Mineral Makeup Application Video

I thought I'd share this YouTube clip with you as it takes you through the application of mineral makeup step by step.It's by an Aussie mineral makeup brand called Bloom, which has a similiar approach to Rock Face Minerals, in that the powder products are made from just mica & minerals, with no waxes, oils, fillers or preservatives. It shows you exactly how to apply your mineral foundation, & how you can use your mineral foundation powder as concealer too.

The Bloom range is named after the founder - Natalie Bloom. How lucky is she? "McCrory" just wasn't going to cut it as a makeup brand name, was it? One day, there'll be a Rock Face Minerals clip on YouTube, but until then http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuCGkjVHjH4 will take you through, step by step.

Failing miserably at the first hurdle

Well... I set myself the target of blogging once a week, thinking that would be easy - I'm a great believer in setting yourself targets that don't stretch you too much. But then #2 son got chickenpox, so last week didn't really happen much.

But the good news is that I've had an article this week in the local paper in the town where I grew up - the Bangor Spectator (or Speccie to its readers).

Which leads nicely on to explaining some of the colour names - Glenlola Girl is named after my old school, Glenlola Collegiate, as it is the same shade of royal blue as the school jumper. Boxpleat Cherub is a little tongue in cheek - being navy, it is named in honour of our regulation navy boxpleat skirts, to be worn with our regulation navy Cherub-brand knickers underneath.

We used to have competitions to see if we could stretch our Cherubs up to our armpits - a feat I could achieve well after 4th form.

Well... here goes!!!!

Time to stop procrastinating, & start blogging. I've been putting it off for months now, but have finally realised I will always be too busy, & the ironing will always need done. So time to make a start. I am setting myself a target of blogging once a week, cause there's a chance I could achieve that target, and it gives me a whole week to think about something interesting to write. I don't know how proper bloggers do it.
Anyway, this is me, & I shall hopefully be blogging about pure mineral makeup, particularly Rock Face Minerals, since that's what my fledging little business is called http://www.rockfaceminerals.co.uk. Rock Face Minerals doesn't contain any of the nasty stuff that some people's skin can react to - so no petroleum based products, talc, bismuth oxychloride, perfume or parabens. Just mica & minerals.
That seems like enough to be going on with; except to say that I'm very excited to be featured in the June edition of ni4kids magazine http://www.ni4kids.com, with a picture of me & the kids. It only took a whole weekend to try and get a decent picture, and of the 50 or so taken, this was the only one where Ross was smiling & everyone was looking at the camera.