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Showing posts with label mineral makeup. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mineral makeup. Show all posts

06 March 2012

Mineral makeup foundation

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Millions of women in Australia and around the world are ditching the chemicals found in conventional cosmetics in favour of beautiful natural products that are better for your skin, your health and the environment!  Are you joining them?  Today’s mineral makeup foundations provide beautiful results and the formulations are so advanced you won’t miss those nasty petrochemical-based products one bit!  

In our busy little mineral makeup corner of the store, the question most often asked is how to choose the right mineral foundation.  Would I be best with a cream, liquid or powder? What colour best matches my skin?    

Prepared by Biome's mineral makeup expert, here's a helpful guide to foundation perfection.  

1.     Choose your formulation - Cream, Liquid or Powder?

Choose the correct formulation for your skin’s needs.

One of our most popular powders

Oily  -   Powder
On Oily skins powder helps to eliminate excess moisture and give a flawless, shine-free finish.
Oily skins can sometimes use a liquid foundation, but must be sure to powder well to stop the makeup ‘sliding’. Touch ups with powder during the day are also a great idea to keep you looking polished.

Pro Tip: Try using a Rose Water or Hydrosol spray like Mokosh hydrosol toner after powder foundation application to help ‘set’ the makeup. This will create a gorgeous ‘natural skin’ look.

Sante cream foundation                           

Dry -  Liquid or Cream
Choose Liquid or Cream foundations for their hydrating properties.  Powders can be drying on this skin type, causing a rough, or chalky appearance. If you would like to use a powder foundation, just be sure to prepare your skin accordingly. It’s important to exfoliate and moisturise well.

Pro Tip: For longer wearing makeup and a more polished look, apply a light dusting of powder after your foundation. A light spray of rose water or hydrosol will help set the look.



Musq mineral powder foundation
Combination  - Powder or Liquid
Combination skins can use either a powder or a liquid foundation.  Powder foundations are great for combination skin as they help to absorb any excess oil and combat unwanted shine. The trick here is to apply more coverage in your oilier zones while using more sparingly in other areas.

Pro Tip: When using liquid foundations, those with combination skin should apply a dusting of powder, focusing on their oily zones, after their foundation to prevent the makeup from ‘breaking up’ in their oiler zones later in the day.




2.     Choose your shade – Know your Skin Tone and Depth

Is your skin Fair, Medium or Deep? Remembering that this may vary in Summer and Winter.

Secondly, is your skin tone Cool, Warm or Neutral?
Cool: You have blue/green eyes, may sunburn/freckle easily, your natural hair colour is blond/light brown, you look good in bright pinks, fuschia and muted browns.
Warm:  You have brown/hazel eyes, tan easily, have brown or darker hair, your skin has a slightly yellow/golden tone, you look good in rich browns and navy.
Neutral : If you have two or more characteristics from both Warm and Cool then you are most likely a neutral skin tone.

Now, check this handy table that gives our recommendations on the best Inika, Musq and Sante choices based on the combination of your skin tone and depth.


For example, if you have Fair skin with Cool tone, recommendations for you are Inika Liquid: Cream; Inika Powder: Grace, Nurture, Unity, Strength; Musq Cream: Kalahari; Musq Powder: Kalahari; Sante Liquid: No. 1.

3.     Try them on!

To get the most accurate colour match, always test makeup on your face rather than your hand or wrist. 

Try at least 3 shades. Pick out the shade that you think most suits your skin tone and then pick one shade lighter and one shade darker.

Apply the makeup using brush/cotton tip on clean skin. At your outer jawline (just in front of your ear) use your brush/cotton tip to make a vertical  ‘stripe of each shade. Work it into the skin slightly as you would when applying to your full face.   This area of your face is perfect for testing foundation because you can see how the makeup affects any pigmentation, your overall skin tone and ensures it will blend into your neck seamlessly.

The aim here is to find a shade that is almost undetectable. If you’ve got the coverage you need and you can’t see it on your skin, you’re onto a winner!

Browse our mineral makeup ranges ...  Inika, Musq, Sante and our Makeup brushes.

09 September 2009

Mineral makeup and natural skin care favourites

We recently held an event at our Biome city store to introduce our customers to the new natural and mineral makeup ranges: MUSQ mineral makeup and Sante natural cosmetics.

Our experienced makeover person, Hayley, shares these 12 favourites.  All great for those who want natural, safe cosmetics that look as good and last as well (or better) than conventional make-up.  

1. Musq mineral powder foundation
After seeing how well this foundation evens skin-tone and lifts and brightens the eye area, I'm hooked. So many people ask for low effort foundation, and this is so easy to apply (just brush a little over your face and neck, layer for more coverage as required). This powder is also great if you prefer a cream or liquid foundation (such as our MUSQ cream foundation) as these need setting so they last the day.  For those worried about a powdery look, consider our next favourite...

2. Bod rose hydrosol toner
By spritzing this nourishing spray over your entire face after applying your powder make-up (including blush and eye shadow, but before mascara), you'll end up with a wonderfully dewy, natural look.  This certified organic damask rose hydrosol is such a treat.

3. Olieve vanilla lip balm
The first step in your make-up routine should be to put on some lip balm (this one is packed with olive oil and tastes amazing). This will give the lip balm a chance to work it's magic while you are applying foundation etc, then blot off and apply lipstick. Your lips will be smoother and your lipstick will look the better for it.

4. Sante eye shadow pencils
For easy, even eye makeup even in those bleary-eyed morning applications with a foggy bathroom mirror these are it. They are easy to blend and gentle on your eyelids. For a more intense finish top with Sante eyeshadow trios in complimentary colours.

5. Musq mineral eyeliner
So soft on your delicate eye area, but with intense colour. No barely-there, scratchy pencil with this eyeliner around. To make this pencil long-lasting on the inner rim of your eye, use our EcoTools bamboo angled eyeliner brush with a matching eyeshadow and dab it over with the flat of the brush.

6. Sante rouge blush
Great natural colours, and what's more looks flawless on. Simple as that!

7. EcoTools bamboo makeup brush set
A good all-round makeup brushes set. The blush brush doubles as a great mineral powder applicator (as it is denser than the EcoTools powder brush so more economical with your mineral make up). The concealer brush is also great for applying or blending cream eyeshadow like our Sante eyeshadow pencil sticks.

8. Musq mascara
For defined lashes with no nasties, this is an excellent choice. Apply to tips, allow to dry and then apply to whole length of lashes. Available in black and brown.

9. Sante lip contour and gloss lip duo
Customers loved the colours, and I loved the easy application. Just sharpen with Sante's sharpener, apply the liner all over lips (and leave at that for long-lasting matt colour) and top with matching gloss at the other end.

10. Sante dipliner liquid eye liners
So long lasting for a liquid liner. If you like a little retro flick, always apply from the outer of the lid to the inner for more control and you'll get them even. I love the sparkling brown dipliner (No. 1), it is such a contemporary yet unusual shade.

11. Sante cover/concealer sticks
In the last range, these were a favourite, and now come in 4 shades. Apply a little just over the little dark patches of your inner under eye (if you go to close to the outer eye it may gather in creases and you generally never need it near smile lines for dark circles anyway).

12. Tinderbox Fennel and Yarrow cleanser
At the end of the day (or night!) take it all off with this effective, yet uber-natural cleanser from WA company Tinderbox. You'll be impressed at how fast it works on mascara and eyeliner.

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