 Since I've done a Q&A and I thought it would be a nice switch up from the makeup to just answer some questions about What's going on in my life all of that good stuff you guys came up with some good questions as well I asked on Instagram literally 10 minutes ago early bird gets the worm baby We're just answering the first questions out of the bag One thing I've learned from doing these videos though is that I am terrible at doing makeup While talking about something different and what I'm actually doing on my face So I wanted to go with a very simple clean Like the clean girl aesthetic minimal look today's video is very kindly sponsored by Merit And I just feel like they are the perfect brand for me to get that quick simple look while answering these questions Because their products are so quick and easy to use So I'm going to be using Merit products all for today's video to see if we can use how many products So I have one two three four five six only eight products to see what we can do with the whole face I first heard of Merit because it was being sold at Sephora and I have been eyeing up and down the Merit display at My local Sephora, so I'm excited to show you guys the products I've played with a lot of these already if you are interested in checking out Merit I will have the link down below to shop now for every first purchase It's going to come with a cute little bag and it ships three with every first order So literally this is so cute for fall and then you just open it up and then it holds a lot of makeup products Obviously, you don't need to just put makeup in it, but I just think it is so cute So you get that free with every first order and then there's free shipping on all orders over $40 and free returns We like that. So I'll talk about the products as we apply them. Thank you Merit for sponsoring today's video Let's go ahead and get into the questions. I'm starting off with the Merit the minimalist Perfecting complexion stick in the shade ochre and I'm gonna do that to correct the red areas around my face And I'm gonna try and blend that out with this brush right here from Merit as well So the first question out the bat is one That I love top three picks from Trader Joe's Okay, so one the sea salt brownies I've only bought them once and they were super red flag for me Meaning I had to never buy them again because I will eat the whole thing in one sitting, but they are so good They have that sweet salty combination. Well, by the way, do you see how creamy this is? Lovely. Oh, this is so creamy. I really like this for just like a quick coverage on the skin the chicken shumai I really like the pork shumai as well This is from the frozen section but get the chicken if you want to be healthier because it literally has like half The fat of the pork. I mean the pork tastes better, but for some reason the pork is just so much more bad for you So we get the chicken shumai and I really like the rice dolmas Those are really good cheap. They come in a can they're in the canned goods sections I sometimes I'll eat a whole can just for lunch Sometimes I'll just snack on a can throughout the week depending, but I love getting those So, yeah, there's more than I love like are those really my top three Those are just three of the things that I get every time I go chicken shumai Well, not the brownies, but I would if I could also, you know what? I've tried recently the pumpkin cream cheese Oh, I'm a bagel and cream cheese kind of girl and the pumpkin cream cheese was a hit for me I really like their ice cream flavors as well I just I live a lot closer now to a Trader Joe's than I did when I lived in Maryland So I go all the time now great question. Oh, I like this brush It's blending out nice and soft and you can kind of use this foundation stick for anything any kind of coverage I'm gonna keep it towards the center of my face and then blend it out over some more red areas Next question is do you plan to live in Spain at some point? Yes, we definitely do but the question is when and I don't think it's gonna be any time soon because for my job personally It's easier for me to be in the US. I have a US based audience US gets makeup first so for a while at least we're staying here. I mean we're talking Moving maybe for retirement Maybe in 10 years after we have kids that are ready to start going to school It is in the long-term plan, but not the short-term plan We definitely are not moving anytime soon, but definitely later in our adult life We do plan on it Maybe buying a property there and then living in US part time Spain part It just depends but long-term. Yes, we just don't know the specifics right now Obviously because we still are young and we still have so much to do here in the US And I'm definitely not ready to leave the country yet and be away from my parents. So in the long term Yes, there's a lot of benefits to moving to Spain for us, but not right now I'm gonna quickly bronze using the bronze bomb in the shade clay. I believe this is their newest product So I'm excited about this. Maripackaging is so luxe. Which holiday launch are you most eager to see? Okay, I mean I'm always the most eager for the hourglass pellets, but those already launched I already have my review on them, but I am anxiously awaiting This is an answer you probably already knew to see Pat McGrath's collection She usually comes out with something pretty big a big pellet came out last year year before she came out with a lot of little Pallets. Oh, I have a zit. I need to cover right here So I'm anxious to see that I'm anxious to see of course what Charlotte Tilbury has in store I want a new eyeshadow palette from her a new big one Natasha Denona I mean my main brands I'm excited to see but probably Pat McGrath is what I'm most excited about now that we have the hourglass Because the hourglass is what I was most excited about but Pat McGrath normally does something really big for the holiday time So that's why I'm really exciting. This is blending out super easy and I do really like this brush It's working well with all of the Marip products. Oh, I love this question I've never answered anything like this on my channel How do you know you are not overspending like how do you budget? And I'm sure people assume I'm a literally crazy because of how much makeup I buy So I'm actually pretty proud of my budgeting you guys. So one thing you need to keep in mind Obviously, I spend a bajillion times more on makeup than a person needs to but that money never comes from my own personal account I have a business account and that is the money that I use to buy Beauty products. I'm using the flush balm cheek color in the shade Beverly Hills next It's a pretty color. This is pretty sheer, but it's perfect because I have such light coverage on right now So it looks super natural. So any payment that comes in goes through a process with me I put all of the money into my business bank account. Okay, this is how I've been doing the split recently It's been working out well for me though. I'm gonna have to adjust it for the holiday season But basically 40% of the money will never see my personal bank account. So every time I make money I know only 60% of it is gonna actually go towards my personal account my personal expenses So 60% I will send to my personal account 30% of that paycheck I will put in my savings for taxes It's not my money a whole 30% of all the money you make does not Belong to me and when you're self-employed and you don't get w2s That's how you got to do it You got to pull your own money out to save up for taxes So 30% goes towards taxes and then I keep about 10% for my Channel budget for buying makeup for getting my nails done anything having to do with business expenses is What about 10% goes into now the 10% is what I've been doing recently I'm gonna have to up it to like 15 20% over the holiday season since there's so many sales and so much makeup comes out Recently 10% of my paycheck has been working out for me and what I spend on my channel So I would say I have a loose budget for how much I spend on my channel It's about a thousand dollars to 1500 and nobody should ever spend that on beauty But keep in mind it's not just beauty going into that Like I said my nails are part of that budget when my husband's at work and has the car If I have to take ubers to pick up a product to review that counts towards my business expenses when I send out any Packages that goes towards my business expenses. So I would say I pull about 1500 dollars out of my business account with makeup and all of the other business expenses Which is not bad because Morgan Turner makeup LLC is a business under the eyes of the government And for a legitimate business 1500 dollars in expenses is really really good But again, it's changes every month. Sometimes I spend literally under a thousand dollars But I would say on average in terms of how much I spend on makeup. It's about a thousand dollars But it really varies on the time of year next time using the daylight glow highlighter balm and the shades to treat And I am looking dewy glossy delicious already. We'll just put this on the high points of my face That's nice. I haven't tried this one yet. It's pretty and Then in terms of my personal expenses, like I said 60% goes to my personal account Jose and I are saving up to buy a place So I try and save a certain amount in our savings account every month with being self-employed You never actually really know exactly how much is coming in and when so that's why I have to look at it as Percentages as opposed to putting a certain amount here. They are whatever however much money I have I'll put some aside for buying a house. I'll put some for emergency. We'll put some for Investments and then the rest is for rent bills food and fun stuff and yeah And it's different every month. How much I save is different every month how much extra money fun money We have is different so We I definitely have to work by Percentages for budgeting I always like to keep a good amount in savings because the money that I get is so inconsistent And if I have that fun to pull into in case I just didn't receive enough money at that time to pay What I needed for the bills and it's worked out really really well for us But I think the big thing for you guys that you'll be curious about us about my budget is you know I don't view buying makeup as a personal expense. It's not it does not come out of My personal bank account at all the money hits the business account first and then I divvy it up It always hurts a little less Buying makeup then it did before I did this as a job because it is a technical business expense So it never comes out of the money I have to spend on myself for eyebrows. We're already moving on I got the face done pretty quickly. I'm going to use the volumizing pomade in the shade of brown Favorite and least favorite thing about your new apartment. So we Love our apartment building. I think my least favorite thing is the price Miami at the time that my husband and I moved here the market Shot up like just at the exact wrong time that we were moving here So we are paying a lot more than we should be for a one-bedroom apartment And also I don't like that it's a one bedroom apartment, but at the time that we moved here I could not justify paying the price for a two bedroom. So I don't like that It's a two bedroom, but I love everything else about the apartment the amenities are great Miami Apartments have the best amenities if you ask me side notes. You see how beautiful this is making my brows look They're looking full without hardly any color. Anyways, this is one of my new favorite brow pomades Just having to do with the price and having to live in a one-bedroom because of that But my favorite thing is definitely one. We have a really great walkable location No, that's the number one thing is the location that we lived in of course I'm paying a lot of money to live in a prime location So of course, it's gonna be expensive that was my choice But you know we sacrificed to live in a one bedroom for this first year because I wanted to see what city living was really like and living in a walkable area and it is my absolute favorite thing right now about living in Miami is The walkability of it all but she's fancy. I am not happy about that Do you ever get overwhelmed with the amount of makeup that you have? I don't as long as it's organized So I will get overwhelmed if I don't have my drawers organized Not everything has a home or if I get a bunch of like PR packages and you know, the stuff is just laying out That is when I can get overwhelmed, but generally speaking. No, I love living in a Sephora You guys I don't buy makeup to use it up if I felt like I bought makeup to use it up Then yes, I would feel overwhelmed with the amount that I have but that's just simply not why you buy it You know, I buy it for a job. I buy it to enjoy looking at it swatching it having it having items to compare for you guys I view makeup differently than the average person makes me happy and as long as everything is in a tome and in its drawer It is not overwhelming to me because I do not remember things, but I can tell you I know most of the stuff This is my makeup collection. That is one thing that I really do remember What are some major cultural differences between you and your husband? So if you don't know my husband is from Spain born and bred He didn't move to the United States until college and he didn't even intend to stay here But he met me and now we're married and now he lives here one obviously the language I mean, he's a hundred percent fluent in English, but sometimes with his accent I can't understand him and of course his family speaks Spanish, which is really hard the eating times of Spain really kill me in America We eat dinner so much earlier and he's always trying to eat dinner at like 9 or 10 and I'm like, you're ridiculous I'm starving. I am going to eat So I know I just use the bronzer and the highlight on the eyelid and that looks really pretty I'm gonna go ahead and use the mascara, which is called the lengthening Mascara I mean, I've noted my husband likes to sit at the restaurants for a really long time We're in America where like go go go after you eat like you get the bail and you get out of there whereas he's like No, let's sit. Let's let the food digest. Let's have conversation, which is nice But I'm like go go go. Let's go. I'm just so used to that and sorry It looks like it's about to rain and the light is dying, but that's okay. Obviously there are cultural differences But Jose and I are so similar. It's crazy. We're not very different From one another and you know, he doesn't even really eat Spanish food I'm making me Asian food and he loves Asian food But there's just like little things, you know in everyday life that he does differently than me or he feels Pacing pacing is a big thing timing and pacing. He's very slow never in a rush all of that Whereas I am the complete opposite Americans tend to be especially like ones that are from the city Not that I'm from the city, but I'm never late and I'm just like trying to get out of people's hair I get things done as quickly as possible. He's not like that. Do you want kids? Yes, we do I mean ideally two kids. I don't know. We'll see how we feel I don't know what it is like to have a child, but right now We're saying two kids, but not for a while. I'm not planning on getting pregnant for a while And I'm already starting to see people asking me if I'm pregnant like no if you ask me if I'm pregnant I'm gonna think you think I'm fat, so don't ask me that. I will let you know when that happens But I can tell you now we are not planning for it to happen for a few years So yeah, I got asked what are my thoughts on the night of creations collections from Kaleidos I have it. I haven't played with it yet, but I'm going to very soon. I think it is so pretty as always I mean Kaleidos everything they do is so good So I'm really excited about this one and they're purple quads. So, you know, I am all over it We've just had so many launches lately that I have not been able to cover it. Okay already on the lips you guys I'm thinking do I want to use a lipstick or a lip oil? I think we're gonna go with a lip oil today I'm gonna use the shades like tinted oil in the shade Marrakesh. Oh my gosh. That's so pretty I really like their lip oil because I feel like it has a really nice tint to it to where it's not like You're putting on something clear, but it still looks really natural and great on its own. Let me turn the lighting up I'm sorry. I know it's getting dark. The sun is gone It always wants to rain here when I'm in the middle of filming anyways This is like the super quick look with the merit stuff It is totally that clean girl aesthetic and was very easy to do while I was answering these questions Okay, I'm gonna go ahead and continue answering the questions, but I think we're good with makeup I didn't want to wear anything super happy today Where can I find good deals for Tori Birch purses? So I'm no expert on this, but I find the best deals One wait for the Tori Birch anniversary sales. They happen a couple times a year Just keep an eye out on those I always post when those sales happen you can get a pretty good deal on those but also look in Nordstrom Rack We'll have some good ones if you can find a Tori Birch outlet Those are decent deals, but the best deals are when they have a sale on top of the sale items That's when you'll catch the best deal. What do you think is the most overpriced makeup brand? I Hate to say this because I legitimately really like this brand's products But I think Shanta Kai is overpriced and it hurts me to say that because I'm telling you Shanta Kai creates gorgeous products pretty much every product that I've tried for them I've really really loved but a lot of times I just do find them to be overpriced for like the amount of product that you get or The packaging that they give you for the price that you pay. So I'm not saying they're not a good brand But they expensive. How are you liking living in Miami now that you've been there for a while? I was explaining this to my friends the other day. I really like a living here I don't love living here, but I'm very happy here for now. I don't think I'll live here long term But for the next few years, I'm very happy living here and while I don't love living here. I still really like it It is too hot for me I think I'm going to miss the changing season and the roads are a little too crazy for me But my husband loves living here So that's a huge reason that I am happy to stay here and then the other is there's a lot more job Opportunities for me here and they have a lot more events here for me brands will come here It's not you know as popular as say moving to LA or New York would be but I Don't feel the need to go through those events anyways It takes a lot for me to get up and go to the events to here and they're very far in view between Yeah, I mean, it's really great because the shopping in Miami is amazing So, you know, we got a lot of the makeup in the stores here that they wouldn't have up in Maryland And I just have a lot more stores available to me like there's a Chanel boutique here Morphe store a glossier store in Miami There's just a lot of options for me in terms of that. So it's been very very good for my job as well So it makes sense to live here. But yeah, I mean, I don't love the Florida weather. It's too hot and humid for me I can't stand it and the drivers here absolutely Terrify me like everybody here is on such a slow pace of living except on the roads and I just it's Terrifies me to be in a car here. I'm not a good driver to begin with so I definitely don't like driving on these roads But that's about it. I really like everything else and the prices of course I think are Ridiculous, you know what else I don't really love about Miami and I feel like you guys are you're like gonna argue with me That's a view from Miami I'm not as into like Latin cuisine and I know the Latin cuisine here is really really good But I I'm I grew up Asian. I grew up in an Asian house hold I hate the Asian food here and it's so overpriced for what you get The quality is terrible and they make you pay them Miami prices for the food So yeah, I'm sure the Latin food is great It's not to my taste palate and the Asian food here is terrible and overpriced I have not found a good bubble tea here You guys there is no good bubble tea in Miami. No good sushi really either unless you want to pay like $20-$25 a roll and I'm just not gonna do that. I'm a simple girl. I'm a big foodie. So that this matters to me Do you miss Maryland? I absolutely do you guys now? I lived more in the suburbs of Maryland outside of DC Ideally, I would like to live somewhere more closer to DC a little bit more central I love the walkability of where I live in Miami like I don't think I can give this up I love being able to walk everywhere. It has improved my quality of life I miss the Asian food and I miss my parents and I'm sure I will miss changing seasons We'll see I haven't lived here long enough to tell you that though. And then where do you want to ideally live? I have no clue. I think I want to be a snowbird though like I want to live wherever my parents live for half the year and then Florida for the other half of the year like in the winter because I'm not gonna lie when we moved here in February The weather was perfect. So ideally I just want to live where my parents live half the year And then I want to live in Florida the other half of the year I don't know. We still don't know. We've been trying to figure that out about what is a place that we would absolutely Love love love to live permanently What are your thoughts on people saying YouTube is dead? I'm gonna end this video on this because I love this question I mean, I definitely have my thoughts of somebody who is here behind the scenes. I do not think YouTube is dead I do not think it is going anywhere. I know the thing is like tick tock is the new YouTube is the old I can't tell you what's gonna happen in the future But the world of social media is ever-changing and as a creator I do need to adapt to those changes But I think YouTube will always be the standard Obviously YouTube is trying to catch up to tick tock because they have the shorts now But it talk is also trying to catch up with YouTube because they have the longer form videos I honestly believe tick tock and YouTube are great platforms that work in harmony with one another for a while I remember it was YouTube and Instagram and those really complemented each other But Instagram is like a tick tock copycat, which I love Instagram I really do but it's no different than tick tock anymore at this point. But anyways, I don't think YouTube is dead I think that the beauty industry has calmed down a bit just with the changes of the world You know because of like something having to do with a worldwide pandemic So people don't need to wear makeup as much anymore The economy is in the state that it's in people don't need to buy makeup It's not a necessity So I think a lot of those factors have to do with the fact that people beauty youtubers think YouTube is dying But honestly, I feel like the only people that feel like YouTube is dying would be the bigger YouTubers because they aren't getting millions and millions of views. No, I mean ask somebody behind the scenes I I've personally I mean my highest time of growth It's a lot harder to grow on YouTube now than it ever was the industry is so saturated, but people are still watching YouTube I mean with tick tock, I'm sure it has diluted the viewers of YouTube I myself while I still watch both the YouTube and tick tock I find myself spending more time on tick tock just because it's different It's quick information to take in but I think there's a lot more value in YouTube And I'm totally biased when I say this I'm gonna tell you the differences behind the scenes because Finances are always going to run these platforms So tick tock is great a lot of brands are putting more budget into tick tock right now than they are YouTube So that is why you're bigger YouTubers are on tick tock now budget is going towards tick tock and short form videos right now That's why they're saying they don't like YouTube as much anymore because the money is telling them to go to tick tock However, tick tock can be a lot less valuable. It's much more high risk than YouTube I have more tick tock followers than I do on YouTube But I have no connection to my tick tock followers if I recommend a product of tick tock I make zero dollars from that Whereas if I recommend a product on YouTube because I have such a strong connection with you guys you guys are more Likely to go out and purchase it tick tock is a lot more Impersonal and you know, there's always people that are the exception, of course McKayla McKayla could recommend a paperclip and we don't go out and buy it, right? So there always is those great exceptions But generally speaking the brands are budgeting towards tick tock because if they have the opportunity to go viral based off That tick tock it will outweigh the sales on YouTube. However Sponsored tick tock toast get garbage views most of the time Let's say a good video for me averages a hundred thousand views on tick tock if I post a sponsored video It's dragging to get a thousand views I swear and I noticed with a lot of other creators on tick tock people just don't want to watch ads Whereas on YouTube because you have more time to watch the person gain more trust in them If they recommend a product you're more likely to go and purchase it So I think that is something that brands are trying to figure out. What's worth it? What's the best thing the way I view it is tick tock is much more high risk high reward and then YouTube is Low risk, but it can be a lower reward as well because tick tock if it goes viral They're gonna make a ton of sales because the video that they're paying for on YouTube is not going to go viral Overall, I do not think YouTube is dying There's just a shift in the industry and that happens and the platforms are going to adjust and the youtubers that are saying YouTube is dying for the most part. I would say are the ones that haven't been as committed to their channels So their views have gone down anyway, and they're not making as much money because the brands are Prioritizing tick tock. So that's why they're like tick that butter just my opinion though But I can speak as somebody who is a smaller channel. I mean, I don't think YouTube is dead I don't think it was what it once was in the craze of like the drama get an era But people weren't even there for the makeup They were there for the drama but the people that are generally here for the makeup are always gonna be that base The people who came into the industry later in terms of viewers were here for the drama not the makeup So I've always been a channel that's been about the makeup and not the drama So I've never been affected by the drama craze So my views over time have gone up and I have a viewership that I'm very very happy with But yeah, it'll be interesting to see how it plays out Tick tock is definitely a force and a threat in this industry But I think it's gonna end up being more so of a relationship like YouTube and Instagram had where they kind of Compliment each other. Well, we'll see anyways I hope you guys enjoyed sitting down chatting with me and getting a simple quick makeup look again A huge thank you to Marriott for sponsoring today's video I will have the link down below to shop their products if you're interested and I will catch you guys in the next one Bye guys. Have a good one