Jouer Essential Lip Enhancer

This lip enhancer by Jouer has some big claims. According to its product page, it contains something called Maxi-Lip™, which is “clinically proven” to “…naturally increase the fullness of your lips while decreasing fine lines.” I don’t have fine lines on my lips so I can’t test that claim out but I certainly do have thin lips that could use all the fullness enhancing that they can get.

So back in May, I started applying this enhancer, which looks and acts just like a gloss, three times a day, just like the instructions say. Now, you’re supposed to do that for 29 days straight and I didn’t. I was actually really good for the first couple weeks and then I started slipping, sometimes only applying it twice and then once and even sometimes not at all on certain days.

Jouer Luminizing Moisture Tint

This product is one of the ones I won from Jouer and was also the one I was looking forward the most to trying.

On paper, it sounds amazing. According to Jouer’s website this tinted moisturizer, “…evens out imperfections and fades the appearance of fine lines with its light-diffusing multi-mineral formula.” It also contains SPF 20, antioxidant-packed ginseng and gingko biloba leaf extract and is oil free, hypoallergenic, fragrance free and water resistant. No wonder Allure named it one of the best beauty products of 2011.

But while all of the above sounds great, there’s one phrase that’s used to describe this product that’s not so great: “shimmering tint.” Initially I thought that Jouer had simply gone with a bad word choice. After all, this product is intended to be worn all over the face, like a foundation, so it couldn’t actually be shimmery.

Jouer Age-repairing Brightener

Last month I was one of 10 lucky people to win a prize pack from Jouer, a LA-based beauty company, so over the next couple of months you can expect to see a few reviews from me on the items that I won.

And let’s start with Jouer’s age-repairing brightener, a creamy stick designed to “illuminate eyes and reduce the appearance of dark circles and fine lines.”

While I don’t yet have any real issues with fine lines, I do occasionally get shadows under my eyes. Unfortunately, this product didn’t quite do the job in reducing their appearance, even after I paired it with a concealer.