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Jouer Mineral Powder Bronzer in Suntan

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I’m forever trying out new bronzers and rarely buy the same one twice in a row. I was faithful to Benefit’s Hoola until they redesigned the boxes and provided less product for the same amount of cash. That’s when I got annoyed and stopped buying it. Even if it was a fantastic bronzer suitable for a lot of skin tones. I moved onto NYC Sunny, then Bobbi Brown’s super dark bronzer which I only recently finished. Next up to plate we’re batting with Jouer’s mineral powder bronzer in suntan.

I purchased Jouer Mineral Powder Bronzer in Suntan on Nordstrom’s website in May. It isn’t available anywhere in Canada, to my knowledge — so how did I find out about it? The lovely Fleur de Force on YouTube. My favorite person to watch.

jouer-bronzer-packagingJouer has to have my favorite type of packaging for a bronzer. It’s thin and doesn’t take up much space. My other bronzers tended to be bulky or just huge in size altogether.

jouer-bronzer-in-suntanJouer’s bronzer is so buttery smooth has zero crumble and is pigmented to the perfect amount for a lighter complexion. 

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This is a matte bronzer with no shimmer. I try to steer clear of bronzers with shimmer to them. I feel like they’re a little too unnatrual. If you want your skin to be glowy, just put a highlighter on to the cheek bone area. Not all over, where I put my bronzer. jouer-bronzer

This suntan shade shown below truly has a buttery consistency to it when applied. I think it’s a great shade for those paler ladies. When I have self tanner on, you can’t see the product as well, since it just blends in too well with my darker skin tone. Overall, I’m very pleased with the product and would recommend it if you had a lighter complexion. open-jouer-bronzer

Aside from the fact that the bronzer is matte, the packaging itself is quite unique thanks to Christina Zilber (Founder and Creative Director of Jouer Cosmetics. If you have two Jouer products, you can slide them together to be side-by-side or snap them together to be back-to-back. Create your own palette, or have just one single piece, like my lonely little bronzer. It’s like adult lego blocks, don’t you think?

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Watch the video above, it explains the brand well and how great the products are. Isn’t Christina just stunning? I’ve always said I wasn’t very good at applying makeup, especially eyeshadow. Primarily since I’m not drawn to bold colors to create dramatic looks on my face. Jouer is a safe line of cosmetics that is meant for people like me. She has all sorts of shades pulled from the natural elements and popped them into her palettes for everyone to enjoy.

What is your favorite bronzer right now?

Product information:
Jouer Mineral Powder Bronzer in Suntan*
Amount: 0.3 oz
Retail price: $30.56 CAD
Extra info: Oil-free, paraben free
How to use: Using a fluffy blush brush, sweep onto cheekbones, forehead, temples, and chin.
*I purchased this bronzer myself.

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OOTWW

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I forgot to feature my co-worker L, last week! So here’s her outfit from last week that we took during our lunch break. Doesn’t she look great?!lmcmomootd

Back to yesterdays post regarding the mascara. I had thought about doing this but I didn’t do it until today. Applying smoky lash first, then finishing off to separate and lengthen a bit more with smoky extravagant. Gotta say, it works pretty darn well. My eye lashes are poppin off my face.

Now, the real question. Do I prefer Smoky Lash over Smoky Extravagant?

It’s hard to break up with your first (mascara) love. Make Up For Ever Smoky Lash is just that — my first love in a mascara and I will always faithfully go back to it. But what happens when your first mascara love has a younger, fresh, hotter, new feel? Smoky Extravagant has confused my heart and while it was a completely different brush and had me undecided for the first few days of using it. I think it’s safe to say that my go-to mascara will still remain the Smoky Lash. The clever cone shaped wand of the Smoky Extravagant is great and definitely gets a thumbs up in my books. I’m not ready for it to part from #1 place just yet. Perhaps combining the two mascaras will result in a favorite duo? If  I use two mascaras in an application it’s usually Make Up For Ever, and Buxom’s. Only time will tell.

Onto the outfits of my work week!ootww

What are your plans for the weekend?
I’ll be driving to another city to visit my late Grandmother’s sister and take her out to Swiss Chalet. She loves that place.

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Make Up For Ever’s new mascara!

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Apologies if you left me a comment on my latest IKEA posts. They weren’t approved and finally when I got around to logging into my site and approving them, they disappeared. So I don’t know what happened there, or if I need to approve a comment within 24hrs, or what. But I’m bummed. I did see all your comments and I had replied but it didn’t and won’t show up on the site. Lame, there was like 7 people! Not sure what kind of glitch caused that.

I’ve put myself on a little spending halt for the last little while.

I wasn’t spending a ton of money, but not as much was going into my savings account bi-weekly as I wished. Because of that, I’ve been avoiding the mall at all costs. Ha, see what I did there? Costs! Get it?  Sometimes I think I’m funny.

When I heard that Make Up For Ever had a new mascara coming out called Smoky Extravagant, I wanted to pop into Sephora to see if they had it in stock and maybe put the spending halt on its own halt. Know what I’m sayin’ here folks? Stay with me…

Unfortunately, it wasn’t at my Sephora. I don’t know if it’s because I went on the first day it was launched, July 11. Or that they’re not getting it at all because it’s a smaller location. I asked the first Sephora rep I saw and I don’t think she knew that MUFE was bringing out a new product because she answered me as if she was asking a question. No? This is the Make Up For Ever Mascaras we have, as she pointed to smoky lash (my all time fav). Then she brought me over to another spot in the store and showed me the new mascara launched by Too Faced “Better than Sex” mascara. Love the packaging, but I had my eye on the mascara from Make Up For Ever. Girls on a mission, can’t stop me.

However, I e-mailed my friends at Make Up For Ever and they’ve sent stock to my local Sephora store, so it will be there!

So while I received both a sample sized and a full sized mascara I have some fun photos to show you.

The brush on the smoky extravagant reminds me of a mixture between Sephora’s mascara (loved). and Lancôme Doll Lashes (which I didn’t like).

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Lancôme, Sephora, Make Up For Ever

mascarasDue to the unique cone shaped tip, it allows your eye lashes to be coated effortlessly with one full swoop.

sample-mascaraDany Sanz, the creator and Artistic Director (met her!) wanted the most dramatic, and blackest of the black of formulas to coat your lashes with such an opaque color she came up with Smoky Extravagant.

eyelashesI love to play up one of my most complimented features since I have extraordinarily long lashes, so of course I love the big pouffe wand. If only I was good at applying eyeshadow as I am mascara. This is a light application with one coat. Building it up is easy. The mascara I have is only 3 days old, and I prefer mascaras that have dried out a bit because like every new mascara, there is a bit of clumping on the brush. mascaras-by-makeupforeverIt gives such exceptional separation while lifting and elongating my lashes.
 full-sized-mufe-mascarasIf you’re interested in trying out this mascara with 580 bristles on the brush (!!), check your local Sephora stores as it’s now available Nation Wide .

Now to ask that ever burning question in my head. Do I choose Smoky Lash over Smoky Extravagant? Stay tuned for my next post, and you’ll find out. Dun dun dun…

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