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hey guys
today i want to share with you my
favorites from 2020.
basically this is just a list of things
that made my life
better in some way or easier or are just
awesome and fun
so hopefully this will also give you
some ideas if you're still looking for
that perfect christmas gift for somebody
but let's get started so during the
summer i was in tokyo and
i was killing some time before a meeting
and i popped into this
matcha green tea cafe and they served me
the matcha in the prettiest teacup i had
ever seen
so i asked them if i could purchase the
teacups and they said they weren't for
sale
but then the lady made a phone call and
asked the owner and they especially
sold them to me which was super kind but
now i am the proud owner of these
beautiful
periwinkle matcha cups i love them
so much i also picked up a matcha whisk
and some matcha powder from my
supermarket
i've really gotten into making myself a
cup of matcha every morning
it's very healthy for you it's a good
alternative to coffee if you still want
that
caffeine boost there is caffeine and
matcha of course not as much as in
coffee but there is a little bit
and it's really good for you so i think
this cute little set would just be such
a great gift for anybody that likes tea
or likes japan or just basically anybody
it's so much fun and it's so cute and
it's just like the perfect little
size for a christmas gift next is
my hair dryer i know you're probably
thinking like what is so special
about it but actually before i use this
hair dryer i was using
the most expensive hair dryer probably
in existence it was like 300
or something ridiculous it was gifted to
me and
i actually prefer this one it's made by
panasonic
it doesn't have a name but the item
number is eh dash
any 5a i got it on amazon cool thing
about this hairdryer
is the temperature is very low but the
wind
strength is so strong that it dries your
hair so quickly even with a really low
temperature so
it's very gentle on your hair it doesn't
damage it as much as regular hair dryers
would and i find that it makes my hair
really smooth
and silky and shiny looking i've already
purchased two
to give to my friends for christmas this
year i just think everybody
who likes to blow dry their hair should
have one of these
now if you follow my channel you have
noticed that i promote glassesusa.com a
lot
they have been very supportive of my
channel throughout the years and i love
their glasses
so i thought for this year's favorites
video i would do a roundup of my top
five pairs
that i find myself wearing all the time
i've got a huge collection
but i find myself going back to the same
five pairs
so if you're looking to get yourself
some new frames maybe these are some
styles to check out
their glasses are super affordable you
can get a full set of frames
and lenses for as low as 30 dollars and
you can get prescription in almost
any of their frames both glasses and
sunglasses
and there's like 6 000 different styles
to choose from so there's something for
everybody
and they have a cool tool on their
website where you can try on the glasses
before you purchase them the links to
all the pairs that i showed you guys
today will be down below in the
description box
next is an eyeshadow palette now
normally i don't stray from
really natural looking shades i usually
just wear brown or maybe gold
that's like that's as risky as i get but
i was gifted this huda beauty
nude light palette by my friend sunny
thank you sunny
and i fell in love with it and i've just
been using it every day the colors are a
very great mix of neutrals as well as
some kind of like
bright funky colors and also it's like
half glitter half
matte which is really cool as well i'm
actually wearing the purple at the
moment which is not a color i would
normally go for
it's quite a subtle purple color and the
glitter is very fine so i think it's
great for daily wear
yeah the combination of colors in here
is just so fun and i think this would be
a really nice present for anybody that's
into makeup
next are these fake candles so you can
see one on my shelf back there that's
fake as well these two are from ikea
and you just pop some batteries in them
and they've got
fake flames inside that flicker
like real candles so they look so
realistic
and they're just great if you are either
forgetful like i am or if you have pets
or children
and it's dangerous to have an open flame
around i just think having fake candles
throughout your house
is just so easy and they give a really
cozy feeling
to any room or you can even have them
like on the bath
i just buy so many of them and put them
everywhere i think they look great
next is something that made my life so
much easier this year
it's something very simple but very
effective
and that is paper to do lists so this
one is a full week
and this one is just a to-do list for
the day i start off by
planning my entire week so that i've got
like an overview
of my entire plans for the week on my
desk i can kind of refer back to it and
see what's coming up
and then each day i'll write a more
detailed to-do list of things i have to
do that day
and i can check them off as i go as well
and i just find it so nice to have
everything down on paper
and not like in the back of my mind
worrying about it all the time you know
what i mean
so if you've got a busy friend or family
member
grab them some to-do lists it's a great
stocking stuffer as well
next is this amazing photography book by
liam wong if you are interested in
photography
or japan you probably are if you watch
my videos you've probably heard of liam
wong he's a very famous photographer who
specializes in
tokyo city nighttime photos and he is
just so talented at both photography
and editing this book is just so
visually pleasing it's so nicely put
together
the colors are just gorgeous and i think
this would just
make a really amazing christmas present
for virtually anybody i'll have the
links to everything i'm mentioning today
down below
so you still got time if you still need
a christmas present for somebody
hopefully i'm giving you some good ideas
if you know someone that's into sneakers
i fell in love with these nikes they're
the nike rise i saw them online when i
was just randomly shopping
and i thought they were so cool and i
bought them and they just became my
favorite shoe to wear because they're so
freaking comfy so not only do they look
really cool
they're super comfy so if you know
someone who's into sneakers this would
be a great present for them
last but not least is the oculus quest
2.
if you are unfamiliar with this it's a
vr virtual reality
gaming system and the cool thing about
the quest 2
is it doesn't require anything else
so you don't need a tv you don't need a
pc um you don't need like a playstation
to attach it to
it's just the console itself that's all
you need and
you can play vr games and it's so much
fun i am so addicted to
beat saber it's a rhythm game where
you've got like lightsabers
and you slash the blocks that are moving
towards you
in time with the music if you like
rhythm games and you haven't tried beat
saber you need to find somewhere to play
it
it's so much fun and it's really good
exercise for your arms and just like in
general
i play it about 40 minutes a day and it
really gets your heart going and the
next day my arms are always so sore
so it's been a lot of fun it's a good
combination of fun and
exercise and the system itself is quite
affordable considering you don't need
anything else
to make it run there's tons of games
that you can download online
but i've just been enjoying beat saber
and that's literally
all that i play if you have any
recommendations for good oculus games
let me know in the comments but yeah if
you're looking to splurge on a present
for somebody or
spend your christmas money maybe i
highly recommend it it's so much fun
the only thing that i was like not 100
happy with is the head strap
that it originally comes with it's not
very comfortable at all and i found that
after playing like
20 minutes i was starting to get a
really sore like face
and head and i would have to take a
break before i could play again i did
some research and i actually found a
replacement head strap that you can buy
i got mine off amazon
i think it's a chinese company the one
that i got but it is just night and day
it's so comfortable i can play for
an hour now easily without any
discomfort
so i'll link that down below as well i
really recommend investing in that as
well if you do get the oculus
and i think that's it i hope i gave you
guys some good ideas for some christmas
gifts last minute christmas gifts if
you're still in the market for some
or some things that you can buy yourself
and treat yourself with
you can find the links to all the
products i mentioned in this video down
below in the description box
as well as my favorite glasses so check
that out if you're interested
thanks so much for watching guys and
i'll see you again very soon for another
video
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