Does Your Mineral Makeup Foundation Cake?

Answer: Absolutely never! Due to the composition of our mineral makeup foundation, they simply won’t creep or glop on skin. Other mineral makeups heavy with Mica and / or Bismuth Oxychloride within the formulas are a strong contributing factor to that caked, fake look as though you are still wearing a mask.  Also the frustration which comes from having to buff excessively if you happen to get too much on at once which can result in causing undue irritation to delicate skin.

Katherine and her staff have purposely tried to cake them on our faces, piling the minerals on layer after layer and though the coverage gets heavy, they would not cake no matter how deliberate we all tried to be.

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My Time To Decompress!

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Why I Love My Backyard!

After a long and busy week, stresses can take their toll on my psyche and physical being.

Build up of stress and being so busy at times makes me forget to take time out for me…..sometimes waiting until the weekend instead of tiny breaks throughout a day.  But when I do forget about the little things that matter such as some R&R, I make up for it on weekends completely turning vegetable.

Not having a vacation for several years now due to growth of our businesses, my hubby and I decided to create our own oasis within our home.  So now when we both are feeling taxed and just want to take some time to refocus and visit, we retreat to our backyard.

The sight and sound of water moving and spilling into a small pool while enjoying the singing finches, and watching the plants sway in the breeze with their expressive blooms exploding in the warm air, is enough to make the mind empty and the body appreciate the lazy sprawl on a recliner for a long afternoon snooze.

This is how I decompress these days and why I have been waiting for summer to arrive all these months.  Early morning coffee with hubby, with breakfast on the patio.  A great way to spend the weekend!

What do you do to decompress or take a break from the hectic schedule you may keep?

Does Methicone Clog Pores Or Cause Acne?

Answer: No, Methicone used in our mineral cosmetics will not clog pores, cause acne, or prevent skin from so called breathing, and this is why!

Our methicone is a cosmetic silicone and is not a stand alone added ingredient, but a surface treatment which encapsulates our mica for reducing irritation on the skin.

Not wishing to reveal our proprietary mineral makeup formula, this much we can say, it can be safely used in ratios of up to 15%, yet has also been tested up to 79% ratios without any consequential skin health issues.

We Are Myth busting Methicone misnomers despite popular belief based off of pseudo science…

FULL ARTICLE: Does Methicone Clog Pores Or Cause Acne?

How To Avoid A Gray Pall On The Skin

Have you ever noticed that when you use green makeup, whether it is liquid or mineral makeup, to conceal redness or cover a pimple, the area actually appears greenish gray?

In color theory, green is opposite to red on the color wheel and is used to neutralize red in a pigment, such as when mixing paint colors, which on a face, it turns the skin ashen or gray.   So it neutralizes the red alright which literally means beige, but what actually happens to skin, the spot looks gray in comparison to other natural skin tones you may possess.

FULL ARTICLE: How To Avoid A Gray Pall On The Skin

Why Does Bare Minerals Make Me Appear Older?

Answer: We have had this question asked by many women.  The cause comes from the ingredient Bismuth Oxychloride!  This is a main ingredient in their mineral makeup and it is known for its’ benefit of giving a pearlescent sheen, or a dewy or shiny look which may actually give the appearance of an oily complexion, as told by others.

The problem we are seeing and hearing about from customers, upon first using it, they either loved it entirely or their skin suffered some consequence after using it.

FULL ARTICLE:  Why Does BareMinerals Make Me Appear Older?