I never jumped on the Bare Minerals bandwagon, though not for lack of watching the infomercials repeatedly in an entranced state. I couldn’t find a shade that matched my skin tone, and I prefer a sheer, dewy finish to the rich, powdery coverage synonymous with mineral makeup. Ironically, I’m crazy about the Bare Escentuals SPF 30 Natural Sunscreen ($28). For one thing, the powder has a built-in twist-up brush—an engineering feat I’ve always yearned to experience. For another, who wants to schmear a fresh coat of sunscreen over her makeup every recommended 4 hours? I’d much rather pop this sleek bullet into my handbag for touch-ups throughout the day. The micronized titanium dioxide mineral powder not only physically shields against UVA/UVB rays (a great alternative to anyone who is sensitive to chemical sunscreens) but sets makeup, blots oil, and has just enough tint to even out skin tone. On hot summer days it’s all I’ll be wearing on top of a light-weight moisturizer, which is about as low-maintenance as I get. Have you tried a powder sunscreen? Do share.
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Fancy!
Eminence has a great one…twist up brush too AND smells like expensive candy.
I like Physicians Formula. They have a powder ( comes with a sponge “puff”) and a bronzer ( comes wth a brush) in a small compact. They are both pretty invisable..The SPF is 50 so I really like that! However… Dr Oz says powders are bad for you because you inhale the microscopic particles into your lungs.. so keep that in mind.
Oh yeah.. Physicians Formula is only $12.99!
@Tracy – you are the second person to mention that Dr. Oz show to me today! I’ve heard warnings from very health-conscious beauty users, but never in regards to inhaling the product. Here’s the article from the show. I’ll let y’all decide: http://www.doctoroz.com/videos/price-beauty
Bare Escentuals released the following statement after Dr. Oz first said what he did about mineral makeup (the show originally aired months ago):
“The safety and wellbeing of every customer is of paramount concern at Bare Escentuals. We would like to assure our customers that there is absolutely no credible scientific evidence that our mineral cosmetic products can be easily inhaled into the lungs, much less linking our mineral cosmetic products with negative health effects. Unsupported allegations that all mineral cosmetic products are ‘dangerous,’ based on what unidentified ‘experts’ have supposedly said, are unnecessarily alarming and fear-inducing because such allegations are simply not supported by any credible evidence. We stand behind our products and look forward to continuing to provide high quality products to the millions of women whose lives have been touched by bareMinerals.”
Also, I have it on good authority that Bare Escentuals tried to contact Dr. Oz to discuss this with him, and he *refused to take the company’s calls.*
Thank you for posting the other side, @Connie. There are always two! It took DECADES for there to be “proof” that smoking is bad for us, so I never buy that argument when it’s coming from the company who benefits from selling the product. However, I do believe in moderation when in doubt and I’m pretty sure I’ll never inhale as enough mineral makeup to compare it to a construction working inhaling mica!
Which is worse – not wearing sunscreen or “inhaling” it?
I’ve considered the Roth version, but like the texture of the BE better (according to my extensive research last week meandering Sephora). It would be very nice, as you said, not to have to schmear cream over makeup, especially if you’re on your way to say an outdoor happy hour and need a SPF boost. I’m definitely going to consider it.
@Katrina, you always put things into perspective! I’m totally thinking HH and when you’re on the go and don’t have the luxury of “starting over.” Did you play with TEMPTU while you were at sephora?
@BB – see my thoughts on your tempting Temptu post over there…. (but I believe I checked out the true professional version, not the “sephora” version).