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Micabella??

Has anyone heard of this brand? I saw it at a kiosk in the mall, but didn't really stop, didn't want to hassle with a salesperson--but it did look like mineral makeup to me. Has anyone tried it? How are the ingredients?
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Old 04-16-2007, 11:41 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Re: Micabella??

This thread might help:

http://www.makeuptalk.com/forums/f12...lla-40462.html
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Old 11-10-2007, 04:47 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Re: Micabella??

Okay I cant view that thread so I will bring this one back to life, I just bought this today. The girls would not let me leave and they kept lowering the price so I could take it...which I did only because they said I could return it if unsatisfied.
WHen they first approached me I said "sorry not interested, Ive tried so many mineral foundations and have never been satified, Ive gonne back to using channel." So she says "what did you try?" I start naming them "BE, EDM, Urban Decay, Monave,Jane Iredale....etc" and she stops me and says, "our minerals do not have an expiration date, those companies call themselves pure but our really no,t they have experation dates and minerals dont expire." The ingredients on this brand are : Mica, Sericite and Black Iron oxide. Im not too familiar with these so can anyone tell me if they are really pure?
THe finish was awesome, very luminous and the coverage took care of all my red/purple acne scarring. I was amazed but thought jeez why is it so expensive? I got the kit for
$179 which included, 2 brushes, 1 bronzer 1 blush 1 foundation (9 grams each), and three eyeshadows (same size as BE's) did I pay to much? Has anyone else tried this? What do you think? Maybe I'l post some pictures (if I can figure out how) lol
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Old 11-10-2007, 10:39 PM   #4 (permalink)
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i've seen this at the mall too. i've never tried it so i can't judge but at 60 bucks a foundation there better be gold in it! LOL
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Old 11-11-2007, 05:06 AM   #5 (permalink)
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why I dont live in the statessssssssssssssss??????
grrrrrrrrrr!!
we dont have nothing in the mall!!!
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Old 11-11-2007, 05:47 AM   #6 (permalink)
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Okay I cant view that thread so I will bring this one back to life, I just bought this today. The girls would not let me leave and they kept lowering the price so I could take it...which I did only because they said I could return it if unsatisfied.
WHen they first approached me I said "sorry not interested, Ive tried so many mineral foundations and have never been satified, Ive gonne back to using channel." So she says "what did you try?" I start naming them "BE, EDM, Urban Decay, Monave,Jane Iredale....etc" and she stops me and says, "our minerals do not have an expiration date, those companies call themselves pure but our really no,t they have experation dates and minerals dont expire." The ingredients on this brand are : Mica, Sericite and Black Iron oxide. Im not too familiar with these so can anyone tell me if they are really pure?
THe finish was awesome, very luminous and the coverage took care of all my red/purple acne scarring. I was amazed but thought jeez why is it so expensive? I got the kit for
$179 which included, 2 brushes, 1 bronzer 1 blush 1 foundation (9 grams each), and three eyeshadows (same size as BE's) did I pay to much? Has anyone else tried this? What do you think? Maybe I'l post some pictures (if I can figure out how) lol
The only mmu that you mentioned that I know of that has an expiration date is BE, and that's because it's required because it contains SPF. The minerals themselves will not go bad. It sounds to me like those salesladies were waaaay too pushy!

But if you like the product, you might as well keep it!
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Old 11-11-2007, 10:44 AM   #7 (permalink)
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^^^ I know that the EDM site says specifically that its foundation cannot harbor bacteria so it doesn't expire. Anyway, I took a look at the micabella site. Six foundation shades? Really? That's worse than BE, and only a little better than Sheer Cover.
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Old 11-11-2007, 12:17 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Re: Micabella??

In my honest opinion, I think you were completely ripped off. The Micabella site is stating that just the foundation is $60!!! I think that is wayyy too much for mineral foundation, no matter the brand. You could do so much better from a smaller company, such as the ones you can find on this forum.

I'm sorry if I am being outspoken, but I hate when people get taken advantage of.
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Old 11-11-2007, 02:23 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Re: Micabella??

Mica is quite typical in mineral makeup. Sericite is basically a type of very fine mica, and is also a common ingredient in many mineral makeup brands, and iron oxide is a very, very typical ingredient in mineral makeup. I'll bet that if you sample more brands, you would find one much cheaper that gave you the same great finish. The ones you have tried didn't work for me, either, but Lumiere in the cashmere finish is my HG, and there are many others that are very, very nice as well. Mineral Makeup Mania (Delphi forum) lists the names and has links to a couple dozen (at least) mineral makeup companies. Also, since minerals don't harbor bacteria, they aren't going to expire, unless they get moisture in them, as water/moisture makes a happy home for bacteria. So if you keep your minerals dry, they will last and last and last. That's one of the great things about sampling minerals, because if you get an eye shadow you're not too into, in a couple years when your tastes change (mine change frequently!!) you can go back to the old pigments and try them out again!!! LOL!!!
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Old 11-13-2007, 07:47 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Re: Micabella??

Recently, my friend purchased her own set of Micabella minerals at the mall for a whopping $400+. If she was willing to spend that much, I'm sure the finish was fabulous. However, I'm sure there could have been a cheaper alternative since most mineral makeup are just about the same.
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Recently, my friend purchased her own set of Micabella minerals at the mall for a whopping $400+. If she was willing to spend that much, I'm sure the finish was fabulous. However, I'm sure there could have been a cheaper alternative since most mineral makeup are just about the same.
Holy sh*t!!!!
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Old 11-13-2007, 08:05 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Old 11-16-2007, 03:11 PM   #13 (permalink)
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Re: Micabella??

My first mineral makeup experience was trying out Micabella this summer. The saleslady was really pushy and they do NOT take returns or exchanges even on sealed, unused products.

She applied a foundation powder on me and the salesgirls said it was my match. Yet when I looked in the mirror it was obviously the wrong undertone. I didn't purchase it. Besides why spend $60 on the same mineral makeup you can get elsewhere for $10.

Their eyeshadow colors were beautiful and sparkly. I didn't know about mineral makeup websites so I foolishly purchased 3 for $30. Now that I know better, their colors are the same colors that I seen other MMU companies carry. They said they gave me a discount lol! Their eyeshadows are priced at $15 each for 1.75g so the more you buy they will discount it. The eyeshadows are multi-use pigments.

I asked them what the ingredients were and all they said was Mica. The salesgirls are misleading and the prices are too much. They don't give samples. If you wanted to buy the foundation, primer, and bronzer be prepared to spend over $150.

The Real ingredients in the pigments are: Mica, carmine, titanium dioxide
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Old 04-09-2008, 01:37 PM   #14 (permalink)
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Re: Micabella??

I had been stopped by the saleswomen at the same Micabella kiosk in one of my favorite malls for months. I had let them give me a free sample once or twice, but I had always turned them and their ridiculous prices down no matter how much they tried to force me to buy their products.

I had noticed that none of the women working at the kiosk would give me any sort of detail when answering my questions, which isn't how to make me want to buy the makeup you're selling. Actually, it doesn't seem like anyone's had an experience where their saleswoman wasn't misleading, vague or pushy, have they?

This particular mall kiosk had ended up going out of business because no one would buy their overpriced stuff! I wasn't surprised. I had stopped by on their second last day, and the woman was so desperate to sell me something that i convinced her to sell me an 8-pot stack of the shimmers (in the colors I wanted instead of a pre-made set) for 20 dollars. 2.50$ per pot? not bad at all.

I got #37, #40, #77, #81, #85, #96, #104, #108.

Don't get me wrong, I do like the shimmers, the colors i picked are gorgeous and they do work well, but there's definitely BOUND to be cheaper brands with the very same effect. Had I not gotten them for such a steal, I would have held out and shopped around for a cheaper find.

So, my advice: If you find a Micabella stand going out of business, why not heckle with them a little!!! You just might get a steal of a price like I did.
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Old 04-09-2008, 06:38 PM   #15 (permalink)
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this is the first time i trust online shop better..aint that weird? LOL
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