 Good morning. I'm Mary Ellen and today I'm going to talk about two favorites from the month of May And I'm going to talk about my family because they're my favorites also My very first favorite is a collaboration That my dear friend Mary from the channel glitzy fritzy did with Sydney Grace eyeshadows I'm going to talk about the eyeshadows in a minute, but if you'll just bear with me You may learn something new about Mary. I've known Mary She was the second person I became friends with on YouTube and she has been such a pleasure to know In fact Jim and I went to where she lives and met her and had lunch with her and enjoyed ourselves so much But if it was not for Mary, I would not still have my channel back in the day. I was Sensational after 60. That's what I started with because I really believe that life is Sensational after 60 loved every decade, but there's something Wonderful about the 60s and I'll know in a few months How the 70s are but but I can't imagine them not being fabulous Well, I got a cease and desist letter stating that I could not use the name Sensational after 60 that it was already trademarked and I had no idea what to Do and Mary who is technically gifted Helped me do everything to get my channel name changed and there was a lot of technical things to do and that's when I became Mary Ellen after 60 I Went even though I still color the roots of my hair or I haven't colored every three months. I Went on Mary's journey. Here's it. I'm gonna put a photo of Mary before she went naturally gray And I went on that journey the whole way with Mary She would be in that picture She was wearing a wig and so she decided just to keep wearing the wig and just to see what her hair would look like if she Didn't color it and I kept saying to her when she started to get weak I would say Mary just keep wearing the wig You can always color it if you don't like it because I just had a feeling that she would have beautiful silver hair unlike me who's Gonna be mousy I've got to get a lot more before I can go silver, but I looked at her channel and she has 37 Sydney Grace Sundays where she did makeup only using Sydney Grace eyeshadow and Sydney Grace is a cruelty and vegan Company and also they don't offer affiliates if you talk about Sydney Grace eyeshadow and you put a link to their Website nobody earns anything. They do offer discount codes I don't have one but nobody but if you use the discount code it doesn't earn that person any money So the people who love Sydney Grace love it unselfishly Several years ago Mary's told me she was already making the palette of her dreams Mixing colors mixing shades Because one of these days it was her dream to do a collaboration with Sydney Grace and It happened Mary created the blessed palette and these are the shadows. I'm wearing today There's a light version and a dark version and I'm gonna show you the shades But more importantly, I'm gonna link her video when she announced it and she went through what all the shades So why they're called what they're called how she came up with the Colors and how she wanted this done. There's not one ounce of glitter in here But I have a shimmer on my lid and I'm gonna get close so you can see Even though it is a shimmer It does not make my eyelids look any more wrinkled than they already are So and then I'm gonna talk about what I wore I'm filming this on Saturday morning. The palette hasn't come out yet But it'll come out the 7th, but I'm also gonna even though I haven't watched it I'm going to link Melissa 55's video. I saw this morning. She uploaded one using Mary's palette And I know it'll be great. So I'm gonna go ahead and show you what I'm wearing today This is the light palette and even though I just used it. You don't see any kick up anywhere How I use the palette is I just touch it. I just touch it like this I don't knock anything off and then I put it on my eyes today. I am wearing Shy guy, that's the purple purpley blue that's on my lids. I'm wearing peach This shade right here in the crease I'm wearing me after 60 which is halfway named for me in the corners a little bit of our savior I've lended right above the pita and then I have pop nongi Right in here, and I thought it created a very pretty look. I put on powder. I put on blush I put on lipstick I'm not gonna go into every every color, but I just want you to see how beautiful they are and I Love that she named it blessed because it truly is a blessing And this is the dark version and there's five shades in there that are darker For darker skins the rest of them worked for all skin ties, but there were five specifically for darker skin But to be 61 years old and to have a company want to do a collaboration with you That is remarkable. It speaks volumes about Sydney Grace And I believe they will be blessed by having Mary create this palette and all these shades in here Mary Created herself. She mixed and sent it to them and they'd send the shades back and see if it was right And they went back and forth until they got the perfect Combination the palette has sleeves that just go over it I'm just absolutely thrilled to death and I could not wait to talk about it Until Mary sent these to me and she asked my permission the only other person that I have accepted PR from is BK Beauty So, you know when I receive something I always do a giveaway and I want to buy it for someone else This isn't a giveaway video because I'm going to be announcing $500 worth of winners that I used my own money for so I've got to save up a little bit But I will be buying these if a company sends me something and I haven't purchased it I'll put a star by it But once I've purchased it I don't feel like I need to use the star because I put my money behind it But I could not be more happy. I am thrilled thrilled thrilled for Mary. I Couldn't happen to a better woman She truly has been a blessing to me and a blessing to so many of you the price of the palette is $52 you can choose lighter dark and Mary has a 15% off coupon and it makes it $44 and some change So I just wanted to make sure you knew that well the next one I want to talk about is BK Beauty I love Lisa J. I found her on her channel. She is a Was a professional makeup artist. She worked for Mac and I just started enjoying her videos Not positive how I found her but I really like her and she started her own company The name of her company is BK Beauty and that stands for be kind beauty and a percentage of her profits go to the Kindness campaign and I'm going to put a link to the kindness campaign because it is very worthwhile BK Beauty started out with brushes all different kinds of brush lines Wonderful. In fact, I have given away just about all of my brushes and my daughter and her friends are thrilled because BK Beauty brushes are my favorite Mary glitzy fritzy has a Sigma brush set for eyeshadows. I still have that and a few others, but I love Lisa's brushes I don't think I'll ever have to buy any more brushes. I take good care of them and they're wonderful And I'm not sure in the order. She did lipstick. She did eye shadow She did a collaboration with Angie from Hot and Flashy and created some great brushes there. Angie created them and Done false eyelashes Just all sorts of things and everything has been wonderful Well today before I put on any makeup I tried on all of these shades and for the video I ended up wearing gratitude I love this shade, but I wanted to film it without any makeup on I think I had on mascara I tamed my brows down with the ABH brow freeze and Some navy eyeliner and nothing else on my face when I put the lipstick on because I wanted you to see How easy it is to see if a color is Complementary to you and your skin and I wore black for that reason because for me It is the most neutral if I put on white my skin looks brighter my skin but my skin looks neutral in black So I'm gonna go ahead and show that this is grace. It doesn't do anything for my complexion It doesn't bring out any brightness But it's really good to mix with other shades if you have something that's a little bit too dark Many people would use a lip liner But you know I'm a slacker and I really have to think about it before I use a lip liner But this is grace. This one is beauty. I can already tell it's one that I'm gonna like It does something for my complexion And I love what she calls the shades. I just really appreciate something positive and The next shade is gratitude to swipes and I really like it You can really see what shades of lipstick you look good in if you don't have on any color on your face I have on mascara Now I saw Tamara from Tamara's timeless beauty apply this lipstick and it really looked good on her And we I'm usually drawn to the same shades that she wears But I'll put it on and I want your opinion. This is called empower I can't wait to edit this video because like right now I don't like it, but I want to notice how it makes my skin look without any color on my skin whatsoever This is confidence. We'll see how confident I am. I think it's a beautiful color And I know it'll be even prettier when I have makeup on and this is faith mmm, it's a beautiful vibrant shade faith and One swipe and one swipe will give you this intense shade It's very comfortable. It isn't as long-lasting as like a long-lasting lipstick But I'll tell you I I still have it on six hours later If I don't put a lot of gloss on over it It'll stay if I wanted to I could do what my mom did my mom would blot on Tissue and then she'd reapply and And it would in her lipstick stayed a long time, but I just love the way these feel on my lips So that's my try on for you for her new six new shades Something different she did is she this time is she put the shade of the lipstick on the bottom the sticker It used to be plain and I really like that Her lipsticks are a very nice weight. I love the angle of them. I love that they are magnetic and If you turn one upside down You can get them to stick together If you do every other time like the stickers here and it's not there So now I'll put it not there and you can stack them, but I think that's pretty cool But you know me like little things. She also sent me the existing shades. It came out I think about a year and a half ago. I'm not positive. I have all these I used up two of them, but I have all three and I'm going to at some point put this in a giveaway But again, this isn't a giveaway video, but I will order some lipsticks When I do that giveaway so I don't have to put the star by it I'm gonna have to put the star by it today because I didn't buy these and when I talk about the star It's in the description in the show more section anytime if I mentioned something like I said if I didn't pay money for it My money for it. I put a star by it, but congratulations Lisa beautiful beautiful shades and Congratulations to Mary I Have my family's permission to put this photo in it's me My daughter Gretchen and my son and you can see we are in the middle and I want to talk about my grandsons I've just got a brag number one. They are all excellent students Excellent. Well, two of them are not students anymore The first one I'm gonna call him E It's really hard not to use their name. He just graduated from high school and he got a fantastic Scholarship to play basketball and I can't say where but it is a top-rated school that has a I mean a Top basketball program. He can't wait to work so hard and To get to earn the chance to play someday He's also the one that plays football that he chose basketball to continue his college career But he's six five and in these photos that the one next to him is a and He's going to be he says six four You know the way people stand in photos makes a difference a is starting his junior year July the weekend of July 4th football practice starts again He probably played 85% of the 80 or 85% of the season last year in football And he is a wide receiver and he is hoping to get to start in the game. So I always pray no injuries I pray so hard before each game that there is no injuries A will be back to school away from home and E the one that's just going to college will not be living at home They'll be living in an apartment. So he's excited about that E is my son's youngest son and a is my daughter's younger son and There's my daughter Gretchen and me and Jeremy who's kind of back there in the back and the next one is a Another a I have a lot of vows in grandsons and he graduated from college in 2021 and got a job about a month later in his field He works in with numbers and he loves what he does and I think he plans on staying because He bought a home. He just bought a home in May and got moved in He's single and he is happy as he can be and he was my very first-grandchild because he's 25 the next one is G and G just graduated from college. He got his degree in business and analytics He had one week off between college and starting his career and he loves what he does G lives about 45 minutes from here and his job is within his area and he belongs to my son Jeremy that's his oldest and I know this is so confusing and a is my daughter's oldest So I just wanted to share with you my family and now I want to announce the winners of my last giveaway This is for a hundred dollars an e-gift card or a deposit to your PayPal account So the first went name that came up was Deb Melton Congratulations to you Deb The second name that came up was Dawn Lynn Congratulations Dawn The next name is Zuley Congratulations to you Zuley The next name is Shirley Oh Congratulations Shirley and my last winner is Cindy pass Congratulations Cindy and congratulations to everyone The winners need to leave a comment below any everybody can leave a comment But if you won make sure you leave a comment below and then I will reply How you need to get in touch with me and let me know what kind of e-gift card you want or if you want a deposit in Your PayPal account. It is all good. Thank you so much. Thank you so so much for being here. I I appreciate you and you know that and I will see you in my next video. Take care Well, in fact, but what people but what a pick from So and in I Think or third one or the other to get my channeled Here's what Mary looked like when she Not I wouldn't