The #DamnGood Best of Spring 2025 Edit, As Reviewed By Us: Sheer Lip Liners! No-Fuss Bronzers! Glow-Giving Serums!

Breaking Beauty Podcast

Dear Media, Jill Dunn and Carlene Higgins

Jilldunn, Arts, Beautyeditors, Style541811, Beautyexpert, Beauty, Carlenehiggins, Fashion, Society & Culture, Magazineeditors, Fashion & Beauty

4.7 • 954 Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2025

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

This week, we’re putting Spring 2025 trends to the test, with our 100% honest reviews on the buzzy beauty launches that have just landed on store shelves. Find out what Carlene *really* thinks about Versed’s first foray into makeup, while Jill reveals the skincare products that have passed her oily skin’s #DamnGood test.

Plus, you’ll hear about:

The bargain-basement hair treatment that made our #damngood approved list, along with that of trichologist-influencer Abbey Yung
The icon-in-making concealer that will not budge in sweat, humidity or sports matches
A dermatologist-created, pout-perfecting hydrating duo, based on her own viral Tiktok video
The bronzers giving us the ultimate glow this spring, whether you’re a luxury lover, a Sephora stan or buying only Canadian this season
A new online tool to help users find made-in-Canada beauty products, Northfinder By The Canadian Beauty Club and this indie shopping site that promos Canadian brands (See Jill’s TikTok post all about her fave Canadian beauty brands here)
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Hosts: Carlene Higgins and Jill Dunn

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0:00.0	The following podcast is a dear media production.
0:08.1	Welcome to Breaking Beauty, the podcast, all about the breakthrough people, products, and moments in beauty.
0:14.0	We're your host, Jill Dunn and Carleen Higgins.
0:39.1	Welcome back to Breaking Beauty podcast, everyone. I'm one of your co-host Jill Dunn. I'm sitting here alongside Caroline Higgins. Hi, Jill. How are you? I'm good and happy anniversary to you, may I just say. Is it our anniversary week? It is. Oh, happy anniversary. It is. It's our eighth anniversary. Can you believe?
0:44.3	Now I really wish that we dressed alike today. I almost wore a red sweater.
0:51.2	Yeah. Jules wearing a bright red sweater, but I went brown instead. Although I do love a brown and red combo these days. Yeah, I like your shirt too. It's nice. Thank you. Yeah, we didn't see each other today, but I
0:55.8	got my hair done this morning at an event and I got to meet one of our past guests there.
1:01.3	Who? And I thought you were going to be there and you weren't. Abby Young. No way. Yeah. Oh, no.
1:07.4	She was in town working. She's the tricologist, everyone, and she was working alongside Dove.
1:11.7	And I got a blowout with their new intensive repair line.
1:16.6	You probably experienced that when you were away.
1:18.2	Oh, that's why I didn't go.
1:19.1	Yes, I was in Sedona.
1:21.8	You were on assignment with Dove previously.
1:24.2	But yeah, they brought Abby in to talk about the line. And, you know, she's like
1:27.7	basically the girl who's responsible for the drugstore hair care is trending. So I'm not
1:32.4	surprised that they worked with her. But you know that I've already been on Dove, that serum mask. I've
1:36.3	been talking about it for a long time. And just like run, don't walk. They basically expanded
1:40.5	the whole range and it's really good. Now they have like four different ones, I think, for just whatever your hair needs are. But yeah, it's really hashtag damn good. But we digress.
1:51.4	Today's episode is like I mentioned, our best of spring. And of course, have you been tuning in
1:56.0	for all these eight years that we've been doing this show every single month, we review what's the latest and
2:01.3	greatest in the market. And there were so many spring launches this year that we almost were
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