral make-up, you just add/swirl in a lighter/darker shade if it isn't quite right. It does seem pricy at first, but it really does last as long as they say.

I use Origins. They don't test on animals & use a lot of renewable resources in their products, which I love. And everything smells so good! :cloud9:

I read that so many people on here like the mineral make-up, so I went and got some (not bare minerals, thats a little hard on the grad student budget right now). I just tried it out and I think I like it. Not sure though, guess I will wear it a few days and see how it goes.

I use a lot of Origins products too and love the smell of their products too. They give free facials at the Origins counter at my local department store. Take you in to a private spa room. Thirty minutes of pure bliss. And it was free! Of course I bought a few products.

I can't use Bare Essentials because it makes me itch. I do love mineral makeup though. I use Fresh Minerals.

I only wear makeup on special occasions though.

I use Everyday minerals. They offer 5 free (generous sized) samples for just shipping to try. I'm hooked on the stuff.

Oh I would like to try some mineral ones. Thanks for the tips.

I NEVER use to go in public without my liquid foundation!!!! I just discovered mineral powder a few months ago and I LOVE it!! My complexion was never terrible (no breakouts or anything), just pretty uneven, so a light dusting works for me...it's so much more natural looking, and I don't have to worry about it rubbing off on my jacket collar (or someone elses!!!)...for me, it's the way to go!!!!

I have just ordered some of the mineral powder foundation. I am excited to try it.

I think I'm the one person here who did NOT like the minerals makeup. I used Bare Minerals, and I have NEVER been thnat broken out with acne in my life. I tried it for a week, and it took a month for the pimples to go away. I use Neutragena oil-free cream-to-powder foundation and I love it.

Bare Escentuals for sure. I love the different brushes for different levels of coverage.

The only problem I have is when it's really humid (which is just about everyday here) my face feels prickly and itchy. I don't know how to explain it other than that. I try not to wear foundation at all when it isn't absolutely necessary, though.

Thank you so much! I have been wanting to try mineral foundation, but all the ones I've seen in stores are too expensive... and I didn't want to buy anything online before trying it. I just ordered my free samples, and bought a brush, for $10 including shipping. :D

I only use mineral makeup when I feel like drying out my skin.. so it's pretty rare.

Honestly.. I saw the thread topic 'foundation' on the main 3fc page and the first thing that popped into my head was NOOOOO TINTED MOISTURIZER!! Preferrably the glowy, less is more type. But thats just me. I over apply everything else in existance.

Well, another mineral fan here. I use ColourScience, which is pretty pricy, but I can get it locally at a store where I was able to check colors. Recently I was in there and the lady that runs the store was talking about how frustrated the specialty mineral cosmetic cos are because the drug store brands are bringing out "mineral" makeups that have as little as 10% mineral content, but that FDA rules allow them to lable it as mineral anyway. Just an FYI, I would never have known otherwise.

Interesting that someone said minerals dried out their skin - hmm... I guess we all react to different things differently. Liquids used to make my skin both dry and broken out - not a fun combo. Minerals don't seem to have any effect on my skin texture. Also, I find that they REALLY cover my acne and acne scars well when I apply them with a shadow brush to those spots before brushing them on the rest of my face.

I too use Bare Escentuals (Bare Minerals), I have used Estee Lauder Wear in the past and liked it alot. I have very oily skin and found that the traditional liquid make up makes it worse. The latest I've tried was Cover Girl Queen Latifah's collection and could not find the right shade I was looking like a Oompa Loompa from Willy Wonka!!!

I hated ordering Bare Escentuals and it is costly but I found that the store called Sephora sells it so that is where I get it from now. I get so many compliments.

I don't really wear make up all too often, but when I do, I use mineralized satinfinish by mac.

I never used to wear foundation and don't wear make-up often, but now when I do put on my war paint I use "No7" foundation and concealer.

I found it at Target, of all places. I like how sheer and natural it looks, and how it also evens out my skin tone with just a light application.

According to the signs at the store, this line is popular in Europe and is just now being sold here. Maybe one of our Chicks across the pond can confirm this? :shrug:

Another mineral user here. I used to swear by Bare Minerals. But, I found that when I was working (RN) my face would feel itchy and prickly. My mom said a bunch of nurses on her floor too had that feeling. After a bit of looking around, I found out it's due to an ingredient called Bismuth Oxychloride. So, now I make sure to use minerals without it. Right now, I use Lure, I use the luminess shades. Love Lure. Great coverage and lasts all day on my oily skin! Plus their body butters are to die for!
Jamie

I use almay, no foundation, just some concealer and mascara.

I have exteremely oily skin and am a big fan of Bare Escentuals. I hate how the powder seems to spread all over my dresser, but I love that I can make it through a whole day without having to rush home to wash my face at the first moment possible.

I also picked up a shine control product from Clinique that's amazing for oily skin. You put it on over makeup when the shine peaks and it de-oils and mattes the skin. I never leave home without it.

I own four foundations: MAC Studio Fix Liquid and Mac Studio Fix powder, Bare Escentuals, and MAC Face and Body. I LOVE BE, and its become a staple for all seasons. BE has nearly replaced my other foundations. I really only use MAC SFPowder now, when I don't want to do mineral.

I use bare essentials too, anotehr fan here. I hated the way makeup made my face feel. with this, I don't have that stickey feeling, and nothing to run when I sweat. It stays on all day and doesn't turn color or run. How can you beat that!

ChrismaClassic, they make a bare essentials product to keep the shine down. It called "mineral viel" and it works sooo well.