MMUah!

As posted in a previous blog post (click here), I’m afraid my kikay fetish is not dying down. Each time I connect to the net to do work-related research, I end up drying up my Smartbro load just looking up mineral makeup online! And it was during those :ahem: research times that I found out that MMU is the shorter way to call Mineral Make Up.

MMU is super light on the skin, and it’s as if you’re wearing no makeup at all (personal experience!). It’s made up of all natural ingredients (no oil, no talc, no preservatives) that feeds your skin with great benefits like cell regeneration and natural sun protection. It’s made of super fine ingredients that can hide fine lines and flaws without clogging pores. And, a lot of MMU websites claim that you can even sleep with MMU makeup on (not that you need to, but just in case!)

MMU brands have a wide range of colors and pigments and they really attracted me the way I used to get attracted to dry pastels and acrylic paints. Professional makeup brushes come in sets of 5 – (gulp) 25! I don’t even know if that’s all of them. Now that I am thinking of adding MMU to my growing list of “all –natural” merchandise, I said, why not learn more about it?

I “researched” (now, with a purpose!) using the Net for nearby makeup workshops. I wanted something useful, non-committal, and guilt-free. I came across the perfect one … Mineraux, a local MMU company based in Bonifacio Global City was offering a half-day MMU workshop for P1,200.00 including refreshments and an MMU starter kit, oh joy!

I joined the April 24 session held at the Numa Tea Shoppe on Rizal Drive. It was a small group, there were only 5 girls (max number is 7), it was awkward during the first few minutes – but everyone loosened up quickly. Our teacher (Melissa, one of the owners of Mineraux), really reminded us to be informal and to have fun! We were taught about basic skin care (cleanse, tone, moisturize!) and how to apply MMU for the “Prime” (no makeup/ day look) and for the “Smoky” look (for those sexy, deep set eyes)

I really, really enjoyed the workshop. I went there with only a few basic brushes and some mineral foundation - but we were allowed to borrow the brushes and sample the Mineraux MMU. Brushes are definitely easier to understand once you learn how to use them (The fan brush is for brushing away loose pigments, kaya sya mukhang walis!). The color of your veins through your skin also determines your skin tone, which is a must when choosing the color of your foundation. I’m an “olive” all along (and I kept on picking warm colors!) I also learned when to use those weird yellow, purple and green concealers I see makeup artists use. It was also great meeting new people! Melissa told us that Mineraux is targeting the older, more mature professionals, hence the lack of shimmer shimmer in their shades.

Time for pictures? When I got home my mom asked, “Aba, bakit ka nagpa-makeup” .. “Ahem, mommy, ako gumawa nan.” Small photos only nahihiya ako , hehe.

Melissa of Mineraux talks about brushes.

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Check out my seatmate's brushes! Hehe inggit ako.

The left photo , bare-faced. The right one with my usual daily makeup

During the workshop and halfway dolled up. Foundaton and outlined brows pa lang.


"Smoky eyes" -- sorry , I wasn't able to do a better full face-photo , hehe. And.. I'm a lousy kilay-groomer.

After the workshop, we were asked to choose 4 types of MMU to choose for our own starter kit, I chose a concealer, 2 colors of blush, and a mineral veil. Good haul ;-) It was time (and money) well spent. Learn about MMU and Mineraux at http://www.mineraux.com.ph or http://mineraux.multiply.com.