Hi welcome back and if you're new welcome! My name is Ysis Lorenna and in
this video I'm gonna share some of my favorite recent Amazon purchases things
that I've bought from end of 2018 to mid 2019 and I have been on a no buy year so
I haven't bought as many things as I did up until 2019 started but I do have a
few very interesting things to share with you I have a few categories home
where technology things for pregnancy and baby because I have two kids so I
have plenty of those things and beauty so hope you guys enjoy this video I have
done a video like this before on my channel and it's been one of my most
popular videos so I'll leave it linked below and this the previous video that I
did actually has my whole amazon shopping history from when I started
buying things on Amazon up until sort of the mid to end of 2018 so this is like
the updated version of the previous video and if you don't know everything
else that I bought up until now then go watch that video and if you're not
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into the video so I'm gonna start with home where because home where and
Technology are where I spend most of my money on Amazon and the first thing I
wanted to share are these silicone baking sheets that I saw on my friend
Kerry Welf Dale's youtube channel and I bought it straight away it's been one of
the best purchases they basically replace your foil that you'd put down on
a tray for baking things in an oven and they are washable you can put them in
the dishwasher nothing sticks to it so if you cook like a salmon or something
it's completely nonstick and it's just the most convenient thing in the world I
bought these for my mom I bought them for my sister and I'll keep buying them
as presents for everyone I know that doesn't have them already
it came with three sheets two of the large ones and one of the little ones
and if it they look a little bit dirty it's because I use them every single day
I've not bought foil sheets since I bought these I definitely recommend
these and it's also eco-friendly because you can use it over and over again
instead of foil that you only use once and then you have to throw it away I'm
using natural light for this video which is really winding me up because the Sun
can't make up its mind so sometimes dark and then other times it's light so I
apologize for that so the next thing I wanted to share with you is my Apple
divider I bought this at the same time I bought the baking sheets and it's
completely self explanatory all you do is you put your Apple underneath and it
divides your Apple into one two three four five six yeah six pieces and it's
most convenient thing in the world first thing in the morning when I'm preparing
my kids lunch for their lunch box it's so easy instead of just cutting an apple
I mean I suppose you could just cut an apple with a knife but if you're looking
for convenience this has been one of the most convenient and worth the money
purchases that I've made I use this pretty much every day
again I bought one of these for my mom and my sister as well because I use it
so so much and it's not that expensive three pounds 50 the next homework item
that I bought on Amazon and I completely and utterly love I don't have it here to
show you because its installed in my home but it's my ring video doorbell - I
love it it's as it says a video doorbell so you can see what's going on in front
of your house when someone rings the bell you can talk to the person outside
the door you can use your phone even when you're not at home to talk to
people I use it all the time when the postman comes and I'm not home to let
them know you know you can leave the parcel there or leave it with a neighbor
or I'll be back in a minute it's just it saves a lot of missed
parcels the sorry we missed your cards are just so annoying and you can keep an
eye on what's going on in your house it's a safety thing that you can have as
well if you live in a particularly busy area and I just love it I love the
convenience of having it on my phone installation was so easy and we did it
all by ourselves we didn't need any sort of technicians or anything it was all
video like tutorials to follow is so simple it's not the cheapest of
things to buy but it's definitely a worthwhile investment especially if your
safety conscious and you like to keep an eye on what's going on around you in
your house so the ring video doorbell is amazing and I couldn't recommend it
enough next is another item that I don't have here with me but I will insert some
clips here and it's a fold-out bed I have a two-year-old who doesn't sleep
through the night and a lot of the times we were sleeping on the floor in her
bedroom when she'd wake up in the middle of the night so he decided to buy a bed
to stay in her room but she has a tiny little room so it needed to be something
that folds quite compact but we also wanted it to be a full size single bed
my husband is 6 foot tall so he needed something that he was able to sleep on
it not just like a tiny little bed so we did some research and I got some
recommendations and it was actually someone on Instagram that recommended
this brand to me I think it's a Natalia spot so that's the the make of it but
it's brilliant so they do different colors all you do
is fold it out and fold it back in when you're not using it's very comfortable
the built-in pillow is actually quite nice but I also use an extra pillow with
it I use this so much so if you have visitors coming over but you don't want
to buy a full-size bed you can buy a little fold-out beds that you can put
away when your visitors are not there you can use it as a little sofa seat I
highly recommend that the last two things are things I bought towards
Christmas last year the first one is a light-up reindeer and I thought I would
mention this because I don't know when you might stumble upon this video if
you're watching this at Christmastime and you're looking for things to buy
that reindeer was a massive hit in my whole neighborhood everybody
complimented my reindeer all the kids loved it it's really really nice it has
lots of functions that turns itself on you know you can put a lit owner on a
timer to turn it off and on it has different modes so it's a very
simple thing but at Christmas time it kind of gives you a house that extra
little decoration appeal and the other thing was a present that I bought for a
friend and I got feedback from her recently saying that she
like sit this one is for the gin lovers out there I don't actually like gin
myself but I thought I would include this because I got this as a gift and a
friend of mine who really likes gin loved it
so it's the Warner Edwards curiosity gin collection I think that it's what is
called and we just double check yeah Warner Edwards curiosity gin
selection gift set it comes with four bottles of gin so
they're like miniature gin and she said they were so so tasty I think her
favorite was the rhubarb gin so it comes with elderflower gin dry Jane honeybee
gin and rhubarb gin it was 20 pounds so not too pricy but
definitely a nice little luxury gift especially if you know someone in your
life who likes kids right moving on to electronics I'm gonna start with Apple
watch straps I've bought a few over the years from Amazon and it's my favorite
place to buy Apple watch straps so the two ones that I wanted to recommend are
these two first is this metal one which looks like the Milanese loop from Apple
the official one and it's really really great quality I went for the rose gold
one and the metal thing is quite strong so it doesn't really fall off it's
pretty pretty good the only thing why I don't absolutely love this I like it
it's because it doesn't really fit my wrist I have really tiny tiny wrists so
even at the smallest kind of setting it's still too big for me so I kind of
have to do that and fold it within itself for it to fit in my wrist but the
one that I love and that I wear all the time
also from Amazon is this one here this is a silicone one it's also kind of a
dupe for the Apple one that you can get for a lot more money and it's really
good quality the color I have is kind of a lighter key pink color and the reviews
that I saw on Amazon said that the only thing was that the closure wasn't as
good as the Apple one but I've never noticed any problems with it I can
easily close it and open it I have absolutely no problems with it I just
really like a great value for money and I think it was about six pounds fifty or
seven pounds one of the two so it's just such a good value for money
instead of spending so much money on official Apple watch straps these do the
job great and I use this one for working out for running as well it's really
comfortable so highly recommend these two they do lots of colors as well and
this one if you have wrists that are larger well average size wrist not child
sized wrist this will be great next is my favorite external battery charger and
this was actually a present from my sister for my birthday she has one of
these my mum has one of these all of her friends have the this one and they love
it and I used hers when I was at her house in Brazil earlier on in the year
and I loved it I actually used this charger instead of charging my phone on
the mains when I'm not close to a plug socket that's how good it is and how
long it lasts it's not too heavy and big either here's the size of it in
comparison to my iPhone 10 so as you can see it's quite small but you definitely
can't fit this in your pocket so you have to carry a handbag or something
like that but it charges my phone two times or three times full charge which
is amazing so I keep this charged next to my computer in my office when my
phone is running low on battery I plug it in this one if I'm downstairs in the
living room and I'm not near a plug socket I take this with me to plug my
phone in I've owned so many external battery chargers over the years and this
one is by far hands down the best one that I've ever ever ever ever ever used
next is an iPad Mini case that we got recently we tend to give our kids the
iPad Mini when they have in screen time so it needs to have something that's
very secure and will protect it from them dropping or breaking it or whatever
so I looked up on Amazon and this one had the highest reviews and like the
highest rating so it has that kind of magnetic lid that you see on Apple
covers that activates the screen when you open and close but that can also be
removed very easily if your kids are fiddling with it like I remove this when
I give this to my son and then the case itself is absolutely amazing
I'm gonna insert a picture here of how many layers this case has to get your
iPad in is a mission in a half but once you're done your iPad is
secured and protected and it was a factory install but I'm so glad I bought
this one because it really protects the iPad and I feel like when I give my iPad
to my son I don't worry that he's gonna break it because I feel it's like it's
really secure in here and then the last thing I have is another iPad case but
this time for the normal sized iPad so this case is a leather case I'm not sure
if it's real leather I don't think it is I think it's PU leather but I bought
this because I use this iPad for work so what is something there was a little bit
smarter and I liked that it fits my Apple pencil in there so I always know
where my Apple pencil is it's kind of like a portfolio style case this is what
the back looks like and they have lots of different colors as well so when you
open it up the case opens pretty much fully like that and then you have a
little kickstand to use the case to use your iPad so it has three levels one two
and three I find myself using this all the time I never thought I would but I
do I was so impressed with the quality because I didn't think it was gonna be
that good quality but I had lots of great reviews so I'm glad I bought it it
also has a little pocket here at the front you're gonna put paper documents
or whatever so yeah really pleased with this one as well I've had to turn the
brightness of my camera up because it got really really dark outside I'm sorry
but the Sun is not playing ball today so for beauty I only have one item and
it's my lazy makeup bag I use this bag so so much until I realized I was
actually carrying too much makeup around with me because it fits so much stuff
and I was just putting one thing after the other if you're traveling it's the
best thing because it opens up wide so you can see all of your products inside
and when you close it up it's all secured and tied and it's just really
neat and they had lots of prints and patterns as well it is a little bit
expensive for what it is you know just a little makeup bag but I really like
using it and I used it a lot so I thought I would mention it in case
you're looking for something similar next category is pregnancy kids toys and
things like that so for pregnancy I was going to recommend some pregnancy tests
that I used to buy when I was trying for a baby
we're not trying for a baby at the moment
I'm not even sure we're gonna have any more babies but I used those pregnancy
tests so many times when we were trying and they were great so let me see if I
can remember they are the high-sensitivity pregnancy tests I think
they are from the brand one step so it comes in a pack of 20 and they are like
the ultra sensitive pregnancy test which will pick up a pregnancy about a week
before your period is due and they are three pounds 49 for the pack of 20 so
you really can't beat that when you buy a clear blue pregnancy test it's about
six pounds seven pounds for one test and if you're trying to conceive you're
gonna be trying and testing very often so it's worth getting those so I thought
I'd mention it even though this is not relevant for my life anymore and I don't
even have the product to show you and then from now on is just gonna be
children's toys and children's things so if you don't have kids then just skip to
the end of the video so the first thing are these hey dougie
pajamas if your kids like CBeebies like mine do they will love these I think
these are official hey dougie brand pajama so you will be able to find it in
the CVB store or whatever but I thought I'd mention it because when you're
buying clothes on Amazon you just don't really know the size or the quality and
these are really good quality these are my son's ones my daughter has pink ones
as well from hey Doug Lee and they got these in their Christmas Christmas Eve
box I think last year and these are the pyjama trousers so I got my son size
aged 3 to 4 which is true to size on whatever everything that he wears is
size 3 to 4 so it is pretty true to size if you're looking to buy and it's washed
really well I've washed this a dozen times and it's still looking good as new
so I'm really pleased with the quality of those ones and then for toys I have
three toys to share the first one is a VTech desk activity desk which is
actually here in my son's room my kids love playing with it it has a
interactive kind of touch screen and then it also has an easel for them to do
drawing and stuff it's just a nice little area for the kids to kind of
gather it has a little stool for them sit as well so I find that it's a great
hub for the kids to go to when they don't know what to play with they're
kind of drawn to the table which is nice it kind of gathers them around one
little toy the next toy is behind me and it's this VTech car garage which both my
kids absolutely love they not only put cars through there they put everything
all the little toys that they own and again like I said it's another one of
those hub toys that gather the kids around if they're bored if they don't
know what to play with both of these were Christmas presents for the kids and
they really like it so it's great for kids between the age of two and five I
would say my kids are two and four and they both play with these toys the last
toy is something that my son got for his birthday recently and it's a car
Construction Set we haven't had a chance to play with it a lot but what we have
played with it it's been a massive hitch so it basically is a car that comes in
many parts then the kids have to put it together it comes with a little
screwdriver and it's like an electric electric screwdriver I don't really know
how it works but my son and my husband seem to have a really good time when
they play with that toy definitely something for little ones who like to
put things together like to do puzzles and are very inquisitive when it comes
to how things work so if you have a three or four year old in your life who
will fits that description they will definitely like that toy and you can put
the car together in whatever configuration you want you can change
the type of tires it's just a really good toy for that age group and it
wasn't too expensive either I think it was 1499 so a great gift for your child
or for other children around about that age so that is everything that I had to
share with you these are my most recent Amazon purchases that I have really
really enjoyed and things that I highly recommend I know with Amazon is hard to
know whether something is good or not even when you read the reviews you know
it just it's hard to know what to buy and who to trust so hopefully this video
was helpful and you found some interesting things on Amazon to check
out let me know in the comments below if you have any of these things that I
recommend and please give this video a thumbs up
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