- I'm like a professional guinea pig,
I'm putting Mojito Lip Balm on.
♪ I want this and I want this ♪
♪ And all the things ♪
I'm keeping it funky fresh.
Hey everyone, it's Julee Wilson
beauty director here at Cosmopolitan
and my little baby bump.
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As the beauty director, I get a lot of stuff,
but I'm showing you the best of the best,
the cream of the crop, the things that I am loving the most.
I'm letting you guys know the real tea.
It's the holiday season, you guys need to know
what to be getting everyone.
And I have some really amazing stocking stuff
to tell you about right now.
They're all under $30 with affordable, love that.
And they're all just freaking fabulous.
Come on, you and I know that sometimes we're on a budget
but we really want really great gifts that are affordable
but dope.
And since these are under $30
you'll totally be able to get something for yourself.
Treat yourself this holiday
because this year has been crazy and you deserve a gift too.
During the winter time is a great time
to really dig into your skincare regimen
and figure out what works for you.
And also brighten up all that hyperpigmentation
that's happened or slop off all that dead skin.
I'm obsessed with this company, Urban Skin RX.
This is their Let it Glow, again genius name.
This is going to help brighten up hyperpigmentation,
acne, anything like that.
And it's so cute.
And you get their Retinol Rapid Repair
and Dark Spot Treatment.
And then this is like Urban Skin RX,
iconic cleansing bar.
So it's a solid like bar of cleanser inside
with a little sponge.
♪ Let me show you, demo. ♪
Demo time.
How cute is this?
It comes with a little sponge and you wet it up.
- Do it.
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I think it's growing.
- Well, actually comes with two sponges,
two sponges.
You need two sponges.
You swirl it around the solid product inside
and then you wash your face.
I'm not gonna wash my face
because my face is beat to perfection right now.
But tonight this is what I would use to wash my face.
So I love that
and I love the spot treatment with retinol.
I've had really bad hyperpigmentation on my face before,
and I've used this spot treatment
and it's totally cleared it up.
So I'm just saying, I'm like a professional guinea pig,
cause that's what I do as a beauty director.
So I'm letting you guys know the real tea.
I'm keeping it funky fresh.
I love this gift.
This is Mary Kay's, Mad About Masking
and who doesn't love a mask.
You know, we love sheet mask
but I also love masks that you can actually paint on.
And these ones are that, which I love.
There's four different kinds for all different skin reasons.
What you're going through.
They're individually packed,
so you get just the right amount of products.
You're not wasting anything.
I love the fact that they explain about each one
and it comes in this cute packaging
that obviously fits perfectly in a stocking.
So there you go.
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So this company, I don't know if you know Oribe,
but Oribe is like lux, fancy.
They pretty much run the gamut
for all different hair textures, colored hair, anything.
This one is actually for colored hair.
Look at all of this awesome information
about the product in gold.
Luxury guys, fancy.
I love the fact that there are little ones too
so you can try it out and see if you like it.
And they travel really well.
You can, you know, throw these in your bag
and your carry on,
you don't have to bring the big bottle with you.
One of my favorite makeup artists is Danessa Myricks.
She is phenomenal, and she has her own collection,
which is great too.
I mean it's great for professionals,
but it's also great for us, you know, amateurs
that wanna have fun at home.
She has created three amazing
gift packs for the holidays.
I'm really loving this Colorfix Trio.
These are for your lips, your cheeks, your eyes, whatever
they're kind of multipurpose.
Look at these colors, first of all.
I mean, (screams) hold on.
Look at these colors, let me (mumbles) over here,
aren't they beautiful?
I'll show you how beautiful the color payoff is.
Look at that, I mean, it's a rose gold.
Do you see how fabulous this is?
Hello on your lips, on your cheeks, on your eyes,
where ever you wanna glow and just look amazing
and have fun with it, I mean, it's beauty, right?
This is the illuminating veil.
So a highlighter which can use all over
as a black woman it's always hard to find companies
that really work well on melanated skin,
but Danessa is a black woman, so she be knowing.
This is kind of her gloss duo.
She has this like sheer, like clear gloss.
And then she has this one that's like flecked with gold
and can pick up on the light when it hits your skin.
So again, Danessa Myricks, killing it per usual.
Just love everything that she does.
I love when companies go in and get really fancy
and creative with their packaging,
which brings me to, one of my favorite skincare companies,
which is Murad.
I love this line first of all,
because everyone needs a good vitamin C
in their skincare regimen because we all have dark spots
or hyperpigmentation or acne scars.
So this is really going to help out with that.
Take a look at this packaging, how beautiful is this?
And then, oh my God, it opens up like this.
You get all of this amazing information about the product.
And then you have these great travel size
of the actual product.
This allows you to really see if you love it
and if your skin loves it.
You know, you don't wanna go out
and blow your whole budget on a full-size item.
If you don't know if it works for you,
I mean, this packaging is sick.
Great on, I love the naming too, good name.
We all know we need to keep our teeth together, clean
oral hygiene is important.
If you want a really good, just like basic toothbrush,
I love these ones from Mama P.
They are amazing.
They're made out of bamboo.
How beautiful is it?
And you take care of the earth, it's totally decomposable.
Look at these bristles.
And this company gives back to all different charities.
So you feel like there's philanthropy,
it's feel-good, it's altruistic.
This is their LGBTQ plus one,
but they've got like other flavors.
This pack of five is really amazing, 30 bucks.
So you have a brush for, you know,
you know you're supposed to change your brush
every two months so. (air whooshing)
Look it's the mama one and the baby one,
look, mama will brush, baby will brush.
It's just insanely genius.
I love it.
One of my favorite companies, Malin+Goetz
has the most amazing little ornament gifts.
I love this one is called the Handy Lip Kit.
And it comes with they're just classic lip moisturizer
but it also comes with their Mojito lip balm.
And honestly, since I can't drink right now
I'm putting Mojito lip balm on.
And then this package it's called In Good Hands which,
come on, we've all been washing our hands
a million, trillion times.
We have hand sanitizer on all the time.
So this is really great
because you wanna keep your hands moisturized.
It's really important.
They have their almonds hand treatment.
Oh, a lip moisturizer too.
So you're like totally, totally prepared.
And as a beauty director, you should know
that the one part of your body
that totally gives away your age too is your hands.
So keep your hands moisturized and looking beautiful.
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So don't get me wrong, I love a great,
just normal shampoo and conditioner
but have you guys tried bar shampoos and conditioners?
I know it sounds weird
to be lathering up your hair with a bar,
you think you're gonna do it on your body,
but these are really great.
These are from Hibar.
These are genius.
Not only are they effective because you know,
sometimes it's like, do they really work?
It really works.
But it also cuts down on plastic.
And you know, it cuts down on water consumption,
just gonna open it up, with the drama of (mumbles).
It lathers up really quickly.
Look how beautiful that is.
And you can get so many washes and shampoos.
They smell really good too, make them perfect, perfect gift.
Okay, speaking of bars, I love a good bar soap.
I love obviously a shower gel all of that stuff,
but like, again, I'm a classic chick,
I like a bar soap too.
This one is from Skeem Designs is Palo Santo.
And this is a sustainable wood from South America
and they call it like the holy wood.
It just like clears the air, the spirits, the scent
it's just so intoxicating.
This year has been a dumpster fire,
so it's really great to have something like this
that is going to bring good vibes to you.
It's a great reason to get it for anyone on your list
or for yourself.
Okay, last but not least,
we started with masking, we're gonna end with masking.
So my absolute favorite product from Patchology
are their eye mask.
You get two kinds in this,
you get their illuminating eye mask
and you get their restoring night eye mask,
which are really great.
And they're glittery.
So not only is it just cool
and it's brightening up your face and they just look cool
but it's super Instagramable.
These are actually from Patchology.
I love them so much.
This one has their Perfect 10 Hand Mask
and inside this one is Best Foot Forward
which are the feet masks.
We got to keep our feet nice and moisturized
during the winter time.
And then Mistle Toes, as you can tell from the name
is all about your feet as well.
This one has the PoshPeel Pedicure
and the warmup Best Foot forward.
Your feet are completely covered and feeling fabulous.
These are all under $30,
they're all dope.
And they make not only the perfect gift
for anyone on your list, but for yourself.
I'm definitely going to be bringing all of these home
and having a lot of fun with them this holiday season.
Hope you love them, bye.
♪ I want this and I want this and all the things. ♪
(chuckles) Got it.
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