Product Review: Bare Minerals Foundation

     I'm on a search for the best foundation/powder out there. My "solution" at the moment is to just try it all, so when my MAC liquid foundation and pressed powder was running low, I made the switch to Bare Minerals. The Bare Minerals website, http://www.bareescentuals.com/, says the following about the Bare Minerals foundation:
"Our ORIGINAL SPF 15 Foundation gives you all the flawless coverage you want with a naturally luminous finish that won't clump or cake. It's clinically proven to improve the appearance of your skin over time. The creamy minerals diminish the look of fine lines and wrinkles without drying out your skin. Its silky, soft texture looks like a powder, but feels like a cream and buffs on beautifully. Made with only the purest, highest quality ingredients. It's makeup so pure you can sleep in it.®" I definitely agree that it doesn't clump or cake and I LOVE LOVE LOVE this about BareMinerals! One of my bigger issues with MAC foundation is that I definitely feel like it's cake, however - I have used it in a way that doesn't make me feel that way, but that's for another time. Another great pro - it definitely covers my imperfections and makes me appear as though my skin is flawless, not the makeup. However, there is a down side which I have found to be disappointing - unlike my MAC foundation and powder which last for at least most of the day, I have not had that experience with BareMinerals and that's something that is really disappointing for me. I work with children and when I wore MAC foundation and powder to work, it was still there at the end of the day. Not so much with Bare Minerals - by noon the imperfections of my skin are fully visible, as if I hadn't put makeup on that morning.
After a few days of this happening, I popped in the introduction DVD BareMinerals is so nice to include to re-watch it, under the assumption that this was 100% user error. This wasn't the case. The DVD says that you only need to use a very minimum amount to achieve full coverage. I have not found this to be accurate. In order to elliminate most of the redness of my skin, I have to go over my face 3-5 times and it doesn't eliminate all of the redness, some of it just turns to light pink.
I do greatly enjoy the fact that it doesn't feel oily or heavy like MAC tends to, but I appreciate the longevity of the MAC foundation and powder way more.

So at this point, when my BareMinerals runs out, unless something changes - which I will update on if it does - I will be trying a new brand next go around. MAC is still winning at the moment.