Il mineral foundation is a cosmetic that in recent years, thanks to a happy combination of greater awareness of the ingredients of cosmetics (the famous inci) and an ever increasing demand for products that make the skin breathe, has undoubtedly been very successful. It is a compound generally obtained from crushing of stones, minerals in fact, from which the pigment is obtained. There are totally mineral foundations that contain 100% pigment, others that contain more or less natural pigment and agents that serve to give a certain texture to the product, others that have only the name of mineral (as unfortunately many launched by drugstore companies) so if we want to be attentive consumers, we always read the inci and get information on the internet. The value of this product is its impalpability, once applied yes blends perfectly with our skin, smoothing it slightly. Its biggest flaw is its duration, which we can remedy with other methods (such as wet or using a natural primer).
Although I am a staunch supporter of mineral foundation and its qualities, I must admit that unfortunately traveling, being in free powder, although it does not cause problems for hand luggage, it sometimes ends up being a bit uncomfortable. Undergoing various movements, the powder in the jars (the typical mineral make-up jars) obviously comes out of the divider and when we open the package it will surprise you by exploding and performing in a general flutter, so you will find it everywhere except where you wanted to apply it, including on the only "good" dress that you had brought for the journey (true story).
To compensate for this inconvenience, I basically recommend two methods:
-mix the mineral base with your face cream and place the product in a mini jar. The quantity obviously depends on how many days you will be out and how much product you usually use. More pigment than the cream means having a more dense and covering product, more cream than the pigment instead are the recipe for a slightly uniform cream. Not all face creams are suitable for this use, so I advise you to do some tests to be on the safe side and bring your personalized tinted cream with you. This is also a great method for those days when you maybe tan more than usual (and not necessarily while traveling) and your usual base is too light: just mix your face cream with your earth and a little mineral font. , so you will have a darker and more temporary base and you will not have spent any more money on other products!
-use a covering powder or a mineral base, if not mineral in any case as natural as possible, but compact. Unfortunately, products of this type are not yet widespread, but they are slowly popping up. Lavera powders have a coverage and a cost that is not bad (about € 12) and are suitable for this type of use, but Kiko also recently proposed a 90% mineral cooked powder that can be used both to fix makeup, and this is clearly its classic function, but it is also fine as a light mineral foundation. Kiko's face powder also contains a mirror (another small positive factor more than the mineral powders that normally never have mirrors in the packaging: we always try to prefer compact, resistant and multifunctional packaging, so in case our main mirror breaks or get lost, at least we will have others to rely on, in which case you won't even have to consider the hand luggage liquid fund!
Let's also rely on products that we know, that is, try to bring products with which you have already been comfortable in the past, travel is always an experimental, new and fascinating experience, but it is better to limit beauty experiments to when you are at home to avoid damage. Another tip that I would like to give you is to not bring anything expensive, while traveling the risk of losing or breaking your favorite very expensive blush is much higher, not to mention any theft. A few things as cheap as possible (if not free, in the case of the samples) that allow multiple uses and whose absence does not weigh too much on the wallet. We stay traveling low cost, right? ;)
