Colorescience

Colorescience is a fusion of the best mineral makeup, sun care and skin care.

Protect and highlight your features with this all-in-one mineral makeup line designed to give the skin a more even, flawless finish. Colorescience seamlessly blends color and science for a full line of mineral cosmetics that utilize advanced ingredients proven to provide both immediate and long-term results. Coloresciences' micronized minerals reduce inflammation and redness, protecting and correcting the skin. This doctor-recommended mineral makeup is safe for sensitive and ultra-sensitive skin.

Top 5 Colorescience Q&A

1. Why Choose Colorescience?

Colorescience designs makeup for healthy skin. Their products fit a wide range of roles, and most of them contain SPF protection from UV light. Many of them also include additional forms of protection, such as a defense against blue light, pollution and free radicals. This multi-tasking ability lets you cut down on the number of steps in your daily regimen, ultimately saving you time.

2. What are the best Colorescience products?

Colorescience has developed products that fit a wide range of needs and skin types. What’s best for you will depend on your own needs and lifestyle, but some of our bestsellers include:

• Total Eye 3-in-1 Renewal Therapy SPF 35: Reduces wrinkles and other signs of aging around the eyes with SPF 35 sun protection.
• Sunforgettable Tint Du Soleil SPF 30 Whipped Foundation: Provides liquid foundation for evening tone with broad spectrum UV defense.
• Sunforgettable Total Protection Brush-On Shield SPF 50: Use alone or brush over makeup for broad spectrum sun defense along with protection against blue light, pollution and infrared radiation.
• Colorescience Brightening Perfector SPF 20: This face primer with SPF evens the tone of skin while protecting against free radicals and UV light.

3. I Hear that Colorescience is a Mineral Makeup Brand; What Does that Mean?

All Colorescience products with SPF use mineral-based sunscreen to provide UV protection. This means they use physical blockers like zinc oxide and titanium dioxide to deflect the sun’s rays. More often, sunscreens are chemically based, which means they use a chemical reaction to diffuse the effects of UV light. Both are safe, but mineral sunscreen is recommended for kids, pregnant women or those who would like to reduce the amount of chemicals in their skin care routine.

If you’d like to read more on the subject, check out our Ask Dr. Schlessinger blog for answers to important questions about sunscreen.

4. How do I clean a Colorescience Brush?

1. Apply cleaner to a cloth or paper towel.
2. Wipe your Colorescience brush against the towel to remove impurities.
   • Alternatively, you can use a brush cleansing wipe such as these Colorescience Brush Cleaning Wipes.
3. Allow the bristles to dry, and then store your brush.

Note: We recommend cleaning your brush two to three times per week to prevent buildup and keep it in top shape.

5. How do I find the right shade of Colorescience Pressed Mineral Foundation?

The Colorescience Pressed Mineral Foundation has eight shades to choose from. Finding the right one for you is easier if you can first categorize your skin as one of these four options: light, medium, tan or deep. If you’ve used a Colorescience product other than the Pressed Mineral Foundation, then you should already know which of these four options you fall into. If not, then try to take some time to find out. You can see these four shades compared with a product like the Sunforgettable Total Protection Brush-On Shield.

Once you know where you lean with these four shades, then finding the right shade of Pressed Mineral Foundation is simpler. Those with a light complexion will have the best results with the Light Ivory shade. Those with a deep complexion will pair with the Deep Mocha shade. Complexions that fall into medium will have to consider if they’re a lighter or darker medium. Lighter mediums should use Medium Bisque. Darker mediums will have better results with Medium Sand. Similarly, tan complexions will have to decide if they’re a lighter or darker tan. A lighter tan will work with Tan Natural. A deeper tan will use Tan Golden.

If you used an old shade of the Pressed Mineral Foundation and would like to know what you need now, you can find a complete chart of reference shades here.