Each ingredient serves a hyper-specific purpose from Oatmeal (a natural skin soother) to Soy (for radiance) and Tapioca and Rice Flour (to smooth and refine).  The resulting powder is soft and finely-milled  - you can blend it easily for anywhere from sheer to heavy coverage. It’s available in five shades from Light to Deep.

Multi-Grain Makeup leaves skin looking lovely – you won’t see the dryness that is all too common with many mineral lines.

Visit www.origins.com or your local Origins store to purchase!

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When their friend passed, they created The Triple Negative Breast Cancer Foundation to bring awareness to and support research for triple negative breast cancer.

To benefit the org, Karen has created the new SWAC (Sealed with a Cure). This sheer pink gloss with subtle flecks of gold (real gold, none the less) is called Nancy – the legacy of TNBCFsm – and it comes with a love note telling her personal story.

SWAC is formulated with all things for wellness and TLC – Echinacea, a purple cone flower that is used as an immune system booster; Mangosteens, a tropical superfruit, packed with antioxidants (it has a tangy, sweet flavor and it’s indigenous to the Sunda Islands and Indonesia); Vanilla, the aromatherapy scent used for depression; and Vitamin C and E because if you’re going through chemotherapy, your lips get very dry.

If you buy one BCA product this month, I urge you to make it this one.  You can snag it for $18.50 at b-glowing.

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Despite my beauty blogging ‘career’, there are loads of products that I just never lay a hand on.  Lipliner falls into that category, as does liquid liner.  Foundation primer, I must admit, is also iffy.

While it’s difficult to think about adding that extra layer between my skin and foundation in the heat and humidity in summer, a great primer (Smashbox Photo Finish Foundation Primer, pictured left, has wonderful reviews on Sephora.com, for the record!) can help fill in lines, meaning that foundation applies more smoothly.

Primers also add staying power, especially in warmer weather (despite my concerns above.)

What do you think? Do you use a primer or are you too busy for that added step in the morning?  We’d love to hear your thoughts, along with any product recommendations!

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My favorite custom-blend experts, Three Custom Color Specialists, are offering up a sampling opportunity to web shoppers from now through April 23rd.   Get a trio of free concealer samples with any online order (no minimum purchase)!

Image courtesy of Three Custom Color

Three Custom Color’s unique and versatile concealer formula is a favorite of makeup artists (and me!) Use the creamy blend full coverage to conceal redness or dark circles, apply with a wet sponge to use as a foundation or blend with your favorite face cream to create the perfect tinted moisturizer. This is one of my go-to products every morning!

To get the deal, simply indicate which shades you would like to try in Customer Notes during checkout and get flawless! Visit www.threecustom.com to shop.

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The readers of Aging Fabulous would like to know–Which do you apply first, concealer or foundation?

Remember you can submit your questions for your fellow Makeup Minute readers to answer to: Shannon at b5media dot com

Photo Credit: EvePearl.com

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Their new full coverage Mineral Powder Foundation is infused with antioxidant rich cocoa and comes in 6 shades (and it’s only $6!!!)

Mmmm, I wonder if it smells delicious. Have you used it?

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Sue had the Custom Blender come over so they could take a look at my skin and determine what my Colorprint was. They also looked at the inside of my wrist. While my concealer, foundation and powder were being formulated, Sue applied Prescriptives Super Line Preventor (awesome stuff–review to come) to my face, followed by their Anti-AGE Advanced Protection Lotion.

By then my customized makeup was ready, but when Sue opened the bottle of foundation, my mouth dropped a little. I was confused and told her that it seemed really pink–since I have so much red in my skin, I was nervous that this would bring it out even more. Sue explained to me that my skin had red and blue undertones, so they add red and blue to the formulation of the foundation. Since the foundation will now match my skin tone, it won’t actually appear redder or blotchy looking, but will appear more even-toned…and she was right.

For those with Rosacea, I did ask if this was appropriate for you. I was told that most people with Rosacea do need a red/blue based foundation and not the typical yellow/green that is widely sold in stores. This would help explain why I looked so weird when I’ve tried yellow and green concealers in the past.

The concealer was fabulous at covering up my unforgiveable acne (which I can’t believe I still get at 33!) and although the powder looked super pale, it was translucent and was very fine in texture.

The most amazing thing to me wasn’t just how light and airly this makeup felt on, but how soft my skin felt when I took off my makeup that night! I credit that to the Super Line Protectant and Anti-AGE.

A big thanks to Sue, Laura and the rest of the gals at Prescriptives for making me feel special and helping me to look great.

Readers, please keep in mind when commenting that 1. I was having a super bad hair day and 2. the flash on my camera makes me look paler than I am.

Stay tuned to reviews of the lip products and skin products used in this little makeover.

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The Body Shop’s Flawless Skin Protecting Concealer comes in 4 shades (I am 01). It is a cream to powder concealer with African baobab oil, which is said to moisturize your skin. This concealer is not at all greasy and spreads very smoothly. It is easy to work with and doesn’t convert to powder too quickly, allowing you time to smooth it out over the desired areas. I applied it alongside my nose and over a few blemishes and loved how it completely eliminated the redness. For $15.50, it’s a steal!

The Flawless Skin Protecting Foundation comes in 6 shades, which I feel focuses on much warmer skin tones than those of us in the light to medium family. I went with the only true light color of the group, 01. The consistency of this cream to powder foundation is just like that of the concealer–creamy, non-greasy, completely workable. As far as coverage goes, it did a very good job giving me a very natural looking finish. Besides the mediocre shade offering, the only other downside was that there isn’t much product in the pan. If used everyday, it may only last a month at most.

Have you used these products? What did you think?

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This last week, as the temperature has dropped, I’ve been using Elizabeth Arden’s Ceramide Plump Perfect Foundation. It actually looks thick and creamy in the jar, but you’ll find that it lightly applies to your skin and because it is oil free, you won’t have much of that nasty shininess to contend with.

Flawless skin is only a jar away. Have you used it yourself?

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It’s been so long since I’ve worn liquid foundation; it’s just something I only typically wear in the winter. With mineral makeup increasing in popularity and their foundations being mainly powders, I was wondering how many of you stick to powder foundations throughout the winter and how many of you are like me and use liquid and powder in the colder months?

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