 So I'm super excited about today's video because I am doing a collab with my good friend Monika from Monika's Beauty and Lifestyle, her channel. And Monika and I have been trying to get together to do a collab for a couple of years now, and it just never seemed to be the right time. So we're finally at the point to where we worked for both of us, and I can't be more excited to do it. If you haven't had a chance to go over and see Monika, I think you're going to love her channel. Monika is from back east. She does a lot of traveling with her husband in her RV, and she loves beauty. She does a lot of derma rolling tutorials where she shows you what she's doing with that. She wears wigs a lot, and so she has a lot of knowledge about that too because she is trying out wigs and companies are sending them to her. And she really does a great job on her reviews of that. And I really appreciate I think what got me started watching Monika more than anything is she's just very relaxed behind the camera. She's a beautiful woman, and she just really isn't pretentious about anything. And I think that's really what got me hooked on her channel and started watching her channel. And she probably doesn't know this, but she is one of the first gals that I started watching that I felt like, oh man, maybe I can do this too. Because of her laid back nature and just her bubbly personality. And so if you haven't seen Monika before, I encourage you to go over and visit her and say hi for me. And subscribe if you enjoy her content because she's just a great person. And she's such a loving person too, and that comes through on her videos. And so I'm excited to do the collab with her. And of course, we're going to be talking about both of our favorite topics, and that is skincare. And since we've all been quarantined and things have been, we've been shut in and things have been shut down. It's been really important to keep up with our self care. But I have found that there are some things that I have gravitated more towards while in quarantine than before. So I'm going to share those five things with you right now. And we're going to get started on this video of the five products I've been using the most during the quarantine. One of the things that I've been using quite a bit, and this is kind of a transition into summer, but it's kind of quarantined too, is I've been using a lot of the Tantals products, and they are my absolute favorite for self tanning. And the nice thing about using the Tantals is the Tantals themselves are little squares or not little squares. These are actually huge ones. This product that I get, they actually give you six of these full size, and then they give you six of a half size. Now a half size will do my arms and all over my chest, my back, and then at least up to my knees. So, you know, my knees are at least, or my calves are at least getting some color on them. So you get 12 Tantals, and then you get this really great gradual self tanner too, which I really like because it's a moisturizer as well, and it's a really good moisturizer. So you're using these when you want the burst of color like overnight, you want to really become quite tan, and then you use this in between these to keep your tan really pretty, and I really like that. And the really nice thing about it too is I've been testing different tanning products while in quarantine, and this is the one that stood out the best. Sometimes when you do self tanners as they fade away, they can really look patchy and junky, or you can get really patchy just when you're using them, and these don't do that. So I'm really excited about these. I love having Tantals. It's a product that I've used for years, but I really enjoy this gradual self tanner, and I love that this helps it fade in a natural way without having the patchiness. Another thing that I have been finding myself doing a lot more is a lot of sheet masks, and that is because I have a lot of time to do it. And that's kind of what all of these things are really about, is experimenting with things that I haven't had to go out like when it didn't work, and lots of times I'm on the go so much that I don't have time to do a sheet mask that takes 20 minutes. But I got these sent to me from Gin and Amber Beauty. These are really good, you guys. I think they come in a pack of 12, and I really like how moisturizing these are, how soothing they are. This one says that they are soothing and smoothing. I love using masks because it gives your face that boost of moisturizer and that kind of really locked-in feeling for that 20 minutes, where nothing is, you know, escaping, especially if you're dry. Now, if you're not dry and you're kind of more on the combo oily side mask can still be good. You can get charcoal masks that can really kind of detoxify. And I have gotten these masks right here. This is the last one I have. I believe these come in 8, 10, or 12. I'll make sure that I link them for you. But this is the last one I have. This is the Milk one and it's moisturizing, but they have the Pearl one that's illuminating. They have a charcoal one. They just have a bunch of them that they have that I get in a package like this and I get them off of Amazon and I think they're wonderful quality. And so, yeah, I've been doing a lot more masking and I wanted to tell you about those love masking because it just makes my skin feel so soft and hydrated afterwards. And speaking of soft and hydrated, I'm going to talk to you about this product again. This is the Alpha Skincare Healthy Radiant Skin Renewal Body Lotion with 12% glycolic acid. This has become my new best friend. And the reason that I've been using it so much during quarantine is because when you're in the house, the air inside the house seems to be a little bit more dry. And this has just been a lifesaver for my dry skin. And I am so happy that I finally tried this on the recommendation from Lori. Hi, Lori. That is one of my subscribers here. And you guys, you recommend the best things ever. I don't know why ever even question getting them. But this is a lotion that will help with all that creepy skin. When I lost my weight after surgery, all this skin right here on my arms and I have it on my legs too, got really creepy and really nasty. I can't even describe exactly what it was like, but it got like skin that looked really, really old and just dehydrated. And this stuff does the trick. It locks in all that moisture and it helps your skin just look more youthful. And the glycolic acid in it helps too because it does help slough off other skin. And glycolic acid is great for anti-aging as well. So I've been loving this. A little bit goes a long ways. It is a little bit more expensive. But for what it's meant to be in helping all that creepy skin, I love it. All right. Another thing that I've been enjoying so much for skincare during quarantine is experimenting with different oils. And the reason that I'm finding that I'm using them more while we're in quarantine is because I can experiment with different ones, find out which ones go really well into the skin, sink really well into the skin and find out which ones I can put a dropper to into my foundation or I can use just by themselves as a super hydrator, you know, put into my lotion and does a mix well with a lotion like this one that has the glycolic acid in it. And I'm an oil lover anyway. And when I originally started on oils, it was from the ordinary and it was their squalane oil or squalane oil, however you pronounce that. And I have a little one from Good Molecules right now that I purchased. I actually think I like the good molecules a little bit better. You aren't getting quite as much, but I do notice that this is a little bit better quality. It just seems to sink in a little bit faster. It just I like that it's in a little bit smaller bottle as well because I feel like those bigger bottles with oil, it takes a little bit longer to go through and oils are something that can degrade very quickly. So if you're going to get oils, a couple of things you want to remember, you need to use them up quite quickly. The other thing is, please always get them in a dark bottle because the sunlight and actually any light whatsoever will degrade them very quickly. So you want to use them up and you want to make sure that you get them in dark bottles like this one from Pixie. I'm actually in love with this one right now. I'm using this one every single night. This is their overnight retinol oil. And I just mix this with a little bit of my moisturizer and it just sinks in so nice. And I feel in the morning that my skin is so soft and so hydrated. And I love that this is a retinol oil too because I use it on nights when I'm not using my retinol, my retin A. I'm only able to use my 1% or 0.1% retin A right now once a week because of how sensitive my skin has become. So using a retinol product during the week when I'm not using it makes me feel like I'm doing a lot more for my skin because we all know retinol is such a wonderful anti-aging product. And then from the ordinary, there is the B oil. And this one particularly has several different kinds of oil rolled up into an anti-aging super oil. And so I'll make sure that I throw up on the screen what this has in it to all the different oils that it has in it. But it is a really great oil as well. And this one is green. It comes out and it looks a little bit green. Hopefully you can see that. Actually, I'll just put a little drop on my hand right here. But ooh, I almost spilled it. Okay. But what you want to know about it is that not only does it have that coloring to it, but again, that feeling of just sinking into the skin and being super hydrating. I absolutely love that. And I did put a lot on there. I didn't mean to do that. But it is a really, really great oil. So the Squalane oil from Good Molecules. I actually have another one from Good Molecules, which is their Rosehip seed oil. And then I have their super hydrating oil. Let's see. Ultra Hydration Facial Oil. And that has several different oils in it too. So I have several from Good Molecules. And then I have several from the ordinary that I use that I love. And the ordinary has one that is the Virgin Marula oil. That is a dupe for drunk elephant. So if you're using drunk elephant, this one is a fraction of the cost. And it's the exact same product just so you know that. I've been using that for a very long time. And I absolutely love all of these. Now this last one is kind of a little curve ball one. Because it is a skincare item, but it's also a supplement. And that is this Living Silica Collagen Booster that I got. And this is actually empty. So I'm on my second one. This says it strengthens joints and bones, beautifies skin hair and nails. It has so many benefits. I put this in my water in the morning. I actually use like crystal light or something like that. And so I will just put a tablespoon of this in my water in the morning. And then I get it throughout the day as I'm drinking my water. This one says it has 375% greater absorption. And that's why I picked it up because it also has all of these on here. It's GMO free. It's gluten free. It is made in the USA. And I have used a collagen supplement for a long time in a powder form that I still am using up before I go ahead and break open my new bottle of this. But I don't feel like you need both. I don't feel like you need the collagen supplement and the silica supplement. I feel like you can do either or. And the reason that I felt like I was using it more during quarantine is because I was remembering it more because you're home and you're doing, you know, the things you should drinking your water and all those things. And so using my supplements was a big thing and I had had this for a while and I was about three quarters of the way through it. And when I finally started using it every day then I really started to notice the benefits of it. I felt like my skin really benefited from it. I felt like it was softer and it was holding more moisture. And I just felt like it was really good for that. As far as helping your bones and your joints, you know, our skin, our nails, our hair, our bones those are all made up of the same things. So if it's going to be benefiting your skin and your hair it's definitely going to be benefiting your bones too. So I wanted to make sure that I told you about that one as well and I think it's an outstanding product even though it is a little bit on the pricier side it is something that's going to last you a few months. Well, I think it lasted me about two and a half months when I first, when I finally started taking it very religiously. So definitely love that one too. So that is it for today's video. I hope that you did enjoy seeing my five most reach for products while we have been shut in in quarantine. And do you guys have certain things that you have been reaching for more during the quarantine? I'd love to hear about that. I think that we're either, you know, a lot of us aren't wearing any makeup or a lot of us are wearing more makeup or we're doing more skincare or we're not doing enough skincare. So there's things that we're reaching for more and it can't be candy cakes or cookies. It's just so you guys know. It has to be something different because I know that. I know that feeling of doing the whole eating thing. I feel like I'm putting on the freshman 15 only. It's not the freshman 15. It's the 15 quarantine. So hope you guys are doing really well. Thank you so much for tuning in today. Please make sure you go over and say hello to Monica and make sure you tell her that I sent you. Love you guys very much and I'll catch you all in my next video. Take care. Bye-bye.