Make-up!

I don't want this blog to totally be about babies, so let's talk make-up. Mama's gotta look pretty, right?

How is it that I am 29 years old and just got my first Bare Minerals make-up? I have heard about it before, but I have always been a strict Bobbi Brown girl. I do still love my Bobbi Brown, but a woman's skin changes after having a baby and I have had to make some alterations in the make-up department.

Let's start at the beginning. I have near worn foundation, but I have really uneven skin with red splotches, so I have to wear some type of tinted moisturizer to even it out. I used to even use all the Bobbi Brown facial moisturizers, creams, and serums too, but after marriage and baby I could not stomach paying $60 for a container of face cream. I get some free samples from my sister (who works at a dermatologist office) for this awesome night cream, and I have recently started using mostly Aveeno products for other daily creams.

I put on this in the morning:






And this for tinted moisturizer:

BUT my face has been super greasy lately (especially in this 100 degree heat), so I needed something different.

Well, I spent the weekend with a good friend of mine over Memorial Day and we "got ready" together one night like back in college - it was so much fun. Well, I saw her using this powder and inquired what it was. Welcome to my life, Bare Minerals. I tested the powder foundation and loved it. I used it again the next night and then had to order my own.

After some education on the products I ordered the "Starter Kit" (in light) and patiently waited for it to arrive on my doorstep. It came with 2 powder foundations (light and medium), the mineral veil, warmth (bronzer) and some other cream that you are supposed to use after moisturizer - and the brushes that you need to apply it all.

I am only on my second day of using it, but I am already a huge fan. It is just what I needed to get some coverage, but in a dryer powder form. My face was not greasy at all yesterday! I especially love the mineral veil. You put it on last and it kind of "sets" the makeup and give you an airbrushed look. Love love love it.

Give it a try!