 Good morning. I'm Mary Ellen from the channel Mary Ellen after 60 and I'm here today to do a favorites and fails or Hooray or in no way. I'm not sure what this is going to be But I haven't done a favorites a monthly favorite since November. I did my yearly favorites in December So this is kind of going to be my winter favorites and I will tell you there is not any makeup. I have loved wearing makeup since All my life and probably about the age of 21 I just started wearing it for me before that I wore it to you know To look better to other people but then when I was about 21, I just Absolutely loved the process of makeup. I like shopping for it. I liked wearing it and today. I Went into the dressing room to get ready. I have on Just some lip gloss and lip pencil and mascara. I didn't even hide my dark area right here Because it just felt kind of fake So I know I'm gonna be loving wearing makeup again But for some reason I just haven't been enjoying it and when I started enjoying it, I will start wearing it So I'm gonna go ahead and start with my first thing I used to subscribe to fab fifth fun and I enjoyed it What made me unsubscribe was I was trying to buy a Seasonal box for my subscribers for different giveaways And it just really made me mad that they didn't have a gift certificate just for one box and one box I think is $49.95 and their gift certificate was for $60 Well, I almost Resubscribed and I went on their website and their gift certificate is still for $60 So what that means is if I sense get sent somebody a gift certificate They could get one box and then they'd have $10. Well, they may never want to go back and get anything else So that $10 isn't gonna be helping anybody but that fit funds and I just don't think it's right I think that in any way if they ever change their ways I might change mine But this is my second winter using something that I got from one of my last boxes And it and the brand is unhide and it is the softest throw It's furry on the outside and on the inside. It's velour. I just love it. It washes well It dries it stays so fluffy and soft Well, I was looking for some more some time ago and I came across a blanket And it was made by the same company unhide and It was expensive and I thought I'm not gonna order that even though I really wanted it Well, when we had all the really really cold weather and the chances of our power going off I was thinking about what truly warm blankets we had I have given away all of my old heavy blankets and I thought you know what I don't besides quilts I don't have a good good warm blanket And I'll be right back and I'm gonna show you what I got. I Ordered this from Nordstrom. It's a large blanket. I believe it is 60 by 80 and It it's supposed to be a weighted blanket, but I'll wait it and it weighs about nine pounds But it's from the same brand unhide. I Don't know if you can It is I don't know if you can see this But I tell you what this is a piece of heaven. It is Wonderful, I'm just gonna hold on to it for a while. I do I love it the first thing I did I took it out of the box and I mean it's big It's big and it's heavy and I thought well I'm gonna see if I can wash it and I have a standard size Stackable washer and dryer front loading washer and I put it in the washer and I washed it and it was balanced No problem whatsoever before I ever putting the dryer I always remove the lint screen and I clean it So I thought my gosh I'm gonna have to check it several times during the drying cycle I put it in the dryer and I set my timer on my phone for ten minutes So I went in there and stopped it and lifted up the lint filter and there was not one thing on it I was so afraid that it would you know Cause a lot of lint so anyway, I did it for ten more minutes and check the lint filter and at that time I took it out and repositioned it so it would dry and it just dried so well because if it didn't I was gonna send it back But this is probably that my most favorite thing. I've gotten in a long long long time Well, it's up there. So I wanted to tell you about the unhide Kind of weighted. I don't know if I said it's eight or nine about nine pounds It's not like those elated blankets that are 15 or 20 pounds But you can feel it on you and Jim loves it, too In one of my older videos, I shared with you how much I love the opium Oil the body oil and you haven't been able to purchase this for years I think this is from the 80s or early 90s and it still smells wonderful Well, when I spoke about it in a video I had several people say we ought to check eBay and I forget about eBay and then Susan from the channel little poet said I Saw that exact oil on eBay. So I went to eBay and I purchased this so I have this much. That's all that was gone I've used it a couple of times so this has enabled me to start using this again And I love it. I will put it on. I put something on every day and every night and This is one of my favorite nighttime scents, but it's it since it's an oil It just lasts forever. I have That opium just in this the cologne or the perfume I have that black opium and that I have the black opium intense And I like all of them, but there's just nothing like this one So I was really happy to find it and thank you all for suggesting eBay. Well in the summer of 2014 I heard about Sunook Samdals and I remember who I heard about him from and it was Jerry black and Jerry doesn't have a Channel anymore, but I ordered these and their yoga mat and they are so comfortable So I've had these since 2014 these stay so by my back door and and I just love them in 2016 I ordered another pair and they also have some wedges that aren't real high wedges, but they're all so comfortable it has the yoga mat and so these are my second pair and I hadn't ordered any since 2016 so this year. I found a navy blue pair and another black pair I made sure I wear them in the winter too because it takes a little while to get adjusted to that You know between your big toe, but they're just my very favorite everyday sandals and I have them in gold I have them in several of the colors that I bought some time ago, but I was really happy to get these for the new year Jim and I tried freshly. It's a food service that the meals come and they're prepared and I liked them a lot better than Jim did Jim didn't like them at all So I cancelled that well, you know, we are still aren't going out to eat and I'm I'm really tired of cooking I truly am tired of cooking So I just went online and I signed up for Hello Fresh and I am not affiliated with them at all And they don't know me from Adam But I want to tell you about it because I was so happy with what I had and Jim liked all four recipes I did it one week and I paused the next week and did it one more week and pause the next week And you can pause and you can cancel it is no it's no big deal I got a super good deal the very first time. I think it was Two meals for two people and it was less than $20 and I was happy with that I did the sweet chili chicken bowls and I'll put that up here. So you can see that and Then I fixed the pork and poblano tacos with kiwi salsa and lime crema They were delicious And they send you everything that you need with the exception of like on this one You needed vegetable oil or you know olive oil black pepper salt You know, it even tells you get out paper towels and a peeler It could not be easier and there's nothing that goes to waste and I like them a lot The next one was sausage pork and cabbage stir-fry Jim loved it and that makes me so happy because he truly is a meat and potatoes kind of guy And I'm a lot more adventuresome and then last one was Mexican pork and street corn tacos If you're interested, I have a link below and they always have it's like $90 off your first how many meals And they usually give you the best deal at first The first box is your best deal the second box it ended $39 and that was for two separate meals for two people So that made it $10 a person that I may pause it. I may not but I have been really really happy with that So I like anything that makes me happy. It's definitely a beauty item and then I'm gonna talk about my no ways or Just things I didn't care for that much and the first one is the is the built broth chicken and beef I Supposed to be good for you. I always cook anything time. I make soup. I use bones, but I don't care for bullion I don't care for beef broth. I tried both of them I didn't like them and I'm gonna have a giveaway in here sometime today I'll get to my giveaway and if anybody wants the 8th that are remaining that that wins the giveaway I'm gonna get into it because I won't eat it The second was I tried the cauliflower tortilla chips and I love the bonitos and I also love the ones from Aldi and The Aldi is just plain white bean chips, but they are delicious They they are so healthy for me and how I eat and And I thought the cauliflower chips would be as good But they want and I have kept off the 22 pounds. I lost last year I started watching my carbs on May 5th and I probably lost 20 22 pounds in six months I wanted to go slowly and I'm really happy that I've kept the rest of the weight off So I I go within one pound up or one pound down So I wanted to tell you that that's a good thing and the other item that I wasn't crazy about I Ordered them from an ad on a YouTube video and they were about $23. They're called the YC Tech nail clippers. You may have seen them You just open this up and you bring this up and it's supposed to do a really good job on toenails, especially And what Jim already had was better than this I thought this would be new and revolutionary and and it's just okay. It's definitely not worth $23, you know, it might be worth $10, but not the price that they're selling them for so I just thought I'd let you know about that if you see that ad and Also, I've been told several of you have told me that I've been on Ads for skincare that I don't use and there's nothing that I can do about it They can they can show me putting something on my face and they can say that I use it But if it's not in my skincare videos, I don't use it So and you know how boring I am with my skincare now I'm gonna talk about the things that I really liked I found a tea that I like and it is Celestial seasonings Honey vanilla and chamomile. I wanted to love tea and I know there's probably a lot of better teas I'm definitely not a connoisseur at all of teas. I kind of think I am a coffee But what I do is in the afternoon. I will get this cup and this cup is Very special to me. I Got it on a trip with my best friend from fifth grade. She was also friends with Pat But we've remained best friend She's the one that I went to visit in Midland and I got to meet Kathy from Kathy's Beauty Care Chats that time Anyway, I love this cup. It makes me happy. I just boil some water and Put my tea. It's a tea bag in here and I put the lid on it and I let it steep And then I take the tea bag out and I just put a little bit of Just a tad of half-and-half and drink it and just sip on it and it just has made me very very happy That's how my grandmother drank tea was with a little bit of cream And I just kind of like that just taking the clearness out of that tea But I've really enjoyed this and the tea You know how I always wait for deals to get certain things. Well, I love built bars I Monica McGillicuddy got me started on them a year ago last October and I used my herd 10% Discount and I just kept buying but I only order when there's a sale Well, they had a sale and it was 25% off and you got 18 bars And then you got two extra bars and then you got a dozen of the small built bites so I got a total of 20 bars and 12 mini bars, they're almost like half-sized bars for I think around $25 and I want to tell you I heard that GNC has built bars So if you're tempted to taste them because they are a little bit different I went ahead and cut this one in half at one time. They had the white chocolate and This I think is the Oreo But they are a denser bar they remind me of a denser caramel What I like about him you chew him you chew him you chew him and they don't they don't you don't eat him quickly You can just enjoy him I a lot of times I just cut mine into several bites and I just sit and eat him that way, but I I really like him Jim happens to like the ones that I'm not real fond of I'm not real fond of the orange I'm not real fond of the lemon, but he likes so so that works out really well And one of you told me about the cherry barcya, and I ordered some of those and they were delicious Recently they came out with puffs, and I don't think they're available now things come and go They sell out of a lot of things that this is absolutely wonderful. It's like marshmallow. Oh my gosh It tastes so good. I feel I feel like I'm eating like one of those Little bunnies that you get the chocolate covered marshmallow bunnies love those They truly have helped me maintain my weight loss because I usually eat one every day and I look forward to it. I Do have a 10% off code in my show more section if you order from that. I do make a commission But once you've ordered I would just wait for the emails to come when that's just how I am I've never gone to order them and not had a sale. This really isn't make up I bet this is for my lips, and this is the bite agave the new biting cop This is the new Vegan bite agave lip mask and what they did they took out the shade better. I really do like it I like it probably The the old bite agave lip mask was a 10 for me It was perfection. I used it through the day. I didn't use it at night because I mean I think this was like $24 and so was the other one. It's expensive, but it too always lasts me over a year But what I use at night. I use the lancena lip ointment. It's a lanolin cream It was made for mothers that are nursing that have sore nipples And I just wear this every night and it keeps my lips I mean they haven't been chapped in years But if I put this on during the day It builds up in the sides and it turns white and this doesn't this is thick Sometimes I have to hold it in my hand or put it in my cleavage to kind of warm it up a little bit And you just use a tiny amount and this one's clear But I probably like it 90% as well as I liked the one with shea better But this has still been a winner for me, and if you're still here, this is my giveaway I ran across a 30% off sale from it cosmetics I always sign up for emails from them and I always know when they have a sale So when I saw they had a sale I went ahead and ordered a bye-bye under eye eye cream and I think I got it for $24 This normally sells for 48 and it lasts a year that I swear by it I use it every morning and I love it So I got this and then I ordered you all something I ordered my very favorite mascara, which is a superhero It just works so well for me and then I ordered two of my favorite lip glosses for you And I'll show you which one it is. It's what I have on today It's the Genesequa And it makes your lips a perfect color of pink that they're supposed to be and I have it on today And like if I'm gonna go someplace and have to put a mask on I'll just go like this And then my lips will be a decent color when I come home, and it doesn't get all on my mask So I'm gonna have two winners The first winner is going to get the mascara and the lip gloss and the Whoever wants the bean broth you're welcome to it. Do you know something every gift? I have ever sent on all my giveaways Everybody has received it. There was one that I was kind of holding my breath And you know who you are because it said it was delivered She didn't get it and anyway it ended up being delivered to her But I sent three cards to my son's home who lives 45 minutes to an hour for me one Grandchild did not get their card the second grandchild The card was torn up and so was the check and then my son got his card. Oh Probably six days later than when it was mailed, but You guys have always gotten yours So I'm gonna take a leap of faith and mail something again since this is a giveaway I cannot reply to comments and the only thing you have to do in Order to be in my giveaway is just tell me something you've liked this winter something that you have liked and I've liked this or I've liked that and then other people can read it and see if they may Find something, you know, who who would have thought that that hot tea would have made me that happy in the afternoon And the other thing you have to be 18 years older older, but it is all good. You all take care I appreciate you more than you will ever know your comments are so kind and and they've helped me a lot and I will see you in my next video. Take care. I was Contact them so if they ever I I Socks on and kind of that But for some reason it's