 Good morning. Today, I'm going to be talking about two things. I'm going to be talking about facial cleansers and nails and Facial cleansers sounds pretty boring, but it really isn't. What I use on my face to cleanse it is really important to me and it sets me up for better skin care. For about 25 years, I have used philosophy Purity made simple. It still works real well, but I've always been well the last eight years I have been on a quest to find something that I really liked that was cruelty free that I liked as well and what I want in a cleanser is I do not want my face to feel tight at all. I want to be able to put it on my eyes to get the last remnants of makeup off And I don't want anything. I don't want to feel like I have anything left on my face afterwards. I have tried so many and I have given away to my family and friends the ones that did not work for me They happen to love but through the years I tried several from CeraVe or CeraVe, the hydrating cleanser. I tried a really good one from Physicians formula. I tried one from soap and glory And one that came really close to working for me was from dermatology The only thing that it did it burned my eyes so I couldn't use it with to take off my eye makeup I have found several that I really like But one that I absolutely love. What my normal I only use cleanser once a day and I use it at night and I only do one cleanse And that's because I don't put a lot of sunscreen on. I know you're supposed to but I've just never Been one to do that unless I'm going to be out for prolonged periods of time Or I live if you go out and you park your car You're going to be able to get into the front door Even if you had the very back parking space you'll get in there within two minutes And and I'm not a sun worshiper. I wear a hat. I wear sunglasses and I protect my skin I do use the dermatology Tinted moisturizer when I need a moisturizer and I don't use enough of that That had do you have like sun protection? I know that but I still I've never had a sunspot and I feel comfortable I know it's not a popular opinion So I want you to do what works well for you. I figure I've made it 70 years without it and I will be okay I was out in the sun a lot It would be a different story or even in the car a lot It would be a different story so my normal routine in the morning when I get up I get a cheap washcloth is what I do I get a cheap Well, that's all I buy is cheap washcloth the cheaper the better and I've done this all my adult life I get it wet. I press it on my face press it in rinse it off take it and rub around my face Rinse it and then wipe my face and I just let my face air dry because this washcloth will take off most of it I have checked using a little cotton square With a like my my solar water any type of water and gone over my skin and my skin is clean I used a tiny bit of purity made simple in the mornings till about five years ago I started weaning down and I just knew that I did not need I didn't need it in the morning That the water and the washcloth would take away any residue of skin care that I had the night before So whenever I start using cleanser no matter what it is I always use less than what they recommend and when I cleanse my face at night I use a makeup eraser cloth. This is a real one This is a do I can't tell any difference but I just get it wet with warm water and I just press it on my skin and I kind of work a little bit at my mascara and I don't ever tug on my eyes at all I just kind of press it on and then after that I wet my face and I use a Small amount of cleanser and I put it all over my face and what I do To me the type of cleanser I use is important Of course, it doesn't can't burn my eyes And I leave it on my skin for about a minute because I really do want it to work Kind of like the dawn power spray if you spray it on and wipe it right off It doesn't it doesn't do the job that it's intended to and then I splash it off and then I get a clean washcloth and I go over my whole face and And and I let it air dry I'm gonna talk about four Cleansers that I like and I'm not going to give you the cost per ounce, but I'm not gonna give you the cost per ounce on Sale I'm gonna do it at their retail value and all but one I know I can get on sale usually for 20 25 30 percent off But my first one that I've used forever is the purity made simple I when I open it I get the air out. I put it in a smaller container I never did like the pump because I just want control of exactly how much the one I use I can just flip it open and pour out just a little bit this I can always buy the 32 ounce for $62 which makes it $1.94 an ounce and I use probably a dime-sized amount of it But it's good, but I'm wanting to replace it because forever. It wasn't cruelty-free now leaping bunny says it is But I found one I like better than this. I couldn't believe it Another one. I know exactly where I heard about this from I heard about it from Mary glitzy fritzy And if you don't watch or you need to she does excellent reviews and she just turned 62 and That's beautiful silver hair. I love her anyway She loves the mad hippie products and I'd heard her speak about the mad hippie cream cleanser. I bought it They have it at Ulta for 1699 and this is four ounces and it's in a pump But the cost of it is for 25. I love the way it works I love the way it smells and I really like the way it made my skin feel But not as much as my favorite one, but I'm gonna keep going before 25 ounces kind of high I bought the peaches classic skin cleanser and I liked it. It's eight ounces I think the regular price is thirty six dollars Making it the most expensive at 450 an ounce. It did not burn my eyes I felt like there was baking soda in it Which I used to put in my cleansers when I was a teenager at baking my yeah Yeah baking soda is what it was. That's my grandmother taught me about that But but I liked it, but it was a little too expensive for me on the peaches skincare line I also bought the flawless Exfoliator and I did not like this. I did not like the way it felt. I did not like the way it smelled I did not like the experience of it. It's in eight ounces and I think this was the most expensive at 475 but you're supposed to use this before you cleanse, but and I don't really think it did anything for my skin I just think I keep my skin Exfoliated good enough anyway, and this worked real well the face cleanser worked real well without it now I want to talk about my favorite and I did hear this from Tamara from Tamara's Time was Beauty and I Ordered two of them. I ordered from the website. It's called prequel Dr. Sam Ellis is a dermatologist that I watch from time to time on YouTube And I really do think she is very bright and makes a lot of sense and she came out with this line This has a pH of four and a half and I think all the other ones have a really good pH I think you really want from four and a half to five five and a half in that area Not to disturb your skin barrier It is 13 and a half ounces and it sells for $18 and it is the least expensive of all of these It's $1.33 per ounce. I put a little bit on my hand on the back of my hand. It's sticky And if you add water it does have I don't really call it a foam it just Works into not even a I mean more of a foam than a lather But I tell you what it feels so good on my face. I put it on wet skin Work it in I let it set for about oh a minute And of course I can do it in my eyelashes and pat it in there and then I just wash it off And my face feels so good. I like it better than anything that I have ever used That's the one. I don't know if they ever have sales on it I'm not gonna go into all the great ingredients that are in there I'm gonna put a link below and you can read about it But I've been using this probably about a month now and I love it and I use it in the evening only But I could if I wanted to wash my face in the morning I think it would be fine It makes my skin feel exactly like I wanted to feel and that really really does make me happy Even though this isn't a happy video. I mean like what's my favorites? I have talked to you about how Brittle how my nails they just bent they I couldn't even Lisa left a comment on one of my videos a long time ago, and I'll never forget it She said your nails are jewels not tools because I said I can't open anything I'm even talking about like the paper that's on a vitamin bottle that has a little thing you can grasp just the paper My nails were too thin to do that. I couldn't do it. They were I mean I don't I don't treat my nails like tools, but One of my viewers Melanie Rose just like Lisa is a viewer Quite a few years ago She suggested something to me and I did write it down. I Didn't buy it But I did write it down. I do that from time to time. That's how I can remember some things I write down suggestions and the last time I talked about how Bad my nails were was maybe less than a year ago. I'm not really sure But she mentioned it again and when she did I ordered it and she said make sure you get the plus formula And what it is is nail teaks formula 2 plus nail protein. This is the size of the bottle It's a quarter of an ounce and I have used it down to there. It took me a while to start using it I bought it. I bought a two pack of it. Oh my gosh It it reminds me Sally Hansen used to make a product years ago And if I would use it and not be a slacker I could get nails that were hard like mine are now But when I do you put a coat on Then you put you're supposed to just keep putting a coat on take it off and start again well, what I do I do it three days in a row and then I use my Mineral fusion nail polish remover It doesn't have acetone in it and I remove it and I out then I let my nails Just kind of breathe for a day and I start back again and they have just held my nails So much. I don't want to have long nails Right there is about as long as I want my nails to be but my thumb is a little bit longer But it's the first time I've used something since back in the day that have helped my nails I know I bought some of that protein, what was it? The good stuff that everybody vital proteins It's a few years ago thinking that Jim could put it in its coffee and I'd put it in my coffee I just for some reason don't want to take college and one of these days I will but there's just a hang-up somewhere because I didn't ever even try it and that's not like me But so many of you have had really good results with it, but I'm very happy that it worked I think you can get it. I'll find it wherever I can find it I'll put it below, but I think you can get it at Target Walmart Amazon It's expensive. I think it does last a long time It seems like it averages about ten dollars a bottle, but you can get deals sometimes I was excited last time when I did my when I announced my giveaway winners last week I heard from all three winners at very first day and I usually hear from my winners occasionally I have somebody I don't hear from if it's a name I'm familiar with I just leave it and when I see them again when they comment again I'll tell them to go back and watch that video. I don't give it to somebody else I used to but you know with somebody a lot of people go in and watch older videos If you won something seven months ago and you didn't claim it But you will win something that is is decent because I just think that's the way I like to do things Two people wanted Amazon gift cards and one person wanted PayPal and I will tell you I love that I do not have to worry about mailing something to someone I sent a card with a check a birthday card 45 minutes away I mailed it February 8th and they got the card March 5th I had already contacted the person I knew they didn't get it I said if you have them you know you're you will be receiving your card but I don't want you to keep waiting just tear the check up when you get it and I will put some money in your PayPal account and that that worked a little chit-chat here believe it or not Jim's spinal stenosis decisions have not been made because something else has come up and I am not going to be I mean I'm not trying to be secretive but I'm really good about sharing things after the fact that what came up requires him going to St. Louis which is about two and a half hours away it cannot be done in Carbondale it has to do with something that was on his head that has penetrated his frontal sinus and they anticipate a surgery so we're waiting to get the appointment in St. Louis they have a complex of hospitals one is Barnes-Jewish one is Children's one is Washington University Hospital and that is the area that we're going to be going to and I will be probably be the driver I know I have people that have volunteered but the doctor in Carbondale said that they may want to do surgery the day that we get there or the next day and he may be hospitalized a week so you know I I just feel better me just driving him up there and because we don't really know what's going to happen so pray for Jim and pray for me driving I thought I was done driving in St. Louis St. Louis is the gateway to the west and all I mean there's tons of trucks it's not as bad as driving downtown in or driving through Atlanta but it's it's for me a girl that comes from a one stoplight town it's it's a big deal that's why I don't know when I will upload my next video if you're not subscribed just look on a Sunday morning just go to my channel and see if I uploaded something my goal is to do one every other week one of these days I'd love to get back to doing one every week I may have to go to one a month I'm really not sure but that's the best way to keep up because I'm not good I don't hardly ever get on Instagram or my community page sometimes I do it but then I really don't know how to get back to people a lot of the times and I'm terrible about no one I think one time there was a notice that was like 22 weeks old on my Instagram that somebody that I know sent it to me and I felt horrible because I didn't know how to check for it I just really have time for YouTube and sometimes that's been kind of hard today is the very first day of daylight savings time it's not my favorite time I would much rather have lighter hours earlier than lighter later it naturally gets stays lighter later later it does I just wish that Illinois would be a state that just stayed the same but I want to tell you if you are still here this is going to be a giveaway I appreciate you and I would not make one cent if you did not watch my videos or occasionally click on the link I wouldn't I love to do giveaways and as always it's an international giveaway and the only thing you have to be is 18 years old if you're 18 years old and I know most of you are you are eligible to enter and what I want to do I want to do the same thing again I want to give away three $100 e-gift cards or a deposit into someone's PayPal account and because this is a giveaway I cannot comment I can't reply to your comments or questions below this video but if you go to any video it doesn't matter if it's 10 years old any video you go to I can reply I get all those comments and all you have to do to enter is leave a sentence below and in this sentence I want you to use the word season and I'll type it in right here and what I'd like to know is your favorite season and I'll tell you mine some of you know and I'll tell you the order I love autumn the next I love spring I love winter and I tolerate summer it is not my favorite never has meant well when I was a tiny kid I think but I had asthma back in the day and a lot of times you know I couldn't go out so I you know maybe that's why I don't like it and before I go there are some of you that ask about my pacemaker I want you to look I have my pacemaker right there you cannot see it through anything and I'll show you what it looks like it's still a little discolored but I mean I wouldn't care but the pacemakers I knew back in the day it looked like they had a half pack of cigarettes under their chest but there is nothing and if it showed I wouldn't care but it doesn't so anyway it is all good I tell you what it is I appreciate you you do not know how much I appreciate you you don't have any idea it makes my day and I will see you in my next video and you take care and I know most of you are like feel like it is I'm nervous about and I'll do anyway I don't know about that but kept on time that I just thought I'd throw that in there I will I will and you I will give you something