Makeup & Beauty Monday: Premium BB Tinted Moisturizer
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Hello everyone. It’s me, Auntie M, here to share some of my favorite things with the CorporetteMoms community this week. Since we last checked in, I’ve become a mom myself, and my very energetic child is about to turn 4 years old. Most of my mom energy is spent trying to wrangle Baby M into clothes/school/camp/bed, but I’ve picked up some tips and tricks along the way.
Confession: I am not good at makeup. Seriously — I am a grown human lady with a spouse and a child, and I am only just now starting to experiment with putting anything on my face beyond sunblock, mascara, and a light lip balm.
Writing this post has made me confront, for the first time, the reason why, and I suppose it’s not actually a huge mystery: The last time I started experimenting with makeup was in my early 20s, when I was working in TV and felt like makeup was The Thing To Do. After a couple of weeks of going all in — moisturizer, foundation, blush, the whole thing — my face was covered in severe cystic acne that took months to cure. I ended up going on Accutane. Three times.
That was more than 20 years ago, and even though I now accept that it’s entirely possible that makeup didn’t actually trigger acne that made me so ashamed and uncomfortable I refused to be in pictures, the paranoia had settled in, and since then it’s been a fairly strict regimen of the aforementioned sunblock/mineral powder/mascara/light lipstick combo.
Recently, however, the powder just wasn’t cutting it for me — I felt like it was making my face appear one-dimensional. Since I work for a fully remote company (even pre-pandemic), I spend a lot of time on Zoom looking at my one-dimensional face, and I have started wanting more. I also know that makeup technology has improved drastically in recent years, so I decided it was time to dip my toes into the foundation waters.
My social media algorithm, apparently sensing this, started feeding me ads for Il Makiage and Jones Road, both of which were very enticing — those videos make it all look so easy and natural. But my research led me to the conclusion that neither of those was quite right for me, so I turned to my chicest, most effortlessly cool friend — let’s call her Lady C — who is also, in her words, a “shopaholic” and obviously just knows things, to get her take.
“Dr. Jart+!” she recommended, immediately and without hesitation — specifically the BB tinted moisturizer. I went over to my nearest Sephora and picked up a tube.
As it turns out, I was right to trust my friend: Dr. Jart+ has been great! I believe it’s more of a “tint” than a foundation, but for someone who has stayed far, far away from foundation until deep into her 40s, it’s just what I need. I squeeze a little onto a brush and apply it that way, because I prefer to keep my hands clean, although that method does require a little bit more effort to make sure I don’t leave streaks.
It’s got niacinamide, which according to experts helps to smooth, brighten, and strengthen skin. It also has SPF 40, but as I recently learned, it might take using too much makeup to actually get all that protection, so I still use sunblock underneath. I also use a little bit of dermatologist-recommended moisturizer, and I top it all with a lightweight anti-shine setting powder.
It all gives me a natural-but-radiant look that I’ve never had before, and, honestly, it just makes me feel a little bit pretty. Not a bad way to feel!
I can see how adding some blush could elevate the whole look, but I have only just started experimenting with pigment, and 9 times out of 10 I end up wiping it off because somehow I can’t seem to figure out how to apply it without feeling like I’ve made myself look like an exaggeratedly rosy-cheeked clown, which is not actually what I’m going for.
But at least when it comes to my new base layer, readers, I love it! I look healthy, fresh, and put-jtogether, without feeling weighed down or like I’m wearing too much stuff on my face. Ever since I started wearing it I’ve actually gotten compliments from people who know me pretty well and, I guess, aren’t used to seeing me with skin that’s glowing in a good way, and not a sweaty way.
So, in conclusion, as someone who has had a gripping fear of foundation and most makeup for decades, I can now confidently and highly recommend Dr. Jart+’s tinted moisturizer.
Dr. Jart+ Premium BB Tinted Moisturizer with Niacinamide and SPF 40 is available from the Dr. Jart website and Sephora.
Sales of note for 6/30/25
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- Nordstrom – 2,700+ new markdowns for women — and the Anniversary Sale preview has started!
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- Talbots – 40% off entire purchase, includes all markdowns (ends 7/3)
Have you had a kid who struggled with kicking in anger or throwing things? This has developed pretty recently in our almost 7 year old and we are totally at a loss. We met with a behavioral health therapist a few months ago and are scheduling another appointment (this issue was not yet problematic at that time). Kiddo will be evaluated for adhd , sensory issues etc based on other ongoing issues, but looking at practical tactics to use as we get going through that process. Typically this is due to frustration including kicking other people when something he’s working on doesn’t go according to plan – like his craft project gets messed up and so he kicks a sibling. This morning he thought it was Sunday and was kicking when told it’s actually Monday. We are doing a lot of physically taking him to his room and holding the door closed till he can be safe, plus major consequences, plus opportunities to earn other privileges through good behavior, but things are still really going downhill. Any day to day tips???
Do you gatekeep any of your kids’ activities simply because of what their involvement would mean for you? A few of my mom friends have started getting pulled into “dance mom” craziness. They are ambivalent about it, for the most part, but they’re still doing it, and seem to really look up to this sort of dance mom queen with an older daughter who is the star of the studio. I’ve been able to avoid the whole thing up until now because DS is 100% a sports guy. But this fall, DD is starting school with a bunch of the younger sibs of the dance squad, and I’m starting to get a lot of questions about her interest in joining the younger sibs in some entry level classes. It would be casual for the first two years, but the studio gets intense after that and I worry about managing the off-ramp. Also I HATE the idea of being a dance mom. So many of these moms’ entire personalities seem to become hanging out at the many competitions and talking about dance nonstop. I don’t want DD to be left out, but I am very wary of going down this road. She does love music and dance. Would I be terrible to find outlets for those interests that might kind of isolate her from friends?
Let’s talk small pets, please. I grew up having all kinds of small pets (fish, hamsters, birds) and loved them. Kiddo is interested in getting a pet and I would expect she’d do about half the work involved. I wouldn’t mind doing the other half. Any recommendations on what to consider?
My 7 year old’s hair is always limp and stringy. It looks ok-ish right after we brush it but then looks bad again 5 minutes later. It feels like we’ve tried everything in terms of washing & conditioning frequency and nothing helps. It’s long now, but has been shorter and isn’t really much different. It’s always been this way, but I feel like many young kids have messy hair so it didn’t really stand out. But now that she’s going into second grade it’s standing out more that her hair is so unkempt compared to her peers. Any advice on how to fix this? I have long hair too but have never experienced this – I just wash and brush my hair and it looks fine – not particularly stylish unless I take the time to use a curling iron or straightener, but not unkempt. Is this a hair texture thing? I have very very thick hair for a white person and my husband (and his mom and sister) do too but maybe our daughter’s hair is thinner? is there some additional product she needs?
(And just to be clear, I’m not telling her she looks bad and am aware this is a failing on my part, not hers)
DH left for his weeklong backpacking trip yesterday and DS spiked a fever last night. I got three hours of sleep. Happy Monday…
Realise this is old tech – but we bought a used Wii. Anyone have any good collaborative/puzzle/quest games to recommend?
Just wanted to vent a bit. I had a really tough weekend with my usually easy going 3 year old. He tested absolutely every boundary with relish and I yelled more than I’m proud of. I find myself having a hard time resetting my emotions once I’m frustrated about something. I feel like I’ve lost some of my confidence as a parent. This too will pass, right?
It seems as though Camp Mystic’s owners lobbied FEMA for exemptions to keep cabins in the flood zone. The negligence evidence against the owners keeps looking more damning by the minute. I don’t think they are cartoon villains – a true villain wouldn’t die attempting to save three girls as Eastland did. But between the lobbying for exemptions, lack of accreditation, evidence of poor safety and evacuation planning (there was heavy reliance on young counselors and at least one claims that they received no evacuation training – and they had no access to emergency cell phones or anyone on night watch duty), failure to promptly move ALL low cabin girls to the camp’s highest ground (half a mile up), and lack of attention/action to flood watch the day before, it’s clear this tragedy wasn’t all due to NOAA cuts or crappy local officials. It essentially came down to young counselors deciding whether to evacuate, cabin by cabin, as the waters were already at the door. I don’t think the camp will survive the lawsuits, and it probably shouldn’t.
It’s worth noting that another camp on the river, La Junta for boys, was completely destroyed but with no loss of life, despite boys clinging to cabin rafters and swimming to safety with counselors. It will take time for the why to emerge (something about camp layout? Response?), but it shows that what happened at Mystic wasn’t inevitable.