Trying out a few new products

I got in some new products from Everyday Minerals to try out. The majority of my makeup collection is by them.

Let me start by sharing a SCARY before picture:

1. Clean, moisturize your face. Then I like to spritz some glycerin/water mix to the face to help set the mineral makeup. The picture above is after those steps have been completed.
2. Rub a little Urban Decay Primer Potion on your eyelids.
3. I applied Fairly Light Semi-matte foundation by EDM. I applied it with the Flat Top Brush. I just applied one coat all over. The flat top brush is easier to use for me due to it’s long handle (the older Kabuki brush from EDM has a very short handle) and it seems to give better coverage.
4. Next, I started working on my eyes. I use either EDM or Coastal Scents for my eyeshadows the majority of the time. Today I used the Coastal Scents because I wanted to try out a video tutorial by emilynoel83 on YouTube where she used the 88 Ultra Shimmer Palette from Coastal Scents. I absolutely LOVE this palette! It has almost any color you could want and they are VIBRANT and no lack of shimmer as labeled. You have to be careful though, one light tap and you can end up with VERY dark eyes. The only thing I do not like about this palette is the packaging. Someone like myself that is disabled it is very hard to open it. I cannot mash down the trigger to release it to open. Any time I want to use it, I need help.
5. So I completed my eyeshadow (mine came out darker than the tutorial and you cannot see the gold shimmer in my pictures.) Then I used my Almay Liquid Eyeliner for my top lid, just a cheap kohl black for my bottom lash line, and water line. I finished it as the tutorial stated with a purple shade from the 88 Ultra Shimmer Palette.  Then I added my mascara.
6. Ok, moving on to some new things. Today I got in some new products from EDM. I got their Soft Bronzer which can be found in the cheeks section of their website. I applied this under my cheekbones and then a little all over. Very little! I was afraid to get it too dark and look unnatural since I am fair complexion. It did seem to give my face a little extra color that I need. It IS very “soft” in color so you would have to really apply way too much for it to look bad, I believe.
7. Then the bronzer wasn’t quite enough color to get away with using alone for me. So on the apples of my cheeks I applied a new blush I got from EDM called Time Share (one of their newer spring colors.) I absolutely LOVE this color! I was a bit hesitant to get a blush again because the previous two colors I got ended up not being complimenting shades for me. This is a really nice “mauvy” type shade with not too much pink or red. Very natural looking.
8. I then finished with my new finishing powder from EDM, Sunlight Finishing Dust. The formula on this seems much better than what I had been using previously that is now discontinued. This seems more translucent and light weight. So it does its job and nothing more. You don’t want to feel like you are applying LAYER after LAYER of powders on your face. This really took any shine away, blended everything together nicely, and gave a soft glow to your face. BEAUTIFUL!
9. Last but not least, I tried out my new Pink Lemonade lip gloss. I love the design of the package like chapstick, the texture of the lip gloss feels nice and has a healing like feel to it. However, this particular color is not for me. It had a real 70s iridescent pink look to it. I would like to try out some other colors though. I won’t give up after one shot, although I didn’t care for the previous two colors I got in the pots from EDM a long time ago either.  But we will see, I just may not have found the right shade. I have no complaints about the lip glosses aside from that, but I would like a little more “gloss” for the glosses. I ended up topping it off with some unnamed lip gloss to rid some of the color and give it a little more shine.

Here is the final results, I will have to work on my webcam picture taking skills, sorry you cannot really appreciate the colors.