Laura Geller Fresh Baked Beauty.

When a friend of mine told me how much she was in love with Laura Geller products, and after watching a few of her beauty shows on QVC, I knew I needed to give some of her goodies a try. I figured there is no better way to try out a selection of Laura Geller than with one of her great kits. And as Laura is best known for her "baked" products, I think this was a great one to try. Meet Laura Geller's Fresh Baked Beauty.

This boxed set (think Holiday giving here, ladies!) contains five versatile products. In the kit:

Balance-n-Brighten - This powder, that does feel creamy as it is brushed on, gives an overall balanced finish to the face. For a quick face, it can be used along on lighter complexions. Or, if you need to wear foundation, use this as a finishing powder for a more luminescent glow.
Blush-n-Brighten in Pink Grapefruit - This is a beautiful blush color with a hint of pink shimmer and swirls of mauve and beige. It is so natural and a neutral color palette, but can be built up for a more intense pop of color for a night out.
Baked Marble Eyeshadow Duo - in Blue Icing/ Coffee Cake, this mix of colors can go on all swirled together for a quick and simple look. Or you can select just the blue gray color for a nice wash of shimmer, or select the bronze color for a more intense eye.
Baked Cake Eyeliner Duo - in Blueberry/ Dutch Chocolate, use either side to compliment the look you selected with the shadows. The Dutch Chocolate is a very deep, rich brown that glides on with an eye liner brush and looks perfect with either of the shadows. the Blueberry is bright, but just a bit of this on the upper lash line with the Blue Icing shadow is beyond beautiful, and makes the shimmer wash of a shadow much more worthy of evening.
Lip Gloss in Better Than Bare  - This is the perfect end to any of the looks you can create with this kit. The color is universal and the gloss contains a good amount of pigment and gloss, where it can be worn alone.

The only thing missing in the kit are brushes to use to apply them. I have a huge amount of brushes, but for a lady who is really just getting into a full face of makeup, I think that a powder brush, blush brush, shadow brush, eye liner brush, and lip brush could be essential. Obviously the price would go up, but I think it would be a welcome addition.

It is interesting to note how these "baked" beauties are created: "Made in Italy, Geller's baked beauty imparts a sunkissed glow and dimension to all complexions and skintones. Starting out as a liquid swirl of colors, they are mixed by hand and poured onto individual terracotta tablets before they are baked for 24 hours, blending together in a marbleized, dome-shaped tablet."

The powders do have a very creamy feel and almost creamy look to them, not at all like powders of the past. The process of the baking as a liquid must infuse this creamy goodness into the products. They are unlike most powders and I think you need to give them a try to appreciate what a difference this more creamy powder formula is. When gliding my finger over one of the compacts, they even feel creamy.

Fresh Baked Beauty ($60) is a limited edition kit and is available only at Sephora and Sephora.com, so check it out there.

Another one of Laura Geller's best sellers is her primer called Spackle which I plan to put to the test this week. Check back for my findings on that.

Comments

[Online Shopping Chick]

These sound really interesting. The creamier texture might be nice for winter when drier powders seem to make dry skin worse. My only wonder is if the creamy texture lends itself to more oil or shine on oily complexions. Does the powder and eye shadows stay "set" for a long period of time?

[The Q]

I am a huge fan of mineral makeup and I discovered Bare Escentuals through QVC, but this may be my next experiment. I agree with the previous poster that the creamier texture might actually make blending with dry skin easier.

I also wanted to share a video I found about using mineral makeup on winter skin: http://www.salonhive.com/videos/video/758/How-to-apply-Mineral-Makeup-for-Winter

[Teri]

Online Shopping Chick - These are powders that are formed from a liquid. So while they feel creamy and apply like a silky (but still creamy) powder, they do not look like powder. I see where you are coming from wondering if they give off shine, but the answer is no. They hold up all day - both the powders and shadows.

[Teri]

The Q - Definitely give these powders a try - you will love them. If your face is moisturized, then you can use the balance and brighten before the blush and not need a liquid or cream foundation.