I LOVE LOVE LOVE Bare Minerals and a new counter just opened in my local city, naturally i was so excited! I'd already got the foundation etc. But i really wanted to try out their eyeshadows, as like the foundations they have a powder to cream formultion, which i really like as you don't get fall out as you would if you were using normal loose pigments. So I went to the counter and asked to the SA to help me chose some eyeshadow etc.
The SA did like a mini makeover on my eyes so that i could try out the eyeshadows and brushes, and really liked them, so i asked her which ones to buy, and she suggested to get the Bare mineral "Starter Kit: Eyes, Lips, Cheeks" because they come with much smaller samples of the eyeshadows (0.28g in case you wondering!) compared to the normal sized eyeshadows (0.57g) and the kit costed £42 which also came with Blush, Brushes and lipgloss so i thought BARGIN!!! As I'm never going to use a huge pot of loose eyeshadow that costs £14 a pot, and as it came with brushes i was even more happy because I LOVE BRUSHES, and considering that that it came with 3 regular brushes that would have cost £47.50 buy them selves i would have just brought it for the brushes, sure there not MAC brushes but they do the job pretty much the same! And i love the fact that they are smaller than the average brush so there really easy to travel with!
So in my kit I got 3 eyeshadows, "Cream Soda", "Rapture" and "Tigers eye" (which is actually a liner eyeshadow), 1 Blush in "First class ", a Boxom lipgloss in "Sugar" and 3 brushes, a Angled Blush Brush, a Eyeliner Brush and a Duo Ended Contour and Define Brush!
The thing i love about this starter kit is that they come in different skin tones, so you have Fair to Light, Light to Medium, Medium to Tan and Tan to Deep. I got the Fair to Light, but thats mainly because i liked the colours, so you don't have to stick to the colours get the kit that you like the colours of most, its money in the end so buy want you want.
So here's what i got in the kit minus the lipgloss as i forgot to include it! oops!
A little close up of the products, sorry you can't see the shade "Cream Soda"
And another little look, so from the bottom the eyeshadows are "Cream Soda", "Rapture" which actually looks a lot darker in person and "Tigers eye"
Birds eye view!
From left to right "Cream Soda" "Rapture" "Tigers Eye"
From left to right "Cream Soda" "Rapture" "Tigers Eye"
Unblended Swatches Top to bottom: "Cream Soda" "Rapture" "Tigers Eye"
Blended Swatches
Packaging of the blush, I don't get why it has an "i.d" on it and the other don't?
"First Class" Blush
Blended in colour
The brushes!!
Overall i found the eyeshadows great as they are a really nice texture and are easily blendable as they are powder to cream! One downside however is that the The blush is great as it looks like it has a lot of shimmer in it in the little tube thingy but on it doesn't really have any! Which it good for me as I'm not a fan of Sparkle Blushes. The one thing i don't like in the packaging because unlike the foundation, warmth and mineral veil they don't have the twist and look system which annoys me as how am i supposed to travel with them!!! They would just get every were!!! The brushes, what else can i say i love them, there soo soft and just really really good brushes!
I think that this would be a great starter kit with the foundation starter kit thingy for anyone who is interested in trying out Bare Minerals products as i feel that you get a good taste from the products and just get to try them out really!
So do you use Bare Minerals makeup what do you think of it? What's you favourite Bare Minerals Products? Comments Below! :)
That's a great help to me, thanks. I love the foundation and finishing powders, the blushers, eye shadows, brushes, not so keen on the warmth. They are quality products. Not so keen on the prices, but you have to pay for that extra quality with a smile knowing you'll be happy with the results.
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