The New Mineral Me

Ali is a client of mine who as a busy working mum, like a lot of us, she doesn’t often have the time to spend on herself and has to make compromises.  However, when seeing me the other day she was raving about how Laura and Emma have helped her with tips to achieve great results no matter how little time she has.

I asked her if she would share her experience with you and I am delighted to post below what she wrote.

Victoria

The new mineral me

I suppose I had got into a school run rut with my make up!  Two kids to take to school and a dog to walk before work means a whiz of powder, bronzer, a quick run round the lid with liner, a finger smear of eyeshadow and then a super fast flash of mascara!  It takes 3 minutes and 45 seconds every morning, and on a good evening I would dedicate a whole extra minute to making it look slightly more thought out for a night out.

My skin analysis sessions with Laura at Face and Body saw me changing to a facial wash from Dermaquest, the C-Lipoic Cleanser, and Environ’s AVST moisturiser.  I had been prone to a break out of redness around my nose and was plagued every month by that throbbing lump of a spot which comes up on your chin around your period time.  After swapping to the wash and the AVST, my skin was brilliant within a really short space of time and even the pulsating period spot didn’t dare to make a reappearance.

Laura introduced me to Jane Iredale mineral make-up, and I’ve had a make up session and lesson from both Laura and Emma, one focusing on daytime make up and one for an evening look.  It was a fabulous experience.  I’d always hated the cloggy feeling of foundation and I was introduced to Jane Iredale’s Liquid Minerals and Amazing Base (powder) foundations, which you just can’t feel on your skin but the coverage is fantastic.  The sessions were actually a real confidence boost with both Laura and Emma showing me how to make the most of my good features, and disguise the not so great.  The products are amazing, light and wearable and yet they have great staying power.

I’ve literally tipped all of my old make up drawer out and kept only my favourites and I’m gradually replacing my kit with new items from Jane Iredale, including the fantastic brushes.  I still don’t have a lot of time, and rush my morning make up but the products make it easy to achieve great results in a short space of time.

My top products are:

• Liquid Minerals and Amazing Base foundations
• PureLash mascara
• Circle Delete concealer
• Lid primer
• Pure brow colour
• Mini dome, crease and eye liner/brow brushes