BareMinerals BareSkin Pure Brightening Serum Foundation by BareMinerals, Foundation Review

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Love how lightweight this is BUT....

The packaging is absolutely horrible on this! One of the worst. I hate how watery it is and how messy the bottle can get. My sister loves this but I just received my free deluxe sample from Sephora and this is really difficult to use. First off, you have to shake the beejesus out of this or else it will separate. It is really oily as well so definitely not good for my oily skin but it does dry to ...read morea silky finish. And #thestruggleisreal trying to get the product to come out without it accidently dripping out and staining my clothes. Absolutely frustrated with the bottle on this. This gives a light to medium coverage on me but I don't know why my sister says it covers all her acne scars so she says it's more heavier coverage for her. She also says the product leaks a lot from the packaging. Again Bareminerals, what is up with the packaging! You guys make it sound so easy that it will just drip out from the nozzle onto a brush. Wrong! This bottle is the hard kind so it's impossible to squeeze product out. You just have to be patient and wait for the product to come out which half of the time doesn't even want to come out so I have to shake it out and my clothes are all spattered with stains of foundation now. Because this foundation is super watery I do not recommend using a sponge of some sort like a Beauty Blender. This works better with a brush. This product can get kind of streaky so be sure to blend, blend, blend.

beautypoet101 | 586 reviews

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Flakies? Keep away

While this range of liquid foundation from BareMinerals has more colors to chose from, be aware that some of these colors don't look quite as great as they are shown. I've run into a few problems with this foundation. It sticks to my flakies that occur due to usage of retinol. You also have to be very careful to blend everything in because there is a chance of streaks.

sweettpea29 | 280 reviews

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7

Perfect: Glowy, Dewy...Light...Terrible Packaging!!!

UPDATE: I wrote the review below and raved about this product...and I loved it so much...but I have two vices with it with it and I have to take my ten stars down to an 7. Why? 1) you really do have to shake it up because it can get very oily, especially as you go through the bottle (I guess the top was what I loved so much, very odd consistency now - it's very much a liquid but the shaking it ap...read moreparently important and 2) the bottle drips so much (I've stopped travelling with it) I feel like I'm losing half of the bottle no matter how much I tighten the top This can be very messy and annoying. The second one is pretty major for me If they fixed the packaging I'd probably give this product a 9. Original Review: I have been looking for the perfect glowy, dewy and light feeling foundation for 15+ years and I think I have finally found it. This foundation is the lightest that I've ever felt and gives a very smoothing appearance to the skin. (I don't have much to cover). I have darker skin tones so it's harder to find a foundation that really matches my skin - this one in Espresso is absolutely a perfect match and really makes my skin look like nothing is there but it glows! I didn't even realize that it was a "brightening serum" until I brought it home, I just loved the way it looked and felt...it does brighten! I must also rave about the special brush that they offer with it - it's a must buy! It really does create make up artist effects while keeping the look natural. A little goes a long way. I'm not sure that the line has enough colors to match all skin tones, but if you find your tone then count yourself lucky. Very affordable. Great foundation.

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