So I went shopping to get the Laura Mercier Mineral powder today and managed to pick myself up a little bargain!!! I LOVE Laura Mercier products and was also looking for a new concealer as well. I have heard to many good things about LM products, but they are quite expensive and so had been putting it off. Up until now I have been using the 'Bare mineral foundation' in fairly light, and I cannot express how much it has helped my skin. However after seeing a YT video from the hilarious Estee (essiebutton- if you haven't seen her, you need to get her in your life right now), and seeing how much she loved the LM one, I decided to take the plunge (my Bare minerals one is pretty much empty anyway). The only thing I was slightly dubious about was the price (it retails at £31) and I was worried in case it broke my skin out and ended up being a waste of money. So when the sales lady told me about their starter kit I became rather excited. So what's in it??
Well to say your get your moneys worth is an understatement! This pack contains a full size secret concealer, 2 full size brushes, Mineral primer (30ml), Mineral powder (4.8g) and Mineral illuminating powder in starlight (4.8g).
Mineral Foundation 4.8 g (Normal price £31 for 9.5g):
This is a travel size version of this highly praised product and is perfect for a trial period. It will also be brilliant to decant some of the full sized one into when it runs out and use that for travel purposes or to have in my handbag for touch ups. I have the colour 'real sand' and cannot wait to try this properly. The lady in the shop put it on me and I couldn't even feel it was there, it looked gorgeous!
Secret Concealer- Full size
This product by itself usually retails at £18.50 for 2.2g. The sales assistant told me this is a really good under eye concealer as it contains oil (which our under eyes don't apparently- I didn't know this). LM concealers are highly praised among lots of professional makeup artists, so I cannot wait to try this out!! (I also brought the Secret Camouflage concealer for a facial concealer as I have been wanting it for ages. That's a whole different blog post though).
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| Mineral powder foundation and Secret concealer |
Mineral Illuminating powder, starlight 4.8g
I don't think you can buy this product separately, as I couldn't find it on their website, and to be honest it is simply stunning!!! It can be used as a high light on the cheek bones, on your decolletage or anywhere you just want a gorgeous glow. It does contain tiny glitter particles, but they catch the light beautifully and doesn't leave you looking like you just stepped out of Twilight. It really is gorgeous!! I tried to do a swatch but its so light (and my camera is so rubbish) that you couldn't see it.
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| Mineral illuminating powder Mineral Foundation Primer 30ml (normally £28 for 50ml) I cannot wait to try this primer. I have heard so much about their normal foundation primer, and I didn't even know they made a mineral version!!! WOOOHOOOOO. Enough said!! |
Blending Brush (normally £31) and Secret Camouflage brush (normally 22.50)- both full size.
I cannot believe these 2 full size brushes came in this pack (I also didn't realise how much they usually retail for until I sat down to write this post). Such a bargain!!! The buffing brush is really soft and feels so smooth when you use it with the foundation. It is one of the shorter brushes they sell, so don't be put off by thinking its not full size, because it is!!
The secret camouflage brush is also full size and is the perfect size for carefully applying your concealer.
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| Top: Blending brush. Bottom: Secret Camouflage brush |
This kit comes inside a clear makeup bag with an instruction leaflet on how to use everything!! What more could you want?!!
All in all this kit is amazing and is incredible value for money!!!! I brought this kit for £50 from Jarrolds in Norwich but I cannot find it in any major on line suppliers. I did however find it on a different website being sold for £94 (crazy)!! I was told this is a limited edition thing so once its gone, its gone!! My advice would be if you see it, snap it up!!! Below I have broken down how much the kit would have been worth if I had brought these products individually for the amount of product I got.
Mineral Powder : 4.8g £15.67 (usually £31 for 9.5g)
Foundation Primer. Mineral: 30ml £16.80 (usually £28 for 50ml)
Secret Concealer: Full size £18.50
Mineral illuminating powder: 4.8g (not sure how much this would be as I don't think you can buy it separately
Secret Camouflage brush: Full size £22.50
Blending brush: Full size £31.00
Total cost (excluding mineral illuminating powder in starlight): £104.47
If I brought these all full size and payed full price: £131
Remember I only spent £50 on this!!
So my verdict: If you want to try LM products this is a brilliant place to start!!!! If you see it, snap it up and enjoy it!!!
I think after a while of wearing these I may compare the powder to the Bare Minerals one. Let me know if you would like me to do this?!
So have you tried any of these products? What did you think of them? Would you like a review on them?
I've been meaning to try this for a while...might just go ahead!
ReplyDeleteLydia
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i used minerals in my 20's but my skin is so dry now i scared to use powder at all, as it males my skin look awful! i might go to LM and try some! the kit looks fab!
ReplyDeletewow that's really good! When I bought the bare minerals starter kit that was about £50 and that didn't come with a concealer :S It's great tho (the bare minerals one), but I do like a dewey finish, which of course you don't get with bare minerals.
ReplyDeleteGeorgina
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