Bare Minerals makeup
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Nickel
curiouser and curiouser
Christy said:Cheese N Rice, I really need to get with the program.I think I"m the only female who still exfoliates with a wash rag and elbow grease.
I tried the microdermabrasion thing, but it's just too involved for me. I used to use a product called Ocean Salt by Lush...basically it has big chunks of (you guessed it) ocean salt that exfoliate the heck out of your face. I switched and have never been really happy, so I ordered some more and it just came in today. 
Christy
b*tch rocket
Your skin is too young for microdermabrasion anyway.Nickel said:
morganj614
New Member
Christy said:Cheese N Rice, I really need to get with the program.
But this feels SO good, increases the blood flow to your face and my skin feels like a baby's bottom. It's nothing complicated, put a dollop of buff stuff on the face pad and turn it on. The pads pop on and off, I wash mine with soap and hot water and replace when necessary.
Now, as for you having pale skin......:casper:
crabcake
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morganj614 said:
It's VERY simple to do ... and if you combine it with a weekly glycolic peel, you'll see amazing brightness and improvement of fine lines and crap. 
Since we moved, I've been ultra-delinquent with keeping up my skincare regimen, and while I feel I have pretty good skin now, I wanna keep it that way for years to come so I (hopefully) don't have to go under the knife at 45.
sweetpea
Bjo
crabcake said:
Since we moved, I've been ultra-delinquent with keeping up my skincare regimen, and while I feel I have pretty good skin now, I wanna keep it that way for years to come so I (hopefully) don't have to go under the knife at 45.
Soooooooo how did the makeup last today. Did it fade, go into the lines or pores 
One of the things my mother always told me that I wish I'd have listened to is moisturize and take care of your face while you're young. I inherited good skin from her, so I barely ever even washed my face when I was in my 20's - never broke out, not even as a teenager. But now that I'm in my 40's, I sure wish I'd have been taking care of my skin all along.crabcake said:
morganj614
New Member
Nickel said:I plan on having gorgeous skin my whole life, so I need to start now.
Don't over-do things to your skin just yet. You are very young and if you must dermabrase, treat yourself to a professional facial on occasion. That way you'll really enjoy it.
I see the diff in my much older skin. I use sunscreen now but not always did I use it. Alot of you have seen my skin and the faces of others my age...
crabcake
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It did well ... even coming home in the pouring rain! I expected to see run marks in the minerals (like you'd expect with water/powder) but nada. Now, I took an afternoon nap, and when I woke up, I noticed that I had a more dewey look to my face which I presumed was my skin's natural oils. I tapped just an itsy bitsy tiny bit of the mineral veil into the cap, swirled, and buffed it over my face and voila!sweetpea said:
I'm not surprised that (with my t-zone) I'd need to touch up mid-wear b/c I've always had to do that no matter what foundation I use. But as far as "coverage" goes, this stuff gets an A+! 
I think it will come down to this (for those on the fence about whether to buy it or not) -- if you DON'T like the cakey-ness of liquid foundations and want a more long-wearing, natural, youthful, airbrushed, dewey look to your make-up, you'll love this. Also, the chic at Sephora said that with routine use of the foundation and skin revver-upper stuff, you will see an improvement in skin tone, texture, etc. over time, that you'll experience less breakouts, skin irritations, etc.
If you're happy with your current foundation and don't really give a rats patookis about the aforementioned characteristics, save your money. :shrug:
crabcake
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I wasn't so lucky in my teens (but that was mostly due to what I consumed -- junk food, sodas, etc.) but when I hit my mid-20s, I started using moisturizer religiously, even with oily skin. The nice thing about having oily skin is that fine lines and wrinkles won't be near as obvious on me as someone with really dry skin. Now, that all may change in the next 10 years, but for now, I'm in good shape.vraiblonde said:
Christy, if you don't wanna go the whole "dermabrasion" route, you can buy a product that I LOVE and use daily -- St. Ives Apricot Scrub. I use it in the shower (just a tad) to slough off dead skin, make-up, etc., and then use my neutrogena skin cleanser. It comes in a tub and a tube; I recommend the tube b/c the tub is too cumbersome to finagle in the shower. Just put a dime size in your palms, rub together, then rub all over your face.
crabcake
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PS -- I'm wearing a black shirt, and just rubbed my arm on my face, and ZERO rub-off, as vrai mentioned earlier! Can't say the same for my regular foundation that I use. Also, no build-up in any creases around my eyes or anything like that which was typical with my liquid foundation.
kwillia
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I thought you microdermed your face already this evening...crabcake said:PS -- I'm wearing a black shirt, and just rubbed my arm on my face, and ZERO rub-off, as vrai mentioned earlier! Can't say the same for my regular foundation that I use. Also, no build-up in any creases around my eyes or anything like that which was typical with my liquid foundation.
