It happened like this: I was getting ready for a girls' night out with my best friend, and underneath the radiating glow of her florescent lighting I realized that my face was the worst it had looked in a long while! I had been using a very popular department store foundation and I was totally blind to what it had been doing to my skin. I looked like I had been caught in a sand storm and every grain had stuck to my face! Lying somewhere beneath the grainy, textured rubble were my pores, smothered and begging for mercy! I realized I needed a fresh, new approach to the evening, so my friend lent me her bareMinerals foundation, which she swore by! Using the quick swirl, tap, and buff method, I was able to apply as little or as much as I'd like, thus preventing the suffocation of my pores and self-esteem! The end result was this: a fun night out on the town without having to worry about my complexion. While the other girls were in the powder room doing their touch-ups, I was enjoying my cocktail and coversation without a worry, because thanks to Bare Escentuals, I looked fabulous! I'm sold! I've been using it ever since, and my pores have thanked me.