My Favorite Jane Be Pure Mineral Products

You can't call yourself a recessionista and not be a fan of Jane Cosmetics. For years now, Jane has brought us some of the best drugstore cosmetics that I've ever had the pleasure of using, and I know that many of you reading this already adore many Jane products (Eye Zings eyeshadows and Blushing powder blushes just to name a few).

So how in the heck did I miss the boat on the Jane Be Pure Mineral collection?? I really don't know how it happened, but I was recently sent several products to try from this collection and I've got say: better late than never!

Today I'd like to share with you my favorites from the group of products I was sent, and I'd love to hear what your favorites are as well. So let's get started:

I've mentioned a few times on the blog how much I love Jane Be Pure Mineral Lip Balms, because they're just so creamy, smooth, and the colors are absolutely gorgeous (plus, they taste and smell like vanilla!). But for some reason I had never tried the shade "Toffee" until it was sent to me. OMG, I think I finally, after decades of searching, found my ultimate holy grail "Your Lips But Better" shade. Check it out:

Jane Be Pure Mineral Lip Balm in Toffee (retail: approx. $3.50)

My (dry and chapped) lips before:

After:

Can you see how this shade is almost the exact shade of my natural pigmentation? It truly is my lips...but better! Yippee!!!

Moving on, can someone please explain why no one ever bothered to tell me how AWESOME Jane Be Pure Mineral Gel Eyeliner is??

Jane Be Pure Mineral Gel Eyeliner in Black (retail: approx. $5.99)

Take a close look at this picture above. Do you see how on the surface of the liner, it looks just lightly smudged? Well as many of you gel/cream eyeliner fans know, this is not how a gel liner looks after you've used it a dozen times. But this is how Jane liner looks after a dozen times! I don't understand it, but when you swipe your brush against this product, your brush doesn't dig into it like usual gel liners--it just grazes the surface and, magically, that's all you need to pick up the perfect amount of liner for application. The best analogy I can give is that it's like swiping your finger across a pot of lip balm. Normally, your finger will not dig into the product--you'll just swipe the surface. And that's exactly what happens with Jane Be Pure Mineral Gel Eyeliner. Which means that one pot will last you forever! Also, you never have to worry about your brush picking up too much product.

Here are some swatches of what it looks like when I lightly run my brush across this liner and apply it to my skin:

In real life, these lines are even more of an intense, true black. I am just so impressed at how smooth and wonderful the texture of this liner is to work with, and how fantastic the pigmentation is, even thought it feels like you might not have enough on your brush. Believe me, you do!

And here's the smudge test (I took my index finger and rubbed back and forth across the lines for about 10 seconds):
They barely budged! And I rubbed and rubbed and applied a lot of pressure, too. Boy oh boy, I am just incredibly impressed by this eyeliner, and it's quickly becoming my favorite drugstore gel liner that I find myself reaching for every day.

And finally, I want to share with you my other newly discovered Jane Be Pure Mineral product that I am loving these days:

Jane Be Pure Mineral Correcting Concealer in Medium (retail: approx. $4.50)

If you love the full coverage of long-wear concealers like Revlon ColorStay but you've got skin that's on the dry side and might not react well to long-wear concealers, this might just be your dream product.

As you all know, I love my long-wear concealers for their full coverage and ability to stay put, but sometimes even I have issues with them during the winter months. And that is why I am LOVING this concealer, ladies.

It comes in a click-pen delivery system and I think that's just genius for an under-eye concealer. You can blend, blend, blend with the brush and really get into the tight spaces on your face like the area between your inner eye and the bridge of your nose. Also, I love the creamy texture of this concealer--but don't worry because the creaminess goes away after it's blended and it dries down into a nice, natural finish after that.

And the coverage? Awesome! It covered my undereye darkness and didn't settle into my fine lines. Also, I was super pleased with the staying power of this concealer, especially since most concealers (if they're not long-wear) seem to disappear on my oily skin within two or three hours. Jane Be Pure Minerals Correcting Concealer lasted the full day on my face. I love it!

So there you have it--my current favorites from the Jane Be Pure Mineral collection. I'd love to know what your favorites from Jane are, so please leave a comment and tell me all about them!

Also, please stay tuned because there might a fabulous new giveaway coming up VERY soon....and it might feature some of the products I just mentioned!