Hello lovely people and welcome to my May...
favorites.
Is it May? Okay today is the actually the first of
June, but, we're running with the fact that it was May so, we're good.
These were my favorite things in May, that was a month that happened. Obviously the first and probably most
important thing that we're going to discuss today is the fact that I'm a gosh darn pink princess.
And I love this dress so much.
So favorite thing number one,
is this gorgeous Lillian dress from gigi clothing.
But this made me think of something rather interesting. Slowly, and you may have noticed this if you follow me on instagram,
and if you don't you should.
My wardrobe is kind of turning into a princess dress-up box.
I mean, it was a little bit before but it's really getting very pink and very fluffy at the moment
That just seems to be what's taking my fancy. The thing is even though I spent my entire life
Thinking that I was so incredibly hyper-feminine
that clearly I was very obviously gay because how could I be attracted to anything but femininity
I also then don't think of myself as girly or
In any way girly and I'm not, in the remotest sense, interested in
Girly stuff. I really don't care for any discussions of hair. I love my hair
I'm quite obsessed with my hair, with curling my hair, with making it look lovely. I like doing things to my hair
Do I ever want to discuss hair with anyone?
Really no. Clara and I are making a video about dyeing our hair and I'm only mildly, mildly interested
That is terrible to admit. Sorry.
I'm not interested in buying lots of fancy products for my hair
I don't spend a lot of time with hair masks on or leave-in conditioners
or even probably do the things that you're supposed to do to protect your hair
I'm just interested in my hair
I like nail varnish, I like putting it on. Do I ever want to discuss nail varnish with anyone ever?
No...
Generally when we go to dinner with a group of mixed people of ages and
genders you can generally find me with the middle aged or older men discussing the military tactics of the Plantagenets
Because that's my latest thing that I'm really really into - see the last month's favourites video
But I don't want to sit around and discuss the "girl stuff" that they think girls my age should be into
But equally I can't not look girly. If you've seen the star swap video
That I did with my beautiful wife, you'll know what I mean
I am intensely uncomfortable in anything except a skirt or a dress and
I really don't like wearing dark colors. I find that slightly upsetting too
I just always want to look like a frothy
Pink princess. I'm not in any way saying that there's anything wrong with being interested in girly topics at all
But my whole thesis is girly isn't a thing. I don't think that interests whether that be in
clothes or
films that you like
Books that you're interested in, activities that you like to do, your hobbies. I don't think that that has anything to do with
your gender and I really don't think it should so I really dislike when men or boys are called
"girly" because they like a particular set of interests because those interests aren't girly
they're not gendered themselves. There is no such thing as a gendered interest.
In conclusion, you just be interested in what you're interested in
Don't worry if it fits into a little box of what you're supposed to be. Just build who you are
You can be hyper feminine and still very very interested in the Fast and Furious series
I'm not remotely interested in using up your remaining spoons to fix your nail varnish. That has gone so wrong
favourite thing number two and this is completely non gendered
Well hey, if you remember last month, I had Fun Stix as one of my favourite things.
I got them from Malaysia. They were these really cool dehydrated vegetable crisps. They were so tasty
I really wanted someone to find them and you guys gave me amazing amazing suggestions
One of... one of the suggestions though,
I got excited by, it was dehydrated vegetable crisps and
I bought one of those mass packs that you can get from Amazon
We're supposed to go in shops with like 12 of them in. These they're tomato and cucumber vegetable crisps
And then I realized they're hideous. That wasn't even a suggestion from someone!
Why did I not go for the suggestions?
But then it was okay because I went back to the suggestions and I took an actually amazing suggestion
So thank you to everyone who suggested Eat Real to me
I went to dinner at my cousin's house on the way up to the Lake District and
she had
One of these packs of crisps. Oh someone suggested that in my last video. I shall try those. Tried them. My lord
They were amazing. So of course, I thought I must get all of the packets
I must get all of the flavours and then I really foolishly brought them out and we had a dinner party and said hey guys
Why don't you try them and let me know what you think you people who don't have to eat
Specialist crisps, so I got all my friends to eat them and give opinions and then all I was left with
was empty packets
So, you know these crisps are so tasty
My friends - I mean there were six of them - managed to eat
Seven packs of crisps and I only got to try one or two from each packet
But I'm still going to give you my opinion and use theirs because they're the ones who actually eat them
So crisps from eat real come in two main types-
I'm going to continue to call them crisps because I'm too British to say chips
That hurts my soul because chips are very large. They are mushy and you eat them with battered fish
Lentil crisps and hummus crisps. Now these are both the plain versions. They've just got sea salt on them and
from trying a few of them
Hummus crisps are a little bland without any other kind of flavouring
They were okay, and they do come in a great scoopy shape, so excellent for dips
So both of these are sea salt, but one of them is hummus and one is lentil
And I think I prefer the lentil ones- they taste a bit more like Papadums [Indian wafer dish]
Of course I should mention that they are all no added sugar
Gluten free and are suitable for vegans and as the packaging helpfully points out-
48 percent less fat than regular potato chips and the lentil chips ones-
I really like! I thought they were really nice even plain. They have a really nice structure the less you dip and stuff
So I think that's the purpose of these ones.
Again,
there are great little scoop shapes so you can eat dips with them and before someone says
You're not supposed to eat lentils on the FODMAP diet-
I know, my stomach knows, it regrets things- but sometimes you let bad life choices...
We then move on to flavors tomato and basil some people liked it said it reminds them of pizza
Wow, that's really like tomato and basil.
It feels like I've just eaten a bowl of penne pasta.
Not sure how I feel about that-
But that's just cause I don't like pasta.
Creamy dill flavour, which I am all for
All for and I got a Swede to eat them- a full Swede- not me. I'm just a part Swede. These are my favourites.
And they're dill... and I'm Swedish, and Dill is a very lovely Swedish thing.
These were lovely.
They had a really really clean creamy flavor and texture. Then we have Hummus Chips, Chili and Lemon.
These were really nice. I really liked these. These are the ones I tried at my cousin's house.
They were a bit spicy, a bit lemony. We don't need a dip with them.
You could put a dip with them, but it would have to something quite plain.
Absolutely delicious; they're really good. (Jessica laughs)
Moving on to the lentil chips, the only other one of the lentil chips that I got was the chili and a lemon flavor
Which again is the same chili lemon?
Beautiful really delicious and the final version of the Eat Real crisps that I had to have as well-
I must have them all- are the veggie straws, which were probably the most similar to the Fun Stix that I really liked
They're so good!
So I like the flavour of these ones but the texture is a bit too light. So, uh, they kind of feel like eating air.
Oh my gosh they're very light in texture though. These didn't do so well with my friends
They left almost half a packet for me. Again, these crisps went down very well.
So I'd say if you're gonna eat these, go for the more flavoursome ones
And, they're...
If you like crisps, you'll like them.
And I like crisps, so I'm happy.
In conclusion,
the ones that I am going to buy again, so I can eat them, would be
the plain lentil chips
Lovely. I don't think those lentil chips need anything else, they're already lovely. The creamy dill hummus chips
Delightful.
And the Chili and Lemon flavour. And Veggie Straws!
Because you feel like you're eating flavoured air...
Favorite thing number three and back to our earlier discussion
about girliness.
Again, if you follow me on Instagram you may notice but I've been wearing different lipsticks recently
Normally, my favourite lipstick is the Maybelline Superstay 24-hour
in Cherry Pie. I...
always wear it. I really like the applicator of the lip gloss- I find it much easier.
I don't have the best
finger dexterity- or actually not having any feeling- in the tips of my fingers, which is very annoying when putting on makeup and I tend to just
poke myself in the face... Good times. I once did a video actually about how to put makeup on when your fingers don't work
You can watch that. Also, Maybelline Super-Stay 24-hour (such a long time)
Really does stay for 24 hours. You have to scrub it off your face. If you're kissing your delightful,
beautiful wife, it's not going to get on her.
It's not gonna smudge her lipstick, largely because you told her to wear Maybelline Super Stay 24-hour and now she does. However,
it is shiny. There isn't really a matte
option there and then I discovered the joy that is the Lola Von Rose lipstick collection
They also look stunningly gorgeous because they have little hearts on. True liquid lipsticks
intended for vintage ladies who like a very precise outline. Now, they kindly sent me four colors:
Vintage, Red Roses, Old Hollywood and Dark Cherry, which is very dark. I've mainly been wearing Vintage
They're really easy to apply
Once you have- they dry quite quickly as well. So once you've blotted them and you can add a lip coat
overcoat, and they're quite good. They won't move too much. They even last through softly pecking
Which is a kiss if they don't call it that in your country
But I don't go for a full-on smooch now. It's probably not a great idea
But just day-to-day it does stay on your mouth. It does quite good wearability
I would say about six hours even depending on what you're doing
the colors are quite stunning, Red Roses is
light and vibrant. Then we've got Vintage, which is the one upon my lips
Then we have old Hollywood, which is a slightly darker version of the Vintage. Actually, I say slightly darker
it's quite dark and then-
Dark Cherry, for when you really really feel like your soul is black today. I'm not gonna lie
I might give this one to Clara
She only does really dark lipsticks... or nude ones. She's a confusing contradiction
And yes,
I am discussing lipsticks because apparently I like to discuss lipsticks with you...
even though I don't like to discuss lipsticks with my friends. Favourite things number four:
Ah! I have new shoes! I have new shoes!
It's excellent!
These little beauties are from Charlie Stone. They're called Parisienne in brown
They are fabulous vintage-looking shoes
They are also
non-heeled, so you don't have to worry about walking around all day on your heels and how much that's really going to hurt
But they do have and this is vital for me
I can't wear actually flat flat shoes because I have foot drop in my left foot. I also- part of disability-
is that my feet don't roll themselves
by choice... So as you're walking along, your feet just roll. They do that. It's what they do. However, my feet- if I
don't tell them to do that- they don't do that and then I fall over. So if I'm walking on my tiptoes,
I don't have to tell my feet to do anything. They just pick up and go down... Back to shoes-
So inside they have a sort of hidden little wedge,
and it's squishy. That helps me walking around all day and will also help you, even if you don't have foot issues
like I do, your feet are probably going to hurt by the end of any day. [Indistinguishable] a whole range
of lovely vintage shoes and
They're one of those companies you only look at a website and you're like ah, I must collect them all. I need more space for shoes
I need more space for clothes as well. I need more space. (small laughing sound)
Forget about everything else I've just spoken to you about in this video. This is actually the most important thing this month
It's Sudafed!
Congestion and headache relief max strength capsules
I've had some issues this month, ok?
I've had some issues with my breathing both in terms that I just have a constant cold because:
immune system, wherefore art thou? Also around the time of my period, due to my connective tissue disorder,
all of my glands swell up, and this includes obviously all of my sinuses in my face.
And that is incredibly
painful and gives me splitting migraines. Also, Sudafed and Sinutab-
Sinutab is really really good-
Technically, the ibuprofen
version, but I used all that up because I ate it- in obviously measured doses.
So yeah, if you too have a connective tissue issue-
issue issue
Yeah, we're cool
(laughs)
If you have such an issue that your sinuses especially swell up cold medicine.
You've not got a cold but it's still gonna work. Favourite thing number six this month is the Lake District. Ah!
Please please please do go and watch my scrapbook video that I made about the Lake District.
Because not a lot of people have watched it yet
but I put a lot of time and effort into making it and I'd really appreciate it if you all watched it and shared it with your friends,
because I really liked making it.
There you go! Those are my favourite things this month.
I hope you've had a really good month as well
I hope that you did not go down with my really twister ankle
But I hope you did get something nice. Do you tell me down below what your absolute favorite thing of this month has been?
Particularly, which of my videos I've put out in the last month you've really liked so that I can then look at that, build on
that, go on to create more things that you will like and enjoy. And one final thing
if you are part of the K.F. Club- Bing! (snaps fingers)
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It's been lovely chatting with you this month and I shall see you next month, my lovelies. (Mwah!)