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My Picks for This Year’s Best Spring and Summer Makeup Launches

June 22nd, 2016 by Adia Goss 24 Comments

best spring summer launches — Some of my picks for “The Best Spring and Summer Makeup Launches”

Whew! There has been so much good makeup lately.

I mean, I used to get more excited about moody fall colors, but this year the spring and summer collections have been incredible! Literally, every time I turn around, I’m seeing another gorgeous collection.

If your head has been spinning a little like mine, then I hope you’ll like my picks for some of the best spring/summer makeup launches. I’d also love to hear yours.

I think I’ll start with lips, because I think a new lipstick or gloss is probably the easiest way to update your look.

Lips

First up, the Tarteist Glossy Lip Paint by Tarte, and I have the shade called Double Tap (here are swatches of the full range in this post).

I’m wearing cool-toned nude Double Tap in these pics, but I usually go for warmer-toned peaches and pinks. Thing is, this mauve is just so pretty and different from the rest of my stash. It’s opaque and not sticky at all.

Next, Buxom Wildly Whipped Lightweight Liquid Lipstick, and I just mentioned the shade called Swinger in my roundup of my favorite liquid lipsticks, so I’ll be brief now: the color and formula are AMAZING. This one is perfect for summer.

Of course, I couldn’t talk about this season’s new launches without mentioning beautiful ColourPop Dohee.

Here’s a snap of me wearing it from my Spring Haul video.

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Get Jouer Delivered Right to Your Door! Jouer Launches Le Matchbox, a New Subscription Box Service

April 2nd, 2015 by Karen 8 Comments

Chic SoCal casual makeup brand Jouer is jumping into the subscription box ring with a new quarterly service of their own, and the twist is a quiz.

Each selection (the boxes are $45 each, sent out four times/year) they send is determined by your answers to a list of questions. You take the online quiz (questions about eye color, things like that), and then based on your answers, they fill each box with a different set of products and colors to best suit you.

Each box comes with both full-sized and sample/mini items — all from the Jouer brand — and a mini magazine with product details and application tips.

Subscriptions are $45 per quarterly box, or you can also make a one-time purchase to try one for $65.

What do you think about beauty/makeup subscription box services? Do you subscribe to any of them?

I don’t at the moment, but I like the element of randomness and the surprise, depending on the price and the overall value, especially if I’m exploring a new line. In the case of this service, the $45 boxes are definitely less expensive than purchasing the products on their own would be.

For example, this Jouer Le Matchbox includes…

(1) full-size bottle of Daily Repair Treatment Oil
(1) full-size Creme Eyeshadow Crayon in Renaissance
(1) full-size Moisturizing Lip Gloss in Hamptons
(1) full-size Mineral Powder Blush in Blossom
(1) Eyelash Curler
(1) Flat Kabuki Brush
(1) tiny sample-size bottle of a nice perfume (smells like gardenia)

Just the full-size blush, the creme eyeshadow crayon and the gloss, for instance, would cost $74 (vs. $45 for the whole box).

As with some of these services, though, it also depends on whether you already own products from the brands (so you don’t get any dupes, unless you don’t mind).

On a completely unrelated topic…

Flamingos.

Yes, more flamingos.

This video makes me so happy. 🙂

So Long, Horse, Because Jouer Just Made This the Year of the Mousse: The New Jouer Long-Wear Creme Mousse Eyeshadows Make Lids Shine Without Highlighting Fine Lines

November 4th, 2014 by Karen 23 Comments

Jouer Long-Wear Creme Mousse Eyeshadow Swatches from the left: Dusk, Galaxy, Moonlight, Night Sky, Starlight and Twilight — The new Jouer Long-Wear Creme Mousse Eyeshadows, $30 each

What can I say? Sparkly things give me grabby hands. 🙂

Unfortunately, I also feel like some flashy finishes look straight-up criminal on my eyelids… I’m all for wearing what you want, when you want, but I’m kind of at that stage in my makeup journey when super shimmery frosts, tempting as they are, highlight my fine lines a little more than I’d like.

That said, I don’t know if I’ll ever be ready to say, “So long forever, sparkle and gloss! I’m living a full-time matte life.” I think I’ll always like a little glitz.

Enter the Jouer Long-Wear Creme Mousse Eyeshadows ($30 each), which came out a little earlier this fall. If you have fine lines like I do, and you crave shimmer like the Gilmore Girls crave coffee, these easy-to-use cream shadows got your back.

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Casual, Carefree Jouer Summer 2014 Collection Lip Sheer SPF 15 in Sheer Rosy Stain and Luminizing Cheek Tint in Rosy Glow

August 8th, 2014 by Karen 13 Comments

Wearing Jouer's Luminizing Cheek Tint in Rosy Glow and Lip Sheer in Sheer Rosy Stain — A casual no-makeup makeup look with Jouer’s Luminizing Cheek Tint in Rosy Glow ($24) and Lip Sheer in Sheer Rosy Stain ($22)

Rolled-up jeans, toes in the sand, head to the sky (So you can look for animals in the clouds… Can you see the husky tabby in those clouds right there?!) — this is what it feels like to wear Jouer’s two new summer pieces.

Jouer Luminizing Cheek Tint in Rosy Glow, $24 — Luminizing Cheek Tint in Rosy Glow, $24

Jouer Lip Sheer in Sheer Rosy Stain, $22 — Lip Sheer in Sheer Rosy Stain, $22

The vibe I get from Jouer’s $22 Lip Sheer SPF 15 in Sheer Rosy Stain and $24 Luminizing Cheek Tint in Rosy Glow is California casual, carefree and laid-back (think no-makeup makeup). Both the sheer lipstick and the cream blush, which doubles as a lip tint, have pH-reacting pigments to create a personalized sheer rosy tint, with a slightly glossy finish.

Jouer Luminizing Cheek Tint in Rosy Glow (left) and Lip Sheer in Sheer Rosy Stain (right) — Luminizing Cheek Tint in Rosy Glow (left) and Lip Sheer in Sheer Rosy Stain (right)

Jouer Luminizing Cheek Tint in Rosy Glow and Lip Sheer in Sheer Rosy Stain with a MAC lipstick for scale — With a MAC Lipstick for scale

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A Girl Can Never Have Too Many…

March 4th, 2014 by Karen 12 Comments

Jouer Powder Eyeshadows in clockwise from the lower left corner: Mahogany, Walnut, Caviar and Espresso

Who was it that said, “A girl can never have too many shoes, secret admirers or neutral eyeshadows”? I can’t recall. Hmm…

Wait — I think it was me. 🙂

Hi, babe. Sorry I’ve been incomunicado today. I hope you’re chugging along out there.

I’ve just been trying to get ahead on a couple of projects, and one of them took me to Sephora and DSW this afternoon. I’ll share some pics of those soon, but first! — these neutrals Powder Eyeshadows are by Jouer. hey’re available now for $20 each at Jouer counters and online.

Clockwise from the lower left corner, that’s Mahogany, Walnut, Caviar and Espresso.

Pretty, yah?

Jouer’s New Nude Pink Glace Moisturizing Lip Gloss Looks Great Dressed Up or Down

February 26th, 2014 by Karen 13 Comments

Can I get a what-what from my fellow nude gloss fiends?

ALERT! ALERT! We’ve got a nude gloss lover over here, especially easy-to-wear, low-maintenance shades like Pink Glace ($20), a new one from Jouer.

Please, please tell me you’ve tried Jouer’s nude glosses before.

I think they’re kind of fab… Every nude Jouer gloss I’ve tried has had the perfect amount of milky pigment. They’re sheer, but not too sheer — equally at home in a dramatic Kim K-style smokey eye or in casual brunch makeup. That’s what Jouer does really well.

Pink Glace, a sheer, shimmering nude pink with wee little bits of sparkly golden glitter, is a new addition to their permanent line, and she’s a beaut.

I bet she’ll look absolutely perfect on her own or layered on top of your favorite pink, peach or nude lippie.

Look for it soon at Jouer counters and online at jouercosmetics.com.

Ooh La La! Paint the Town Red With One of These Two New Jouer Holiday It Bags

November 27th, 2013 by Karen 8 Comments

Of course you’re going to need a cute makeup bag to tool around town with over the holidays.

At least that’s what my inner accessories addict keeps telling me. 🙂

Oh, these new leather Jouer It Bags feel so soft and luxurious… And they hold a ton of makeup, too. They’ll fit one Jouer Tinted Bronzer, three blushes, five eye shadows, six lipsticks, six glosses, three liquid liners and one jar of highlighting powder, with (a little) room to spare.

You’ll want to treat them with TLC, though, because for starters, they’re kind of expensive ($65 apiece). They’re also buttery soft and delicate, so they pick up nicks and cuts easily.

Still, they’re super pretty and so, so luxurious…

The pale pink Ooh La La and bright crimson Paint the Town Red It Bags are available now for a limited time at Henri Bendel stores, select Nordstroms and jouercosmetics.com.

All of this makeup here fits in the bag on the left…

If You’re Blue and You Don’t Know Where To Go To Why Don’t You Go Where Fashion Sits…Puttin’ on the Glitz! (Jouer’s $25 Holiday Gift Set)

November 22nd, 2013 by Karen 13 Comments

I might like my tabby cats super-sized (fun fact: Tabs is 20 pounds of brute-force love!), but when it comes to my makeup, I have a major soft spot for minis — mini perfumes, mini soaps, mini lipsticks, mini everything — like these adorable glosses in the Jouer Puttin’ on the Glitz holiday set.

A trio of tiny Moisturizing Lip Glosses, each with a doe-foot applicator, brightens up this holiday set. Choose from sheer, sparkling pink Glisten; creamy cool pink Peony or sheer red Riviera.

There’s also a very Kate Spade-esque mini faux leather “it” bag, which is perfectly sized to store an I.D., your glosses and a handful of Temptations cat treats, if you’re so inclined (and Tabs hopes you are).

The Puttin’ on the Glitz set is available now for a limited time at select Nordstrom stores, Henri Bendel New York and online at jouercosmetics.com. It’s $25, and it even comes in a cute box, so it’s ready to be stuffed in a stocking.

Just add the bow. 🙂