好羨慕那些雜誌廣告上的漂亮的裸唇，可我就是那種天生的血盆大口，稍微淺一點的唇膏，擦起來就好像沒擦一樣。我也試過一些唇部遮瑕，對我的大紅唇一點用也沒有。

有一次在論壇上看到有姊妹推薦，把用不掉的Everyday Minerals 腮紅粉溝凡士林做成唇彩，我就想，能不能用遮瑕粉或者粉底來做個唇部遮瑕膏。正好也有不少sample都用不完，還有一罐凡士林快過期了 （家裡到底有多少垃圾…）

作法很簡單，找個用完的唇彩盒，把腮紅粉和粉底和凡士林油膏倒進去，用髮夾均勻攪拌混合就好了。粉和油的比例大概１：３。

給大家看看成品：

Golden Fair Foundation 偏白的粉底，調出淺色的遮瑕膏但是遮蓋力超強！遮瑕後可以配合偏粉，偏紫的唇彩。

Kaolin Powder　偏棕的粉底，太深色了所以我加了一些Golden Fair進去，可以配合橙色系的唇彩。

Multi-intensive 偏紅的遮瑕粉，遮蓋力也是一流，單用就可以打造粉色的裸唇。（這罐已經用完了所以沒圖，以後再補上）

我用ＭＡＣ唇膏作底給大家看看三個顏色，從左起Kaolin, Multi-intensive, Golden Fair

然後這是我今天用的Golden Fair遮瑕+MUF粉紫色唇彩。有空就會照鏡望一望自己的嘴嘴，很滿意很滿意～

按這裡觀看 → 用Everyday Minerals 眼影粉製作眼影霜

I never paid for Everyday Minerals Eyeshadows. But I do have some sample eyeshadows and I don’t want to waste them. They are all mineralized pigments, so I guess they should be applied “wet”. Well I tried that but after a while the color wears off, much faster than MAC pigments, and the shiny dust is everywhere on my face. Urr… Recently I found another way to make the pigments more “creamy” and easier to apply. It also stays longer in hot summer.

Here is what I use

Everyday Minerals Christmas Carol (I received this eyeshadow last christmas as a gift. Nice shade of greyish green)

MAC fast response eye cream (eye primer)

DHC rose treatment oil (essence oil; can be applied on face and body)

Pour out some pigment. Use one drop of the essence oil. Squeeze some eye cream as well and stir with an eye makeup brush. That’s all.

DHC rose treatment oil: You can use pure olive oil or anything else you have in your skincare drawer. The bottom line is: don’t risk it if you are not comfortable applying it on your face. Although it’s only one drop, remember it will be applied directly to your eyelid. You can skip the oil if you have very oily eyelid.

The MAC eye cream is actually a transparent eye gel. You can use other eye gel/eye designer cream instead but make sure it’s sticky enough.

Look at the difference. Now it’s much better.

Left: with water (and I did swipe several times to get the color show)
Right: with essence oil and eye cream

I love playing around with everyday minerals…

我等了一個月，幾乎都要忘記的時候，速遞公司把Everyday Minerals的訂貨送來了。

打開的時候真的非常失望，Angled Brush怎麼這麼小？和我想像的太不一樣了，還我8塊美元來。

上：Long Handled Kabuki
下：Angled Blush Brush

爸爸的毛量大概是兒子的兩倍多，這隻Long Handled Kabuki真是好用，大小和粉撲有的比。

Angled Brush是今年的新產品，除了柄上Everyday Minerals圖案變了，毛的質地還是和Kabuki一樣的人造纖維，摸起來很舒服。抓粉比MAC 129猛但是沒有那麼均勻。腮紅刷一下就顯色，一不小心就會變猴子屁股，不過斜角的設計修容用起來很方便。

左：Angled Blush Brush
右：MAC129

MAC129開始掉毛了，MAC的BA說因為我買了限量版套裝，質量一定比不上Made in USA的正版（鼾～你不早說！）。本來希望這隻斜角掃可以代替MAC，看來還是不行。

Kaolin Powder Soft Bronze很滿意，比較控油的妝前妝後兩用粉。
我手頭EDM的粉底只剩Fair Medium，顏色太淺基本上不能和它比，所以加了個Laura Mercier。試色照片大家就將就看。

左：EDM Kaolin Powder
中：EDM Fair Medium Original Glo
右：LM Tender Rose Mineral Foundation

Kaolin Powder顏色偏紅帶一點閃，質地在EDM的intensive和matt之間，我很喜歡這個有健康光澤的顏色。最近不知道是哪個環節出了問題臉色越來越白，定妝粉換了這隻氣色看起來好很多，而且控油也很強。EDM的粉果然天然又好用，這個夏天我應該會一直用它了。

先來一張胖刷全家福

從左到右:
Everyday Minerals Flat-top 平頭刷，合成毛
Everyday Minerals Long-handled Kabuki 圓頭刷，合成毛
MAC 129 腮紅刷，山羊毛

再來看一下刷頭和毛量

我曾經以為合成毛一定不會比天然毛更加好用，事實證明我錯了　Ｏｒｚ～

平頭刷和圓頭刷是Everyday Minerals的皇牌，刷頭很柔軟，洗了很多次也不會掉毛，最可親的是價格。我在去年聖誕訂到了全單８折優惠，折下來幾乎HKD60一隻，還送了聖誕限量眼影腮紅５罐＋免費樣品５罐。拿到好大一個郵包的時候我還嚇一跳以為送錯單了。

這兩隻毛量比MAC129要豐富很多，刷礦物粉底非常好用，刷出來很均勻也很快速。有了這兩隻，那些300多塊專櫃的Kabuki可以走開了。

MAC129是買眼部刷套裝的時候搭順風車來的，毛量不算多但是很蓬，所以看起來很大一團。也是因為蓬蓬的所以上腮紅不會刷成猴子屁股。大臉妹用來修容也綽綽有餘。

然後是眼部彩妝刷

一樣從左到右：
Bobbi Brown Ultrafine Eyeliner 極細眼線刷
MAC 266 斜角眉刷
MAC 316 唇刷
MAC 239 眼影刷
MAC 219 細部眼影刷

幾隻MAC是一套購入，都很好用。239掃整個眼窩很方便。219大讚！直起來可以畫到很細，側一下就變成普通的海棉眼影棒的大小。這兩隻的毛超柔軟舒服，畫眼皮一點也不會刺激。
買的時候，因為我的眉毛超濃密所以對266的實用度產生懷疑，MAC的店員對我說這隻作眼線刷也很不錯，於是就買下來（是個正太店員啦不過這不是重點）回家來試上眼線膠，結果戳到我眼淚狂飆。媽呀這實在太硬了！這是我家的小肥鴨浴缸刷咩？266是特制的貂毛刷，非常非常硬！！畫眉毛還ＯＫ，但是真的有人當眼線刷來用的嗎？？！！
所以我用來上眼線膠的其實是MAC316，本來應該是唇刷的，不過現在唇妝沒什麼人氣，這隻又夠軟夠細就拿來用了。我覺得效果還好過BobbiBrown那隻。不過畫眼線膠不太上手的人要選硬一點的刷子不容易畫錯，BB的極細眼線刷就很合適了。

最後來一張，大家一起很快樂！

I have quite a collection of Everyday Minerals foundation SAMPLEs. I ordered the sample kit 3 times to find my foundation color. If you have already ordered a sample kit from everyday minerals, you would know this means I have collected at least 15 sample jars. If you haven’t, go ahead because the sample kit is FREE.

Now that I have found my color, I need to deal with the pile of sample jars.

Sample Pyramid

Another Sample Pyramid

Cat face

Good thing is you can mix mineral foundations. In fact the manufacturer encourage you to mix and create your own shade. So I decided to make some shades that work for me, and also to get rid of some sample jars.

It’s quite simple.

1. Select a darker sample and a lighter sample. Pour a little of both on a dry wiping tissue paper and blend with your fingertip to test the colors.

Fair Medium is my color. So I picked Fawn (lighter) and Light Medium (darker)

2. Compare the new color with your ideal foundation color. Replace with darker or lighter samples and repeat if not satisfactory. You can even use 3 or 4 samples to get an ideal color.

Top Left to Right: Light Medium, Fair Medium, Fawn
Below: Blended Light Medium and Fawn. It is close to Fair Medium but a little too yellowish. So I added Medium, which is too red for my skin tone when used alone.

3. Pick a mixing jar. Make sure it is dry and clean. Pour the samples in.

I use this “orange” jar. It’s originally a hand cream jar. I saved the container after finishing the hand cream. Btw, I had a whole fruit family of this Japanese brand. They look so real!

4. Stir with the little spoon that comes with your day/night cream. I have this one with my Dr G cream. Stir for a while (or two if you use Intensive formula. They tend to stick together)

5. Pour the mixed new foundation into your favourite powder compact. I just bought this LOVELY Mary Quant powder compact yesterday.

6. Put it in your pouch and DONE!

I used three Everyday Minerals samples in my foundation: Intensive Light medium, Original glo Fawn and Semi-matt Medium. My foundation looks exactly like my Laura Mercier Tender Rose. I am gonna call my shade “RITARDED”

有沒有因為試用的粉底顏色太多而眼花撩亂, 不知道最適合自己的膚色是哪一只?

下面有一個不算簡單但是非常有效的測試方法, 是我在Everyday Minerals的官方論壇的方法偶然看到的, 因為時間太久找不到那個帖子, 不介意看英文的話可以上官方論壇看其他畫妝技巧.

Everyday Minerals 是我用過最好的礦物彩妝, 特別是粉底很貼服, 成分天然簡單, 缺點是美國送貨到亞洲時間太長. 如果能找到團購的話, 一定要試試它的sample kit, 會免費送你3只粉底+1只遮瑕+1只胭脂, 只需要付4美金運費.

言歸正傳…

首先，找一個不出門的日子, 完成普通的每日保養程序

然後，把粉底一字排開，用十個手指頭，伸進罐子裡沾上粉底，注意不同顏色要用不同手指, 免得顏色混起來

最後把手指依次往臉上豎著劃一道，我的臉上就有4道痕跡，為甚麼要豎著劃呢, 因為臉頰較紅較乾, 豎著劃可以跨越不同的肌膚層

接下來，該幹啥幹啥，也不用擔心有些動作過大會擦到粉，以日常生活的強度來測試粉底的持久度。

過１－２小時後，用一塊濕布（我是用一張抹手紙沾水，注意不要太濕），輕輕地抹一下塗上粉的地方，仔細觀察臉上的痕跡, 如果這個時候臉上有一個顏色和膚色接近到幾乎看不出來，那恭喜你，這就是你的粉底顏色

如果全部都不滿意，那妳還可以把不同的礦物粉底混合起來再試一次，直到妳找到合適的顏色.

我的顏色是TENDER ROSE, 偏紅的粉底讓我顯得氣色很好, 妳的呢?