Everyday Minerals

I’ve been a loyal bare minerals user for years. However, the lightest shade was always a shade too dark for me but I kinda just put up with it (whenever I looked around at other powder foundations I couldn’t find anything with the right combo of being a good shade and having good ingredients for my fussy skin). I stumbled upon everyday minerals while I was trying to find something with even simpler ingredients than bare minerals and better shade selection. I used the matte base in 0N today for the first time and it was sooo nice. Wore better than bare minerals, felt lighter, and finally, finally, actually matched my skin tone perfectly. I tried it from a sample kit and the blush and shimmer was also great. I have extra sensitive combination acne prone skin and so far, so good.

This was an impulse buy from iHerb. Didn't expect much from it but was pleasantly surprised.

First off, for some context, I'm Chinese with dehydrated oily skin living in the tropics and have some redness around the tip of my nose and the chin area under my lower lip. This yellow powder is a colour-corrector, not a concealer, and it does an amazing job correcting the reddened areas to match my skin colour. Incidentally, it also helps to brighten up these reddened and dulled areas too.

I use a damp micro Beautyblender to stipple and blend the powder onto my bare skin prepped with my super-barrier. After waiting a few seconds for it to set, I then apply my EM Base (matte) with the normal-sized Beautyblender. Can't even tell I'm wearing colour-corrector. With this, I don't even have to use a concealer.

One last thing, it doesn't work on dark eye circles and brownish acne scars. Probably because those are different colours.

I've been using Everyday Minerals for many years. It's the first foundation I've found that doesn't break out my problem areas (chin/lower cheek area). It provides light to moderate coverage that you can build up. I don't prefer the finish of mineral makeup to liquid makeup (Maybelline FitME makes my skin look SO dewy and luscious!), but I do like how it keeps my skin looking clear!

oxidizes veryyy quickly. I tried to bake my under eyes with this after applying concealer and my under eyes turned darker than my actual foundation. makes the sides of my nose look really gross and makes foundation crack. definitely don't recommend.

I have mixed skin, and while I like how the EDM bases look on me, I wouldn't recommend this one for anyone with oily skin, it can look SHINY as the day goes on. Coverage is decent, better than say, Lily Lolo.

You can get this on iHerb for like $10, which is nice since in my country this costs closer to $25 a jar :/