Coffee Tea Bare Minerals and Me: My BE Addiction

Some people are chocoholics. Some are alcoholics. Some are workacholics. I am a Bare Excentuals-aholic.

It all started with an infomercial. I kept seeing them. Over and over. I was fascinated by Leslie Blodgett and the Bare Minerals line. I couldn't get over how she could take a normal, every day girl with not so perfect sin and make her looks so BEautiful. And a makeup line so pure you could sleep in it? Never!

I continued to watch the informericals, but was too scared to actually try Bare Escentuals. I had been using liquid foundation for years and couldn't imagine NOT wearing it.

I finally broke down one night while watching Leslie on QVC. I ordered the Friendship Cruise kit one August, about 5 years ago. I was so excited when I received it. I ordered a set of 15 tester eyeshadow colors from ebay. Both packages sat unused for over 6 months. I just couldn't make the change.

After looking at the packages for months, I decided to go for it. I tried on the foundation, warmth, mineral veil, and eyeshadow colors. I couldn't get over how amazing I looked and felt. It was freeing to not have that nasty, heavy, gunky liquid foundation. but the coverage was even better than I imagined! And from there, it just spiraled.

I went to my first BE boutique in Chicago when I was in training with my airline. I loved it!!!!! and the night I graduated from training, someone broke into my girlfriends car while we were picking up dinner and ALL of my BE was stolen. I drove around for weeks afterwards hoping that the thieves had tossed it on the street. Everything I had for those 7 weeks at training was stolen- but all I cared about was my BE collection and the memory card on my camera. I never did get it back, but slowly built my collection back up.

I joined the eyeshadow club- every 3 months I receive a set of three eyeshadows for about $25.

In the past 2 weeks I have had 2 makeunders, gone to the boutique in the Mall of America (I bought 2000, Nude Beach and Ecstasy), went to Preview Night (I bought Moonshine, Glisten and Enlightened and the new Gld Mineral Veil), bought the 30 day skin care set and Be Happy set from QVC, drove two hours to visit the the Quickie Van Tour where I was interviewed!!!(I bought Shantung, Cupcake and Bahamas), received Azure, and Heart for trades, and bought the Blendable Watercolors, See Yourself and Champagne Diamonds sets (3 shadows in each set), Au Natural and Peacock on ebay, and the eyebrow kit and Beautiful Lisa from Macys.

One of my fellow flight attendants and BE addicts called me today and let me know that she bought tickets to the Master Class at the Ritz in Philadelphia (for $125 you get dinner, champagne and $200 worth of makeup) so we're planning a field trip!!!

Now that you know how it all began, and how heavy I am into my addiction, I'll be posting tips and pictures and combos. I plan on choosing a color each week and listing a few eye combos that I've heard about or played around with.