I spoke with a representative of the company from Mineral Hygenics and received some free makeup to do a review for you gals! I received one of the mini starter kits and I also got a bronzer and setting powder in there too!All pretty packaging and came in a nice sized box so it wouldn’t damage during shipping.

Well, it’s been a while since I’ve worn mineral makeup so I wanted to see if I was ready to make the switch for summertime, because liquid foundation + the hot sun = drippy mess. Right?

I was looking through their website and I seriously had no idea what color I would be, even looking at the skin tone chart. I thought I could possibly be in between both the Light and Medium kit. I ended up e-mailing them back with questions of what shade I should get. Danielle (the rep) ended up sending me an extra shade of foundation in light for me to try out in case the medium starter kit was too dark! I thought that was so sweet of her to go that extra mile to please a customer.

When I tried out the colors, I did indeed was the shade medium and applied it with the kabuki that they have in the starter kit. The kabuki was different than my sample sized one from another company as the Mineral Hygenics one was a bit taller and fluffier. Still dense and didn’t shed on my face! And  of course, it applied my makeup well. You just have to remember to build mineral products slowly because you might end up putting too much color on. I thankfully remembered this. Any kabuki brush is key to applying mineral makeup as it’s dense and picks up the mineral makeup quite well. If you use a fluffy brush for example, you wouldn’t get the same effect. Swirl it in circular motions and the makeup will blend into your face with a flawless finish. That’s the beauty of a Kabuki. If you use makeup brushes regularly, you’ll notice most brushes actually shed on your skin. I didn’t find this happened at all with the Mineral Hygenics kabuki. Big plus in my books.

So as you see above are the before/after pictures of me using Mineral Hygenics. I look pretty harsh without makeup on, so the images are super tiny and I whited out my eyes in the “before” picture because they kind of scared me!!  I can definitely notice a difference in that it took away the redness in my skin tone, and evened it out.

I think Mineral Hygenics would be a great alternative to those with dry skin and don’t want to apply liquid foundation and have it flake off on you. Or, just switch it up for summer so you’re out the door without too much hassle of liquid makeup.

Warm Kiss is the bronzer, which looked really pretty in the jar. It’s quite pigmented and you need a very light hand when applying this particular product. I put on too much at first and it looked like I had a bit of a sunburn, primarily because I use a really light bronzer anyway and like to apply it all over my face. You can see the shimmery bits in Mineral Hyngeics Warm Kiss bronzer, and it’d be a nice effect to have it shimmer on your cheek bones, or wherever the sun would naturally hit you. Apply lightly if you have pale skin though :)

Set all your makeup with the silk translucent powder it all comes with, and you’re set for the day! Except with any setting powder you don’t apply too much, as you don’t want your face all white with powder :) This product keeps your makeup from coming off throughout the day. I like to apply it all over my face to set — everything!

Check out Mineral Hygenics store for lots of different mineral blushes, brushes, and even lipsticks to choose from for a really decent price!

I mentioned before that I get dinged each time I make a shopping trip to the grocery store paying $0.05 per plastic bag, it certainly ads up. A few quick trips to my retail stores and I have reusable (plastic) bags that break after a few uses.

I discovered Baggu Bags only a short time ago and thought they were pretty pleasing to the eye, rather than using plain ol’ plastic bag that tear and rip if you hold them the wrong way, these are much cuter, I mean check out the rainbow assortment!

Did you know that these are more sturdy than the five cent bags you have to pay for at the store if you forget your reusable’s? Obviously they are, but I mean these bad boys can hold up to 25lbs of groceries. That right there is about 2 or 3 times the amount that plastic grocery bags can withstand.

With the selection of colours Baggu bags has readily available for us, you don’t have to use these primarily for groceries. Stuff a striped bag with a bunch of tissue paper for someone’s birthday gift and they’ll have a reusable bag and a great gift from you! Or maybe you don’t always want to carry around your bulky gym bag, and get dressed for the gym the night before — put your shoes or anything else in these bags and look styyyyylin’.

Check out my Paypaya colored Baggu bag. Gorgeous shade, right? It’s huge too. It held four of my lululemon towels (they’re a bit bigger than hand towels), plus some of my workout gear! It’s madness.

These bags are made of 100% ripstop nylon, and are machine washable. Great if your milk leaks out of the bags like mine did the other day. Gross. I should have went back to the grocery and got a new bag :(

The Baggu bags are the coolest reusable bags that I have seen. They even come folded up in a tiny little pouch so that they’re not all jammed in your trunk all messy like (I’m not even going to post a photo of all the reusable bags in my trunk right now – they all need these mini-bags to be stored in like Baggu has!)

Check out Baggu’s website for more colours to choose from, and other variation of bags such as the drawstring sack, produce bags, and even striped reusable bags (MY FAV!!)