Convert?

A couple of years ago, my Mom jumped on the mineral makeup bandwagon and ordered the whole line of powder foundations, blushes, "veils," and whatnot. I rolled my eyes and chalked (er, no pun intended) it up to her inability to keep away from whatever new miracle product was on the market. I was smarter than that. And besides, I needed fuller coverage to hide my acne, especially those damn red marks that laugh in the face of "sheer coverage." I refused to even try the stuff.

Then last week, I looked in the mirror and realized that while my skin had come along way (only the occasional blemish and the red marks all but completely faded), my foundation was still stuck in opaqueville. It was time to let my skin shine through. I swallowed my pride and cracked open a jar of the powdery foundation. For what seemed like only a minute or so, I dabbed and swirled and buffed and then, voila, my "foundation" look perfect, as if I'd been blending and smoothing for much longer; most incredible of all, I didn't feel like I was wearing makeup (and my fingers were clean)! I brushed on some "warmth," did my eyes and lips, and was out of the door...5 minutes early.

Did this convert notice any cons? When I went to the bathroom at work later that day, I thought the application still looked good, but noticed that it was a little shiny; while I could have definitely rocked this look at night, it seemed a tad inappropriate for work, especially in a high school classroom! Also, I found that perhaps I should have used those 5 minutes I'd saved to apply the foundation more carefully because the powder didn't "stick" as well in some areas: I had to apply a bit of concealer to my nose area to hide some lingering redness.

Despite a few flaws (no makeup is perfect, right?), I definitely think I'll be wearing bareMinerals makeup, at least on these hot summer nights:)