Summer Empties (SPFs, Mascaras & Hair Masks!), Grey Blending Truths and Beauty Dupe Drama

This week we’re catching up on everything we’ve been using, loving and doing this summer. From Carlene’s hair colour saga that feels as long as the blockbuster summer flick “The Odyssey,” to the sunscreen formulas that we’ve used to the last drop (and one beloved version that we’re saying goodbye to against our will!) Plus, the beauty brand news that we’re still scratching our heads over.

In this episode you’ll hear about:

• The hair mask that both Carlene and her daughter would stock up on for next summer because it’s that #damngood
• A brilliant-under-makeup SPF that Jill used right to the last drop
• A gentler version of an iconic toner for sensitive and oily-skin types 
• “We’ve come too far to stop” — how Carlene’s hair colourist is helping her stay the course in her grey-blending journey
• The tubing mascaras that delivered and stayed put this summer 
• Dupe drama: The Charlotte Tilbury soundbite that lit up Tiktok, plus the clever Aussie brand that pulled off a genius chess move against Urban Decay

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