 Hey guys, it's Monica. Thank you so much for joining me. So this is kind of be sort of like a little chitty-chatty Video while I talk to you about a couple of products. So If you're interested stay tuned and the products are anywhere from nail stuff to hair stuff to Flesh all sorts of different things. So hopefully This topic is of interest and if it is stay tuned. Oh Hey guys, thank you so much for joining me, you know, many of you know that I have been the last couple of weeks I've actually been sick. I have I've had a an access tooth. I've had an air rake I've had an eye infection. So I had all of these different things going on in my face That made me feel really awful. The air rake happened right before we were flying to Atlanta I had to go see a doctor. I had to get on medication My ear was killing me and then shortly after that. I came back. I had an accent everything on the same side I think it's all tied in actually So I had the access tooth and my face swelled up and it was like awful awful. Anyways, the the old it's an old root canal that Had a silver Post in it. So they did the first part. They had to take it out and clean it out And I know I think I talked about that I go back on the It's a Tuesday the 18th or Tuesday the 14th. I go back in like two weeks To get the rest of it done and I'm like really nervous So but anyways in my car vlog some some of you asked about the car mount That I had talked about in that car blog that I did that I bought So it is called a universal rear view mirror up mount and I will link it below I got it on Amazon and what it does is the upper part wraps around your rear view mirror And then there's a little casing that your phone Can sit in and I believe it fits many different size phones. It's very affordable It's very sturdy and that's what I was super impressed with so that's what that is For those of you that asked really so one thing I really wanted to talk about Was my hair In my last video and I want to thank so many of you for being so very supportive In my last video I showed you my toppers and you all know that I wear toppers and I bring you wigs And things of that nature and I just like having the different alternative alternative hair While my hair loss is not severe It is definitely thinned a lot dramatically as you know, I went through a menopause and I'm 67 So it stands to reason in a lot of ways. I mean some women are blessed with full thick head of hair Throughout life and some are not and I'm just in the I'm not category So, um, I've tried many different things. I've tried many different hair treatments Serums oils shampoos this and that and all of that and I said I'm not going to go through that anymore I'm just going to wear my alternative hair deal with my own hair the best I can And and that's what I've been trying to really do But I got um approached by this company who had been watching some of my hair videos And it's creatin hair care Um, when I first looked them up I didn't see a whole lot about them But I did look the company up and I was really impressed because the products are made in the usa And they're also cruelty free. So those two things totally impressed me I also like to support smaller companies and um, you know companies that are just starting out and things of that nature Not that this company is just starting out But the things that impressed me was the fact that made in the usa and cruelty free So I looked at it and I said, okay, I'll try it So what they did is they sent me three three of their products One is their intensive thickening treatment And this intensive uh thickening treatment. It's a spray And the other is this intensive, um, growth drops So the growth drops are supposed to increase hair density. They're supposed to block the dh t the dh t hormone that, um Contributes sometimes to hair loss While it increases the blood flow to your blood flow to your hair follicles I use a boar's head brush on my bio hair. I brush my hair really well Um, I try to make sure that I stimulate my scalp But this is lightweight. It's a leave-in serum It is supposed to nourish and of course, I'm really impressed because it blocks the dh t have not started it yet I'm going to take a bunch of pictures when I'm done my video of my bio hair Without any hairpiece on without anything on at all So I can kind of track the before and afters The other thing that they sent me was this extensive expending spray So this extensive thickening treatment is, um Something that you spray on your hair. It provides moisture. They say here it's going to give you thermal protection Creatin healing it's lightweight. It is supposed to help boost the diameter diameter of your hair It's also supposed to prevent hair strands, you know from um boosting the hair treatment penetrates hair strands Sorry to increase thickness over time So while nourishing and restoring so I really was impressed with the thickness over time because I thought that sounded really good So um that and then there's also some hair vitamins So they sent me two It is um keratin keratin hair growth skin and nail supplement. There is 60 capsule in each bottle It's got 16 natural ingredients. It's drug-free sugar-free vegan promotes hair growth and um I'm I'm really going to be I'm going to be really looking forward to seeing how this works So I'm going to start all this on my bio hair I think the prices I checked out their website I think their prices are really very very reasonable I'll link information below if anyone wanted to check it out But I'll report back how I am liking this. I want to start it And I'm going to start it today and um and then really just kind of follow my progress really super careful Again, this was sent to me complimentary from keratin. I didn't pay for it They they're not paying me to do this video I'm going to just check it out because I like cruelty free. I like made in the usa and I like something that maybe will help my hair because You know every woman right I mean here hair is an important part of you and how you feel About yourself So even though we don't like to let ourselves be defined by hair sometimes it does happen We do kind of all have bad hair day and I have a lot of bad hair days So I had bought when I was in altar. I did a like a mini little altar. I'll have to show you my sneakers I had bought these dashing diva Gloss nails not nails polish So it's a ultrashine gel palette It says it lasts up to 14 days. There are 32 gel strips in a package They are nail strips. You put them on I've opened up one. I I've used one I haven't opened up this one. I just think this is such a pretty color. I just I know it's not going to pick it up But it is really pretty. It's got purple. It's got shimmery. It's got a really nice design I thought it designed totally appeal to me As did this one and I'll tell you I use them They lasted all of but one day for me I kid you not one day So I had to change cameras because I lost my battery all of my batteries and the other camera Anyway, so I put these on I was so excited It took me a while because I've never used the nail strips before like this um I have used the color street that I got from malin fab and glam And I really liked them a lot of you complimented my nails in the videos that I had them on But then when I was in altar, I saw these and I said oh I just thought they were so so pretty really pretty colors And so I bought them And and like I said they last I put them on maybe it's use era. I really don't know But by the end of the first day on with these nails on with the nail strips on They started to lift and I'm thinking Well, I have dishes to do. I'm going to take a shower later I wondered how they were going to last because I don't put gloves on when I do my dishes And I certainly don't put gloves on when I'm taking a shower And I'm really worried about you know getting any kind of a nail fungus if you get water build up and all that stuff So um by the end of that day I took that shower. I came out of the shower and my nails were curdled They were so I just took the edge and I just peeled them all off. They came off So stinking easy. I couldn't believe it So for me the dashing diva nails while super pretty and I'm a very visual person Like I was really happy to be in the store to actually see the colors to decide and they were very affordable I think they were like 8.99 and then if that I have coupon, you know how alter is right So they were very affordable and I could see that there was a ton of nails in here about 32 nail strips in here You can mix and match the design and I really like that a lot Sounded easy affordable pretty pretty colors On me. They just did not last at all. So I went back to using the I Basically the color street and I buy them off of Molly and I'll link her channel before I just placed a second order The first time I put the color street on it was a little bit difficult for me to get it on You know it was the very first time doing it but then it got it on and I think it lasted me almost two weeks And I have bare nails. I don't have fake nails. So it went on my bare nails And I bought I have another um, I think I have another package, but they're open So they're in the refrigerator, but I bought four of them initially And one is like all just silver glittery glittery and the others multiple design you can see from what I have on my hands And I really like them. They lasted they stayed on and you know, I thought mom, okay Even though these I love seeing it how pretty they were and these I had to order and take sort of like, okay Are they going to be as pretty in real life? I um, I'll tell you these these work really well once you get the hang of putting them on And you you put them on nice and tight on some of my nails like for this one I have two different color strips on so when I added a second color strip on top I only did the half so I could do the nail these have been on my nails for Over a week and they're still doing really good. They're not lifting anywhere. They're not um, they're not Broken they're not coming off. They're doing really super good. I'm so impressed with them So I ended up buying more ended up buying three more packages and I really love them So when I set up I'm going to show you a photo of when I set up I usually just set up and this is a brush holder. I bought like at the cosmetic company store I put it all in here and I put it on here on my table because you're cutting or you're tipping You're bending the edges off and you might have some residue And then when I'm all done if I'm doing like a multiple layer where I have a tip of a different color on Then I just do some and this is just the sally hands and insta dry And I just put that on so these feel thin on my fingers They feel very natural on my fingers and they stick to my fingers. They're not curling or lifting Whereas when I put the dashing Diba ones on the gel the strips felt very um thick very thick And they felt funny on my fingers, you know, even after they dried so to speak They were on for most of the day. They felt really funny on my fingers. So anyways These I really like so I was talking to my lean. I was trying to give myself a manicure This is before I put them on and I had pulled the other ones off And I said I said, you know, um I was pushing my cuticles back but I said I chew my cuticles Do you guys chew your cuticles? I chew my I chew my cuticles And then I had all the skin was ripped and all that and I said I I can't I can't put these nails on my nails are too bad and in my lean said to me Monica Take you on the coup and put it on your cuticles. You'll wake up tomorrow morning and your cuticles will be healed I said, man, why did I not think of that right because I use my coup all the time I love this stuff and I happen to have the 5000 milligram also because I use that on my face and You know, you used it to relax and to help me sleep at times and jay uses it But I also had the 2500 milligrams and I said, oh, so I did that I put it all on my cuticles. I couldn't believe it I woke up the next morning. Now, they weren't perfectly beautiful like magazine fingers or anything But all the ragged raw redness the things that I pulled and chewed. I know this is horrible to admit on camera Um Was healing was good So, you know, I thought that was an amazing thing. So I love my macoo. Absolutely love this I just it's amazing to me how many different uses I get out of this. I love this stuff And I have a coupon below 50 off. So that's an amazing sale and I use the 5000 milligram on my face Everyone always asks certainly can use this on your face I would use that if I was out of my 5000 but I use that on my face on my trouble spots I really love it. Um, it works really well and I think the product is awesome so blush sticks so I had got an opportunity to try I have been wanting to do like a cream blush I have not bought one I have powder blushes that I like but I've never really tried a cream blush And then I saw on the octally network that they were offering an opportunity to see about trying and reviewing A cream blush. So I looked it up and I said, oh, you know, this looked really good So I asked to be considered and I was accepted and so they sent me this Package of six. I thought maybe I would get one color But they sent me every color this company has In these blushes and they're also a blush and a lip duo, which I really did not understand So this is I'm going to pronounce it. Maybe wrong, but Palladio These are their blush sticks their combination. So Palladio Has very much innovative new products. They are very trendy products. They're cruelty free They're made without parabens. They're I think a super affordable price. I was surprised A lot of their products are very antioxidant rich and vitamins And botanicals and anti inflammatory. So I really really thought this sounded really good So I got these and I was like Six of them. I couldn't believe it. I really couldn't believe it. I never expected six of them But they're all different colors and they're very very light. So I'm going to put this on my hand I don't know if you can see what that looks like on my hand But that is just a pretty Pretty sheer Share pink Just a pretty sheer pink and what I like about it is just you can put it on your lips if you want But this color I really like and this one is I'm looking for the color in such Small light print, but this is precious So the color precious I really I thought this was really cute, you know, you can go up down just like a lipstick But I thought what a pretty Pretty color blush So I really like this one a lot and the other one I opened up is a little bit darker But it's also very pretty Just more of a maybe more of a peachy tinge Really pretty I'm not going to put it on because I'll have too much blush on my face But this one is called lovely So precious and lovely are the ones that I have opened and put on and then I have See another one that I opened And this is dainty. I'm not dainty, but I really like dainty so Dainty's on the bottom. I don't know if this is even picking it up dainty on the bottom and precious Of course, I'm putting it on my cheeks on and I shouldn't because I can't really see what I'm doing But I was very impressed with this company. I was very impressed with these products Now I've used this a couple of times. It's lasted on me Pretty well all day. I I didn't have I didn't have to retouch, but I use a setting spray So without a setting spray, I don't know but I like the fact that it's light and sheer and very very Moisturizing feeling on my skin these three. I haven't opened yet. I I'm not just sure if I'm going to open them I don't want to open them unless I think I'm going to use the colors But these three I know I'll use the colors and I really really like this So this was sent to me complimentary. I don't know if I even said this But this was sent to me complimentary from the octaline network from the company Palladio Palladio blush sticks in exchange for review and I thought I thought they sounded really awesome Really awesome. So between the hair products the blush products the nail products I can't wait till I get my other nail strips in because the colors I ordered are really really pretty really pretty colors Um, yeah, I can't wait to see them on my head guys. This is Ellen Villa's club 10. I'm reviewing this piece for week studio one. They sent this to me complimentary I actually think this is pretty pretty pretty pretty cool. Look at the back. I like how it flips out You know, it's a very stylish very trendy It's a timeless style, you know, and you can also comb it down flat if you want Well, I don't want to comb anything down flat. I like a little bit of height with mine And so and I love the color. I think this is called dark sand mix I just think it's really pretty so Other than that, I'm feeling much better. I do have my second treatment coming up and I'm not looking forward to that at all not at all. Um I'm just not I I'm still my diet is going well I haven't lost a whole lot of weight. I think I've lost about maybe six pounds now and But I'm intimate and fasting more so than anything else. I've been trying on average. I do about 17 hours Um, some days 18 some days 16, but that's the average that I do a drink a ton of water But I think what's helping me the most is that apple cider vinegar gummy that I talked about a couple of times I take two of those in the morning and I take a big glass of water And I I'm not You know, if it's breaking my fast, it's breaking my fast. I don't know but I take it and And I'm not hungry, you know, I'm not hungry. So by the time I break my fast, it might be Maybe around new time depending on what time I ate the night before Or 11 30 and then I eat but my appetite is like It's like not not like it was and then in the afternoon I take two more of the gummies chew them up really good drink a lot of water with it and come dinner You know, I'm hungry. I eat But I don't eat nearly as much so with the gummies and the intermittent fasting I think that's helping me with my covid weight gain I hope I hope it's helping me with my covid weight gain anyways weight gain anyways kind of chitchatting about a little bit of this a little bit of that and Showing you some of the stuff that I got I did go shopping. I've got these funky sneakers What else did I get a marshals hall? I got these funky sneakers about the flowers behind me that I put in my My little corner over here in the bathroom I just thought they were so pretty and I just kind of as much as I love my hydrangeas And they'll they'll purple and they'll go back. I'll definitely put them in there again, but I just thought they were pretty so sneakers What else did I do there's something else I got and I just ruined a total blank on it Um, aside from the the nail things that I got now, so there was something else But if it'll come to me, it'll come to me But anyways, I just wanted to kind of share my little mini haul And have a little chat with you guys and um, oh, I know what else I wanted to tell you Um, I was using the city beauty ultra firming dry oil I mentioned this a couple of videos ago And at the time it was not available. It still isn't available. It does not go retail until may 9th Um But somebody asked me how I was liking it and so it's been almost a month now And I'm not really noticing a super difference on the condition of my neck What I am noticing is the skin the way my skin feels So I like how it feels a lot. Um, it's a dry firming oil So I'm going to keep using it. Um, but you know, I can't tell you that it's made a big difference I just like how it feels it's expensive, but I'm going to keep using it and then maybe you know by the time I'm done, I'll be able to report back and Be give you a more solid idea of How I'm liking it. So anyways, I think that's it Thank you guys and I'll see you in my next video. Bye guys