Maybe I had my hopes up too high. I wanted to love Bare Minerals but could not. I have very large pores and (due to illness) prematurely aged skin. The powders no matter how hard I tried seemed to accentuate every pore and line and make them appear larger. Maybe I'm just used to liquid foundation. I tried several times watching the video and reapplying with the same result. Very sad this didn't work for me.