I've so wanted to switch to Alima but I haven't made it up to Portland to make the switch!  (I'm too afraid to order online and end up with wrong shade etc. :-)

I love Alima makeup! If you have a general idea of what foundation color you are you can always buy samples of a couple different colors and see what works.  That's what I did and I found a perfect match.  Good Luck! :)

I switched to Alima Pure after they became Kind Life sponsers and I'm in love!  The color balancing powder is amazing on my rosacea and acne (which is slowly going away), and the conceler is better then any liquid I've used.  Plus you can't beat their prices and free samples in every order!

Wow!...this product sounds great!  I don't wear make-up that much because of all the nastiness that makes my face break out :/  I just wear a 30 SPF sunscreen....does Alima Pure carrry a sun protective?  

I have heard many people rave about Alima Pure, and I have been waiting to use up my current mineral foundation so I could give Alima Pure a try. BUT - every since I heard about the Cosmetic Safety Database, where Alima Pure's Satin Matte Foundation scored 3 under "Moderate Hazard," I am hesitant...How pure/natural is it if it contains ingredients that the database links with cancer, allergies, and 'other concerns'? :-/

I am so in love with the little bird silouhette that is so trendy these days. I love this make-up just for that. ;0)

OT- I have a photo entered in the Vega Where Will Your Smoothie Take You Contest. I would loooove some votes. Thanks guys. See the link below to go to my photo:

http://www.wherewillyoursmoothietakeyou.com/node/13344

This is Cheryl from Alima Pure and I wanted to respond to Olivia Jane.

To answer your question Alima Pure is ABSOLUTELY pure and natural.  Our makeup is made from the finest minerals. Period.
 
We too are big fans (and full participants) in the Skin Deep database and I wanted to point out a couple of things about our score.
 
We didn’t put each of our 60 shades of foundation in the database separately. If we had, no shade would have more than 4 ingredients and our score for each shade would be a 1 or 2.  There are many examples of mineral foundations with the same ingredients you find in our foundation and with scores of 1 or 2 – Mica and Zinc Oxide have the (relatively) highest numbers and are common to most mineral makeup.  There are also many mineral makeups with much higher scores because of non-mineral ingredients.
 
Also, as with most products, in the score for our Satin Matter Foundation there is an unfortunate data gap (82% in this case).  We all want to err on the side of caution, but I think we also all look forward to the day when we have more real science to rely on.
 
I hope this helps put that score in perspective. If you need more information, please don’t hesitate to contact us at info@alimapure.com

Thank you, Cheryl! I did not mean to sound offensive, and I appologize if I did. Your response clarified many of the concerns I had with the Skin Deep Database, as I recently discovered many other natural/organic/eco-friendly products that I have tried and loved despite being considered "hazardous." I truly appreciate your response and look forward to giving Alima Pure a try!

Thankyou for this recommendation as I have tried a pure mineral product ( not this one) and found out that the blush contained carmine which is made from cockroaches...which I did return. I was so disappointed as the foundation was very good. I will check this out!

I love Alima  - have been using their products for several years now. You absolutely cannot beat them for beautiful colors and great customer service.

I do check almost everything on Skin Deep, but I've found you really need to be careful with what they are considering hazardous and why, and sort of take it with a grain of salt. I have also wondered about products getting different scores although the ingredients appear to be the same. I've also noticed that the scores of some ingredients change - in some powder foundations Titanium Dioxide scores a 0, in others its a 3. Zinc Oxide in some foundations is a 4, in others its a 5... makes me wonder how accurate any of it is.

I just switched from Aveda make-up to Alima Pure's and I'm very happy with it.  Most of their make up is about half the price of what I used to buy - and I'm not sure everything I used to get from Aveda was 100% vegan anyway.  I've always had trouble with blending liquid make up, and the minerals are a lot easier to apply and don't feel like I'm wearing a mask.  I use the finishing powder most days (to combat the sunscreen shine) and the foundation if I feel like dressing up.  The eye shadows so pretty - I fell in love with the color Moss.  If you don't know what color to get, click ask the artist on their website and get the samples.  They were very helpful.

I do wish they had vegan lipsticks - I'm still on a quest for the perfect lipstick while I use up the old burts bees lipsticks from my vegetarian days.  I totally love the HibisKiss lip tints by Crazy Rumors for a little dash of color though.

Many thanks for the heads-up on the special offer -- I have been looking at mineral makeups for the last week or so online and had visited the Alima site several times; the special offer gave me the push to order a bunch of samples so I can find the right shade of the foundation! And I appreciate their use of the Post Office for delivery -- No out of the way/extra trips from UPS/Fed Ex -- the postman is ALREADY coming by, so why not let  him/her bring this package!

Just wanted to say thank you for adding such a wonderful product/sponsor on The Kind Life website.  Alima Pure offers all the perks that I love in cosmetics and companies who offer incentives as well as recycling and points for those who shop with them.  The selections of colors are really fantastic and the best part is the samples!!!!!!!  I only wish I had a place her in AZ to shop in person.  If you ladies love mineral makeup and makeup that has very few ingredients and is all natural, please try Alima Pure!

I am a huuuuuge Alima fan! Their Luminous eyeshadow in Glow is almost identical to MAC's Vanilla pigment but,thankfully, not full of harmful stuff! Also their foundations come in great pale shades that don't oxidize! For those of you who don't know what that is it's when foundation turns orange. I've tried so many foundations from natural to drugstore to department store and there are few lines that have super pale shades and even less that don't oxidize on my skin. Thankfully Alima's foundations stay color true and it's a double blessing to not be applying whoknowswhat ingredients/chemicals to my skin. Also their customer service is extremely wonderful and they are patient and kind when I've asked many questions about finding Alima color comparisons to other makeup lines.

So,yeah, I kinda like them alot. lol!

i've tried at least five different big mineral make up brands over the past nine years, and had recently settled on a fab company called, lily lolo, out of the uk.  BUT when i read this alima post and realized that these ladies are fellow portlanders, i had to check out their products!  i went to a shop called camellia pure beauty in n.e. portland and had a foundation perfectly matched to my skin!  i LOVE it and cannot wait to try your other products.  (i was disappointed that camellia did not carry your lip glosses!)  not only is alima by far the best color match and most natural looking mineral foundation i've ever used, it is so kind to my very fussy skin.  i love that i am supporting a local business, too!  it is surprising to me that i had never even heard of your company before reading about it here, and am already getting the word out to my girlfriends in pdx!  xo