Foundation Powder

Bare Essentials is a great foundation because I love the easy and even application it provides. Though I was receiving pimples that I normally don’t usually get. I’m not sure if I had mentioned but I was doing a “test” of whether my sunscreen or the foundation was the cause of me getting random pimples. After a couple days test, it looks like Bare Essentials was the culprit. (I actually even went further to test whether my application brush was dirty but I cleaned it with the brush solution specifically for the brush but alas still pimples) SO, the product may not be for everyone but it does look great. But, it wasn’t something that I wanted to wear on a regular basis to get that nice coverage and so I looked for other means of coverage. I did fall for powder foundation because it’s so fast and non fussy to put on. The great Laura Mercier brand that so many friends use makes powder foundation. I have tried their tinted moisturizer but the skin color they matched was yellow-y which was not flattering. But their powder foundation had one in my skin tint and so far (couple days now) no signs of pimples. Initially when you wear it, it does look makeup-y (<--don’t you just love my vocabulary) but once it settles into the skin it provides great coverage, looks natural, and has spf which is always good. In case you still aren’t sure, you can go to the nordstrom makeup dept for Laura Mercier and ask for a sample with your skin color to test it out. That’s what I did. J