Large size jars

Okay my beef with mmu is the jars are so small.. I dont have enough room to swirl my kabuki around. I think meow makes larger containers for their mmu..does anyone else?

thans

Here's what I did because I was finding the lid was making my brush bristles break off. I went to a dollar store and bought a small ceramic bowl (actually set of 3 nesting ones) but you can find small bowls at places like Target or check the cooking supplies in Walmart- they usually have small glass ones. Then sprinkle your MMU in there and swirl. It's better for your brush and also I find the minerals tuck better into the brush in the bowl rather than lids.

I vote for swirl bowls too rather than larger MMU jars.

I'd be way more devastated if I spilled a larger jar of MMU, lol!

I've yet to get a swirl bowl but I've been thinking about getting one for a whlie now.

I use a paper plate not real pretty but I am still looking for a nice antique something, that looks cool, shoot I just thought of something that was given to me when my Aunt Erma passed and its sitting on my bookcase never thought about it till this second, it kinda like a nesting bowl, but its something that sat on her dresser all her life~~

EDM's lids are wide enough to swirl.

So funny that this just came up! I was thinking about this earlier. I'm almost embarrassed to admit that I pour my minerals out a little at a time...onto the bathroom counter! Hehe! This morning I was thinking of a better way when I remembered I have some nice glass ramekins in the kitchen. I'm gonna wash one of those out and use that. It'll be perfect!

i so do this..i make such a mess

I bought some 30g jars on Ebay,it really helps this problem

I purchased some of the larger jars from Meow and I like them. I can store some of the makeup that I've mixed in them, and I have a few empty ones. I just use the lid of one of my empty ones when I need to. Works perfectly for me.

Christy

Hehe. Yes, it is really messy. And, at least for me, it seems really wasteful. I always end up just pushing the minerals around on the counter.

So.... Today I tried the glass ramekin. It's not like one of those little ramekins. It's round, but flat on the bottom. And it's about three inches wide and about an inch and a half deep. Anyway, this worked so much better than the counter or a lid! I think it even made my brush work better. It picked up the minerals more evenly and even seemed to apply better (probably because it picked up the minerals better). I so glad I thought of this idea.

One thing though, if you use a glass bowl remember that glass can chip. So make sure to check it after washing it or if you drop it, etc. Don't want to get a glass chip in with your minerals! Of course, this is true of anything you'd use glass containers for (which I use most of the time cuz they're just so much better than plastic!)

I use little melamine bowls from Target that cost .99 each-they are in the household/kitchen basics section and they are just a tiny version of the big mixing bowls. No glass to worry about and they don't get stained w/color (although I wash it after every use).

Great idea! I might have to try that! Thanks for sharing. I keep hoping that BE (which I love) will realize their jars are not the greatest and redesign them to something similar to the EDM new jars (which I haven't tried but which look awesome!) I would also love to see all the BE jars have closable sifters like the dual-sided jars.

I bought the XLG size foundation from BE and it makes a huge mess! The powder wont go back through the sifter very well at all!

I've been using a small plate lately and can't believe the difference in how my minerals apply. They are so much better when you have more surface to swirl your brush on!

EDM's containers are so nice and the lids have tonz of room to swirl a big kabuki!!

Thats a awsome idea....never thought of that....now i'm gonna go pick some up. Thanks hun

I love the jars I bought. Plenty of room.

I use 30 G jars & I save the lids for swishing/mixing colors that come in 5 G jars. I went to a craft store (Micheals here) & bought a painters palette for mixing , it even has little depressions in it that fir my brushhead nicely they even have some styles with lids. Price range from .69 for plastic to 3.00 for a metal version. If I spill MMU I find on some surfaces the "Magic Eraser" is great to clean up the mess.