Bare Minerals

Early on a Monday morning, I stopped by Bare Minerals to talk about foundation, blush, and other items. I had already researched everything online, so I was prepared to be in and out (plus, ya know, gotta go back to work) quickly.
When I first entered, I was a little put off since the associate was at the checkout, focusing on her phone, or something else that had her attention. However, once I greeted her, everything went smoothly. Again, I wasn’t looking for handholding, but rather which shade worked for me, wham, bam, thank ya ma’m.
I was pleased with the effiency and the associate’s patience with me. I can’t say that I was told her name or really any information, but I was pleased with the experience. It wasn’t top notch, but it wasn’t terrible, either.

So despite my previous experience I popped in here on my quest for a dual contour brush which Sephora was sold out of and so upon their recommendation I came down to this store. The store is under new management and also has some new associates who were friendly and willing to engage with me. They helped me find what I was looking for and spent a little bit of time also talking about my skin concerns and what products work or don’t work. I was able to go home with some samples as well so that I can try things and see how my skin reacts. Good experience and now that the store has made some staff changes I definitely will feel comfortable returning.

customer service was terrible. walked into the store at 5:15 and the staff acted like i walked in when they were closing (at 6:00). seemed like i was forcing them to help me.
i love the product but unsure if i will be returning to this store unless the manager has the staff change their attitude about working.

My experience was very similar to Rissa’s. I stopped by the store because I was interested in their mineral foundation since the one that I got from sephora made my skin look really dry and flaky. There were other customers in the store but it took them a really long time to acknowledge me. When I asked a few questions, I got a lot of attitude from the girl. I ended up buying primer from them, but now I regret it because she was really rude. I walked down to the MAC store and they were so much more friendly and inviting. I will not return.

Haven’t tried their products yet but if I do ill definitely be ordering ONLINE. This review has to do with the location at hand and doesn’t reflect the quality of their products considering I own none. I’m a makeup lover, who works in the king of prussia mall. Bare essentials NEVER stood out to me before but I passed the store one day and decided to go in and learn about their cosmetic line. The lady at the front took no interest in helping me… She was fooling around with some book the whole time and said nothing when I walked in.(mind you, the store was EMPTY) so I walked up TO HER and basically explained how i wasn’t familiar with their cosmetics and wanted to know about the products. She responded by saying, they have foundation, brushes, eyeshadows, etc. Now Im a pretty advanced freelance makeup artist and any person that has eyes could’ve known that. I almost felt like she was disengaging herself from a conversation with me when I really just wanted to know about the line. Even though I really wanted to just walk our right there and then, I decided to take a look at their brushes because I really needed a new foundation brush… Again messing with her book, doesn’t even care to talk to me about their brushes. So I ask «are these made out of human hair or synthetic fibers» she responses saying «most of them are human hair» … I clearly had ONE brush in my hand and she didn’t even care to tell me if the one I was interested in was human hair or not. Plain not helpful and extremely rude. Not sure who was working but what a waste, that would’ve been an easy sale if it wasn’t for the shitty sales associate who DIDNT assist me.

Let me start off by saying that Bare Escentuals products have made a difference in my life. I wasn’t always a makeup user — in fact, I eschewed the cakey foundations, concealers, and other pore-​clogging goops that most of my peers seemed to love. After a run through the BE products during a demo at Sephora, I found out what the fuss is about. Unf.
Sadly, the store itself didn’t live up to expectations. I walked in on a slow weeknight hoping to get some help with a new eyeshadow, but the service was on par with Sephora… which was essentially lackluster, unlike their products. There was no friendly greetings and the staff seemed content to ignore me and chat amongst themselves, until a giggly group of girls walked in and animated them to life.
I hate to say it, but I’ll probably either continue to purchase online or go elsewhere — not a fan of the elitist ‘tude at the KoP store, there.

bare escentuals is the only makeup i wear, ever. it’s worth every penny.
this store has seen some changes over the years. i used to work there, and it was fun, but management is always changing and so is the staff. the store is much nicer since they remodeled it, although it feels a bit more cramped than it used to.
the store is clean and the staff is usually friendly and very helpful. they have the discount card, which is what keeps driving me back to the store instead of buying it at ulta or online.
if you want to come here, come during the week. it gets super busy on the weekends, so if you want a makeup application it’s better to come during the off-​time.

It’s a trifle embarrassing to admit to adoring products hawked in late-​night infomercials.
I loved Proactiv, it totally worked for me. I bought Bare Minerals on a whim and now I love that too.
Bare Escentuals is the brick-​and-​mortar outpost of all those Bare Minerals infomercials.
The staff of makeup artists here are very nice and informative. The product has a specific method of application, and they take you through the steps to achieve the best effect. If you just want an eyeshadow or something, you don’t have to sit down for a full-​on makeup application.
The product itself is excellent quality. BE has won a number of editorial beauty awards (Elle mag) and a Sephora award for Best Foundation. I never used «foundation» or «concealer» cause I hated the cakey, goopy stuff that looked like a mask on your face. The Bare Minerals stuff evens out your skin without making you look like you’re wearing ‘80s-​style warpaint.
Check it out if you are sick of same-​old, same-​old makeup.