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I've been experimenting with the Earth Minerals Foundation by Annmarie Gianni sample kit for a few weeks now, so I thought I'd share some photos of the kit, and how the foundations look.
I hope you'll also take the time to watch the video review above (apologies for the abrupt ending. My camera died right near the end, so I didn't make a PT.2 since it was so close to the end.)
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| Me wearing the "honey" shade of Earth Minerals Foundation |
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| In my palm is the "Pearl" shade of Earth Minerals foundation and on my upper arm is "Olive." The darker shade seen on my wrist is "Honey" and beside it, the lighter shade is "Pearl," the same one in my palm. |
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| Inside the sample kit -- the herbal facial oil and 4 shades of mineral powder (honey, sand, olive, and pearl) |
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| Wearing the Olive shade from the Earth Minerals Foundation Sample Kit |
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| Closer-up wearing the shade "Olive" Earth Minerals Foundation |
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| Another shot of me in different lighting, wearing the shade "Olive." Turns out, I like this shade the most and have been wearing it for the last couple of weeks. It's a bit darker than sand and honey -- both of which were a tiny bit pale on my skin, although at the beginning, when I judged the shades on my wrist, I thought the Olive shade and the Honey shade looked way too dark for me. Turns out, my wrist is far paler than my facial skin! I think Olive suits my tone the most, don't you? |
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| This is the "Sand" shade. Not as dark on my face as it showed on my wrist, but a smidgen darker than Olive. Once I've had a little sun on my skin, I think Sand will work out just as perfectly for my color as Olive does. |
It doesn't appear that there are any shades darker than these in the Earth Minerals collection, and I do hope they are able to add darker shades to the line. If your skin is significantly darker than mine (I typically match the medium shades of most every brand of foundation) then all of these in the Earth Minerals line may be too light for you.
Conclusion
Overall, I have become increasingly fond of this makeup. It took some experimenting with the various shades as well as with how much oil to powder ratio was just right every day, but I have become so fond of this that it's my absolute #1 favorite foundation ever.
I found that the lighter shades did kind of look cake-y on me, but once I used the olive shade for a few days, I liked it more and more. It gives me the perfect coverage. With all the breakouts and scarring I've accumulated over the last year (which has left me a bit devastated over my skin's appearance), it improved how I felt immensely. To be able to cover them so well without the many cons that most foundation has (further breakouts, harmful ingredients, etc.), felt amazing to me.
I especially love that as long as I use the correct oil to powder ratio, I can actually look at my face in the mirror and feel happy about it.
I have used too much oil quite a few times, which some of my photos show, but even then, it's better than the flaking that I commonly have as a result of using most foundations on my combination skin. Especially since I've been working on clearing away the breakouts and scarring on my cheeks, which leaves the area really dry and flaky. I'm happy that even with combo skin, I can have the best of both worlds -- not extremely oily, but not dry and flaky.
Most people with combo skin like me know that you usually have to trade one for the other -- either oily areas or dry ones, and foundation often enhances both of those cons. That is probably what I'm the happiest about with this foundation -- that I get a decent balance and never have dry flakes showing and even with it being oil, it still leaves my forehead less shiny than my other foundations.
I have found that as I've gotten used to mixing the foundation up and wearing it more regularly, I can apply it fairly quickly and without taking a lot of time to perfect. It absorbs perfectly and super quickly! I don't have to spend hardly any time rubbing it in or blending it with a brush. I can actually achieve my preferred result with less time than it takes using my drugstore foundations because they require a lot of blending and rubbing in.
Of course the all-natural, all-safe ingredients makes me feel so much better about wearing foundation. I hated applying harmful ingredients to my skin, just to cover the "flaws" and having that awful knowing that I'm still doing damage while trying to cover damage! That felt so bad.
Needless to say, I'm unusually satisfied with the Earth Minerals foundation. I would love to toss every other foundation I own and use nothing but this forever. I love that no matter what, I always end up happy with the result after applying, even if I do it in a hurry, even when my skin is looking its worst -- I'm always satisfied with the end result.
To give you a rating to go by, I give this foundation a 5/5 rating. It's perfect.
I never recommend foundation makeup because there are so many differences between every person's skin, but I feel pretty comfortable saying that I would recommend this to anyone who wears foundation and wants a safe ingredient foundation that will work well for combination skin.
*You can find the sample kit here. You can also get a bigger sized bottle of any of the colors.
*You can find the sample kit here. You can also get a bigger sized bottle of any of the colors.
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