Physicians Formula Powder Palette Mineral Glow Pearls Blush

Oh, Physicians Formula, what do I do with you? Because I have the same problem with these Powder Palette Mineral Glow Pearls Blushes as I do with the vast majority of other PF items - love the stuff, hate the package with a passion. I had my eyes on these for a long while since they came out but only saved this past winter when I went home for a brief visit. These Mineral Glow Pearls have two ranges, one a powder/bronzer line and the other a blusher line. I went for the blushers, because I figured the powder/bronzer range probably has the same gigantic compacts as the Multi-Colored Face Powder and the Mineral Correcting Powder, and the blushers looked smaller. There are only 2 colors available in the blusher line, Natural Pearl and Rose Pearl, and I bought both.

Natural Pearl


Rose Pearl

Physicians Formula Shimmer Strips Custom Eye Enhancing Gel CreamLiner

While on the short home visit back in late September early October, I saw quite a few interesting things at my local Target, one of which is the Physicians Formula Shimmer Strips Custom Eye Enhancing Gel CreamLiner (urgh, what a mouthful!). There were several choices, but the Glam Collection in particular caught my eyes due to the metallic colors and I walked out with Glam Hazel Eyes, Glam Blue Eyes, and Glam Green Eyes. I wanted to get Glam Brown Eyes too, but it had sold out so I guess that's for next time ^.^

Just 2 words "Gel CreamLiner" in the unnecessarily long name is enough to explain this product in whole. A series of cream liners to enhance eyes with a certain color is a lovely concept, but by now I think it's safe to declare poor packaging a permanent character for Physicians Formula's products. I'd ranted on how much I hated the compact for the Mineral Wear Mineral Correcting Powder, and unfortunately the packaging for these cream liners aren't any better. These look like square stackable cubes of cream liners, don't they? Nope, they're actually not stackable at all. Trust me, I've tried unstacking them, and they didn't budge. The metallic colored sections are actually twist caps, and crappy ones at that. Some will twist close nicely, some don't. So they actually don't line up into a nice and neat square cube like this if you really want to close each cube tightly, and you will, because otherwise the cream liners will dry up! So yeah, my cubes are all twisted funny with sharp corners sticking out here and there. Grrr...

Glam Hazel Eyes. All pictures taken in natural light without flash.

Physicians Formula Powder Palette Multi-Colored Face Powder

Along with the Physicians Formula Mineral Wear Mineral Correcting Powder in Translucent, I also brought back with me this Powder Palette Multi-Colored Face Powder in Highlighter. I've also debated greatly whether I should get this as well, but I've already b*tched enough about the packaging in the Mineral Correct Powder post so I won't put you through it again ^.^

Powder Palette Multi-Colored Face Powder in Highlighter. All pictures taken indoor with flash. 

Physicians Formula Mineral Wear Mineral Correcting Powder

One of the few (many?) things I brought back with me from my late September/early October home visit is this Physicians Formula Mineral Wear Mineral Correcting Powder in Translucent. I actually debated for quite a while whether I should even buy this, because the packaging is completely idiotic and unnecessarily bulky. But in the end I went with it (and a few others -.-').

Physicians Formula Mineral Wear Mineral Correcting Powder in Translucent. All pictures taken indoor with flash.