GAME-CHANGING beauty & skincare MUST-HAVES you NEED TO TRY! *NOT SPONSORED*
all right guys it’s time for a few of my favorite things it’s not a few it’s a lot i have a lot of products in front of me i’m so excited hey guys what’s up i hope you’re all doing super well because today we are sitting down we are going to chit chat about some of the best products that i’ve been using so far in 2020 can y’all believe that it’s been half of 2020 already when is it gonna be over but you know what i thought it was about time that you and i sat down we had a nice little chit chat and talked about some products that i think are absolutely incredible we have makeup we have skin care i have a pair of sunglasses and some i don’t know skin care tools tools i guess they’re tools we’re gonna call them tools but these are all products that i love that i am so excited to share them with any family member that is going to sit down and listen to me it’s mostly chris and he is tired of hearing about it we got some makeup we got some skincare actually we got a lot a lot of skincare i’ve been going in on the skincare fallen down the rabbit hole so grab yourself snack come and hang out and let’s dive into these products and we’re going to start with the skin care and i’m going to start with this peel from pixi this is the hydrating milky peel this is an exfoliating cream it is very gentle on the skin i have it in my shower actually and i will just put it onto my clean skin let it sit on there for about two to three minutes or so and then i’ll rinse it away and my skin it just it feels a lot smoother it looks almost like that lit from within kind of quality to it it does a great job exfoliating it’s really gentle too i find sometimes with these kind of peels it’s almost like a like a raw tingling feeling and then your skin gets really red there’s none of that with this it’s super super gentle i love the ingredients in it and i think it is a great exfoliant if you’re looking for something to just take off all of those dead skin cells and just start anew so this one is fantastic another product that i love that’s exfoliating that is a little bit more a little bit more bougie is the tatcha rice polish this is the classic one they have a lot of different um formulas they have a sensitive skin one for example i have the classic one and this one is so good your skin like you you feel a difference in your skin after using it after one use and that is something for me with skin care i mean that i don’t expect that because skincare is something that can take a lot of time in order to see any sort of significant difference in your skin but this one i noticed it right away and there’s so much hype around touch of products and i was like is it worth it is it not worth it and oh my goodness this is worth it basically inside here sprinkled powder all over my leg oh my gosh that’s like 15 worth of powder powder whatever you know what i’m talking about anyway there’s like a little hole right here you pour a little bit into your hand with a tiny bit of water depending on how exfoliating you want it to be it’s an enzyme exfoliant so then you massage it into your skin rinse it away and your skin is baby soft it is so good i actually have another product here from tatcha that i also really love because now i’m obsessed can’t stop bow top i’m on the touch of train i can’t help it this is the tatcha violet c radiance mask this is a vitamin c mask it’s bright purple which is super fun this has two different types of vitamin c in it as well as 10 ahas from fruits so it has the vitamin c that’s going to kind of absorb into your skin super quickly get that instant glow but also one that is going to dissolve over time and just give you that brighter complexion um and i just i really like what it does to my skin i use this i mean i was going to say once a week but i have so many so many mask favorites but this is definitely on sort of my rotation of masks that i use quite often and i really love it i think it’s great another vitamin c product that i love because i can’t seem to get enough of them this is by durmay this is their vitamin c concentrated serum with hyaluronic acid in it i use a ton of vitamin c products that i i just i love hyaluronic acid and i love vitamin c i think they are phenomenal for your skin and so i try my best to find the best ones that i can for my skin and ones that i noticed a significant difference with so i really love this one as you can see i’ve gone through a lot of it considering i tried a lot of products i’m like down to like done like here i find this one to be super lightweight it is very easily layerable with other serums that i have and i find that it’s done a great job another one that i love is oh i i used it this morning excuse me don’t worry everyone i found it i found it got it this is by ali hendrickson this is the banana bright vitamin c serum this one also i’ve gone through a ton of it i am i think to hear i got another one actually in pr and i gave it to my sister-in-law and she has gone through the entire container and she also really loves it this has 15 vitamin c 5 phas and hyaluronic acid and again it just has done wonders for my skin i find it doesn’t my skin doesn’t get very irritated from it and it just smells nice it feels nice i love it now let’s go on to let’s go on to my obsession with eye masks and in particular the wander beauty baggage claim rose gold eye masks these things they feel so good under my eyes i notice an instant difference in how bright my under eye area is it feels really good it layers really nicely if i’m going to wear these and then put makeup on i find that my skin isn’t as puffy and it just it looks really good sometimes with eye masks i find that they’re really good for night time but then when you try and layer makeup on top and almost like pills because of the ingredients in the skincare that’s left behind but these it just absorbs really nicely into the skin and i have so many look at this it’s just a green and ginger i always need to have these on hand and i love them and i think they’re absolutely worth it and such a nice treat gotta take care of those under eyes you know now moving on to a product from lineage that is not their lip mask which i also i’m obsessed with i’ve been using that for what like six years now can’t stop it’s so good but another one that i really like is their cream skin this is a toner and moisturizer so essentially it has the moisturizing properties of like a cream but in the formula of a toner so it’s going to prep the skin but it’s also going to hydrate it and i think it does a great job for both and i find that my pores look smaller it tightens everything up but at the same time it feels like a like a hip moisture in the face like i don’t even use a cotton pad or anything for it i just dump some into my palm and then i just like pat it on my face that don’t have time for cotton pads you could totally use this as a two-in-one a hybrid product which is what it’s used for you can use it as a toner plus moisturizer in one and be good to go i find i need a little bit more moisture on top and i like layering products when it comes to skincare but i’ve been using this a ton i’ve heard some people actually put it in the fridge and the cooling properties also feels really nice kind of tightens up the skin even more have not tried that though it is on my to-do list maybe i’ll even put it i’m gonna put it over here put it over here reminder just realize now i have a giant line on my arm good for me i know how to blend it’s okay we’re all we’re friends here moving on to another mask this is by the brand pharmacy this is their honey potion they’re renewing antioxidant hydration mask this has echinacea in it it has honey in it and it almost gives us like tingling warm sensation to the skin when you first apply it which is if you’re not prepared for it a little bit terrifying but it it goes away super quickly and it just soaks into the skin and my skin feels incredibly hydrated afterwards it has great ingredients in it this is one of their best selling products and it just like it looks really fancy too it’s got like the nice wood lid like i want to put this out like on display you know it’s just it looks fancy but again for that glowy hydrated skin this has been on rotation for me in the masks category now i think we’ll go on to me oh no we won’t first first i have an eye an eye cream i need to talk about it is incredible this is my first day beauty it’s their niacinamide niacinamide i don’t know how to pronounce that they’re brightening cream for the eyes it looks like this it’s a little bit shiny and it has all these light reflecting particles in it which are going to brighten the under eye area um it’s actually not super pigmented like if you look at it here like oh that’s going to look like orange under my eyes or it’s going to be too tinted but it really isn’t especially when i don’t want to wear makeup like for the past couple of weeks we went on a family vacation which was super fun we went to a cottage um i posted some pictures up on instagram but i wore this all the time because i wasn’t wearing any makeup because it’s cottage i’m not gonna wear makeup on cottage but for me it’s that nice balance of it has skincare ingredients in here that are going to hydrate the under eye area but it also has that instant perk up effect with those like light diffusing properties that make it look like a more well slept than i am well slept well rested well rested anyway now let’s move on to a skincare tool that has been absolutely game changing for me is so good and i’ve used a ton of different skin tools in the past and this one for me is one i keep going back to because it works this is by the body shop it is this little face massager right here it has these two little rotating balls right here and i find it is perfect for like massaging all of these skin care ingredients into my skin and also just like lymphatic drainage and just tightening everything up so i use it on either side of my jaw like right up here and i just find it tightens that area up especially if you run it under cold water or you put it in like if you have one of those little like skincare fridges they’re so cute i want one but the cooling effect is really nice too i find it fits perfectly on either side of the cheekbone too and just kind of like bringing all those ingredients in i use one of the balls just like around the eye area on the orbital bone here and i just like i like this so much and i feel like no one talks about it they always talk about like the jade roller and i don’t know i find this to be so much better and now two nail polishes that i want to talk i know nail polish i’ve been using those like press-on nails for so long but i’ve been dabbling like dabbling a little bit one is by glitter days this is an indie brand that i have been using for many many years and they have this one color this one in particular although i love a lot of their neon shades i find that they work really well and actually you can kind of get a very nice strong layer with just two coats which if you’ve tried like fluorescent nail polishes before is impossible unless you have like a white base but this shade right here is mom jeans and it is the most incredible shade honestly i think it is my favorite shade that i’ve ever used ever and it just when i need a pick-me-up this is my go-to it’s really pretty and on the other end of the spectrum in the neutrals category i’ve been really loving this is by lights lacquer which is kathleenlights nail polish line this is in lila this one in particular i’ve been really enjoying it’s such a pretty neutral shade and the formula is really nice the brush is really nice it’s really beautiful there’s another one that i liked as well i think it’s this matilda so these two i’ve been wearing a lot of and yeah they’re just really pretty now sunglasses just because i really like these and i want to share them these are my key australia and they were a collaboration they did with ollie hendrickson and i love the shape of them it’s like a cat eye but it’s not because it’s like cut off but i just i find it to be a really flattering shape and i love the side here as well like the metallic finish on the edge here it’s just very glam and i love it now i feel it’s time that we dove into some makeup products and these are ones that i’ve been using all the time these are favorite favorites one that i know if i’m gonna have like a long filming day or i’m gonna be out in the sun or i just i want my skin or my eye makeup or whatever it is to just be on like you know just on point there these are the products i’ll go for so starting with the face we’re going to go in with the bite beauty this is the change maker supercharged micellar foundation these are the two shades that i tend to mix which is l30 and l25 don’t ask me why i just sometimes i just like combining it makes me feel like a scientist these when i wear them they don’t feel like foundation they don’t look like foundation it just looks like my skin has been nicely evened out you don’t even really need to layer it i use them with a very very lightly damp beauty blender or whatever sponge i have lying around this was my choice today and this one smooths in and almost like becomes one with your skin it is so beautiful and something that i just keep reaching for because it’s fantastic so good back into the everyday drawer you go next up is concealer and this is among my cheapest concealers and also in my top three concealers that i have ever used they are it’s so good the formula is so great it is full coverage it is hydrating it looks great under the eyes it holds up well doesn’t look dry doesn’t sink into any creases or anything like that it is amazing it is by elf this is their hydrating camo concealer they have the camo concealer that is mattifying maybe if you have oilier skin that might be a good option for you i have tried that one as well this is their hydrating counterpart i use the shade medium peach sometimes i will lighten that up a little bit i’ve been using the pat mcgrath concealer for that purpose and kind of dotting it in the inner corner of my eye as well as sort of the outer corner and using that to kind of blend everything out but this has been my shade of choice this has been my concealer of choice it is so good and it’s from the drugstore super affordable i love it i know i have a favorite blush and you guys have been watching my last couple of videos you probably know what it is it is the fenty cream blush these two right here this is strawberry drip and petal poppin super buildable on the skin i will use one of the um foundation stippling brushes that i have this one is sigma it’s their duo fiber f50 this one and i’ll kind of like swirl it or tap it in and layer it onto my skin and they are absolutely gorgeous i just realized they’re like the tie dye colors in my shirt wow did not plan that but here we are the formula is great really forgiving easy to blend out it doesn’t dry down super quickly and you can layer a ton before you get that nice like really visible flush sometimes honestly i’ll even layer a powder blush on top one that i’ve been enjoying is by cover fx this is their monochromatic blush duo in soft peach and i’ll kind of kind of go over both and then use that in the center to kind of highlight the area a little bit set it down a little bit as well depending on what i’m doing that day and this has been just a great dynamite duo um but this product on its own is also really beautiful even if you wanted to put it on top of just your skin just to have like that flush skin out in the summer you know ugh so amazing and then what else do i have oh my goodness i love these videos why don’t i stop doing these these are amazing give this video a thumbs up if you enjoy favorites videos and you want to see more of these because like i’m having the best time oh next up is a kohl liner this is by maybelline it’s their tattoo studio gel pencil liner this is in bold brown which is a nice almost an ashy brown shade and i will use this on my tight line i’ll use it like right up there and i find it doesn’t transfer a ton sometimes it’ll transfer initially like once as soon as i apply it but then once it’s dried down it’s locked and loaded all day it does not transfer underneath my eyes either and it is really pigmented really rich in color and just kind of glides onto the area sometimes i’ll even use it if i want more of like a smudgy smoky liner kind of a look i’ll smudge a little along the lash line and then fluff it out with like a thin or maybe or like an ankle brush or something like that really summery and it’s been a great pencil oh another actually product that i use for creating that sort of like soft smoky wing look is by two faces the melted chocolate matte eyeshadow this is a liquid eyeshadow this is chocolate bunny right here looks like this so i’ll either kind of i don’t use the little applicator brush i just i don’t know that’s too much product for me that’s like a giant like dollop that would cover my entire eyelid i’ll just put a little bit on my finger and like pat it over my eye and kind of like smudge it out like that if i want something that’s like super easy just pop it on and go or i will put a little bit on a like a brush which one did i use today this one i think and i’ll use this one and then i’ll just kind of like smudge it along and the color it’s not as dark as the tattoo studio so this is the maybelline see what a difference that is like a little hint of something to the lash line really easy to blend out really pretty shade nice and see how like nice and smoky it gets you can just keep like smoking it out smudging it out it’s really forgiving just a great form like look at that never gonna get that off oh well but both have been just really great really great on the eyes ten out of ten and now i wanna go on to the lips this is a product okay i’ve been i’ve been talking about this brand for a while now and i’m still i’m obsessed with the lip color and i wanted to include it because honestly even though i’ve talked about this particular one a lot i feel like i need to include it because i’ve been using it every single day that i’m wearing makeup every single day it’s the l’oreal paris lip inks these are they honestly they feel like nothing on the lips they don’t feel like a matte lip good lipstick which can feel really drying but it almost gives this nice like soft blurred like effect and it feels like it feels like your lips like it feels like you didn’t put anything on it is such a great formula today i went for more of the like 90s vibe so i did i tease which is more of like a brownie nude shade and then i popped a little bit of eye rule which is more pinky right in the center another one that i love that’s right right oh here it is i am power which is more of a peachy tone this one i use in basically every single one of my cooking videos if i am cooking i am probably wearing the shade on my lips and the formula is fantastic really really lightweight but it just feels so good on the lips and it i mean it needs a little bit of touching up like with eating and stuff but not like a gloss and it almost looks like a stain on the lips it’s just it’s gorgeous and then a setting spray this is a fairly recent one for me but it’s one that i’ve been really enjoying and i think it has been a great addition to my makeup routine and that is by hourglass is the veil soft focus setting spray this is what i used on my skin today and it really does create this soft focus like effect on the skin the spray is nice and lightweight too like it’s just like a just like a gentle little wafting of a breeze you know and it just goes on really really softly all over i will put this on before i put on my mascara and just like ch all over my skin sometimes i’ll even dab it in with again that really like it’s barely damp guys the sponge and just kind of like press it into the skin but it does a great job keeping everything locked on my skin all day it also just gives that nice again that soft focus like effect almost diffused with the skin almost blurred and it’s really really pretty it’s a great effect i like it if there are any products that you guys have been enjoying leave them in the comments section below because i want to do a video oh you know what actually while we’re here i want to do a video testing out a product on your wish list or maybe it’s in your shopping cart on like sephora or something and you haven’t bought it yet and you want to know if it’s any good let me know because i’m gonna go buy it i’m gonna buy it i’m gonna test it we’re gonna hang out and i’m excited to do that video so leave me a comment down below let me know if there’s anything you’ve been really enjoying or a product that you are excited to try or are interested in trying want 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