anything goes with emma chamberlain - products that have changed my life (i have a shopping problem)
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Yo, you know, it's so funny.
Almost every podcast nowadays comes with like a video version, right?
Like you can watch the podcast on YouTube or stream it on Spotify, Apple podcasts, whatever.
You like have the option.
You can either listen to it or watch it. But with anything
goes, you can only listen to it. And you're probably wondering why that is. The answer is
because I like to record my podcast laying down in bed, naked, and not showered.
And I like to have dirty plates on my nightstand
and dirty cups on my nightstand. And I like living this way.
This is how I live, this is how I enjoy living.
And that is why there's no video version
for this podcast.
I'm not wearing pants right now. You see what I'm saying? But I love that.
I love that about the podcast. I love the fact that I don't have to wear pants and I love the fact
that I'm laying down flat in bed right now. I wonder if it affects the sound of my voice though. I
wonder if laying down like makes my tone of voice different. Let me sit up and see if I sound different.
Do I sound different?
Cause now I'm sitting up.
Okay, fuck all of this.
What are we talking about this week?
This week,
this week we're going casual mode.
Okay, I just wanna have a light conversation.
I love having deep conversations.
Don't get me wrong, but sometimes I'm just not in the mood to go deep.
And today's one of those days, to be honest, I just will get from a nap.
I'm not really in some sort of introspective mood.
Okay, I just Googled the word introspective to make sure I used it correctly. I think I did.
It's good enough. Anyway, I'm not in a super deep mood, so today we're going to be talking about
products that I've purchased
that have changed my life
because I
definitely have a minor shopping addiction,
and it's gotten a lot better recently.
I am not even remotely as bad as I used to be,
but I used to be pretty bad about my shopping habits.
Like, I would buy shit, just, but not like shit, like, a designer bag.
Like I'm talking about I would go on Amazon and buy the most random gadgets for no reason,
or like I would buy, I like used to just want to buy like 15 pairs of sweatpants for no
reason, and it's not like they wouldn't get used.
It's more just a little bit unnecessary.
I also do genuinely love thrifting
and I do thrift a lot, which is definitely
a part of my shopping problem,
but I do think that thrifting
because it's kind of like a hobby for me.
I feel like it's kind of justified.
It's also a sustainable way to purchase clothes,
which again is like kind of,
I'm honestly just trying to justify how often I go thrifting,
but I feel like it's like at least less bad.
Like it could be worse.
But anyway, I bought a lot of things in my life for better or for worse.
And I want to share the things that I think have been genuinely worth it.
And maybe in the future I'll make an episode about things that I bought that I hated.
But let's take it once I've had a time here.
Let's just get right into it.
So the first thing that I bought recently actually that has genuinely been in amazing addition to my life is my bed desk.
So basically it's a desk for your bed.
It's not too big.
It's maybe like two feet long,
a foot and a half wide, and it has legs
so that it like stands up, and you can put it on your lap
and set up in bed and work on it.
And it's actually the best thing ever.
I'm obsessed with it.
I work in bed a lot, and I know a lot of you guys probably find yourself working on
things in bed too, and this has been a game changer, okay?
It's made my life easier on so many levels.
If I want to journal or draw or do anything of that sort. The bed desk immediately makes that experience
10 times more enjoyable.
If I am working on my computer, I put my computer
on the bed desk.
I put my bed desk over my lap.
I type a storm.
I type up a storm.
And it's 10 times easier.
Also, my computer gets really hot.
I mean, I think everybody's does,
but like mine gets really hot,
especially when I'm editing YouTube videos
because the software that I use to edit videos
literally makes my computer overwork itself
to a point where I feel like it's going to explode
every time I'm editing.
Like the fan internal fan inside of my computer starts like getting really loud
and I could probably fry an egg on my computer while editing YouTube videos.
Anyway, the point is that can be kind of uncomfortable.
Having a hot computer sitting on your lap, there's also no way that that's healthy for you.
Again, that's when the bed desk comes in handy. Long story short, this has been great. Another thing is that
sometimes I use it when I want to eat in bed because I really like eating in bed. I think
it's very underrated. It's great for eating in bed. Last but not least, I like to watch
Netflix and YouTube and stuff like that on my computer
rather than on a TV for some reason.
And when I'm laying down flat in my bed, I put my laptop on the bed desk and then kind
of tilt the screen down a little bit.
And then I get to watch TV or YouTube on my computer at the perfect angle on the bed
desk.
Did I just talk about a bed desk for like five minutes?
Yes, I'm very embarrassed, but I really am trying to sell you on this because it's one
of the best things I've bought recently.
I would absolutely recommend.
Next, this is another thing I bought recently,
a tongue scraper.
Okay, imagine this, a piece of wire
that shaped into you with little rubber tips on each end.
That's a tongue scraper.
After you brush your teeth,
you scrape your tongue with this thing
like three or four times.
Spit, rinse out your mouth.
Your mouth feels even cleaner.
Okay.
I recently had an experience
where I got a tonsil stone.
And if you don't know what that is,
it's basically like a little growth on your tonsil.
Super benign is, it's not dangerous whatsoever.
It's just like a little growth
that forms from bacteria, I think, I don't even know,
I don't really know, but it's basically like
a white dot on your tonsil in your throat,
and they smell bad, like awful.
And I recently got one and I didn't know what
was wrong with me at first, like I just could smell
that my breath was disgusting, but like I didn't
know why, because I was like, bitch, I fucking brush floss, use mouthwash twice a day, sometimes
three times a day, I brush my teeth so hard that like my gums are receding, like I feel
like my dental hygiene is almost too good to a point where it's actually bad. Why do I
have bad breath right now?
Anyway, it turned out is because I had a tonsil stone, but that experience was so traumatizing
for me, like just having bad breath for like three days until I got that tonsil stone
removed, that I decided I wanted to take my oral care up a notch.
And that's why I bought this tongue scraper.
And it really is great.
It's so easy to use.
It's not like an annoying added step to your routine.
And it definitely makes your breath and mouth
feel and taste even more fresh than it normally does.
Which honestly to me is great.
I love when my mouth feels clean.
Which is kind of ironic because I don't,
I'm somebody who doesn't feel the need to shower unless I'm seeing people, but yet my
mouth is always clean. So like my hair, I'll go five days without washing my hair, but my mouth
must always be clean. I find it weird that it's not like a trend throughout my personality to be completely clean.
It's like only in some areas.
It's only with my mouth.
The rest of my body, I don't give a fuck.
I don't care if I'm stinky, as long as I'm by myself.
But like my mouth, even if I'm by myself,
must always feel clean.
Anyway, speaking of not showering, my next product is alcohol wipes.
So basically, think of like a wet wipe that's soaked with 70% alcohol.
Okay.
Now, this product I use more than I wish to admit,
and the way that I use it is a little bit fucked up,
but I feel like I have to share this hack with you,
because I think it's just like too good.
So let me give you a scenario.
You shower, you get out of the shower,
you put on your deodorant, you know, you get ready
for the day and you go out for the day.
Maybe you go and run errands, whatever.
It's 90 degrees out, it's hot.
Immediately as you're out, you start freaking out because you're like, I'm going to sweat
through my deodorant in approximately three seconds.
It's just that hot out.
What am I to do?
That's when the alcohol wipe comes in, okay?
The second that you've sweat through your deodorant and shit hits the fan.
You take out an alcohol wipe, you wipe your armpits, and then you put deodorant on again, then you reapply the
deodorant.
Did I explain that badly?
I don't know.
Basically, alcohol wipes kill bacteria like no other.
And the reason why your armpit smell bad is because of bacteria, right?
So if you don't want to shower again, but you stink a little bit in your armpit area,
you can just take an alcohol wipe, wipe your armpits, kill all the bacteria, and then
put on more deodorant, and it's like a fresh start.
I do this constantly.
I do this all the time, because I sweat through my deodorant all the time, okay?
And also sometimes I don't want to shower again.
I'm like, I don't need to shower again.
I'm clean, I showered three hours ago.
I just sweat through my deodorant quicker than I thought.
There's the quick fix, okay?
It saved my ass hundreds of times.
Don't sleep on alcohol wipes.
I'm not sure if it's like healthy to be putting alcohol.
I guess it's not bad.
I don't see how it could be bad.
It's probably not the best thing for your skin.
I think alcohol is really harsh on your skin,
but then again, it's only your armpit.
So I think it's fine.
Anyway, alcohol wipes, I constantly have
an entire container of them in my room at all times for emergencies.
They're like literally one of my most used body products as disgusting and fucked up as
it is.
So, anyway, next.
This is a slightly more pricey item, but it has genuinely changed my life, so I'm going
to share it regardless.
It is the Dry Bar Double Shot Blow Dryer Brush.
This is basically a blow dryer that's also a brush.
So it looks like a hair brush, but when you brush your hair with it, it dries your hair.
This is a lazy bitch's dream.
And I am very lazy.
As you can probably imagine, based on my alcohol wipe usage, okay, I'm very lazy. So the concept of a hair brush that is also a blow dryer changed my life.
I have never known how to properly blow dry my hair.
I'm 20 and I still have not learned how to properly blow dry my hair with a traditional
blow dryer.
It's just really like difficult and, you have to use those special brushes
and all that stuff to make your hair,
you know, look cute and blown out properly.
And I just like have never cared enough
to learn about how to do that.
So like, this product has changed my life
because it's so easy to use.
And it just does all the fucking dirty work for you.
Like all you have to do is literally sit there for like 15 minutes and brush your hair
with this hair brush blow dryer hybrid and then you're done and your hair is blow dried
and it's great.
And I also feel like it's relatively gentle.
I don't know.
It might not be.
So don't take my word for it, but I feel like it's not super,
I don't know, I don't feel like it's destroying my hair.
And it might be.
So again, I don't want to say this and then you guys are like,
Emma, this is still a very hot product,
hot, like physically temperature hot product
and it's still damaging your hair.
It probably is, but for some reason,
it doesn't feel like it is.
So that's at least a plus, whether or not it is
damaging my hair, I don't know.
But either way, this product has changed my life.
And I also, I don't use it every day by any means,
but like, you know, if I need to run out of the house and like go to dinner
or something and I don't want to have wet hair, that's when the blow dryer brush comes
in handy. Otherwise, I let my hair air dry just because my hair is quite damaged because
I bleached it for many months. And now it's recovering from that. so I try not to use heat on my hair, but when I do, I'm
usually using this blow dryer brush, and I would really recommend it.
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Next.
Pepto Bismalpills.
Okay, so for those of you who don't have stomach issues,
just skip the next two minutes because this will not apply to you.
But I have a little irritable bowel syndrome.
Okay, I have a little bit of tummy issues.
Basically, my stomach is very sensitive
and a lot of things irritate it.
And so, you know, generally I am pretty good
about, you know, knowing which foods make my stomach hurt
in which don't, so I can kind of avoid the foods
that are gonna cause me discomfort.
But sometimes when you go out to eat
or you go to a restaurant,
you don't know exactly what's in everything.
So there might be something in there
that could cause stomach pain.
That's when the peptof is, my pills come in.
I'm not kidding, Nothing settles my stomach.
Like Pepto, Pepto, why can't I fucking say Pepto-Bizmal pills? Okay. They're great. And I
don't know where they've been my whole life. The only downside of taking them is that they They turn your poop black. Okay, so like, I, like repeatedly was having,
I mean, this is disgusting.
But like, let's just say, you know,
I'd go to the bathroom and I'd be like,
why does it look like a literal cave in the toilet right now?
Like, it's black, like, what is going on?
And I was kind of frightened because, you know,
people always tell you if your shit is black,
it's because you're internally bleeding
and you need to go to the fucking hospital.
So I was very scared.
The first time I took the pepto-pismal pills,
because I was like, why is my shit black?
Anyway, my mom and dad reassured me that it is, in fact,
from those pills.
I don't know, I don't know.
But if you have tummy problems, try these.
You can get them so easily over the counter,
they're a very safe product.
And they really help settle out my stomach.
And they're the best things that I've used.
Because people always are like,
take use thumbs, use thumbs.
I'm so sorry, but my stomach issues are way too bad
to be using thumbs.
Like when my stomach hurts, it's not just like,
oh, I have a little crampy.
No, like I feel like I'm dying.
That could also be because I'm dramatic, I don't know.
But maybe it is because my stomach issues
just are like very excruciating regardless.
Toms do not work.
They are smarties.
Toms are literally just smarties with a medicine label on the back.
I'm sorry, I do not believe that they do anything.
They might just not work for me.
Listen if they work for you.
Congratulations. Lucky you because they work for you, congratulations.
Lucky you, because they are kind of delicious in a weird way,
but they don't work for me.
But pepped up is mall, and they're cute and pink.
They're like cute little pink, whatever, I'm moving on.
Next is mini fabric scissors.
Okay.
So, first and background on why mini fabric scissors are such an important product in my life,
I will take you back to when I was younger.
When I was younger, I used to be so weird about clothes and how they fit and how they felt.
Like, I used to make my mom buy me special socks
that didn't have a seam in them.
You know how like, on the top of socks,
there's like that seam on top of your toes.
That bothered me,
and so I would make my mom buy me seamless socks
that literally had zero seams.
And if I would spill a little bit of water
on my clothes when I was younger,
I'd have to change my whole outfit.
I'm talking about, like,
I would spill the tiniest little bit
of water on myself, and I'd change my entire outfit.
And if I had a tag in my shirt,
I would immediately cut it out.
And if it wasn't something that was able to be cut out,
I would sometimes have my mom cover the tag
with like a softer fabric
so that it wouldn't irritate my skin.
I don't know why I've always been so picky about my clothes.
I'm definitely better about it now.
I really like, I wear socks that have seams on the toe
now, you know, if I spill water on myself,
I don't give a fuck.
I even wear itchy sweaters sometimes if they're cute enough.
I'm a lot more chill now, but the one thing that I'm still a freak about is
tags in my clothes, like immediately when I buy something, I cut the tag out
without fail every single time.
And for the past few years, I've been cutting out tags with shitty scissors,
like shitty scissors that are meant for day to day use.
And it's left me cutting holes in my shirts
on accident constantly because the scissors
don't have the right precision.
They're just meant for cutting paper and shit.
They're not meant for like cutting out intricate tags.
So I got these mini little fabric scissors,
and now I can cut tags out with precision
and it doesn't leave holes in my shirts.
But it's weird how picky I am about tags.
Like the question is, the question I have is like,
am I just really sensitive to that
or like is everyone sensitive to that?
And our brands just not self-aware enough
to realize that they maybe should not be putting
uncomfortable tags in their shirts?
Like I don't know who the problem is.
Is it the brands that are the problem or is it me?
Let me know if you guys have this problem as well
because I kind of feel kind of stupid,
but I don't know.
Next, my current favorite lip product is a little bit overpriced.
I will say that, but I'm not kidding though.
I have not found a better lip product in my life.
And for that, I do believe that it's kind of worth the money. I hate to even say that,
but it's just so good. It's the Dior lip oil. Okay, I know. If you are sitting at home
right now and you're like, Emma, why the fuck are you talking about a fucking designer lip balm, shut the fuck up, I get it.
I get where you're coming from.
But my friend recommended it to me
and I was like, are you kidding me?
She was like, no dude, like you gotta try it.
And I was like, okay, and she was right.
I mean, I've never used a better lip product.
They're like 35 bucks, but they last for a really long time and the reason
why they're so great is because they are the perfect lip product for the gal on the
go and I'll explain. Number one, they're hydrating, right? But they're not sticky. I really
don't like sticky lip products because I don't know,
like my hair gets caught in it,
it's fucking annoying, whatever.
This is not sticky, it's like thick,
but also not sticky.
I can't explain it, like I don't know
how they came up with this formula,
but it's like not sticky,
but it's still thick and satisfying to use.
And it stays on for a decent amount of time.
They also have tinted ones.
So if you wanna add a little bit of color to your lips,
they have tinted ones and it adds a beautiful color.
Nothing too crazy, but also,
it's not like one of those products
where it says that it's tinted
and then you put it on, you're like,
okay, there's no tint here, babe.
Where's the tint?
Like it's just sheer.
You lied to me.
More all the stories, it's an amazing product.
I give credit where it's due and the Dior lip oil had to make it in here.
I have one in my purse at all times and I have one in my purse at all times, and I have one in my card all times.
And I've had the same too for like probably six months now,
and I'm not even halfway done using them.
So that's the other thing, they last forever.
I don't know, it's definitely not necessary,
but I just love it so much I had to mention it.
Next, the JBL Clip Speaker.
So this is basically a mini speaker
that has a clip on it so that you can clip it onto things.
You know, you can clip it onto your backpack,
onto your purse, onto your pant belt loop, whatever.
Now, here's the reason why I love this,
because I live alone so I can do weird things.
And I love to take this mini speaker
and clip it onto my pants and play music
and then walk around the house and do my chores.
And then the music follows me.
It's also great, obviously, like, you know,
if you're going to the beach or something
and you want to just clip it onto your beach bag,
like, yes, that's also great, but no.
I like to use it to clip it onto my pants
while I'm, you know, running around the house
and doing chores.
And, you know, to an onlooker,
I would look fucking crazy and weird for doing this. but because I live alone, it is not weird.
It's actually very enjoyable.
And alternative to this is literally just wearing headphones.
And I know that, but there's something satisfying about having the music playing out loud.
Whatever, regardless, this many speakers great, it's super loud, even though it's tiny.
So I love it, but I mean, that's my specific way of using it,
is clipping it onto my pants.
It's weird, but don't knock it till you try it.
Next, fashion tape.
I don't know why I didn't get into using fashion tape sooner,
but let me tell you, it is so useful.
Fashion tape is basically tape that works on fabric.
So, this is like a popular thing to have.
Like, I think this is like relatively common.
Like, a lot of people use fashion tape,
but I didn't realize how truly useful it was until recently when
I bought some and it changed my life.
I'll give some examples of when I use it.
Let's say I'm wearing a tank top and I want my bra straps to hide under the tank top, but
they slip out sometimes. I fashion tape, my bra strap underneath my tank top,
and then it doesn't move,
and then my bra strap doesn't show, incredible.
Or let's say I'm wearing a button down shirt
and around my boob area,
despite the fact that I don't have big boobs,
which is sometimes unfortunate.
No, it's actually fine.
You know what, I don't care.
I'm trying to learn to accept myself.
My boobs are great as they are, I don't care.
But like, sometimes, if you're wearing a button up shirt
and it's kind of tight, the button area around your boob area,
it can kind of like not lay flat and lay properly, fashion tape it.
There's so many other ways I've used it, I just can't even remember.
Like it's so incredibly useful and I just don't know why I didn't start using it sooner,
but it saved my ass so many times because there's so many times when I'm like going to wear
something, but then I'm like,
ah, it's just like not fitting right blah, blah, blah.
And now I feel like there's so many more things
that I can wear because I have the equipment
to make it fit and look proper.
I also recently bought safety pins,
and I use safety pins all the time.
I literally safety pin my clothes in different ways
all the time to make things fit just a little bit better,
or like if something's like a little off,
like I just safety pin it.
And it's not like it's uncomfortable, like it's not.
It's just like making clothes fit in lay perfectly.
I just think I was always too lazy before to do this,
but now that I'm older and I'm starting to enjoy,
you know, wearing more complex outfits,
those two tools really come in handy.
And I think that people are kind of sleeping on them
a little bit because I was,
but now that I have them in my home,
they get used constantly.
Okay, the next thing I recently bought, you guys are gonna fucking laugh at me
because you're gonna be like, am I, are you kidding me?
This product changed your life, like, stop.
I recently bought a...
Lufa for my shower.
Okay, I know.
If you don't know what a Lufa is, it's basically like
something that you can put in your hand in the shower and rub all over your body.
How the fuck do you explain a Lufa? If you don't know what a Lufa is, I don't know. It's basically like
a little plastic thing that you can put in your hand and you put your soap on it and then you rub
the soap on your body with the lufa and it kind of exfoliates your skin as you're washing
your body.
Now, I get it.
Most people use these.
Bitch, I didn't, okay?
I didn't up until recently.
I would sometimes use a washcloth,
but most of the time I would just wash my body
with soap in my hand and rub it everywhere,
and that was it.
But let me tell you, my skin all over my body
since starting to use this Lufa has felt so much softer that it feels like all of
the missing pieces of my life prior to me starting using this lufa now makes sense.
Like I feel like everything's coming together now that I use a lufa.
Like my skin glows everywhere. Like, my arm's skin is like glowing.
Like, I've always exfoliated my face, you know,
and that's like whatever.
So my face skin tends to glow when I'm treating it properly.
But I never thought about making my body skin glow,
but using a lufa gets rid of all the dead skin
so that you look like you're fucking glowing
all over your body.
You see what I'm saying?
Listen, this might sound obvious to some,
but it wasn't to me.
I just thought it was pointless.
I was like, what's the point of having a lufa?
I never understood.
I was like, okay, yeah, maybe it exfoliates, but who cares?
I don't need to do that.
Why do I need to exfoliate my body?
What's the point?
Well, the point is that it makes you glow from within.
I don't know why.
It's just like, even my legs look like they're glowing.
It's so weird.
Okay, last product that I'm talking about is
something that I've used throughout the past like five or six years on and off, but I'm
going through a phase again where I'm using it. So I thought it would be necessary to bring
up. And it's very simple.
It's nothing crazy, but it is a game changer for me and I will explain why.
It is a hydroflask water bottle with a sippy cup lid.
Okay, sippy cup meaning like a straw lid.
Hydroflasks are water bottles that keep your ice cold for like 24 hours, and that's not even a joke.
Like it really does keep your ice cold forever.
And they're very hyped up.
There's a lot of hype around them.
A lot of people have hydroflasks,
talk about hydroflasks, but they really are
truly worth the money.
And they are honestly, I kid you not,
they are the only thing that make me drink water.
Without my hydroflask, I don't drink water.
For the past year, I haven't been using a hydroflask,
and when I tell you I've maybe had five glasses of water
within the past year, I'm not kidding.
All of my other hydration has come from,
I don't know, I do not kidding. All of my other hydration has come from, I don't know.
I do not know.
Like, I went through a phase for the past year
where I just didn't drink water.
But recently I was like,
I'm a you need to figure it out
because this is genuinely bad for you.
I'm not kidding, I don't know how I didn't die.
I don't know how I wasn't constantly dehydrated
and I might have been, but regardless,
this hydroflask and having this hydroflask
on hand at all times keeps me drinking water
and I also am somebody who really loves ice cold water
and the hydroflask keeps the water cold.
So it's always at a desirable temperature for me and that makes me wanna drink water cold. So it's always at a desirable temperature for me. And that makes me want
to drink water constantly. So I just constantly keep my hydroflask with me. And I'm really
going to try to keep this habit going because I tend to like have phases where I'll use
my hydroflask for like two months straight and I'll drink so much water and I'll just
be like on a roll. And then I'll just fall off the bandwagon and stop using it and then I literally stop drinking water.
So this is like my lifeline, I need to continue to use the Hydroflask, but it's the only product that I've found that's gotten me to drink water.
So there it is.
Okay, the last product is not something that I'm even recommending to you guys.
I just need to dimension it because it's almost funny how stupid it is.
The last product is a litter robot.
Basically, I have cats, I have two kiddies, and obviously a part about having cats is cleaning their
litter box.
And personally, there's nothing I despise more than cleaning the litter box.
And so my mom found this product online called Liter Robot, and it's basically a litter
box that self cleans itself.
And I'm not gonna lie, I don't want any of you guys
right now to go online and look up how much it costs
because I'm genuinely mortified.
It's way too much money.
It is a stupid amount of money,
but at the same time, I have zero regrets about it.
Like, it's kind of amazing.
It's so dumb and it's so stupid and it's so unnecessary,
but it's also so incredible. Literally, also, it looks like a spaceship. If you look
up a picture of a litter robot, they literally, it's like a dome and it rotates in shit.
And it took the cats a while to get used to it
because it's kind of scary for them
because it's super weird looking, but it's great.
Like, it self cleans itself.
You only have to empty it once a week
and you don't have to scoop anything.
It's incredible.
But like, how bad of a cat, mom,
am I that I don't even want to fucking clean the litter box?
Cats are like genuinely an easy pet to have.
You feed them twice a day, you clean their litter box and you give them water.
It's so easy.
Yet like I am such a piece of shit that I decided to waste my money on a literal self-cleaning
litter robot
so that I could eliminate one of the responsibilities
from owning a cat.
Like how am I going to have children one day?
I don't know.
Like I'm concerned about how bad I am at taking care of things.
Like I just, I literally like,
I'm cheating my way through being a cat mom.
How am I going to be as a real mother
to a real human child?
Like, by the time I'm a mom,
there'll probably be like robot nannies
and Lord knows I'm probably gonna get one
because I'm really bad at this shit.
But anyway, those are all the products
that have changed my life recently.
And they might sound stupid and mundane and whatever,
but those are genuinely the things that keep me afloat.
And maybe, you know, you can pick some of them up and maybe they'll
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I asked you guys on the Twitter
to ask me questions about products.
Like, for example, whether or not something is worth the money
or what my go-to brands are for certain things
and you guys tweeted questions at me,
I'm gonna answer them, and it's gonna be fun, hopefully.
Okay, somebody said,
is spending money on stuff for painting worth it?
I really wanna start doing some creative stuff,
but I'm scared it'll get used once or twice,
and then I'll forget about it.
The thing about art supplies is that they don't need
to be expensive.
Like, I just recently bought some watercolors off Amazon.
They were like 20 bucks.
And I bought paper, like kind of decent paper to paint on.
I think that was like 15 bucks.
And then I bought brushes for like maybe 10 bucks.
You don't need to spend a lot of money on art supplies
when you're just getting started
because when you're just getting started,
it's all about just figuring out
whether or not you like it.
So I don't think you need to spend a lot of money
in the beginning.
And the good thing is too,
if you don't spend a lot of money on it,
then there's no pressure to like use them to their fullest
capacity.
You know, if you end up being like, eh, paintings not really my thing, then it's not
that big of a deal because you didn't spend a hundred bucks on like the best art supplies.
The other thing is, is that you can still make amazing art with cheap supplies.
You know, the quality of art has nothing to do with the supplies
and everything to do with just you putting your heart and soul into it.
So I would say, don't waste your money on super expensive stuff in the beginning.
If down the line when you start getting into art more,
you're like, oh, I really want to indulge and spend more.
Then sure, why not?
Because you know you're going to use it.
But in the beginning, I just don't think that there's a reason too because in general,
you don't need to have expensive equipment. And it's the same thing with even making YouTube
videos or other creative things. Like, you don't need to start out with the nicest stuff like I started
YouTube, you know, editing on
like my old laptop and I used my phone to film the videos. I didn't buy new spicy equipment,
you know what I'm saying? I just used stuff that I already had. And it was totally fine.
You know, obviously, like, was the quality the best?
No, but it didn't really matter.
At the end of the day, creative stuff
has a lot more depth than like the supplies
that you use to create with, if that makes sense.
Somebody said, do you think designer clothes
are worth the price?
This is a great question.
I think sometimes yes and sometimes no.
And I'll give you the scenarios
when I think it's yes and when I think it's no.
If you're buying a really nice pair of shoes
or a really nice bag, like a really nice staple piece,
I do think that buying from a designer brand
or a luxury brand is worth the price.
And the reason for that is that, you know,
designer brands and luxury brands use the best materials
and they manufacture their products in ways that make the product last as long as possible.
Whereas buying something from Amazon that's like $5 is not created with that same intent
in mind.
And so I think that if you're buying something
that you're planning on having for a really long time
and that is a staple piece,
buying from a luxury or designer brand can be worth it, for sure.
But I don't think it's worth it if you're just buying something
from a luxury or designer brand as like maybe more of a flex.
Like an example would be, you know, spending a lot of money on
a designer belt that you're only going to twice because it's so flamboyant that it's only gonna match
like two things in your closet and you're just kind of
buying it because it's a flex.
That's not worth it to me because you could buy a great belt
from a thrift store, you know what I'm saying?
That's like, stood the test of time
already that would match everything in your closet and that's worth it, you know what I'm
saying? Because I guess it matters, it's based on what your intent is. Is your intent to
like flex and brag or is your intent to buy a staple piece that's going to last you
forever that you're going to use constantly?
That's the question that you should be asking yourself.
You know, because like another example would even be like a sweatshirt from a designer brand.
I don't necessarily think that that's worth it.
You know what I'm saying?
I think it depends on you and like if you really love the design
and it's something that like speaks to you, then that's great.
But unless that's the case, I don't think that it's worth it.
It's more just at that point kind of like a flex and a status symbol,
which for some people is like fun and I totally get that,
but I just don't think it's as worth it.
Somebody said, what are your go-to gas stations snacks?
Okay.
I love a good coconut water, especially the one
that has the coconut chunks in it.
The brand that I usually go for, if they have it,
is called Pure Nirana, I believe.
Hopefully that's right. If it's not, I'm going to be embarrassed. I'm googling it all on.
Oh, it's called Taste Nervana. Thank God I looked that up. Okay. Taste Nervana, Real Coconut
Water with pulp. It's basically like coconut water that has coconut chunks in it. It's so good. I love getting that.
I love cheesets, white cheddar cheesets.
Although they do hurt my stomach,
but sometimes you just have to say,
fuck it, because they're so good.
I also love smokehouse almonds.
Don't ask me why.
They're kind of gross and weird,
but at the same time,
I like can't stop eating them every time
I get them. They're like weirdly so good. They kind of taste like barbecue. Almonds. It's so weird, but I love them.
They kind of also taste like bacon. I also love to get
Extra polar ice gum. It is the best gum in my opinion and it has those little tiny flavor granules
in it that like I can't fucking explain it. Whatever, it's the best gum. I also like to
get a smart water with the sport top lid and last but not least orange tick-tax. That is my go-to
gas station snack. Somebody said, do you think that Apple products are worth it? Absolutely.
Absolutely a thousand percent. I use Apple products for everything that I do. I use Apple products to edit my YouTube videos.
I use Apple products to take photos.
Like when I use my phone, I use my iPhone to take photos.
I have always been a huge Apple lover.
And I think that all of the products are truly worth it.
Obviously, the products aren't necessarily always perfect, but they're just the best out there.
I truly believe that.
I just think that there's nothing, I don't know, I just think that they're so great.
And some people are really anti-Apple, they're like,
no, we only like PC.
And you know what, to each their own, that's totally fine.
I think the most incredible thing about Apple products
is how they all work in harmony.
So if you have all Apple products,
they all work in harmony with one another,
and it makes life easier. And I
genuinely think that they're worth it. A thousand percent. Somebody said, what is
your go-to brand for simple jewelry? My go-to brand for simple jewelry is called Measuring MEJURI, I believe.
And I love getting really simple pieces from there.
Like if I just want a super simple necklace,
a super simple earring, whatever, that's where I go
because they have super good quality,
but not too expensive, staple jewelry pieces, and they're just
the best.
There are a lot of other jewelry brands that I love for more like specialty jewelry
pieces, but when it comes to like the basics, that's usually where I go.
Somebody said, best place for fancy dresses. Honestly,
Reformation.
The brand Reformation is really great.
They have super cute flattering dresses.
They're also a very sustainable brand,
which is super cool.
And their dresses are a little bit pricey,
but it's because
they're sustainable and they're sustainably made,
you know, which is cool and makes sense, right?
And they're just dainty and simple,
but classic and timeless,
and I just think they do an amazing job.
So I would say that they would have to be
the best fancy dress brand.
But also in the grand scheme of things,
when fancy dresses are fucking expensive,
I feel like Reformation comes in at a good price in comparison to other fancy dresses are fucking expensive, I feel like reformation comes in at a good
price in comparison to other fancy dresses.
If I have to go to a wedding or something last minute, I go to reformation.
And they just got my back every time.
Somebody said, what's a good deodorant that isn't bad for the environment, but also smells
good.
Native deodorant is great.
I actually have a deodorant in my car at all times,
because I refuse to ever exist without deodorant.
Like, I literally take deodorant with me everywhere.
Like, I refuse to leave the house unless I have a deodorant
at least within 100 feet of me at all times.
And I'm like aware of it.
Do you know what I'm saying?
Like, I either have a deodorant in my bag
or I have a deodorant in my car at all times.
And right now, the one in my car is native deodorant
and it's actually in a cardboard packaging.
And it's great.
And I use it all the time.
And the cardboard packaging is obviously
much better for the environment.
And the deodorant works great.
And it also, it doesn't have all the chemicals in it,
so it's good.
I really like it.
So that is my recommendation.
But I also use like 10 different types of deodorants.
Like that's not the only type of deodorant I use,
but that's just the one in my car right now,
and I'm a fan. And it's good for the environment.
So, love.
Somebody said, do you think it's worth it
to pay a fortune for one nice piece of jewelry,
or do you think getting a bunch of cheaper jewelry
and replacing it more often is more worth it?
Personally, I prefer to spend a little bit extra
on getting higher quality jewelry that will last me a long
time.
And here's the reason for that.
Number one, I have really sensitive ears.
So like when I'm buying earrings, I really prefer the quality to be nice because if not,
I can have a reaction, you know, like my piercing will have a reaction.
And that's not cute.
But also, you know, I don't like when my jewelry starts to rust and stuff like that.
And that's like sitting on my skin.
I don't know if it's bad for you, but I can't imagine it's good for you.
And I also like to wear my jewelry in the shower, you know, in the pool.
Like, I like to be able to wear my jewelry.
And I like to never have to take it off.
So that's why I'd rather spend a little bit more money
on nicer jewelry that'll last me for a really long time
and that I can wear in my day to day life
and not even worry about it or think about it.
Because obviously nicer jewelry, real jewelry,
you can wear in the water,
in the shower and all of that and it won't rust. It might tarnish a little bit,
but you can get that fixed pretty easily.
You can take it into a jewelry store and they clean it
or you can clean it at home, it's really easy.
But it's never like rusting, you know what I'm saying?
And I just think that's better
because I'm somebody who's really lazy about like putting on jewelry
before I leave the house. So I prefer to wear like, you know, a handful of staple pieces at all times
that I can just wear 24-7, you know, that our good quality will last me forever.
And so I have like, you know, a few necklaces and a few bracelets and a few pairs of earrings
that are nice and simple in versatile and I just wear them all the time.
And that's kind of how I do it.
I think that spending money on jewelry is worth it because it does last forever.
And it's just, I also feel like I get more wear out of it because I don't have to take
it off when I'm getting into the shower, blah, blah, blah.
Somebody said, do you have a go-to shampoo slash conditioner brand?
A lot of them ruin my hair.
Listen, I don't know if you should listen to me because my hair is fucked up from bleaching
it for so long, so I don't even know what works for my hair at this point
but
Right now I'm using one from my hair salon
So and that one's like I don't I try to find it online and you literally can't buy it online
Like I swear to God. I don't know where my hair lady gets it
Like she must be getting it from some sort of scary black market
Deep web shit because like I try to find it for like two hours and I was like, where do you get this?
And she was like, oh, you have to buy it through me and I was like, what?
Anyway, so obviously I can't recommend that one, but I like function of beauty.
They do like custom hair
Stuff, I've had a great experience with them and I really like it.
That's pretty much the only other one I use now
that I think about it.
Oh my god, no.
This other one I used to use was really good.
I don't use it anymore, but it was really good.
And it was called Matrix Biolog Color Last Vibrancy
Shampoo and Conditioner.
And it's great.
It smells really good.
And if you color your hair, it's great.
I had a great experience with that one.
I don't know why I stopped using it, but it's great.
Somebody said, do you think lubelemon active wear is actually worth it?
I think that with active wear is actually worth it?
I think that with active wear, it's kind of similar to jewelry in a way,
like, you know, buying a nice pair of leggings
in a nice sports bra, you know,
that can last you like five years.
I have some sports bras from Lou Blue Lemon
that I've literally had for five years
and I still wear them.
And they have not changed at all.
Like they're still in amazing condition,
whereas maybe more low quality sports bras
that I've bought in the past
are literally in the trash now
because the fabric started to rip
or they got stained from my sweat, blah, blah, blah, blah.
The only active wear that's lasted me
through the test of time has been
Lulu Lemon and Nike, I would say.
Like those two brands, all of my active wear
from there have lasted me forever.
And I do think that it's worth the money,
but at the same time, if you're like,
sorry, bitch, I don't wanna drop,
you know, like a quick 50 on a sports bra,
like shut the fuck up, I also don't blame you.
And in that case, like it might not be worth it for you,
if you're like
I'm not feeling that you can find great active wear for cheaper, but for somebody who's like I want a good pair leggings
I'm in the mood to kind of splurge a little bit. I do think it's worth it because they do last a really long time
But I also don't think it's like a necessity. You know what I'm saying?
Next somebody said Our doc Martins worth it. Yes,
doc Martins are worth it. They last forever and they just get better over time. Like, the
more I wear my dog Martins, the more comfortable they get and the more worn in and, you know,
cool looking they get, they're, they're an amazing purchase.
And they truly do last forever.
I hear stories all the time of people being like,
yeah, I've had the same dog martens for 10 years.
You know, and it's true, like they're built to fucking last.
And they're a great staple shoe, they go with everything.
I definitely think that they're worth it,
because they're truly something that will. They go with everything. I definitely think that they're worth it because they're truly something
that will last you a long time.
And I think that that's a recurring theme here.
Like things that will last you a long time
and things that you're gonna get a lot of use out of.
Truly are a good investment.
You know what I mean?
Like when it comes to spending money,
my kind of approach
is that, is simply that. Like, am I going to use this a lot? And is this going to last me a long
time? If the answer is yes, then you know, that's something that I feel like is a good
place to put my money in.
But if it's something that I'm not gonna get a lot of use out of
or it's something that I don't think is gonna last me very long
because I'm either gonna get sick of it
or it's gonna break or whatever,
then I'm not gonna buy it.
Like, let's say a good example would be like,
this is not something, I don't give a fuck about cars,
so this is not an example that like relates to me,
but like, okay, a good example of like a purchase
that I would not make is like buying a really expensive,
old car, okay?
Yes, it might look cool,
and yes, it might be great to take selfies in front of, and yes, it might be great to take selfies in front of and yes, it might be fun
to drive around, but you're going to have to fucking maintain that thing.
And unless you're willing to do that and unless that's something that you're passionate
about, like, I don't think that that's necessarily a good purchase because it's not going to
last you forever, you know, whereas spending that same amount of money on, you know,
maybe a newer car that has great reviews
and is known for lasting a really long time
is a better use of your money because,
but then again, some people might look at like old vintage cars
as like an investment because you can resell them.
So that's kind of complicated,
but you kind of get the point here.
Somebody said, what is your favorite brand of socks?
I love the plain white socks from Haynes
that you can buy on Amazon.
They are literally the most boring, basic,
obvious socks on the planet,
but I just think that they're great.
Like they do the fucking job.
Like I don't feel the need to buy some sort of fancy socks, you know what I mean?
And they're soft, uncomfortable, and like there's zero.
I don't have a complaint.
And they're like literally like five bucks for a pack.
So why not?
Somebody said, do you think that restaurant food is worth it?
I think that when it comes to eating out
and eating at restaurants,
I think that it's worth it when you're getting
an experience out of it.
And you know, you get to spend time with family
or friends or people that you love, whatever,
and you get an experience out of it.
In that case, I think it's worth it.
But if you're, you know, like for me,
I'll use me as an example of when it's not worth it.
I used to postmate almost every meal
because I was too lazy to cook.
Did I have time to cook?
Absolutely I did.
I had more than enough time to cook. But I was just ordering from restaurants on postmates
because I was like, I am lazy and this is easy and fun.
I don't think that that's worth it.
Because I had time to cook, so there's no excuse
and it was definitely more expensive than it needed to be, you know.
And I wasn't getting like an experience out of it.
I wasn't eating at the restaurant and experiencing the ambiance and spending time with people.
And because of that, I don't think that it was worth it.
But if you're going to a restaurant for the experience,
then I would say yes, because I think that eating out
is something that is truly so enjoyable.
Whether you're at a fucking pizza spot
or you're at a five star restaurant, it doesn't matter.
Eating at a restaurant is a very enjoyable experience.
And it's something that personally,
like I really look forward to and I appreciate,
especially now that I cook for myself 90% of the time.
Like when I eat out, I really genuinely enjoy it.
And because I don't eat out a lot anymore,
you know, when I do, it is so worth it
and it is so enjoyable.
And so I do think it's worth it.
As long as, you know, you don't overdo it for no reason, like I used to.
Somebody said, do you think air friars are worth the money?
I feel like you could just put everything in the oven and there's nothing that special
about an air fryer.
I agree, okay, this is about to like,
really hurt some feelings here,
because I know a lot of people are obsessed with the air fryer.
Don't get me wrong, I think that they're fun,
and they work really well, you know,
but I also agree, like you can genuinely put
the exact same things in the oven
and get a very similar result.
And because of that, I don't necessarily think
an air fryer is worth it.
But that's not to say that if you live in,
OK, let's say, for example, if you live in a dorm room
and you don't have access to an oven, an air fryer is so worth it.
But like for somebody who has an oven, I don't think it says worth it.
Because like I have an air fryer and I don't use it because I just use the oven.
But also my air fryer might just not be that great.
So I don't know that that could be it.
Because like my air fryer is an air fryer and just not be that great. So I don't know, that could be it. Cause my air fryer is an air fryer
and a toaster oven combined.
And I think that that makes it not work as well.
So that could be the problem,
but I just, I just don't know.
I just don't think it's worth it.
But then again, like to all my air fryer stands out there,
like do not come for me.
I think that it's a really fun kitchen gadget,
but I'm just saying, like,
I don't think it's a life or death thing.
Like, I think you can make delicious,
equally as great recipes in the oven.
That's all I'm saying.
Somebody said, do you think skims are worth it?
If you don't know what skims are,
they are underwear, bras,
shapewear, blah, blah, blah,
by Miss Kim Kardashian.
It's her brand.
And I'm going to be honest,
they're the only bras that I wear
and they're the only underwear that I wear.
I am not kidding.
I, okay, I wasn't skeptical at first,
but like you never know, you know,
when, like, when a new brand comes out,
there's always gonna be some skepticism.
And so, you know, when Skims came out, I was like,
okay, this is interesting, you know, whatever, like,
I'm curious, but I'm not gonna buy anything,
I'm just gonna watch from afar.
And then they built out their product line
and started doing more bras and more underwear
and more lounge wear and stuff like that.
And so I was like, okay, you know what,
I'm gonna give this a try.
And it's absolutely the best.
I'm obsessed.
Like I didn't expect it.
Like I didn't expect to like love it so much,
but it's genuinely the only bras
and the only underwear I wear.
And the reason for that is that it's genuinely
the most comfortable.
It's super lightweight and thin.
I hate thick bras and underwear.
Hate.
Schemes is like soft, comfortable, breathable.
I love it.
Like, people can say what they want.
I don't care.
The product speaks for itself.
I am obsessed.
It's also super flattering.
Like, I just love it.
And I did not expect to love it this much either
because I just didn't. Like, I didn't think I was going to love it, but I really love it. And I did not expect to love it this much either because I just didn't, like I didn't think I was going to love it
but I really love it and I think it's genuinely
some of the best underwear-type product out there, truly.
Also, none of this is fucking sponsored by the way.
So like don't think that I'm like being paid to say this shit.
This is all coming from the heart.
I love skims. Listen, being paid to say this shit. This is all coming from the heart. I love skims.
Listen, I love all of this stuff.
And I'm sharing it because I love it.
Somebody said, our expensive sunglasses worth the price.
Okay, yes and no, and I'll explain.
If you wear sunglasses a lot, like on a day to day basis, I would
say investing in a nice pair, just one is a good idea. Now the reason for that is because
nice sunglasses and high quality sunglasses spend more time, you know, making sure that the quality of the lenses is safe and up to par.
And if you're buying super cheap sunglasses, that's not always the case.
And the purpose of sunglasses is to number one, protect your eyes.
There's no number two.
That's the whole point is to protect your eyes.
And so if you're wearing sunglasses a lot and you need them
often, having a nice pair is definitely not a bad idea because buying from a nicer brand
will ensure that like you have sunglasses that are properly protecting your eyes, but
that also have a good quality lens that isn't warped.
Because I've bought cheap sunglasses in the past
that I've had warped fucked up lenses, right?
That have given me headaches, and that's a bummer.
So you don't want to be messing around with that.
But also, I don't think you need to buy
the most expensive sunglasses.
You can buy a really nice quality pair of sunglasses for like 30, 40 bucks that are perfectly
safe for your eyes, protect your eyes, and have precise lenses that won't give you migraines
and you can be totally good.
I don't think you need to spend like fucking $200 on a pair of sunglasses by any means.
But if you want to and you're going to wear them every single day,
I don't necessarily think that that's a bad thing.
But I would say that if you're buying like a pair of sunglasses that are more expensive,
But I would say that if you're buying like a pair of sunglasses that are more expensive, you know, buy a pair that's super versatile that'll match every outfit.
You know what I'm saying?
Whether that's like a solid brown pair or like a solid black pair, something that you
can just wear with everything.
Because, you know, the last thing you want to run into is like buying a pair of expensive
sunglasses that only
match a few things in your closet.
That would be a catastrophe.
I would say if you are going to spend a little bit of extra money on glasses, get a super
versatile pair, and then when it comes to more fun funky glasses, that's when you buy
the cheap ones.
You can just throw them on with an outfit as like a crazy accessory.
And it's fun, but you also didn't spend a lot of money on them and it doesn't matter.
You can lose them.
You can break them whatever and it doesn't matter.
But you having a staple pair is not a bad idea.
Somebody said, what's your go-to razor?
I use Billy razors.
They're like a subscription.
New razor blades show up to my house every month or so.
It's incredible.
It's pretty affordable.
And the razors are great.
And that's what I use.
Somebody said, what is the thing that you regret buying the most?
Oh, I'll fucking tell you, and it's embarrassing too.
When I was like, 16, 17, I don't know,
I bought Gucci slides.
They were bright pink, and they're not ugly,
they are kind of ugly.
But they just weren't me, they weren't me, okay.
They weren't me. They weren't me.
Okay.
Like, they just, they have this big logo on them
and like, they just weren't me.
And I bought them, you know, kind of because I was trying
to fit into the whole LA thing.
And I didn't buy them because I genuinely liked them.
And like, I kind of felt like, I needed to have
these types of things to fit into L.A.
Luckily I got over that phase quickly before it turned to catastrophic because let me tell
you when you first moved to L.A. everybody is all dripped out and like fucking logo mania
shit, you know, like they have like all their Gucci belts and Louis Vuitton belts and
like fucking Balenciaga big chunky shoes that like are
known you know what I mean like everybody has the like status symbol super
obvious designer pieces and I felt like I needed to like fit in there right so I
bought those Gucci slides and tried to fit in and I quickly realized that that made me feel like shit
and it did not align with me or my morals whatsoever.
And so that phase quickly stopped.
It actually stopped like before it begun almost.
I guess it didn't because I did
by the fucking stupid slides.
But I literally wore them once.
And it made me feel icky to wear them.
I was like, I don't like this feeling.
Like this is not me.
Like it just felt wrong.
That's not to say that there aren't designary type of things that I don't love and cherish
and like wear and enjoy because there definitely are, but their pieces are products that I love because of what they are and not
because of what brand they are, if that makes sense.
You know what I'm saying?
Like, that's the difference.
Whereas I bought those stupid Gucci slides because they were Gucci slides, not because
I actually genuinely really liked them.
You know what I mean?
And listen, I was impressionable and young.
I don't, I'm not trying to hate on myself here like I was being an idiot.
Okay, I guess I am hating on myself a little bit, but that's fine.
I think I deserve it.
But yeah, that's something I regret.
I just think that was stupid and like they didn't even, you know, get properly used
and it's embarrassing but I'm being honest.
Somebody said, do you think it's worth spending almost $100 or more on a good pair of jeans?
Yes, and I think it's the same thing as Doc Martens.
A really nice, really good quality pair of jeans,
Levi's is a great example.
We'll literally last you forever.
But I will say that you can thrift incredible denim
that is going to last you forever as well for much cheaper.
The only problem is that it's a little bit more difficult
to find your perfect size.
And because of that, I would say that sometimes
it makes more sense to just go and buy a new pair
because genes are so hard, you know,
like it's so hard to find a good pair of genes
that fit perfectly.
So I would say spending a good amount of money
on a neutral pair of jeans that you can wear
over and over and over again with everything is not a bad investment.
But I would say when it comes to buying a pair of jeans like that, you know, go with like
a neutral wash, like go with like a neutral denim, minimal rips if not none, and make
it a pair that like fits you perfectly that you know that you're going to wear for the
next five years because a good pair of denim will last you that long if not even more.
Somebody said, what are your favorite blankets? All of yours look so comfortable.
I love the fuzzy blankets from Urban Outfitters.
I have literally 10 of them,
and I need to buy new ones,
because mine are actually disgusting,
but I'm not gonna lie,
they're the softest and best blankets out there.
Target makes similar ones too
that are really soft and fluffy.
My favorite blankets are just any kind of fluffy blanket.
The only problem is that they don't last super long
because after you wash them a few times,
like the fuzzy gets less, gets kind of less fuzzy. But they, I mean,
I've had the same ones for probably a year and a half, two years now. And they're just
now coming to their point of needing a replacement. So I would say they're worth the money and
they're really great. Somebody said, do you think it's wrong to make fake clothes?
For example, a piece of merch, a shirt with a cool design,
jeans or something on it, et cetera, just for yourself
because the real thing is too expensive,
but you'd like to have it.
I don't see anything wrong with that.
I think that's completely fine.
If you want something, but you don't want to go out and buy it and you think that you
could make it yourself, I honestly think that that's even better because that's not
necessarily adding to the massive overconsumption issue that we have going on in the world, you know.
If you can turn your old clothes into something new, inspired by a piece that you want to
buy, that's like incredible.
I see nothing wrong with that.
Somebody said, what's your favorite brand of sweatpants?
Right now my favorite brand of sweatpants is Los Angeles Apparel.
Somebody said, do you have a favorite brand of vegan cheese?
Yes, I really love the follow your heart brand and I also love the meekinos, meyoko's
brand.
They do a great job too.
Last but not least, somebody said, if you can only use one brand of makeup for the rest of your life, what would it be?
It's tied for me between Charlotte Tilbury and
Cossus
both of them make
incredible makeup that
agrees with my skin and
Doesn't make my skin dried out and like sad.
So I would probably have to say those two brands and on that note I'm ending this episode
because why the fuck is it so long?
Holy shit, this is like my longest episode in forever.
Well I hope that you guys enjoyed that and I hope it was fun in any conceivable way. I don't know if it will be but I hope it was fun in any conceivable way.
I don't know if it will be, but I hope it was somehow fun.
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