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I’m humbly going to share my mineral mishap with you in case you can relate and learn from what I’m kicking myself about.

I tried Bare Escentuals bareMinerals a few years ago, loved the product but just never became a regular user. Instead played around with trying to find that drugstore alternative – and I’ve tried them all.

The drugstore brands just gave so much value – bigger and more for less. And just so much easier to throw into my purse – call that lazy or whatever, but honestly a factor.

Let’s chalk up both to ‘what was I thinking’ because on a recent trip I decided to splurge on a Sephora Exclusive  BareEscentials Get Started Kit. Splurge? I use 1/8 of the amount needed with the drugstore options now that’s a bargain.

And I found the best ever for purse travel! I’m so excited about this Bare Escentuals Beauty-On-The-Go Kit. It’s a refillable compact with mirror and a little kabuki brush. Perfect for mineral makeup on the go!

I’m addicted to all mineral makeup. Liquid foundation is a thing of the past in my bathroom, and now the creme de la creme finish before I leave the house is a final dusting from M.A.C. Mineralize Skinfinish.

Mineralize Skinfinish is one of the treats I picked up at BC Fashion Week. It’s a lux velvet-soft powder with high-frost metallic finish that adds buffed-up highlights to cheeks and brows, or an overall ultra-deluxe polish to the face. Highly reflective it gives fantastic depth.

Important! Don’t get turned off by how shimmery it looks – try it first. Friends are always super, super surprised when I show them the metallic product, but then they see it on me and there’s no glitter.

It’s best to go slightly darker than your skin tone – so the one that’s giving me a bit of color despite summer being long gone is M.A.C.’s Global Glow. It’s sold out online, but a bunch of my gals have still been able to get their brushes on these compacts.
 
Also grab the newest, Limited Edition Alexander McQueen -  Mineralize Skinfinish in NEW VEGAS! Backstage at Alexander McQueen Fall ‘07, looks veered colorfully to the dark side. Celebrating the designer’s historic inspiration: Haunting definition and subtle shaping of this collection was created by Mineralize Skinfinish. MAC and McQueen are two of the coolest fashion brands around, so a collaboration is obviously not to be missed.