Tuesday 5 May 2015

Bare minerals - Well Rested Conceler + Original foundation

I have been testing these two products out for ages now and I thought it was about time I should do a review. I bought Well Rested 5 months ago and the Original foundation about 2 months ago. I saw Shaaanxo on youtube using Well rested and she loved it and said how brightening it made her under eye look, I definitely needed something like this so I went ahead and bought it (as you do). Loads of bloggers recommend the foundation on twitter as I was looking for a new one at the time and I trust them so I went for it. Now a little bit more about the products and what I really thought...

Well Rested Concealer Powder -'' is an Ivory eye Brightener with yellow undertones, its a mineral product so it looks like an ultra finely powder and it blends in seamlessly with out sitting onto the skin and looking cakey like a normal powder''. I don't think it does quite what it says. I really don't think this is worth the hype which is a shame seeing as most people like it, I wish it worked well for me but will obviously work for other people. When I apply it, it just looked too cakey no matter how much I tried to blend it in, you could just see it sitting ontop of my skin it was horrible. I applied it on top of concealer and on its own. One thing it did do was brighten up my under eyes which I love but I just found it too powdery and cakey no matter what I did, even with an eye cream it was still no hope. Retails at £19.00.

Original foundation in Fairly Light - I really hated this foundation at first, I thought the coverage was rubbish and the amount of times I was just swirling the brush around on my face it looked like I had applied nothing, but then I started to use a flat top kabuki brush and used a little less product I could start to see it on the skin, just by using a differed brush I could really see the difference, I love how natural it looks and how buildable you can make it, it feels like your wearing nothing on the skin which a a bonus. Retails at £26.00

Have you used these two products before? What do you think?


11 comments:

  1. Was going to try the foundation recently but didn't ! Must take a look at it ! Great post will avoid the concealer tho

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  2. Powder is such a gamble for me - with dry skin it can either finish my look perfectly or tip it over the edge to awful! I love the Bare Minerals Bronzer & finishing Powders - but not sure what I think of a concealer?

    lucy | luceellen xxx

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    1. yeah thats the think if you have dry skin powder doesn't work, ooo i need to try out there bronzers xx

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  3. oh i really want to try these! i have a powder by them that i need to test out but would like to try a foundation

    from helen at thelovecatsinc.com

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    1. defo get your hands on the foundation :) x

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  4. I love them!

    www.thewonderlanders.com

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  5. Hi Lucy - I came to check out your blog after the bdib chat. You take such beautiful photographs!!
    Love Sophie xx
    www.fashionnomads.com

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  6. I like the look of the Well Rested Concealer Powder. Too bad that it didn't work for you.

    xx Izzy | Qthee

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  7. I have loved Bare Minerals foundations for years but I need a bit more coverage and often pop a CC cream or tinted moisturiser underneath but they're so breathable and lightweight - great for Spring/Summer!

    Emma xx || Her Glamourati

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