Bare Escentuals : Bare Minerals

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Active Ingredients:
Titanium Dioxide (12.6%) and Zinc Oxide (21%).

Inactive Ingredients:
Bismuth Oxychloride, Mica, Iron Oxides, Zinc Oxide, Titanium Dioxide.

The list of ingredients above is provided for informational purposes only. Always check the actual product label in your possession for the most accurate ingredient information due to product changes or upgrades that may not yet be reflected on our web site.

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February 23, 2013

Pros:

very natural

Cons:

wears off quickly
doesn't cover blemishes well
clogs pores
made me break out

I tried this when I first started college and I became a mess. My acne got worse and it just didn't do the job for me. Although my skin felt moisturized and not as dry as when I apply other makeup foundations such as MAC. I feel this didn't do anything good for me. It may be different for others, my only suggestion is you first try it if you're on the fence with it.
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March 20, 2011

Pros:

Hmmm,looks good from far away
Doesnt break me out

Cons:

Shows fine lines
Makes pores bigger
Very shiny

This stuff covers pretty well but it magnifies every teeny tiny line and pore on your face(keep in my im only 15 and dont have many lines). This stuff looks beautiful if you stand a couple feet away but horrific up close. It cakes up and doesnt look natural,also my skin looks like an oil slick after an hour. Save yourself the money,dont buy it...even if youre perfect skinned.
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August 17, 2010

Pros:

I love the "dewy" look, when I apply it to a face full of Jojoba Oil

Quick and easy, non streaky

Extremely universal

Cons:

IT BROKE ME OUT!

can make you look dusty

coverage is less than I needed

I have used this product for 2+ years after I became pregnant. I started to break out really bad, and blamed it on my hormones and thought "wow, it's a good thing I got this Makeup to hide it!" little did I know, it was the culprit. It is a tremendous makeup, but only if you don't have sensitive skin. I found my skin dried out, became itchy and irritated, and I was left with nodules and scars after leaving it in the dust. I hear it was the Bismuth in the makeup that some ppl are sensitive to. I will miss it, but it just wasn't for me.
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November 18, 2017
Allergic reaction / broke me out
Used the conpact version of this and it gave me the worst cystic acne I ever had all over my cheeks :( ( it looked when I first tried it though ) returned it for the loose " standard" version but it also broke me out and is itchy and dries the skin. Meh.
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April 10, 2013

Pros:

Great Color Match

Cons:

Normal formula dried out my skin
Matte formula broke me out
Got little white bumps all over chin
Expensive

I had used this for a year awhile back and stopped because I thought it was irritating my skin. I recently used it again because the color match is so good and I thought my skin might handle it better this time. No way! It gave me a bunch of white bumps and broke me out. I use Dan's Regimen and the normal formula was too drying and the matte didn't dry me out ,but broke me out. No good choice here. I now use Maybelline Pure Stay which is a really great product for me!!
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June 28, 2012

Pros:

None for me

Cons:

Everything

I brought a sample of this and I'm glad I only brought the sample and didn't waste a lot of money! I took all my makeup off so I had a clear base. I put it on and it looked horrible! I went completely orange and it didnt do anything for my spots, my whole face was orange but the redness of my spots still came through and it was patchy! It felt like I had put talc poweder on my face! No matter how much I put on it did nothing for me. Glad I only brought a Sample.
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March 6, 2021
ended up having few bumps one day after applying it

bought the original powder foundation that is all around internet claiming it is better to acne prone skin than liquid foundation. The first day using it was great, looks natural, although it did not cover up any of the spots.

The day after I using it, I've got two big bumps on my nose bright shi*e, it looked literally like I've just got some surgery but failed. The thing is, the two bumps last 2 freaking month on my face. This makes me go see the dermatologist and go on accutane. 

My skin was breaking out so bad after this, so I didn't put on any foundation for a few months. Until I have to go on my graduation shooting, I didn't consider wearing any of my HIGH COVERAGE foundation (like MAC, LANCOME) but the one leaves a NATURAL finishing, the original powder foundation from BareMinerals. 

...By the time I realised the tragedies are caused by BareMinerals' natural foundation, it's been my 6th month going on accutane. And freaking yes, going on accutane didn't stop any of the breakouts from BareMinerals. I got ONE huge cystic acne on my forehead, which was impossible to cover it by a mask during COVID. 

I was so pissed and hated myself so much for believing in the marketing stuff by BareMinerals. I shouldaf look up the internet and do so research on the ingredients. If I do so I wouldaf know in this freaking world, there was a thing call "BISMUTH OXYCHLORIDE".

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April 1, 2018
Never. Again.
When this product hit Sephora around 2010, I was SO excited to try it. My skin was pretty clear overall. Let me tell you the ONLY pro to this product to me... It gives flawless coverage without feeling like you have any makeup on at all. I LOVED it. But after about a week, if that, I noticed bumps all over my face. I stopped using it... they went away. Throughout the next 4-5 years I had kept on repurchasing it thinking it would be a different story... but each time I would develop cystic acne. All over my face. I read into it a bit and I do believe it is a mineral they use called Bismuth Oxychloride. I find this is in many mineral foundations, except Physicians Formula. So while I have to admit, I loved the way it felt on my skin and how it looked... I must be tragically allergic to this Bismuth character and for that reason- I'm out.
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September 5, 2011

Pros:

Good color selection
quick application

Cons:

Itchy
Made skin look worse

I used this when my acne was light. Still, it made my skin look worse. I applied it and after a few minutes my skin was itching terribly. I really wanted to use this because I wanted light-medium coverage and quick application. The sales associates where I got this told me that many people return this due to irritation.
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April 2, 2010

Pros:

feels light
good coverage

Cons:

makes my face look and feel super oily
makes face shiny
causes breakout
brushes are to rough to the skin.

Looks great the first 20 minutes then caused me to breakout with cystic acne on the side of my cheek. I stopped using it for a week my skin has improved already.
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