Coastal Scents Mineral Foundation

So I am on a mineral makeup spree these days. I was pleased to try out Coastal Scents mineral foundation, and I was pleasantly surprised at how smooth and even-looking it was on my skin. I tried Silk Light and Silk Medium foundation (I mixed an even amount of each shade), but it was obviously too light on my skin. Maybe I should have stuck with straight Medium or a mix of Medium 1.2 and Light 1.2, or maybe straight Medium 1.2?? Arrggh... anyways, I will continue to try the samples, I'm really loving the smoothness of the finish and how it makes my skintone appear more even. I'd say it was medium coverage, but very buildable. I love that it also feels very light on the skin and doesn't make me feel I have foundation on. It also didn't make my skin itch nor did it do any chaos to my skin, in fact I would think it's pretty calming. I can't say anything else about its other products as I have not tried them yet, but will continue to do so in the next days or so. I got Coastal Scents' concealer brush and I love it! It's not too small so it can adequately cover up undereye circles and the taklon bristles are just of the perfect firmness.

I used Silk Naturals' Date Bait perfecting powder for this look and I love how it made my skin look a bit luminous and, like its sheer version, it made my pores appear much smaller.

I also used my new MAC product for this look: loose beauty powder in Soft Flame from the Of Beauty collection. I really like it; it's like a loose version of my favorite beauty powders in compacts (think beauty powders in Pearl Sunshine and Pearl Blossom from the MAC Barbie collection) and even loose mineralize skinfinishes. Application of the loose beauty powder was also a cinch with the MAC 187 brush.









Eyes:
MAC Beige-ing shadestick as base
MAC Fresco Rose paint pot on lid
MAC Expensive Pink eyeshadow on lid and to line lower lashline
MAC Swish eyeshadow on inner lid
MAC Post Haste (matte2) eyeshadow on outer lid
MAC Handwritten (matte2) eyeshadow on crease
MAC Ricepaper eyeshadow to highlight
Indelible gel liner in Black Cherry to line
Shu Uemura mascara base
MAC Zoom Black mascara

Face:
Camellia Rose skin smoothing primer
Coastal Scents Silk Foundation in Silk Light and Silk Medium (50-50 mix)
Mary Kay undereye concealer in Ivory topped with
Bare Escentuals Well Rested
Silk Naturals Dait Bait perfecting powder
MAC Emote blush to contour
MAC Petalpoint blush
MAC loose beauty powder in Soft Flame over blush

Lips:
MAC lipliner in Whirl
MAC Curiositease Plum Lips set (used Ultra Madame lipstick and Contessa lipglass)

Dayna sent me her beautiful mineral in Mermaid Flash. I used it wet using MAC mixing medium and applied it as a liner. I really love it! It's literally a pop of color in a boring neutral look.