Everyday Minerals blushes and haul...again

So I've been very very busy lately and haven't had time to update my blog and I'm pretty sure no one reads it anyways. I've started a new job in retail and sometimes I'm just too tired or stressed out from it. I haven't really had the time and money for makeup as I did before. Since I'm not really allowed to wear makeup at work, I've been using my Scinic bb cream more often, about 4 days a week at work and on other days when I don't work I end up using my mineral makeup. I probably have enough mmu to last me a few years I think. :D

So I've been discussing about about mmu foundation lately but I haven't showned any swatches on blushes I have got from mmu companies so I thought I use this chance to show my tiny collection I have collected from everyday minerals.



I also got a free sample from coastal scent called true. It's a very bright orangey colour. I also love silk naturals because it's very pretty and sparkley. lol I thought the Cherub glow was actually a blush until I read the label. It's so pretty in pink unlike other glow powders from other mmu companies. Silk Naturals's Climax blush is suppose to be a dupe of Nars Orgasm. I haven't tried the actual Nars Orgasm because it's pretty damn expensive in uk at £18.50, about usd $37 just for a blush. Anyways I do love the Silk Natural's dupe which came in a 10 grams jar with 1 and a half teaspoon. I wished that their blushes came in bigger size like edm. :D

So edm launched a new website last month and to celebrate that they had a 20% discount code so it was a great chance for me to stock up :D Yeah I'm a cheapo and edm rarely gives out 20% off. I even got a free 'launch party' blush in full size. I also got their puff jar, edm green tea cream and another kabuki brush as a spare.

I also got Pearl sunlight, a new edm product and I do regret getting it without sampling first. It's similiar sunlight but because it's so pearl like, it gives a white sheen/glowy look.

Their puff jars are really cute and comes with a mirror on top so it's great on the move. The puff sponge on it's own is soft. I haven't really used it much so I can't really comment much about it.


I have mixed feelings about edm green tea cream at the moment. It's made from sweet almond oil, green tea leaf and hygrogenerated vegetable oil. It haves slight green tea smell. When I first got it, it felt very oily and reminded me of Vaseline in terms of texture. Now that I have started using it, it does feel different from vaseline. Once you apply it to your skin, it kinds of melts into your skin. It doesn't feels really greasy at all and it leaves your skin moisturised.

I finally ordered full sized MMU :D

I bought a full size Abyssinian and Primer for combination skin during the Easter hunt sale on Meow Cosmetic's webpage. I also got some more samples to test and wanted to test their undereye concealer too. At the moment I have dry skin but usually in the summer time, it's combination so this will come in handy for summer as opposed to applying silicone based primers. I love the way it feels so smooth after applying it on my skin and is a great canvas prior to applying mineral makeup. Silk powders could also be used as primers too but I really like this one as it doesn't give me a white cast and its incredibly smooth.

I bought a munchkin size naughty Abyssinian which is 8g, about the same size as edm full size foundation. It's a bit more expensive than edm. As Meow have 3 different formulas, the prices are not the same and cost more as you go up. I like their Flawless feline foundation but it does cost $15 on it's own whilst edm, when you buy in a kit, it works out about $5 :D I really like the finish and it doesn't make me look cakey as compared to edm intensive formula. I have dry skin so when I buff mineral makeup into my skin, it irriates it and I get dry patches. With Meow Cosmetics mineral I only need to buff it in a little and it's also looks and feel a bit creamy. I'm still waiting for their next sale to get the Fierce Abysinnian so that I can mix the two together for when I tan during the summer.

So I finally bought edm full size minerals. I got the custom kit which cost about £16 for 6 items. Shipping was about £8 and all this stuff came up to about £18 without shipping. Not bad considering if you bought elsewhere you'll probably be paying more.

I bought winged butter in original glow and intensive. I actually prefer original glow when my skin looks good. It give a really healthy glowly look but the downside is that its very sheer so I only get to use it when my skin looks good. Original glow actually looks darker than the intensive formula. It's a really nice formula to wear for summer and I find that it goes well with my dry skin aswell. I also got samples sizes of Golden medium in different formulas so that I could use during summer.

Edm biggest bowl is about the size of a cereal bowl. It's slightly bigger than those Chinese bowls we have at dinner. They're really worth the money, its only £2! I use it to swirl my minerals in it and I hardly use all of them. The downside is that they have the cup size imprinted at the bottom of each bowls meaning when you swirl your brushes into it, it doesn't pick up all the minerals and sometimes gets caught at the bottom.

When I ordered my full sizes mmu from edm, I was suppose to get sample sizes of their blushes but somehow it got missed out in my package :( Anyways I contacted their customer service and they sent me these 2 blushes straight away and it arrived very fast. Thumbs up for their Customer service! They reply very fast to my emails, usually within 3 hours. Really spot on service. I haven't tried their summer stroll blush but I really like their walkee talkee blush which was suppose to be similar to their siesta blush. It's got this shimmery pinky finish to it. It looks dark in the jar but when you apply it, it really pretty.

L-R Flat top brush, long handle kabuki brush

There's loads of raves about the new edm brushes so I thought I really had to get my hands on them. I'm still waiting for the angled brush as it's out of stock at the moment. Their brushes are unbelievably soft. It so soft that you can hardly feel it brushing across your face. These brushes are not that dense as compared to Lumiere's long hand kabuki brush which isn't really a downside for me as I find Lumiere's brushes to be too dense that it doesn't allow you to brush minerals in your face more freely. I actually have trouble using Lumiere's long handle kabuki brush as its too stiff and when I buff my skin, it feels like I'm exfoliating my face and it does makes my face shed skin. edm brushes on the other hand are not as dense or firm which is a good thing. The sizes of the brushes are really cute and could be easily packed to go on holiday with.

Everyday Minerals Foundation Samples

(photo of a mixture of shades I bought in 4 different forumlas)

This is a very late review...........being an amateur at makeup, I ended up ordering a lot of minerals samples as I didn't know what tone I was and mainly because Everyday Minerals have very very bad swatches on their website. There were lots of talks about EDM being good and a cheap alternative to Bare Escentuals. Samples are free but you have to pay for shipping which works out about £2.50 and your only limited to 1 sample kit per an order. In the sample kit, you will get 3 foundations shades in any formula, concealer and a blush. Their samples are very generous so it isn't too bad at £2.50 for shipping. With edm samples, they now have sifters inside them to stop the powders falling out but sometimes when they don't put the sifters on tighly, you would still get some powders come out of it's packaging. Anyways as I didn't have a clue what skintone I was I kind of ordered a lot of samples as I didn't want to wait 3 weeks for each packaging to arrive and then to find out that I need to reorder again because the shades wasn't right. I also didn't want to send or post my images online for strangers to advise me with which shade I should try as I'm quite a paranoid person and also still camera shy. :D But for those brave people who don't mind, you could always email edm customer services or post up your picture on the edm forum.

As you could see from the images, edm have very very bad swatches on their website so unless you want to end up with the wrong shades, don't get samples according to what you see on their site. Also the way they have categorised shades into Warm, golden, cool, beige, buff or olive is really all over the place. One would think their swatches are roughly around the same colours and ranged from light to dark but that isn't really the case. It's a shame as it's very frustrating having to reorder samples again and again. Well they are coming out with a new site soon so hopefully they will get their swatches right this time round.

As I have said before, I ordered alot of samples in different shades and formulas. And yup shades does changes slightly with each formula. My camera isn't too good at catching certain colours so the shades will differ slightly.

Swatches on a piece of white A4 Paper. I mixed the mineral with a little water--->