beauty – PRIIA® Cosmetics

A BIG Welcome to Our Newest PRIIA Member!

Hello PRIIA fam! My name is Lauren Maddison, I’m Kelley Maddison’s (PRIIA’s CEO) daughter. This is my introduction to all the blogging I will be doing from now on here at PRIIA, so I feel it’s important that I share a bit about myself. While attending the University of Tampa last semester I was pursuing…

The Right Way to Apply PRIIA’s Best-Selling Loose Mineral Foundation

Applying loose mineral foundation? Well all you need to do is ‘swirl, tap, buff’, right? WRONG. PRIIA’s loose mineral foundation is applied differently. It’s a better application process that is more kind & gentle to your skin (especially if you’re acne-prone) AND gives you better results! PRIIA’s loose mineral foundation is already formulated to adhere…

Five Minutes to a FLAWLESS Face!

When you’re short on time but need to look flawless, here’s a super easy and fast way to get the job done in five minutes or less! After cleansing and toning, apply our Acne-Safe Tinted SPF40 + Primer all over your face. This product serves as a substitute for a light foundation, SPF and primer…

How To Make A Custom Finishing Powder

At PRIIA, we have our BEHAVE Finishing Powder. It’s a wonderful product for setting your makeup look and mattifying your overall look. It’s perfect for balancing combination skin types. BEHAVE Finishing Powder is currently available in 6 shades. However, five of these six shades are being discontinued. The only shade we will continue manufacturing is…

Breaking Out During Seasonal Changes

*Article posted with permission from Blooming Skin Care & Acne Clinic in Bloomington, Indiana. Autumn Means Acne Flairs for the Blemish Prone Acne flares seem more common in many of my clients during late September and October. Research surrounding seasonal changes done by French Endocrinologist Alain Reinberg supports that the lessoning length of daylight can trigger…

How to Stop Makeup Slide

Every so often we have a customer contact us to say that no matter what they do their PRIIA makeup seems to ‘slide’ off within a few hours. The first questions we ask them are: “What skin care products are you using?” “What is your skin care routine?” “Which PRIIA minerale-derm products are you using?”…

Acne-Safe Tinted Mineral SPF40 is here!!!

We are so excited to announce the launch of our new acne-safe tinted mineral SPF40! It’s a 100% acne-safe physical sunblock that contains both Zinc Oxide and Titanium Dioxide, which provides broad spectrum coverage from both harmful UVA and UVB rays. This silky-smooth lightweight tinted SPF40 also doubles as a primer to help reduce the appearance of enlarged pores and fine lines/wrinkles.…

Silicones: Do They Clog Your Pores?

Silicones. They’re either loved or hated. They’ve been demonized and they’ve been praised. Most notably, they’ve been accused of being comedogenic; meaning that they will clog your pores leading to acne breakouts. But is this true? Today we will separate fact from fiction and learn the truth about silicones and their role in the beauty…

Oily Skin Part II: What Can You Do About It?

In last week’s article, you learned what facial oil is and I discussed what the causes of oily skin are. Today we’ll find out if there’s anything we can do about oily skin and what are the best ways to manage it. First and foremost, you can’t stop your skin from producing oil. Short of…

Oily Skin: What Are The Causes?

Oily skin. It’s a love/hate relationship. For those of us who have oily skin, we love it because we show less aging such as fine lines and wrinkles. Yay! But we hate it for the inevitable shine breakthrough, enlarged pores and more often than not, acne breakouts. Boo. What is facial oil? The technical term…