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- Hello, everyone come back
thank you so much for joining me.
So what I wanted to do for you today
was something a little bit different.
So obviously Christmas is coming up obviously
and what I wanted to do was share some things with you
because I think everyone is kind of into like makeup
and beauty at the moment
and it's really difficult to try
and buy things for people that is like,
I mean you can't find people foundation
unless you know, they're shade,
eye shadow palette sometimes a hit or miss.
So what I wanted to do for you
is share some products with you
that I know beauty lovers would love
but they may not know exists already
but you might not even know exists already
and things that are genuinely really useful
that they can fall in love with
and discovering new products
and you can discover as well.
So I'm gonna share some of my favorites with you today
these products were gifted to me,
but I'm not being paid to advertise
any of these products to you.
I just want to be very transparent about that up front.
Okay, oh, some of them are affiliate links
but I'll explain as I go.
Talking about shopping online
and try and get people gifts and sales
and things going on happening, we're shopping.
I want to say a huge thank you
to today's sponsor of this video
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Okay, let's get into today's video.
So first up I really wanted to share these brushes with you.
So these are from a brand called Kohl Kreatives
now there's a few things you might notice
that slightly different about them.
One is that they are square in shape
and also if they have braille
down at the bottom of each brush.
So these brushes were designed with a visually pair in mind
and people with motor disabilities.
So as well as being a really really great brush collection
the brushes in here make a really great brush set.
These aren't gonna roll off a desk,
they're not gonna like fall round
where they also stand up, they're made to stand up.
Let me just test that now, they do
and you have the small braille
just down the bottom here also.
The braille at the blossom is a number
and the box on the outside there this QR code
which links to an audio guide
which matches up to the number of a brush
that's the braille here.
So it's a really really incredibly well thought out idea.
I thought this was amazing,
they actually asked me if I wanted to receive this
and I thought it was such an incredible idea.
I get so many questions about makeup for visually impaired,
tools for visually impaired
and I just thought what an amazing well thought out idea
and for somebody to actually put that into practice
and have it be so thoughtful I thought was incredible.
Okay, so next it might seem a little bit boring
but let me just tell you
so this is the not a sponge! makeup, okay?
So this is a new one
I have my other one right here
and this is basically a sponge
basically a few things I really like about first of all
this flat side right here, but also the squishiness of it.
Now I use a silicone sponge before and I hated it,
it's not a sponge because it's silicone
you know what I mean, like the flat silicone things
I despised it mainly because of the density
and the feeling of it, like whacking your face.
I just really couldn't deal with that
and it just didn't apply, right?
It was literally like just putting products in your face
and leaving it there, it didn't blend at all.
However, with this one, what I really like about it
is the pressure and that squishiness you can get
the issue of it just being so hard is kind of gone.
So you can use this pointed area around here
and also have a flatter era that's how I've been using it.
If I want that filler coverage
which I sometimes need to get for camera.
I don't think I've ever this on camera
because I've had the idea of this video for so long
that I want you to use this.
It also cleans really really well
this has been covered in foundation before
and it looks brand new right here.
So it cleans perfectly
I just used a shampoo and warm water and wiped it off
and it was fine.
One thing when I opened it,
it did have like a kind of a smell to it
but not a bad smell like a plastically smell
but that goes once you wash it
and to me that's not a big deal anyway.
All right, so next up, it's like a little bit different
and it's skincare
but not skincare as you might think about it.
So this are from Bolt Beauty
these were very kindly to gifted to me
and I saw them and I was like, yeah,
they look cute let me try.
So they sent them to me
and they were kind of just sat on the side
for a little while and I didn't really venture into them
and then I use, where is it?
The marked one, I use this mad about matte moisturizer
for the first time a few months back
and I absolutely loved it, it was so incredible.
So these products here
you have your moisturize and these blue capsules
you have your glow don't shine as well
which is really hydrating, but it isn't greasy or like oily.
You have your vitamin A serums
and then also your cleanse of a filthy clean cleanser.
Now how these work, Oh I don't wanna open one
'cause I like them I don't wanna waste them.
I'm gonna show you anyway, these are seaweed capsules
and once you run out of them in this plastic tub
you can buy refills just to refill this tub.
The way it works is you twist off the top just like this
and you just pull up that top
and then it's all in here.
Well don't focus on me look at your product
and then you get a really really good amount.
I have to admit I'm quite a frivolous user
like I will use more than that usually
but this is more than enough for a whole face
and I've been in love with the texture
the way this sits under foundation
and the way it looks with foundation on top
is so incredible.
I actually love all the products I just adore the brand.
I think it's a really really incredible idea
it looks amazing on the side as well.
I love like stacking them up
and just having them on my shelf,
bonus to that is that products
are actually really really good, so that is it Bolt Beauty.
I would highly recommend it
if you're trying to be a little bit more earth-friendly
with your products
then absolutely go ahead and check them out.
Okay, what's up next?
I have so many things.
Let's talk about cleaning brushes,
the burden of cleaning brushes
but here's some products that I have found
made it a 100% easier, quicker as well.
So I'm sure you've all seen this before
I use this every other day.
So certainly it's a bit gummy
but this is the Sigma Spa Brush Cleaning Mat.
So this is amazing
this is absolutely incredible
I do not wash my brushes without this now.
This basically has these (mumbling)
and that goes onto your sink and you basically,
I fill my sink outward with a little bit of water
and I actually have a Sigma Brush Cleaner as well
but obviously use your own
or whatever you use to clean your brushes
and you can see it has all these little areas
of different textures.
So it has your rinsing areas and your washing areas
now, why does that matter?
Like what part you use
I'll tell you why via the wash of eyes areas.
These little grooves here are so good at washing things
like small angle brushes or really tiny like liner brushes
and because brushes tend to have product
that stains a little bit more eye shadows, things like that.
The texture is just so good
for getting rid of those more stubborn stains.
Whereas you'll see on the face side
it's a little bit more wider.
There's more like a gaps in between
you have these lines where you can brush your face
brushes backwards and forwards.
So it's a little bit more gentler as well
but this has been so well for hours
and it's been so so helpful
when it comes to washing my brushes.
I stick in the sink and then I'll grab a chair
and I'll sit by my sink and I'll put YouTube on
on my phone and I'll just sit there
and watch YouTube on my phone and rinse my brush
so much easier then I don't know about you guys.
I used to get like a bowl
and then fill it up and then wash my brushes in the buckle.
(chuckling)
why did we make life hard for ourselves?
I can't wait to show it to you.
It might be a little bit down I had my brushes on there.
So I was sent a message on
I think it was Twitter actually
and the person whose company this is,
was like can I send this to you?
And I was just like, why have I never in my life
seen anything like this before?
So when I leave my brushes to dry
I leave them lined up on a window sill
or you know 'cause you wanna keep them on their side
or along a table or along the side
somewhere to moister them out.
So when I saw this, I was so, like I said
I've been using some of these products
and I've been saving them for this video.
This is the RIVANLI drying rack I mean drying rack up
but it's basically a brush drying rack.
Let me just tell you something, this is so amazing
it's been one of the most helpful things ever.
So I clean the brush,
I make sure it's really rinsed out well
basically what you do is say I've just cleaned this brush.
You lay it just here like this
the brush goes past the pink rubber band here
so it has so in air out the hallway round
and you literally just stuck your brushes
side-by-side on this shelf
and you can put this wherever.
You can put this in your bathroom,
you can have it in your bedroom,
you can have it wherever it needs to be.
The top one here, this tray is meant for like
say you shampoo your brushes
and you can put them in here stop them from rolling away.
So I've actually been using it for my
beauty sponges and things like that
because it sits slightly above the white layer under here
and it has that ventilation.
I put my sponges in there, so they dry out quicker
sometimes I'll actually just take it out
and I'll leave it somewhere like this
but it's absolutely incredible.
Anything that makes a washing brushes easier
and the process easier is a lifesaver.
I absolutely adore this
and I just thought it was so clever and so smart.
and like, why has no one thought of this yet?
Yeah, I love it I really really love it
and of course again, linkup allow it for you.
So I have two more items for you,
God I'm getting shiny with excitement.
So the next product I'm gonna show you
is actually a product I spoke about ages ago
but it has been updated a while back
and I was sent I'd been new version of it
and this is something that has changed my life
as quite drastic, but it kind of has.
So this is the pillow from sleep and glow
and it's basically an anti-aging pillow
with a silk pillow case.
I hope a pillow case doesn't sound too gross
'cause I sleep on us every night.
So it has dips in the side here for side sleepers
so the idea ideas that you rest your head on this side here
and none of your face gets squished up
like it would usually on a normal pillow.
There's also a dip in the middle as well
for people who sleep on their back
and there's also a slightly raised bump here
that slips into your neck perfectly.
So when I was sent the original one
I thought it was a really good idea
just because of like anti-aging
and I've heard silk pillow cases can be
really good for your skin or this kind of stuff
and this is my personal experience with it.
So I don't wanna be like
it would definitely do this for you.
But I talk a lot about back pain and shoulder pain
and neck pain
and I went through a stage
of having really really horrible pains
in my neck, in my head around the back here of my head.
I would get headaches every single day without fail
I would have a headache every single day.
I would have like it was migraine,
like I couldn't see, I couldn't look at lights
you know, it was really really horrible.
That's come down quite a lot
before that stage,
I was sleeping with the original version of his pillow
and it fixed that, it fixed that within a few days.
My neck wasn't like this when I was sleeping
and then I stopped using it in between
because my dog, I love my dog.
She likes sleeping like above my head here
and I loved it too.
So I shared a pillow with her, but I got my normal pillow
'cause we couldn't both sleep on the older version of this.
Now she's a bit older and she doesn't do that anymore
and I've been using this
for months and months and months now
it's actually come with something
to make the pillow slightly higher
which has now a completely perfect size for me.
I went to a chiropractor because my head was getting so bad
some of you may know who watched all my videos
that I was having extreme headaches
and I wasn't posting some videos
because I couldn't bear to sit in front of these lights
and have them bright in my face
it was awful and she said to me, she was like, you know
my chiropractor was like,
I said what should I do in terms of sleeping,
I'm I sleeping wrong I should mentioned my pillow
and I was like, oh yes, I'll get my pillow.
Oh my God I'm just so thankful to this brand
and to this pillow, something as simple
as the way you sleep, your neck position, your shoulder
and your neck position here can change everything.
It's taking that tension away from my neck
I don't get headaches when I wake up,
I don't have that need to stretch out my neck,
I don't have massive headaches at the end of the day anymore
because of the pillow,
because of my neck position, because of everything
and at the same time, I'm not getting wrinkles, yes please.
So this is absolutely incredible
it's definitely something to invest in
and obviously using this and speaking to the brand
and tell them how impressed I was with a pillow
they actually gave me an affiliate link for it
and a discount.
So I'll leave out below for you
it isn't affiliate link and has a discount on there for you.
Okay, so the last product I want to talk to you
about today is a makeup box and you might be like, okay so.
This is by a brand called Beautifect box facts
so it's a makeup box just like this
it's not very heavy at all, it's actually very light
and I was asked if I wanted to receive one of these.
I was like, sure, yeah, beauty boxes has come in handy
I could put my makeup, whatever
and little did I know how useful and incredible this is.
I think it were still (mumbling) makeup boxes as storage
and that's what is just storage
but let me just show you this.
Okay, so you're gonna see all my lighting now
sorry I'm gonna ruin the magic.
So first of all, the design is amazing
this part of the box, the mirror is like
almost like a laptop where it kind of you can move it
to whatever position you want.
It doesn't like slam open or slam shut
you can have it like this if you want to for some reason.
Next up the lighting,
so there are so many different lighting settings
on this as well.
So for example, you have this white light here
which you have enlightened and darken.
You have as kind of like a bluer tone
I'm seeing it as to which you can lighten and darken.
You then have is very yellow lighting
say you're going somewhere in the evening,
you know, you're going to be in a restaurant
and you only need to do your lighting for that occasion
and then you have as kind of like in-between also.
So there's every kind of lighting situation
in this beauty box.
It's like having a portable makeup mirror
with amazing lighting,
which you can customize to your situation.
There's also inside, this is so cool
I've taken my products out of it for now
let me turn this off.
So inside you have these bits are open out
and they can hold brushes, eyeliners, mascaras
things that tend to roll away
that you can kind of just keep in here.
It has a small mirror a magnifying mirror as well
and then it came with a cloth
I'm guessing its like clean the mirror.
But you have all this room in here to keep things in,
your makeup, your skincare, your overnight stuff
wherever it is you need
you can also fit like an eyeshadow palette on top here
if you want to, these can fold on top of it and protect it
and one thing I thought was really interesting.
I spoke to the founder of this company
she mentioned to me, you can actually stick your phone
in this bit here with the lighting on.
It's like your own little studio
if you're doing like a live or something somewhere
which I thought was really really cool.
It's chargeable by USB as well
just from the side right here.
I just thought this was absolutely amazing to have
five different lighting types in a makeup box
like this is insane
and to be able to do your makeup anyway, in any lighting
in a hotel room, knowing that you're gonna go into daylight
or you know, in an office
or I just think is absolutely incredible.
I can my stuff back in there,
it just looked really cute, I love it.
All right, so I hope you found something in that video
that inspires you for gifts or for yourself
why not it's Christmas
and you discover something new, maybe something to consider.
Like I said, I'll leave a link to everything below
and I'll leave a link below
so you can download Shoptagr as well
and have a look at that amazing tool for yourself.
Thank you so much for joining me
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yeah and I will see you very very soon, bye.