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[NessaVenasaur]

Glad you like what you're trying . I haven't tried any of those blushes but I think a few of them are popular choices, like DVR sunday and cookie sheet.

That micro HD powder sounds pretty amazing I remember wondering how well it works last time I was at sephora....I think I will buy it sometime this summer

[Dutchie1014]

Hi all!! I went back to using Bare Minerals a few weeks ago after not having used it for a few years. Then I came across this blog and ordered the sample kit from EM. I have been using it for about a week and am now breaking out like crazy!! Wonder if it's the BM from a few days ago? Or maybe the EM intensive made me break out? I've heard that can happen. I am so frustrated... Alsol, I am using olive shades wich match my skin great but have the chromium oxide or whatever in them and I am allergic to nickel (the two are related).
Has anyone experienced break outs due to any of these things?
Please share! Thanks!

[PLONKER]

Everyday Minerals used to do a mineral 'sunscreen' powder a few years ago, as I bought some. Does anybody know whether it has been discontinued or renamed?

[NessaVenasaur]

I am about to order some EDM makeup but I don't see a code for a discount. Did they stop doing this? I know that three samples will come with my purchase but, yeah, no code for a discount . If it still exists, I'm not sure where it is. Does anyone know?

[LQP]

If this question has already been asked, I do apologize - 99 pages is just too much to go through. And thanks for everyone's replies on the thread, they have been such a help!

I'm about to order some samples and need some help. I'm having trouble choosing my color, but I'll figure that out somehow, right? What I'm confused on is which type I should choose: original glo, matte, semi-matte, or intensive. I've been trying to read on here and on MUA but there is just so much and I haven't found the detail I need to choose which type.

I'm wanting a much more natural look; NOT shiny - as in a sheen, kind of like how bronzer is, don't want that; good coverage for my red marks; but NOT cakey. My skin is the type that tans easily and doesn't burn- I guess it is somewhat naturally tanner. I have no clue as to whether my undertones are golden or peachy or whatever they were stating on the website. My hair is medium brown and my eyes are green. Matte sounds appealing to me, because I guess that's the look I want, but semi-matte sounds good too, don't understand intensive, original glo sounds like what I'm not going for, but maybe I'm wrong.

Here is a picture of my skin (cheek) from my acne.org photo log. You can check it out to get more of a feel for my skin tone if you want. This is a much better picture of my skin, as in acne wise, then the rest of the log, but I figured this picture had more of my natural skin color displayed than just tons of acne.

Thank you so much!

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[NessaVenasaur]

There are descriptions of the different formulas on the site but I can tell you that o-glo has a shiny look to it. It's mean for dry skin. Intensive is matte but has the most coverage. Matte is probably light to medium coverage with, obviously, a matte finish. Which I imagine means semi-matte is somewhere between matte and semi-matte. All of these can look cakey depending on how you apply, usually applying too much. My best tip, is to wear a liquid foundation that controls oil underneath and wear a light, well-blended layer of EDM powder on top. It looks great (again, depending on how well you apply it)

As far as color goes, your best bet is to just try out colors. I know I have olive skin but some of their olive colors, light-olive for example, seem very orange. I would've never guessed unless I tried it. Even then it took me a while to realize that it wasn't quite right. It can be a long process but it's really worth it once you find your perfect color(s). If any one color doesn't do the trick then you might have to make your own by mixing. My last tip is to post on the EDM messageboards for help. I think there are more people there who are more familiar with the colors and could give better or more advice/suggestions

[LQP]

Thanks for the reply!

[kristenm09]

Ok if anyone can help me out or even give me a guess that would be helpful! lol


Ok so I used bare minerals before in just the medium cool shade and it matched my skin great. I ordered EM samples and can not find any I chose that match my skin. Everything is looking to orange. I ordered the buttered tan and the medium summer.

If anyone has used the medium bare minerals shade before, what matched your skin best from EM? Or if anyone has any guesses, that helps too because I am beyond confused lol

[LaLaaLove]

Do you have a photo of yourself in natural light, no makeup? Alternatively, you could post on the EDM forums to find a match as well.

Silk Naturals has sampler foundation kits which include a pure white base, and several pigments of different tones, and you mix your own foundation. It's difficult to pick a foundation online, so that may help -- I haven't found a -perfect- match with MMU, so I think I may try that next. It's also convenient since you can lighten or darken foudnation for the seasons.

[SHE'S MARIA]

hi! yes i would like the july discount code too! cos im about to order big!

but apparently i cant find it.

[enomisailat]

I just received my first batch of samples. Those baby containers are a real bitch to use! Hardly anything comes out, even when flipped upside down and shaken. I got a mix of the intensive, matte and glo and I didn't notice much coverage. I topped it off with the BM well rested and it worked. Since this is only my first day, who knows what will happen but I hope for the best. If I could stop spending $25 a pop on BM that would make me very happy.

Has anyone bought those mixing pots off the EDM site? Or are there anything like it at CVS or something I can just pick up?

[ObscureProtection]

This sucks majorly, but the custom kits are gone and prices for the same amount of product that they offered in the custom kits have doubled (12 foundations = $144). I think they do some sort of wierd discount program if you order more than a certain amount, either ways yikes. Looks like it's time for me to move on and find another brand.

[xmiss_behavex]

Hello fellow EDM'ers,

Wonder if you guys can help me. I've been using the light pink blush from EDM for a while now, brushing a little on my cheeks as it covers red pigmentation quite well and gives me some extra coverage. I went to order some more today and it seems to have disappeared Does anyone know anything about them discontinuing this? And if it has, anyone got any tips on a fantastic blush from EDM that won't sit in my scars and make them look worse.

Thanks in advance ladies
Much love x

[peaches1975]

Hello fellow EDM'ers,

Wonder if you guys can help me. I've been using the light pink blush from EDM for a while now, brushing a little on my cheeks as it covers red pigmentation quite well and gives me some extra coverage. I went to order some more today and it seems to have disappeared Does anyone know anything about them discontinuing this? And if it has, anyone got any tips on a fantastic blush from EDM that won't sit in my scars and make them look worse.

Thanks in advance ladies
Much love x

The new website was a tad confusing for me too! To find the "light pink" that was in the lucent face collection on the blushes tab of the old website: go to "MAKEUP", then "face", then "lucent face". Hope that helps! I'm dying to try the new Dusty Miller and Sand Cherry! Actually the new eyeshadow collection Shady Stroll too! I don't like the compacts by EDM, so I'll probably order them as samples once I have the funds for it.

[saura]

This sucks majorly, but the custom kits are gone and prices for the same amount of product that they offered in the custom kits have doubled (12 foundations = $144). I think they do some sort of wierd discount program if you order more than a certain amount, either ways yikes. Looks like it's time for me to move on and find another brand.

Actually, the great deal of the custom kits is still in there. When you buy any 12 (or more) full size items, they automatically give you a 45% discount, so 12 foundations would be 79.20, or 12 eyeshadows for 39.60, etc. I got a mix of 12 items from all categories and it came out to $51, so there you go, that "wierd discount" is an awesome discount!

[miss_pooh]

hey! What shades would you guys recommend for African american skin?

thanks in advanced

[Ams1985]

This sucks majorly, but the custom kits are gone and prices for the same amount of product that they offered in the custom kits have doubled (12 foundations = $144). I think they do some sort of wierd discount program if you order more than a certain amount, either ways yikes. Looks like it's time for me to move on and find another brand.

Yeah, that was the only reason I ordered from them. No more orders until they bring back the kits.

[peaches1975]

As far as the kits are concerned, I admit that at first I was miffed at the change. But the more I thought about it, I can't get that much makeup at Walmart even with the new discount rate! And that stuff at Walmart is pretty second rate in comparison to EDM.

Then I thought about it some more. In order to get 12 eyeshadows before, it was $50. Now it's $39.60. I'd been wanting to try more shadows but didn't feel I was getting the same bang for my buck if I ordered with the old kit set up. Now I'm waiting on an order that has a regular sized lucent face blush, a regular sized blush, 10 regular sized eyeshadows, 6 blush samples, and 8 eye shadow samples. All for $61.80 before shipping! I couldn't get that kind of deal before with the old kits.

I do hear the folks about 12 foundations coming out above the $50 mark, but I guess EDM wanted to reward those that order more than just foundation?

[Violetmoon]

Sorry if this question has already been asked but I didn't want to go through 99 pages. Anyway, I am now using everyday minerals base thanks to you girls on this post, but I am wondering how do you guys keep it from settling into your pores and wrinkles? I have tried just using moisturizer and then putting the makeup on and it still settles in my pores, i'm not sure what i am doing wrong.

[NessaVenasaur]

Sorry if this question has already been asked but I didn't want to go through 99 pages. Anyway, I am now using everyday minerals base thanks to you girls on this post, but I am wondering how do you guys keep it from settling into your pores and wrinkles? I have tried just using moisturizer and then putting the makeup on and it still settles in my pores, i'm not sure what i am doing wrong.

Using just the mineral powder never worked for me but it looks really good on top of a liquid foundation. I know that defeats the purpose for some, though. You could try it on top of a primer like Monistat Chafing Gel (there are some threads about it, including a recent one) or 'The Present' by Philosophy