Hi everyone.
Welcome back to Lavendaire.
Today I'm going to share some favorites
from the month of June.
By the way: I will be traveling for three weeks in July,
almost three weeks, so it's a pretty long time.
I'll be posting less on YouTube,
but I'll be more active on Instagram.
So follow me on Instagram.
I'll post a ton of photos from my travels and I'll chat with you guys there.
Alright, the first favorite of the month are actually two playlists on Spotify.
One is called Deep Focus and the other one is called Background Piano Music.
(Is that what it's called?).
Piano in the Background.
Those are my go-to playlists
in these past couple weeks to be productive and focus on work.
I feel like I've been pretty distracted, just like anyone else.
I'll hop on Instagram
and end up on there for longer than expected.
And I just feel like I need to get my head straight.
And honestly, those playlists have been helping me so much because once I pop on
the Deep Focus playlist, I'm like zoned in.
It feels like a meditation.
It feels like
I'm in a yoga studio.
I don't know, I just feel very in flow listening to that playlist.
Same thing with the Piano in the Background playlist.
I grew up playing piano
so I love the sound of piano, solo piano.
I don't like anything too crazy.
So it's just simple.
And then the piano music playlist, that makes me feel like I'm in a spa,
so I'll play that as I'm getting ready for bed.
I'll play it when I'm brushing my teeth,
washing my face, unwinding myself.
I'll share the links to both those playlists down below.
I'll also share all the other stuff I mention in this video.
Next up, I have another duo of favorites.
These are the liquid eyeliners by EM Cosmetics.
If you guys don't know: EM Cosmetics is the makeup brand by Michelle Phan,
the YouTuber and businesswoman.
I look up to Michelle so, so much.
I've looked up to her since I was younger in college, since she started on YouTube.
And I am an avid supporter of her.
I will support everything she does.
But I'm not being biased when I'm saying these liquid eyeliners are the shit.
They are so good, and I am a liquid eyeliner girl.
I wear it all the time, every day almost.
And my staples are the Stila liquid eyeliner and also the Kat Von D liquid eyeliner.
And I still love both of them, but I'm saying that these liquid eyeliners are comparable.
The reason I have two is they have different brushes.
One of them is a felt tip brush,
one of them is brush, if you know what I mean.
Basically, the brush one is for fine lines
and I love using it to draw the wing of the eye.
And the felt tip is darker.
There's more color payoff, so it's bolder, but it's harder to use this to make a very
nice cat eye.
I think I like the brush one a little bit more, but sometimes when I want to do it fast,
I'll use the felt tip one because the felt tip one is pretty fast.
The brush tip one, you have to take more time to color it in and stuff.
Sometimes I'll use both, but yeah, I really, really like these too.
Next, I want to share this app that I just downloaded.
It's called TV Time.
TV Time is this app that helps you track the TV shows that you're watching.
So it helps you organize your shows, mark which episodes you've watched,
and also it reminds you or notifies you when new episodes come out.
This is a great app to keep track of what number episode you are in each show.
That's a problem for me.
I always forget where I left off, and honestly,
I just love that it gives you a nice visual overview of all the shows that you're watching
and all the shows that you've already watched.
And I like that organization.
The most fun part, though, is that you get to see what other people comment on the shows.
You can also add your own comments.
I haven't really gotten into that yet,
but I wish I had this app when I was watching Terrace House: Boys and Girls in the City,
because after I watch every episode, I kind of look online and see what
other people are saying about that episode because I'm totally wanting to talk about
it,
but I have no one to talk about it with.
I have not started watching Terrace House: Aloha State.
I heard the beginning half is boring but the second half is good,
so I'm going to start watching that from the middle.
And if you guys are watching too,
then follow me.
My username is also Lavendaire.
I'll probably be commenting
after every show and sharing my thoughts.
And I'd also love to see what
you guys are going to say about that show too.
And I also thought this part was really cute.
You get to choose what character you are
from what TV show.
So I put: "If I were a TV show character I would be Mizuki,"
from Terrace House because she's the one who's kind of lost in her life.
She wants to start a coffee shop or something.
She's super cute.
She's nice, but she doesn't end up getting with a guy because she's too nice.
She likes a guy and another girl likes the same guy.
She'll back off
and let her have him.
I'm like that type of girl.
I've also just started watching Girlboss on Netflix, the show that's based off Girlboss,
the book by Sophia Amoruso from Nasty Gal.
I've read the book.
I made a video
about that book, by the way.
And so far I've finished like three episodes.
I don't know if I'm feeling it yet.
Maybe because it's just so unrealistic.
It's very loosely based from the book and from reality, but I mean, that's TV, right?
So let me know if you guys watch that too.
Let me know what you think about it.
Anyway, I'll post the links down below if you want to download the app
and follow me at @lavendaire.
That's that.
My next favorite of the month is this Hope bracelet that I'm currently wearing.
I got sent this from The Mindful Company.
They were so sweet.
They put "Lavendaire" engraved in this little gold thing.
I don’t even know
if I can catch it on camera because it's so small.
But this is super cute, super casual.
I found myself wearing this like every day.
It goes with everything.
And initially, they sent two bracelets.
I'll show you the other one they sent.
But I thought, on the computer, I thought I would like the gold band.
But in reality, I actually like this one, the rope one better because it fits snugly
around my wrist.
I feel like I have a pretty small wrist.
The other bracelet falls off sometimes.
I like this design, I like this size.
It's super cute, and they have a really good message.
They have inspiration words on all of their pieces of jewelry.
So if you're interested
in that sort of thing, check them out at The Mindful Company.
My next favorite of the month is actually an Instagram account called peakyourmind.
You might recognize peakyourmind because he also has a YouTube channel.
His name is Martin.
I know him as an internet friend, but he also makes
personal growth content online.
But more recently, he started posting videos
on Instagram of clips of celebrities saying motivation or inspirational things.
What I found is I just go to his Instagram page in the morning and I'll just play the
videos.
I'll go on the feed and play the videos one after another as I'm waking up,
because it's really inspirational.
Just a perfect way to start my day,
just a really nice kick in the butt.
While I'm brushing my teeth and changing and everything,
I'm listening to these high profile, high achieving people share their words of wisdom.
For my last favorite, I'm gonna go back to music.
I realize I haven't shared
my favorite songs with you guys lately, so I'm just gonna plug it in here:
I have seasonal Spotify playlists.
So my recent playlist is Summer 2017.
I have constantly favorite songs, but I guess I forget to talk about them in my favorites
video.
If you follow my playlists, basically you'll get what I'm listening to.
But out of the Summer playlist, I would say that my top two favorite songs
of the moment are Uh Huh by Julia Michaels.
I think she is a genius.
She's the girl who wrote the song Issues.
And she has a sort of organic style.
She does not fit to the tempo of the song and I think that's so revolutionary
because it's been so long.
I haven't heard a pop song–or any song for that matter–
that doesn't fit exactly to the time signature.
Does that make sense to you guys?
Just listen to the song, Uh Huh, and listen to her when she says the line,
"going in for the kill".
I love how she just…It feels like she's just dropping.
Anyway, I think she's a great songwriter.
She's a true artist,
and look forward to her making more moves in the future.
Second favorite song is Cut to the Feeling by Carly Rae Jepsen.
Oh my goodness, when it's summertime and the sun is out and things are fun,
I've turned to Carly Rae Jepsen.
Me and my friend, Allen, we both agree
that she is the savior of pop music.
Literally, I love pop music.
I'm all about that.
And her music is fun, it's true, and it just makes you feel good,
so listen to that song if you're into that kind of thing.
Links to everything are down below.
Check out whatever you're interested in.
By the way: We're doing Lavi Love Spotlights in our Facebook group,
so if you're not in the group already, I encourage you to join
because we're featuring different members of our group each week.
And it's really cool to get to know you guys on a deeper level
but also be able to create a platform for all of you to share your light and share your
passions
and what you're all about.
So if you're interested in being featured, join the group.
Link is below.
And also: email alicia@lavendaire.com.
Her name is Alice, that's her nickname.
But the email is alicia@lavendaire.com.
Send her some love because she's amazing, okay?
Alright, that's it for today.
Have a beautiful day.
Bye!