Bare Minerals Original SPF 15 Foundation & Bronzer brush

ANOTHER REVIEW... YAY!

Hi everyone :) hope you are all well!

I am sure all, or most of you have heard of BareMinerals (You can purchase at Mecca Maxima), but I believe from research, that the original powder foundation is not very popular. I myself attempted to search online for reviews or first impressions of this product, and I could hardly find anything! So I decided that I would do a review myself, considering I have been using this product for about 6 months.

BareMinerals is counted as more of a 'high end' brand, however the prices are pretty great for what you receive. I was using the Youngblood powder foundation that was almost two times the price of this BareMinerals powder foundation! (costs around $35-$40AUD, compared to Youngblood which is approx. $80!!)

This product applies like a powder, however it sets almost like a liquid that you have set with powder... which I LOVE! On days that I am particularly not doing anything major, or I am in a rush, it's great to just powder my face in 2 minutes and I'm out the door!! Being a powder, you think it would rub off during the day, begin to look blotchy, or seep into pores... but no! Surprisingly it doesn't do that. However, in saying that, I usually wear primer as a base (not to prime is a crime!), but when I started to wear primer with this powder, it didn't have a very nice finish. I tried matte and original primers, such as drugstore (Revlon, Australis, Maybelline) and also high end (Hourglass, Stila, BareMinerals), but none of them looked very nice. It would start to 'crack' around my nose, mouth and chin, and would look very shiny in the T-zone area! When I decided to skip the primer, and just use the foundation, it looked fantastic. It would remain quite matte, no pores would show and it would keep a nice glow in my face, yet have a full coverage all day. I wouldn't personally wear this foundation out to events or clubbing, because there is SPF in it, which means it would have quite a white flashback on camera! But just for everyday wear, it really is great and worth the money I think!

I apply the powder with a hard powder brush, or a bronzer brush. I believe this gives the nicest coverage, and it produces the product into your face, rather than using a normal soft powder brush that may just produce the product on top of the skin (this would make the powder come off and fade easily during the day). It's important with powders (or most foundations) to blend the product all down your neck, towards your ears and into your hairline, because bare skin could show, and powders often have a yellow or pink tint, so they will start to change colour throughout the day - not blending well would look pretty strange!!!!

Hope you guys got something out of this blog-post and enjoyed! As usual, comment down below if you have any questions, or if you would like me to review another product :)

xoxo
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Bare Minerals Original SPF 15 in 'Fair'

Powder quality in 'Fair'. Once applied, looks like liquid that is set!!