by Kristen Davis

Created on: May 12, 2008

By far the best mineral makeup is Bare Essentuals. The skin matching shades and easy-to-use kits make this brand a winner. It was one of the first in the mineral makeup market so you can trust the company knows what they are doing. Also, this company only strictly uses mineral makeup, unlike some of its future competitors.

A Guide to Bare Essentuals:

The Kits
Get Started:

come in 3 complexion matching systems, complete with applicator brushes and a how-to-apply instructional dvd.

Each kit comes with the basics for starting mineral makeup application and include a large sample size of mineral foundation, warmth to add color back to face after foundation and mineral veil as the last step to complete the flawless look.

Complexion shades kits to choose from: fair to fairly light, medium to medium beige and dark.

Get Started Eyes, Cheeks and Lips:
This kit includes 3 new applicator brushes and one of these brushes is dual-ended. Each brush goes with a pre-determined shade of eye shadow and blush to create the perfect mineral makeup. The fair to medium has two mineral eye shadows (nutmeg and ivory), a tigers eye mineral eye liner shadow, a mineral blush in warm rose and a buxom lip gloss.

Exclusive Sephora Kits:
Bare Minerals Superstar Kit
4 cosmetic brushes, a buxom lip gloss, a mineral blush and 3 shades of mineral eyeshadow
Comes in a gold metallic clutch purse

Bare Minerals Be Campy
Cosmetic brushes, mineral eye shadow

Bare Minerals Star Style
Cosmetic brushes, mineral blush, mineral eye shadows, cosmetic brushes

Locations to purchase:

Sephora

Often offers exclusive only at Sephora Bare Essentual kits such as the Park Place Princess set offered last spring and summer.
Allows you to have a personal consultation with a beauty expert on what shades and products are ideal for your skin tone and even gives small samples to take home.
If purchased online, Sephora gives 3 free samples of your choice. This allows you to try out other makeup from Sephora without the hefty fee of purchasing at full price.
Free shipping online with any $50 order and on all Bare Essentual kits.
Free returns if you are not satisfied with products.

Ulta

While there are 3 free samples if ordered online, there is no consultation or samples to try. Sephora is the better place to go if first trying out the Bare Essentuals brand.
Many of the bare essentuals kits that are in high demand can be found here and are sometimes offered at a lower price than Sephora.

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