A couple of months ago I stopped using Bare Escentuals because it was giving me blackheads and some acne and I went back to Clinique. I like the way I look with Clinique, but I have to spend tons of time applying and blending my makeup so it looks extremely natural when with BE I had my basic makeup done in a few minutes. Another thing that really bothered me about BE was the pricing. I paid about $25 for mineral veil and the amount was really small compared to Clinique's and Prescriptives' loose powders so that really bothered me. To get the amount of loose powder in Clinique I had to buy about 3 or 4 mineral veils x(. Most BE products are too expensive; when you compare the prices of high end makeup brands and the amount BE actually offers, BE comes out as more expensive than the most popular high end makeup brands.
I'm searching for alternative mineral makeup brands. I know that Philosophy has mineral loose powders, but they are in my opinion overpriced so I'm not even going to bother trying them. I saw the brand Everyday Minerals at www.everydayminerals.com and they have reasonable prices, but I'm really weirded out when I see that they are using the same names BE uses for their products. They have mineral veil, the foundation colors and numbers are exactly the same as BE, etc. It just seems strange. I wonder if anyone has tried these products. I would also like to know if anybody is using other mineral makeup brands besides BE and how are those brands in terms of quality, ease of application, natural looking, and price. Thanks in advance.
I'm searching for alternative mineral makeup brands. I know that Philosophy has mineral loose powders, but they are in my opinion overpriced so I'm not even going to bother trying them. I saw the brand Everyday Minerals at www.everydayminerals.com and they have reasonable prices, but I'm really weirded out when I see that they are using the same names BE uses for their products. They have mineral veil, the foundation colors and numbers are exactly the same as BE, etc. It just seems strange. I wonder if anyone has tried these products. I would also like to know if anybody is using other mineral makeup brands besides BE and how are those brands in terms of quality, ease of application, natural looking, and price. Thanks in advance.