Frequently Asked Questions
Q: How do I decide which samples to try?
When choosing your samples, here
are some things to consider:
- What is your hair and eye color?
- Would you say you have a light, medium, tan, or deep complexion?
- What single color do you think you look best in?
- What types of color combinations do you like to wear usually?
- Black, Grey, Deep Browns, White
- Deep Purple, Fuchsia, Deep Blues, Black
- Light blues, pinks,
- Deep, Bold Warm Earthy tones - deep oranges, browns, greens, cream
- Light Warm Earthy Tones - beige, peach, cream, etc
- Or any other color combination?
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Look at your wardrobe; think about what you feel you look awesome in.
- What colors are those? (Be detailed – are the colors are light or dark, muted or intense?)
Think about your personal style in general. (This is more to help
with choosing lippies, shadows, and blushes.)
Do you like to stand out in a
crowd? Or do you prefer to be more understated in your appearance?
Do you like classic styles? Funky styles? Current trends?
Here’s a biggie: In the past, when you have tried foundations that
did NOT work for you color-wise, what was wrong with them? Too
yellow? Too orange? Too pink?
Do you have any particular thing that you want to cover? Blue or
brown under-eye area? Redness? Blemishes?
Your goal with a foundation should be to make your face appear to belong with your body. Your face should be very similar to your neck and upper chest, because that’s what’s closest, and that’s what’s going to make you look weird if it doesn’t go well together. (You can tell you’re using a bad shade for you if you feel like you want to put foundation on your neck and chest to make them the right color. They are already the right color. It’s your makeup that’s wrong.)
Make sure you don’t just look in a small mirror just at your face.
Stand back and look at yourself in a larger mirror, paying
particular attention to the colors of your face, neck and
chest, and how they look compared to each other. Also, chances
are, your bathroom lighting is going to be the worst for testing
color. (Unless you have a big skylight. Then you’re
probably
okay.)
I also recommend using blush when you’re doing this color test,
because if you appear
all pasty because of muting your natural
rosiness in your cheeks, you
will be drawn to using a foundation that’s too pink for you. Nobody
wins when they use a too-pink foundation.
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I had one new customer give some feedback that our foundation was
too heavy for a natural look. I'd like to address that, because the
first few times I used Just Pure Minerals foundation, it was too
heavy on me, too. I was accustomed to other, lower quality brands,
so I was using too much. I was also using the wrong kind of brush,
so really, there was no way to get it right anyway. It was a lovely,
fluffy brush, but truly useless for applying foundation.
It took a little practice (and a real kabuki brush) for me to
finally get the right amount on my face. That's because our foundation has a higher
concentration of the opaque ingredients, and less of the mica
fillers, than other brands. You can use much less of it! It's
amazing how little it takes to even out your skin tone and texture.
Here are a few tips on how to use it properly:
Before starting, clean and moisturize your face. Let your
moisturizer absorb completely before you start to apply your makeup
(20 minutes or so)
Tip a very small amount of foundation out onto a piece of paper or
into the lid of your full size jar.
Focusing first on areas that need the most coverage, apply the
foundation in small circles on your face. Repeat these steps 2
or 3 times until you have applied a small amount over your entire
face.
Look at your nose, or any other area where you may have visible
pores. If the foundation has just hit the high spots, and your pores
are still visible, swipe a finger over the area to blend it in.
(This is where I went wrong at first - I would add more foundation
to fill in the pores, and would end up with too much on! Learn from
my mistakes, sisters!)
Always start with the lightest amount of coverage and step back and
take a look at yourself. See if it's enough before adding more.
Build slowly. You'll get the hang of it quickly, and you'll get to
the point of being able to do it pretty much without a mirror. But
while you're getting used to this quality of foundation, take it
slowly.
Using a smaller concealer/eye shadow brush, apply more foundation in
small areas that are hard to reach with the kabuki - by the
nostrils, under the eyes - and over any other areas that need a
little extra coverage. For more serious coverage, you can use a
concealer or corrector.
Apply blush with a blush brush (don't use your kabuki, unless you
want your whole face to be pink next time)
You can use a mineral veil or setting powder over everything, or
under your blush. If it's under your blush, you can use your kabuki
brush to apply it.
If your skin, overall, is clear and even-toned, you can skip the
whole foundation part. Use a concealer brush for specific areas with
a foundation or a concealer, then use a mineral veil or setting
powder to even out the texture of your skin.
Used correctly, mineral makeup gives the most natural,
beautiful results of any makeup. It may take a little
practice if it's new to you, or if you haven't yet achieved the
results you've wanted. Once you get the hang of it, you'll never
want to go back to any other kind of makeup.
Foundation ingredients: Mica,
titanium dioxide, zinc oxide, iron oxides. Setting Powder ingredients: Mica,
titanium dioxide, kaolin clay, iron oxides Mineral Veil ingredients: Mica,
titanium dioxide, iron oxides Blush ingredients: Mica, titanium
dioxide, iron oxides. Some shades may contain one or more of the
following: manganese violet, ultramarine violet, chromium green
oxide, and/or ultramarine blue. Eye Shadow/Liner ingredients:
Mica, iron oxides. Some shades may contain one or more of the
following: ultramarine violet, ultramarine blue, manganese violet,
ferric ferrocyanide (greens), chromium green oxide. Lipstick and Tinted Balm ingredients:
Ricinus Communis (castor) seed oil, Elaeis Guineensis (palm) kernel
oil, Persea Gratissima (avocado) oil, Cocos Nucifera (coconut) oil
(and) Aloe Barbadensis leaf extract, Copernicia Cerifera (carnauba)
wax, Euphorbia Cerifera (candelilla) wax, sumac wax, mica, iron
oxides, peppermint oil, soy-derived vitamin E. Most shades
also have some titanium dioxide. Some may contain manganese violet. Lip Gloss ingredients: Versagel
750 ME (Hydrogenated Polyisobutene (and) Ethylene/Proylene/Styrene
Copolymer (and) Butylene/Ethylene/Styrene
Q: How do you apply Mineral Makeup to get the best, most
natural looking results?
Touch
your kabuki brush to the
powder to pick some up. Swirl it around on a piece of paper to
distribute it throughout the brush. (You shouldn't be able to see
any area of the brush that has a heavier concentration of powder
after this step.) You can also tap the brush to around on the paper
to get the powder to spread out.
Q- What are the ingredients in
Just Pure Minerals' products?
Coploymer), castor oil, jojoba oil, fractionated coconut oil,
peppermint oil, iron oxides, titanium dioxide, mica, natural
soy-derived vitamin E. Some shades may contain one or more of the
following: manganese violet, ultramarine violet.
NOTE: The gloss is the only product I
have that isn't all-natural. (It is vegan, though.) It was a product
from before I owned the business, and I have promised never to
discontinue products. I have developed the tinted balms as an
all-natural replacement for the gloss for those of us who prefer
using all-natural products.
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