New! Bare Escentuals Skincare and Giveaway Contest

Congratulations to Pam, Jules, Mary, and Tinagirl! They all won bareMinerals Skincare prizes.

Bare Escentuals has introduced bareMinerals Skincare, a transformative new way of caring for your skin that’s simple, effective, and incredibly easy to use. Powered by 100% pure RareMinerals Active Soil Complex, the new line will help you enjoy increased cell turnover, fewer fine lines and wrinkles, and the famous bareMinerals naturally luminous glow. If that’s something you’re looking for (and who isn't?), this might be a revolution you'll want to join. Check out the April InStyle (pages 298-299)!

The eight-piece bareMinerals skin-care line is powered by a patent-pending RareMinerals Active Soil Complex, which has three times the antioxidant capacity of blueberries. Ever since I found out about the power of blueberries for skin health, I have eaten more of them than at any other time in my life!

There are three cleansers in the line. Here's a quick description of each. All of the cleansers, like the rest if the products in the line, are powered by the RareMinerals Active Soil Complex.

The Purifying Facial Cleanser ($20) removes makeup, dissolves impurities, and reblances skin for a soft, smooth complexion. In Bare Escentuals' pre-launch of this cleanser, customers called it a super-cleanser and gave it rave reviews. It leaves the skin perfectly clean, instantly hydrated, and renewed. It's even gentle enough for eye makeup removal.

Deep Cleansing Foam ($20) is a luxuriously rich cleanser that deep-cleans pores and lifts away impurities. The non-drying formula bursts into a rich later when activated with water to clean and instantly refresh skin for a soft, smooth complexion.

Exfoliating Treatment Cleanser ($26) is the original mineral cleanser. The effective powder formula delivers a potent concentration of ingredients for a brighter, smoother complexion with noticeably smaller pores.

There are two moisturizers in the line. Bare Escentuals recommends you use the one targeted for your skin both morning and night. Both are powered by RareMinerals Active Soil Complex with its unique electrolyte delivery system.

Purely Nourishing Moisturizer ($28) for combination skin is a universal moisturizer that effectively hydrates skin while improving firmness, elasticity, radiance, and overall skin texture. It's formulated with a powerful blend of antioxidants to help protect against environmental stressors.

Purely Nourishing Cream ($28) for dry skin is a luxuriously rich cream that deeply nourishes the skin. It provides the ultimate amount of moisture for dry skin, while the potent antioxidants in its formula protect skin from environmental stressors. The result is soft, smooth, and incredibly luminous skin.

There are three specialty treatment products in the new line. Like the other products in the line, they are based on the RareMinerals Active Soil Complex.

Firming Eye Treatment ($28) is a dramatically effective treatment that restores firmness and reduces puffiness around the eyes. The formula delivers smoother, younger-looking skin around the eye area. Who doesn't want that, no matter what her age?

Blemish Therapy ($18) is a unique, powder treatment designed to help heal, conceal, and prevent future breakouts. The exfoliating properties of the RareMinerals Active Soil Complex, along with the acne-healing benefits of natural sulfur, effectively treat acne and blemishes while preventing future breakouts from forming. This non-irritating, all-in-one treatment also helps to minimize pores, neutralize redness, and diffuse imperfections.

Pure Transformation Night Treatment ($60) has a name I love. This groundbreaking treatment is the centerpiece in the bareMinerals skin-care lineup. The unique, easy-to-use, clinically proven formula was designed to visibly reduce pores, increase firmness, and improve elasticity, while revealing remarkably healthier, younger-looking skin. I want to try it!

Lucky you! I have four products from this new line to give away: two Deep Cleansing Foams and two Purely Nourishing Moisturizers. How can you enter to win one?

Just leave a comment here once. Tell us which of the new products you would choose to try if you had a choice. After you comment, feel free to send me an e-mail at bestthingsinbeautycontests@gmail.com and identify your comment. You can never be too careful about sharing an e-mail address you care about on a blog, so feel free to follow this step (an alternative is to code your e-mail, e.g., myname at gmail dot com, in your comment).

You can "earn" a second entry by tweeting this contest. Just make sure to include "@BTiBeauty" (without the quotes) and "@BareEscentuals" in your tweet. I will tweet the contest this evening, and you can simply retweet it to earn that second entry. You can earn a third entry by following the blog - either here or on Twitter (any entrant who is already a follower will automatically earn the follower point, but you can save me time by telling me you're a follower in your comment). I can't track followers through a third-party service, so you need to be on Google's list for me to verify the entry.

The deadline for entries will be Saturday, March 26, at midnight. The next morning, I will use a random number generator (random.org) to select the winners. Everyone has an equal chance! I will e-mail the winners at that time. The winners will have 48 hours to reply to my message and provide a shipping address. After 48 hours, a prize not claimed will be forfeited, and another winner will be selected. Make sure to check your e-mail - and look in your spam folder - when the contest ends.

Bare Escentuals will ship the prizes to the winners. This contest is open to residents of the U.S. Good luck!

Want to learn more about all the new skin care? Just go to bareMinerals Skincare to get the full scoop and watch videos.

Photos courtesy of Bare Escentuals