 Good morning, I'm Mary Ellen and today I'm ready to talk about makeup. That is makeup from 2021 that I discovered I have some that I did not like that were a major fail and Some products that I loved and I'm gonna go ahead and get started with my fail So I can end on a happy note my nails my fingernails were really looking good I buff them and and they looked so nice and they were so hard and I was thrilled with it I thought I'm gonna buy some nail polish because I'm not one much on nail polish And I bought two bottles of opi And I had an empty bottle because I like to mix because I really wanted something that was just like A little bit better than my nail color, but not much nothing that was distracting to me Oh my gosh, I wore this on and off for about two weeks My nails got so soft and I don't know it may be something entirely different But I'm not going to use these again and they started Blintering so it's just about ready to grow out I probably have about half of a nail left to grow out and I don't think I'll ever wear nail polish again Perhaps I could have put a base coat on that was that would help that but you know, I'm a slacker So I'm not going to do that but that was a fail I don't have it here But the function of beauty shampoo and conditioner were a fail and I really feel like I had some hair loss After I used it and but it hasn't caused my daughter any problems whatsoever But that was a fail for me Another fail for me was a huge disappointment You know, I love superhero mascara. There's quite a few things I love from it cosmetics And their no tug gel eyeliner Was my all-time favorite until I found milk And milk's quit making theirs and lo and behold it cosmetics came up with superhero no tug gel eyeliner The only place I use an eyeliner is it's on my upper water line and I take it into my lashes Well, I just thought man, I've got exactly what I want and I don't mind if you have to sharpen them That doesn't bother me at all. This is when you sharpen So, you know, the first thing I did was swatch it In that color. I thought was really pretty Let it set for a little while and smudged it and it it didn't smudge and I thought wow, I've got it And I put it in my upper waterline It didn't stay Anytime so I was very disappointed if you use it for your upper above your lashes It will work fine, but for me it did not work at all for my upper waterline I don't want it to transfer to the bottom And I just want it to stay all day and not have to worry about it. So this was a fail And my other two were from buxom and I love buxom products And these are two of I think they're full-on plumping lip Lipsticks or lip glosses and I'll show you the colors are gorgeous Both of them. I loved both of them They were both at my alley in the shade But they creeped out of my lips and I don't ever have any problem anything I talk about Stays fine in my lips, but this didn't this just kind of Slit around I will use these they're not going to go to waste But I don't want to leave the house with it on because they weren't good So those are my fails. So I got those over with This is in no particular order I bought this on June 21st 2021 and it's by the ordinary and it's a glycolic acid 7 percent toning solution Well, I was a huge fan of the 30 aha 2 bha red peel My skin loved it until it didn't so I had to quit using that So what I do with this once a week or maybe twice, but you know, I mean, that's how much I've used And I've been good with my skincare I have not slacked on skincare So when I get up in the morning when I go into the bathroom, I take a warm Real nubby very cheap washcloth and I will put it on my face I'll pat it on my face and then I gently exfoliate my skin and I don't wash my skin in the morning So what I used to do I would come right into the bedroom and I'd use my miracle water This has been my favorites for several years and I use one bottle a year That's how little I use but anyway, I put that on a quarter of a cheshedo pad Well, I noticed I was getting some flaky things So I decided to try this and whenever my skin looks a little bit flaky I put it on a quarter of a cheshedo pad. I take it all over my face I avoid the eye area, but I put it all over my face and my neck and one Cotton square cup. I mean one quarter of the cotton square covers it But I have to take it off in about 15 or 20 minutes or so Because I tried leaving it on my face all day and that didn't work So after I do this and I go in with miracle water That I tell you what, I know I think this is eight dollars and 70 cents And I just used just the right amount for me. So I wanted to tell you this is a winner And anything that I mentioned I have purchased myself. I want to let you know that This product has been a huge huge winner to me. It's by dermatology. It's a universal tint and moisturizer SPF 46 I use it as a moisturizer and it is Doesn't have any coverage and that's okay that it doesn't have any coverage But I put it on my face. I put it all over my face I don't put it on my eyelids because if I want to wear eyeshadow I can't put anything but primer on my eyelids and I love it It took the place of the benigma. I love to be nigma. I love the way it felt on my skin And this feels the same. I I purchased they sent me one and I purchased two of them and I will continue repurchasing this and I can't imagine see I'm not wanting to go try a bunch of other things Once I find something that works I stick with it and when I found this I was really really happy Okay, today I have on some foundation and I'll tell you what it is in a few minutes But I don't have any powder. I don't have any the only thing I have on some blush But it doesn't have any Sparkles in it the product that I'm going to show you I think I first heard about it from natalie the beauty diva Then I remember glitzy fritzy talking about it And then I watched somebody put it on and I'll tell you it was it was tamra from tamra's ageless beauty And it's by charlotte tilbury and it is the flawless filter and I bought the mini size But I can't see me needing any more than that, but I might turn on this light right here. I have a Lighted mirror. I haven't tried this on camera before but I want to see if you can see What it does Okay, there's a light I'm gonna put a tiny dot there there And then I'm just gonna smooth it out Let's see if that shows. I don't know if that shows good enough or not But I I I can tell a big difference I need to put it on the other side because I've got to get my taxes done today and But it does not bring any attention to any fine lines And it just leaves a very very pretty glow and had I not seen Tamra tamra's I think she's 62 and had I not seen her put it on and see how beautiful it was I never would have purchased it that I'm really happy with it Two foundations I purchased this year that I like a lot And I've worn them in videos and and I may put a little bit of film up here showing me wearing it I will I'll put a picture or something up here. It's the Clearing BB cream by purita I love it. It gives a natural glow and I don't powder after I put on any foundation I just have not gotten started in that habit I will use powder foundation And I like it but not on top of foundation So I bought this and Zule one of my viewers told me about this And then my friend Kathy from Kathy's beauty care chats talked so much about the two-faced foundsealer That I bought it in the mini and I bought it in two different Shades and both of the shades worked. Well, I love both of these Today what I did I had mixed some of my it cosmetic cc plus cream in this little tiny jar With some purito BB cream and I knew that I needed to use it because I you know, I made quite a bit So that's what I have on today But I don't I don't have I can use both of them separately And I did not know for sure when I was getting ready if I was going to film a video today So that's I would have put this on one of my big finds for the year that I love is the Tony stay put eyeliner. It stays put in my upper waterline The color is blue and it's a dark blue, but it's blue enough that it does make that That's the only color I use in my upper waterline is navy blue. I'll use a bright blue I'll use any blue that stays put all day long And I do take mine from this end all the way over because my eyes are kind of wide set And I don't I don't want you know, I I want them to kind of come in a little bit that I was very very happy They also on this end has a little smudger I don't use that but I'm thrilled to death to have a drugstore eyeliner That stays put and they're and I don't know I don't mention it all the time But I always put it in the information I only buy cruelty free makeup So there's a lot a lot of wonderful dupes of different products from l'oreal or maybelline or revlon Or quite a few of the others, but they're not cruelty free. So I don't know about those But melani is cruelty free and I love this eyeliner Okay, now we're going to talk about my very favorite subject and that is lipstick I have three top formulas and lipsticks and I want to talk about them But I know what my number one is and I went I would put half in this side half on this side Jim probably I keep something on my lips all day long And sometimes he kind of look at me like what are you doing? But the three things that I like I like the it pillow lips And I like there's two shades. I like And this is wish list. I love the formula. I like the way it makes my lips feel I like the longevity And I do like it And I have repurchased that I also really like the it pillow lips solid serum and you click it up one time And it gives you enough to coat both of your lips Really well Without clicking it again And it's just beautiful and it the same thing it feels really good and and I just really like it The next thing I was really impressed with is from sigma and it is the renew lip oil I one time bought some ysl lip oil that I absolutely loved I was so happy with it and then I found out that it was ysl was not cruelty free That was probably six years ago or so, but I've been on the lookout for a good lip oil and this is one I'm very I'm very pleased with it. It feels so good on my lips It kind of leaves a little bit of a stain But it's not real long wearing but I really do like it, but I'll switch that for you I don't know if you'll be able to see but I will do my best to show you how much color there is And there it is right there And for my very favorite this kaint comes from bk beauty if if I love Lisa jay and I love her company But I wouldn't be talking about her lipsticks if they were not fantastic And here is what I have on today I I need to order another one of these This is called passion. I have it on without lip liner I never put on lip liner unless I tell you because you know, I derma roll my lips And I do that to keep them full and keep the wrinkles at bay around the top And if I put lip liner on I feel like I'm cheating and like trying to make my lips appear larger But I'm gonna go ahead and put some on right now to show you how beautiful it is I love that you can put it on after your lipstick I kind of got a little divot right there didn't mean to do that, but it is it's beautiful It really is Lisa's lipsticks bk beauty's lipsticks are have a magnetic lid And if you put two side by side and turn them upside down, they'll stick together You know what I think would be great if this had a little bit of a magnet that would stick with that So that would be good. It would be good for me because sometimes I've been known to misplace lip liners So those are all those are my fails and my favorites that I was ready to talk about and I have used makeup During the last couple of years. I just haven't been as excited about it as I had been my whole life But I I bet that's kind of changing And if you're still here, this is going to be a giveaway And I'm excited about it I you know, I love Lisa Jay's makeup brushes. I do She sent me this and it's a travel set of brushes First thing I did I wash every brush before I use it and there's five brushes But there's plenty of room for more and there's room here Well, I knew I loved it and I knew I wanted somebody on my channel to have one It had the mini 101 brush and I tell you this is the only brush throughout my history of youtube that I will use with a Wet foundation and and I love it a blush brush And like today my eye look which is not dramatic, but I'm not dramatic with my eye looks I did my eye look with these three brushes when I went to Lisa's website to order this brush set for one of you Here's the brush and also it came along with a free eye shadow palette and I'll show you my eye shadow palette So this is one gift that I'm going to give away And here's the palette it is gorgeous if you want a like va va boom eye shadow look You'll have to build this up. I just prefer a more Natural lid for me and I'm loving it and the other person is going to get the set of five lipsticks And I'll tell you how this came about when I had my giveaway. I don't remember. It was several months ago I had several items in it and one of them was a set of lipsticks that I purchased because I loved her lipsticks so much I had to go purchase them. So you guys somebody could try them There were three winners two were in the united states and one was in canada. Well at the time Covid was so bad around here I wasn't going in anywhere and jim hasn't been any place for a long time I can mail from my home. I can the post office will pick it up But if you're doing something international, you need to go inside and fill out the paperwork And I mean, it's not a problem unless there's covid everywhere So I contacted lisa's husband paul and I asked if I could buy a set of five If they would just send them directly to to my winner And he said no, we'll just send you uh send your winner all five of the lipsticks So they paid the postage and they sent the lipstick on to my Winner from canada and I just thought that was super nice So this one I will be sending to you even if you live wherever you live all my giveaways are international I've never had a giveaway that was not international Our covid numbers are down so great. I go I would go in the post office So since this is a giveaway, I cannot reply to comments But if you leave a question or any older video that I have I will get right back to you So the only thing you have to be entered only thing you have to do to be entered to win Is you just need to leave a comment below and you need to be 18 years older older And I want you to say what you want in a sentence And I either I want you to say brushes Or lips and if you want the lips first you just use that first in the sentence And if you want the brushes first you use that in the sentence You use the word brush in a sentence or you can use both it doesn't matter But the first person that comes up through random comment picker will get their first choice I was happy to do this. I've been waiting to do this And we still haven't had surgery It we're on the books We've got all the pre-op appointments to do and I probably will have another video up in two weeks But but we'll just see anyway. It is all good. Thank you so much for the prayers Thank you for everything you do for watching for giving me the thumbs up that helps if you give me the thumbs up And uh, I'll see you in my next video. Take care Through rock I'll tell you what I had mixed some of the That brush set So one person's going to get the brush they And I still don't really and uh, I let me think