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Applying Affordable Mineral Makeup™:
If your container has shrink wrap on it, tap on lid before opening to get minerals down so when you open jar they don’t go everywhere. If it has a seal over sifter section, remove this first otherwise minerals will not come out.
NOTE: Brushes may shed during usage, this is normal and will stop after some usage.
Place the bristles of your brush against the holes in the top of the shaker jar and invert the jar, adding minerals to your brush. Revert the jar to its upright position and remove the brush from the holes, tap the brush against a hard surface to nestle the minerals within the brush head. Or tap a small amount of minerals into the jar’s lid and swirl the brush into it, then tap the end of the brush onto the hard surface to embed the minerals.
To apply the minerals, start at the hairline and swirl onto your face in downward motions over your cheekbones and towards the nose. Start with a little and use more as needed, a little goes a long way so don’t go crazy with the minerals.
Blemishes are a snap to hide, using a concealer brush, apply a small amount directly to the area and blend well.
Minerals can be used dry or wet.
If you’re used to your liquid foundation and just can’t give it up you can use Affordable Mineral Makeup™. Just add a few drops of water to the foundation in the lid of the sifter jar and mix until you’ve reached your desired consistency. You can apply with either a sponge or brush. Then apply the same way as mentioned above.
If you have dry or ‘older’ skin, try misting it before applying foundation and apply in downward motion. Then when the foundation is dry complete applying your blush, multipurpose, eyeshadow, veil.
Additionally if you want to set the makeup, mist your face to set it when completed.
If your foundation appears pasty, here are a few possibilities:
1. The brush.
The wrong brush can really make a difference in mineral makeup and not the right kind! Our Kabuki brushes are soft and well-made, applying the minerals with a light touch that looks and feels natural.
2. Too much product on the brush:
Mineral makeup is concentrated color, a little can go a long way so start slowly and work your way to perfect in layers, only using it where its needed.
3. The wrong shade:
Caught between a pink and a yellow? Minerals make it easy to blend shades to create your perfect skin tone, remember to blend well down your neck!
Mineral Veil Powders:
If you wear:
1, 3 or 7, choose the Petal Mineral Veil to complement your soft glow. If you find it too rosy, balance with a more yellow shade such as Angel.
If you wear:
10 then Tawny, the medium yellow setting powder would be the best choice.
Multi-Purpose Mineral Powders:
Note: blue and green shades are regulated to only be used on the eye area.
Create your own eye shadows using minerals by applying with an eye shadow brush! To use as a liner, wet a eye liner brush with water and dip into a multi-purpose mineral, blending the proper shade on the back of your hand. Then apply under and over your lashes for a dramatic look.
Use as a blush! Apply sparingly along the apples of your cheeks for a natural glow.
Lip Color: Simply dip your lip brush into clear lip gloss and dab into the mineral pot and apply for fabulous, one-of-a-kind shades.
Nail Polish: Because our pigment contains no dye, you do not need to apply a base coat. Simply use clear nail polish and dip the brush into the desired color and paint onto nails. For a darker color, use more powder. You can also mix our pigments into colored nail polish to change its tint.
Shimmer & Sheen: dab our shimmer & sheen onto your cheekbones, shoulders, etc to give an extra shine
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You can see the info here too as well as below:
Affordable Mineral Makeup™ Ingredients:
Affordable Mineral Makeup contains only a few ingredients. Each ingredient has its own special quality and purpose in the makeup.
~Titanium Dioxide also has waterproof and SPF properties while providing a Matte look.
~Mica has some transparent properties and allows the makeup to go on smoothly.
~Iron Oxides give the makeup its pigment.
~Zinc Oxide is known for its healing properties in problem skin such as rosacea and acne, it has the ability to stay on even while sweating and swimming, as well as offers protection from the sun’s harmful UV rays.
Blue & purple shades contain ultramarine blue
Some shades may have cosmetic glitter in them and are mentioned on the shade description page.
Mascara, eyeliner, lip products have their ingredients on their product pages.
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Anytime you see this bunny logo
It means the company has been approved by PETA as a company that doesn’t test on animals or use any ingredients that were tested on animals. We are proud to be cruelty free at Affordable Mineral Makeup™ and associated with Peta
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You can join Affordable Mineral Makeup for 50% off the normal one time start up fee.
Simply go to Affordable Mineral Makeupthe biz opp page, fill out the online agreement and hit the pay now button. When at checkout, put the word october in the coupon section, hit recalculate and pay the $15 and we’ll get you started.
This offer good through the end of October, so start now in time for the holiday buying season.
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Affordable Mineral Makeup™ is a signer of the Safe Cosmetics Campaign
We have have pledged to not use chemicals that are known or strongly suspected of causing cancer, mutation or birth defects in their products and to implement substitution plans that replace hazardous materials with safer alternatives in every market they serve.
Sadly, many major cosmetics companies, including BE, OPI, Avon, Estee Lauder, L’Oreal, Revlon, Proctor & Gamble and Unilever have thus far refused to sign the Compact for Safe Cosmetics.
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Affordable Mineral Makeup™ is eco friendly:
~Our web server is green.
~We purchase Carbon Credits via a sister site of ours to offset the carbon footprint generated from shipping orders.
~While we do ship all orders via USPS Priority mail, you can reuse the boxes as long as you’re shipping priority (I’ve used the same one back/forth to someone now for over 6 months! so it can be done. Additionally, if we were to ship using any other method we would have to use more shipping materials to protect your order which would be less green than priority boxes).
~USPS has posted new info regarding the eco factors of the priority packaging via http://mbdc.com/c2c/overview.php and http://mbdc.com/usps
~We do not send out catalogs.
~We are a paperless office.
~We print on recycled paper.
~We use organza bags and other green packaging for most orders (other than for samples and select others which have to be shipped in poly bags — we are still moving towards locating quality bags that are green to use in lieu of the poly bags for samples)
~We are moving towards use of greener sifter jar containers (locating quality green ones is an ongoing task).
~We provide product that is natural and contains no chemicals thus offering green product and no chemical backlash to the environment.
