All Entries Tagged With: "mineral eye shadow"

Don’t Get the Winter Blues, Try Pink and Grey!

Hi Monave Friends,

If the winter seems like it’s lasting forever and you are getting the blues, it’s time to cheer up! Monave is introducing a new program in which Teporah will select ‘Shades of the Season’.  These carefully selected Monave products and shades will be on spotlight throughout the season and will be on sale.  So to kick things off she has picked some of my personal favorites. We are starting with a great smokey eye! To achieve this look there are 2 ways you can go:

If you are light skinned and don’t want too dramatic of a look we recommend the new shade called Titan.  If you are daring, and want to go a little darker with it, try Charcoal Satin, found in the Ultra Matte Category.  We are topping this look off with cool, pink lips.

Think lip glaze in Sugar or even Candy, both found in the sheer glaze section.  If you are darker skinned, or just want to go all out drama try these shades as a gloss over new shade Magenta Moves.

We love these looks and hope you and your customers will as well.  Please visit Monave online shop and get stocked up. Let us know what you think, and as always we love to see the after photos!

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The Search for…….Black Mineral Makeup

Finding Black Mineral Makeup has been a problem for women of color ever since the mineral makeup boom. The skin tones of Black women span a variety of shades and most mineral companies tend to ignore these differences. Finding the right mineral foundation and mineral colors that suited my skin tone has always been a problem and I have thrown out many a mineral lip color because it didn’t look right after I bought it! Mineral eye colors always looked too light when they got in contact with my skin tone losing its’ impact. That being said, I was ecstatic to finally find Monave Mineral Makeup. The colors were vibrant and the choices for mineral foundations were staggering, I quickly dived in, not only finding my own personal mineral foundation but mineral eye shadows that were just as beautiful in the jars and on my eyes along with mineral lip colors that suited my big beautiful lips!

Working at Monave enables me to get first run colors straight from the lab and last month was no exception when the new Crystal Collection came rolling out! Mineral eye shadows with names like Tourmaline, a rich green, Carnelian, a vibrant orange and Peridot, an apple green were a sight to behold! Not far behind were two new mineral lip colors, Crimson Agate and Rose Quartz. I have been wearing both the Tourmaline and Peridot mineral eye shadows non stop since I’ve gotten them. Tune in next week when I give a tutorial of two of these fantastic new mineral eye shadows and the mineral lip glaze I pair with it!

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Monave Memorial Weekend Sale

Hi Everyone

Monave Mineral Makeup is having a Memorial Weekend Sale! Sale starts on Friday May 28th to Sunday May 30th!  So if you have been putting off getting your mineral foundation or trying a color from our new collection of mineral eye shadow now is the time to do it! The sale is 30% off the entire retail site, only retail customers are eligible not wholesalers.  To take advantage of the sale input MONAVE30 in the Promo Code box when placing your order! Have a safe and wonderful weekend!

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Hop into Spring- Monave Style

Spring is HERE! I’m so excited! To me this means…. makeup room time picking out our Spring palette! Spring 2010 makeup is a smorgosbord of  colors from the bold and daring  to the soft and feminine!  Last seasons’ 80’s look is still evident but for the more subtle woman the prerequisite Spring pastels are here. Two uber feminine colors that are hot right now are pink and lilac! Coral, along with soft pink are big for lips. Shimmer for cheeks and eyes make mineral makeup a must have for the season. Monave Mineral Cosmetics will be debuting  their Spring Collection with some limited edition mineral eye shadows in a few weeks so stay tuned. This limited edition will be a trio of lilac, pink and sea foam green for our pastel palette and turquoise, navy blue and copper for our disco palette. So get ready to hop into Spring….Monave Style!

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Monave’s Take on New Fall ‘Trueblood’ Makeup

Every season there is a new challenge where mineral makeup is concerned and I always look forward to it as it gives me a chance to go play in the makeup studio! This Fall/Winter makeup was no exception with the  runways depicting looks from Trueblood, a popular vampire series in cable.  Vampire?? Yep,  the pale monochromatic complexion with deep red/black lips and mysterious looking eyes.

Armed with this mission, I skipped with glee to the makeup studio! Now being a woman of color, I decided the pale complexion would not be a part of the look…ashy is not my favorite look. Sultry is the name of the game. So the eyes and the lips would be the main focus as I wanted to translate the look to women of color.

Since the eyes had to have a smoky eye effect with a matte base and shimmer overlay I looked to the Ultra Mattes and the Sultry Collection in our Versatile powders. For the matte color I chose the Charcoal Satin #120 and for the shimmery overlay in mineral eye shadow I chose Hypnotic#78. Moving on to the lips, I went to a color that is rarely used in our line but has its moment to shine this season, Hoochie Mama #155. This color is remniscent of Mac’s Vamp but with a darker edge to it. Lipsticks are the rage this season too, so go retro!

Now that I had the colors that I needed to achieve this look  I proceeded to apply. First the eyes, Charcoal Satin #120 is applied to the lids on the outer corner up to the crease. Hypnotic #78 is then applied to the inner corner pulled to the middle of the lid and up to the brow bone. Everything is then blended to achieve a uniform look with no lines.

 For the lips, line with Lip liner Blackberry, then apply mineral lipstick Hoochie Mama#155 Wow, now I was ready for a night on the town!

I’ve been wearing this look for a couple weeks now at night and I never fail to get compliments. If this look is too bold for you,  just rock it for Halloween night! Happy Halloween!

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Monave gets Beauty with a Conscience Award….Again!

Monave strikes again! Monave’s Moisture Mousse foundation got Editor’s pick as the best liquid foundation by the Natural Solutions magazine. Natural Solutions Magazine is a great magazine that is always chock full of information on health and beauty issues. For the past two years the Natural Solutions magazine has held their annual Beauty With a Conscience Awards, where natural and organic cosmetics and skin care companies are judged on various categories within the beauty industry.

The Moisture Mousse foundation is formulated for women with normal to dry skin, handmade with ingredients such as organic shea butter, organic jojoba oil and rose hydrosol it glides on the skin for a weightless feel and total absorption. Unlike other liquid foundation the Moisture Mousse gives excellent coverage and comes in all shades of our regular loose foundation with no color differentiation.

Last year, Monave racked up awards in three categories: Best Eye Shadow with our Versatile Powders, Blush with our Matte blushes and Cleanser with our Honey Clay cleanser , which they loved as a three minute mask too. We were so excited as we work so hard to get quality products into the hands of women who want natural beauty products that are beneficial for them. The Beauty With a Conscience Awards feature will be in the October 2009 issue of the Natural Solutions magazine…..don’t forget to pick it up!

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