3 posts tagged “my minerals bath & body”

Tell everyone your TOP 5...

Oct 14, 2008
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Tell everyone your TOP 5 Mineral Makeup Companies, that you just can't get enough of!!

I.E.: Which ones do you shop at the most? What do you love most about them? Which company has your PERFECT foundation shade? Which is the most affordable, etc.?

*note: I can't put mine in *order*, since it's too hard to choose! Here's my top 5 (sticking to ones I use also foundie of)...

1. Silk Naturals- I love *almost* every product they make. I use the following products regularly: a LOT of their shadows, almost all of their lippies, all of the blushes, all of the fps, and the mascara. I also like the brand of brushes they choose to carry. I do like and occasionally use the foundation but i have other HGs for Foundation. I also love that I was there during the big boom expansion of their business. Prices are very reasonable, I enjoy her GWP promotions, and I LOVE her super fast and affordable shipping.

2. Dreamworld Minerals- carries my favorite foundations (my custom shade is Hecate), I LOVE the shades and textures of the shadows and am also in love with the theme. The lippies are also very unique and gorgeous. Again, I love that I was there for the big growing pains and expansion of the business.

3. My Minerals Bath & Body- this is the first company that really got me to experiment with makeup, the first company that i started purchasing a lot from- mainly because pricing was important to me at the beginning, and MMBB offers quality at a great price. The foundations have a nice creamy texture, the concealers work, and many of the shadows are the satin variety i love. I use her hydrosols with the red sponge which she introduced me to. I also bought my flat tops from MMBB at a great price. Lisa is also just a really trully amazing and genuine person and I enjoy supporting her business.

4. Dayna's Minerals- The Shadows are all of a satin variety that I love and Dayna is so easy to love herself. Popularized the red sponge method and makes glows that even i adore.

5. Taylormade Minerals- I can't say I've been disappointed in anything from TMM. The foundations have great feel and the shadows are really gorgeous. I also love that their website has color combination suggestions with photos. Again, the pricing is really reasonable for the quality.

I'd like to also add as honorable mention (or tied with the above)some additional loved companies...

Meow Cosmetics- Love their foundation and Love that it comes in a huge jar. They also have frequent sales and a wonderfully helpful staff.

Everyday Minerals - for great quality mmu at very low prices, detailed customization, and generous sample sizes. They're not HG status for me but I do really like their blushes and was pleased with the sample sized shadows i recently purchased. i wish more companies had their kit system.

The She Space- Her color selection AMAZES me. I am in awe. I also love that samples are WAAAAY affordable and Heather is really involved in her forum, blog, and newsletters. I love that her shipping costs are so reasonable too.

Pink Quartz Minerals- I discovered them recently because of their highly customizable lippies which i really love. When she had to alter my request a little she threw in freebie shadows and i fell in love with them. samples are generous, in jars, and affordable which is something i love.

and I had better stop before I add in more. LOL

I am tagging everyone!! Pass it on!!

Update on my Birthday Hauls!

Aug 19, 2008
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I will have to take photos on my days off- everything is so pretty!!! I'll update the list as the rest of my hauls arrive!!!

-Dreamworld: I forgot i had placed 2 orders 3 days apart because i was having issues with the cart. the first arrived today which is mass quantities of samples (amazon, evolution of chaos, furies, rocks). The free gifts of the week were Glisten powder and Glistening lip stick/balm (came in a slimtube) which came in a little purple organza bag. The only thing I can remember from my other order is samples of new fdt colors (hecate turns orange in the summer for me. As soon as it cools down again, it will be perfect but i'd like to have a summer shade too) and I did order a sample mulberry (silk) of hecate. I also ordered some lipbalms I think. It's kind of fun not remembering what i ordered so it's a surprise when i get them!

-Silk Naturals (samples sale!) Lots of pretty colors. There were two samples that REALLY stood out for me beyond all others: Sprite and Wave. GORGEOUS colors. i really like the liquid lippie formula and hope to see it expand greatly (I'm lemming for a dupe of Mary Kay's discontinued Pout gloss). I did swatch all of my current lippies minus Summer Fling which came today. Summer Fling is very MLBB. Again, terrific texture.

-My Minerals Bath and Body (VOXER sale) It's here! It's here! With lots of extra goodies and cute little strawberries and cream cards. I ordered 3 blush samples, a new flat top, a 5g lightener, the eye cream, the ultimate firming serum, and samples of miracle in a bottle, aha cleanser and moisturizer, and wild oats and honey mask. Lisa added in a red triangle sponge (which i've been curious about), a setting mist, a brown liner pencil, and some jojoba beads!

-Chagrin Valley Soaps (Thanks for the reviews Jen!) I haven't passed judgment on the shampoo bars yet because i think they take some getting used to. I currently am using a small amount of body wash to rinse after using the shampoo bar. Right now I'm trying out Cafe Moreno. I used the Shampooch Honey and Oats for my dog's sensitive skin and it left her coat fluffy- no coating or weird texture like the people bars. It also has a texture which helped massage her. I will say I think she prefers this shampoo bar over traditional liquid dog shampoos. I even think the scent had a calming effect on her.

I love the pumpkin seed lip butter balm in tangerine grapefruit and i also LOVE the olive oil and shea soap. I placed a new order today for more soap samples (the last was mostly shampoo bars). Oh! I also got my first lotion bar ever and i really like those too! My boyfriend immediately seized anything mint and so he is also using a shampoo bar (rosemary mint) which he seems to really be loving.

-Mychelle Sampler (~$12 @ vitacost) Arrived quickly. It was really fun having all those little clamshell containers and vials etc to play with. There were 3 men's products which i gave to my bf. I don't know how i feel about this line yet. I don't particularly like the way any of it smells... It seems to be quality stuff but the smell really bothers me. I do think i could really learn to love the masks and maybe a few of the specialty serums though. Update: I am getting a residue from the moisturizers so I won't be purchasing any of them. Products I like: The Serious Firming Hylauronic Serum, Guava Cactus mask, and Apple Brightening Mist.

-GOW- see 2 posts from this one. I finally took the plunge!

I'd like to try camellia-rose but my first email never got a reply so i have to email again and well...i'm lazy...

My makeup "Nook"

May 2, 2008
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I have the magnetic markerboard system. I use 1" round self adhesive magnets with a hole in the middle that i order on ebay. It is the absolute BEST system for a person with limited space (like myself in an apt with a small bathroom). Even my lippies go ont he marker board! I've considered a magnet for the bottom of my fiber optic baby buki blush brush but as of yet it is magnet-less. I keep my brushes in a decorative ceramic piece.