I am open to any suggestions as this is an unsure area for me...

I would never claim I knew how to properly put makeup on my old face but now it seems like I really am missing the mark...

I have been think about when I learned to put make up on and it was around 14 messing with my grandma's old stuff in her bathroom.. Loved that black eye liner and dried up mascara...

Until I was 16 I had never even bought new makeup and then it was wet and wild.. Needless to say I was overweight and covered with acne then and have only ever seen my

Overweight face and neck all made up.. So now on my almost 40 year old, 190 pound face things just don't look right.. Now the makeup has gotten a little better in brands..Cover girl or similar but application doesn't work the same...

I was thinking of maybe going to even more expensive makeup seeing if that would help..

I am a teacher so makeup is part of my daily route..

Would love any suggestions about brands or how you adjusted..

What do you guys think of bare minerals? A girlfriend buys only their stuff at their store but I wonder if they are worth the price.

Love them.

Love the bare minerals foundations and mineral veil (powder).

I used and loved the powder foundation for several years.

Just switched to the bare minerals liquid serum foundation last year and am now hooked on it. The color matches beautifully to my skin (fair) and it applies very easily with a special brush.

The bm eye shadows I hated a lot. The blush was just so so.

What do you guys think of bare minerals? A girlfriend buys only their stuff at their store but I wonder if they are worth the price.

I think on fair, to medium skin tones it's pretty nice. On olive or darker skin tones and/or people with oily skin I find it oxidizes after a few hours and can look orange-y.

@@BLERDgirl do you work in the world of makeup? If so, what do you do? I always think that would be such a fun job!

@@MichiganChic - I used to freelance. Nothing big time, mostly just weddings and proms. I still do the occasional wedding.

I find the older I get the less foundation I should use. I have switched to tinted moisturizer instead. Some of those can be shiny so you have to select carfully.

I just tried the new Coverfx color drops. I like it a lot. You can mix them with anything for as little or as much coverage as you want. You could mix one drop with your favorite moisturizer to get light coverage. Or you could try a cream to powder compact. MAC and Coverfx have them.

Im definitely a Clinique girl. I have used it all my life. I started wearing make up around 13. I have tried a few others every now and then, but they never give me the coverage Clinique give me. I use their bb cream age defying cream (#2). Stay-Matte sheer press (stay cream) , soft-pressed powder (new clover), Different Lipstick (surprise). December of 2012 i was introduced to Younique. It's a new company, they only sell on line through a rep. Kind of like Mary-kay...but so much better in my opinion. I am in love with their 3d mascara... as you can tell. and their shadows are pigments which i love love love... they can be worn dry or wet. I use rosewater to do that. the colors are beautiful in matte and shimmers. Like Bare Minerals... but better ingredients and cheaper. Go pull them up on Pintrest and their website. a few of my fav colors... but they have 32 diff. in all... I like shimmers...

I started as a Clinique gal. I still love some of their lipsticks. Unfortunately they aren't very brown girl friendly. I would buy the darkest shade and by the time it was time to rebuy the color was discontinued.

I'm not a fan of Yonique. I don't care for how the lashes look and some of the reps can be a bit over aggressive. A big turn off for me. I find I get better results combining a Fiber rich and waterproof mascara.

Lately I've been into a lot of indie brands like Sugarpill. I am also a die hard for good foundation. I've worn and still like MAC, MUFE and Revlon, but I am in love with Coverfx.

Brown Girl.... your funny. My grand daughter was telling me about her best friend at school who is a "brown girl". I'm guessing that's what the schools are teaching now, because my neighbor, who is a Brown boy of 7, calls his friends brown....

that was off subject....lol.... Any who.... I agree with you about the aggressiveness of some of those woman, one of the reasons i stopped selling it. Honestly i bought the Kit because i found out i could buy it all with out selling... and it was cheaper then buying what i want separately... back then the kit was only $99 with free shipping.... lol At the time i was the only person in a 100 miles rad that could sell it.... and people started asking me, and i said why the hell not... so i sold it for a while, made my money back plus some... then other started and the back stabbing began... bye bye... not for me.

I saw the Coverfx and wanted to try it... but my skin is sensitive.... and it worries me. Nothing worse than a 46 year old with a broke out face.... hehehe

HA! I use brown gal because I have such a rainbow of friends that saying that it was just easier. I am the allergy queen. I discovered Coverfx while search for something that offered full coverage t cover up facial scars from a nasty bout of facial shingles. I looked at Dermablend, but wasn't pleased with the colors or how the product manipulated. I then discover Coverfx and fell in love. It has a nice color range and is really easy to apply. The cream compact provides full coverage without looking heavy and overly made up. Even better my skin LOVES it and it covers my scars. Stop by Sephora if you can and try it out.

BTW I'm 51 years young.

@@BLERDgirl is this what you are talking about?

http://www.amazon.com/Cover-FX-Compact-Foundation-Setting/dp/B00I6DXD34/ref=sr_1_sc_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1429893345&sr=8-2-spell&keywords=Coverfx+cream+compact

Like I said I have been happily using tinted moisturizers for a couple of years and getting lighter and lighter all the time on the coverage. I just need to knock down the red that shows through my Irish face. It is still good to see what else is out there, particularly that is skin healthy! I am 50 and wanting to keep as much youthfulness as possible. yikes!

@@CowgirlJane No, that's a cream foundation kit. That poduct may be old. I had one 4 years ago. I'm not sure they even sell them anymore. It has foundation and 2 colors for blending & concealing. Under the bottom is a container of set powder as well. This is what I use. This is the custom color drops I think you might like, although you might like to use a teeny bit of concealer cream across the areas that tend to go red.

@BLERDgirl.... dang girl... you look good.