 Good morning. I'm this bright and sunny morning in southern Illinois. This is my very favorite video of the year to film and it is a collaboration with my beautiful friend Natalie the beauty diva and normally We film with our beautiful friend the oak hair oak arrow from the oak arrow show and she wasn't able to join this this year So it just won't be the same, but I've been doing this. I think this is my ninth time I did my favorites and I think it's the eighth time that it's been in a collaboration and Of course, you probably I know you all know both of these women, but I will link their videos below And if I'm good, I'll put a picture of them in here I am just you know that I am not a wonderful youtuber. I still film with my old phone it's an iPhone 8 and I did use a ring light last week and I think it turned out okay But I like natural sunlight. I like my door being open because I get sunlight from there because Jim has gone to the dentist So that's that's really a good thing. I have my own rules Nobody has to have rules, but I have my own rules and my rules for my favorites that I'm going to do 10 favorites from 2022 is I can't have them on any previous favorites and I have to purchase it myself, which is fine. That's what I like to do anyway So everything I talk about I have purchased. It's broken down into home Beauty makeup and a hobby so I'm gonna go ahead and get started The first thing I want to talk about is my air fryer I have a different type of air fryer that I did not like using as an air fryer So I bought this one and I'll put a picture of it up here And I'll show you how big it is because I just I just brought the basket with me. Here's the basket It would be worth it to have this only to warm up leftovers I have done so many things in this basket Jim had ordered shrimp and it was a takeout and it was really nice big shrimp And he had quite a few left and I and of course we put it in the refrigerator in the next day I said, why don't you let me warm those up for you? He said well, they won't be very good I said, oh, yes, I will so I put it in the air fryer and I didn't even preheat it I think I put it on for four minutes And there's something that my slacker in me loves to use when I use this and it's not necessary But man, it makes it easy when I bought it I bought a box of parchment liners and this is I think seven point something size And then I bought a box that has the and I'm gonna show them to you It's a six point three basket and then a little flat thing I'm gonna show you what they look like. Here is the large one. It fits down in my basket Just like that and I fried a whole chicken in here and It didn't the juice did not penetrate So they're very durable and just makes clean up a breeze and this is a smaller size It is less expensive and if it's in here I use this side more than anything because it does cover the whole bottom bottom It doesn't have grippers, but I say something I did I took an old jacket that was kind of quilted and I cut the sleeves off and I have those in my kitchen because the only bad thing about this when you reach down to get something You can burn your arms here and here. So now I've got that taken care of, you know I kind I looked for something online and they didn't make it so I just made my own But I just have them in where I keep my potholders and when I want to get in here to get something I put them on and along with that comes This size and this works so well. I don't use seas as much but they have come in handy But what my favorite thing is I love pizza and I don't eat pizza very often I prefer the gluten-free crust But I'll have a piece or two of pizza and I'll have a lot left over Jim's not crazy about pizza and I will just freeze him separately the pie shaped wedges I will freeze them and have them in a bag in the freezer and any time I want a piece of pizza. I It's kind of ain't no. It's not dangerous, but it could be I just get it out of the freezer Open this up put it in here shut it seven minutes Don't preheat just walk away and it tastes better than when you first got it It's crunchy and it's good, but this really has been my number one pleasure The one I purchased is from Secura. I'll put the link down so you can read about it I bought my daughter the Korsari. I think Korsari and it is a dual blaze. It's more expensive. It's bigger But she absolutely loves it. She cooks for a family of guys. Sometimes there's Just her and three grown people so she usually cooks just about everything and she works full-time So she loves that one too. My next favorite is my side-by-side Freezer with an ice maker when we bought our new refrigerator for the kitchen probably a couple years ago. I Didn't want an ice maker. I'd never had an ice maker I definitely didn't want an ice maker in the door, but it came with an ice maker So I just told him not to hook it up and I was fine, you know never had one didn't know what I missed Well, I decided I wanted a refrigerator freezer in my laundry room. I already had a chest freezer I was tired of taking everything out putting it back I mean, I just thought anything that makes my life just a little bit easier I'm gonna get Jim thought I was nuts But I got a side-by-side with an ice maker and I'll put a picture of it And I'll tell you why I chose this one the ice didn't come from the door from outside And as you can see there is plenty of space on the freezer door, and I love all the shelves I love the drawer, and I just like everything about it So that's been my second what I've liked next and I will put a picture of it in here And it is a tall skirted toilet And what I love about it number one we have three bathrooms two on the main floor There was a tall toilet in the back bathroom It has the shower and then in the front bedroom that I use it has just had a standard one And it has the bathtub after Jim surgery. I thought oh my gosh I need to get him a tall toilet because he'd be using this one and I got one within a day got it installed and I love the skirted part because it Is so easy to clean. I'm gonna go ahead not that I think you're gonna buy anything I'm gonna link that toilet so you can read about it, and I'll also link my freezer I don't know if they're both still available, but I just was so pleased with both of them And the next item is something that I it's not expensive It's more people clicked on this link and bought these and anything else that I'd ever done before I think 75 people purchased it and it was and it was like 800 and some dollars worth of these And I made $12 so you don't make a whole lot of money on Amazon, but I'm happy for everything But what I really wanted to do is share this because Melissa 55 shared it with me and I love them They're the streak free microfiber cloths. I've got my dirty one in here so I can show it to you These are machine washable No, no downy or anything like that. They work Fantastic my storm door is one piece of glass and no I used to try and try and try to get it to look streak free I can clean Going down on one the front side going across on the other it shows these little tiny bubbles, but they're gone I don't know what magic is in these, but I've never seen anything like it I also use them to clean my stainless steel going one way. I've never had any problem in Cleaning mirrors. I know how to do that. I've used everything coffee filters are wonderful My mother taught me newspapers and they all work. They didn't work on window glass So I love them and everybody that I know that bought them or that I've given them to Thought the same thing. They really liked them The other thing that I'm thrilled about is the revital ash volume enhancing foam I've used this probably maybe around a year not quite a year But what I used to do two pumps here and here right down the middle right there and there and then I went down to one pump And I used one pump every day On October 2nd I started not using it on Tuesdays and Thursdays and there's like 288 pumps in here and if I use it five days a week just one pump and it's foam and it spreads really easily That it will last well over a year. It is crazy expensive It's a hundred and forty nine dollars at one time for a little while I had a discount code, but I will find places that sell it and if you check these websites They may be having a sale. I bought a backup already and I got it for 30% off So I was fine. I mean I was really happy with that, but I know I plan on using it the Vagamore I started using one drop right in here. I know exactly where I put it right there on October the 8th and I still have a lot left and so far I haven't seen anything but usually it takes two to three months It's been two months. So I'll keep using it and see that I haven't noticed any that my hair is growing faster What I am noticing is my hair isn't as thin and if you had more than just one or two areas Unless you were like super wealthy, I wouldn't even give it a try And another thing I really like about it. I use it every single morning except the the revitalize on Tuesdays and Thursdays I don't And it my hair does not look greasy does not look sticky. It just is fine And I don't want to have to wash my hair more than I do I've always liked the clear gommage Things that you put on your face and you rub and little turtles come off of your face And then I loved the dermatology the AHA in the red But that started burning my face. So I had to quit using that. I needed more I just felt like I needed more than just that gommage once a month because that's what I use the The ordinary the red stuff. I use that once a month. This is the third pumpkin enzyme mass I've tried from different companies. This is called renew. It exfoliates and it hydrates and it does just that There's little tiny particles of something in there that Doesn't bother me at all, but it makes my skin look like it did after I use the AHA BHA It worked wonderfully until it didn't so this winter. I may have to bump this up to twice This may be the winter. I start getting a little dry skin. I'm thinking I might But we'll see But I really really like it. I always have a 20 off discount code The company comes out with sales. I think I bought mine for 30 off I'm not sure exactly how much it is, but I'll I'll I'll put that information below. I am loving absolutely loving my bk beauty brushes From lisa j Here's I didn't show you both sizes last week. I did a My bougie my expensive things that I love This is the 109 and this is the 101 This is the only brush that I've ever you can watch all my get ready with me I have not liked a brush with the exception of I did like one brush I liked the brush that went on the clarisonic But I don't like brushes to put on liquid makeup except for this I do like it to put on powder. I didn't use it today But I just used a fluffy brush, but I love her brushes. I love the weight I love the way they're made. Here's a smaller one like that the 109 in the travel set There's a small version of this a shorter version Here is a brush. I love from Angie hot and flashy It goes right in here. And when I put my powder on today, I used it love it And here's my 102 brush. I mean Best brush best for me best and this is just my opinion But I've been bowled over by her brushes last week. I talked about some new brushes that she made I think it's a set of nine and those you can't buy individually and at first when Angie hot and flashy did her set you couldn't buy this individually, but you can so eventually I think you're going to buy everything individually that Anyway had to make my top 10 favorites Okay in makeup. I'm calling this one Because this is the makeup that I have that I really love this year One of the first things that I loved is the Milani and I'll show you the box It's a Milani stapled eyeliner And here's what it looks like. It's in femme fatale and it is a navy Right there so pretty You know, I always I always were navy by my eyes And and it stays it's the first one beside okay I've been used to it cosmetics No tug eyeliner. Oh my gosh for Five or six years. I found that on my own. I loved it. Then they quit making it Then they reformulated and it was horrible in the meantime Mary glitzy fritzy told me about one from I'll put the brand up here. I can't remember But what I want I want something that goes in the upper waterline that stays that doesn't transfer I like to get it up close to my lashes and a little bit on the well, it's the waterline underneath your lashes And it's really hard to find Well, they quit making those Then I ordered one from Gwen Stefani's line. Well, they're all expensive. I mean I don't care because I don't use them that much But I wanted to find a cruelty free. Of course everything I use is cruelty free drugstore and the Milani I found it and it is wonderful. It stays just I've got it on today Stays right where it's put and it is called the stay put eyeliner and it does Something else that blew me away came from tart. I ordered one Loved it ordered two more and I could only locate two right now It's their maracuja juicy lip balm and I will I'll put a little thing in here Maybe but you just click it up once And that's what it looks like. It is beautiful. It makes your lips feel so good In fact, even with this red on right now, I'm going to put this A little bit on and my last beauty item came from Anastasia Beverly Hills It is their brow freeze and I know they make tons of different brows freezes They have dupes of this when I'm done with this. I might dupe it. I may try to dupe it But I've had this over a year And I still have that much left What I do and I'll I'll put a I'll try to put a thing in I just dip. I just bent the end of this brush. I dip it in Just once and I put it right there and right there and then I work this in and work that in I make sure I close it tight when I'm done But it just has worked wonderfully well for me. It's my favorite I know in the past I've mentioned ancestry.com as a favorite. I'm pretty sure I did This year, I mean, they just keep adding new things that make it absolutely wonderful Of course, I have my dna on there and now it's doing through lines And you can find people that you are related to Through your dna and that's very interesting and they also did had something that's like 20 dollars And it was all your characteristics based upon your dna And I tell you what they were 80 right there were probably 20 some Recently the and as they find new ones to do that they can do You'll get an email and I got one and it was like, are you a night owl or an early bird? And I thought well, we'll see because there's I'm definitely not a night owl I am an early bird And by George it was most probable that I was an early bird, but I just really enjoyed it. It's a great hobby I wish I had more time to do it I really do because it is so enjoyable and relaxing and the other thing it makes you think Like right now there's like a great great Grandfather that I can't find but then it's telling me that I'm related to somebody else So, you know what there could have been some messing around in there somewhere who knows a lot of times I'll make notes It's something that really is good for our brains anytime we do something that we really have to think It's like exercises for our brain I had one more item that I have just truly enjoyed and I ordered it from amazon And I'll try to put something close up so you can see it. It's a 10 karat gold chain. I had this pendant for like 50 years And I didn't I had broken my last white gold chain. It's 10 karat 10 karat is Not as soft, which is good, but this is very fluid. It never hangs on anything if you have a sweater on it doesn't hang I'll put some I'll put something in here showing me demonstrating it But when you have it on you can just look for the little heart And hold it and hold the little ball and you can make it tighter You can make it a choker. You can make it 22 inches, but I've really enjoyed this So those are the things that really made my year this year besides you all watching me it that uh I always feel very special when you watch because there's a lot of people you can watch that you take time to watch me People are talking about not getting notifications I have all my notifications turned off from channels that I watch Because number one sometimes I didn't get them number two My email would be full of notifications. So I just know when people usually upload I am subscribed to them. So it shows up on my page in two weeks. It's going to be christmas I'm not going to be uploading a video On christmas day, and I'm not sure when I will in january, but I will we have a lot of different things to take care of It has been wonderful that jim is out and about and Just doing great We do look forward to doing some traveling and and man I mean i'ma say it right now. It is all good. I mean with god in our lives and our health It is all good for all those who believe I want to wish you a very very blessed christmas And a happy new year And I want to wish everybody the very very best And I hope you have a great holiday season whatever you practice I will see you in my next video and take care And southern, illinois I still foam felt only to something that my slacker ways loves with these But I really love it The pie shaped The pie shaped Well, I wanted to get well I Well, I've got one more