STYLETHREAD -- LET'S TALK SHOP!

laken1 · Hermes

bare escentuals vs. bare minerals?

ILoveChoo · Hermes

I think its the same concept but different brand?

asf · Kate Spade

they're the same. there are other ones out there, too, but i use the bare minerals foundation by bare escentuals.

blubirde · Chanel

Two things: 1) go to Sephora and get one of the salespeople to try it on you. That way you know how everything looks from the set. The salespeople are very helpful. 2) If the difference is the brushes, I'd get the Sephora one with the brushes. Those things were pricey all by themselves - worth the starter set alone. Good luck!

Oh, and I think they're the same. One's the company and one's the product (I think).

laken1 · Hermes

blubirde wrote:

Two things: 1) go to Sephora and get one of the salespeople to try it on you. That way you know how everything looks from the set. The salespeople are very helpful. 2) If the difference is the brushes, I'd get the Sephora one with the brushes. Those things were pricey all by themselves - worth the starter set alone. Good luck!
Oh, and I think they're the same. One's the company and one's the product (I think).

I hate to ask a load of stupid questions, but do you go with no foundation on? to the mall? I mean, I use a full coverage foundation now & it would be very conterproductive to have it on - do they have you take off your base in the store? I've never done the whole "mall makeup" thing so I'd rather ask ya'll stupid questions that look like a dumb a** in sephora.

jj · Kate Spade

Laken, I've done it both ways - I'll go to the mall without makeup and make a bee-line to the cosmetics counter. Then they don't have to hassle with taking it off. But it's ok to wear make-up too, but be sure they take it off before figuring out what your skin color is and testing stuff.

Aurora · Marc Jacobs

laken1 wrote:

I hate to ask a load of stupid questions, but do you go with no foundation on? to the mall? I mean, I use a full coverage foundation now & it would be very conterproductive to have it on - do they have you take off your base in the store? I've never done the whole "mall makeup" thing so I'd rather ask ya'll stupid questions that look like a dumb a** in sephora.

Laken you crack me up. You can go with your makeup on. Sephora will take it all off for you before reapplying the bare minerals stuff all the way down the the eye shadow you have on. Its no biggie.

fairywings · Dooney & Bourke

Yes definitely buy the BareMinerals kit. I met Leslie Blodgett this week and was made up by one of her makeup artists and was totally impressed by the products. I am buying the kit this week. You get a great selection of her products and brushes when you buy the kit, and it's a lot more cost effective in the kit than the products indvidually. I like the one Sephora sells.

mikacat · Coach

i agree completely===the kit rocks.
It really helped my skin, redness and oil problems.

fairywings wrote:

Yes definitely buy the BareMinerals kit. I met Leslie Blodgett this week and was made up by one of her makeup artists and was totally impressed by the products. I am buying the kit this week. You get a great selection of her products and brushes when you buy the kit, and it's a lot more cost effective in the kit than the products indvidually. I like the one Sephora sells.

jj · Kate Spade

Laken, are you gonna try it? I bought my starter kit at Sephora this weekend, and I love it!