 Hey guys, it's been it's been quite a while since I've actually done any kind of a sort of like a chatty vloggy type of video and And and you know, I think it was actually technically when we went to Vegas And I don't really like to vlog unless I have something to share or say and I really haven't you know Haven't done that a lot, but I'm just gonna catch you up on a couple of things in my life and and then I'm going to probably Share with you some Stuff you probably want to know about skin care stuff like that maybe anyways, I I've been one of the things that has happened to me that was a total total surprise and it was a wonderful surprise is that I'm gonna be a grandmother again so my oldest son Marty who is He has he's the the child that had lived with me in the attached apartment in my property he had Found a wonderful wonderful woman that I absolutely adore. I think she's just a great great addition to our family She has a child and he's an adorable little boy He's the same age as my granddaughter pages. They get along wonderfully. Well, anyways long story shot Marty and Angela Hope she doesn't mind. I use her name in my video Have have they got engaged that they bought a home together. They got engaged Marty moved out and moved into his farmhouse with Angela and her son and then They're planning a wedding. So they were planning a wedding and and then then life things happen, you know, and They ended up getting pregnant. So I'm going to be a grandmother sometime around October of this year I'm super super excited. I don't know yet. If it's a girl or a boy. I don't But I could not be more happier for my son Marty to have found a woman like Angela. She's a nurse She's a sweetheart. She's very kind and caring and I've often said that nurses make the best real estate agents I've said that in many many videos and many times but Because they're kind and compassionate and caring people and that's that's what she is. She's very very and she's very friendly Very outgoing and friendly so I'm really super super happy for Marty and Angela and casein because he's gonna either have a little step-brother or sister and Their family unit. So I'm so I'm so beyond thrilled So they had come over and they had given me it was after my birthday And I thought well, Jesus a belated birthday present They gave me this little gift bag and I opened it up and this most adorable adorable baby ones that he came out and I was like, oh I thought it was a joke at first But it wasn't so So that was like super awesome and many of you know that my niece Kayla had a baby boy CJ and I've shown different pictures of him and he's absolutely Adorable, he's an adorable little guy And so, you know the family the cousins are expanding my granddaughter Paige We'll have a step cousin casein and then a cousin a little baby cousin and then my sister's daughters You know two of them have have children So it's really nice to see the new clinic the family my side of the family anyway starting to expand that way because we've always been traditionally a Very small family So and the other thing that happened this week is my mom and dad celebrated their 69th wedding anniversary So my sister and I took them out to dinner. We went to a local restaurant in Hampstead the pasta loft and and We just sat upstairs and we had a low-key dinner. It just it was just really wonderful Anyways, one of the waitresses took our photo. This is the photo of us all sitting around the table I tried to get my mom on camera. I tried to get her to To to maybe give some words of wisdom, but she didn't want it. I did do a little insta clip I'll insert that it's just a 15 second clip of us around the table This is about all I could get my mother on video with she just hates the way she sounds so But so that that was really those that was really two exciting things that have happened recently That I know I haven't shared with you being a grandmother again is like It's like I never thought my son would have any children So it's like really really awesome and then my mom and dad 69 years of wedded Bliss as I say they've had their ups and downs, but of 69 years of being married to each other both of them at 91 They're doing fantastic. I mean look at this picture of my mom. Great. She looks at 91. It's like I mean super super awesome So and other than that, I've been I've been working a lot of hours I you know, I'm really excited that the weather is changing spring is coming I'm really looking forward to much better weather because I am so sick of the cold the snow the rain the ice and Also summer, you know, we have a couple of trips coming up with our camper We're not going away anywhere like last year. We went to Canada We're not doing any kind of a big trip in the motorhome We are going to be doing Bar Harbor trip and our weekend beach trips as much as possible and then we have a trip in September that I'm super excited about and And I might have a trip in November that I'm super super excited about too So I'm not too sure Both the September and the November trips are going to be short trips the November trip now if my if my baby grandchild is You know it a lot of that's going to hinge on The baby I want to be here for the birth. And so if the baby is late that might impact November a little bit so Yeah, so that's I don't want to rush summer. I really don't want to rush summer But I am looking forward to fall this year probably the first time I'm really looking forward to fall because of a baby an amazing September trip and An amazing November potential trip. So I'm really looking forward to fall Other than that, I think I've had a couple of questions on on my videos on my retina videos that I've done and A couple of questions on my wig. So I was wearing my Henry Magoo wig and it kind of I really I love the Hayden wig I wear it 99% of the time. Well, I wear two different wigs on On my videos. So I love my Henry Magoo wig I've worn that the longest because that was the first one that was actually sent to me Which was a total shock when I got that wig. So I decided I wanted to wash it So I ended up buying and I'll show you I'm gonna insert the clip in here I ended up buying wig washing stuff to see how my wig would come out and I gave it a good wash and You can see the clips. This is what I used And I filled this up with Cool water and I put my my Hayden wig in here the directions say to Gently swish around and that's exactly what I'm doing So I'm gonna let it soak in here and then I'm going to rinse it and then I'm gonna lay it flat on a towel And then I'll let it air dry naturally. So I've let this soak now. I'm gonna rinse it With cool water I'll try to rinse it out really good This is a new experience for me because I've never done this before I followed directions Just in here and just let it fill up a little bit just so that I can make sure that I rinse it really good And it has to be cool water. It can't be warm water You know, it can't be hot water because of the fibers of this wig I think I pretty well have it rinsed out gently wring it out You're not supposed to comb it out. I'm just gonna Bring it out and then I'm going to let it sort of sit here and Then just kind of like let that soak And then afterwards I'll put it on a wig stand and comb it through a little bit But you're not supposed to comb it through Some nice waves. I thought the wig came out really good I've wanted a couple of times in the videos that you've already seen it came out really good Bouncy and all that. I don't know why I was so afraid to wash it But it was the the other thing that I've been using an awful lot of is this product called Wow this was actually sent to me from the octaline network and the it was one of the products that I wanted to try because it was a hair Texturizing spray and when you have thin hair and right now I know my hair is up So you would not seeing it but those of you've seen my hair So, you know, my hair is thinning when you have thin hair and limp and it's fine You really need all the help you can get with texturizing So I asked for this product. They approved me. I have been using it for I think a good almost two and a half weeks now I'm gonna start the can here and give you all the details and I will tell you my feelings about it I really like it. It gives me a good boost of texture in my hair So a couple of times that I'm gonna put some of my clips in here from my insta stories So you can see a couple of times I I fixed my hair with the beachy waves all I had in there for product was the wow for Texturizing and then I would do the beachy waves with my curling iron and then I would spray with my my hair spray at the end of it And I sometimes could go two days Sometimes the second day to the third day. I would just have to re-boost my hair with the wow I really I really like it a lot. I thought it was really good now My hands down number one favorite is still going to be my living proof I do like that it is extremely expensive and I only have a small can of it And I am going to try something that's sold out on Walmart It's called helium and It was March Who's skinny low carb lady? She she had told me about it. She's using it. She loves it So I keep checking the Walmart site to see if it's back But it's on back order when it comes in I'm an order that helium stuff because I want to try it for the texturizing on my hair So I'm really really liking that So I wanted to mention that because that was a couple of questions about the wigs and wig maintenance I am getting another wig I don't know if the wig will be in by the time this video goes live, but I am getting another wig and and That was that's also a Raquel Welch wig that I'm getting from wigs calm So the wigs that I have to Henry my Henry my goo my Hayden wig I have two of those in two different colors and two different blondes and I always wanted to try the longer one the Kendall in Henry my goo I haven't tried that but now the more I've been playing with wigs the more I am thinking I want to go completely different style So I think it's really good in the beginning when you're trying to figure it out You know what style looks good how wigs work? I mean there's some wigs I have that when I put on my head I you know got a lot of negative comments that it was too much air too shiny to this to that and I appreciate all those comments positive or negative because they only help me get better You know they only help me get better. So I really really like that I'm thinking though of seeing if I can try a topper, you know just a topper to see if you get like a little bit more volume I Did get approached by someone for hair extensions, which I'm still talking to them about you know trying those and We'll see how that works, but hair is an ongoing ongoing dilemma for me, you know, it really is so Yeah, so as I learn stuff I will I will I'll let you guys all know that the other question I keep getting I keep I get so many of you that ask about retina and sometimes they feel like I'm a broken record on retina and I do buy my retina from a pharmacy overseas in India and The price of my retina for a tube that I buy there if I factor in the shipping It's just hair under $10 for that tube here if it's on sale somewhere I might get it in my area for about a hundred, but the average is about 285 for the same tube $285 for the same tube that I can get with shipping for under $10 in India I get it from a file link. I'll link it below. I've been using them for two years now The retina with the hydrocoordinate hydroquinane that I've been using that Also bought from there I And this was the questions I keep getting do I feel comfortable buying from India? This is my call I do feel comfortable. I have a separate checking account set up where I just keep in 75 maybe $100 all depends and I just use it for ordering things like that That's how I did it. I have a free checking account, so I'm not paying for it I you know and and then I do an e-check and I pay by eat by e-check It works out fine for me. I have never had a problem with their service. I've never had a problem with their products I don't have a problem with it. I am really careful. I worry about cyber theft I worry about people hacking into my accounts and thus I have that one checking account that I set up purposely for that purpose so that if it ever Got hacked into or whatever Or if they ever forged something or something of that nature There's only so much money in that checking account, you know, sometimes it's 50 bucks Sometimes it's 75 the most has ever been as a hundred so I will place a bigger order of my retina I'll get it for my sister my hairdresser sometimes You know a few other people and I'll place a bigger order of it that way the shipping is cheaper The more you order the less the shipping charges are etc. And sometimes depends on the month when you're ordering They have specials note free shipping or they have specials on their product But I have been getting my retina from them from the get-go very when I first got my prescription Retina I'll shop around in the States here in New Hampshire couldn't afford it my my dermatologist recommended I go through Canada. I went online through Canada and it still was in the 40s It was much significantly cheaper than buying it here but it was still pricier than India and then when I discovered India and there are many other content creators on YouTube that use It oversees pharmacy for their retina. I'm not telling you to do that. I'm not saying that you should take that chance I'm I'm answering your questions on Why I buy it because it's affordable. I never had the best health insurance. So it is extremely affordable and And I've had no problems with it. So it works for me It I also was for the longest time getting my care post from the same pharmacy extremely affordable I Get my my eyelash serums blink sent to me From an overseas pharmacy as well. They're ordering processes a little different. I give a lot and do a lot of giveaways I like to give that away. I happen to like the blink product is identical to care post Identical so if you're getting care post Blink no difference. See the only thing I ever saw difference. I think between the two of them is I thought the blink made my Natural lashes a little darker But that was just me so I've never had any side effects I've never had any issues and these are all things that can happen So you've got to be really super careful because you can get side effects and you can have issues And so if you're going to be doing any kind of eyelash serum stuff, my goodness Races do your research and make sure you feel comfortable that it's right for you I monitor very carefully my eyes have not turned colors. I don't have any specs But I'm monitored very carefully and I did take a break of almost from February March into almost two months of a break from blink and During that time I used the city beauty eyelash serum, which by the way, I like a lot I used it morning and night now. I'm just using it in the morning. It's a real It's got some really nice ingredients in there. I think it does more for Conditioning your lashes making your lashes perhaps stronger perhaps not having as much fallout. I Didn't notice when I was using the city beauty a astronomical eyelash growth But he didn't notice a fallout either. So last time I went off blink a year ago. I noticed a huge fallout I was like holy mackerel. I never noticed that with the city beauty So I would actually say the city beauty, which by the way, I should say was sent to me That was a PR thing that came from city beauty. They reached out They they said would you like to give this a try? We'll send you some stuff I had no idea what they were gonna send me and they sent me a bunch of stuff lippies eyelash cream I'm using the cream. I like their sculpting creams too soon for me to really talk about whether it works or not I've been using it in their eyelash Serum I've been using for two months now I'm just using it once a day because I'm ready to go back on to blink to to have some more regrowth and Or gross because your eyelashes go through cycles. So Gosh, I know I'm Gabby. So this is kind of just a Gabby answering some of your questions India You know the reliable RX pharmacies worked out really good for my retina and for my care post When I was buying it and now my blink You know same thing. It's really it's worked out really well for me I will say that I I did go to a dermatologist if you're thinking of going on retinae Go see a dermatologist get a get a script whether you use it or not I get a script every year. They check my skin for you know, my Cancer spots my sun damage my sun damage my son, whatever you call it basal cancer So they they check they check me all the time and I always get a new script So if I'm ever in a situation where they want a script, I can send them a script because I have a script for retinae You know retinae. I I often say it's it's a blessing and a curse You can go through some god-awful ugly phases with retinae use. You really can it's a blessing and a curse So the blessing is that over time your skin gets better and when my skin isn't going through a peely cycle My skin is really good for 65 years old. My skin is really good. My skin tone is better. My wrinkles are better Everything is better about my skin now. I still have wrinkles. They haven't gone away. I do I have lots of wrinkles actually and I still have a lot of veins all over my face I have you know Even though my tone is better. My nose is still very red. You know, my skin can be blotchy without foundation So it's not perfect not by any stretch is not perfect, but it's a lot better than it was however, the curse is the ugliest and I know after a while that I know now after almost Three years will be three years in August. I know that My skin goes in cycles in the winter time. It's worse than in the summer in the spring So I know three days after I might have a phase of peeling where my peeling lasts for three days Or four days and I know that so if I'm going to a wedding or something really important I'm gonna back right off of that baby. I'm gonna back right other than that I've got a video and trying to deal with it and I and I deal with it. I Wouldn't I wouldn't trade it for anything. I wouldn't trade those flakes for anything right now because I know the blessing part of retin A is is Much much bigger better more powerful Longer lasting than the curse part of it, but it is a blessing in a curse and it is not for everybody so Yeah, I think I addressed those questions. So this is kind of a rambly little catch-up with me lifestyle type of a video and Thank you if you watch the whole thing Please be sure to like the video. 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