bareMinerals BAREPRO Performance Wear Liquid Foundation

BAREPRO is the fabulous new performance wear liquid foundation from bareMinerals.

Available In a huge range of shades, 30 to be precise, this super lightweight foundation offers great coverage and long lasting wearability.

Formulated with a Mineral Lock™ formula it provides 24 hours worth of coverage and this long wearing technology mimics your skins natural lipids, adhering to your complexion and ensure you look flawless all day long.

Featuring a natural matte finish (which is my finish of preference) it contains no oil, parabens and is fragrance free.

Papaya Enzymes help to exfoliate and improve your skins texture while Bamboo stem extract creates the illusion of a burred, soft focus effect.

The foundation itself is extremely light in texture. I’d almost describe it as ‘runny’, which made me think that it might not provide as much coverage as I need, but I was wrong.

Silky and soft to apply, it blended into my skin beautifully. So beautifully in fact that it was almost impossible to detect where I had applied it!

It matched my skin tone perfectly and immediately worked to soften blemishes, even skin tone and help to disguise pigment discolouration.

The best part? It feels wonderful to wear. It really is so light that you could be forgiven for forgetting you’re actually wearing anything.

It softens your skin tone and did not aggravate my sensitive/oily skin. In fact my skin stayed shine free for far longer than it does with my regular foundation and provided enough coverage that I only needed a tiny amount of concealer on more stubborn areas.

bareMinerals say that BAREPRO will be your new BFF and I can’t disagree. It is a brilliant medium coverage foundation that leaves your skin feeling soft and looking healthy and radiant.

bareMinerals BAREPRO Performance Wear Liquid Foundation is available now and costs £29.

BareMinerals Brilliant Future Age Defense and Renew Serum

Brilliant Future Age Defense and Renew Serum is one of four new corrective treatments from cult brand bareMinerals.

These targeted treatment serums have been designed to treat different skin concerns, such as age prevention, skin volumising anti blemish and there is also an age prevention eye cream.

Each hero product contains mineral-ignited ingredients combined with different botanicals and naturally derived ingredients to create a powerful, gentle and effective treatment. 

Now I’m in my thirties, skin ageing is one of my primary skin concerns so I opted to try their Brilliant Future Age Defense and Renew Serum (£42).

This particular corrective helps to address the early signs of ageing such as fine lines, skin fatigue and rough textured skin while renewing your skin’s natural luminosity through a variety of powerful, botanical ingredients.

Key Ingredients include;

Manganese: A mineral used to help support skin’s defense against signs of ageing.

Vitamin C: A valued nutrient used to help increase skin luminosity and radiance.

Chai Hu Extract: Referred to as the “harmony herb”, Chai Hu is known to help enhance skin’s resilience and resist visible signs of ageing.

Olive Leaf Extract: Used for centuries to promote beauty and wellness, and valued today for enhancing skin’s vibrancy.

Youth Peptide: Designed to help combat the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles.

The serum itself (aside from being a bugger to photograph!) is gorgeous.

Housed within a simple yet chic, heavy glass bottle with a precision dropper the milky white serum almost has an iridescent quality to it.

Lightweight and instantly absorbed it immediately brightens your skin and is particularly brilliant at helping to make you look more vibrant and awake of a morning!

It possesses a really delicate scent which actually is barely noticeable and leaves your skin feel soft and smooth from the first application.

Designed to be used after cleansing and prior to moisturising, I’ve been using it twice a day for a month and I’m really thrilled with the results.

I love that you can see an immediate difference when using the product in terms of your skins luminosity and after 4 weeks of use my skin is noticeably softer, feels more toned and generally looks more vibrant.

While I can’t say that I’ve noticed a huge difference to my fine lines, they’ve certainly got no worse and I reckon that due to the overall appearance of healthier and more radiant skin they are perhaps slightly less noticeable.

If you’re on the look-out for a new anti ageing serum then I can highly recommend the new bareMinerals Brilliant Future Age Defense and Renew Serum which is available now and costs £42.

bareMinerals Blemish Ready Foundation

Having skin that is prone to oiliness and breakouts means finding the right foundation can be a bit of a pain.

There are some truly gorgeous foundations out there but many of them prove to be too heavy or thick for my complexion, leaving my skin feeling clogged, shiny and generally not great.

Lucky for me then that bareMinerals have created their Blemish Ready Foundation, a gentle yet effective, non-drying, mineral-powered foundation that conceals imperfections and helps reduce the appearance of blemishes for clearer-looking skin.

This lightweight, buildable foundation offers medium to full coverage, helping to reduce the appearance of imperfections and pores while Aspen Bark and Tea Tree Oil helps to promote healthier, clearer looking skin.

Aloe helps to soothe and hydrate while the formula simultaneously controls oil and shine.

I love these skincare-makeup hybrid products as they make me feel like I’m looking after my skin while trying to make the best of what I have too.

I’ll be honest, it took me a little while to get used to using a powder foundation as I’ve always used liquid in the past but once I’d got the hang of it there was no looking back.

The powder itself is super lightweight and soft to touch. To apply, swirl a brush in a small amount of the powder foundation until it disappears into the brush, buff the excess off and buff onto your skin in a circular motion.

The powder disappears onto your skin and instantly creates a soft, matte effect. You can apply as much as you need to achieve the desired effect and it blends seamlessly leaving your skin looking flawless and beautiful.

Normally, I’d find myself needing to re-powder my t-zone within about 30 minutes of applying foundation but with this bad boy I reckon it lasted more like 2 hours, which for me is impressive!

I really loved the way it felt like I wasn’t actually wearing foundation too as it was so light and with 10 shades to choose from there’s no issue when it comes to matching one to your skin tone.

Thank you bareMinerals for creating such a great foundation!

The bareMinerals Blemish Ready Foundation costs £26 and is available now.