 Welcome back to my channel and welcome if you're new here. We are doing a super fun video today We are going to do a get ready with me. I'm gonna show you the makeup. I use we're gonna do a really natural look today We're not even putting on eyeshadow We're just gonna do some liner and some very natural lashes And I'm gonna show you some of my favorite go-to beauty products I get a ton of questions on the makeup and skincare and lashes that I use So I thought what better time than to do a get ready with me to share those with you I'm also going to be answering some questions. I posted both on my Facebook group and my YouTube community tab What questions do you want me to answer in regards to weight loss? WW beauty my channel, whatever my personal life I'm here to give you all of the answers to all of your questions I also posted on my Instagram So I have quite the list of questions And I thought that it would be way more fun to do a get ready with me While I answer these questions than just sitting here and giving you the answers So we are gonna start putting on some makeup and start answering all of your questions With the beauty counter an instant glow I really really love this I do have a mirror here with some lighting So if I look away, it's just because I'm going and putting on my makeup here in the mirror I love this because it literally gives you a glow To your skin, but what's even better is you still see that glow Through all of your makeup and right now beauty counter has a glow getter trio where you actually get this Illuminating glow for your face. You also get my very favorite Overnight resurfacing peel. I'll pop a picture in here of that and you get the highlighter aka the blush that I'm gonna Be using today you get that all in a package and it is a fanatastic deal So I will just put this over my entire face Oh, and I'll link everything down below for you guys as far as the products that I'm using And I just kind of rub it in and I let it go ahead and dry just a little bit And so let's answer some questions while we're waiting. Oh, and I do have a cup of the coffee over cardio coffee You guys know I love this coffee. It's my favorite. This is the Texas toast. It's amazing. I'll link it down below, too So, let's answer the first question So some of them are just very basic questions about me and I thought they'd be a good segue into this Q&A So how old am I? I am a 44 years old. I will be 45 in November A lot of you bless your hearts think I'm in my 30s, which is really really sweet But no I'm 44. I am married. That's another question that I got. Are you married? Do you have children? I am married to my husband Troy We will be married three years in November. We've been together five years as of September So about five and a half years by the time that our third year anniversary comes around for us being together You also ask how we met we actually met online on match.com We went to high school together, but my husband is two years older than me So I actually didn't even know him in high school So I remember looking back at his senior picture in his yearbook and I thought I Remember him like he looks really familiar, but we didn't run in the same circle I didn't even know him in high school. So we actually met online and the rest is history and the other question is kids We do not have kids. We have two dogs as you know diesel and Lola our babies diesel is eight and a half years old He's a full-breed yellow lab. He's amazing and Lola is our rescue. She is a pit bull mix We're not actually even sure what she's mixed with we don't know entirely how old she is But we think she's probably about seven. We're guessing she's about a year younger than diesel and they're our life There are babies. I love them with every piece of my heart and literally we treat them like our children as you know If you watch my channel All right, so next I'm gonna go ahead and put on my foundation. I really like this foundation from Too Faced I'm in the color porcelain. It does come in the little pump So I usually will just pump about three pumps here onto my hand and then I do use my beauty blender These are just cheapy ones from Fred Meyer to go ahead and apply my foundation and while I'm doing that We're gonna talk a little bit about a couple other basic questions One of them is where do we live? What state are we in? So we live in the state of Washington. We are not in Seattle We are on the completely other side of the state in Spokane. We love it here. I actually was not born here I was born in Grand Forks, North Dakota, but we moved here when I was About well, I was going into the fifth grade So I was really young when we moved here and we've been here ever since and I am an only child So is my husband my husband's sister actually passed away when she was 12 years old from spina bifida So my husband has been an only child since he was 18 years old as well So we live in the beautiful state of Washington I'm gonna go ahead and apply my concealer I usually just stick that under both of my eyes and then I'll also usually put a little down my nose and on my upper lip And I just go in with my same beauty blender to blend that last question as far as like personal about me is What do I do for a living? So if you followed my channel for a while, you know, my background is actually in human resources I was an HR manager for several several years and back in June of 2019 crazy It's gonna be a year next month I actually resigned from my human resources position because I was not happy at all and I decided to really focus on my YouTube channel And also get my real estate license. So since then I have gotten my real estate license I've had it since August of 2019. It's going really well. I'm loving it So essentially I'm a full-time youtuber and a real estate agent So I wear a couple of different hats and to be honest with you guys. I love YouTube I wish I could afford to do it full-time But I'm just not quite there yet and that kind of brings me into my next question Which was actually asked on Instagram and that was you guys asked me How can you support me on my YouTube channel and help my YouTube channel grow? So really simple for you guys to be able to help me which first of all, I greatly appreciate you even asking About helping me so there's a few things number one you can obviously view my video So the more views we get the more that YouTube pays us as far as our ads and adsense go Also, if you watch my videos to the end, it really helps my watch time which then helps the CPM which is the amount that we're paid per ad. It's a very complex situation But if you watch videos all the way to the end that really helps also if you actually watch through the commercials or the ads That's a lot more help than skipping through the ads and all of the interaction that you give on the channel thumbs up Leaving comments sharing the video all of those things really really help and another way that you can really help support Me on YouTube and maybe I can do YouTube eventually full-time is to support me in my affiliate links And I do have a few you know the built bars of the world where when you make a purchase It doesn't cost you any more money, but I receive a little bit of a kickback so to speak I mean we're talking very minimal like less than a cup of coffee But it still really helps grow my brand helps grow my YouTube channel and helps income wise So those are really the big ways that you can help me out as far as supporting my YouTube channel So thank you for a couple of you that asked about that that really truly means a lot to me So now I'm gonna go ahead and put on my powder I'm just using the L'Oreal true match and I just start with the sponge that actually comes in the powder to get a good base On and then I'll go in with a brush to kind of blend it out you guys. I'm not picky on powder I pretty much use whatever I can get my hands on at the store So if something's on sale or I have a coupon, that's really the route that I'll take as far as powders go I'm really not picky. I'm not someone that feels like I need to spend a lot of money on powder I feel like they all pretty much are the same. So for me, this works just fine So I'm gonna go ahead and go in with that and then I'm gonna come back in with this two-faced Heavenly skin brush and I'm just going to blend out my powder and while I'm doing that I'm going to answer the next question and that is Will you ever completely switch to the purple plan? So you guys know that I just recently posted my what I eat in a week trying out the purple plan I'll make sure that I link that video down below for you guys But I tried it for an entire week and like I kind of also mentioned when I transition Over to a clean approach to the program that ultimately my goal was the purple plan once I was able to get look at my makeup on me once I was able to get my portions under control and really feel confident in Being able to handle the purple plan that was eventually my end goal. So I tried it for that week in that video I'm doing it also again this week just to give it another extra two week good try and see how it goes So eventually that's my plan. I don't know when that will be I don't even know if that will be but ideally that is the plan That what I would like to land on to finish out the rest of my WW journey So the next question is what are your go-to lashes and this is perfect timing for me to share these with you And that are the Tori Bell lashes. You guys know I'm obsessed with these These are magnetic lashes, but they're not just your everyday magnetic lashes. These are so much more They are seriously the best I've ever ever tried and I am a lash snob. So these are fantastic So I'm gonna start with the mascara liner combo with the mascara And I'm just going to go in very lightly just basically on the base of My lashes. I'm not trying to get any length. I'm literally just trying to add the mascara to the base of my lashes to help the Lashes the magnetic lashes stick So I've got just a little bit of mascara and then I'm going to go into the other side Which is the actual liner and I'm going to put this as close to my lashes as possible because I want my magnetic lashes to stick really well To the liner and what's fantastic about this liner is you can totally screw it up And you won't even be able to see it once you apply your lashes So I'm gonna go ahead and make sure that I have a nice amount of liner on when you're using this liner Make sure that you're just going in and out directly. You're not moving the Liner around the base to like wipe it off because it becomes clumpy and it will stick So I'm gonna go ahead and do that. So back to the question about what are my go-to lashes? Tori bell Tori bell lashes are awesome. I used to buy just your traditional glue on lashes on Amazon But I know that a lot of you struggle with the glue bothering your eyes Also, they can be really expensive because they don't last very long and these lashes if you take good care of them can last up to 20 different uses which is amazing. So I love them. I think they are top-notch So those are my go-tos. I'm gonna link the website to Tori bell down below. There's cosmetics There's everything on that website. So I have one coat of liner We're all gonna go back in with a second coat, but we want to give this a couple minutes to dry So while it's drying, let's answer the next question. So what is my favorite makeup brand? So I'm not really picky Boozy about makeup I do have a couple of favorite kind of higher end cosmetics that I'll be sharing with you guys throughout this get ready with Me video, but I am a little more picky on skincare because I am 44 years old I'm concerned about aging fine lines wrinkles. So for me the skincare is where I'd really Rather spend a little bit of extra money and you guys know, I'm obsessed with beauty counter It is a clean makeup. They actually regulate what goes into the cosmetics in the skincare So it's safe for your face. You you guys would be amazed at some of the Materials that are in makeup because makeup isn't heavily regulated There are a lot of crazy things in the makeup that we're wearing and beauty counter is actually 100% clean So I have switched completely over to beauty counter Skincare and I will switch to beauty counter cosmetics as soon as I'm out of what I have I didn't want to waste the makeup that I have so I'm gonna kind of work on going through that before I make that transition And of course, I'll link beauty counter down below as well as the products from beauty counter that I showed you today So moving on let's do the next coat of liner Just because it's been a couple of minutes You always want to do two coats to really help those lashes stick a little bit better So these are the lashes that I'm gonna use these are the Toribell fantasy lashes now You actually do get two sets when you buy a few of the Toribell lashes Because you can do what's called stacking where you stack the two sets of lashes together to get a more dramatic look for today Though I'm going on a charelle. So I'm just going to put on one set of the lashes you guys It's amazing. So you're gonna pop off your lashes Really really easy from the little piece of plastic and then you're just going to go in and put these on so I'm gonna just go ahead Pop my lash on and walla. It is magnetized to my eye. It doesn't go anywhere I have even tried this with a blow dryer to see if it would blow off and it does not so let me go ahead and get my Other lash on and we'll answer some more questions and carry on with our makeup All right, so then I'm gonna go in with just some regular mascara And I'm gonna add that right to my bottom lashes now this of course is optional I just really like the look of a little bit of mascara on the bottom as well But look at these lashes you guys these things are amazing So I'm gonna go ahead and add that last little bit of mascara to my bottom lashes And the next question I have came also from Instagram and that is is Jazzercise hard? Yes It's hard. I still almost die literally sometimes and when I first started it was rough But let me tell you guys it is the most incredible workout that doesn't feel like a workout It is so much fun. You're dancing. You have great music You have a great group of ladies around you It really just makes exercise fun and it flies by you're it's hard You're out of breath. You're sweaty, but it's fun So it doesn't really feel like exercise if that makes sense Highly recommend if you have a Jazzercise studio in your area You can sometimes score a free week or a free class and you can kind of see if it's something that you like Or there's Jazzercise on demand. I'll put that here on the screen And it's like $20 a month and you can do it out of your home So I've been using that during the quarantine, but I can't wait to get back to the studio Time to do my brows. I love the easy breezy brow Actually, Tori Bell has a brow kit mine is on the way and by the time you guys see this video I'll have it so I'm going to put it here on the screen my thoughts But it is an actual like pot with a brush and you can shape your brow it even comes with stencils So I'm really excited to try it. It'll be my new go to if I like it But for now I'm using this cover girl and basically this is like a brow mascara So it goes on very similar to mascara. Oh my brows you guys Hashtag quarantine brows these things need a wax But I'm gonna go ahead and go in and the next question is off of my Instagram And that is do I use my weeklies and my fit point? So the short answer is yes I use my weeklies every single week, but no I do not use my fit points at least I don't track the use of my fit point So I do use my weeklies You guys know that a Saturday is the day that I go out that I enjoy a dinner out and I use my weeklies I actually don't even track that day. So I'm assuming I'm using all my weeklies in my dailies I do not dip into my fit points just Because I use my weeklies. I don't necessarily need to dip into my fit points now That's not saying that if I was extra hungry on a day that I'm really working out That I wouldn't use my fit points because I probably would but I think the weeklies are there to be used It may make your weight loss a little bit slower But this isn't a race. This is a journey. This is a lifestyle. I know for me. I want to go out to eat once a week I want to have my favorite food whether that be a hamburger and fries or pizza and by eating my weeklies from the get-go Even if it slows my weight loss, it's more of a lifestyle and more sustainable for me. So I absolutely use my weeklies So next I'm going to go ahead and go in with my hula beauty bronzer I love this the color I don't know I don't know what color this is But anyways, it's just the hula beauty just matte bronzer What I like to do with this Oh, and it's my benefit is I always put it up here on my forehead kind of around my hairline And then I drag it around my jawline as well And that just kind of helps to find your jawline a little bit And then I pull it in All over my face to add that little bit of bronze that little bit of glow So the next question is do you have a website? In fact, I do I actually just started my website a couple of months ago. It's here on the screen. It's gents w w journey dot com This is where you guys will always find my recipes I no longer link recipes in the description box because I have my website I just automatically put the recipes on my website. So definitely check that out Next I'm going to go in with my positions formula butter bronzer, which I actually use as a highlighter Stuff smells so good like coconut and I'm going to start here on my cheek bone And just bring that in. Can you guys see that? It's just so incredibly pretty And then I will just drag my brush about halfway to my eyebrow and down And then I go right down My t-zone as well and you can just see that glow So the next question is where can I find your discount codes? So my discount codes are always linked in the description box of every single one of my videos It is also on my website the actual updated version of all the links discount codes affiliate links non affiliate links Everything I can save you money on and my favorite things are always linked in the description box They're on my website and they are also on my facebook group So if you're not part of my facebook group come on over and join us We'd love to have you over there. We have 15 000 amazing supportive members It's just a great place to be to ask questions and get that extra support So i'm going to go in with my hakari radiate. I just love this stuff It's kind of a mixture of a bronzer and a highlighter and a blush kind of all in one So I usually will use kind of my angled brush here And I'll go in right below my cheekbone and it serves essentially as my blush But again, it also gives that little bit of highlighter and that little bit of bronzer and then I just kind of bring it across Again kind of my t-zone area and it just really gives that pretty glow So now i'm on to my community tab on youtube to answer the questions The first one is this is from erin hanks and she says What's the best thing you've noticed about the way you feel since starting the clean approach? Oh my gosh, you guys, there's so so many. I actually went into detail I did a one month review of my clean approach. I'll link that video down below for you guys But hands down the energy that I have I have so much more energy. I feel Better I don't have stomach issues anymore You guys know I had a lot of stomach issues prior to the clean eating my skin Just everything has just become so much better since I started the clean approach to w w I'm really enjoying my foods. I'm much more satiated and full. I have a lot less cravings I mean I could go on and on and on of course these benefits are going to vary from person to person But you guys I am so grateful that I made this transition So next I go ahead and take my beauty counter cream highlighter and I put this where I smile. So basically I'll smile It's like a fake yee-hee and I'll put that right on the balls of my cheeks And then I just take my finger and kind of blend it out super super simple But again, you get that nice glow gives you that pink of the apple of your cheek So next question again from my community tab I just have my phone here on youtube is from Veronica and she says has our current situation Made you feel like you can do this without meetings when this is over Or will you be ready to get back to them hands down? I'm ready to get back to my workshop to be honest you guys I haven't missed a single virtual workshop since the quarantine started It is my way to stay connected to my leader to all of my friends at my w w workshop And I enjoy the virtual workshops. It's just not the same as being in person I miss actually physically seeing my friends and my coach. I want to hug all my friends So I am absolutely heading back to the workshops as soon as I can but in the meantime I'm thankful that w w has given us the virtual workshops as kind of a fill in during the quarantine So last for my eyes, I use the Kylie Jenner Santorini. Look at this. This is a like a highlighter But holy moly this is some bright highlighter I literally you guys pull it right off of the lid So I'll take my brush and I'll just kind of dab in the lid and then this just goes right here In the corner of my eye and it just really kind of brightens it up Especially when I'm not wearing any type of eye makeup It just really kind of brightens my eye makes my eye look big and pretty I really like it now you could use it as a highlighter on your brow bone as well If you're putting on shadow this stuff is pretty awesome So this is one of the more expensive products But this jar has I've already had this a year and I haven't even used Even an eighth of it. It'll last forever and ever Next question comes from Kaylee and she says what is the first thing you're going to do when the covid crisis is no longer Prelevant uh What aren't I going to do? Okay, I'm going to hobby lobby hands down That is one of the first things that I'm going to be doing because I wanted to buy some new home decor So hobby lobby is on my radar. I'm going to go back to jazzer size my w w workshops I can't wait to just get out. Oh and camping We already had our very first Camping weekend canceled due to the virus. So we're hoping that we can go in June Of course, I'll vlog it for you guys, but just get out and get back to life That's what I'm most excited about and let's do another question So the next question comes from jarinda and she says since starting your clean approach Have you had days where you crave not so healthy options? Yeah Absolutely There are days that I want sugar and all the things especially when it's my cycle or the starting or leading up to my cycle And I have them. I just have a cleaner version of them So I will have a dessert, but it's going to be as clean of a dessert as I can find You guys know, I've made a lot of sweet item substitutions So I'll just have one of those in place of what I used to have as far as sweet cravings So I'm going to do a pretty bold lip today because I don't have any eye makeup on literally other than a little liner and lashes So I'm using the beauty counter and I love their cosmetics They smell like mint and they have like this minty vibe on your lips Love them. This is the fuchsia is clean and this is a bold lip my friends So I'm going to go ahead and go in with that And I do not use lip liner. I just go in and do the best that I can to trace my lips So let's get that on. All right. So there it is. I love this color It's one of my favorites And I think that when you're not going heavy on the eye You can go a little heavier on the lip if you're going heavy on the eye You want to go a little less heavy on the lip? I love beauty counter You guys have to pick up some of their lipsticks. The mintiness feels so good on your lips So before we do our final makeup step, which is our finishing spray. Let's answer a few more questions So monica asks I love craft beer and I know you do too Do you still partake? And if so, how are you fitting this into your clean approach? So as you guys know on saturdays, I use my weekly so that is when I would have a craft beer or a beer That is when I have all of the food that I normally don't have the rest of the week So I still have craft beer, but I'm a one beer kind of girl So I don't even worry about the points and again I do just generally have that on the day that I don't track or use my weeklies Now if I want to have a beer during the week, I just track it. I just track the points for it So yep, I still partake Next question is from my fit life. How much weight have you lost since starting your journey? So actually as of right now, I'm just over 30 pounds most of that was lost so far in 2021 Not most of it, but about 10 pounds of it 2019 was not my year for weight loss I think overall I lost 20 pounds in the year of 2019 So it's better than nothing's better than gaining 20 pounds But I'm doing really well in 2020 especially since my clean approach. It's made a world of difference So that's kind of where I am Next is Katrina and she says, what are your top five makeup products? I kind of shared that with you guys already Beauty counter as far as skin care goes and cosmetics, especially the this highlighter stick and their lip colors Tori bell for lashes Tori bell also has some amazing eyeshadow palettes And I do like to face when it comes to Foundation as well as finishing spray and I'll show you that finishing spray So one more question before we do that is from Kaylee and she says any recommendations on volume eating recipes So she's basically asking I had to clarify with her. How do I get the most food for my points? So in order to do that, you guys bulk your recipes up with veggies veggies or zero smart points Bulk them up with zero point proteins with zero point fruits bulk your veggies Bulk your meals up with zero point foods. That's how you're going to get the biggest bang for your points buck Have a higher point protein or a higher point side and bulk the rest of that meal up for volume with zero point foods So to finish out my makeup, I'm going to be using the fresh glow setting spray from Too Faced I love this you just give it a spray and it just comes out Like this really really fine mist Give it a quick fan and voila. We have a very basic natural makeup look for today So before I give you a close-up, I will have a couple more questions I want to answer looks like two more the next one is from yolanda and she says I may have not I may not be completely caught up, but I've done weight watchers in the past I now do iTrack bites for free on a cell phone app Have you ever tried it in the past and also what are your struggles and how you get past them? As far as overeating in the evening. So yes, I did track. I did try iTrack bites at one point For me. I'm not a fan of the app. I find it not very user friendly and I also find it not very accurate I find that a lot of the points are incorrect on the iTrack bites app and to be honest for me I'm a weight watchers girl. I don't mind paying the monthly fee for weight watchers Especially because I enjoy the app. I find it to be more accurate Not 100 but more accurate and you guys know. I love my workshop So I don't see myself going back to iTrack bites So that's that and also she says, how do I get past overeating in the evening? One simple thing I cut myself off from food one hour past dinner We are early dinner eaters usually between 5 and 6 p.m Because if you didn't know my husband starts work at 3 30 in the morning twice a week So we are in bed generally me every night of the week Just saying by 8 o'clock 8 30. So I cut myself off around it's between 6 30 and 7 I sleep better if I don't eat before I go to bed And if I'm feeling snacky or hungry my go to 100% is to make a cup of hot flavor tea zero points I'm still drinking something that has a flavor. So I feel like I'm getting some some food I'm getting some flavor and it's zero points. So that's what I do if I'm feeling crazy and snacky in the evening And the last question on my community tab of youtube is from jane And she says any tips for someone who seems to be at a plateau And then she talks about how she's switched up programs. She's tried switching up her exercise Those were actually going to be a couple of my tips. So number one try switching up your program Switch from blue to green or green to purple Also try switching up your foods if you're someone that eats the same food all the time That actually can cause you to go to a bit of a plateau. So try changing up your food Also, if you don't use your weeklies use them Sometimes your body needs that little bit of extra calories and food to jump start it once again Lastly is exercise if you're doing the same exercise try switching that up as well Make your body guess make your body guess and second guess what you're doing with food and with activity And a lot of times that will automatically break a plateau. All right guys So that is this quick easy natural get ready with me Make sure you check out the description box for the links for all of these projects the eyelashes to face all the things Especially the beauty counter will be down in the description box below as well as the videos I talked about today Here's another quick look at my makeup. So you can see that pretty glow of the highlighter How absolutely natural these lashes are they're really truly amazing Amazing. This is a 10 minute makeup look for me when i'm not filming So really quick easy to get out the door, but looks like you spent hours getting ready I get that question a lot. Oh my gosh. It must take you hours I'm a 10 to 15 minutes for makeup and this is just a really natural but put together look So I hope you enjoyed today's video if you have any other questions Feel free to leave those down in the comments for me if you're new to my channel I love it if you'd stick around make sure you're subscribed and your bell is turned on So you don't miss a single video. We'd love to have you be part of our community Give this one a big thumbs up if you enjoyed this q and a in this little bit of a makeup tutorial And of course comments questions down below. I love interacting with you guys in the comments Thank you so much for hanging out with me today. Have a wonderful day, and I'll see you in my next video. Bye guys