I tried the 'mineral' thing because I was told that it would give me anywhere from sheer to heavy coverage and I needed the heavy coverage. I do not recommend this for people that need heavy coverage and need to hide imperfections. It also does not last long, but powder is powder and any powder will wear off easily. It gave light coverage and if I put a ton on it got up to medium but never to heavy coverage.

Well I have bought this in Armenia. It was imported from Russia and the name was Alliance Perfect Minerals. It really have good natural coverage. It covers dark circles (anyway I don't have too much), small blemishes and redness. It just did what is supposed. But the bad sight is that the one I got contains talc.. I think it is because of Russia :( You can wear it all day without thinking it is off.

I would not recommend you to wear it on hot/warm weather. When i do so I feel some kind of "biting" around my top lip, nose and brows. Maybe It's also because of talc. Anyway I would be glad to get a version without talc as a present:)

By the way I like the brush very much and I don't need to change it. I even use it to apply my Maybelline Mineral Blush as it comes without it. So I think it worths to try. I'm in love with Loreal maybe for some 5-6 years and if you don't know which product o buy - try Loreal and you will never be dissapointed :)

I don't know why but I think europian and US versions are much more better than Russian production.

After trying the physicians formula which was too light on me and I had to give away to a friend, I tried the L'Oreal Bare Naturale and I've never gone looking for anything else. It matches my skin tone perfectly, I'm a medium tone. It's hard to find something in my skin tone usually, I'm east asian but a bit on the fairer side with some yellow and some redness here and there. The application is so easy and so light. It stays on all day and I've gotten so many compliments on the evenness of my skin. For about 3 months my coworkers did not notice I was wearing makeup but could see something different about me! It's made me feel great and I don't leave the home without a quick application! The kabuki brush is so easy and doesn't leave a mess at all! The other great thing about this mineral foundation is that it does not rub off on my white collared shirts! It's a great buy and I would highly recommend it!

After trying different mineral foundations, I found this one to be the best and would highly recommend it.

I think this is the best foundation I have ever used. I told everyone I know about it and think you should try it.

All I can say is WOW! This product sells for about half the price of the Bare Escentuals brand (carried by Sephora and others) and works really well. I have to admit I've never tried the Bare Escentuals line because of the price, but from what I've heard this L'Oreal alternative seems to work just as well.

I was most impressed that after a full day's wear, I did not have a shiny forehead. I purposely left it on overnight to see if all the claims are true and I didn't break out. I also love that this product has SPF-19. I will definitely buy this again.

On the downside (only a very small one!), it can be tricky to apply until you get the hang of it. Less really is more here, and if you don't dust off the brush well enough it will look like badly applied cream foundation. Also, the attached brush is not my preferred tool because it's awkward to hold, so I just use another foundation brush I already had on hand.