- The light is so poor, I'm so sorry.
Okay, okay, okay, so.
Hey, I'm on lockdown at the moment,
And I'm in a different place.
That different place is my boyfriend's house.
I've decided, we both decided,
that I should move into my boyfriend's house
for the foreseeable.
So, as long as lockdown lasts,
I'm gonna be here in a completely new space.
I'm stressed about this.
Not least for the fact that
I've tried to create some kind of background.
That hasn't really happened today.
I'm drinking a cold coffee.
I'm just generally feeling stressed.
So, hi, I'm gonna do a beloved video.
This isn't where I'll normally film,
I'll probably find somewhere better.
But right now, this is what we're working with.
So, please enjoy the crazy shadowing on my face.
I've kind of converted the bedroom
to be like an amalgamation of our bedrooms,
which is weird looking, like very strange.
Hopefully, we'll find like spaces to film.
Feel like this guy needs to go further back.
I feel like he's like in my way.
So it's been a weird month, huh, bit weird, bit weird.
Let's talk about it, and about
my personal favorites of the month.
I feel like I only filmed my February beloved video,
like so recently, like a week ago,
and here I am filming another.
It just feels so weird, this whole month has been so weird.
I even brought over some mugs.
Like, the boys have like one mug.
Let us start by talking about
the skincare that I've loved this month.
I think I actually have two products.
I've been trying new things.
Are you proud of me?
When it comes to skincare and makeup,
I find it a bit harder to give a new favorite every month,
because I really try and use things up
before I move forward and try something new.
But I've actually added two things to my skincare routine
that I didn't already have and I really like them.
The first is this Biossance, Biossance?
Biossance, sorry, Squalane and Peptide Eye Gel.
I was kindly sent this by the guys at Biossance.
Let me give you a little look,
but yeah, it looks like this.
And then you open up and it's got a little pump.
So, it's plant derived squalane.
I know sometimes it comes from
some kind of fish, I think,
but no, this is plant derived,
and it basically reduces puffiness and dark circles
and generally hydrates and nourishes your eye area,
which is very delicate, as you know,
the skin is very fragile, so you need to take care of it.
I didn't have an eye cream or gel
that I particularly liked in my routine.
And then this guy came along and I was like,
I'll give it a go,
and actually, it really makes a difference,
it really like makes this area
feel way more hydrated and much less puffy.
So, if you're interested in a new eye gel,
maybe this is your guy.
Moving on, let's talk about this Ren serum.
It is called the Keep Young & Beautiful
Firming and Smoothing Serum.
So, I'm not really in need
of anti-aging products right now, I hope.
I hope I have the face of a baby.
Yeah, this came, again, as a gift from Ren.
So thank you, guys.
And I've been looking for like a proper serum
to put in my routine.
I currently have oils and I currently have
exfoliation products as treatments,
and then I also have like hyaluronic acid
and a niacinamide and zinc combo.
And I was like I kind of just want something
that does a lot more and I could just put on
every morning and every evening
and it's just like serum, cool.
And then this came along
and it's actually really really nice.
I just apply one pump in the morning
and one pump in the evening.
And it just makes my skin texture feel good.
Like really soft and nice.
Yeah, it just feels really nice
and firming and smoothing,
which is what it says it does on the tin. So, that's good.
Also, Ren is just an incredible like
really forward thinking clean beauty brand.
I hate the phrase clean beauty,
if you know by now,
it's just an awful term,
but unfortunately, it's become the term that people use.
So a clean beauty brand.
They're going zero waste by 2021.
Nearly everything, I believe,
in their packaging is recyclable now
for most of their products.
I don't actually know if this is one of them,
because they're still, you know,
obviously shipping out old versions
of the products and like go
through them before they release the new ones.
But yeah, in most of the Ren packaging now,
everything is recyclable or reusable.
Yeah, they're great, I love them.
Haircare wise, this has been
an accidental stand up product for me.
I know I mentioned that I use
the Bumble and bumble invisible oil,
the shampoo and conditioner last month, I believe.
This came with the Bumble and bumble
shampoo and conditioner I bought as minis
in like a kind of gift set the other day,
and, I said the other day,
it was before Christmas.
It was like November time.
And since then, I've been using this primer
more and more frequently.
This is, by the way, the Bumble and bumble
Hairdresser's Invisible Oil Heat/UV Protective Primer.
So I initially started by being like,
oh, I'm sure it's just heat protecting,
and spraying on before I dried my hair.
This is so much more.
This is like a leave-in conditioner.
And I never thought I would need to leave-in conditioner.
I have quite like soft, smooth hair.
Anyway, but I do, like I have color treatment,
like I do need to upkeep it
and I just didn't realize how effective
like a conditioning product that's leave-in would be.
This is the tits.
I love it.
I'm a really big fan. It was the first product I thought
that I should pack in my haircare, before my shampoo.
I was like do not forget the leave-in.
But yeah, so what it actually describes itself as
is a mist of many wonders, softens, detangles,
defrizzes, tames flyaways, eases styling
and protects against breakage, heat styling and UV damage.
Such a good all in one product.
It's not that cheap because it's Bumble and bumble,
but it's lasting so well.
I'm not even halfway through and it's been five months,
and I use it every time I wash my hair.
So yes, would highly highly recommend this.
I'm sure you can get other leave-ins,
but like I've been so impressed by this.
I definitely am a convert now.
Also, I have very thick, like heavy,
almost like slimy hair when you put in certain products.
This doesn't make any of that happen,
like it's weightless, it really doesn't feel
like it's in my hair at all,
even though I brush it through.
So it's going from like root to end.
And you can't tell once it's dry.
So yeah, 10 out of 10 for Bumble and bumble.
You guys are good at your, good at your brand.
Makeup again, has been hard one this month,
because I've been not leaving the house very much,
and until this week really,
not wearing much makeup at all.
And thus, not really trying anything new.
I've been very much in like a,
when I'm home I'm not wearing makeup mode,
the past year or so.
But now we are all in lockdown.
I'm not leaving my house for anyone.
So I'm putting on makeup for myself again.
I've put on makeup three days in a row, just for me.
It has been so nice.
And I've really noticed when I have been wearing makeup,
I've been gravitating towards this palette more and more.
I think I've probably talked about it before.
It's the Charlotte Tilbury Starry Eyes to Hypnotize palette.
So, I got this palette around Christmas time.
I bought it myself, because I was so excited by it.
I believe it was limited edition.
But can you see here, it's got four sets of three colors.
So 12 colors in total.
There's a more peachy section,
a more pink section, a green section
and like a midnight blue section.
I love the shade so much and I was so excited by it,
I just went in.
I don't know what light you can really see.
There we go.
Now you can kinda see the colors a bit more accurately.
This is such a lovely palette.
It is glitter heavy and metallic heavy.
So if that's something you are into,
would highly recommend.
If you're more a matte girl,
there's two mattes in this palette,
three mattes in this palette,
but they're all on the darker ends of the spectrum.
I don't know if you can see my eyes today.
I think this probably isn't the best light for it.
But I'm wearing the sage colors today
and it looks so nice.
It's like this metallic sagey like glint
across your eye, but it's not too much of anything.
I do find myself, even on days where I'm not wearing much,
reaching for the darker of the peach colors, the matte one,
or the overall shimmer.
I've yet to brave Love Globe.
I think I will 'cause I saw Chloe Plumstead the other day
wearing a Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk palette,
which is quite similar to this shade
that was like a deep burgundy
and she looked so good, she blended it out to perfection.
So maybe I should give it a go. Me being a bad influencer,
I don't know if this is still available,
but if it is, it's just so good,
it's such a good night out palette.
It's a bit of an all rounder,
it's really sexy to look at on your countertop.
Next we have what I wore,
and what I've been wearing so much
is this cardigan from Sezane.
I love this cardigan.
It's called the Gaspard cardigan, I believe.
And you can actually wear it backwards or forwards.
It's got these really nice pearlescent buttons,
and it does up to here,
but I like wearing it open like this.
It just...
I've been wanting this cardigan for so long, guys.
I've been like, with notifications switched on,
and like actually opening the Sezane newsletters
to find out when they're restocking,
just so I could get my hands on this cardigan.
It feels amazing.
It's got, I want to say like a mohair feel to it,
but I could be wrong about that.
Kind of like a fluffy wool.
It's so soft, it's so soft.
And it's just really versatile.
I might get it in the darker color or the blue as well,
because I just think it's amazing.
But obviously it takes so long to get a hold of,
to be honest, like, I'm not worried about over buying,
because it takes like, it took me like
six months to get this.
So, you know, another six months, I can wait, you know.
As per, I link everything in the description,
so this cardigan, among everything else I reference,
will be linked in the description bar.
The next section is what I watched.
I don't think I watched anything specifically
that I wanna talk about,
but what I stared at on my TV is Spyro.
I bought Spyro, the Reignited Trilogy.
Oh my god.
I haven't played Spyro since I was in year four, probably.
So, since 2004, that is how years work.
Fun fact, my age correlates
with the year in which I was a particular grade.
So in 2006, I was in year six.
2005, I was in year five.
So, 2004, I was in year four, three and four.
I went to a friend's house and I used their PlayStation
and I played Spyro with them all the time.
And it was, I played Ripto's Rage.
But yeah, I just kind of forgot about it.
But I was always like, oh, Spryo's like cool,
I would love to play Spyro again.
And then I realized we're probably
not gonna leave our houses for a really long time,
earlier this month, and I thought,
fuck it, I'll buy a PlayStation.
I really want to learn how to play this game again.
And, to be honest, to me, it's kinda like
learning a new skill.
I haven't gamed in forever.
For 16 years, I haven't gamed.
So, it's like learning a new skill all over again.
And I'm really enjoying it.
I'm 33% through the first Spyro,
which I've never played before.
I'm just like itching to get back into Ripto's Rage,
so I'm trying to get there.
I'm completing it slowly but surely.
And I think I'm like actually
hashtag influencing people,
like I keep noticing people started playing Spyro again
in this period of time.
I'm like, you, I see you, I see you.
I know you've been watching my stories.
Yeah, it's brought me a lot of joy.
I think it's just the right amount of
peaceful and challenging for me, really, in this time.
And can I just say what I'm very excited for,
for April, is Disney Plus.
I will be telling you all the things I've watched
on Disney Plus next month
and I'm so buzzing for it.
What I've been listening to.
So I'm gonna start with a podcast episode
that was so good that I listened to
maybe two weeks ago.
It's from Reply All,
and it's, loads of people have been talking about it.
But it's the one where, well, I'll link it below.
But basically, it's an episode where
they talk to a man who can remember a song
in almost perfect detail,
but it's like the internet has no trace of the song.
He can't find it.
He listened to it when he was younger,
but it is nowhere, nowhere at all.
And yeah, they go on a mission to work out
if the song even exists, did he make it up,
like, and who made that song
and why is it not on the internet.
Really cool episode, really enjoyed it.
There's just been a lot of COVID really.
A lot of COVID chat on my podcast.
Oh my god, Khelani's new song, Toxic,
love that song.
She released her music video yesterday.
And it just looks so much fun.
And then also, I've listened to
The Weeknd's After Hours album
quite a bit since it came out.
Big fan of The Weeknd.
He was one of like, my, like, ultimate,
ultimate artists when I was in my teens.
And now, yeah, I don't know,
like, I like the project,
and it's grown on me so much.
But there's one or two songs that I just skip every time,
that I'm just like, no, this sounds really annoyingly '80s.
Like, not the good bits, you know,
just like an aerobics workout video,
which speaking of, I don't really love Blinding Lights,
but my boyfriend's obsessed with Blinding Lights.
I feel like it's on all the time.
Also listened to Don Toliver's new album.
It's okay.
A lot of it sounds exactly the same,
which isn't what I was hoping for.
I was hoping for something a bit more experimental,
but I think I need to give it a couple more listens.
Also, I realized last month I didn't mention
the Amine song that came out.
I don't think, yeah, I think it came out last month.
It's called Shimmy, and it's got a great video,
and it's just really good.
You know what other song I absolutely am loving right now,
is the SUGAR remix with Dua Lipa and Brockhampton.
Such a good song.
What I have been reading is Such a Fun Age.
I'm halfway through.
This is my bright blue Kindle.
Let me see how far in actually am.
How do I wake this up?
Kindles have an amazing amount of battery
considering they show me ads all the time.
Okay, so I'm 49% of the way through Such a Fun Age.
I really like it.
I don't normally like really enjoy like women's lit,
it's easy reading.
But I don't really likes stuff
that's set in the modern day and stuff.
I don't know, is that bad?
I like reading like poetry and classics and things
I feel like I should have read, you know.
But like stuff that's like, a bit more chilled out,
tends to not really, I tend to finish a book
and be like, why did I bother?
This is different.
This book has some really interesting nuanced commentary
on privilege and on race and on class and on money.
And I'm really enjoying that element of it.
And that is set in New York,
which is still currently somewhere I'm just desperate
to go and live, and I don't know where
this desire's come from, but it's just here in me now.
Yeah, I'm really enjoying that book.
I will let you know if I still liked it once I finish it.
I'm really not a big reader, I wish I was.
I read way more articles.
Two things I've enjoyed staring at on my phone
amid all the chaos of COVID-19,
one of them is Frank Ocean memes,
I just really enjoy that Instagram page.
Whoever runs it, thank you.
Along with Diet Prada,
you guys keep me entertained for days.
And then also, right,
TikTok has been amazing for me.
It's really just entertaining and nice and simple.
So, I would recommend downloading it
if you haven't already, 'cause it's amazing.
And now, if you aren't already persuaded,
I'm gonna put here some of my favorite TikToks,
so just enjoy them.
Just have a watch.
These are the ones I've loved this month.
(upbeat music)
- That was Doja Cat with Say So.
- [Girl] Shut the fuck up!
- [Child] Can I pet that dog?
- [Mom] No.
- [Child] Can I pet that dog?
- [Mom] No--
- [Child] Can I pet that dog?
- [Guy] All right, Leonardo.
- DiCaprio.
- [Guy] Jack.
- Nicholson.
- [Guy] Ryan.
- Reynolds.
- [Guy] Mia.
- Thermopolis Renaldo, princess of Genovia.
♪ Come give me something new ♪
♪ Baby, come give me something new ♪
♪ 'Cause I can't stop loving ♪ ♪ Since I got a taste ♪
- Don't get too comfortable, sweetheart.
I was his everything once, too.
♪ He told me that I'm not enough ♪
- [Lady] How are you still asleep, little boy?
Oh my gosh.
Oh, oh, good morning.
Good morning. - Hey.
Hey.
- Okay, on to food.
This has been a crazy time food wise for me.
God, my body is just like,
why are you giving me new different things every day?
Why are we having soup all the time?
Like Lucy, what's going on?
I made a "What I Eat in a Week", last week,
which you can go and watch now.
This was kind of when we were transitioning
into locking down more, and more social distancing.
I was social distancing that whole week.
But like, it was, like the guidelines
were changing the whole time,
so my body, like, I'm going out and I'm eating stuff,
and I'm then not eating stuff.
And like, it was really weird.
But yeah, if you wanna see a very cool
see "What I Eat in a Week",
that's somewhere up here now.
And in that video, I eat one of my favorite things
that I've discovered this year, which is,
Pizza Hut do a gluten free base.
My goodness, it's the closest thing to Domino's
that I found gluten free wise.
It's actually kind of dangerous, like how good it is.
So if you have been craving Domino's
for the longest time and you're gluten free,
Pizza Hut, Pizza Hut, they've killed it.
So for the "What I Experienced This Month" section,
that's kinda hard.
'Cause we've had a really weird month.
I would say that a highlight for me of this month
has been the pub quiz that I did with Georgia and gang.
Maybe two days ago.
It was so much fun.
We did a virtual pub quiz on Zoom.
It was great.
I really, really enjoyed it.
Georgia's made, I think a little highlight
explaining how she organized the pub quiz.
But yeah, it was all of us,
like the six of us and our boyfriends,
and it was just really lovely.
I think seeing how we're all adapting
to the new way of living is
quite heartwarming in different ways.
Like I appreciate things so much more
that I didn't appreciate before.
Like going outdoors, going for a walk
is suddenly so rewarding and so peaceful and so nice.
And the sun as well.
Like experiencing like the sun coming in
and like shining on us is just like so nice.
So yeah, my experiences, I haven't done much,
but I've been very grateful for what I have been able to do.
So yes, that has been my beloved for March,
my March beloved favorites.
Thank you for joining me, I hope you're doing okay.
I'm gonna try my best to film
at least once a week while we're in lockdown mode,
'cause a lot of my work has been like,
taken away or postponed or removed.
And so, I do have a lot more time on my hands,
which is quite weird.
Like I wasn't expecting to be this free.
So hopefully that means more videos.
But also I'm in a completely different space.
So, it's whatever I can make is what will happen, basically.
And let me know if there's anything in particular
you'd like to see video wise, in the comments,
because I'll do my best.
I'm thinking right now I'm gonna do
"Try and Get Ready With Me" next,
and then probably show you what I brought
for my like capsule wardrobe while I'm here,
which is weird.
And then I might do a "Styling My Boyfriend's Clothes",
like styling men's clothes video.
And I think I might also do "In 168 Hours in Lockdown"
and try and be really fun with the editing and stuff.
But yeah, thank you so much for watching.
I really appreciate you coming,
and I will see you in my next video.