February 2, 2010
I was sponsored by Heidi Yi quite a while ago to try her line of mineral make up. I came across her mineral make up line at the end of November when I finally realised that summer was quickly approaching and that I had to quickly find an alternative to my Revlon Colorstay foundation and BB cream.
Sweat and oil problems were calling out to her from the heat!!
Then I googled mineral powder (yes, google is the answer to my all) – and a zillion/billion results came up. I hate having to look through all of the results, so instead of having to wait for international shipping, I thought I’d find an Australian mineral make up company!! I changed my search to “within Australia” and almost immediately came across this site.
It appealed to me because it was actually based in Australia and Heidi, herself was asian!! I thought, how much better is it that the woman who created this make up is asian? She obviously knows all about the skintone of asians!!!! I emailed her, and she kindly sent me through a few full-sized products for me to trial and review.
I am not at all reviewing this under the influence that this product was sponsored. I am sincerely giving my honest opinion about the products below.
Heidi was such a pleasant woman to deal with. She sent my parcel within a few days and her responses were almost always immediate. She also sent me her book which she wrote, explaining all of the different applications and types of make up!!! I spent a night reading it and I must say, it has all the basics of make up in there! So if you’re still a newbie to make up, this book will be your guide to your every morning application and make up purchases!
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The mineral make up package she sent me consisted of a mineral foundation in Soft Beige, a large kabuki brush, a mineral blush in Frosted Plum and a blush brush! The mineral foundation was 8grams, which is pretty average for a mineral foundation. I compared it to the size of my Prestige Skin Loving minerals foundation and found that they were exactly the same in dimensons.
The size of the blush was slightly smaller, but that said – you would use alot less of the blush than the foundation!! Here is what the colours look like.
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I’ve also swatched the blush for you – Frosted Plum.
The colour of the blush was very shimmery and very very pigmented – a little went a long way. The only con I found in the blush is that it may be a little too pigmented that when I swirl it onto my brush, tap it off and sweep it onto my cheek, the colour went straight on and left harsh blotches on my cheeks. The only way I fixed it each time I wore it, was to use my large kabuki brush – which had remanants of my mineral foundation to sweep ontop of my cheeks when I was done with my blush.
It’s such a pity that I need to do so much to use this blush though, cause the colour is really gorgeous. I think that it was one of the biggest turn offs and I’ve stopped using it since.
That said, I cannot even express in words my love for the mineral foundation! I do think the one she sent was a little too light though and I’m an NC25 (I received the Soft Beige colour). I think I’d order Warm Beige when I’m finished with my jar.
My foundation routine when I used this mineral foundation was to first apply BB Cream as a sticky make up base for my mineral foundation. I tap some product out onto the lid of the mineral foundation, and then tap some product out. I like the packaging for the foundation because it was easy enough to tap just enough product out onto the lid rather than pouring out too much or being too hard to tap the powder out.
However, ofcourse if you have excess powder left on the lid, you can just easily flip the lid around quickly to leave it ontop of the base of the foundation
The application of mineral powder was easy peasy.
#1. swirl swirl swirl
#2. tap tap tap
#3. buff buff buff
And you’re done!
What they claim: Light-weight, water resistant, sweat proof and high pigmented formulation giving you superior coverage which will last throughout the day with sun protection.
What I really think: In terms of light weight, I don’t really feel like I have too much product on my face – but I don’t feel like I’ve got nothing on there either – I wouldn’t say its extremely light – especially if you’re using it for the whole day and have to retouch! I think that the best way to keep it light is to finish the application with a spray of fresh mineral water.
In terms of water resistancy (if thats even a word!!!), I haven’t really tried dipping my head in water yet!!!……. but when I wash my face, I need to cleanse my face with a oil-based cleanser in order to wash off the foundation! I usually wash my face twice just to get the extra product off 
The one thing I’m amazed about, in this product, and to be honest, I haven’t tried too many mineral foundations I’m too fond of, is that this powder is really, honestly sweat proof. For your information, my skin type is not oily, but neither is it dry. In summer, my t-zone can get quite oily, but when I use this mineral foundation, I don’t need to touch up unless I’m going out for a whole day and night! I work with this mineral foundation on, and although my face starts to get oily at about 4pm, I gently blot it with a tissue paper and there’s no need to worry for the rest of the day and note: that’s in summer!!!! ♥
Coverage is not heavy as they say, but it is buildable. I’d say it is more like a medium coverage – which is good because it gives you a more natural look, rather than a caked one. My skin is quite clear so this foundation did an awesome job for me in terms of coverage.
For those who would like more coverage should use concealer on their blemishes and seal it with the mineral foundation.
What I think of the brushes: In my honest opinion, the kabuki foundation brush was far too rough for my skin. I needed up using my Everyday Minerals kabuki brush in the end as it was much much softer than this!! I wouldn’t say it’s rubbish, but it was very tough in comparison to my EDM kabuki brush.
The blush brush on the other hand, was alot softer!!! It was fabulous on my cheeks and I’d highly recommend it!
I’m not sure if this is because I’ve washed my kabuki brush once or not, but I’m pretty sure when I received the foundation brush, it was much softer. Though, that said, I haven’t actually experienced any fallouts of the bristles on my brushes yet and that, I’ve very happy about!
That’s about all I can say about the products I’ve received. I’d definitely repurchase the mineral foundation – not too sure about the blushes as I still have plenty of it left – and the other colours don’t seem to suit me too well.
For Australians, Heidi actually delivers to anywhere in Australia for free!! So it’s a great product to try out if you are looking for a mineral foundation! I’d say that it is up to standard of any high-end mineral foundation. I believe that Heidi will happily pack some samples for you if you require a colour test before you purchase. The foundations retail for $49 and that’s pretty much about the same price as any other shop you’re looking to buy mineral foundations.
Heidi also mentioned to me that she does ship internationally, but I’m not too sure of the rates or shipping service she provides for the international! She’s a wonderful woman, so if you would like to purchase her products, just email her through here and I’m sure you’ll get your answer in no time!
by chaigyaru ギャル at 2nd February 2010 comments(14)
