An everyday foundation that has something for everyone. (Everyday Minerals Foundation)

Member Name: Gemma_C

Product:	Everyday Minerals Foundation
Date:	15/07/09 (159 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Such a good choice of shades and formulas. The foundation gives great coverage.

Disadvantages: A US site, but delivery to the UK is quick.

I have recently wrote a review on the Everyday Minerals Conceal product, which in my opinion is brilliant, and I now want to review the foundation range they do.
As previously mentioned, you can get some free samples from Everyday Minerals and in this sample make-up kit, you can choose 3 different types of foundations to sample. I highly recommend doing this as you can find a good foundation type and shade that suits you before buying the full priced version.
Mineral make-up is one of those things in the world of cosmetics that started off small and is now everywhere, with lots of different companies offering some form of mineral make-up and lots of companies who ONLY produce and sell mineral make-up.

Everyday Minerals are found at www.everydayminerals.com and are based in the US, and don't have a UK website. You can however order from the site and have your order delivered to the UK.
Everyday Minerals state they have a 'pledge' to you, the consumer, and the planet. The pledge reads as this:
"Everyday Minerals seeks to include the highest quality, all-natural and organic products sourced from sustainable environments across the globe, and to eliminate toxins and engineered material in our products."
Looking on their website they do all kinds of make-up from foundations to blusher, and make-up for eyes and lip balm for, well, lips. They even do a range of pressed make-up for people who just don't like powder. They make their own range of make-up brushes too, which are ideal for use with mineral make-up.

On the home page of the website you will notice in bold a box saying 'Free Samples Get 'Em Now' and this is what drew me into trying something from the Everyday Minerals range. Here you can order a Free Sample Makeup Kit. In your kit you can choose 3 sample sized foundations in any colour and formula, a sample sized blush and a concealer. I happily choose each of my samples, which was very easy to do, and simply paid the postage which wasn't too expensive at all. It arrived in the UK quite quickly.

On the website the foundations comes under the sub menu of 'Base.' Clicking on this will bring you to the page with mini pictures of the foundations, and there's a really good range to choose from! To help you they have divided the shades into categories, Warm, Golden, Cool Beige, Buff and Olive, and under these are lots of foundations suitable for your skin tone. You may be stuck for choice, there are 40 different shades to choose from, but luckily you can choose 3 if you are going down the free sample route! Once you have choosen a shade you are then presented with more choice, you can now select a foundation formula. Here you have 4 choices, Semi-Matte, Matte, Intensive or Original Glo. As I have oily skin I immediately went for the Matte versions for my foundations, however I would quite like to try the Intensive formula in the future, as the Intensive Concealer has been great.

When the foundations arrived they were all in the same small 1g tub. They do come with tiny sifters but the tubs are so tiny it's pointless trying to apply usng these tubs, so I emptied one of them into an empty pot, this enabled me to apply the foundation better. To apply the foundation I used my BareMinerals Kabuki brush, however Everyday Minerals also produce a Kabuki which is only priced at $10 so you may wish to purchase this one. I would say Kabuki brush is essential for applying mineral foundation as it allows you to swirl the foundation into the brush hairs and buff the foundation onto your face.
Using this foundation I was nicely surprised. It was easy to use the kabuki brush with it and straight away I noticed a very good matte coverage as I slowly worked the powder around my face. It was very easy to apply and the foundation didn't fall off my face. It blended in with my skin tone perfectly and really covered up pores and problem areas!

I'm pleased to notice I only need a small amount of the foundation at a time as a little does go a long way. I've noticed during the day my face stays nice and matte for quite a while, however I still have to apply some pressed powder to my face as a top up later on, but this is because I have very oily skin and it can't be helped. I do love the fact that mineral powder does not clog up your pores as a liquid foundation might, and mineral foundation is much kinder to your skin as it's so light and made from minerals rather than chemicals!
I am certainly considering purchasing the full size tub when my sample one runs out, I like the fact there are a lot of different shades and formula's to choose from, with BareMinerals you don't have this choice of a formula and there isn't a very large range of shades to choose from.

The foundations from Everyday Minerals are great. There's a huge range of shades and formula's so you will certainly find something for your skin type, and the foundation's aren't too expensive yet provide brilliant coverage. If you are interested in giving mineral make-up a try I would certainly recommend giving their free sample make up kit a try, you do only get small pots however with mineral make-up a little goes a long way and so these are perfect for finding the right shade for you.

More information on this range and their products can be found at: www.everydayminerals.com

Summary: A good quality mineral foundation at a not too expensive price!