 So a little bit of a confusing title. What is the lifeblood to my Over 40 Beauty Channel? And we're going to talk about that right now. So, surprise everyone. This isn't about really anything over 40. This is about all of you. We hit 50,000 subscribers from the last time that I did a video. And guys, I am over the moon happy with being able to get to this milestone. It did take me six years of doing YouTube to get to this point. But boy, am I excited to be here. I am absolutely enthralled that I am at this milestone, but at the same time I had to take a breather and just step back and know that this isn't... I mean, it is my channel. It is what I go for, what I look for, or you know what I'm liking at the moment and wanting to bring to you. But I really try hard to listen to you guys and to try and get a feel for what you're thinking, what you're feeling, especially since we've had such a tough year. I really want my channel to be catered around you and what's ideal for you. I have things that I love and that work really well on me and I love to bring you those. But I also want to listen to things that are going on in your life. Recently when I did my health video, I poured my heart out to you guys and boy, it felt so good to be able... this sounds weird, but it felt so good to be able to get your feedback on the things that are going on in your life too. Because you don't feel so alone and you feel like, okay, my friends are going through that and they're struggling but they're keeping up the good fight. Maybe I can keep going too and it just gives you a lot of courage. It makes you feel very loved and it just has really helped me. And yeah, I still have my heart problems. Yes, I'm still going through it every day. I haven't gotten any answers yet, but I know that all of you have gone through so many things too. And if you're anywhere close to my age, I mean after 40 this happens, but if you're up closer to my age, which I'm 52, you get into menopause, you get empty nest syndrome, you get, you know, worried about retirement and you know, worried about your health because you start kind of breaking down. And all of those things that are so unique to our age category, it just feels great to know that there are friends out there, my fellow sisters, in the age category that is over 40 that are just struggling with every bit that kind of the same things. And I just love you guys, period. This video is a giveaway. This is a giveaway video for all of you. I wanted to give back to you. I wanted to make sure that you knew how much I loved you. And I wanted to make sure that I really showed you how special you are to me. And so this video has five different prize winners. We are going to cut away here to a few of those. And then I'll go through and I'll show you all of the other ones while I'm just chatting a little bit. And the last one is going to be open to my international friends. Now you're going to receive a gift card from me to the place of your choice for $50. The reason that I chose to do an international giveaway that that way is because so many times when we do giveaways, you can get taxed on it when it comes through to your country or you might not even be allowed to get things and it can just cost you more money. And I don't want that to ever be the case. If you will, please give this video a thumbs up. Of course, that helps me and make sure that you leave a comment. I'm in that comment. I need you to tell me what your country is so that I know if you are international or if you're from the United States. If you're from the United States, you are welcome to leave me the state that you're from. You don't have to do that if you don't feel comfortable doing that though. And then just tell me a really fun product. If it's skincare, hair care, nail care, makeup, whatever it is, I'd love to hear any of those products from you. You don't have to list a bunch if you want to list one or two just so that I know that you can you comment down below. So I'm not going to be, you know, replying to anybody here just so you know that. I will make sure that I give you the okey-dokey little heart that shows you that I definitely read your comment, but I'm not going to be responding to them until I start to pick the winner. So week from today, I'm going to pick a winner and then I'm going to pick a winner every single week, which would be on a Tuesday. And then you have to contact me back. I will leave my email in a comment underneath your comment on this video, which should automatically go to your email that you have linked with this account that you use here on YouTube. And then all you have to do is shoot me an email and tell me that you got it and we will hook up and I'll get your address and all those good things. So please don't leave any information below. Don't leave your address. Don't leave your email, anything like that. Just try to remember to watch for an email coming to your inbox. And that's pretty much it. It's not going to be anything complicated at all. Leave a comment, watch your emails. That's really it. I'm not going to have you jump through any of those other hoops. Now, I do have a Facebook and I do have Instagram and if you want to join me on Instagram, I'm on there almost every day and I post a lot of things about my life and I post a lot of funny jokes and stuff because I have a weird sense of humor. As you guys probably know, if you stay for the end of these videos and you see the quips, I am, yeah, I have kind of a little twisted sense of humor. So I think I get that from my trucker husband. Maybe not. Going forward on my beauty channel, I'm really going to be doubling down on the content for an over 40 woman and beyond. We have, like I was talking about, we have so many things that are unique to just us. And it's sometimes it's comical. Sometimes it's break down a bowl and cry about it type thing. But mostly it's just that we need to lean on each other and have fun with our lives. And goodness, after the last year we had, don't we need a little bit of levity in our lives, a little bit of kindness and appreciation for each other. And that's really what I want to draw attention to my channel. We're going to talk more a lot about menopause. We're going to talk about the changes in our skin. I'm going to do a lot of get ready with me where we just chat about different things that might be happening and kind of catching you up on my life. But I'm never going to stop bringing you tutorials and things that teach you little tips and hacks and tricks about makeup and skincare. And I'm not going to stop doing different things where I bring you good products because they're making such great strides with products strides with products right now and things that they're doing. And they really are starting to cater to the more mature woman, which I'm so glad that I see that in the industry. It's just fantastic. By the way, if you ever want to know if my shirt is available, if my earrings are available, I have a really pretty bracelet on that I've owned for about 20 years on. Let me just kind of lift up here. This shirt is long-sleeved. I push it up so it's three quarters. But it did come. I love this shirt. It did come from Amazon. I always try to list my makeup, but it's all the way down below in the very bottom of my description box because I have other things that I'm talking to you about. So my makeup goes all the way down. I haven't always listed my tops or my nail polish, which I'm going to start to do. So all of that should be listed down below. I may occasionally forget about it because this is going to be something new to me. So keep that in mind as well. And any time that you guys have any questions, any constructive criticism, I'm open for that. I really appreciate it when somebody comes and says, hey, Melissa, do you know this and this and this? You said maybe something that wasn't quite right. And that is to me being very respectful to each other. If you ever find something that I have said wrong or you have information on it, please don't hesitate to talk to me about that. If you ever have any questions for me, I am more than happy to share my knowledge of what I have learned through all of these years of being a tutor and also being a part of all of this makeup yumminess that we get to be a part of and skincare and all that. And I'm happy to answer any questions. That's it. That is everything. I know that I talked a little bit more than I probably should have, but I am so thankful for everyone. I just appreciate everything that you've done for me and all of the things that you have been so supportive in. And if I can pay that forward even a little bit, I'm going to do that for sure. Thanks so much for being a part of this video. Here is to us hopefully hitting a hundred thousand. Hopefully it won't take six years, but if it does, I'll be around. I love you guys so very much. Take care of yourselves and I will see you very soon in my next video. Bye, friend.