Alcoholic

See...that's the thing about mineral makeup....
even with out makeup artist, i know how to test color on my own to see if it's compatible or not... but when it's powder, i have no clue!

The GA cream foundation with big pot.... i think that's a more heavy coverage~ it's the Designer Shaping Cream Foundation.

aside from GA Luminous Silk, i use it with the sheer fluid... i have the bronze color one. it's a very good highlight~ since i have a light caramel skin color, it makes the glow from the foundation even more radiance~ i just blend a little bit of it on cheek bone & a bit on forehead...where the sun hits your face~

since GA foundation is so good, have anyone tried the Master Primer?

kisstherain

Yaya it's the Designer Shaping Cream Foundation I was talking about. But maybe when I get older...

I also use GA foundation with the fluid sheer... I use #7. Sometimes I mix a small  bit with the foundation (3:1). But then I have so many highlight stuff already (YSL Touche Eclat, Benefit Highbeam, DIORGLAM highlight powder etc...) I shouldn't have bought the fluid sheer in the first place (so expensive!)

My friend used the GA primer before. She said it's nothing special. She recommanded Smashbox primer to me but it's just silicone. I am using Cle de Peau primer now. I like it because there is no silicone and it has SPF.

Alcoholic

Thanks!
how much is the Cle De Peau primer? right now i'm using Raycious super moist base.... & sometimes i use Kiss matte primer with whitening serum in it... my friend help me buy it in hk~

cinderelly

before i started using MU i did a bit of research and i think bare minerals isnt exactly the best MU out there. most ppl do complain that it's too shiny or that it makes them break out..~
that's why i've never tried it

kisstherain

原帖由 Alcoholic 於 2008-1-3 08:16 發表
Thanks!
how much is the Cle De Peau primer? right now i'm using Raycious super moist base.... & sometimes i use Kiss matte primer with whitening serum in it... my friend help me buy it in hk~

How do you like Raycious super moist base? The name is very attractive! I am always on the quest for a good makeup base.
The Cle de Peau primer is C$85. I don't think I will repurchase because it's too expensive!

yayaya

is covermark better than EL's double wear??
anyone know?

Alcoholic

Kiss:
the Raycious Moist Supply base is pretty good. it feels like cream.... and once you put it on, your skin absorbs it just like that!
Do you know if the Smashbox photo primer LIGHT...issit any better? or is it still silicone???

yayaya:
i don't know ar... i don't use much western brands

blueprint

I've read Carmindy's book "5 Minutes Makeup".  She said that mineral powder are supposedly best for people with sensitive skin.  Except that it would look dry on people with dry skin.  So I guess the best thing is to prepare your face for it (clean, put lotion on), and the apply just a bit of the formula to cover the sites that are needed and blend it out.

So how do wlkm you like the result after trying it?

kisstherain

Alc, I searched for the ingredients of the photo primer LIGHT and here it goes:  

Water (Aqua), Cyclopentasiloxane, Polysilicone-11, Butylene Glycol, Ethylene/Acrylic Acid Copolymer, Methyl Methacrylate Crosspolymer, Carbomer, Hydroxyethylcellulose, Triethanolamine, Decyl Glucoside, Caprylyl Glycol, Phenoxyethanol, Hexylene Glycol, Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate, Oligopeptide-10.

Well besides water (it claims to be 60% water), the 2 biggest ingredients are silicone stuff.
My friend's sis-in-law is a BA at Smashbox in Hong Kong. Of course she said the primer is very good  and she uses it too. I saw her a few times... gotta admit her face looks flawless!