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Hi guys and welcome back to another weekly vlog. If you watched my last vlog I probably look a little familiar. If you didn't watch my last vlog then you might not know what I'm talking about. I'm about to head out. We are going to go to a NARS event. They are going to be teaching us all about their new multiple that they re-relaunched.

Re-relaunched? That they re-launched. I have it on my cheeks today and bad habit and I also have it on my lips. But we're going to that, it's gonna be like a quick little masterclass, they're gonna tell us all about the product. And then, I don't know if you guys know

who the face of NARS is this year, it's Ciara. So guess who's gonna get to meet Ciara? Me, girl! last vlog and I look a little familiar minus the hair I did take my sewing down because I wanted to be able to put my hair up I know craziness so I took my sewing out and I have a ponytail now and if you've seen my last vlog where I wore this outfit then you can definitely contest that this outfit looks so much better with my hair up so I'm wearing it again because I didn't get any content

in it it looks so much better with my hair up so when my hair was up I was like oh I have to wear the outfit so also I didn't know what to wear today I just got back in town yesterday from visiting my family and I was like I genuinely don't have time to try to like go through my closet so I'm wearing this set it's from Morton Mac it's just this like oversized frilly girly like striped set it's so stinking cute to me I love it and then I'm wearing these white ballet flats these are from Zara they're just like little they look like Chinese slippers they're just like white little ballet flats and then my pearl bracelets

these are from Selvon NYC and then I have on little pearl earrings these are from Zara I am gonna be wearing my glasses I just don't have them on cuz the glare is like insane on camera and then I'm carrying my little Jouer pay bag and I put some pearls on it and this is the outfit and we gotta go because I need to go pick up my passport first and then go if you watch my last vlog that you know we went to the passport office never picked it up girls so hopefully it's still there I don't know I got an email saying they

needed some more documents yesterday but my passport was supposed to be picked up on Thursday of last week so I'm like how that work? I'm gonna go see what they talking about and so we need to go.

Strength of a woman man, we're blessed with a special gift. When people say impossible to women we say find a way and it's a gift that God has given us. We can go through some things and come out of it on the other side and it'd be much brighter on the other side. But the strength of a woman is special and it's

real. Hi, Ciara.

So nice to meet you. So you're the face of NARS now. How is that?

Moments like this are just like another, you know, example of like what that means for me. Like being this little girl from Decatur, Georgia and being a part of big campaigns and makeup brands like NARS is pretty, pretty awesome.

It's huge. it's really inspiring. I lived in Atlanta for about six years.

Oh, so good.

Yeah, right? I wasn't in Decatur, I was in Midtown. Okay.

I was a Midtown girl.

That was a nice area. Yeah, it was.

It was a nice area. I really enjoyed it. I felt like I was pretty central to everything, but it's so inspiring. So good.

Yeah.

What's your favorite shade of the multiple? My favorite shade is the Dolce Vita.

I love Dolce Vita.

So pretty.

Yeah, I love it.

Is that what you have on now?

I am wearing Dolce Vita. I have it on my cheeks, your lips and your eyes. And I love that it's like quick. Like I don't have a lot of time to play around. Especially with my babies and work and everything. So, you know, being able to have some makeup that's convenient and can move how I wanna move

is the best, so.

Yeah.

Easy and it's beautiful, so it's quick. It fits into your lifestyle with motherhood and then being a businesswoman as well. So it's like perfect, right and we're back for you guys That was probably really really quick. But for me, I've literally been out of the house all Stinking day. It's like five o'clock, but that's fine The only other thing on our agenda scheduled to do today is to go to what buddies y'all know me

I love my I'm gonna take these glasses off. I Love my work of class. So yeah, so we definitely have to deconstruct ourselves. We are not wearing this extendo pony, and we are not wearing this makeup to that sweaty behind class. But in the meantime, you guys remember how I told you

this mirror gots to go. Today's the day. The new mirror finally came. We're gonna put her up. I'm gonna show it to you guys so you can see the difference see which one you might like this one better I like the other one the new one I think I haven't seen it yet but I'm like 100% sure I'm gonna like it also I get a lot

of questions about how long the Ikebana like style arrangements last and this is going on 10 days now the other flowers are gone but they were already dying when I bought them so they went really really quick I think maybe three days they were done I had to take them out but I don't know if you guys remember me saying how the flowers were like rotting already it was the white ones that were in the back so those are already gone but you can get like two to three weeks if you continuously put water and stuff and

obviously it depends on the flower itself we're gonna do a new arrangement this week because those are that one's kind of on its way out and I'm over it. We're gonna get some fresh flowers maybe on Saturday but let's change this mirror out so first thing I'm just gonna take this one down and then I'm gonna go open the other mirror y'all know it's from Amazon what can I say? Okay so do you guys see how boring that space is with like nothing there? It's just so bleh.

So here's the new mirror. So can you guys see it? It's like more antique-y. You see, you see how it's not like that yellow gold like the one before? This is more like antique gold. Yeah, I just think that looks so much better.

Okay, let me see.

It's about to rain. Wait a damn minute. I just think that looks so much better. Okay, let me see.

It's about to rain.

Wait a damn minute. It's about to rain. I have to walk. Okay, we'll figure it out. This is way heavier than the other mirror too. Oh, this is taller than I thought it was gonna be, which I like. Oh, I like that so much better! So so much better. I'm trying to make sure

I don't push it too far back because of the books. They're a little thick. I like this so much better. What do you guys think? I think it looks so much better. Here let me put you right in front so you can see. Look at that. So much better. That little squiggly mirror. I don't even know what I, even if that mirror were the right color. Aliyah be so for real like what am I like 10? I don't know what I was on when I ordered that to be fair. I think that sometimes I just be ordering stuff.

This looks so nice. Oh, I love this in the pictures. I can take pictures here now. And you know what's crazy? This shelf that's right here. I thought it was shorter. So I thought I could like really take pictures here but it came it was so tall when he put it together. I was like God talk. But I need the space so it worked out. I just want to make

sure this isn't gonna like fall. So nice. What do you guys think? Well, it doesn't matter cuz I love it. But hopefully maybe you like it too. I think it looks so nice I told you I'm doing like little things little things. The only thing is I'm like should I put something here? Okay, wait Do you guys remember when I was telling you about how I was gonna have an electrician come in to do the light in the guest bathroom right so I was also thinking I have this light right here can you guys see it there's a light right here I never turn it on cuz like ew and I was like imagine if I got like a cute

little mini chandelier how cute would that be but the thing is I just don't I'm not staying here so I'm like okay maybe I'm getting a little carried away that's also I don't think I'm gonna paint cuz I'm like no like I leave too soon like too soon we're gonna be apartment hunting soon why is my we're gonna be apartment hunting soon and we're gonna do it together. I don't think I blogged apartment hunting last time No, so this time obviously I'm not gonna show you the one I pick But I'll show you a bunch of different ones that I tour we're also gonna be going apartment hunting in Dubai

That's gonna be fun. Anyhoo, so got my mirror up. I think that this looks so Stinking cute. I love it because we have Pilates. We need to go take our makeup off. Y'all know I do my own ponytail It's not I didn't get this done. I did it, but I think I do them pretty cute and I don't want like, you know when you go get them done It's they do it so that you wear it for a few days I am wearing this ponytail for a few days. I ain't wearing this ponytail for a few days. First of all, I shouldn't even be wearing it for as long as I've had it in now. Gonna pull all my hair out. The tension on this, crazy. I'm not gonna hold you. The tension is crazy. So I'm about to

go take my ponytail out and then we're gonna take our makeup off, get dressed, and head out for pilates. After that, will you guys see me tonight? Will I be making breakfast I mean dinner can't lie I don't think you guys will see me until tomorrow today was a bit boring it was a boring start to the vlog I'm sorry but you guys seen Sierra you guys got to see Sierra first of all oh I didn't even recap you guys on that let's talk Sierra stunning she's like a model in person I was like I know you sing and you dance but baby the modeling career she is so like tall and elegant and beautiful just gorgeous gorgeous

woman and she's so sweet like so kind she literally was like answering all my little questions cuz it's funny a lot of whenever you do like the whole like meet the face of the brand like meet the celebrity like what do you call it endorser I don't know the terms y'all get what I'm saying they're expecting you to do like tik toks and stuff and y'all know I'm not like a huge tik toker like I'm on tik tok but I wouldn't consider myself a tik toker like I don't really do dances I'm

not like I don't the trending sounds like sometimes I do but I just kind of do like what I do on YouTube but on tik tok really I'll do and like my outfits and stuff right so I was like honestly if you guys are comfortable with it I would really like don't want to do any kind of like dibs or anything like I would love to just kind of sit down and like talk to you about the product and she was like oh absolutely and you guys seen we just kind of like had a back and forth about kind of like what shades are her favorite what she likes about the product and yeah she just looked so stunning

it was so cute so nice it was really quick that moment and then the NARS makeup artist did my makeup a little bit Basically put some foundation on me use the multiple different multiples and products on my face So this isn't even like the makeup that I had on earlier Yeah, cute. Come cute. And then I had a meeting and then now we're here. It's been a long day. I'm tired So, um, we'll go take our makeup off in just a second all right you guys I've changed into my workout clothes took all my jewelry off and now we need to take my makeup off before I take my hair down so

quick story I actually so I got back to New York yesterday you guys know I went back home for the weekend if you watched my last vlog you know that as soon as I got back yesterday I landed at like 2pm and then I had a meeting at 5 with Sabrina Elba the founder of Sable Labs. So we did a dinner meeting it was super nice we went to the polo bar super sweet oh I love her she's so sweet so kind oh my god and we just like bounced off of each other she's a Gemini I'm a Gemini it was so funny.

Anyway so of course they gave me a bunch of the products to try and I told them, I was like, you know, my skin like went insane. You guys know I've been like a youth to the people, girly down, but I do wanna try them. I feel like my skin is back to base level now. I'm gonna give it a try.

We're gonna give now. We're not gonna be doing any skincare just because we're going to go work out so I'm gonna sweat it all off but to take my makeup off she actually has a micellar water right so this is it here Rubios Ruibos oh can I read? Ruibos micellar water right? but get this it's a spray bottle so I watched her on her tik-tok. She showed where she just sprays

this on

So you guys know me normally I would take a cotton pad soak it and then wipe she sprayed her face. Oh

That is so much better. Okay, and then just like wiped it away So, I don't know if you guys hopefully the light I know the lighting in this bathroom is a bit wonky, but I don't know if you guys can see how it, literally everything is just like coming right off. And then you don't like soak your cotton pad, you know what I mean? We'll see how it does with my mascara.

That's kind of, I mean, I guess I could have left my mascara on, but whatever. so let's see wow okay clearly I'm using way too much product when I remove my makeup because the way that this is like misting over I like a drench my cotton pads in micellar water normally so it's so funny to see it just like coming right off let's see what the eyes are doing. Oh wow. And it doesn't burn my eyes or anything. I was a little nervous about that.

Yeah, no burning, even when I like open my eyes. I think this is so cool. Like I just think this is so cool, like spraying your face and then wiping rather than like soaking a pad. I knew for a fact I wanted to do this on camera

because I just wanted to try it out. And like, wow. I knew for a fact I wanted to do this on camera because I just wanted to try it out and like wow Obviously, I still need to like wash my face I'm not gonna do that right now because like I said, we're just going to go work out I just need to get like the thick layer of makeup off before going to class And then what I'm gonna do is I'm gonna spray my face one second

Okay, then what I like to do whenever I'm like going to a workout class or I'm doing something where I know I'm gonna get really sweaty I'll take like a facial spray so I'm gonna be using the Caudalie one this is the beauty elixir and this is going to kind of just refresh everything it's almost like a toner type of vibe and just get us some glow back but I do like a little extra like glow so I'm gonna take the road

Glazing mist and just go right over that And this is gonna really have us glowing And then I'm taking my sable labs you guys know I love this stuff the morning solve the lip solve And I'm just going to put that on my lips and now oh I was gonna say we're Pilates ready but we're not because I need to take my ponytail down I need to spray this with water because it's hair sprayed in there

really really good so it won't come unraveled oh actually there we go I can unravel it okay pretty cool sometimes I have to wet it because I use so much hairspray to seal it at the top. I need to redo my extended ponytail video for you guys to show you how I do it. If you're ever like in a pickle and you just like need your hair done,

like you know, done-ish and you don't wanna do a bun, like for me, I'm so over my bun because it's so wittle. My bun is just so wittle little you guys are gonna see because I'm about to put in a bun now to go to class but it's like just so tiny and when I'm like dressed when I'm going to the gym and stuff or just like casually it's fine but when I'm trying to be like dressed it just doesn't do it for me so I'll do a pony or something it's a little untangled up but the way that I I'm gonna have to do a whole video, but just so you guys can see, like I basically like hair tie it so you can essentially take the ponytail right off.

I like doing an extended pony better than like a drawstring pony or a clip on pony. I feel like it just looks a bit more done. I'm not gonna say natural because I don't think extended ponies look natural at all. I do think they look cute and they look done and nice. Okay I'm not gonna mess up my hair too much cuz I do need to keep it kind of slicked back. Oh this is my hair, y'all know I cut it after my K-tips. So let's get going to Pilates. I'm gonna put my hair in a bun

and we'll head out. Good morning! Hold on one second. You guys, you're never gonna believe this, I've never seen Sex and the City and I just started watching it. I'm kind of obsessed. Anyways, I'm like, I'm on season one episode, oh I'm on season two now.

I watch it literally in my free time so usually when I do my makeup and stuff I like watch YouTube videos or just like vlogs or travel stuff Like I usually watch YouTube since I started watching sex in the city. I just always watch sex in the city now anyways Obsessed also, sorry about the choppiness of this vlog from yesterday to today Yesterday was just a mess child all of it from top to bottom I feel like y'all got like maybe three minutes of the day from yesterday, but it's a new day today We're doing something that I did not want to do today today I actually wanted to work I didn't actually plan on vlogging at

all however I need my nails and my toes done so bad and the only times I want to get a Russian manicure so I just I don't know I just feel like I can't find what I'm looking for when it comes to having my nails longer so at this point I'm like you know what let me just have a clean manicure at minimum let me just have that at minimum so I'm going to this place called Aya Nail Studio to get my nails and my toes done I'm getting a Russian manicure on my hands and a Russian pedicure on my toes now here's the tea I found a great place that does Russian manicures here in New York it's called get gilded ritual. I've been there before but the girl that does my nails isn't available for like two weeks and I was like, see this

is why I don't tell people about things also not gonna lie. They're mad expensive like the place I'm going to now is expensive but the right gilded ritual I'm not even I'm talking $300 expensive. It's for just your nails No So I'm gonna just leave that there That's what we're gonna be doing nails and toes and then I've got a little bit of work and stuff So the vlog might be a little choppy until we get to like tomorrow tomorrow will be a fun day

But yeah, so let me show you guys what I'm wearing. I've really been into this like boho vibe thing. It's just really comfortable I can't lie and I think it's so cutesy and it's easy. So i've got on my Tank air tank top. I'm actually gonna place an order for more today I keep saying I need to do that and I keep forgetting and then every time I put it on i'm like I need to Go order more. I need more colors. I need different styles. I'm obsessed and then I have on this skirt. I got this from Zara maybe like two months or so back. I'll see if I can find a link for it. It has like a matching top.

Oh, you guys were with me when I tried this on. Do you guys remember when we went Zara shopping and I was like, oh, I really like this skirt. I've worn it literally like 10 times since then. I like how it's like that crunched cotton. I don't know if that's like what you call it, but I'm pretty sure it's polyester But it's meant to look like that and then I just tied this little like beaded like belt around my waist

This is also from Zara. I've had it a while I just haven't styled it and then this was kind of boring and I was like, hmm This is kind of fun. And then I just have on my little like knitted or like net flats these ones you know what I'm talking about they're from Steve Madden and then I'm carrying my tote bag this one here this is from D'Amelio London I need to get a new one I've had this for about what two no not two years maybe like a year and a half and I wear her into the ground but one thing about it I love a good tote bag when I know I'm gonna be

like out and about because it just holds everything in it. Okay, so yeah, oh and then oh my god I gotta put my rings on.

I just noticed.

Okay, well I'm wearing my everyday jewelry so my Cartier hoops, my Cartier necklace, and then just my normal wrist stuff. I was trying to find a watch but I could not find my gold, whatchacallit anyways you guys don't care it literally doesn't matter and then for my makeup I didn't do my normal everyday makeup that I was telling you guys about I did it a little bit differently this was inspired by Tatiana so she was on the trip with us to Caudalie and I noticed her skin just was so gorgeous I mean she's a beautiful girl what I noticed is it didn't look

like she really used a lot of powders so I was like hmm let me try to do more of like a bare skin look so that's what I did and I really like it. Obviously it doesn't look as done as mine because I feel like powders make you look more done because they add the mattness, they add the smoothness. This to me looks like bare skin but then obviously you see we've got some color going so I do have on concealer however no powders and it's like a touch of concealer.

Like just a like the smallest amount of concealer possible. And then I use the Milk Jelly Cheek Stain. Ah so nice because it's more like a cheek stain rather than like a blush cream. So the way that it sits on the skin it looks so natural like it literally looks just like you're flushed right I don't know if you guys can really tell and then I did do a little bit of bronzer

just because I'm pretty like tan right now and if I don't I'll look like a floating head so the bronzer that I used isn't actually a bronzer it's the NARS potted concealer in the shade cafe and what I did was I just lightly lightly dip my brush in and just kind of like patted it on and my skin was super moisturized and prepped so everything kind of just like meshed and melted and Yeah, like as the day goes on it didn't set anything so it will move but in a good way So that's what we're working with on the skin. I made a matcha this morning. She's not my best. She look a little murky. I definitely burnt my matcha that kettle

Y'all know I got that the Breville kettle Girl tour it get hot. I said, ooh, it's too hot and I couldn't wait for it to cool down I also made it a bit too sweet. You guys know I like honey when I make my matches at home So I'm gonna tweak my recipe, but we're gonna be putting up a mantra station later. Anyways, I'm just like, yep Yep, last thing I'm gonna say before we get out of here because what time is it? Yeah, I need to leave in like five minutes

The last thing I'm gonna say y'all I finished the book that I started at the top of the month It's called Monday's not coming by Tiffany D Jackson I should have never finished that book this morning. I should have waited till I got home tonight I'm about to cry just thinking about it sobbing in my bed Sobbing I read like the last like 80 pages this morning cuz like I needed to know the last hundred pages of this book Gon' tear you up. Maybe like the last 50. Maybe not even the last hundred. Oh my god when I tell you I was weeping Oh god, it's like just thinking about it so it

is by a black author it's a beautiful book depending on you like your reading taste and reading style you might find it a bit slow you also might find it a bit confusing in the way that the story is written depending again on like how you like to read and your reading style but for me I the ending just I'm talking heart ripped out of my chest sobbing boohoo crying like yeah yeah this was a tough one yeah I'll be thinking about her for a minute so I would definitely recommend

you check that book out if you're like looking for something to kind of like really evoke some emotion out of you and I always get so many questions about my Kendall y'all know I really like books but I'm just always on the go and I also live in a very small apartment I cannot just be having a bunch of books sitting around so I y'all know I caved and I got the Kindle because I really wanted to read a specific book. Anyways y'all know the

story of why I got my Kindle but this is the Kindle paperweight for everyone who asked and a lot of people are asking me for a review love it love it down I don't have any issues it the charge on it lasts forever I literally don't think I've ever charged this since I first got it and I read on it a lot I've read like six books like in the last month and a half I love this thing I'm about to start a new book today it's between so I have two books that I'm debating between I'm lying I read that book already Wow I've been zooming through my books okay the book that I have next is called pretty girls by

Karen Slaughter it's a thriller I heard this one's nuts so I'm really looking forward to it I'll probably start it while I'm getting my nails done so anywho enough yapping because I've literally been talking for 10 minutes let's get out of here and go get these nailies done like I said we're just doing a Russian manicure and I'm getting French, but they're gonna be short. Yeah, I don't plan on doing an extension with it.

I think I'm just gonna do short and square and go back to like my natural nails, unfortunately.

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I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know I Absolutely love my nails so I know I told you guys we were gonna go short and square But she was like no no like I can just build off of what you kind of already have so she Drilled down my gel X pretty thin and then just put a hard gel over top to like build the nail back out And so yeah, we didn't cut them down and they look great I wish I would have picked a different base color though because this one's a bit too cool toned and kind of light. I want it light but I wanted a little more pink than this one but it's

okay it still looks really really good if you ask me. And then my toes came out okay. She was so patient and she really listened to me. I had broke my toenail though so it could only be but so square. I'll show them to you guys but I think I inserted a video but they look good everything looks good so I'm very very pleased with my service it is pricey my total including tip I tipped $65 was $4.00 oh I'm not gonna tell y'all it was really expensive but the manicure itself is insane like that's what I

really wanted I just felt like I hadn't gotten a good manicure like my nails would be cute but I hadn't gotten a good manicure or a good pedicure my pedicure has been shit I'm not gonna lie I'm feeling much better I'm feeling good now I'm trying to get somebody to do my hair very last minute I want to get a curly flip over so in just for like a week but my bundles are cut up and girls you know the stylist be like no cut up bundles.

I'm like can I just pay extra or something please? Anyways before we head home I want to run by CB2 because I need a honey pot and the one that I want is from there. So we're going to go pick up this little honey pot and I'll probably like walk around CB2 y'all know I really like their stuff so yeah okay so we made it to CB2 and of course I'm looking at things that I did not come here for this is my problem this is why I don't like coming in here so this is what I

came for it's just a little honey pot I have a different honey dipper that I'm gonna put in it but yeah it's just a little honey pot hey guys so we're back home we've actually been home for a few hours but girl I had to get on the phone so y'all remember the other day when I went to go get my passport I don't even think I followed up with y'all on that I didn't even get my passport that day cuz there was this huge dilemma major like discrepancy like miscommunication anyways it's all handled and I was so nervous

because I actually do think I'm traveling next week I was so nervous because I'm like oh you know when you think of like government bodies entities at least to me I think of moving very slow no sense of urgency you do not matter we have a ton of things to deal with this miscommunication error is not our concern no baby they handled my stuff that was yesterday at like 2 o'clock when I started getting a move on that today already handled I can pick up my passport tomorrow period so advocate for yourself look

up you know how to fix things anyways it was just a huge misunderstanding but anyways it's taken care of so I get my passport tomorrow so that's what I've been doing since I got back home now my nails. Let's do a little recap So we got our nails done. I love them so so so much. They're so pretty I definitely wish I would have picked a different base color just as you guys can see it's just a bit light and cool tone but I don't mind it on my hands I actually really like it on my hands it's on my toes cuz I just did the same color on my toes I should have did something much more pink on my toes like much more colored but it's fine the pedicure is good the the pedicure itself

is really nice I'm a bit picky about my shape and like the way that my toes look so the shape in my opinion could have been a little bit better but they look great they look way better than what they did before so the pedicure itself great like my feet are soft all of my like cuticles everything's removed all of that's great same with my hands perfection then you guys know we went to house of CB and I showed you the honey dipper that I got one second you guys know I got the honey pot and it came with like a wooden honey dipper

But I really want a gold one in this house. So I got this on Amazon So this pot for CB2 surprisingly really wasn't that bad. It was $12 which ain't cheap when you think it's this itty-bitty glass However for house of CB, I am at it and then this little like honey dipper thing I think it was like $8 on Amazon and it's pretty good quality So I'm gonna be filling this up with some honey in a little bit and then of course, that's not all I bought Let's talk about it. So first things first. I got a bunch of pillows from House of CB

Am I saying House of CB? I love House of CB. Have I been saying House of CB. We didn't go to house of CB. We went to CB to CB to crate and barrel, too That's where we went. It's been a stressful day. I don't even understand. Okay, anyways, so we went to CB2 Y'all know that I love CB2. Y'all know I love CB2 down. It is just like my vibe in a store, right? So new their quality there and their quality on a lot of things is really good specifically on their pillows So I did get some throw pillows. I got this design here I did not get the insert because y'all know I'm taking a train and I said

Who's gonna be carrying foot five about five pillows? No, ma'am No, so I ordered some inserts on Amazon, just some down-fill inserts. These are 23 by 23, so I got 24 by 24 inserts, so that it stuffs it really good, so that your pillow's not like saggy. I don't know if you guys can see,

it's like a cream beige kind of blend. I got these for my bed. So I'm gonna go ahead and throw these in the washing machine and get them nice and washed up But I absolutely love them I think they're really pretty and I've been looking for some good throw pillows for my bed because you guys know I never like fully Finished decorating my bed. I have like a couple throw blankets, but I never put pillows on the bed

Same in the living room you guys know I have these itty bitty little teeny tiny pillows on my couch in the living room And I just could not find pillows that like I loved and I knew I wanted something with some color a little bit of design just something because my couch is just plain you guys can see my couch and look at these okay they're just stripes but I love them and the color it's like this maroony brown which is like y'all know perfect for my living room so I wanted something that wasn't too dark either because I don't want to keep adding dark dark dark into my living room

Love these pillows love these pillows down Um, I did get them with the insert and these were i'm not gonna tell you because they're really freaking expensive But they're really nice. So i'm gonna pull that tag off I need to wash them too, but i'm gonna show you what they look like on the couch first, so let's put these on. So I only got two of these, cause they're giant.

And I'm thinking just like one in the corner, and then I can like put maybe like one of these smaller ones like next to it.

Oh, it looks so nice.

Let me move these.

The only thing, I wish the base of the pillow wasn't as like white, like the back of it, but it's fine. Maybe move it this way.

Like this. Oh, I think that looks so nice.

So much better than just the cream pillows that I had previously. Yeah, I really like the stripes. It's simple, but it gives it a little bit of character, like something fun-ish. And then I'll probably find more pillows and throw it on.

I'm not huge on pillows on the couch, just a few, but it doesn't need anything major. But do you guys see how flop floppy these pillows are I should have honestly not got these down inserts and bought some on Amazon to fill it out more but it's fine you see the vibes you get it now that is not the only home update that I have you guys the rug came for

the hallway so if you remember in the last vlog we put up the paintings down the hallway and now we finally got the rug and I think that that is going to like Complete that space and just make that hallway look so fun funky and fresh. I'm just nervous about the size Because the rug I think is only 12 inches long and the hallway is like 21 so I'm like ooh that's like a good 7 honestly or a good 9 inches that I don't

have but I'm like 4 and a half inches actually that should be fine is it 14 or 12 I don't know we're gonna find out I'm just gonna open it and we're gonna see. I also think it might be too wide ooh I've never bought a runner rug before. Y'all remember my house in Atlanta, I didn't have a rug in my living room. I didn't have a rug anywhere.

I didn't have any rugs. Except in my office and in my closet, which is so random and weird. Just a house full of hardwood floors. Ooh, Lord. Now I'm like, I love the pillows on the couch. Oh my god The way that like the light is coming in I reopen the window back up

The way that the light is like shining on them so freakin pretty also when I move out of this apartment I'll give you guys like a whole apartment tour so you can kind of get the vibes of like where I've been living Because obviously I'm leaving but so you can see like what I've been working with and yeah girl Anyways yeah girl anyways we're gonna talk about like my must-haves what I want in my new apartment etc whenever we start apartment hunting for now I'm just gonna leave that out the window but we'll talk about kind of like what's priority for

me and like what's important to me because I know like it varies whenever I talk to people about what they look for in apartments I'm like oh wow that's so interesting cuz like that doesn't matter to me at all or I'm like no I could never not care about that. You know what I mean? Anywho, I'm gonna open the rug and then we'll lay it out Um guys, I just pulled it out and I think it's too wide No, I think it's too wide I was just saying that too. Oh

No, it's not I think it is wide, but like it's not too wide. Like I can still use it. Oh, but it's too wide. Should I put it together? Should I still put it together? Okay, so what I'm going to do is, since it's a ruggable rug, I'm just going to lay it out upside down. Lengthwise, it's a ruggable rug. I'm just gonna lay it out upside down. Lengthwise it's good. Lengthwise

it's good. I mean it's a little short lengthwise but it's too wide. Like it should have been maybe like a half a foot smaller like narrower. Design people tell me that it's definitely not the right, it's too wide. We'll see what it looks like when I put it, when I flip it, but it's definitely too wide. Like I know for a fact. So when it comes to ruggable, you know you put the little mat thing down and then you put the rug out.

Honestly for the, for this kind of a rug, this is way easier to do than like the area rugs. We're gonna see how, we're gonna see if it works, if it looks okay in this space. So with a ruggable rug, you have a mat that comes with it and you attach it to the back side of your rug and this is gonna keep it, I think from like slipping and stuff. The runner rugs are easy. Sorry guys, I'm also filming for like TikTok and stuff.

Hope you don't mind. Now we flip! It's a gorgeous rug.

I just think it's too wide.

This is me spreading it flat on the mat.

Okay, so I'm gonna go ahead and flip it.

I'm gonna flip it. I'm gonna flip it. I'm gonna flip it.

I'm gonna flip it. Gorgeous rug. I just think it's too wide. This is me spreading it flat on the mat Okay, I think it's too wide. I also think it might be a little too short lengthwise Designer somebody tell me what? What dimension or angle? Size that should fit from this is a long hallway i just uh okay i don't know if i like it

let me turn the light off you know things be like a little different in the dark i don't know it's too wide it's too wide can y'all even see it probably Probably not, it just looks like dark on the floor. It just looks dark. Okay, here's the tea. It's too wide. Oh no, silly me. Hmm. Oh, that's so disappointing. I was so excited for this. It's a beautiful ru and it goes well like it looks nice it's just too wide like there needs to be floor on the sides. I'm moving too soon to send that back. I don't even know if they do returns because it's like custom ordered no? Let me see. Anyways, whatever, I'm leaving it it I'm not gonna change it right now because I was

so excited about it I'm so when at least my pillows are cute I can just like have that yeah hmm hey y'all it's the next day I think the last we spoke yesterday it was over that damn rug we're not gonna talk about it anyways as y'all can see I'm up I just got out of the shower I put some workout clothes on because I'm literally just going to get my passport I'm going to go run a quick errand and come home we actually are doing something really exciting today it's afternoon time by the way I've been up all morning I went

and worked out I went and did my hot class, I did hot bar, I didn't take you guys because I just was like, woo, child, let me, I just had so much to do this morning. I was just running around. But we went there, and then I came home, I showered, now I am about to go back out to go get my passport.

Yeah, yeah, so I'm gonna go get my passport, and then we're gonna run to like a store or so cuz I need to get a basket I have everything I need for this basket This basket is for Olivia if you guys don't know the amazing beautiful creator Olivia McDowell She hosts a lot of dinner parties and we are going to one tonight So you never show up to people's houses empty-handed

Especially when someone's like hosting you and putting on a really nice like thing for you So I really wanted her to feel like really appreciated so I want to make sure I like bring a little something something um I just need to get the basket so yeah we need to go to like I don't know like a Walmart or a Target or something and just like get a cute little like just something I can carry it in you know so that's it so that's the only reason I'm leaving the house Which is why I look like this cuz I'm like I'm not about to get dressed and stuff

Like I need to go in and out. Hopefully the passport doesn't give us any trouble girl. Okay. I got my hair thrown up I just washed it cuz y'all know after them sweaty classes I had to wash my hand look at my little it look like a little deer tail my ponytail like a little know little deer butts that's what my ponytail look like so yeah we're gonna head out go get my passport run to the store really quick come back and get ready I don't want to be rushing tonight I want to do content on my outfit I want to show you how I do my little extendo pony because we're gonna be doing that tonight so yeah and we'll talk more about the dinner and like stuff like

that when we get back so I'm gonna take y'all with me you probably won't see much but I'm gonna just take you just so you know you're included Just like that we back in action. I'm back to being an international baddie No, girl. I got my passport and I like it so much better, but it's crazy You can't the picture quality and these new ones it looks insane. I'm like I this you can't even see my nose like the Exposure is so heightened. I'm like you literally cannot see my face so I'm like how did this get approved whatever my picture is fire I look so cute thank god the lady even called me she was like do you model I said girl stop playing with me

I'm in here with this head of stuff so I can play me. She's like no like your picture is so good. I said oh Yeah, I was ready for that one. I was ready for that picture, and I said I'm not smiling nothing anyways So I got my passport And you guys they give you your old one back, and I didn't know that so I thought I was losing all my stamps All my everything no you get it back, so we got our passport and we're good. Hey guys So it's a bit of time later. We're back at the house. I'm actually rushing

It took me way longer to get the things that I needed for the basket and get back home and stuff So this is the basket that I ended up getting there wasn't much of a selection Unfortunately, but this will do it's more about what's inside of the basket rather than the basket itself So I want to go ahead and put this together before I get dressed and stuff and then I'll get dressed this little like shredded paper stuff because Unfortunately, like the idea with the blanket it just wasn't Coming together the way I thought it would so this is just gonna have to be okay

It's about what's in the basket but not this part okay this is just a kind of like fillet of it so that everything can like sit nicely inside okay so now let's go over the things that I got her so the first thing of course you can never go wrong with like wine or champagne or just some kind of like bottle so I got a bottle of Dom Perignon Champagne because I know she really likes caviar. So I got her some caviar as well and this goes really really well with caviar

So I'm actually gonna I don't want to take it out of the box because the box is like really nice Or maybe I can take it out of the box. Yeah, cuz I really don't want to the box is big I don't really want to put the box in there what would she want the box I'm trying to think what I want the box first of all this is some fire ash champagne I should have got some for myself two box or not two box that is the question I kind of feel like I do want to give her the box though so I'm

gonna put it back in yeah I'm gonna put it back in and i'm gonna put the box in and yeah okay now the next thing that i want to put in here i went to the tea dealer shop and they just have like a big selection of like loose leaf teas, ground teas and then these like handmade pottery is that what it's called? pottery is not the word I'm thinking of it's something else but it's fine. so I got her two containers of loose leaf tea they come in this really nice a box I don't want to open it because I don't want to mess it up but I got her two different ones that are like

great for like relaxing and like kind of on the sweeter end but like nice and then I also got her this mug I'm gonna take this out of the box cuz I don't like this box so maybe I should take the tees out too then to be honest do you guys see this this is handmade so I thought this was so nice I would love something like this I don't know if she's gonna love it maybe I should take the tees out I kind of actually do think I'm gonna take the teas out of the box so then I can tell you the teas. okay so this is

white lotus and wild pear teas so I essentially just went in and I asked the staff like what's something that they recommended and he was like oh you cannot go wrong with this I was like okay. We have the Caviar I went to Marquis caviar just because it's the only place that I know To get caviar because of social media So I was like this will just be what we get. So I not only did we get our caviar I also got the bellini's so these are the mini bellini's like here you guys know

I'm not big on caviariar but a lot of people are so now the actual caviar itself is here I'm gonna keep it in the fridge until we get ready to go and then I'll put it in the basket because I want it to stay fresh and cold so the only other thing I definitely could have got a smaller basket I don't know why I thought it was gonna be so big the only other thing that I have are these Louis Vuitton chocolates you guys know why I thought it was gonna be so big. The only other thing that I have are these Louis Vuitton chocolates.

You guys know when I went to the LV cafe last time, I got a few chocolates and stuff for me and like my boyfriend and stuff and I just think they're so nice and they're really good too. But it's like a cool little like gift to give somebody.

It's something like you wouldn't buy for yourself typically like not many people would buy this for themselves but it's a really nice gift and it's not too expensive. You can get like um these are they have like hazelnut and a wafer in there. So good. This was like $50 I think which is expensive for chocolate but it's not like like this is something that like to give somebody a cool little like thing that they would never

buy themselves. It's not horrible. So I'm just going to place that in as well and there we go that's that's the basket and I need to write a little thank-you card so I'm gonna do that and then hopefully I guess I should have made it a smaller basket I got the tea the mugs for the tea the chocolates the bell, the chocolates, the bellinis, the champagne and then I'll put the

caviar like right there it'll be really cute. cool okay now we're gonna get dressed let me show you my dress options because I don't know what I'm gonna wear yet. so these are the two dresses that I'm working with they're both from meshki so the theme for the party is kind of like farewell summer like it's kind of like an end of the summer type of vibe right and wearing orange yellow and pink is highly suggested so this is kind of like a coral color so it's

between like orange and pink which I think is really really nice so basically sunset colors and then this is kind of like a butter yellow so I kind of am leaning more towards this just cuz it's so pretty and fun so I'm gonna try it on and see so this is the yellow I like it I just don't know if I want to like be sitting it's uncomfortable and it's dinner I think the orange one is gonna be more my vibe so I'm gonna just go ahead and

steam that one cuz I'm pretty sure that's the one I'm gonna wear. Okay, so I think I'm going with like the corally Orangey pink dress. Can you guys see? This is what's selling me The back The back so and I'm much more comfortable in this this dress is comfortable so I can like sit talk eat and feel

comfortable you know look at these earrings and tell me they're not like perfect right so I really like these I just don't they're just big like too big like I think that they're not even flattering any like cute and flattering they're more distracting like I feel like if I was on vacation maybe like I don't know what do y'all think I was trying to like snap it so that it was just this top half but they just go so perfect I'm like should I put them on my dress I'm

kidding I was not thinking that anyways I'm gonna figure out what jewelry and stuff I'm gonna wear and then we need to hurry up cuz he's almost time to go alright you guys we are all dressed like I, I went with the orange for a bag I'm gonna be carrying my brand in black with a bag. It just goes with the vibes. Oh for earrings I ended up doing these cult guy earrings I love these earrings and they don't hurt my ears and they're so freaking cute

I just kept it really simple on the wrist I don't know every time I put a bracelet on or something. It was just doing way too much for me So I'm really really simple everywhere else and then for my shoes. I'm just gonna be wearing these gold YSL heels You're not gonna be able to see them. So honestly, I should just wear flats if I'm being quite honest Should I put on flats or is that tacky? Like how would anybody know? I'm gonna put my heels on.

But I'm really excited and I'm excited to meet all of her friends and I'm just so grateful to have been invited and like, you know when people like welcome you into your home, like that's a big deal, welcome you into their home and like invite you into their community and their space.

So yeah, I'm just really excited about that. So I've got our bag, I just need to put the caviar in there. I'm calling my Uber and we're gonna head out.

♪ I'm living in you ♪

Olivia, you look gorgeous. Say hello. Thank you.

That's what's up with the mustard. ♪ I can do it slow now, tell me what you want me to do ♪ Turn it up Cause tonight it's going down Tell your boys it's going down We in the zone Yeah, baby! I love it! Give me those arms

Just be right there Rock me, buddy I can't contain my hands on you Your body is my party I'm the one who's looking for you You got me so excited

Now it's just me and you Your body's my party Let's get it started Oh, well you should know that

Your love is always on my mind I'm not gonna fight it It's so nice to see new and older faces, new friends, old friends. And I'm so glad that I got to have my sister here. The menu is inspired by European travels. We got a Greek salad, a piranha salad, we got an octopus salad from Spain. We got these fun little skewers if you're a briny girl. And then spaghetti vongole.

It's a little bit of an acquired taste.

I have some cheese if you want to put a little cheese on it.

Thank you guys so much for coming!

Thank you! Okay, cheers! okay cheers

Hey guys, it's the next day I just realized i didn't even recap you guys last night when we got back from olivia's it was so late first of all we were there that's how you know you're having a good old time and the conversation is good when everyone's there until midnight or maybe it was like 11 30 but either way it was so late it was so so so late it was such a good time olivia is such a great host the food first all them ice cream sandwiches She made the cookies from scratch. I said Olivia. I'm trying to be good right now. I'm trying to be good

I can't I can't do this. Anyways, the food was amazing her home beautiful. Everybody was so nice It was so nice to like meet everybody Obviously, I'm at Clark before but me everybody else was my first time meeting them and everybody was so sweet and so kind and it was just such a good time We had a good meal good conversation. Just a good old time. Yeah today. It's actually really late in the afternoon You guys it's almost like three o'clock four o'clock. I know I know this vlog is kind of all over the place You know, I've been really good on a vlogging streak, but then sometimes you just want to not and I think this week was a week where I just maybe like didn't want

to but also I had a lot of things that I needed to do that just like aren't really vlog worthy like I'm doing laundry so I'm like whatever I gotta head out for the day I need to stop by a few stores because I'm traveling again I know I know I don't I don't want to hear it so but before I do that I want to put together the matcha stand, like the matcha corner in my kitchen

that I was telling you guys about. And then I want to make us a matcha and then we're going to go. But I'm like, I need to set up my matcha station. Like I need to do it right now. And I also really just want to make myself a matcha.

So let's do this. So in my kitchen, I have like my toasters and stuff are like here And then I have like that fruit bowl dang. I was gonna make banana bread We might still do that. Actually. I I'm not even we might we are 100 still gonna make the banana bread So yeah, then I have my fruit bowl there So i'm thinking I want to put the matcha here like but then I kind of want to put it in the corner where the fruit Bowl is and move the fruit bowl over.

Like I feel like this flow would be better if it were like matcha station and then like the fruit bowl could be here. Do you get what I'm saying? Cause then it's like... I'll put it together here. That's what we're gonna do. So the little stand or shelf that I got is from Amazon. It's been in this box. Screws! Now way to go in it hold on okay I put it together it literally took like 10 minutes so I got this on Amazon

it's just wood and then it's felt like the food in glass is real cheap though I ain't gonna hold y'all this this real cheapy cheap it ain't nothing crazy okay but I think it's gonna look really nice so I'm gonna put y'all in a

different position so you can see better We add the chopped tomatoes. We add the chopped parsley. We add the chopped parsley. We add the chopped parsley.

We add the chopped parsley. I think it turned out so cute as you can see I ended up putting it in this corner instead and I actually like that much better and then I'm gonna put the toaster I think more like next to so more like here.

So it'll be like this.

You see? Yeah, so that's kind of like what I'm thinking. Oh, and then I guess my fruit can still stay in the corner. I feel like it's very busy along that back wall, so I'll probably like change it out. I probably will end up moving the fruit bowl, but I love the matcha station. I probably will end up moving the fruit bowl but I

love the matcha station I think it's so cute. But y'all know what we need to do? We need to fill up our honey jar so let me show you how I'm gonna do this. Depending on the type of honey that you have will determine how you get it in the jar. If you have like a squeeze tube of honey then you could just squeeze it in. I have this like raw honey from Trader Joe's So I'm gonna pop it in the microwave and melt it up and then pour it in It'll take like two seconds Lately since I've been making my matcha whenever I put my honey and y'all know I use honey in my recipe or maybe you didn't

Know I will share the matcha recipe soon. Maybe tomorrow not today. I don't have enough time. I actually don't even yeah Yeah, anyways, I've been heating up my honey and then putting it in rather than just like squeezing it in and whisking it I feel like it blends so much better and I feel like you need way less than like if you don't And you guys did you see the cups so all of this is from Amazon like the whole setup The tray the cups the way everything is Amazon. But these are the perfect matcha glasses. I don't know if y'all can really get the vibe without the matcha being in there.

They're perfect matcha glasses. If you know, you know. Like I got these little spoons to stir, like when you have it in a cup. But I always use my straw, so to be fair, I really like don't need this yeah I don't I don't really need this to be fair but my straws aren't up there they're in this drawer right here so I'm like how could

I display the straws I also don't have my little espresso cups up there either my little espresso cup so I use this when I write froth milk so I could put it but all the glassware is down here so that's kind of why I don't want to put maybe I trade the scale but then if I do it that way I can't put the straws in there you know so should I put this stuff on the top oh my god I did that for too long it's real melted it done crumbled all up. Y'all see that? Okay, well anyways, it'll thicken back up. Just pour that in.

Honey, yum. Thank you to the bees. And then when it thickens up, you'll actually be able to use the honey dipper, but when it's warm like this, you can't. So should I switch it and put the cups on the top?

Let me see what that looks like hold on no I liked it better when the matcha stuff was on top I like it better that way so I'm gonna put it back I don't like the glasses on the top I can just get my straws out the drawer and then if I I don't really froth milk often since I've been in New York I usually just make it normal so I probably won't even use this that often so I'm just gonna leave it as it I told you guys I was gonna show you me making my matcha tomorrow, but I think we might just do it now. I got a new matcha, which is kind of why I'm like,

you know what, let me do it now. Okay, we're gonna make a matcha. So first things first, this is a matcha powder that I bought when I got Olivia's gift from the tea dealers. The place that I got her tea from, a 10 for myself this is the shu... shu... mhm girl is that okay so we're gonna see what it's giving this is where I got it from I'm not sure if they have an online shop but let's

try it out because my rocky's matcha just was not giving now a trick that I've learned so you lose absolutely no matcha is take your bowl put the 10 inside so whatever spills out is gonna go in this bowl and we'll use it in today's matcha But I don't know if you guys can see the color It looks so pretty So now i'm putting it back in the 10

Okay

Now I didn't miss too bad. The color of this looks so gorgeous. Wait, can you guys see that? Wow. I have been using a scale lately because I've really had to cut back on caffeine guys and it's been life changing if I do say so. So I got again all of this from Amazon. So I put the scale on, I put my sifter down and then I zero it out. So from what I've seen most people say you should have about three grams I believe of matcha. I do about four and a half and that is Perfect for my like ratio

So I would just say figure out what works the best for you. Oh my god. I'm really excited about this So first I just scoop it until I get to my desired weight Okay, but I'm gonna sift it through. Oh my God, the smell. No, you guys, this smells crazy, like good.

Oh my, whoa, what the heck? I've never, wow, that smells so good, I'm not gonna lie. So I'm gonna get our water started. With this kettle, I put it on green white tea which is about 175 degrees which I think is a bit too warm so I do stop it before it gets fully like boiling.

Can you guys see?

Look at that color! Do you guys see that? If you're a macho girly then you understand. This is insane. Now I don't measure my water, I just eyeball it. So I start with just a little bit at first and then I take my whisk and I go straight

in and I do a few circles just to get the powder wet and then we start going back and forth. Zig zags and Ws. So if you guys can see in here we have a paste going. It's a pretty thick paste So now at this point I'll add just a touch more water to loosen it up so that we can pour it and really get a froth going Okay, that's plenty I really want you guys to be able to see this so you're gonna go like this This is the movement you want to be doing so like double use zigzags not circles

So to get it really foamy creamy what you want to do is Don't push your whisk all the way to the bottom and just kind of like froth up the top And I don't know. Oh my god. Oh Okay, is the camera picking this up? I don't think it is we need to move into the light I need you guys to see this my matcha girls are gonna understand this this matcha from this place I haven't even tasted it yet but I just know and y'all it smells so good I wish you could smell it here's where I get a little unconventional

with my matcha making in comparison to like matcha matcha people. I like to add my honey in directly to my matcha mixture here so this is still really loose so I'm just gonna pour it in. I can pretty much eyeball it that should be plenty and if it's not I can always add it in after and then I just whisk that in. I find that adding it directly to the matcha Rather than like the milk or the latte at the end

The flavor like there's no trying to mix your syrups. It's completely mixed it Once you mix the matcha with the milk, it is just like a whole and complete latte. It's so good

Okay, I think this is good

Should I put it in glass just for the sake of the video? Cuz I really want to put it in my to-go cups cuz they're about to leave I'm gonna put it in my to-go cup. I really want to use a glass, but we're not gonna drink it in the glass So I'm not gonna do that. I like a lot of ice You can put as much or as little as you want Like I said, I like a lot the little pebble ice I got the ice cube trays off of Amazon, of course All right. Now is when you will add your milk of choice. I'm an almond milk girly

I know people hate almond milk and lattes because it's thin. don't like the thick mm-mm so I fill my cup up about there oh my god the foam that I have going on my matcha is so beautiful okay let's watch this oh my god this is gonna be so good I'm

gagged

stunning stop Stunning. Stop. Get out. You guys, I just, oh my god. Look at, first of all, look at the color.

No, I know what you're trying to clean up.

Look at the color.

Get out.

Get the hell out. And this is in the dark.

We're not even like in sunlight. Imagine when I'm in the light. I'm like, oh my god. I'm like, I'm this is in the dark. We're not even like in sunlight imagine when I'm in the light Pop my lid on Oh, oh this is about to be so good look

Have you ever seen a more perfect look? You haven't.

I don't even need to ask you.

You absolutely have not. Oh, I need to try this.

I need to try this right now. Am I an easily excitable person? Yes. But do manchas that come out this green? Oh my God.

Yes.

The answer is yes. So like I said, the little cups and the straws, comes cup straws lids all on Amazon I like these because I'm trying to stop buying matchas and stuff when I be out cuz I'm like a good matcha I make a bomb matcha So I'm like save your coin make it at home, right? Cuz they're like honestly New York is insane like a basic matcha latte $10 minimum song So anyways, I like the little to go cups cuz I'm always getting on the train. I'm always on the go like right now We're literally about to leave like as soon as I finish talking out we've got to hit up, but let's give it a sip first sip

The reason that I'm so excited to you guys are probably confused that that much is new I've never tried like that matcha brand before and I haven't been liking the Rockies matcha that I had and not supposed to be like Really good, but then then again maybe it expired so I was like really excited to try the new matcha and seeing the color of it the smell that got me excited the smell this is delicious this is delicious not too sweet if you like it a little more sweet add more honey I don't like mine super

duper sweet but I don't like just like I ain't that I'm not that far into the matcha community like I ain't just sipping it out the bowl like people don't drink lattes they just make it like that and yeah this is wow just wow I'm gonna put it in the fridge so I can finish talking to y'all so it's not melting um wow and then I always get questions what does matcha taste like I don't know if I like matcha and I know like it got really popular. I was like, oh everybody's just drinking matcha Okay, here's the team if you like coffee and you like what coffee does for you aka caffeine

But sometimes you may feel like it's a little bit much or maybe you don't necessarily like the taste of coffee I enjoy coffee, but coffee started making me feel like a crackhead like and you guys know I'm already very like scatterbrained. I'm very jittery naturally. I'm very like all over the place and caffeine kind of enhances that for me but I do need a little pick me up. Like I need a little something.

I also am just a beverage girl. I like having drinks. I like whether it's water, kombucha, y'all know me like I like having a beverage like it's my I don't I don't know I like it when it comes to matcha It's green tea so if you like tea and you like green tea specifically then you will probably Have a bit you will lean a bit more into the liking of matcha if you're someone who does not like tea You don't like green tea This might not be for you because if you don't like coffee

I like coffee is also another one that you kind of have to figure out how you like your coffee, right? When I first started drinking coffee, we was getting frappuccinos and right and then now I'm like I just get a cappuccino like a latte just I still like milk Like I still like milk in my stuff, but so masha is kind of the same way I'm kind of like this one's like really nice so like it's kind of that one's kind of like sweet

and not sweet like sugary sweet but sweet in like a flavor profile kind of way girl I am NOT a food critic I don't know how to explain it but it's that one's got like a nice that that one's nice, that one's really nice but it does have like a lot of people describe it as bitter the same way that you would describe coffee as bitter so like I would put them neck and neck there so my best recommendation is just try it, just go get you a matcha, try it, see what

you don't like about it. If you're someone who likes sweet drinks then I would definitely suggest maybe going places that do more dessert matchas and not like traditional matcha. So if somewhere is very like Japan don't go there because it's going to be a very like probably streamlined matcha and if you like sweet drinks you're probably not going to like love that. So yeah I feel like you can make things the way that you like it, flavor it up how you

like it flavor it up how you like it I know people always want to tell people if you like all it is then you don't like matcha you don't like coffee oh let people like like the things I mean they probably don't but like let people have things anyways so this is a really good recipe for those of you who like matcha but you like a little bit of sweetness but not not too crazy like you still want to taste the matcha try my honey recipe i'm telling you put it in with the matcha it's gonna be a game changer for you i hate when i get drinks and

it's like half mixed half not because the syrup's in the bottom like put the syrup in the matcha put the syrup in the matcha i don't know why more people don't do that put the syrup in the matcha or put it in your milk like blend like mix it in with your milk first or second or whatever but i find that like the heated honey blends so anyways guys so now we're gonna leave we're gonna go shopping because i'm traveling again i think i said that i'm traveling again and i'm going to the south of france me and my boyfriend we just what can i say i'm very spontaneous he's

spontaneous it works out for us so i've never been to... I've been to the south of France but I've never been to Cannes or Saint-Tropez and that's where we're going. So I have a few little pieces but I would really like to see if I can find something else because normally when you're going somewhere like Saint-Tropez and like Cannes you kind of have a little bit of leeway to plan so that you can really pull out your fits. I'm not afforded that right now. But if somebody says come to San Jose with me, I'm going. And I got lots in my closet. So I'm actually just going to go see if I can find some things.

Also, I'm only packing in a carry on because my day tomorrow is very busy. We're getting our hair done, and then I'm pretty sure the flight is at six. And I'm getting my hair JFK. I do not have time to come back home get my bags No, so I got a pack. I need to do everything I need to do tonight pack My luggage is going to be coming with me and yeah

And I'm only carrying a carry-on because I don't have time to be checking no bags. I don't want to check a bag We're literally going for like four days. It's chill like it's like a Colt Gaia, there's an Aya Muse or no um no there's a Colt Gaia there's an Asta resort. I really want to go to Asta because I'm like that's that's kind of like the vibe I want to give and yeah we're gonna go to Zara of course I love a good Zara find so we're just gonna kind of hop and dilly-dally around so let's go. Hey y'all I was gonna vlog when we went out to go shopping soho on a saturday night at four o'clock The overstimulation and i'm kind of like rushing although to be honest, there's really nothing to rush about like

I know we still have to pack and I still have a little bit of work and stuff to do but honestly Like it's chill. So we're in the bathroom because i'm about to start packing but i'm gonna start with my toiletries and so I never pack with you guys and i'm like we should pack together so the toiletry bag that I'm gonna carry is the one that I got from Caudalie how stinking cute is this and I feel like I can pretty much fit everything in here

except my makeup y'all know I'm a minis girl to the death of me I love a good mini I will buy everything I own in a mini version I travel a minis girl to the death of me, I love a good mini. I will buy everything I own in a mini version. I travel a lot and now that I'm literally trying to only bring a carry on, minis it is, we can only bring minis. So starting with teeth, I'm bringing the toothbrush that they gave us from, that Kodaly gave us. This is the Surrey toothbrush.

So I have another, so you guys know I travel so much so I literally already have like a bunch of toothbrushes but this one's new and I love it so I'm gonna put it in here, I never bring my like real toothbrush with me. Toothpaste, and I know what you're thinking, I do have a mini of that too so I'm gonna take it out of the box to save more space, so boom. Oral hygiene done done I don't

really worry about like mouthwash and stuff like that just like toothbrush toothpaste will be good and then floss but I don't have any floss so we'll have to get that. Skincare, skincare so first things first micellar water, makeup remover so that's gonna go in and then I need cotton pads this is like more than enough you guys know I love the Sephora cotton pads. Now here's the tea you really don't need to bring your own cotton pads because most hotels even like they don't even gotta be a

fancy hotel most hotels have cotton pads in the room but I like to bring my own because I'm really picky. So I got my cotton pads and then I also so take my makeup off I the way that I pack is I basically go through my routine and I put everything that I need from the routine in. So take my makeup off, now it's time to wash my face. So I went to Sephora and I got the Youth to the People Youth System, so this is basically

like a little kit so you can try everything but I bought it because it's minis. So you guys know I love the cleanser, I also use the moisture cream and I think that's it out of this yeah I've never tried any of these other things so that's all I'm gonna pack from in here so from this I'm packing the moisturizer this is the air whip so I've got my moisturizer and then I have my cleanser now for serums I usually use there's an eye cream in here and then there's like an Enzyme treatment and then there's also a caffeine serum and an oil. I don't think I want to try

Oh, this is vitamin C. Oh, okay I will pack this then because I usually use vitamin C in the morning and I don't want to bring mine so I'll pack that and then the only other thing I need is my night serum and Sunscreen another great thing is that I have multiples of like everything. So this is almost empty I actually don't think I should bring this because I kind of feel like I'm gonna run out when I'm there No, it should be okay for three days, right?

Okay, I'm gonna bring my Youth to the People and then my Retinol. So the key is when you're packing, everything needs to be under three ounces when you're packing liquids in your carry-on. Just a heads up.

Oh, my Minoxidil. I've been really good about doing my Minoxidil. I'm not gonna slip up. I'm not gonna stop doing it just cuz I'm on vacation That's gonna jack me up. Remember I told you I have multiples of everything. I wasn't kidding So I'm able to keep the minoxidil I'm currently using in my cabinet and I'm gonna put this one in my bag This is 2.11 ounces super easy

And yes I'm back trying to be really consistent with using the minoxidil on my brows and I even started using it in my hairline. A lot of you were telling me I should be doing that from the jump and I feel like I think I just kind of like accepted that I have the very thin hairline and like the corners like this is just like my hairline. But then I was like girl why not you already putting it on your face you might as well and just see what happens. I think I'm sitting here like no I've been so consistent with my minoxidil girl. It's been a week Like that's good. Like that's good every single night

So I'm basically treating it like my skincare and when I think of it like that It just happened so much easier and when I had the so in in yeah everything I just it was easy for me to do so anyways minoxidil, now my skin routine done. Ooh, almost forgot, my clean skin towels. This is a little travel size. I got this from Target, I think. It's a 10 count, so this is great for like traveling

when you're vacationing, et cetera. This is like the perfect amount because I use one in the morning, one at night. So, perfect amount. I'll just slide this in on the side. Now I'm done with all my skincare. Now, body. So I've got this Sultare Serum Body Wash. Usually, depending on the circumstances,

sometimes I don't bring a body wash and I'll just use whatever's at the hotel. Because usually nicer hotels have nice toiletries. But after my last experience, even though I feel like being in the South of France, it should be fine just in case so yeah

skincare or body wash Next I have my razor So I love the little mini razors from Venus But the you can always change the razor head to whatever you want so this isn't the razor head that I use The razor heads that I use are also from Venus But they're the yellow ones and I just like them better so I'll switch this out

really quick and then put it in but love this so you don't have to bring your real razor with you because god forbid you lose those they're so expensive and then last thing is lotion or body moisturizer went on vacation one of my favorite things Fenty body butter oh Oh And this is in the scent toasted marshmallow So it's not really this is more of a winter scent, but I can't find I had a little orange one I don't know what scent that one is. I don't know where it's at

It's probably in a suitcase somewhere if I'm being honest with you So but this is a travel size and this should be this should last me just fine. It's 2.5 ounces So that's that and then I really want to try to fit my hair stuff in here. I Feel like I can I do feel like I can so for hair stuff You guys know I'm getting a sewing done tomorrow. Oh one last thing for body. I Always bring a loofah with me. I I'm sorry. I like to have a wash rod and a loofah and I don't I like

having my sponge I do I can't lie I like feeling like I'm really getting in there so I always bring my own just because it's easiest I get these on Amazon these like cream colored I'm such a beige girl is bad like I'm just auto-neutrals, but yes, I bring my own These are from Amazon. I'll link them down below and then yeah, so I'll bring that now hair stuff I got oh you guys know I'm getting a so in tomorrow, and we're doing a curly flip over I'm gonna take you guys with me

Oh am I gonna take you guys with me cuz I don't want to have my camera with me. Ooh, okay, I am gonna take you guys with me. I'm gonna take you guys with me. Anyways, I'm getting a curly flip over tomorrow. Oh my God, I can't wait to show you guys the hair. Oh, the hair, I'm gagged. That's all, let me stop getting off track. So, I did get some curly hair products. I got the Pattern Pal, I'm not big, but y'all know I'm not a big curly hair connoisseur,

but these came in minis. I just needed some minis. Oh my god, these is jumbo minis!

No!

I should have read this better! These are huge. Okay, so I cannot bring this. First of all, I was the thing the one thing I wanted the most was the mousse. Four fluid ounces. This is too big to take on a plane and your carry-on so scratch that. I guess I'll bring the styling cream and the leave-in conditioner. But I feel like I don't need both. I feel like if I have Coilis and Tight Textures. textures oh I should have read this oh this says

curlies coilies and tight textures but this is for coilies and tight textures this is formulated for curlies coilies and tight textures and this is for curlies and coilies mmm okay so then we're just gonna bring the leave-in conditioner I honestly don't even think I'm gonna need that if I'm being quite honest with you like that hair when you see it it's so beautiful I feel like I need to bring like a curling iron for my hair if anything but I'm

doing all that so I'm just have to figure it out child. A mini deodorant oh I knew I was forgetting something I'm sitting here and I'm like I'm forgetting something. A mini deodorant boom. All of our toiletries are packed away and the only other thing outside of our clothes and shoes that we need is our makeup. So I think the carry on is looking pretty promising. I think we're gonna, I mean there is no think, it has to work. Okay, it's a bunch of time later, wait, did I tell you guys I started watching Sex and

the City?

I've been watching Sex and the City. Me and my iPad go together real bad. I finally got all the outfits figured out so honestly I just threw a bunch of stuff together it's very last minute and this is not a work trip this is not a content trip I'm just going to go chill and relax you know what I mean and then if I can get content then I don't know I'll try to get something but so I did have a few new pieces that I was really excited to wear because I had some really nice resort wear I showed you all a

few of the dresses that I've like ordered and they're like really long they're like gowns really pretty and I feel like Cannes and like Saint-Tropez is kind of like that kind of place where like you can wear your like nice bougie stuff. I have a couple of like you know cute like really dressage dresses and then everything else is kind of like chill cute but like chill like I'm not trying to do too much so how I pack so in here is all of my swimwear and undergarments and pajamas and activewear because I do plan to work out while I'm there fingers crossed so that's all in here and then I have the rest of everything

right here I'll show it to you guys so the way that I pack especially since I want to fit all of this in a carry-on is you have to be really intentional so I do have a few extra options which I would normally say don't do when you're trying to pack in just a carry-on however I think I have enough space so the way that I did it is I lay everything out um, like the outfit And then I pull the accessories the bags the shoes

I try it all on and I pick out what's best and then I lay it all together. So everything is together so I don't forget anything because I Will forget things also, like I said, this isn't really that like major of a trip. So Like it doesn't really matter so if i do forget something it quite literally does not matter so i do feel like i have a few too many bags not gonna lie so i might be like cutting some stuff out specifically structured bags like this

where like you can't squish them i usually try to stay away from this when you're packing and carry on only but i might be able to put this in like my tote bag or like my purse so we'll see where like you can't squish them. I usually try to stay away from this when you're packing in carry-on only, but I might be able to put this in like my tote bag or like my purse, so we'll see. But yeah, so this is everything. So I'm gonna go ahead and fold it all up

and then put it in the bag and I'll show it to you guys. So here is my suitcase. Everything is in. The only thing that has to go in is my makeup and I know you're like Aaliyah is this gonna close? I'm gonna show you. You need to make sure you have the um an extended carry-on. Ooh I hope it close sh**. Maybe it ain't gonna close girl. This not gonna be able to stay right now. Yeah but everything else okay once I take that out I have to reposition that bag but it will close and it will be fine and it will fit in a standard overhead

bin compartment. Make sure you're not, if you're on like a little teeny tiny plane, sometimes the overhead bin space won't accommodate an extended, oh I didn't finish unzipping the extend. Wait, I do have more room. It will fit right there. I'm like wait a minute, it should fit.

So look, now that I, it should fit now. Yeah, and I know you're like, boo, what about your makeup? Your makeup still has to go in. It's gonna fit right here in this space, like in here. Like my little makeup bag, it fits like right there. So yeah, that's everything and whatever doesn't fit remember

that black bag I told y'all about it definitely didn't fit so I'm just gonna either put that in my tote bag that I'm gonna carry with all of this I still don't know if how I'm doing that yet if I'm gonna bring like which bag I might even bring a duffel just like a bit a little bit more stuff like better but overall everything fits it's fine so we're all set I ordered some sushi so I'm gonna watch some more Sex and the City eat my food wash my face and go to bed yeah cuz I have to get up early in the

morning too it's gonna be an interesting day tomorrow me I'm gonna eat my sushi and go to bed also me about to pour a glass of wine done good of that can y'all see me or is it too dark? it's probably dark anyways um you know how I said oh I'm gonna eat my sushi shower go to bed right? no I forgot that I still haven't like put everything in the description for my vlog

to go up tomorrow and I've been on it and I'm not about to slack off so I need to like go through that vlog and it's a two hour long vlog I was gonna edit some stuff out but um I don't know yet I don't know so yeah I have to go through my vlog so I'm like oh I guess I need to do that tonight because if I don't I won't do it so I'm gonna pop open a glass of wine just to like you know make it a vibe it makes things more enjoyable we're gonna show in the living room and then where's i bought a wine opener you guys so i only

have one of these glasses left i think i told you all that so this is a um santa margarita rosé um it's a collab with love shack fancy they sent me this in pr and I've had it in my fridge for months so we're finally gonna crack it open. I bought a a wine opener it's electric why isn't it working do I have to do something? I charged this oh my god maybe we're not gonna have any wine no I charged this oh my god I'm about to be so upset because I don't have a wine opener and I really just thought I was gonna like have my sushi and wine. Is that a sign God?

Okay I'm gonna have to play with that when I get back but you know what I just thought of? I have a picnic basket that I use to take to the park whenever I want to go to the park and I'm like a million percent sure it has a wine opener like a wine bottle opener in it.

I knew I wasn't crazy. I think all wine should have screw tops. Is this a screw top? No.

Or maybe it's not working because of the the this. Maybe if I peel this off then it'll work. Let me see because I charged it the light came on and everything. I don't understand. I don't really feel like it's nothing in here though. Like it don't feel like this should like work if I'm being honest, like, all right, let's do this. So I think you just, whoa, ow. I think you just stab it.

Maybe we're not having wine, cause I don't, this feel real cheap. Like it's not going to work. Okay, and then I'm just going to twist it. I think I don't even have to push. I think you just twist.

Right?

Yeah.

Oh my God.

This is so easy.

What?

I'm a pro.

I'm a pro. Oh wait.

But now. I'm a pro.

I'm a pro. Oh, wait. But now, how do I get it? Oh, okay, like that. Okay, see? Y'all know how to open a wine.

Y'all probably don't need me to show you. Y'all probably do better than me. I'm the one, oh, no, don't do that. I'm the one over here struggling.

Woo!

All you have to do is have some initiative. All you have to do is be feeling bad enough and you will be able to fulfill said desire. I said I'm having wine tonight and I figured out a freaking way. Dang I wanted to make banana bread. I'm gonna be up all night. It's cause them bananas finna go bad y'all. Not even finna go, they're already bad. I was supposed to be drinking this wine when I was packing. I literally said when I get home. Anyways, I'm insane. Okay, cheers. Let's see what it's tasting like. Oh, that's cute. That's cute. It's a little, um,

tangy.

Oh, I need to make the banana bread. No, like, I have to. These might even be too gone for the banana bread. Last time, that's the only time I make banana bread, is when the bananas turn into zombies. So what I got is

sushi, and I got it from Sugarfish and y'all are gonna laugh because if you remember when we went there I told y'all it was like just okay. Well I don't like the way something's smelling in here. I don't know what that smell is, I don't like it. However, when I went to the Hamptons with Kodaly

and Clark was with me and she was like I love sugar fish she was like it's so good she ordered it she was like I order it at home all the time and she just was raving and I was like you know what let me give it another try and also let me order it I don't know why I love takeout sushi like I love taking also let me order it I don't know why I love takeout sushi like I love taking sushi home like ordering it home so ooh wait it actually looks so fire