 Hey guys, it is Sunday September 9th I'm gonna try to be a little bit better with my blogging this week But I'm not I'm not too sure because I kind of like I don't mind, you know sharing You know different things, but if my my life is boring and you know just a regular week Yeah, but anyways today is Sunday and I am heading out very very soon to oh, sorry I have my my apple earbuds in but I've been doing some insta stories and I use my phone for that So these earbuds really make the volume a little bit better But anyways, I digress so I'm heading out to go down to Salem to To my mom's house. I'm gonna meet my sister and my mom in Salem And we're gonna go to the Burlington Mall in Massachusetts. It's a little bit of a larger mall than we have here in New Hampshire and you know, we have a big family wedding coming up. I've mentioned it a couple of times and I have a couple of tops, but I'm not in love with them So if I can find something that says yes, this is it I'm gonna buy it and I'll return the others so but if to you know to dress your events the Rehearsal dinner the night before then of course the wedding so I have two tops And then I have a top that I had before that I haven't Worn in a number of years to any family event So I could also wear that if I if I want it fits good It's blue my niece's colors are blue so it would blend in but so that's the scoop I'm gonna drink my breakfast drink. I'm a little late this morning because I've been editing and I've been trying to Trying to get I haven't I posted a video early this morning Sunday. I haven't even looked at the comments I've just been editing So and answering working meals So I'm gonna drink my breakfast drink take my vitamins and head out the door in a little bit And maybe I'll show you a little bit of my mom and sis when we get down there in Burlington who knows we'll see We'll see what ends up in the vlog who knows Mom this being a brat in the back already and we haven't even started our shopping But here's Heidi my sister and mom in the back and we're heading to Burlington mall we're going shopping Yeah shopping Shopping till we drop Shopping till we drop. That's a good thing and the Patriots are playing so go Patriots go Pat's go Pat's Yes, I'll watch it and Jay will text us highlights Hi guys So I just wanted to jump on really quick. So I'm trying to get ready. It's early in the morning I want to get ready for work. I didn't film anything more with my mom and sis But we had a great afternoon. We did go down to Burlington mass That Macy's was huge compared to the one I have up in Salem I I didn't find anything and then we went into Nordstrom's which Surprisingly surprisingly because I've only probably been in a Nordstrom store Maybe two or three times in my life so I went into Nordstrom's and I wasn't really thinking that it was gonna find anything I wasn't like oh, you know it's no big deal and Surprisingly, I found this gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous dress. I fell in love with it immediately And I wasn't thinking of a dress. It was like sort of um, you know almost a little like t-length, you know like above your ankles, but it was like Sort of almost like a sundress. It was very flowing. It had like flowers on it and had like an A mesh jacket with long sleeves that you could sort of see through is absolutely beautiful. I love the colors I loved how it fit. I loved how it flowed Then I looked at the price tag. It was like I was not gonna pay that kind of money for that dress But oh my gosh did I love it? So I walked away with nothing and Went to Burlington. I mean went to Salem, New Hampshire Macy's and they have that 30 They have that 30% off sale that you could it doesn't stop till next weekend But you could actually reserve or pre-buy and get the 30% off and then pick it up So I found a pair of earrings and I like the earrings a lot So I'm gonna pick those up next weekend. I'm just gonna wear the two tops They have you know, I really I think I think I'm not gonna be shopping The only thing I need to really think about is shoes because we're taking a gondola gondola Ride to the top of the mountain and so if I wear like really dress dress shoes I'm worried because it's gonna be dirt up there. The wedding is on top of the mountain It's gonna be beautiful. The vistas are gonna be beautiful, but I am worried about walking around in really super dressy shoes So I don't know what I'm gonna do about my shoes yet. Yeah, I'm just gonna wear those two tops and be done with it at this point in time I am actually testing out my new camera my vlogging camera This You mean I happen to like these These types of out-and-about videos. That's just more me. This camera is basically small enough to fit in my purse And it has a mic. I'm hoping that the mic is actually doing a halfway decent job of actually Making it so you can hear what I'm saying Which may or may not be happening and I won't be able to tell till I play this back But look at the wave action So you guys I did take that class on Tuesday night at Sephora And it was the I think I had mentioned it was the contour and highlight class And I was so looking forward to it and I and I thought that there was a pretty well a full house because When I signed up, they you know, they had said that I just got in or whatever, you know And to be early, etc. So I was really super excited when it got there The yeah, I don't and it's really frustrating because I think sometimes when when people sign up for things or commit to things And it doesn't actually, you know, they don't know skin in the game They don't that you don't have to pay sometimes they can just blow it off But they had like three tables set up and I could see it was gonna be a small class I think there was like tables set up for 12 in total. So they three tables of four set up and they had two Ladies that were going to teach us And so I thought oh, you know, that's pretty cool two ladies 12 people, you know I was just hoping for a little bit of help a little bit of you know Sort of like custom instruction as much as possible even though I knew I'd be one of you know, a full class Of course one of the first things I noticed is that the other two ladies that had arrived at the same time with me Were significantly younger than me and the instructors or the beauty experts or makeup Experts that were conducting the workshop were significantly younger than me and I thought oh man You know, I kind of expected that I mean, you know really figuring everyone would be a lot younger So unfortunately for Sephora and fortunately for me and for the other two ladies in class only three of us showed up So we had a super super customized almost two hours because they didn't rush us at all I think we were scheduled from six to seven thirty. I went a little longer only because of the questions I had so it was like totally awesome. I had wanted to do the smoky eye one That was that like in the afternoon of four o'clock, so I couldn't do that But so I'm gonna sign up in October. They're gonna be revamping the whole class type thing I don't know in what way, but I sure hope that they do the smoky eyes I really want to learn how to do a decent smoky eye and I was hoping I'd learned that before the wedding But that isn't gonna happen Contour, you know, I don't really have any contour. I do have a cream contour, but I have bronzers So yes, I could use the bronzer and I do have like bronzer on today But I need to and I and I have some contours in some of my old boxy-chom boxes of stuff I have to dig through and see what I can use But the interesting thing is that you know, they started cleansing we did we did like our triple cleanse The cleansing was really great They talked a lot about applying a toner and they talked a lot about essences, and I don't really use essences I never really have so they talked about the importance of that essence Where in the order everything goes and then they those of us that wanted to have some serums We put some serums on so I used a couple of different serums I loved it and then we did a little bit of a face oil then we did some cream and then we were ready for our Artistic abilities to transform our faces. They actually made us decide what face shape we had I always thought I had a heart-shaped face, you know I have like widows peak that the fat cheeks more of a narrow chin and they said no my face was oval shaped So I was really surprised at that but in either case, you know once we had a primer on which I Very really used although I have several that have been playing with now And also some that have been gifted me from Octoly that I've been using last couple months, but I don't use it consistently So we started with a primer and then foundation and I'm going to insert the pictures So there's a couple of different foundations that used on me I couldn't film and I understand that and and then he didn't take any of my pictures But after my foundation was on We went to a contour and the way they explained it is like you make an L from the corner of Your I think sort of like an L on your cheek and the contour would go up and then curve Now I've seen many videos on YouTube talking about that same concept And I think that's really cool But until you're actually sitting there and someone is doing it on you and making you do one It's kind of really hard for me because I never did all that. I'm 64 I never went through those whole routines of makeup So, you know, we did the contour make sure that we follow it along and we went in the right spot both sides up and Then after we you know kind of blended that and we did a little bit of a highlight Then we went a I mean the thing with the bronze are going here and never did Do you do not your bronzer your contour under your chin up and around and then I've never done that So that was like all new to me and I was like, yeah So then slightly bronze in your face just to give you that color that definition in the sense of like maybe more of a Sun kiss look I do use bronzers. I have several one of the ones that I've used for a long time is the it cosmetics and This is the ombre radiance I also have the Becca Maui lights or is it nights that I got and I love that went a lot It's dark. So I have a lot of bronzers that I use. I never really used them the way they did it So we did a lot of tapping off our brushes dusting our faces And then we did blush and they picked a more of a peachy type of a blush for me And just put it on the balls of your cheek very very lightly because now you've got contour on you've got bronzer on and Now you've got the blush on and it was really cool So I personally learned a lot you guys probably are all pros at this But I personally learned a ton by doing that and then once we were all done that You know, they told me stay away from powder my skin if I did the setting powder It was going to really go so I told him how I was doing and I think it was Natalie the beauty diva that had said use Some a little bit of the set up powder and that wet sponge you kind of tap it on and that didn't seem so bad But more importantly, they they had me do a finishing mist spray And I've really I'm going to have a couple of bottles of it But I really haven't used a whole lot of it. So they suggested that and It was an it was time well spent for me because I did learn stuff that You know, I probably should have and I know I'm shiny because I'm getting hot because of the light in the bathroom Yeah, my skin is I Think the light makes it shinier. It's not I'm not really looking I don't think I don't really look like this grease ball, but I think the light makes it shinier I'm gonna shift the light off just so you can see the difference This is without the light. I Think sometimes when people don't use a light and they're trying to film they look it looks more grady It looks more dark. I love my ring light It's the only way I could really film in the bathroom during the day like this. So, yeah, I don't even know I still want to do anyways. Oh, it's because I was thinking I was all an oil slick So other than the class that was like super super awesome and I'm filming this Currently right now with my new camera. This is my vlogging camera I had done a clip on the beach that I inserted earlier camera I don't know how I'm gonna like it inside But I set it on the tripod and I'm gonna give it a try and see how it works as opposed to my my bigger camera one of the things though that was gifted to me by Unwash via the octaline network. I'm gonna hold this up. This is like amazing concept and put my glasses on So unwashed bio cleansing conditioner So what this says it's a moisturizing non-strip cleanser locks and natural oils in colors No, self-fit. No, you know, hot detergents of parabens, etc What you do is you apply this to wet hair So I could wet my hair in the morning like I don't want to wash it Is it maybe another version of a dry shampoo? I don't know. We're gonna see I haven't used it yet But it is like I think this will be a super super if it does a good job a Super super alternative for me, especially when I go camping, but anyway, so you wet your hair and then you put this on I'm gonna show you oops it has a really It has a I has a very mild Nice smell. I really like it. So you put it on and you massage it into your scalp area And you let it sit so you know you'll be doing in your scalp and you let it sit I think for like maybe five minutes and then you rinse it out and it's supposed to save on drying time It's not supposed to strip your natural oils that are really good for your hair so bio cleansing condition are all in one package gifted to me by unwashed by the Octoly Network and I'm really looking forward to trying this The other thing that was actually suggested by one of you guys one of my subscribers is this exfoliate nip and fab glycolic scrub So many of you know that when I get up in the morning, I Kind of gently wash my face and normally I put on this is like every morning. I put on the studio 35 The studio 35. This is the alpha hydroxy face cream I put this on and sometimes I would leave it on my face for like maybe 45 minutes an hour all depends on where I am in my morning routine what's happening and Then I wash it off and sometimes when I'm rubbing it off even with my hands. I get like a peeling I can see some of the skin, but I usually take it off with a very mild exfoliation either one of my gloves or You know just a rougher or face cloth, but I will remove it after about 45 minutes Maybe even an hour and I think it takes off a lot of the dead skin for my retina the night before So I'm gonna give this a try not on the same day that I'm gonna be doing this But this was recommended. I picked it up via Amazon Nip fab exfoliate exfoliate glycolic scrub fix So thank you so much for the recommendation I'll let you guys know how I'd like it, but I'm really looking forward to this very much so and when The other thing I did the other day is I ended up trying on the outfits that I'm going to wear for the wedding and Jay thought they looked great on me. I just have to decide on the rehearsal. I have like a Top and I was gonna wear you know, I have two pairs I have like more of a wider angle dress dress pants and more of a narrow not skinny by any chance, but more of a straighter Look dress pants. So I'm I'm the torn between the two dress pants So I don't know which ones I'm gonna wear and then for the wedding I have a very black flowy top a little bit beads a beads little bit of rhinestones it has like a wider sleeve and I'm wearing it that with a Teal length black skirt kind of a layered black skirt So that's what I'm gonna wear for the wedding and I still I Stump I'm still unsure about shoes I really am but it today is actually Sunday. It is the 16th I am heading to the mall in a little bit because I want to pick up the earrings that I put on lay away Not lay away, but then put on pre-bought last week because of the 30% off I want to pick those up today and get that done, but that's the scoop guys So thanks so much for watching the vlogging a little bit of this a little bit of that sort of uneventful but the Sephora class was awesome and my Walking and going along the beach with the new camera was awesome as well. So we'll see how this does when I You know put it in the in the laptop and load it up and Hopefully it's not losing its focus because I always worry about the auto tracking and the focus But it seems to be from what I'm looking at it seems to be clicking to be clicking So that's it guys. Thanks so much. Please be sure to leave me a comment thumbs up the video I truly appreciate your support and I will catch you in my next video. Bye guys