Here at My Beauty Bunny, we only review the products we think are great – the ones we think you want to hear about.  But, sometimes we find products that we think are the best of the best – the cream of the crop, the cherry on top of the sundae, the pick of the litter…okay, you get the picture!  These are the products we tell our friends and family, and even random strangers at Sephora about!

And, let me make this clear – we do not accept payment for Cruelty-Free Favorite awards – these are given out at our discretion to let our readers know about great products – you can’t buy your way in!

So, the first ever MBB Cruelty-Free Favorite goes to…drumroll please…Bare Escentuals…for their new bareMinerals Matte SPF 15 foundation!

I recently had the pleasure of trying the bareMinerals Matte mineral foundation and I was impressed.  It claims to give you a shine-free finish all day, while minimizing pores, increasing cell turnover and protecting your skin from environmental damage.  I have to say – it delivers.

My skin has been quite oily lately and I have a ton of breakouts. I have used other mineral makeup foundations before and some of them start out dry but almost seem to increase oil production throughout the day.  This new, matte formula really does what it says – my skin only needed a slight touch-up in the afternoon – but it was nowhere near as shiny as it usually is.

This product is fine to use alone, but since I have so many blemishes right now, I like to layer it over liquid foundation.  It helps to set the liquid foundation, give me a matte finish and balances out my skin tone.  The coverage is so good, I’m sad when I have to take it off at the end of the day – all my zits come back out! I also like the SPF 15 which doesn’t make me break out even more or break out in hives (like a lot of products with SPF do).

They also have a great collection of shades from super-pale to super-dark.  I’m using the Fairly Light color, but in the winter, I’ll probably switch to Fair.

It also has a cool locking device – you twist the package to lock it, so it won’t spill when you carry it around in your purse or luggage.  Not a huge thing, but a nice added bonus.

This stuff is the bee’s knees – check it out!

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