Olivia Frescura

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ModelCo Fibre LashXtend Lengthening Mascara Review

Model Co Fibre LashXtend Mascara
Fibre LashXtend Mascara

I received this mascara in one of my Birchboxes and I was pretty excited to try it, because I love getting mascaras! LashXtend is a fiber mascara that will physically lengthen your eyelashes (temporarily of course) as well as volumize. I typically find that fiber mascaras only lengthen for me, but a good tip is to use a fiber mascara and then use a volumizing mascara afterwards for a faux falsies result.

Model Co Fibre LashXtend Mascara Swatch

As you can see on my lashes, it’s nice and does add length to my lashes, but has virtually no volume. For $24 (on birchbox), I’d skip this mascara because you can find better options at the drugstore. One of my next posts will be about eyelash extensions, I have had so many people asking my opinion on them and I thought it was timt t was time to try them out. I found a great girl at Winnipeg eyelash extensions and I am giving her a try this week.

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Eyeko Skinny Liquid Eyeliner in Purple Review

Eyeko Skinny Liquid Eyeliner in Purple

I received Eyeko’s Skinny Liquid Eyeliner in Purple in my December Birchbox and think it’s a great product. For $15, you get an amazing quality eyeliner. It’s a nice dark purple shade that is flake and fade free on me. I like how it’s super pigmented so I don’t have to go over it numerous times on my eyes, making it less likely to mess up!

Eyeko Skinny Liquid Eyeliner in Purple Swatch
Eyeko Skinny Liquid Eyeliner in Purple Swatch

I find the tip to be a little thicker than what I prefer, but it’s still thin enough to get into the inner corner of your eyes. I have brown eyes and purple is supposed to accent them well, so I really like that I got purple, actually! I like how it is a dark purple, rather than an in your face shade.

Eyeko Skinny Liquid Eyeliner in Purple Eye Swatch
Eyeko Skinny Liquid Eyeliner in Purple, on my eye.

This is what the liner looks like after a full day of wear (hence the flash). As you can see, no fading, flaking, or smudging. Although I’m not huge on liquid eyeliner, this is a great one.

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Jouer Cosmetics’ LA Media Breakfast

Hey beauties! I feel like I haven’t blogged in forever. 🙁 But, a few weeks ago I went to this great event for Jouer Cosmetics, so I just wanted to post some of my photos from it and give you a sneak peek of what they are launching soon. I have already tried some Jouer products, from my sneak peek blog post– but now I have more to share! I met a lot of awesome bloggers and had a great breakfast learning about their fall collection and launch into Nordstrom Santa Monica.

Good Morning, Gorgeous!

The event was hosted at Tavern restaurant, which was a beautiful place! The table was strewn with cute place cards that said “Good Morning, Gorgeous,” along with other cute sayings, Jouer mini samples (first picture), and vintage teacups with flowers! Each of the cubicles had a unique design.

Tavern

Then, as we enjoyed some yummy breakfast, we heard founder and creative director Christina Zilber chat about the brand and their new products for fall/winter. Christina designed Jouer to be a “no makeup artist” line, so anyone can easily use their products. If you don’t know any French, Jouer means “to play,” which is an awesome name, I’d say! Brings me back to me high school French class days…You may already know Jouer because of their Illuminating moisture tint- an award winning product with micro-pearl pigment. But, their new Matte Moisture Tint is revolutionary because it’s light and sheer instead of heavy like other matte foundations. I have the Matte Moisture tint and I really love it, but that’s all I’ll say, since I need to do a full review on it in a separate blog post!

Christina Zilber

Next, Christina told us about Jouer’s fall Bare Beauty Collection, which includes a nude lip gloss, shadow trio, cheek tint, and their shine removing balm. This kit will retail for $58, which is great for 4 full-sized products. They are also launching a Nordstrom-exclusive pochette, a hot pink suede wristlet that will hold a lip gloss, a smartphone, cards/money, and more…and there is a detachable bracelet! It’s adorable for any holiday party you’ll be going to this season. The pochette retails for $75 and will be available in November at Nordstrom in store and online.

Bare Beauty Kit, Pochette, Matte Moisture Tint, and Sparkle & Pop Holiday Favor

For holiday, they’re launching their own holiday party favor, called Sparkle & Pop! It is inspired by New Years favors for kids. The favor includes 5 holiday goodies: champagne bubbles, a ring, a fortune, a noise maker, and a mini Jouer sample. These will retail for $12, or  4 for $42 for you to gift to all of your New Years Eve party guests! This will be available in November, also!

Sparkle & Pop Holiday Favor Contents

So that was the event! It was really fun, and I’m super excited to play (pun intended) with Jouer!

Sneak Peek: Jouer Cosmetics

Jouer Cosmetics Products

Recently I received an awesome package from Jouer Cosmetics and I just couldn’t wait to share, so I decided to start doing Sneak Peeks of great packages I receive, so expect those more in the future! I’ve become familiar with Jouer because of my subscription with Birchbox, but I hadn’t tried anything before. But, in my BeautyCon giftbag I received one of their lips glosses (in Malibu) and had tweeted about it. Then, they reached out to me! That’s the power of social media, everyone! So, expect to see reviews of these products in the upcoming weeks! But, one thing I really find interesting is their interlocking system, so here’s a peek at that! It’s very unique, don’t you think?

Jouer Cosmetics Interlocking System

Can you guess what any of these products are?

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