Powder foundation. What are your thoughts? Have you ever used it before, do you love it, are you a bit like ain't nobody got time for dat... I want to know what you think. Because here's what I always thought about powder foundation up until 2 months ago; I thought that it would look cakier than my Nan's classic victoria sponge (side note: Jesus Christ that Victoria sponge is good and I'm a little bit hormonal Helen at the moment and basically where is my slice?). I thought that it would be patchy and difficult to use, I thought that the coverage would be low... in short, I didn't even bother to try it because my expectations were low.
I was wrong.
Oh so wrong.
Painfully wrong that it's almost hard to admit but also not hard to admit because HELLO DREAM FOUNDATION. Over the last couple of months I decided to test out the bareMinerals Original Foundation SPF 15 and if you hadn't already guessed by my embarrassing fangirl, it's frickin amazing. Full review slightly later on in the post because firstly, I wanted to talk to you first about a very cool event that bareMinerals put on last weekend in collaboration with Powder.
If you follow me on instagram you'd have seen that I spent my Saturday at Boxpark in Shoreditch, hanging out at the ridiculously cool Powder van which has collaborated with bareMinerals. Anyone and everyone was invited along to the event to come and check out the van which inside hosted a couple of babe'in bareMinerals makeup artists who were providing complimentary makeunders and shade-matching for the Original Foundation SPF 15 which is so incredible as even as a makeup hoarder/lover, I always find it difficult to get the perfect match. As well as a GIF machine - anyone else have a special skill for never quite nailing GIF machine photos? - outside which allowed you to enter a competition by sharing the photos online. In short, it was a super cute, really fun event that's perfect for grabbing your girls, or even wandering down on your own, discovering some new - totally game changing - makeup and having some chilled out fun in the sun (or clouds. Because this is London after all).
Ok, so let's talk about the bareMinerals Original Foundation SPF 15. It's the UK's number one mineral foundation and also won the Best Beauty Stylist Award in 2016. It comes in 30 beautiful true-to-you shades which really does cover all bases (pun totally intended so feel free to laugh out loud). I actually find it super difficult to get the perfect match for my skin tone but there were at least 2 options that would've worked amazingly for me, in the end I went for Golden Beige (which is dreamier than Derek Shepherd), a gorgeous warm, olive toned colour, perfect for my semi-tanned skin right now. Out of all of the things I love about this, the thing that blows me away the most every single time is simply the finish. It somehow manages to produce the most flawless, natural looking, velvety smooth, skin-like glow that genuinely gets me compliments every time I wear it. It's completely non drying, it actually has a beautiful powder to cream finish and is super buildable too so can be used for a sheer wash of colour or built up to full coverage.
It contains 5 mineral ingredients which are all amazing for your skin, so blimmin good in fact that you can actually sleep in it (let's just discuss how insanely amazing this is, guilt over not taking your makeup off after a night out, be gone!) It doesn't clog your pores, it feels so super light that I actually often forget I'm even wearing makeup... it's just a total total dream.
Another reason why I avoided mineral powder foundation is because I thought it would be mega messy, and don't get me wrong, if I'm in a rush I can definitely cause spillages that do not look pretty (sorry Mum for forever ruining my "was white once" sheets), but by tapping some product into the lid, using the Swirl, tap, buff technique (my favourite way to apply it) it's actually so incredibly quick and easy to use. Another tip for application, the Beautiful Finish Brush is basically my favourite thing of all time. It picks up enough product but because of the dip in the middle, makes it really easy to not over apply and cake it all on (cake it all on is technical terms, obviously).
To wrap up my little fangirl, the bareMinerals Original Foundation SPF 15 is an absolutely stunning foundation that I couldn't recommend you trying any more. It looks beautiful on the skin, and is also really good for the skin too. I also had the best time at the Powder x bareMinerals pop up and would definitely recommend you heading to a store near you to get properly matched up because it is a total game changer.
I'd love to know if you've tried mineral foundations before? Is it something you'd consider trying? I always love hearing your thoughts!
As always, thanks so much for reading!
xx
This post was sponsored by bareMinerals. All thoughts, photos and extreme love of this babe'in foundation, my own.
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