Complexion Rescue Review!

So I am finally here with my review on the new Bare Minerals Complexion Rescue and unfortunately I am not a fan.

Color Selection

So the Complexion Rescue line has 10 shades which is half of what all of their other Bare Minerals lines carry. My "shade" is the color Spice. Now I put that in quotations because for me Spice was still a little too light for me. A little too light to where it made me look grey, but I couldn't get the next shade up because it was just a little too dark. If they had a color that was in between it would have been perfect.

Wear

Because my "shade" was to light and made me look grey I had to wear it with a foundation over top of it. I used my Covergirl 3 in 1 which is a matte finish and it made it look way too dewy. Now I have oily skin and I don't mind being dewy, I love drowning my skin in oils and serums and moisturizers, but there is a difference between dewy and looking like I just smeared bacon all over my face. Even setting it with a powder didn't help because about an hour later my oils were coming through. I couldn't wait to get it off of my face.

The Smoothing Face Brush

The brush I actually really like. It's a rounded duo fiber stippling brush which I've never really seen anyone really do before. Most stippling brushes have a flat top but I found that the round top was alot more comfortable. I now use it for my regular foundation and I've really been enjoying it.

Final Thoughts

For me, this product just didn't work for me. I don't feel like they have a wide enough shade range, especially for us darker women (story of my life) and my skin is just too oily. If you have extremely dry/dry skin you would probably love it, maybe even normal skin but if you have oily skin take my word and just stay away from this product.

Stay Naughty!;)
XOXO Nessa

Gratis Goodies

If your a makeup junkie like me you know that free makeup is always the best kind  of makeup!lol. Got some really good gratis during our Bare Minerals training yesterday! I was actually really impressed at the performance of all of these products! All will be linked below!

Pretty Amazing Lip Color

(Left: Confidence, Right: Witty)

I am a swatcher! I love swatching any and all makeup! And I love swooning over different colors and textures, and when I swatched these on my hand I fell in love! The color was just so pigmented and creamy! Confidence is definitely favorite! It's that classic mauvey pink that everyone (including myself) is loving right now! Witty is a really beautiful mauvey, browny, red shade! I don't think I really have a color like this in my collection so I'm excited to try it out! I did wear Confidence for the day yesterday after the training and I will say that these are very creamy and actually pretty hydrating! Even after most of the pigment was gone my lips didn't feel dry! As for staying power these are so-so! These colors don't dry down to a matte finish like a lot of lip lacquers do so they don't last as long on the lips! I don't think these are available in store but if you click the link above you can get them on sale for $9.50! (origanlly $16)

High Shine Eyecolor

(Rose Gold)

I cant get enough of this color! Let me first say that I am just obsessed with rose gold! The pigmentation of this shadow is on point and the texture is extremely buttery! It is one of those shadows with the pop out sponge tip applicator and I found that it was easy to use and deposited the color really nicely! There was some fallout under my eyes but that's nothing a makeup wipe cant fix! Through out the day the color didn't fade, it stayed nice and vibrant and metallic! This is definitely favorite out of all the gratis I recieved yesterday! And like the lip colors these also aren't sold in store but again if you click the link you can also get these for $9.50! (origanlly $16)

Lash Domination Mascara

Everyone is different when it comes to mascara! I am a girl that likes a lot of separation and length and just a little bit of volume, but not too much! I use to be a clumpy, thick mascara girl but I grew out of that! Anyways, I was excited to get this because I wanted to try it out but I just didn't want to spend the money on it! I mean, its only $20 but Im just like that with all high end mascaras! I wore this today as well, but not by itself! I used it on top of my Rimmel Lash Accelerator, which is my all time favorite, holy grail base coat mascara! I enjoyed the formula, it wasn't too wet or dry! I really liked the volume it gave to my lashes not to much but just enough! I like the spiral wand of it too! I don't really knows if it makes a difference but I did like it! 

So overall I think I got some really nice products! I'm still waiting on them to send us the Complexion Rescue foundation but until then I have some fun new goodies to play around with!

Stay Naughty!;)

XOXO Nessa

New Bare Minerals - Complexion Rescue

Probably my favorite part about working for Ulta is going to training's! When a brand comes out with a new product launch we go to these training's to learn about the products and ways to sell them! A lot of the time we are also given the products as gratis to try for ourselves!Todays training was for Bare Minerals Complexion Rescue Tinted Hydrating Gel Cream! Unfortunately we weren't able to receive this today (but it is on its way and I will be testing it out and writing a review on my thoughts asap), but we were able to play with the product, see it in action and learn some key points!  

I will say that I am not a Bare Minerals girl! Don't get me wrong, I do think that Bare Minerals has stand out products; I love their concealers, lipsticks, and their 5 in 1 cream shadows! But when it comes to foundation and coverage I'm just not a natural girl! I like a full coverage, beat face! Always! But after learning about the product I am intrigued to try it out! The main point to take away from Complexion Rescue is it's going to hydrate and replenish the skin, which is perfect for this time of year because even us oily girls are getting dry these days! It is proven to increase hydration and also improve skin texture! Now, I really don't have texture issues when it comes to my skin but I am curious to see if I feel a noticeable difference! This product is also free of oils, parabens, fragrance, is hypoallergenic, non-comedogenic, and contains a mineral SPF of 30 so it should be great for those with sensitive skin! Me, myself, I am not sensitive at all! I can really put anything on my face and be fine! And lastly it has a light to medium coverage and is avaiable in 10 shades, which isn't a lot for Bare Minerals considering all of their foundations come in 20 shades! 

We were also able to swatch and see a live demo of this product which is always beneficial because then you can really get a feel of how the product performs! Swatched on the hand this definitely felt like a gel cream formula, very light and blendable! It also had a slight cooling sensation which is supposed to be calming to the skin! For the demo, they applied it in 2 different ways; one side with the fingers and the other with the new Smoothing Face brush which will also be featured in this launch! The Smoothing Face Brush is a domed shaped duo fiber stippling brush! I think I'm most excited about the brush! I just think that the domed shape of the brush will be great for more flawless blending for lighter foundations as opposed to traditional flat top stippling brushes! I personally don't believe in putting on foundation with your fingers! It just doesn't make sense to me, and honestly the product didn't look as nice using the fingers! It looked like it was just sitting on top of the skin! With the brush, the product blended in seamlessly and the finish gave a very natural skin-like finish! Natural but not a "I literally have nothing on my face!" natural! I was also impressed by how nicely buildable it was! Still natural, just with a more flawless, radiant naturalness (if that's even a word!lol)! They even demoed using the product as a cream contour! Again, very natural, seamless, no obvious lines, and blended very nicely!

Other points made about Complexion Rescue were that you could use it underneath your current foundation to give you a little boost of hydration and coverage and that you could also use it as a moisturizer! I think that this would look great under a light to medium coverage foundation but I never recommend using makeup as moisturizer! Makeup does not substitute skincare, so you should always moisturize before applying makeup!

I hope you enjoyed reading about what I learned today and I hope it helped you decide whether or not you would try this product! Complexion Rescue will be available in store and online by the end of this month! I am patiently waiting to recieve mine and I will keep you updated with a full, in depth review after I've played with it, so stay on the lookout for that in a future post!

Stay Naughty! ;)

XOXO Nessa