 Hey guys, it's Monica. Thank you so much for coming back every time I start a video my heat cooks on I'm sorry. You have to put up with the heat It's cold in New England Anyways, um, thank you so much for coming back and joining me. I know I've been not around this last Think it's been five weeks that two videos and I know many of you know exactly, you know, what happened, but It's been it's been a month since my brother passed away and I Think sometimes when I mean no death is easy for sure and I know many of you understand exactly what I'm gonna say but I think sometimes when it's Sudden you you don't have any time to prepare if you ever can for a death But you don't have any time to really kind of appear that it's gonna happen You know like with my dad. I I knew it was gonna happen. It's didn't know the when basically With my brother, you know a sudden death of someone that hadn't you know been in the hospital that you You know that you weren't visiting in the hospital thinking oh my gosh, you know any moment, right? I said in death like that and it just it just throws you So much for a loop. So I've been I've been super Super busy trying to you know, take care of his property his a state and Just settling all of his because he didn't have a family. You know, he didn't have a wife. He didn't have children He just had us. He just had my sister Myself my mom and our family, you know nieces and nephews. So just our immediate family was all he had I did have a core group of friends, but it's been It's been difficult. So first of all, I just wanted to say thank you those of you that have reached out and checked up on me and Set me car. It's just you guys have been awesome. Thank you so much. So I did say that I was gonna Come back try to get back in a routine and a schedule and really haven't done too well with that However, there's a couple things I definitely want to talk about I Mentioned in one of my I don't know two or three videos ago. We were preparing for a wedding and The the wedding was actually a week after my brother's funeral services because everything happened about that same time So we were preparing for a family wedding and I was like super excited I had gotten this mirror that I actually talked about but I'll show it again. This mirror is kiss my lash and Good Janes. I I really like this mirror Anyways, I had gotten this mirror and I was going to for the wedding It just it just amazes me how well you can see your eyes when you look in this mirror It's just it's incredible. But anyways for the wedding I was going to be doing false eyelashes and I was going to show you how I applied them in the mirror. Wow, I Ended up buying false eyelashes. I Ended up buying a set of six, which I have not yet opened and Then I had also got some magnetic ones water activated lash band Which I have not opened and Then I ended up getting some glue Which have not opened so Long story short, I'm still going to try to do false eyelashes But you know in that preparation the week before the wedding. I just was like, you know dealing with everything with my bra brother and his Memorial service notice his funeral service. I'm in a superimpose his Slide show that I did for anyone that is interested. It's it's I'm Unlisted so if you want you can still see it. I believe I'll link it But anyways, so preparing for that I never got to play with the false eyelashes and so what I did instead and I'm in a superimpose a couple of pictures probably as I talked, but what I did instead for the wedding Was I decided I had received and this was from the Octoly network And I had received it and like I'm on the tail end I requested an extension because I thought I was going to demo show it and all of that but then You know life had had a different plan for me so Instead of the false eyelashes and instead of really doing a great big demo on the the the beauty counter This is think a big all-in-one mascara clean beauty. Just got bigger Sorry, just got bolder So this was sent to me Complementary from beauty counter via the Octoly network so that I could try it. Well, you know, I'm a I'm a real mascara Person because I don't wear the false eyelashes and I didn't for the wedding So I had been using this just hadn't had a chance to review it But on the wedding because I didn't want to mess with the false eyelashes. I was afraid You know when you wear them for the first time like one would be off or one would be on my cheek And I wouldn't know it so it's like really afraid of all that so I ended up The week before every time I put mascara on I use this And I'll tell you I really like it now I know some of you gonna say, you know, hey mascara. That's pricey and all that But I'll tell you it is it says here's here's what it says Obsessively clean mascara that achieves the all achieves the ultimate lift length and volume Without any potential harmful ingredients supports longer lashes stronger lashes Thanks to the tripe peptide technology I'll tell you this was so Super easy to apply it's not waterproof, but it's smudge proof and I love I mean the application is just really beautiful now I am super surprised at how much I actually liked this mascara It's what I have on today and it's what I've had on pretty well all week And it's what I wore in the wedding. I'm gonna superimpose some photos here So I had this on in the wedding. I had to do the The blessing so I started to tear up a little bit, you know doing the blessing and But my my mascara held up so smudge proof long-lasting It's twenty seven dollars. This is got it's black. It's got a black pigment But it doesn't have any of that carbon black, you know the harmful potentially harmful ingredients So I really really like this mascara a lot. I love the application. I Actually love the wand It is clean and I don't want to keep playing with it, but it's just really is nice It's a nice nice presentation And it says think big not dirty. Yeah, I would definitely agree think big. So this gave me super length Easy to apply. I didn't have to dip over and over again to to get the mascara out I dipped once in one eye the other one in the other eye and that's really all I needed and Like I said smudge proof long lasting This was definitely a hit for me and I'll link all their information It held up through some emotional times that I've had in the last couple of weeks So lots of benefits to the mascara and it came because it's much proof not waterproof It came off super super easy I don't want to have to tug at my lashes. I use an eyelash serum to try to get lashes I don't want to tug at them and have them come off So I I really liked it the other thing that I received via the Octoly network from MD solar Sciences And I've talked about this brand before I actually have had a number of their products before some that I bought I like their their sun care products They've got some really good stuff. Well, this I looked at from the Octoly and I requested it So this was sent to me complimentary from MD solar Sciences via the Octoly network and this is a wash away One step cleanser. I'm always skeptical. I'm like, okay one step It doesn't work with me with mascara. Usually but one step. So what you do with this this took This took all of my All of my sunblock off all of the buildup off of my skin. I really liked it It is something that you can you use on dry skin It is a foaming oil, which is really cool So you have to be super careful You don't want to put a whole lot in your hand just a little bit and they recommend dry skin and you massage it in And you can use it right on your eyelashes if you want However, you want to do it if you want to take your mascara off Separately beforehand go right ahead then you massage it in get a little bit of water and you just it foams up But it's a really nice nice foam So I think for me Go back to the descriptions I think for me the the ingredients on here, especially for my dry skin is super super nice It says it's developed by dermatologists made in small batches They never use ingredients that can harm the environment or harm people which I thought was really cool And they have I think the best I mean SPF they do in most of their skin care and most of the product line that I've tried It's absolutely the best need a way to remove your makeup and Mineral SPF without stripping your skin. This is self-made free low-foam oil cleanser I love oil cleansers that gently exfoliates as it washes away all the makeup in Preferred ease and the sunscreens and all that it cleans your pores It doesn't really strip out any any Anything at all. I really like it the ingredients from again cranberry green tea vitamin C whole bunch of different ingredients I think this is the one where I have yes There's a 15% off coupon. I don't know how long it's good for but 15% off gift 15 it retails for $17 and I would pay $17 Especially with the 15% off because I've used this a number of times and You use such a little amount. I believe this is going to last a really long time now I tend to date my products just so I can really see it along they last But I think that's going to last a super long time. I really I really do So that's been awesome for removing your makeup and I don't know I was so much sunblock That for me anyways, when you wear a lot of sunblock, it's really hard to get the sunblock off Now this I know I've heard many people talk about this and I Was kind of like really thrilled. This is dossier. This is the I think I'm saying it right dossier perfume When they reached out to me and asked me if I wanted to try some of their perfumes I was sort of like, you know, I don't know because I'm really fussy on perfumes So they sent me two bottles and I'll tell you I was pleasantly surprised. So when I used the When I opened it up, it does have it's a spray. You have to don't press it hard Just lightly just slightly a little goes a long way. This is super the application is nice It's kind of like the cap. I Think that's awesome so they sent me two and of course these are inspired by high-end perfumes and This one is and very suffer on suffer on suffer on and Really nice then I have another one that is inspired by the And I actually have a sample of it and I actually did compare it the black gold ran by a YSL So this one is inspired on that. I wore this a couple of days ago when Jay said Are you smell really good? So that passed the Jay sniff test the the other things, you know This this past couple weeks has been crazy But I did indulge in a buying myself and I'm not gonna really talk much about it But I did indulge in buying myself a Palette and this is the busy out. This is the violet and I really like this palette I love busy at that's my all-time favorite. I love my busy at palettes And and my amethyst has been my all-time favorite palette and busy art for a long time I was having a high time finding it and married. Let's see fritzy had sent me with among other things and a little care package She sent me her is gently used and I was thrilled because these are and have been my favorite I kind of gravitate to the violets the pinks Sort of more the lighter shades on my eyes. Maybe as I get better with applying it. I'll Do a little bit better. I don't know but right now I do gravitate on the lighter shades And I just I love busy art because you know what when I put it on I can build it up I don't have to put it on like I've got an urban decay palette that I love But when I put it on I usually have to take part of it off Right because it's so heavily pigmented that you have to have a super super light application to get it on So with the busy at the colors that I like now They do have the dark browns and I have some of those too But with my overall colors that I like I can get a nice overall look and then I can Use a lighter shade for in my crease a little bit of a darker shade for the outer V And then I can just blitz it up, you know, I kind of like take some of the shimmery things and I put the shimmery And I just kind of I'm a layer person. I think that's what it is So that's really about it. I don't have a whole lot. I am going to do a favorites video We did get our e-bikes. I think I mentioned the e-bikes We did get our e-bikes and I just Was it last week hit my 100 mile mark? I'm in a super imposer photo So you can see that we went on a trail And the trail was absolutely some it's a trail we it part a little tiny little Little bit of it is in New Hampshire and the majority of it is in massachusetts So we went and we found the trailhead where we could put in There's a couple of different places you could but they're not really well marked I think people like to keep the trails a secret So we found and we put in right on the Newburyport Salisbury, Massachusetts line We put our bikes in and we drove all the way to the New Hampshire border and then we went down back And then we went down another trail that they call it the ghost trail Which I was kind of spooky by the ghost trail And that brings you out in Amesburyport by the river We didn't go out to the river because we were running out of time and it was getting later in the afternoon And I did not want to be out on the trails at night So we almost got to the river. We might repeat that tomorrow Then we turned around and we came back well on my leg back on the ghost trail of all places I hit my hundred mile mark on my my bike I have a pedigo and you get a five-year warranty So I have a hundred miles check up coming up And it's a big deal So you're going to bring your bike in and have it serviced and all that stuff And uh, so I hit I hit the hundred miles on my pedigo. I have a boomerang They call it which is a very low step through and most of the time a lot of times I pedal that bike with zero assistance an electric bike But most electric bikes have a adjustment So you can you can turn it on so to speak and you can increase to one mine goes up to five Five would be the say the max speed of 20 miles an hour. I've not done five yet Um, but if you keep it in zero, you're just pedaling and that's what I did most of that ride I was in zero on the way back as we were getting tired I was very very happy to have one and two and my little throttle to get that a twist But oh my gosh, we love our e-bikes They were expensive, but We both Agreed that this was an investment into us right into Potentially getting back healthy because we both like riding bikes. We were both avid bike riders All the time and then I fall I had fallen off of mine and jay had a hard time with his hip issued So the e-bike low entry low step through entry was the perfect solution to Get us back out there riding the bike on the streets and the trails. Maybe up in bar harbor. Maybe wherever But riding the bike and working on health in a way that we could maneuver so Most people that have real health mobility issues are like Their their whole world is opening up now that they have discovered e-bikes Right, they have these mobility issues sometimes knees sometimes back sometimes whatever it is and they're able to ride on e-bikes And get out there and be part of the world explore a little bit get some exercise It's been huge for so many people which Jay and I did not know that we did not have any clue that it was that huge of a thing e-bikes When we bought ours, we didn't realize they'd be on back where and stuff like that, but we did get it so we got that and you know and we really really like it really like it and I think other than just You know working on family working on that emotional Because it's been a very up and down It's been a very up and down Five weeks actually five weeks It's been a very very emotional five weeks from the high of a wedding and being happy about that to You know from the low of a death and then trying to You know get into a wedding festive mode and and then dealing with My brother's property his condo that he lives in and his belongings and these are things that you don't I don't think about now. I'm thinking like Yeah, something happened to me. My kids are gonna have to come in here and no You know, so yeah, we've been working on downsizing anyways for a couple of years now, but slowly So now I think we're gonna kick that up into high gear That's a little bit more Anyways, um, I think they covered everything. I really wanted to hit in this video I if you guys are interested or even if you're not I'm going to do a separate bike thing um Maybe talk about my bike because I really love my e-bike and I really think that health wise It's a huge huge benefit especially for anyone with mobility issues Probably do it in a separate video and you guys don't have to watch it or all But if anyone is super interested, let me know in the comments below Or if you have an e-bike or if you've ever, you know, even end up getting one And I know I mentioned in a previous I don't know when it was months ago that um Jay and I are going to do a european trip if everything works out. We were planning on going to germany And this whole backstory on that, you know, jerry was adopted from germany and we found his family's whole bunch of different things But one of the things that we were looking at is um, maybe doing a river cruise They call it a barge and bike a barge and bike a barge and bike because that's that's really cool So that's one of the things that we're thinking about doing. I don't know yet, but anyways, I'm rambling Blah blah blah. Monica's rambling Sorry guys Thank you so much for coming back watching and please leave me a comment. I appreciate every single one of you All your messages All your messages these this last five weeks have just been Hot-warming. Thank you. Love to you all and I'll see you in my next video. Bye guys