I have been sitting on this little gem since the beginning of December. Do you know how hard it was not to write about it? However, I had no choice because it was top secret over at Twisted Fayte and I had to keep this all to myself until its launch.

Thankfully, this product, along with 2 other products I received, launched yesterday. Finally I can tell you how much I love it!

This mineral makeup is a highlighting cream. The one I received was in Radiate, which is a sheer nude pearl. It has more shine and shimmer than this picture gives it justice. I have only used this as an eyeshadow base. However, in writing this post I found that it can be used as a highlighter and even over your entire face.

From the website:

Use these lightweight waterbased creams in conjunction with your moistuizer. Each of the three colors we created is blended with subtle light-reflecting micas, chamomile to soothe your skin, and just a touch of aloe. Just a tiny dap of these either all over your face or just as a highlight on cheek bones gives a color payoff with a hint of an etherial glow. For a little added versatility, the Radiate Creams can be applied lightly on your eye lids as a soft and gentle base for your pigments. Simply use your ring finger to gently press a tiny of amount on to your lids and layer your pigments over them. No creasing, and no heavy feeling on your eyes means you never have to re-touch your eye makeup during the day!

The cream appears thick in the jar, but I found that I only needed to use a small amount to cover my lid and eye area. It didn’t feel heavy and I found that my mineral pigments simply clung to it, making it last longer throughout the day. As the website says, there was no creasing at all.

The cream also provides a light shimmer, so if you apply a matte pigment over it, you will get some shine. It was pretty and not over the top. As I look at her site, I may purchase Enlighten, which is a sheer pearl with a hint of golden copper. My eyes are hazel and copper just seems to make them pop.

Twisted Fayte’s Radiate Creams are $12.

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Can I not say how in love I am with these colors? Wow. They are gorgeous.

Twisted Fayte held their contest not too long ago allowing their customers and my readers to give their input about new color designs for the new lip line they were creating. The winners were announced today and were given the honor of having their color design named after them.

The first color here is All about Alyssa; it is Rose Coral Pearl with twinkling iridescent flashes of gold and green. The second color is Maxine Mania which is Golden Honey brown pearl layered with a hint of rosey pink.

There are a bunch more colors in the line ranging from lighter colors to bright reds. The new line is called Lip Quenchers and are made of Cocoa Butter, Mango Butter, and Jojoba Oil. So you can bet your lips will not only look amazing with color, but will be moisturized as well.

Congratulations to Alyssa and Maxine on two fabulous colors and to Heather Hanson for creating another fabulous line that I’m sure will be another hit! www.twistedfayte.com

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From Heather Hanson, owner of Twisted Fayte:

You are a cosmetic designer and you have been made a part of the TF color development team…..What would your ideal lip color be? Would it be matte? Pearl? Iridescent? Would it be sheer, glossy, opaque? Would it have a fragrance? Chocolate? Mint? Apple? None? Would you have two lippies? A sheer color for day and a more dramatic version of it for night?

List up to three! Be as specific as possible! If your color is chosen, it will be named after you and you will receive five free!!! One for you, and four to give your friends while you brag that you designed it!

To be part of the contest you must post your design ideas on our message board.
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So get crackin Makeup Minute readers! I want to hear that one of you has a lip product named after them! Good luck!

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These are the fabulous colors I received from Twisted Fayte from the Glam Queen Eyes collection.

I can’t tell you in which order, what color is what because I mixed everything up as I was trying to align everything, but I can tell you the colors I received and you can match them on Twisted Fayte’s website.

The 6 colors received were: Blazin Baubles, Rag Doll, White Noise, Momma Bare, Miso Naughty (I love that name) and Lola and Leather. I love using the colors interchangably, but I find I tend to use Blazin Baubles and Miso Naughty more often than the others. It really depends on the my shirt color that day since I like to pair pink and pastel shirts with my pink and lavender colors on my eyes and my neutral colored clothes with more coppers and browns.

The Glam Queen Eyes collection offers a lot of shine. I tend to put less along my brown line, but add a second layer of color on my lid to deepen the look. I also like to take a thinner brush and wet it and apply the pigments on as eyeliner.

Right now Twisted Fayte is having a 20% sale until January 10th and this includes the Glam Queen Eye pigments. So if you like the colors you see here (more colors are offered on the site), hop on over there for the sale! Not sure about the color pigments offered on Twisted Fayte’s site? She is also offering 20% off on sample sized pigments (which are generously portioned) as well. www.TwistedFayte.com

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1. Twisted Fayte’s Mega Minerals

2. Bourjois Metallic Eye Liner

3. tarte’s Jake and Samantha lip gloss

4. jane iredale’s Pure Moist Lip Colour

5. Esthetic Plus Slanted Tweezers

6. Max Factor Lash Perfection Volume Couture Mascara

7. NYX’s Tinted Lip Spa

8. Benefit Cosmetics Lyin Eyes

Yes, 8 is an odd number, but those were the products that stood out most as my favorites this year. What were your favorite makeup must-have’s for 2006?

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I’ve never tried pressed minerals for eyeshadow before, so I wasn’t sure what to expect when I was sent 3 colors in Twisted Fayte’s Mega Minerals collection. Heather told me that since their launch, the Mega Minerals have been her best seller.

The first time I tried them, I used an eyeshadow brush. While it didn’t look like there really was any powder on the brush, once I applied it, I realized it was really too much. Plan B means actually reading the letter Heather sent me instructing me that I should use my finger to apply these colors.

So attempt number two was done using my pinky finger and index finger. It really made a big difference. I applied Couture, which is the first color shown here, along my brow bone. Daytime Chick, which is the second color shown, was applied to my lid. Apprehensive was applied in my crease and then I used a smaller brush, slightly wet it and rubbed it lightly over the pressed powder and applied it as eyeliner to my lower lid.

This definitely gave me the new Smoky Eye look that my friend Elke has been talking about. The colors looked great and the copper color of Apprehensive really brought out my hazel eyes. Even my husband took notice, which always tells me that these are colors to keep in my makeup bag.

What I really loved about these Mega Minerals is that you don’t need a lot at all to get your desired effect.

I can totally see why this is Twisted Fayte’s best seller. I absolutely love them.

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I will admit to the world that I have a girl crush on Heather Hanson, owner of Twisted Fayte cosmetics. Not a girl crush in the way all of you mind-in-the-gutter readers are thinking, but a girl crush because she always blows me away with her customer service skills.

Heather recently sent me a very impressive package filled with goodies of some current products, newly released products and some products that haven’t come out yet (but I tell you they are awesome!) Not only did Heather send me products, but the colors are colors I would’ve chosen for myself and she included a note stating that she remembered that I liked more earthly colors, not too much sparkle on the eyes, etc etc. Please tell me what other company sends you a personal note that says they customized a package based on what they know you like??? No one people! No one!

Well…except Heather.

My review today is for the lovely Lip Vinyls I was sent. They are from the new Twisted Fayte Holiday Glam Queen Collection. The above picture is Linen and Lace, and I also received Iced Confetti and Star Crossed.

Oh my heavens. Do I even need to write a whole review because I love them!

The Iced Confetti is a clear balm with blue, lavender and aqua twinkling minerals. You can receive this balm in a tin or a swivel tube. I received mine in a swivel tube, which I really like. The Linen and Lace is a beautiful copper color and Star Crossed appears to be a coppery-pink. More copper than pink if that makes sense, but different than Linen and Lace.

You only need to swivel up a very small amount and can use your fingers to apply, use a lip brush to apply or merely dab a small amount on sections of your lips and rub your lips together. Anyway you do it, your lips will look amazing. It also lasted a good amount of time and was very moisturizing.

I’ll have more reviews on the products I received in the coming days. You can check out her Glam Lip Vinyls at TwistedFayte.com

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While you can’t rid yourself of your uneven skin tone or Rosacea, there are some things you can do to tone down the ruddiness.

First and foremost would obviously be to make sure you are implementing a good skincare system. That means removing your makeup every night, exfoliating your face once a week, using a good cleanser on your face morning and night, using a gentle toner, and making sure you moisturize prior to applying your makeup and before you hit the hay. Keeping your skin healthy and moisturized is key to preventing further redness due to irritation and dry skin. As most people know, I am a rep. for Country Bunny Bath & Body and I utilize their Face Collection (I even have customers with Rosacea who use it). Regardless of which skincare system you use, the thing is…you need to use one.

For makeup, it’s all in how you work it. Sometimes concealers that match your skin tone are not the answer, but in fact you need something that will counter the redness. These color correctors help in lessening the appearance of the ruddiness in your skin. While I occassionally will use a green corrector, the most popular out there is yellow.

The green corrector I use is from Twisted Fayte. It is mineral makeup and I just dust it over my skin. I admit it scared me the first time I used it and looked like the Jolly Green Giant (only shorter), but once I applied my normal foundation and powder over it, the grinch look disappeared and I was surprised at the results. My skin looked the best it has in a very long time.

I’ve heard rave reviews about Benefit’s Lemon Aid from fellow beauty bloggers. This is mainly for your eyes for both redness and dark circles. Lemon Aid is a soft yellow correcting cream.

More Benefit fix-it’s are their You’re Bluffing Correcting Stick and Bluff Dust, both yellow correctors, as well as their Get Even and Play Sticks, which are skin tone colored correctors and concealers.

Another one I have heard of but haven’t used is Colorescience’s Corrector Brush with SPF 20. They sell it in Mint Condition (shown above), which is an aqua green or Yellow Rose of Texas, which is yellow.

If you have been using a product to conceal your uneven skin tone or Rosacea, please be sure to let us know what you’ve been using in the comments.

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