As my close friends or family would testify, make-up and I have never been close friends. I don't like the work that goes into washing it off at night (yes, the whole 90 seconds of it!), the break-outs or how it rubs off on clothing or towels. Some of you may want to remind me that ten years ago I sold Mary Kay (I liked the skin care routine until I became allergic and my face swelled to the size & color of a basketball). Now I am an Arbonne consultant, but again just for the skin care wash/moisturizer products (really liking the Re9 product line, but I'll stop because this post is about PQM and I don't go out of my way to sell to anyone!). I've never found any foundation/powder products I could stick with because of how they felt on my skin or they caused problems for me. I started looking for foundation made out of minerals. I found Doree's shop named Pink Quartz Minerals on Etsy and was excited, but skeptical....until I tried her products.Check this out....she makes this...all by herself....mixes up just the right amount of each mineral to get each shade of foundation, blush, eye shadow and lip balms to be the exact same shade every time (well, almost exactly, as she does make each batch individually and the raw minerals can vary in lightness/darkness). Look at all of these colors of her powder foundation!
In her Etsy shop, she lists out all of the ingredients used in other mineral make-ups (and I'm not going to name any names, because this is about PQM!) and then hers. See which one has the fewest ingredients? Big part of my decision to try out the PQM foundation, which came with its own kabuki brush (look carefully, the brush must be noted in the listing if you want that) was the shortest list of only mineral ingredients. No animal testing. And her brushes are all Vegan (meaning synthetic fibers, not animal hair) and very soft.
I also purchased a couple of shades of eye shadow, which drew compliments the first day I tried them out! Once this make-up is on my face, it doesn't rub off. My face doesn't get oily. And the best part is, my complexion is evened out and it doesn't look like I'm wearing make-up. LOVE IT! Doree is fast at shipping & great on customer service. :)You can visit Doree at http://pinkquartzminerals.com or at http://pinkquartzminerals.etsy.com
