Makeup Overhaul #1: Favorite Compact-Style Foundation?

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I want to change up some of my products, mostly to make makeup application super quick. I usually put my makeup on during my train ride in the mornings. I also work out at lunch, so I have to reapply mad fast before I rush back to work.

Up first: tinted moisturizer/foundation.

Back when I put my makeup on in my own bathroom, I usually used Aveda tinted moisturizer. I have largely abandoned liquid foundation/TM.

Right now, I'm using Aveda Inner Light Mineral Dual Foundation. The coverage is pretty good, but I feel like the finish is just too powdery. Last week, I tried out Laura Mercier Foundation Powder. It was fine, but it didn't seem worth $16 more than the Aveda.

Has anybody tried the LM Tinted Moisturizer Creme Compact? Anything else you would suggest? I have pale skin but almost no blemishes, so I gravitate toward light coverage products. I know I need to drag myself back to Sephora to get some samples.

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If I am going for super light coverage, I do Sephora's matte powder foundation. It seems as though they just changed their packaging.
www.sephora.com/8-hr-mattifying-compact-foundation-P377347?skuId=1445667

I am pretty pale and wear the 15 shade

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Whatever you use, don't try the bare minerals compact foundation. I just bought it this weekend and hate it.

[midnightrae]

How much are you wanting to spend? I like NARS a lot. I've tried their Tinted moisturizer, powder, and powder foundation.

www.sephora.com/pure-radiant-tinted-moisturizer-spf-30-pa-P302923?skuId=1396399
www.sephora.com/powder-foundation-spf-12-P125408?skuId=881359
www.sephora.com/pressed-powder-P6127?skuId=221549

[bugandbibs]

Apr 4, 2013 7:49:42 GMT -5 cuadrado said:

Whatever you use, don't try the bare minerals compact foundation. I just bought it this weekend and hate it.

Really? I love it, but it is harder to apply. I get the best results using a stipple technique into the compact and then lightly sweeping it on. I also had to buy a shade darker than normal. You can also use a stipple technique to apply it, but that gives heavier coverage than I need. A little goes a looong way.

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Apr 8, 2013 2:06:58 GMT -5 bugandbibs said:

Apr 4, 2013 7:49:42 GMT -5 cuadrado said:

Whatever you use, don't try the bare minerals compact foundation. I just bought it this weekend and hate it.

Really? I love it, but it is harder to apply. I get the best results using a stipple technique into the compact and then lightly sweeping it on. I also had to buy a shade darker than normal. You can also use a stipple technique to apply it, but that gives heavier coverage than I need. A little goes a looong way.

It is not so much the application as it is how it wears. After about 5 or 6 hours, it looks very chalky and streaky. I don't know how to describe it. The weird thing is that I really love the formula of the powder bare minerals and find that it wears well. 

[bugandbibs]

Apr 8, 2013 16:08:53 GMT -5 cuadrado said:

Apr 8, 2013 2:06:58 GMT -5 bugandbibs said:

Really? I love it, but it is harder to apply. I get the best results using a stipple technique into the compact and then lightly sweeping it on. I also had to buy a shade darker than normal. You can also use a stipple technique to apply it, but that gives heavier coverage than I need. A little goes a looong way.

It is not so much the application as it is how it wears. After about 5 or 6 hours, it looks very chalky and streaky. I don't know how to describe it. The weird thing is that I really love the formula of the powder bare minerals and find that it wears well. 

They warned me at the store if I applied it too thick it would look chalky after a while. It's also why they had me go up a shade because it doesn't match the other formulas. I use it with the Two Faced primer.

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No. Makeup will have to wait. I just dropped a bunch of money on dresses for warmer weather. My Midwest wardrobe isn't ready for a mid Atlantic summer. And I CAN deal with the makeup I have. I can deal with just about anything because I have pretty great skin. I just don't WANT to. Ah well.