Mermaid Minerals

[AniaR]

decided to start a thread for mermaid minerals since I get to rep their stuff for a month! Hehe. Thanks for everyone who voted for me. I'll be picking up my prize when I go to Florida. Blue Mermaid sent me their eye makeup as a gift and I just got some photos with it... check it out it's amazing!

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So this is a mineral powder eye makeup in an orange/coral. It's incredibly light weight- Im used to putting on layers and layers of stuff to achieve this look. It went on with one for the base and two for dynamics. Because of the way the mineral sits on your skin it naturally darkened my creases and I didn't have to. It's very shimmery, AND ALL NATURAL

[Mermaid Lorelei]

Very nice! And congratulations on winning!

[Mermaid Saphira]

Congrats! I love the first picture :)

[Mermaid Sirena]

Well don't you just look beautiful!

[AniaR]

Here's some more mermaid minerlas photos along with how I achieved each look. I'll be posting every look on every Monday! Mermaid Minerals Makeup Monday! lol Here's what I have up in addition to my earlier post

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Look #1: Smokey eye with versatility in day and night. Shown in a variety of lighting
This look was created by:

1. washing my face and then moisturising with Mermaid Minerals (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Mermaid-Minerals/117049701644007) "Restorative Marine Moisturiser"

2. After using a concealer of my choice, I next used the MM "Whisper Blush Brush" to apply the "Mineral Setting Powder" in angel colour. This gave me skin the airbrushed look with the soft glow, and evened it out.

3. Next I combined the MM "MD" colour mineral powder (comes out as a grayish blue) with the MM "iLine eyeliner sealer" to create a tinted eyeliner from the mineral. I used this only my upper lid close to the lashes.

4. Next I used the MM mineral powder coloured Opal with a rounded eyelid brush as a base colour all over my eye.

5. Next I used the MM mineral powder coloured Prism blended into the opal. I applied it THICK for the darker look, and used the rounded brush to create the shape. I blended the opal along the crease for the tint variation.

6. Once the eye shadow was done I used the MM "Superlash" Black Mascara- it made my eye lashes longer than my cover girl lash blast, fuller, and didn't make my eyes water.

7. With the eyes done I used the MM "Mint Victorian Charm" lip gloss. It felt very light, non greasy, and tasted great too.

8. After the lip gloss dried a bit I applied the MM Lip Seal.

9. As an experimental measure, I covered the eye makeup in the MM "Glitz Fix" liquid to see if it would help the eye shadow stay on- it did, even when I rubbed my eyes, great stuff!

10. Finally, I added my own very light coral blush.


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So all that above this text is all from one look, in varied lighting, to show how versatile it could be. Here's my next one I posted for this week!


The smokey eye look was created by blending
lava eye shadow mineral powder with the colours Maui, Moondance, and opal. I used the iLine clear eyeliner mixed with moondance, and the waterproof mineral mascara in black.

Finally, I mixed my own silver glitter with their awesome glitterfix.

My skin also has a light dusting of their angel powder. This gave the illuminated skin glow.

The lips are their really yummy lipgloss Sorbet in mint!

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[Bellasea]

Very pretty. :)

[AniaR]

More looks for you, these are all shot with the MM mineral powder eyemakeup colour called "Opal". it's VERY iridescent and can be mixed with the other colours to achieve that look. I have a variety of lighting for the same makeup so you can get an idea for how versatile it is.

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[Spindrift]

I love that last photo of you!

Also it looks like they aren't answering emails? :| I sent one a few days ago.

[AniaR]

you gotta make sure it's typed correctly, i noticed there was a typo on the FB one and my emails were never sent. I dont think she works weekends either ;)

[Spindrift]

Oh I used the form on their website. But I'm not too worried about it if she doesn't answer right away. So I'll wait until after the weekend for a reply before sending another.

[AniaR]

yeah I was using the FB one and couldnt figure out why my emails bounced back constantly... lol

[MermaidAubrin]

Wow incredibly beautiful!


Oh the make up is cool to :P

[Nemefish]

your eyes are striking and mesmerizing, you look beautiful :D

[Mermaid Dottie]

You have such big anime eyes! I love how in the last set of photos your eyelashes are gigantic. makes your eyes look even bigger.
(all the better to see you underwater with, my fishy!)

[AniaR]

You have such big anime eyes! I love how in the last set of photos your eyelashes are gigantic. makes your eyes look even bigger.
I have been accused in the past of photoshopping my eyes to look that big, lol that's just how they are, and I hold them back a bit- otherwise I'd look crazy eyed! However in that last set Im wearing fake eyelashes as it was for a photoshoot and we wanted the eyes to pop in every photo :)

[AniaR]

few more looks!

another eye makeup look with Mermaid Minerals (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Mermaid-Minerals/117049701644007) featuring some green tones! Featuring, bermuda blue, mermaid, opal, and lava shades!
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Pretty in prisms! This week's Mermaid Minerals (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Mermaid-Minerals/117049701644007) look! A base coat of opal, followed up with the whole lid in prism, and the crease done with lucky penny! A little angel setting powder with the whisper brush, some mascara and mint lipgloss and we're ready to go.


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[ShyMer]

I know next to nothing about makeup :/ Do you have to use some sort of eye base to make the color more intense and stay on or is the color that rich? I get the impression that it's just higher quality so it actually does what you need it to, but I thought I should ask anyway.

[AniaR]

nope! I didnt need to in any of these photos. Im actually going to start making some video tutorials

[Sea Pearl]

Love the mermaid minerals makeup Raina! I've been on their site and they have a really nice selection of makeup. Definatly think you should do a couple of video tutorials.

[Spindrift]

Do any of you know of anyone who sells their makeup as sets? I'd like to try them out but it's like $16/color and I don't even know what colors would look good on me.

[AniaR]

Do any of you know of anyone who sells their makeup as sets? I'd like to try them out but it's like $16/color and I don't even know what colors would look good on me.

I think the owner has reps all over the world, and has it selling in different stores too. Maybe send her an email? (or maybe you did and havent heard back yet!) that way you dont have to pay shipping either.

Colours can be so tricky, a few they sent me I didnt think would look nice but actually turned out (like green- not a colour I would normally choose)

[AniaR]

I just wanted to take a moment to address something that seems to keep coming up on MM. I only really see it from one person which I wont identify, and I wont get into too much detail but... Mermaid Minerals doesn't have to give away free stuff to someone every week/month, host contests, or do sales. I was really sorry to see someone being incredibly awful to the owner because they hadn't yet won the contest. The contest is based on "likes" of your photo- nothing else. Not whether you have a tail (my photo that one was just a face shot!), not whether you're a guy or girl, not based on your size, colour, or anything... Now yes, I can see where people will think it's a popularity contest, but I entered that contest so many times before I actually won, and previous mermaid who have won dont even have FB pages or do and have less than 500 fans! People who are winning, are winning because people vote for them, nothing more.


I wish people would be a little more appreciative, instead of demanding. I know I am biased because I won, but geesh I tried like 4 times before I did. And when you look at the past winners there are a lot of different and unique mers of all shapes and sizes. Throwing in the "discrimination" word isn't going to get a person "likes" :(

[AniaR]

Splash inspired mermaid eye makeup

Start with mermaid minerals eye mineral "lava" all over the lid, follow up with Lucky Penny in the crease and brow bone, finish by mixing glitz fix with a yellow glitter to outline the lucky penny. I added some black spots with glitz fix and lava for accents.

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[mermaid hannah]

the makeup is awesome! but i LOVE your necklace! so cute!

[AniaR]

Raven made it for me :D

[mermaid hannah]

:)

[AniaR]

For whatever reason the images in this thread all went away. I just went in and tried to fix them. I realize it's been a while since I've added any new looks. All these photos were done using mermaid minerals products

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This is lucky penny with water proof sealer over top, after 2 hours of swimming:
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Used with sealer for a photoshoot
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Mermaid Ama and I both wearing lucky penny blended with opal and a water proof sealer
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[MerEmma]

It all looks so pretty and nice! I'm not much into make-up at all, but it looks really pretty.

[Ariel-Starfish]

I really like this makeup posts! I've beens sneaking around on thear site and i wonder: is everything water proof?

[AniaR]

anything can be water proof when you buy the water proof sealers to put over top. That's all I do. Everyone acts like it's a big mystery but they sell water proofing sealers, and othe rmakeup companies sell them too! lol

[Ariel-Starfish]

can u please give me a link to that product? ^^

[AniaR]

www.mermaidminerals.com

[Mermaid Danielle]

Beautiful!

[Ashe]

Such bright, bold colors! And I love how they look underwater. I hope I can get some soon!

[Delphine]

Thanks, Raina! You always have such gorgeous eyes. Congrats on winning the MM contest, & I hope you share more shimmery looks! :)

[MermaidAliyah]

I was tempted to buy the I - line from them but im not sure how well it works, and because I just recently ordered a lip seal that almost took 2 weeks to deliver and I emailed the company and I was told to compensate for the wait i'd get some bonus goods. And when I emailed her about that she never emailed back. So I am very hesitant to order anything from there again.

[Mermaid Octavia]

I placed an order yesterday, hoping everything comes out smoothly. :< They were having a 20% off sale so I thought I'd jump on it. Will keep the thread updated when I receive my goods. Aliyah, did you receive some kind of shipping notification when you ordered?

[AniaR]

I love the lip sealer and iline, I use them all the time. I'm not sure they can be held responsible for shipping times though. Isn't 2 weeks sorta average if you go by basic shipping and don't pay for extra? I'm in Canada so mine took a few weeks to get to me Florida. Anything I've received in the mail from Florida has always taken 3-4 weeks, but I don't know what it would be like for state to state.