Beauty

Beauty Spotlight: b.l.a.c. Minerals

Wednesday Oct 1, 2008 – By Nicole Mitsch

The beauty spotlight feature highlights companies who are thinking outside of the box in order to deliver exceptional products to consumers. This month we are featuring b.l.a.c. Minerals an all natural cosmetics line created for women of color and diverse ethnic backgrounds.

With the recent trend of mineral makeup and everybody going green, b.l.a.c Minerals decided to help create a healthier planet by creating a line that is completely pure. While many cosmetics companies have started to use minerals and natural products, few have made an effort to appeal to ethnic women and their skin. B.l.a.c. Minerals saw the great demand for a product such as this and developed a unique line in response. A line that offers a full line of color cosmetics that compliment a wide range of skin types and tones.

The company which is growing as word spreads about this amazing product line has a simple mission:

“B.l.a.c. Mineral’s mission is to provide natural, organic, and holistic skin care and cosmetics to the ethnic marketplace while promoting individualistic beauty across race and place. Our brand seeks to enhance the natural beauty of women and encourage self love and confidence through the images and face of b.l.a.c. minerals.”

So if you haven’t had a chance to check out this fabulous pure and healthy product line check it out today at www.blacminerals.com.

Tanya says:

October 1, 2008 at 10:46 am

Sounds like something we all should support. Thanks for the info.

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Lish says:

October 1, 2008 at 11:12 am

that picture is amazing!

Haili says:

October 1, 2008 at 2:07 pm

finally…..

Dana D says:

October 1, 2008 at 3:41 pm

Minerals are so good for your skin. It almost doesn’t look like you are wearing any makeup. I am glad we have some minerals geared torward us. Now I can find a color that works for my skin tone!!!

yandi says:

October 1, 2008 at 5:04 pm

I wear Bare Minerals….however, I will most surely check this one out and pass the word!
Yandi…

Yasmin says:

October 8, 2008 at 11:38 am

i’m a bare minerals enthusiast, but these look interesting…. anybody tried them yet?

Erin says:

October 9, 2008 at 8:22 pm

I have. I purchased some lip glosses, blush and the setting powder. First, to be fair, I am not a mineral make- up enthusiast. However, I thought that I would try mineral make up for and by Black women. So, I purchased the aforementioned products and some products from Ada, another company featured on Clutch.

Blac Minerals: a little of the blush goes a long way. Also, with the way mineral make up is designed, you have to be very careful how you open it and apply it. I took it work and ended up painting our cream counters raisin because the loose powders flew everywhere. However, the blush did give me a nice glow. I haven’t used the setting powder enough to fairly comment on it, so I’ll pass. As far as the glosses go, I’m a lip stick/gloss fanatic and I know what’s good. The coverage from the glosses I ordered were poor. I had to overly apply the cosmetic to see any color and when I did, I ended up looking clownish. Also, the color in the pot doesn’t truly mimic the colors from the site and what it looks like on your lips. Full disclosure: my lips are two-toned, with a pink lower lip and tawny-pink upper lip.

By comparison, the Ada lip glosses faired better. The actual coverage from thier glosses was great…it went on like a creamy lipstick and I applied it with a regular old q-tip. I used the q-tip because I received a sampling of other colors from the company that were dipped on a q-tip. One sample lasted me two generous applications. The color selection was decent and I can’t honestly recall if what I received resembled what was shown on their site, but if anyone is truly interested, I’ll do a comparison.

Hope this helps!

D-Ski says:

October 22, 2008 at 3:11 am

I just want to say kudos to the makeup companies that are going green and giving colored girls something healthful and non toxic to glam up with. “Clutchanistas ” are always on the cutting edge and are always leading the vangard in the glam department because you make it a point to research what exactly is out there for US! Once again thank you and thank you to all the makeup mix masters/mistresses that are going green with the makeup.

tola says:

October 27, 2008 at 1:20 pm

that purple is FIERCE!!!! def going to try them out!

atrackbrown says:

November 9, 2008 at 5:18 pm

Tried the mineral foundation, and it’s a good product. Much better range of colors than Bare Minerals, and it covers everything.

November 14, 2008 at 2:32 pm

I haven’t tried this particular makeup line,but I am a client of ada cosmetics and I must say that I am extremely satified with the results. The makeup is awesome to say the least and you will find your exact color match with them….perhaps more than one color will suit you because it is all about the undertones(red,blue,golden,yellow etc)the is fair considering that with mineral makeup, it’s so concetrated, that a little goes a mighty long way. As well, it covers blemishes, dark marks very well and unlike store bought makeup with all the chemials and preservatives in it that make a sista look worse off when she takes it off, this stuff actually makes you look BETTER when you take it off! I love my ada cosmetics and I will not be using anything else any time in the near future. Ladies ada offers samples and you just pick out your complexion(fair,light,med/dark)and they will send you samples of at least fifteen mineral makeup, some blushes and bronzer that match your selected skin tone for under twenty dollars!! Let’s start supporting makeup made by us…..FOR US!!!