Bare Minerals A Vision in Velvet 20-Piece Eye Color Set Swatches, Review

This is my favorite Bare Minerals Holiday Set for the loose eye shadows.  This set is called the Bare Minerals A Vision In Velvet™ Set. It contains no less than 20 eye shadows, and features 10 velvet matte and 10 velvet satin Eyecolors.  As I said in my Video Post: Bare Minerals Holiday 2012 Set Review, I love the packaging of the holiday sets this year.  They are packaged in very festive gold or silver lids and cases, which are really quite beautiful and really herald the holiday season.  What I also like about this particular set is that it is not filled with shimmery, glittery mica bombs.  These are actually soft shine satin colors and smooth, pigmented mattes.  These are not your usual super glitter or metallic mineral shadows that  we often see in mineral makeup companies.  Let's take a look at the Velvet Satin eye colors first.

Aromaleigh V.2 Moulin Rouge LE Eye Shadow and Dusk to Dawn Mineral Treatment Swatches, Review

 Aromaleigh Moulin Rouge Limited Edition Eye Shadows

 Aromaleigh Dusk to Dawn Overnight Mineral Treatment, Dusk to Dawn II

Swatches (Direct Sunlight):

Bare Escentuals The Women of B.E. 20-Piece Eye Color Collection Swatches and Review

Perhaps many of you know that I love mineral makeup, especially mineral foundations and eyeshadows. Bare Escentuals holds a special place in my makeup stash because it is my first foray into mineral makeup- whether it be foundation, blush or shadows. It introduced me to the wonderful world of crushed mica and how beautiful your lids can look with just a small amount of these. It introduced me to the fact that with a good base or maybe a sealant, mineral shadows are fun, creative, pigmented and rich, without those chemicals and preservatives that we often find in traditional makeup.

I have a number of B.E. shadows and wished that B.E. would have them in smaller jars so that I can have more colors and choices without having to pay an arm and a leg for them.

Imagine my delight when B.E. introduced a eye color kit that not only  has 6, 10 or even a dozen different-hued shadows, but a whopping 20 different shades!  All in smaller jars that I had hoped for!





Swatches and review after the jump!

A Few Looks Using Mineral Eyeshadows

Mineral eyeshadows are somewhat like MAC pigments - loose, vibrant, have great color pay-off, especially when foiled. Here are some looks using mineral eyeshadows:


MAC Beige-ing shadestick as base, MAC Ricepaper eyeshadow on browbone, MAC Swan Lake e/s on lid, Lumiere eye shimmer in Silver Lining inner to mid lid used wet, Taylor Made Minerals in Galena on outer V used wet, MAC Nightfish fluidline as liner, Maybelline Volume Express Turbo Boost mascara


Pureluxe cream eraser, Valerie Beauty mineral foundation in W3.0 spritzed with MAC Fix+, Monave Angel finishing powder, Cargo blush in Topeka, MAC lipliner in Whirl, Revlon Superlustrous lipstick in Caramel Glace, MAC Viva Glam VI lipglass


MAC Vanilla pigment on browbone as highlighter
Taylor Made mineral eyeshadow in Amazon applied wet from inner to mid lid
Taylor Made mineral eyeshadow in Vixen applied wet from mid to outer lid/outer V
Almay Amazing I-liner (liquid eyeliner) on upper lashline
MAC Fibrerich mascara


MAC Beige-ing shadestick as base, MAC Ricepaper e/s as browbone highlighter, Bare Escentuals glimmer in Celestine inner to mid lid, Bare Escentuals glimmer in Queen Tiffany outer V, MAC Teddy eye kohl to line upper lashline


MAC Beige-ing shadestick as base, MAC Vanilla pigment to highlight browbone, Valerie Beauty mineral eyeshadow in St. Tropez inner to mid lid, Valerie Beauty mineral eyeshadow in Dolce Vita crease and outer V, MAC fluidline in Blitz & Glitz