How to Apply Lucy Minerals Original Foundation
Today I’m sharing a demo video on how to apply Lucy Minerals Original Foundation. This is an organic, cruelty free, gluten free, vegan, anti-aging mineral foundation that is packed with antioxidants. It’s surprisingly creamy, almost like applying a liquid foundation. It does not dry me out or irritate my sensitive skin. At the time I’m posting this, Lucy Minerals is having a 20% off sale.
How to Apply Lucy Minerals Original Foundation
Makeup Geek Contour , Urban Decay 24/7 Pencil, & Vice Lipsticks press samples. Everything else purchased by me.
Where to Buy
Lucy Minerals
Price
$16 in a 30 gram jar with 10 grams net weight.
This is my custom mix called Courtney, which is 55% Snow White, 45% Light in the loose version.
This is the pressed version I made. It also has a bit of MAC Lightscapade in it, as I was trying to use that up. Lightscapade was purchased when MAC was cruelty free. I think that with the pressed version, I need to add a bit more of Snow White to it.
Swatches of Lucy Minerals Original Foundation in Courtney, both the pressed and loose.
Wearing
- Lucy Minerals Pressed and Loose Original Foundation
- My Pretty Zombie MDMA Blush
- Makeup Geek Break Up Contour
- Glossier Boy Brow in Black
- Urban Decay 24/7 Pencil in Anarchy
- Urban Decay Vice Lipstick in Firebird
- Bunny Paige Micro Necklace in Dragonfly
- Cult Nails Nail Polish in Nevermore (discontinued, try KBShimmer Eclipse)
- GlitterDaze Nail Polish in Dancing A Go-Go
About Lucy Minerals Original Foundation
Lucy Minerals Original Foundation is made in the USA. It’s free of waxes, preservatives, fragrance, talc, parabens, mineral oil, petroleum, and bismuth oxychloride. It’s got a creamy texture due to the high percentage of zinc oxide and titanium dioxide. Zinc is soothing and antimicrobial. Allantoin is anti-irritant. Apple Poly Polyphenols, trans resveratrol, green coffee bean extract and magnesium ascorbyl phosphate (a form of Vitamin C) are all antioxidants.
Ingredients
zinc oxide, titanium dioxide, mica, magnesium stearate, iron oxides, allantoin, Apple Poly® polyphenols, trans-resveratrol, green coffee bean extract, magnesium ascorbyl phosphate.
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Products Mentioned in Video
- Lucy Minerals Original Foundation
- Real Techniques Stippling Brush
- Urban Decay Optical Blurring Brush
I first ordered this foundation on May 3rd and it arrived on May 7th. I’ve been wearing it for most of the month of May and all of the month of June. I wore it exclusively on my vacation in Traverse City, Michigan. I felt like it made me look good without having a ton of product on my face.
Between the two, I feel like pressing the foundation did make it slightly darker, though I think both look pretty good in photos and in the video. I didn’t retouch the photos above. I wanted you to see the results of the foundation. I really feel like the pressed version of the foundation applies closer to a liquid foundation and melds with my skin, looking like skin. The loose version is very creamy too, and I think it looks pretty good on my skin as well. On the sides of the apples of my cheeks closest to my nose, I feel like I need primer because things don’t look quite right.
I did research a little about the ingredients. Allantoin (usually made from comfrey) is a soothing, protecting, anti-irritant ingredient. Resveratrol (from red grapes) is a potent antioxidant with signifiant anti-inflammatory properties, making it great for rosacea and sensitive skin. Green coffee beans are good sources of fatty acids and esters, to help with moisturizing the skin, as well as being an antioxidant. Magnesium ascorbyl phosphate is a stable antioxidant to help with moisture and elasticity.
I’ve tried pressing this foundation a few times and mostly failed. We’ll see if my last pressing is successful or not. I did make videos on how to press this foundation and how to press your own highlighter. I’ve had nothing but successes with my highlighters. They’re super easy to press because of the shimmer. Mattes are trickier. This mineral foundation has such a unique ingredients listing, which is why I think it’s hard to get it to press properly.
How would you recommend applying this foundation? How would you apply concealer under the eyes with it? I’m always worried about it getting cakey under there so I often skip it rather than have cakey under eyes. If you have any thoughts on the best way to press this, I’m all ears. I’ve tried both Silk Naturals Pressing Medium and TKB Pressing Medium.
Let me know your thoughts below!
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Powder foundations usually look terrible on me, but I love the way it looks on your skin. I didn’t know you could make your own pressed powder thats pretty neat!
I really like the pressed version too! Great coverage and I like how it looks so flawless on your skin!
I’ve had such mixed results with mineral foundations that I tend to just skip them, but this one sounds really promising and your skin looks really great.
Great coverage! Powder foundations are great for oily skin.
So glad you did a video on this! I LOVE this foundation. I hope this video gets them some new customers, they truly deserve it. I like the pressed side maybe a bit more! I might press mine, but I’m weary of ruining it. You look so lovely in the last pictures!
As for concealer, I actually use this as concealer! I find that it gives the most amount of coverage with the least cakey look of all of my concealers. Make sure to set it though, as it might crease (the My Pretty Zombie setting powder keeps it crease-free for me). Just using this as a concealer gives the same amount of coverage as my NYX under eye concealer + normal concealer does. 🙂
It’s funny that you posted this since I just got my samples today. And I have the UD brush! Can’t wait to try it!
That’s super cool! It matches you perfectly, too!! <3
It’s been so long since I used a loose foundation that I don’t know if I could get it as smooth as you have.
That’s so cool that you had a custom color made! I think it all looks pretty and natural on your skin which is my personal preference for foundation.
Yeah for me with foundation, I want to cover my redness and blur any imperfections in the skin. I don’t want to feel like I’m wearing a heavy mask.
I don’t think I’ve ever pressed any of my products before, but I’m very interested! How did you arrive at your custom mix of the powder version? Did you send a photo? Just curious
I bought 2 jars of foundation – Snow White & Light – and then mixed until I had the right ratio for my skintone, which was around 55% Snow White, 45% Light when it’s loose. For pressed, I think I need a bit more of Snow White.