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- Hey everyone, welcome back, I've got an episode
of Favorites for you today.
Honestly, I'm a little stressed out on how quickly
this year is going by, we're literally plowing through 2017
and it's true, the saying that the older you get,
the faster the year seems to go.
That's definitely my life, but anyway,
on a lighter note, I've got some of my favorite things
from April and if you are a lover of Favorite videos,
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So with that said, let's get started.
In April, I fell in love with this strappy nude wedge.
They're probably familiar to you because I've been
plastering them all over my Instagram, my YouTube channel,
these have just been on my feet nonstop
because they just go with everything and they're super
comfortable because it is a wedge.
It's very rare for me to wear shoes that don't have
a platform or a wedge because those are just painful.
I think it's about time that I retire my Zushu nude
platforms that I used to wear all the time for years.
I think we've got a new nude shoe in town.
A common question that I get pretty often
is what kind of bra I wear with items that are strapless
or backless and before my answer was always,
"Oh, I wear a sticky bra," but I just never really
recommended it that much because my sticky bra kinda sucked.
It was always just okay, if it was really hot
or if I got sweaty, the sticky bra would just kinda fall off
and it just felt horrendous wearing that when it was hot.
But in April, I discovered these nipple covers.
These are silicon nipple covers and look,
they're pretty large, which is nice actually
because you would think in theory that smaller nipple covers
would be better, but larger ones are in fact better
because they provide shape to your breast
and it just covers the entire thing, which is nice,
so these are great for items that are backless, strapless,
and if you have something with a plunging neckline,
these are a godsend, I just make sure that every time
I use them, I put them in this case because I don't
wanna lose these guys and I make sure to keep
this little plastic wrap, just to keep it nice and secure.
It keeps the adhesive quite tacky
and you can just wear them over and over.
Now that I've discovered these, I've just been wearing
a lot more backless items and I just love these guys,
these are a necessity in every girl's wardrobe.
Moving on to some beauty products that I've been loving,
here I have Kopari's coconut body glow
and I actually discovered this in my hotel room
while I was at Coachella and I went ham with this product
every single day when I was out there.
Basically I would put just several pumps of this
on my hand until my whole body was slathered with this,
my legs, my arms, just any piece of flesh that was showing
except for my face, yeah, I would put this on
and it would give my body just a beautiful golden shimmer
and it's got little tiny gold flecks in it
and it just, I don't know, it just makes your skin
look so glowy and bronzed, I feel like it definitely has
some sort of toning effect and I could see myself
rocking this for any summer future event
like, I don't know, like a Fourth of July pool party
or just another music festival.
Another beauty product that I've been loving
has been this highlighting palette by Stila,
this is their Star Light Star Bright palette
and I feel like I've mentioned this in multiple videos
by now but I had to put it in my favorites
because I was literally wearing this highlighter
right in the middle, Kitten, throughout the entire month
of April, all these highlighters are gorgeous
but the one in the middle, Kitten, is just out of control.
I really love the formula of this because it's not
a powder but it's not a cream either,
it just kind of dances in between the middle
and I think it gives a perfect, dewy, natural finish.
This palette is also a part of my Jet Set Jen box and this
is probably one of my favorite pieces in the entire set.
Next up, I've got this lip butter by Sol de Janeiro.
This is their Brazilian Kiss Cupacu Lip Butter
and if I'm gonna be completely real, the reason why
I love this, like 60% of the reason why I love this
is because of the scent, it smells so darn scrumptious.
It smells like vanilla bean and I don't know,
if you don't like vanilla scents, you're not gonna like this
but if you do, you're gonna be obsessed with this.
I enjoy putting this on my lips, it's like an experience
that I want to have because it smells so delicious.
Maybe that's part of their marketing strategy,
they just make it smell really good
so people just use it up faster.
My last favorite is a podcast that I've been listening to
nonstop, it's called How I Built This and it's by NPR
and this is a podcast where they just get a bunch
of entrepreneurs, innovators, idealists,
and they come on the show to talk about how they were
able to build their empire or their movements
and it's just so inspiring to listen to
because as a young entrepreneur, it's always good
to have some sort of mentor, I personally don't have one
but that's why I always seek out information like this
and one of my favorite stories was by the guy
who created Five Hour Energy, I know it's super random,
it's that little tiny bottle that you see in all
corner stores in America, he now has like a billion dollar
industry and his story was so interesting.
At the end, the host asked him, "What are three tips
"that every entrepreneur should follow
"in order to have a successful business?"
And the first one was common sense, use your common sense,
make things as simple as possible, don't waste your time
using jargon and making things sound complex
to make yourself sound smarter, that is gonna do
the opposite so go with your gut, use your common sense.
Tip number two was to be determined.
Everyone can be passionate but after you've been kicked
in the face a couple of times, passion fades,
but determination means that no matter what,
you are getting up and you're starting again
because you've got that mentality.
The last piece of advice was having a sense of urgency.
So that means do it now, not later, not tomorrow,
do it now because when you put things off,
you tend to forget about it,
so always have a sense of urgency, do it now.
I've just been really enjoying listening to this
while I'm walking to the gym, it's like a 15,
20 minute walk so these podcasts are just perfect
pieces of information while I'm walking.
Alright guys, so that wraps up my April favorites.
I am so sorry that there's no film favorite
or a book favorite, I just didn't read anything
and I didn't watch anything.
But if you wanna write down any of your recommendations
from film to books to podcasts especially,
put it down in the comments down below,
I would love to read about it, I genuinely love reading
what you guys have to say, I do have a very long list
of current recommendations but I am always open
to adding more to that, but anyway,
if you guys enjoyed the video, make sure you hit
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already and I'll see you guys in the next one.
Bye!
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