Physician's Formula Mineral Wear Color Correcting Pebbles

I picked this Physician's Formula Mineral Wear Color Correcting Pebbles along with their powder foundation from Rite Aid for about 75% off retail value. It comes in a sturdy container that looks a bit clunky with a powder puff, mini tri-colored brush and a mirror on the inside. The brush is flimsy and the powder puff dispenses a lot of the product with being able to buff it it so I suggest using you personal brush.

Now, when reading the instructions, it tells you to apply this all over your face in order to even out your skin tone. In my head I imagined this to be a matte powder that I could use before my new powder foundation that would hide my rosacea and any  other discolorations. Take a look at this and tell me if I could apply this all over my face. 

 No! Do you know why? Because it is nothing but shimmery colored pebbles that do nothing to even out the skintone. People who have oily skin can not/should not apply shimmer all over their faces.Now it does blend in nicely, but for a gal who gets the oilies after two hours of original application, I've learned that shimmer is best applied to limited areas. This is also low coverage and the colors blended together did not even out the skintone.This has now been delegated to the highlighter pile.

Before I continue further, let me profess my love for the Guerlain. Before I knew what a highlighter was, I used to set my makeup with this powder. Looking back, I shouldn't have because this has shimmer as well, but when I used to wear this all over, I used to get so many compliments on my glowy skin. My skin was always bad, so the glowing part had to be attributed to the Guerlain. I don't wear it anymore because
1) I am saving my meager stash
2) I like the matte look better now
3) Not a big fan of the scent after a prolonged use.

 This is with flash compared alongside my Guerlain Meteorites in Beige. Now the Physician's Formula has a noticeable sheen rather than the flecks of shimmer in the Guerlain. The glitter in the Guerlain can be tapped off and  for some reason, isn't so noticable once applied and buffed.

In natural light the sheen in thePhysician's Formula is much more noticeable while the Guerlain looks almost invisible except for the occasional glistening of glitter.

It's not that this product is bad, it's really decent. However, I really didn't need an another highlighter and do not like this purchase. I still have about 10 other highlighting products that look fully intact and I hate that now I have an extra albatross around my neck. It isn't so unusual that I had to have it but it's not so crappy that I can throw it away. Oh well.

See those purple lines? It was to remind myself on where each product ended and began. Had a bit of difficulty with removal but nothing like rubbing off the first layer of your dermis keeps it looking fresh. Since winter is here, I really want to go to a Korean spa. I really like soaking in the different tubs, getting massages and lounging in the oddly themed rooms while sipping some shikhye. The only problem is the full nudity. I know that it's normal to remove all, but I am a bit shy. All they offer you is a small hand towel that covers nothing. Nothing!

Shine Baby

Get your highlighters out. No not the yellow… I have an obsessive compulsion to mark every single line in my text, but don’t really need… highlighter, but the let your skin glow and shine ling of highlighter. I couldn’t stay away from Benefit and to my shame I ended up getting the Legally Bronze kit ($35), from Sephora. I didn’t get the eye bright, that I still am lemming, but instead I fell in love with the full sized products. FULL SIZE, in case you didn’t get that, FULL SIZE. I wanted the high beam, but restrained myself because of all the other highlighters that I’ve been picking up to assuage my craving for it, but failed. Epic Fail. So while I wait for it to come in the mail, I will flame the fires of guilt and look at what I do have.

After I put on my foundation, I usually put this on my cheekbones and down my nose. The Smashbox Artificial Light, Flash, Luminizing Lotion gives a metallic sheen to my face, and for some reason I would describe this as fluorescent. I really don’t see any shimmer when I blend this in, but it does give a bright sheen to the face. I put a dot of it on my arm and next to it, I blended some out.

Then I put Revlon’s Mineral Finishing powder on top of it with an extremely light hand. This stuff can make you look too glittery if you use a heavy swipe with your brush. Despite the finishing powder label, I will not put this all over my face and reserve that treat for one of my favorite highlighters of all time


Revlon, I’mma let you shine but Guerlain is the best finishing powder of all time. Of all time (Kanye moment). It may look like a glittery mess, but don’t be fooled, when blended with a big brush all over your face lightly, I glow. Not glitter, but glow and my skin instantly looks better, and I’ve gotten many a compliments. It has a old lady floral smell but screw it.

One product that looks decent but I can’t get over the texture and how heavy it feels, is the WetnWild Mega Glo. It feels like I’m putting something sticky on my face and it doesn’t blend well. At first I thought that this was a powder, but nope it a sticky mess. It’s currently discontinued and I can see why.

So in honor of my new and coming Benefit’s High Beam. That was a showing of my highlighters and we more than welcome High Beam it into our family. Should I also extend the welcome at for the Bronzer as well?