 Hey guys, it's Monica. I thought I would share a couple of my favorite products that I have been using first quarter of 2019 basically these are the products that I reach for over and over again that I've replaced in most cases when they've been empty and I just love them. And also I'm going to perhaps just touch the tip of the iceberg when it comes to some of my skincare because I don't want to get into a my favorite skincare video that would be separate But I just want to touch the you know touch on the things that are some of my true favorites So I am going to actually start a little bit with skincare in my previous videos I've talked about my retin-a and dealing with the flakes and and all of that stuff and how to manage it and I You know, I think I might have mentioned that some of my favorite products for example my toner Not everyone can use a glycolic toner But this is my favorite out of all the toners that I use. This is my favorite toner I use this over and over again. I have I don't know. Maybe this is my third perhaps even fourth bottle of this since I've been starting to use this So and I think I started to use this probably the beginning of 2017. I've been using it for a long time I really really like it. It's from the ordinary. It's glycolic acid. I probably use this most mornings at one point my skin is very Acclimated to it, you know what I mean? It's not sensitive to it at all I find that this really helps with managing my flake. So that is my toner of choice. I also have creams that I really like and this is not going to be a surprise to a lot of you at Night and sometimes even in the morning. I use my Lancome and this is the bee venom face mask This is the one I have gotten at TJ Maxx or Marshalls. It's extremely inexpensive This one is almost empty. I have a couple of backups. It's hard to find This is what I will use at night more times than not This might be the last step to my evening skincare when I say more times than not I mix it up a lot. I think your skin can grow accustomed to things So I think it's a good thing to really mix up what you're doing And a recent addition is the honey skin now. I can't use the honey skin all over my face It is very very rich This and I have got a good dent in here a good dent in here this this is something that Sheila life with Lily had talked about repeatedly and One day I said I'm going to order it and I did and I really really like it And I use this particularly on parts of my face that is super super super dry or flaking and Not during the day usually kind of at night I also use this on my elbows or my other parts of my body that I might want a little bit more moisture I really really do like that a lot my morning, you know, typically the glycolic acid I also very frequently will use the studio 35 alpha hydroxy face cream This morning, I'm filming this on Sunday. I put this all over my skin this morning. I When I rinsed it off, I probably left it on maybe a good 40 minutes or so and again How long it leave it on really depends on what's happening? What day it is? What's my schedule like when I rinsed it off? I my skin felt really good. I washed it off really good And then I put a lovely rich Moisturizing face mask on my skin for another 20 minutes. It's Sunday. I didn't have an agenda So I do a lot of face masks. I like the sheet masks I don't like any of the other thick peely offy ones I like the sheet masks and I like the moisturizing one the one that I really like a lot is one that I Actually got from City Beauty. They have a hydrating mask I didn't bring it in here to show you but oh my gosh guys when I put that on that is like heavenly I mean, I absolutely love that mask So I do that a lot now my eye cream of choice lately and I've only been using this for a few weeks So I hate I hesitate to call it a favorite, but and also this was sent to me for review I've already talked about it in a previous video, but I'll make that clear. I didn't buy this This was sent to me via the Octoly network from Saturday skin for review, which you've already done But I really like this. I think this is a brightening and it is a very nice rich Eye cream that is light enough to play a nice over and under my makeup So I was using the timeless eye serum the eye cream from timeless. I was using that for a long long time I ran out and I said I want to try something else. I saw this on the Octoly network I said I'm gonna give this a try to great reviews So I ordered it and I've been using it ever since it arrived and I like it a lot I still have a lot long ways to go on it, but I like it a lot So I think that is really really nice and I happen to like send, you know Saturday skin a lot I have some of the other products that I've used and I like their peeling gel a lot I use that over and over again. I also use the the meson apple Peeling gel. I use a number of different peeling gels So there's there's a ton of them on the market and it's like a a gommage in a way or Just to remove some of the dead skin and I really really like that I think I had mentioned that I was using a Retin A with Hydra conone in it and this one that I buy is and I'll link everything below is Trillium I don't know if I'm spelling saying that right T R I L U M a and it is actually for 11% Hydro Canone with Trent Noyan 0.05% and I've been using this. I don't know how long now. I think it's since February Something like that February I have an age spot here and I have like a cluster of brown age spots here and these are the two areas that I've been treating with this and I tell you this is really I've seen a lightning of the age spots with this in the short period of time that I've been Using this I buy this from reliable Rx pharmacy. My sister actually gave me that one But from reliable Rx pharmacy, I think it's like 33 dollars not on sale for that size tube And I really like it when I place another order from reliable. I'm going to reorder that without a doubt I don't use it every night. It's a very very strong So I think that's really all on my skin care on makeup and I'm I'm I'm a person of habit Makeup is really it's kind of hard for me, you know foundation When I peel and I've already done a video on that, you know I I peel and my skin is in a constant state of turning over But my foundation that I that I most days use is the boots number seven lift and lumen eight I've gotten Several of these I really like this is good shade for me. I use it over and over again So this is definitely one of my top foundations for every day and for, you know, special occasions and when my skin's doing good It's the Estee Lauder double wear. These are my two favorite foundations I absolutely love them both and the only way I can apply Most of my foundation is with a damp sponge This happens to be the one I got from Sigma. It's a little dirty because he used it today but and what I do is I pounce and then under my eyes I will tap on some brightening, you know serum or I typically use the essence This is a color corrector brightener. This is in peach or a pink I use this and I will dab this all around underneath my eyes. Just dab it in I won't rub it in just dab it on there and then I take this a dampen and I just pat it and You know just to give me more of a brightness underneath that area. I like this a lot This is probably my favorite color correcting that I have so in its essence and it's pretty pretty reasonable I think it's like three bucks. I mean, it's really really reasonable I've been doing and using a lot of primers. I have a basket full of primers and I keep saying I'm gonna do a video just on primers and Talk about it, but then I go boring But anyways my primer of choice and I have two that I like It all depends on the condition of my skin and as they're from one extreme to the other I happen to like the elf poreless primer This one works really really nice I usually put it on my nose and I can immediately see the pores being filled in and smooth canvas on top This is moisturizing in the sense that it's more of a glowy primer Where this is my Becca and this is the velvet blurring primer They do the same thing except the Becca is more drying so when I'm peeling no way am I going on this I'm going to be using this if any kind of a primer at all But in a normal state if I was going out and my skin was normal the becker is the one I would grab I really like that. I think I've had that for I thought gosh about a year. Maybe I'm not too sure now How long I've had it and then I also use a setting spray. I wish I could tell you where I got this one But this is project beauty. It's spray set and go. I am almost out of this. I Really like this. I have to figure out where I got this and replace it because out of all my setting sprays I really like this one the best really really nice on me and My blush still is and I've used many different blushes. This is well worn blush This is an A-bond. I think it's something mob or plum basics or something like that. It's worn off I've had this forever. I This is my favorite blush. This is my favorite color on my blush. I really like it a lot I don't use a lot of powders on my face because I'm worried about them drying There are a couple of powders. I have used and I have talked about it. One is the The essence banana powder brighten up now I've used this so often that I broke it. I really like this This is just a very finely milled little brightening that I might put on my eyes I really like it a lot. It it works really well I have to be very careful with powder because most powders will accent and Highlight every wrinkle you have and then when I just want a little bit of a glow. I actually like this pure nude space Lighter from Essence So I just take a little tiny bit of it and I might dab it I'm no idea what I'm doing, but I might dab it on my cheekbones a little bit and And and that's about it, you know, that's about it for powders. I did get recently this one from Sigma I've only used it So which is why it's not one of my favorites yet because I've only used it a couple of times It's really nice. It's sort of a tinted finely milled Just a little bit of a tint of a powder and it looks really really nice I like it a lot because here I am looking at myself in the mirror But I like that a lot. I also use a You've heard me mention many times that I have veins and that I'm on a You know one day I'll have them zapped and I won't have an issue with them anymore But I still continue out of all of the Concealers that I've tried and found I still have to tell you that the My favorite my favorite out of all of them is going to still be the benefit Boeing number two is the shade that I have in this one. I I just It just works really well number two is a great shade for me. I also have number three, which is slightly darker This is my favorite. I Will buy this again and again and again number two is is the is the best Best color for me. I also have one for under my eyes And I think it was Carol from the Ocaro show that first talked about this or I heard about it on her channel And this is number one So this is a little bit lighter and it's also very very rich It's almost got like a little bit of a serum inside of it so it's it's a Rising and if you need to touch up under your eyes some place that prones to be dry This is what I use. So I and this is the this is in the shade number one. This is from benefit This is the Boeing. This is the stick and this is in shade number one very very light But that's what I really like. I really like that a lot and then lipstick. I mentioned this before this was also a This was a total surprise to me This was sent to me via the octaline network actually from Becca and this is in the shade Orchid I really like it. I am surprised how much I like this. This is the one high-end lipstick Color that has spoiled me for every other lipstick color so far All of my drugstore lipsticks and I have quite a few they all pale compared to this and when I first put This on I said no too dark. Don't like it. Don't like it. I Wore it all day. I loved it. I loved it. I loved it I still use and I have many lip glosses and plumping serums and all of that. I have city beauty I have Lancome. I have a whole bunch of plumping serums and lip glosses The two lip glosses plumping serum combinations that I still go to is going to be my buxom I love the buxom the this one is almost all gone Oh, and I really this is white Russian So I have the two of them. I think it's pink Cadillac white Russian and then I also have hard candy So these are the ones that I go to out of all of them a day in and day out I'm grabbing both of these and they they live in my pocketbook for sure the The other few things that I just want to mention my eyelash primer I am just totally totally in love with the essence volume booster base primer Totally in love with it. I've tried the L'Oreal. I've tried the Lancome. I've tried the Pure I've tried a few other primers I can't even remember the names of them. I have so many primers I've tried for the money dollar for dollar this beats them all if you like an eyelash primer I love this. I use this every day and I have a backup and probably a backup. That's how much I really like that The my favorite eye liners and pencils continue to be the Urban Decay you can see and I was lucky enough I have I got one as a gift for my birthday from Marlene Fab and Glam But you can see the ones that I'm using the brown and the black or almost like down to the stubbies I'm trying to get every last bit of it out and also for a glow thing. I have many different Shadows and stuff that give me a pop of color, but I still go back to this particular one It's a scandal eye a Rimmel and I can't remember the shade, but it's just a really pretty pop of pink That's the one that's in my handbag. It's in my makeup bag. It's the one. I really like a lot. I I just really like it my brushes and this is my Sigma and This is the Sigma E 45. I never ever realized How nice a good brush was this is perfect for me for crease work Perfect perfect. I use this for all my crease work. I just love how I mean I just love it. It's it's dense yet soft and just I Just have a lot of control with it. I really like it and then the kabuki This is the short kabuki from Sigma as well When I when my skin is in the condition to be buffed with a brush This is what I use and I absolutely love it. Of course my skin is not always in that condition The two other things I want to mention is eyeshadows. I always get this question. I Have created a a Z palette and this is the one from Ulta that you can just buy it I think the one from Sora's Sephora is a little thicker So I'm gonna look at that one But this is the one I've been using and I have put three of my busy out palettes in here the I think this was the cashmere this is the amethyst and This is one I got from Maline Fab and Glam. This is like the dark bold I can't remember the name of it, but these are those palettes are in here and then I have the Sydney Grace I have four Sydney Grace palettes Tubes tubs things and Then I have makeup geek and then this here this little corner one is the cream brulee This is wet and wild I just tore the cover off and I put it in here because I like that for it all over all over base on my eyes So I this is the palette I took with me along with this palette when I went To Vegas. This is the hoodie hood of beauty mob obsessions I got this as a birthday gift as well, and I hope you can see how well used it is I actually have this on today. So I have all this shadow and this So that's all I have on my eyes today And I really really like those palettes So I like a palette that I can build up if if the colors like if there's really pigmented like the Sydney The Sydney Grace is very very pigmented I have a hard time when I first put it on it to go extremely light because those colors are intense I before colors I can build up So I'm working my way through these to you know use mostly in in the outer edges And where I really really want it to be dark. I know these are no fail No fail as far as that's concerned on a personal note I Love and I think it was Tammy from Tammy's the Agile's Beauty Aka up these beads used to be up these beads that first mentioned this I don't know how long ago in one of her videos I think it was probably in one of her empties in its sweet spot. I went and I bought this This lives in my shower. I have several backups. I went and I bought this I don't know whether I got it from amazon or a target But I've ordered it and bought it over and over again This happens to be in the vanilla blossoms. I really like this. I also have the wipes So I really really like these. I just think I they make you feel fresh I just really like these two products. They are my favorites. They are my go-to They are something that I'm just going to continue to use and use and use The other thing that I'm going to continue to use is this is called. Well, it's actually called a poo Paray poo-pourri poo-pourri poo-pourri And this one is oh my goodness Sh, it happens So I you know most of you know, we work full time and when you work when you work full time and you're outside the home You gotta go you gotta go I love this stuff. I just ordered more poopery from Amazon, different brand, but same idea. What you do is you spray the toilet, the toilet. And I mean I have this in the office, I have it in my computer bag and then I'm gonna have one in the motorhome, I'm gonna have one at home, I love this stuff. But you spray the toilet, you know, a couple, I just do like maybe three, four squits of it and then you you do your thing, you know. And then it doesn't matter, you can be doing a thing and people can be walking around in the in the restroom in a public restaurant and it smells really nice. I mean it really does. Nobody would know you were doing your thing. So then you flush and it's gone. It's like this is definitely, definitely a favorite. I think I'm blushing. A definite favorite. The other thing aside from my, and I was gonna talk about face oils but then I said nah I'm gonna get really into too too much detail. I can do another updated video on oils and stuff like that. But I really, really, really have some favorites on my oils for sure. Now on a personal level, how many of you do you guys ever listen to like audiobooks and podcasts and things of that nature? I don't even know if that's anything that might be of interest to anyone. But I'm an avid audiobook listener and podcast listener. I love, love, love, love podcasts. So in some of the podcasts that I listen to, I mean this is gonna sound a little bit kind of wacky, but I love like the true crime. So I listen to one of my favorites is Criminology. I listen to Missing Amara Murray. I just listen to a whole lot of podcasts and when you, when you subscribe to a podcast like Criminology or Crawl Space or any of the ones that I really, really like, then if when you subscribe to them you'll get notified when they have an updated episode. And so I absolutely really love, love listening to podcasts like that. I also listen to YouTube podcasts, YouTube Power Hour, YouTube creators. You know, I listen to a whole lot of podcasts like that. And also Stephanie Farrell Focus here on YouTube has a podcast that she does all about YouTube creators as well. I'll link that below because she has interviewed me as well as some of the other ladies in our community. So it's really, really awesome. But podcasts and audiobooks. So my audiobooks, I really love the suspense, the thrillers, the psychological thrillers. Do any of you ever listen to audiobooks? And if you do, would you mind letting me know in the comments below what your favorite book is or your favorite podcast? Because I'm always looking for new books to add and podcasts. I do a lot of driving. So I like to do a lot of listening when I'm driving and or walking, especially now that summer is going to be rapidly approaching. I'm going to be walking with my, you know, headphones on and walking the trails and stuff like that on the beach. And I could just use a whole selection of new books and things of that nature to listen to. So I know this is probably long. I can go on and on because there's a couple of other things that I did want to mention. Yeah, lots of stuff going on. So thank you so much. If you stay to the end, I truly appreciate it. Thank you so much. Be sure to subscribe to the channel. Be sure to thumbs up the video and leave me a comment and let me know what is your favorite audiobooks or podcasts? What are you listening to if you listen to audiobooks or what book are you reading? I'd love to know. Bye, guys.