Our #DamnGood 2024 Empties! Just in Time to Add to Your Black Friday Cart

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29:29Any other skincare, Jill? Oh my gosh. I have so much skincare. Well, of course we use it every day. That makes sense. I, if you, if I want to shout out a cleanser and I actually think Anas should get this, she would like it. It's the Tatcha the Rice Wash. Okay. And this is not new, but it's something that I've emptied multiple times over. And of course, this year I have as well. It's a soft cream cleanser that has rice kernicles in it, not even beads, but just there's rice in it. Yeah. And it's just the most gentle exfoliating cleanser I've ever used. It's kind of like if Dermalogica Microfoliant was like in a cleanser.

30:06I can't believe they've never done that. They should do that. Yes, absolutely. And yes, it's 40 US dollars, 54 in Canada. It's just that gentle everyday exfoliation. It's got hyaluronic acid in there and red algae and Japanese rice powder, pH neutral amino acid base that it's in. So it really is exfoliating, but does not strip the skin. And that's why it's empty. And on that note over there, I've got another little purple jar. I can't quit you. It's the dewy skin cream from Tatcha. It's the number one selling moisturizer at Sephora. We know that. And I think it's$90. And I've emptied multiple of them.

30:43And I actually did some Instagram stories during the Sephora sale a few weeks ago. And I had this and I said, epic moisturizer. And somebody in my DMs was saying, well, you can use that because I listen to the podcast and I feel like you have always skin like me. And I was like, in the winter, Yes, I can. And it doesn't have any pore clogging ingredients in there. And it just gives you the best, best winter glow under makeup love. Yeah. And we also have an episode in our archives with Vicky Tsai, the founder of Tatcha. And so if you want to learn all about the Japanese cleansing rituals and the inspiration, that's another golden episode to listen to.

31:23I love it. And then just continuing on the skincare train, I have to tell you my favorite sunscreen of the year. The Skin 1004 Madagascar Centella Hyalur Sika WaterFit Sunscreen SPF 50. Yes, we've mentioned this product in the past. Of course we have. It's$19 in the US,$24 in Canada. The price point is so good. You don't even need a Black Friday sale. And I just love this product because why pay more honestly this is the thing about the korean sunscreens yeah and it just goes on like an emulsion like so thin and i wear this under makeup all the time it's empty i i would buy it but i just got sent i'm so excited the beauty of jose on yeah and so i am really excited to try that one which is also supposed to be the bomb and in fact they sent me quite a few products so I will report back with my personal review of those.

32:21Yeah, I've emptied this skin 10041. I think the first time I talked about it was maybe one of our Amazon Prime episodes. Yeah, they do have it on Amazon Prime. And if you want a deal, that is the place to get it. And I'm going to also be updating our Amazon storefront. I forgot to mention that. Amazing. So like the Tear Tear Foundation, all these viral products that are$19, but like, why not get 10 % off them or 20 % off? Yeah, for sure. For sure. So that one's just a hit, hit, hit, hit all the way. Yeah, it's so great. It really is. Now, this is sort of like a hybrid between skincare and makeup.

32:53But I have emptied two of these. It's the Tower 28 Sunny Days Broad Spectrum SPF 30 Tinted Sunscreen. $32 US and$44 in Canada. It comes in 13 shades. And what I like about this product so much is that it's one of those like tinted moisturizers, but it's not as light as some of the ones that have been so popular, you know, like the Atelier Westman and stuff. Those to me are, it's just, there's no coverage. There's no coverage at all. Whereas I find this is truly more like the old school tinted moisturizer where you're getting a decent amount of coverage, but it does blend in really, really well.

33:35adjacent to the It Cosmetics, I would say, for not quite as much coverage. Yeah, no, not as much coverage. But I would say it's like the Ilia one. They have 13 shades. It's one of those things where I feel like a lot of brands when they're doing tinted moisturizers, they feel like they don't need as many because you're not getting that full coverage. I'm not saying that's right. But I know we had an in-depth conversation with Amy Liu when we had her on the podcast about she had been very diligent about testing it. There was a makeup artist that actually helped. Was it Kieran? Yeah. Kieran Batty, who helped her develop them to make sure that even though there were 13 shades, there was a good like cross section.

34:16Yeah. They have a deep shade as well. Yeah. But yeah, I find for my skin and I am quite pale, but I have I've emptied two of these. I just love that it has SPF in it as well. So it's just giving me that extra coverage without looking chalky. Yeah. And the whole thing about the brand is that it's eczema-sensitive skin. Yeah. What's the word? It's like for eczema-prone skin, it's safe. Like they're testing their makeup to make sure it's safe for sensitive, like extremely sensitive skin. Yeah. The Eczema Society has given it a checkmark. And by the way, everyone, I know sometimes we say eczema, sometimes we say eczema.

34:53It's just our Canadian. Yeah. We say eczema in Canada and in the U.S. y 'all say eczema. Yeah. And people think we don't know why. That explains that. So yeah, that's another goodie that I've emptied two of them. What about you, Jill? Do you have any makeup that you have emptied this year? I do. One thing I don't have in front of me, but I've just hit pan like a day ago. It's not fully empty, but I hit pan is the Makeup by Mario Transforming Skin Enhancer. I cannot be without that product now. I'm obsessed. it is amazing for like bronzing all year round contouring soft contour that brush that he created with it I believe it's called the f4 is absolute magic it's a powder no it's the skin transforming cancer it's in a compact but it's a like a cream it's a creamy it's like like a cream to powder okay it goes on like a cream okay and patty dubroff raved about it on our show and then I I finally got my hands on the right shade and I've absolutely hit pan.

35:58It is such a unique product. Everybody needs to get this in their makeup bag. What makes it unique? It's that it's so layerable. And the way that Makeup by Mario actually uses it is as a finishing product. So he will like, when I went to his masterclass and he was doing a face, he's like powdering at every step. Right. But so he powders the face and then he puts this skin enhancer on at the end. And because it's a cream, it kind of sticks to the powder on the face, but not in a way that's, it's not cakey. That sounds bad, but it's not. It just is meant to sort of like be like a finishing step.

36:36But you can use it as a bronzer too if you choose. But because a lot of people don't know how to use it because it says skin enhancer. Right. And it's like, what is that? Exactly. But I've been using it like at the end after I powder and like along the temples, along the forehead, a little sculpting along the cheek, the jawline. And he has like three makeup products, three bronzing products in that sculpting line. And if you were to talk about level of snatch, that is the least level. That's the lowest level of snatch is the Skin Transformer. Got it. Okay. Just so everybody knows, it's$32 US, 44 in Canada with six shades.

37:14Yes. It's a dreamy, dreamy product. Well, I also have emptied my Say Glowy Super Gel, which I know I've talked about a million times. But I think that's just a testament to how much I truly love it. So this is the shade Sun Glow. And it is$28 US,$42 in Canada. And this is like a liquid version kind of of what you're talking about. You can use it all over or you can use it just to contour. So I use it just to contour. It's a bronzer. So I don't know how you want to classify that. But that's essentially what it is. But I like that it has a bit of a cool tone to it. And as I've mentioned in the past, I think that's everything when it comes to contouring.

38:00I hate when people serve up contour products that are in bronzy tones, meaning it's more warm because there really are two different uses. So I think that's part of the reason why I love this one so much. This one is very fresh feeling. It really is like a gel. So I just find it blends into my skin really well with like there literally can be no chance of caking. So that's why I love that one so much. And I've emptied it so many times. And I need another one, actually. Yeah. And is it on sale? I wonder. Probably with Sephora. Yeah, I would say probably with Sephora. And again, we'll link to the best deal we can find.

38:37Agree. And I think that they had a really cute gift set with the duo of those two glowy super gels. Yeah, like minis. Yeah. Yeah. I need that for travel. What other makeup do you have, Jill? Okay, I want to talk really quickly about the Rare Beauty by Selena Gomez, of course. The All of the Above Weightless Eyeshadow Stick. It's$22 US,$31 in Canada. So this is an all-over eyeshadow stick. As you can see, I've used it down to the quick. Normally, I just have to say with Rare Beauty, their performance is something that's kind of shockingly good. Agree. For this price point and for this brand. And frankly, it doesn't have to be this good.

39:19It could just rely on her name. Yeah. I'll be honest. But I think that's what gives you the repurchases when it's really good. People will try it, maybe a celebrity brand out of curiosity. But if it's not good, nobody's going to rebuy it. Have you tried this? Any of these? I believe that I have. I prefer matte ones. So I'll give the people who like matte a suggestion after. Yeah, this one's super creamy. and it is kind of like not full shimmer, but there is light reflectiveness to it. And I just think it's so pretty on the eyelid. If you don't want to like wear a ton of eye makeup, but you just want to have a little something, this is amazing.

39:57It does not crease. It does not move. And I have the oiliest eyelids known to man and it has multi-dimensional pearls. That's how they phrase it. And it's a water resistant gel. So I think that that's where you're getting that performance. and there's a little, it's a twist up crayon and there's a little sharpener that comes in the end as well. So it has a lot of function as well. And I'm just obsessed with it. It's that kind of thing that even if you're not good at doing eye makeup, you can swipe this on, it'll still look really pretty. And there's like six shades. I use products like that all the time.

40:31I'm basically done with palettes. I really am. And so all I use is eyeshadow sticks. Well, you've got so much more real estate now. No, you could be. I don't think you should write off palettes just yet. Well, OK, but I just prefer the ease of an eyeshadow stick because I don't like to wash my brushes. So I use an eyeshadow stick. I'm lazy slash busy. And then I just use my finger to rub it in. That's literally what I did today. I've seen a lot of these sticks out there, but not a lot of well done matte versions. Yeah. And so I really like the Victoria Beckham Eyewear Longwear eyeshadow stick.

41:05They have a few matte shades that I use all the time. They have caramel, they have trench, they have pecan, which are all like various shades of brown matte. So if you guys are out there looking for that, highly recommend. More expensive though, 47 US dollars. Right. And we do have a code with Victoria Beckham. So we'll link to that on our website. For all you naughty people who fast forward through our ads. Yeah. So those are really good. And we will link to those. They also, by the way, have a really fun like sky blue that's matte and even the sunflower yellow, which I've tried and they actually do look good.

41:42Okay. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. But what about the performance on those? They're long wear and I find that they do last throughout the day. So is that it for makeup? Do you have a mascara you've emptied or what else? Okay. Well, again, I'm a lazy slash busy girl. I have I've emptied one of these Chanel Le Beige water fresh tints and one of them is halfway empty. It's$70 US, 89 in Canada. This one comes in eight shades. This truly is better for summer wear because it's a it is a really light consistency. But I love like the water kind of gel formula feels so refreshing. I prefer it to like almost every other formula is more like a just like a cream, like an oil.

42:28So I just think this one is so unique and it's like what my skin craves. I wish I could wear it in the winter, but I need more coverage, but I love it in the summer. Yeah. The dupe that I talked about earlier this year, the CoverGirl one is actually very good. And in terms of the finish it gives your skin, I wouldn't say it's as elegant to put on. Right. But for a fraction of the price, it's like it's the idea. Yeah. I need to try it. I actually never tried that one. Yeah. I do want to try it, but I know it has more coverage than this Chanel Le Beige Water Fresh tent. The CoverGirl one definitely has that simply ageless hook where it's a slight bit more skincare in there.

43:09So you're also getting the niacinamide and the brightening over time where Chanel, it's just French girl in a bottle. Which is fine. Some people don't want niacinamide in their makeup. This is just the French girl way. Yeah, exactly. I'm going to talk really quickly about a couple of mascaras. Okay, yeah, of course. My favorite one that I tried the whole year and I emptied multiple of them. It's hard to show an empty of a mascara, but I did. It's like dust in here at this point, but it's the L 'Oreal Paris Voluminous washable panorama mascara. Now, I fell in love with this at the beginning of the year to the point where I was getting confused if this was new this year or if it was another year, but it is new this year.

43:47It was the first campaign that Kendall Jenner did. It's like$17 in Canada, like around$15 in the U.S. But I just love the wear that I get out of this. There's absolutely no smudging. I'm obsessed. And it's washable. Yeah. So it comes off really, really easily. And it's part of the L 'Oreal Voluminous family, which L 'Oreal Voluminous, that's still the mascara, makeup of Mario's. Yeah. I remember I talked about that. I'm pretty sure when it first came out. Drugstore episode earlier this year. Yeah. Love it. Because it is washable. And even though it gives you this like great performance, it comes off really easy, which is so wonderful.

44:24And it's got like a cone-shaped brush. And I just love how you can reach each and every lash. It's maybe not, I would say it's not as voluminous as your OG voluminous. Yeah. But it gives me better wear. Like it doesn't smudge at all. Right. So that is for me, because I have a lot of lashes, that's an okay trade off. Yeah. And then, of course, it's black is black. Why do they make any other colors of mascara? And then my other one that I love, but it's probably it's about double the price, is the Milk Makeup Cush High Roll Mascara. I've emptied a couple of these as well. See, I found that one transferred on me.

44:58I trashed that. No, it's tubing and I have it on today. I get so many compliments. Oh, okay. Weird. Weird. Yeah. Yeah. I love that one too. But, you know, mascara is one of the most personal things, right? So it's going to be a holy grail for me. Maybe not for you, but, you know, to each their own. Yeah. I'm going to give you one last one for myself before we go. Speaking of L 'Oreal, this is the L 'Oreal Everpure Sulfate-Free Restore Conditioner. This is designed for hard water exposure. It is$9.99 U.S. and$14.99 in Canada. And this is going to be another empty, you know, low-key reco from my daughter.

45:39My daughter has really long hair. Did you just go in your shower and look at all the squished up bottles? Well, this one is empty. But I asked her, I said, what do you what have you used? Yeah, that you that's like empty and you miss it and you want another one. And she she literally pointed to this one and said that conditioner is so good. And my hair is just not the same since I stopped using it. I was like, really? Considering all of the shampoos and conditioners that I give her, I think that really does say something. And so she has really long hair now. You haven't seen her in a while. It's down to her waist.

46:15So yeah, it can get tangled if she's not using, you know, the right stuff. But this really got me thinking about whether we have hard water in our house because I was like, what makes this one so special versus the other ones? And that's what it's designed for. And I do find often when I travel, my hair is better when I wash it like in New York or whatnot. So I was like, interesting. So now I want to try it for myself. I want it because this was in her bathroom and I'm like, oh, geez, I need to try that. And it also reminded me of a guest who was recently on our show, Abby Young, who is a trichologist slash hair influencer.

46:53And she is a huge fan of the L 'Oreal shampoos and conditioners, especially the Everpure. Yeah. So I just was like, oh, ding and ding. Yeah. Yeah. It's great. Well, first of all, speaking of hair, both of us need to mention that we have an empty way detox shampoo on the table. Ride or die. Yeah. We both brought that. We did not talk to each other beforehand. Yeah, that's right. We hinted at it at the beginning of the show. So that's the product that we both have on empty. Yes, they're an advertiser, but yes, we use it all the way down to the bottom. It's so good. And, you know, of course, that's for the reset.

47:29So when I've used too much dry shampoo, when I've used too much like heavy conditioners, the detox shampoo just comes into the rescue. I feel like my hair is so super clean, but not stripped. It's my favorite of all the way products. And I know it's yours, too. It's so great. And I love that. Right now, I'm really leaning on the leave-in conditioner from them as well, because my hair gets really fly away and in this time of year and it really helps with that our code is by the way beauty 15 for 15 off at the way.com if you're ever interested and again we will link to that in the show notes and the final product that I want to show to Carlene and I believe last year in our 2023 end of year show Robin mentioned this our guest girl boss town and this is so then I called it in and You have a good memory.

48:20For some things. This is the Topicals High Roller Ingrown Hair Tonic with AHA and BHA. $26 US dollars,$35 in Canada, worth every damn penny. This is my, I've emptied, I think, two of these now. If you have any bumps, ingrown hairs, it's absolute magic. If you have a guy in your life, I know that it works wonders on like the chin, the neck area. If you get any ingrowns there, you can put it on your face. You can put it anywhere on your body. And I know some people who've gotten blemishes in areas that maybe they would rather not talk about. Maybe their butt cheeks or their back. This is incredible for that.

49:00And because it's a rollerball application. So easy. It's like so easy. Now, I've heard about this product so many times. So I may have mentioned it earlier this year, but I just wanted to shout it out as an empty because it's kind of hard to empty body products. Yeah. No, that's great. I love it. It's such a useful like problem solution item. Exactly. We love those. Absolutely. Well, thank you everyone for listening to our empties episode today. Hopefully somewhere in here you found some great gift ideas for holiday. I know that some of you were wanting more after our holiday gift guide. So rest assured, these products have been tested all the way down to the bottom.

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