OMG you guys really know how to make a girl blush!
And here I was, feeling self conscious in the presence of such beautiful women! Thank you for all the sweet compliments!
Feyith- Why thank you! But my skin is not perfect by any means, though it is a lot better than it used to be thanks to a change is skincare and diet! 2 years ago I did a photo series showing my face with no makeup, then layering on SN bit by bit. I was trying to see if indeed it did work as well as liquid foundation and powder. Turns out, on my skin, it works even better! Feels like nothing is on, but magically my hyper-pigmentation, acne scars (I had bad acne as a teen), large pores, and the ever-present red rash across my nose and cheeks disappear. The effect looks even better in photos for some reason. I love it!
Egerandi- I have a lot of problems with fallout too. But, with lighter colors it's easier to clean up afterwards! I dust any loose shadow off and reapply a good coat of finishing powder under my eyes and on my cheeks...it helps. As for the actual foiling, I use the cream liner and smudge my brush in it (a small detail brush), wipe the brush down briefly on the back of my hand to warm the liner, then rub it along where I want to foil. Then I take the same brush, dip it into the minerals, tap the excess, then apply it along where the liner is. Then, I take a dry brush, dip it into the minerals, tap, then pat it along the liner. The cream liner grips the dry minerals pretty well on the finer shimmer colors, the chunkier ones have a lot more fallout.
I've never thought of my eyes as smoky, but I guess they do look that way in pictures! My cousin has piercing blue eyes and I used to wish I had her eye color, til I realized mine allow for a broader range of eye shadow colors.