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- Hey Health Nuts, welcome back to my channel,
I hope you guys are having a fabulous February
and I like that, Fabulous February.
And I'm really excited for this month
because today is the first episode
of Wellness Wednesday for February
and if you guys have been following me on social media
or watching previous videos, then you know
that I am doing the theme self-love for February.
So the whole month is all about recipes
that make you feel really good, maybe a little bit indulgent
and then also just taking time to take care of yourself
and I wanted to do a little blabby intro
before we get into today's video
because I really want to talk about
the importance of having a morning routine,
every single day just to make you feel better,
you'll be more productive, happier,
there's so many benefits to having
some key, little habits that you do every single morning
that really do make a difference
in the long-run of your life
and I used to be one of those people,
that I always wanted to have a morning routine,
but I just thought I don't have the time,
and I just want to get up and get working
and one thing I really want to stress
in today's video that consistency is key.
If you really want these things to make an impact
in your life, you have to do them every single day
so even if you just take one or two things
away from this video that you apply to your own life,
that will make the biggest difference,
and I'd love to know how you guys feel
after a couple weeks of doing these things.
Send me a Tweet, Instagram, Facebook me, message me
and let me know if it's made a difference in your life.
Now, for today's video I have a special guest,
you may or may not recognize his voice,
and maybe by the title you will know who it is,
so I have a special guest who's gonna be narrating
the video today so hope you guys enjoy it,
and let's just get into the video.
- [Matt] Alright, cockadoodle doo, this is Matt.
I got roped into doing a voiceover for Nicole
and this is our morning routine.
So, as you can see, I wake up much later than Matthew,
who's already gone and hard at work,
while I'm just waking up, my guess, by looking at the sun,
is it's probably noon by now,
by the time I'm getting up out of bed,
I'm gonna make the bed,
which is fantastic, this is something that took me
many a year to get Nicole on board with making the bed
right when we get up, as they say,
it's a great way to start the day, with a fresh made bed.
I'm just gonna get all the pillows all fluffed up
and pretty looking, here's something I don't get,
why, why do we have so many pillows on the bed?
I'll never understand.
So, now the bed's made,
I'm gonna open up the blinds,
start the day, apparently, by putting my dishes
into the dishwasher and getting that ready for the day.
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What are we doing here?
We're cutting up a lemon,
making ourselves some lemon water,
which is a great way to start the day.
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Oh, for a second I thought that said formaldehyde.
I have no idea what that is, like a fluoride?
Or a florex, maybe it's good for your teeth?
Now we're grabbing my five-minute journal here,
so, oh Matt, oh, what does she write here?
Matt being back, oh she's grateful that I'm back in Toronto,
I'm grateful that I'm back in Toronto too,
it's great to be back in my city,
I miss all my family and friends.
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Boom, I change...
Into my workout gear, like instantly.
Now we're getting out the yoga mat
so we're watching someone do yoga on YouTube
whilst doing yoga ourselves.
That looks very uncomfortable,
I am not flexible in the slightest,
just is not for me, I could definitely...
Even that looks painful to me.
Okay, so I'm doing like downward lotus
into the puppy dog stretch
into, I think that's the downward dog,
I think I know that one stretch.
After doing yoga, I am going to probably listen
to some Michael Buble or some hard rock,
just sort of get the day going.
Oh, nope, we're listening to a meditation podcast,
this is probably a lot more relaxing way to start the day,
you know, doing a little bit of stretching,
little bit of meditation, I mean,
look how zen she looks.
Well done, that was fantastic meditation.
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Oh, now I'm going to listen to...
Oh, Davida from the Healthy Maven,
I love Davida, she's a fantastic person.
I guess we're listening to her podcast
while we are measuring out water
and putting some salt in.
We're probably making, oh oatmeal.
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Bananas, yep, so we're gonna throw some frozen bananas
into our oatmeal, there we go,
let's melt those suckers down.
Now we're gonna brew up some water.
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She's making a caffeine free coffee,
so this is probably like bamboo or Teeccino.
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Now we are getting ourselves prepped up to make,
what does she call it?
Butter coffee.
Now she's getting a protein, collagen,
oh she's putting vital proteins, collagen
into her coffee, that's new,
I didn't think you would do that.
Throwing in some coconut oil,
into it and then a little bit of sugar,
we're gonna blend that up
and that is bullet coffee.
Look how happy she looks, oh my God.
Okay, so back to the oatmeal,
we are throwing a huge, huge teaspoon
of some type of nut butter,
chopping up an orange,
probably having an orange on the side of our breakfast
for whatever we're having for that day.
I'm gonna stare at the camera,
while I eat this delicious orange here,
and now my oatmeal's ready.
That looks pretty good, I can't lie.
Oh, some pomegranates, pumpkin seeds,
a little bit of honey,
oh wow, that looks actually really good,
that's a heck of a lot better
than the toast that I have most days.
I believe there's probably a recipe
she can link down below for this oatmeal.
Finally, it's probably like two or three in the afternoon,
and I'm now going to get to work for the day.
I'm gonna sip my coffee very relaxingly,
oh, pee break, gotta go pee.
And I get undressed when I pee
so, you know, hopefully you don't think that's awkward,
but, you know, I like to just strip down
and be free when I pee.
This is a dry brush,
so we're exfoliating the skin,
I don't really know why she does this,
but apparently it's supposed to be therapeutic
to brush yourself when you're dry.
So now naked in the shower,
I wonder who's filming this while I'm not here,
cos I wasn't here to film this
so someone's behind this camera while Nicole's naked.
I am shampooing, I'm conditioning,
you know, using some, think that was lotion of some sort,
I got my loofah, getting my loofah all moistened up,
and now I am done showering, completely dry
and I am scrubbing my face down with rock type thing,
it looks, I don't know, what is that?
It must be a sponge or another type of dry brush.
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First layer of cream, we have an eye cream
which will help get rid of bags under my eyes,
we have a nourishing serum,
I guess that's to probably tighten up the skin.
We have hydration, what is that, hydration?
So we put, this is now her third layer of lotion,
which I'm going to put all over my face.
Okay, we're looking young, like 10 years younger.
Now's the time to brush out all the knots,
get my hair all silky and smooth,
gonna put it up once I brush it all out,
to put it up into a bun,
I'm not really sure of the logic there.
So now we have my luminance skin care lotion,
which I will thoroughly lather all over.
I will say that Nicole has very smooth skin
so I'm sure everything she's doing is working.
Now it's time for my, I'm gonna brush my teeth.
I'm using Tom's natural tooth paste.
So I love these electric toothbrushes,
we both have the same one.
I'm done my pampering now
and now my two second change in the morning,
boom, it takes her a hell of a lot longer to get ready
than what that showed you there,
that would have taken at least 15 to 20 minutes
to like pick out 10 different outfits
and select which one makes the most sense for the day.
Alright, so now after i put my hair into a bun,
I am putting it back out and blow drying it out
and dancing while I do it,
I don't know what she's listening to,
but I would like to join that party, it looks like fun.
Alright, so we've got so jojoba oil,
this stuff is pretty good, I mean, I think she discovered
this while we were living in Australia
and I think she really fell in love with it
so she's gonna put some of this jojoba or yojoba,
I'm gonna put that all into my hair.
Okay, ecobrow, I have no idea what an ecobrow is,
but it's obviously some sort of eyebrow tinter,
so I'm going to brush my eyebrows like crazy,
I'm gonna tint them, I'm gonna get this eyelash contraption,
this thing frightens the hell out of me,
because I just feel like it just looks dangerous.
Alright, so now we're onto the mascara,
I am going to just lather this stuff all on my eyelashes,
I don't know why we don't put it on the bottom lash
but apparently you only need to put it on the top.
Alima, I'm guessing this is, oh my God,
this is so fast, I don't know if she sped this up,
but like she's putting this on crazy fast,
that must be a bronzer or some type of foundation.
Tarte, okay,
so now I think this is like, this must be,
this must be like to get your cheeks rosy,
blush, I think this is a blush,
I heard Tarte is a good company,
don't ask me how I know this,
but I do listen when Nicole talks to me
so somehow I know about Tarte.
Primal Pit Paste, I love the name,
I'm guessing it's obviously a deodorant,
but I love the name, Pit Paste,
that just sounds like something I'd wanna wear,
like Pit Paste!
Okay, we put a little, little lip chap on,
and that's it, we're done for the day.
Now it's gotta be like five or six o'clock in the evening
by the time this is all done,
like I don't know what time it is
cos I'm not here, but it's gotta be that late.
Doing my list for the day, Wednesday,
it's Wednesday to-do list, so what have we got to do today?
I mean, obviously I think you should tell Matt
how awesome he is, today, on Wednesday,
so let's put that down on the list, alright?
- [Nicole] Um, excuse me, what are you doing?
Are you doing the voiceover for my video?
- [Matt] Uh, nope, nope, just watching your video
and yeah, just seeing your hard work, it looks great.
- [Nicole] Okay, I gotta do the voiceover now so...
Can I have the mic?
I'm gonna take it away from you, okay, thanks.
- Okay. - Thanks Matt.
Okay, bye. - Bye.
- Alright guys, that's gonna be it for today's video.
I hope you guys enjoyed it.
If you guys like these, kind of like more lifestyle,
morning routine-y videos, let me know,
I will be sure to do them more often
and I know I have a night-time routine
that I did in the fall time,
which I will link here or down below,
definitely go check that out if you like these type of
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