Speaker 1: Hello you guys, Welcome back to another episode of the
Hockrell Energy Podcast. I'm your host, Kayleie, and this is
your weekly reminder that I'd say, new day, a new week,
a new mindset, and another day for you to become
the hot Grel energy you want to attract. Hello you guys,
Happy Wednesday, Welcome back to another episode. Today's episode is
going to be about obsessions, things that I'm currently obsessed
with for the spring season, either things that I've been
loving or things that I've been hating, because I feel
like I haven't done a podcast episode like this in
a very long time. I think I did an episode
like this maybe a year and a half ago, something similar,
where I kind of deinfluence you of things that I
may have tried, whether it's beauty products or wellness trends
that I've tried that some people might really hype up,
but in my opinion it didn't work for me or
I don't like it. So I thought I would be
like really honest here and give my honest feedback on
things that I've tried that I don't think is worth
your money or things that I've personally tried that I love.
In a door that I would buy again, or just
things again that I'm currently obsessed with that I've recently
either added into my routine or just things that I've
been doing for a long time that, like I swear by,
I really want to talk about, like this aphoor A
sale going on. So I feel like I have a
lot of like beauty faves and like makeup and skincare
faves that I want to share with you guys, along
with things that I've like recently tried throughout these past
few months. Because obviously I get sent a lot of
PR and I think some influencers are not always like
truthfully honest when it comes to like things being sent
in and like, don't get me wrong, I always appreciate
when I get PR and I love to try new things,
but I would rather tell you guys, like this is
not worth your money, don't go spend it, and not
like try and sell it on you guys, because it's
not worth the splurge in my opinion. So yeah, just
kind of like new things that I've gotten recently that
I've tried out that may have not worked for me,
it might work for you. So just be mindful that,
like if I say something that didn't work for me.
Don't comment saying like, oh my god, like, what are
you talking about? That's the best thing ever? Like that
is your own personal opinion, Like this is just my own,
raw and real, honest experiences of products that I've tried
or things that I've done in the wellness industry that
personally have worked for me or has not worked for me.
Before we get into today's episode, I do want to
just quickly talk about Coachella for a second. Even though
I was not at Coachella this year, I decided to
choose my mental health this year. And if you guys
actually follow me on YouTube, I did actually talk about
this in a YouTube blog I think in the Fall.
I think it was a Fall video and I think
it was when the Coachella lineup got released and I
was like super super disappointed because obviously Justin Bieber was going,
and I knew mentally before the Coachella lineup was going
to be released, I was like, Nope, I'm not going.
And then I saw Bieber as one of the headliners
and I'm like, oh my goodness, do I change mind?
Do I spend the money? And for those who don't know,
like Coachella is very expensive. The flights are not cheap,
the accommodations are not cheap. The festival passes are obviously
not cheap. When you're there, obviously you're spending money on
food and drinks. When you add it all up, it's
almost five thousand dollars. Like it's actually ridiculous, and so
I have paid in the past, We'll be honest about that,
but I really was not wanting to spend five thousand
dollars this year. I'm like, I do not see the point,
like unless a brand for work as a work opportunity,
because obviously my job involves like promoting brands and all that. Like,
if I was given the opportunity of a brand to
send me, I would consider it. And I'm going to
be truthfully honest here. I've been to Gochella twice. Did
I have a fun time. Absolutely? I think it was
such a cool time, But it was perfect for like
my time in my life, which would have been like
what two years ago, having fun whatever. I feel like
these past two years, I've changed a lot and I'm
just like not a festival person. I've realized that I
don't like to be in like big crowds. I get
a little anxious when it gets into that type of environment,
and I don't know, I didn't want to stay up
till like three am every single night. The thing about
Coachella is that there's after parties and whatever, like there's
just like a bunch of stuff going on, like events
that you could attend and all that, and I just
didn't want to be in bed by four, wake up
by eleven, and oh do it all again and get
ready do content like it just sounded mentally exhausting. And again,
don't get me wrong, if you've never gone to Coachella,
I highly recommend, like it's a fun experience. I just
don't know if I would ever do it again. Even
with Bieber being there my favorite artists of all time,
like literally grew up with that man. I'm sure most
of you could agree with that, but like he was
my favorite artist. I thought I was gonna marry him,
like literally diehard fan, and I still chose not to go.
I did actually get invited by a brand, which again
I kind of said to myself in the fall that
I was like, Okay, well, maybe if a brand invites me,
I would consider going. I straight up chose my mental
health overgoing to Bieberchella, which is wild because, like low
key in the moment, I was like, I kind of
regret missing bieber Chella, obviously because everyone's been talking about it.
His performance looked amazing. Obviously I love him, and so
it was so nice to see him back on stage
and just like see him so happy. But you know,
I really just didn't want to go to Coachella this year.
I'm just really not craving that festival vibe. I don't
know what it is. I just like am not gravitating
towards it. So I decided to not go, And I'm
honestly really happy with my decision, even though I really
only wanted to see biber. Like I feel like if
I went, I would go for literally one night and
that's it, and then I would have flew home on
the Sunday. But obviously, like that's not worth my time.
Like if I lived in California, it's a two hour drive,
it's a totally different situation. I feel like that's way
more normal if you live in the California area, But
for someone who lives nowhere close to California, it was
not worth a six hour flight to go see Biber
and then six hour flight back. So I'm just manifesting
that Bieber announces a tour at some point. I think
we can all agree that it'd be so cool to
see him go on tour again, even if it was
like a Taylor Swift era tour vibe, like doing all
of his different albums, Like I don't know, that would
be so freaking cool to see them in the concert again.
But you know, beabes, it wasn't worth the stress and
anxiety that I wanted to feel. And I do also
have like a lot of work stuff going on this
month that I just really couldn't manage with Coachella being
this past weekend. So I really just decided to choose
my mental health and I'm very proud of that decision. Anyways,
Besides Coachella, I feel like everyone's talking about Coachella on
my Instagram feed TikTok feed. I feel like that's all
I've been consuming lately, and I'm like, Okay, we need
to stop with this. But I've also been consuming a
lot of stuff about this before a sale, and like,
I thought it'd be cool to kind of do an
episode around like things that I love, but things that
I also don't love that I've tried from either pr gifting,
or things that I've purchased myself that like I just
didn't like or it didn't work for me. So I
thought we could talk a little bit about beauty fhaves
and beauty must haves along with like beauty things that
didn't work for me, along with like wellness obsessions that
I'm currently into right now, whether it's like active where brains, bands, supplements,
wellness trends in general, and things that I don't really
love that I've tried in the wellness industry that wasn't
worth my money, or just things that I personally just
don't really take or support, whatever the case may be. Okay,
so let's talk about my beauty must have faves obsessions,
specifically within these past few months of products that I've
been using daily that I'm literally obsessed with, would rebuy,
still reby to this day. If I ever get something
for free from a brand, I will use it and
then once I'm done with the product, I will literally
go to Sephora and just rebuy it. But obviously, like
I get sent new stuff from brands when they're trying
to promote stuff to influencers. So it's great that I
have the opportunity to kind of try new things, but
then I can at least tell you, guys if it's
really worth it or not. So let's start off with
one of my favorite brands. And I truly do think
this is one of my favorite brands. And I'm not
saying this because I'm a Beaber fan, but I love Road.
I really do think Hailey did such an amazing job
with the brand. I have loved anything that I've got
from them. I love their blushes, I love their lip liners.
I love her skin care line. Like her skincare line
is by far one of my favorite things I've ever tried,
and I have now been using it, I think for
almost two years, and I stand by that glazing milk.
That glazing milk is probably the best purchase you will
ever make. I think it's like forty eight dollars Canadian,
which is very affordable in my opinion for a skincare brand,
especially for a skincare brand that's being sold at Sephora.
And I use it with my makeup, so I mix
it in with my foundation. I use it just as
you know. The skincare product before I put my moisturizer on.
I have very dry skin, so I personally find the
glazing milk is very hydrating for someone who has very dry,
dry skin. So it's my rider die. I will make
sure to take it everywhere with me. I have a
travel size that way when I travel, I can take it.
It's by far my favorite skincare product that I literally
have in my entire skincare assortment. I also love this
is a recent obsession because I think she launched the
later last year. It was the Road facial mist. If
you want glowing skin, I'm not even over exaggerating that
mist is insane, Like I use that mist the first
thing into my skincare routine. When I wake up, I
spray the mist. I do the glazing milk, I do moisturizer,
I do an I cream, and then I do sunscreen.
But the facial mist is also really good for a
makeup topper. So whenever I'm done my makeup, I spray
the mist on my face and it gives me that
like glowy natural look I feel like. Sometimes when my
makeup looks too matt, I don't like that. But when
I spray this mist on. It gives hydration to my
skin and it looks like almost like my natural face,
like I haven't put in too much makeup on my face.
So those are two Road products that I stand by
and will repurchase again and again because I think it's
so worth the money. I also love her pocket blushes.
The shade I think it's tan lines obsessed with that one.
It's like the perfect pinky undertone that gives more of
a sun kiss look, which I love the sun can
look kind of like a post beach tan vibe. I
also love Toasted Teddy, which is a bit more of
like a burnt red effect of a blush. I also
love her lipliners. I use the shade Lean Bend, and
I think the other one is twist really really good,
like neutral nude, kind of like a brownie pink undertone,
which is like my go to lipliner color, and I
honestly use it every single day. Put Lipliner or not
Lipliner sorry, lip bomb on on top. I will say
for a deinfluencing for Road, there is one thing that
I actually don't love by them, and I will never
honestly buy it in my opinion, and that is the
lip glosses or lip bombs. I don't love it. I
find it very kind of like bumpy and sticky. Like
I don't find it makes my lips hydrate. Every time
I use a road lip bomb, it just never stays on.
I feel like it feels like I have like little
bumps on my lips and it just feels I don't know,
it's just like every time I like reapply it, it
just gets stickier and stickier, and I hate that feeling
like that's just like the worst feeling ever. So I
don't really love her lip bombs. To be fully transparent,
I would never spend my money on it. But what
I would spend my money on for lip bombs is
I love the Summer Friday lip bombs. You guys have
probably heard me rave and talk about Summer Fridays in
the past, But Summer Friday's lip bomb is the best
lip bomb on the market my opinion, I've never tried
anything like it. My favorite flavors would be mint and
their Birthday Cake. I think they also just came out
with a marsh marshmallow one recently. But oh, I also
love the vanilla like those are like my top three.
She does have tinted ones. I think there's a beige vanilla,
which I also like, especially for like going out, if
you want something with more of a tint. I do
love that one. But I just love the consistency of
the Summer Friday lip Bombs, Like it's always never sticky.
I could reapply it like throughout the day multiple times
and never have an issue with it, and I find
it very hydrating. My lips, I feel like are never
chopped because I constantly use it, And I don't know,
they're like not too expensive, but they're just worth it
in my opinion. Like me and my girlfriends, we did
like a favorites Christmas exchange and I ended up getting
the mini travel size and a little package of four
I think, and I gave all my girlfriends like one
or two lip bombs and that was like my favorite
item because I was like, this stuff I'm truly obsessed
with and it's like my favorite stuff ever, more of
a self care fave. I love the brand Laaccu Tinte.
I think that's how you pronounce it. I could be
totally butchering the name. I'm not French, so it is
a French word and brand, but I love their shower oil,
literally the most amazing hydrating body shower oil I've ever tried.
It is a bit more on the priceier side, but
obviously with the sale coming, I think the sale is
like a good opportunity to kind of splurge your money
on things that are worth it. I also love their
body oil. So I have the shower oil which I
use in the shower as my body wash, and it
kind of has like this Almon vanilla sent and then
when I get out of the shower, I'll use their
body oil. And again coming from someone who has really
dry skin, this stuff really does hydrate me. And it
feels really really soothing on the skin. Never react to it.
Never gotten breakouts. I've tried body products before, like body
washes and all that, and I have actually gotten breakouts
on my body, which like never happens to me. So
when something like that happens, I completely avoid the product
and just like stick to what works for my skin.
Another product that I would deinfluence you on that I've
seen a lot of people rave about, and I hate
that it doesn't work for me personally, because I do
think the brand is incredible and I love the sense
of things and all that, but the brand Salt and Stone.
I have only tried certain products from Salt and Stone,
so I haven't tried everything. So I'm not like completely
bashing the brand at all. I've only tried their body
wash and the body wash actually broke out my body.
Never had that happen to me before, Like I had
like back at me and I was like, what is
going on? But this never happens, so I knew it
was the body wash that I tried. So then I
went to the La Occupane shower oil, did not break out,
did not have an issue, So that is just something
that like I had an experience where like it kind
of broke me out, so I don't use it. But
you know it's funny is that I use the body
wash actually in my bathrooms as my hand soap, Like
I'll just use it as like a cause I think
it's hand and body wash. I think it's what it is.
And obviously, like I don't have any brickouts on my hand,
so I'm like, I wonder why it's causing issues with
my whole body, but I don't have an issue with
my hands, so obviously, like I got gifted by Salt
and stone for that stuff, and so I'm like, I
don't want it to go to waste because I do
love the scent of things, and I do think the
brand is great. It's just it didn't work for my
body specifically. So anyways, that's just like an honest take
of like what happened to me and my own personal experience.
I have heard other people use it and have no
issues and are obsessed with it because I think it
is a pretty affordable brand as well from Sephora. So
it just didn't work for like a everyday body wash
for me. I'm more of a occupante shower oil and
like body oil kind of goal. A new brand that
I actually recently discovered that I really really love and
I've been really using it consistently is lux Unfiltered. They
are a I think a tanning company, so they do
a lot of self tanner's, you know, facial drops. She
also has like under eye patches. I recently got on
her PR list. I think the owner is I want
to say, what's her name? I need to search her
because I actually love her stuff, see Vaughn love her
Oh my goodness, her house, aesthetic, her platform in general.
I just really really adore. I love following her on Instagram.
She's a mom of two. I think she's in her
forties and she's just so cool, Like I really really
like her aesthetic. And she has this brand called lux Unfiltered,
and she sent me over her self. Tanner and eye patches.
I've been wearing the eye patches like almost in every
single morning blog that I've been posting recently because they're
so good. They're actually very similar to the road eye patches,
which I also love, really love the Road eye patches.
I like them better than most eye patches because they
both have the same sticky applicators, so I just finally
stay on my eyes better, you know, like the ones
where it's just kind of like slippery and like it
slides down constantly you constantly have to like move it up.
These are almost like stickers that will actually stay on
your eyes. You could keep them on up to like
an hour if you really wanted to, and not have
an issue with it coming off your face like it
is secure. Sometimes. I also like to put them in
the fridge that way. It kind of has like that
cooling aspect, which is really really nice. So I have
been loving the eye patches, and then I did actually
try the self tanner before I went to Toronto with
Zach because I needed a self tanner just on my
body because obviously, currently still in the winter trenches don't
have a lot of sunshine here, so I'm currently going
through my pale era. So I needed to give myself
a bit of a boost of confidence and put on
some self tanner. And their self tanner is very good.
She has multiple different types of self tanner, so there's
a gradual one that's a lotion, and then there's also
the self tanning moose. I've tried both. I think the
self tanning Moose is actually new, very very good. I
like the color because it looks like a very natural,
deep bronze. It doesn't look like a different shade of
you know, when you look like orange or you look
kind of green. Does not give that at all, which
I think is kind of a common issue with some
self tanner. Is like one self tanner that I don't
love on me personally that I've had, like an undertone
of green is I think it's called Saint Tropez. I
used to use it throughout high school and I'm like, girl,
why didn't I use that stuff. It literally made me
look green. So yeah, finding a good self tanner, I know,
is like difficult, but I do really think the lux
Unfiltered is worth it, and I know you can get
it at Sephora. The last obsession that I've recently discovered
through like something you can buy through Sephora that's kind
of like a beauty fave is the brand Merit. I
really like it because it's non toxic, and I try
my best to like switch out products where I can
when it comes to cleaning products, makeup product, skincare products
that are like clean beauty, and Merit is considered a
clean beauty brand, and I recently came across their concealer
stick really really good to hide blemishes. So if you're
having any type of acme or zits and you want
something that has like really really good coverage that you
can just kind of apply on the spot and then
be able to wear your foundation everywhere else, the Merit
Concealer stick is actually really good. Also using it under
your eyes if you have like really heavy bags one day,
or just like dark circles and you really just like
want to cover it up for more of like a
heavy coverage and you know me, I'm very much like
a light makeup kind of gal. I don't ever like
to wear like heavy, heavy makeup. But this is one
product that I think works really really well and you
can really apply more if you want more coverage or
less if you want less coverage. So it's very buildable,
which I love. So yeah, so Merit is actually a
brand that I haven't fully tried everything of definitely want
to explore more products by them. I think I've only
tried one other product that didn't work for me. It
was like there, I want to say, like their glow serum.
It was kind of like a serum that you would
apply before makeup. It broke me out. It did not
work for me personally. But I know there's like a
lot of other products that they have, like a blush.
I think they have a Bronzer stick. Those are things
that I've never tried that I'd be willing to try.
But I've tried their consular stick and their glow serum,
and I personally love the Concealer stick. Random things that
are not worth your money in my opinion, that are
in the beauty space. I actually recently got pr from
this brand, and I'm so mad because I really wanted
to love this brand. I really really did. I actually
tried two things by them, and unfortunately it's a no
for me. My skin did not like it at all,
which sucks because I know some people really rave about
this product and say it's the best, but for my skin,
it just did not work. Supergop Sunscreen it's literally one
of the top skincare brands. I think at Sephora, everybody
raves a bit. I use the sunscreen for the first
time last week. I have zits all over my chin
right now. Literally I never break out, and I'm like,
what is going on? So, yeah, the sunscreen is not
for me. I've also tried their sunscreen drops, which is
which is almost like a tinted sunscreen. I guess in
a way, No, it also just broke me out, so
clearly there's something in the product that does not react
well to my skin. So obviously trying two different products,
I feel like it definitely steers me away from the
brand completely. I think if I try like two to
three things from a brand, if it doesn't work, it's
just not for me. If there's two to three things
that I love from a brand, I'm most likely and
more inclined to buy more from them, right, So unfortunately
it's a no for me, which is so sad. I
definitely appreciated the gifting, but it's just not going to
work for me. Another thing that I don't really think
is worth it when it comes to like buying something
from Sephora is expensive muscara. Like I don't ever ever
spend my money on any type of brand at Sephora.
For mescara, I will always be a Laurel mascara girl.
I go to Shoppers. I just go to a local
drug store and I'll pick up a Loreal mascara for
I think, like what thirteen to fifteen dollars. I have
no idea how much it is, but I mean it
lasts me for such a long time. I use the one.
I think it's a Loreal Paradise one. Love it. I
have no eyelashes. I feel like it always makes my
lashes look super long. Every Sephora mascara I tried, like
I swear to it, it never makes my lashes look good.
Like I'll spend so much money thinking oh my god,
this is it It's gonna be. You know, it's so expensive,
Like I remember in high school, I would save my
money to spend my money on certain beauty products. That's
Aphora and the brand two Face. I felt like it
was like really popular when I was in high school.
Was something that just recently launched, and it was called
the better than sex mescarra. I remember, I thought it
was gonna be the best mescara. I was gonna be
my go to ride or die. It was so clumpy,
it made my lashes look like shit. Did not like
it whatsoever. But it's like I spent all this money
thinking that, oh, well, the more expensive one's gonna be
so much better than when I buy from shoppers. Right, Well, no,
that's not the case. There is some drugstore makeup that
is truly better than most products that you would get
from Sephora. So yeah, I don't ever waste my money
on expensive mascaras anymore. I stick to the OG's Loreel mascara.
It's truly my favorite in my opinion, and it's affordable,
which is great. I do not really love the Tart Concealer.
I know everyone raves about that concealer. I find it
way too thick for me personally. I find it literally
makes me look like I have like heavier bags on
my eyes. I would rather wear no concealer at all
than put that concealer under my eyes, just because I
really find it's way too heavy. I think it would
be great for blemishes, but it's just not for me.
It's not for me. I prefer a lighter concealer. I
really love the Kosis concealer. That one's really good. That
one's a really good option that's more light coverage but
also gives enough coverage where it's buildable and it looks
really really good. Also, Tower twenty eight concealer is good
and Hourglass. Those would be like my top three concealers
that I've tried that I stand by, that I love,
that I constantly repurchase. But no, the tart is not
for me. I know people raved about that for a
really long time, but it's just uh, not something that
works for me. Do you guys know the brand Milk Makeup.
Milk Makeup came out with these like jelly blushes this
time last year, and I remember everybody posting it on TikTok,
like raving about these jelly blushes, and I was so
excited that I got like a pr from them, and
I was like, oh my god, this is so exciting.
I'm getting the blushes that everyone's talking about it. Whatever,
I got it. I tried it immediately. It made no difference.
I literally did not see anything on my face. I
was like, these blushes are not even pigmented, Like they're
not even giving the pigmentation that we need on our face.
And I'm a blush girl, Like I love my blush,
and I don't know, it just looked like candy that
you could eat. Honestly, Like the concept was cool, but
I just don't think the product executed the best way
it should have in my opinion. I think it was
like over really hyped up for sure on social media,
but it's a no for me. It did not work.
The last thing that I would say that I've spent
my money on or that I've received from PR that
just really didn't work for me personally was I tried
the brand Way, which I do love a lot of
hair products by Way. They are a really good brand.
I love their dry shampoo, I love their leaving conditioner,
I love their moose, I love their curl cream. Like
there is a lot of stuff that I love by
the brand, but one thing that I could not love
was their shampoo and conditioner. I've tried so many different
types of shampoo and conditioners by them, and they always
just made my hair look dirty. Nothing ever looked good,
and I felt like I would try it multiple times
right Like some people are like, oh, your hair just
needs to get used to it. I'm like, Okay, let
me try it for like four washes throughout the next
two weeks. Try it for four washes constantly just made
my hair look greasy underneath. You know when like you
blow dry your hair and then you like put your
hair half up to like blow dry it. It was
literally looking wet and it was fully dry, And I
hate when that happens. It's like the worst feeling ever.
It's like I just spent the past forty five minutes
doing in everything shower and you're telling me that my
hair is still greasy. No, that's just a no for me.
So I don't ever change my shampoo and conditioner now.
I just stick to Redkin. That's what my hairstylist recommended
to me, and I love it. I think it's so
so good. It doesn't ever leave my hair with that
like greasy, wet feeling. So that's a note for me.
I honestly haven't really found a good shampoo conditioner from Sephora.
So I just buy what my hair dresser tells me
to buy, and I just stick to that. Okay, let's
talk about some wellness obsessions or wellness trends that I
either love or something that just didn't really work for
me personally. Right now, I feel like I've been wanting
to buy a lot more active wear. I feel like
now that we're heading into late spring early summer, I've
been craving a new workoutside, just like on fun Colors
obviously with the summer season coming up, and I I
have tried a lot of active weear. Okay, I've literally
probably tried it all. To be honest, I've gotten a
lot of gifting from brands, and there is definitely one
brand that I consistently wear that you guys probably see
me post on Instagram a lot of the time on
my Instagram stories, and I'm going to be fully transparent.
It is the best active where brand in my opinion,
and one brand that I will literally forever purchase from,
and that is Cropshop Boutique. It's called CSB. They're based
in Australia. They always slay. Like literally every single workouts
that I've ever gotten from them, I'm obsessed with. Like
I have gotten a few brands send me things and
you know what, just like a sports broad doesn't fit right,
or the leggings are way too high, like really high wasted,
or whatever the case may be. Like every single pant, bra,
tank top, sweater, long sleep I've ever ever ever received
from them, I've been obsessed with. I just adore the
brand so much. I think they put so much thought
into their bra styles, the fashion, and it's very much
a pilates core aesthetic in my opinion when it comes
to workout sets. So if you really want a good
workout set, I personally think the Crop Shout Boutique is
worth every single penny. My sister also agrees, Like I've
gifted her things that I've gotten extra pr from and
she's like, no, this stuff is insane, Like she's actually
spent her money on other sets by them because she's
gotten to try it out and she really just loved
the workout sets. So truthfully, I think it's worth every
single penny more of an affordable brand that does sell
really good workout sets. In my opinion that I've never,
ever again have had an issue with Aritzia. Aritzia has
the best active wear like that is another brand that
I've purchased multiple workout sets from, have had for years
upon years. I'm talking like when I first started TikTok,
like I would buy a Ritzya workoutsets because they were
affordable and they had such two colors and I still
have them to this day. And that was five years ago.
So Aritzia freaking killed it with their active wear line.
And I think that was recently released five years ago.
Like when I bought it, I think it was like
a new thing that they were launching, and they killed
it from the beginning to now. They have this new
beautiful butter yellow color that just came out. Oh my god, guys,
I do not mean to tell you that, but you
need to go buy it. It is so nice. It
is so nice. I'm obsessed with it. Anything yellow right now.
I'm actually obsessed with yellow or blue. It's my two
obsessions right now. Anyways, that's something I would definitely influence
you on, just because I think Aritzia is amazing and
you want to know, it's funny if you're American, you
will never understand the hype that Aritzia had for us
girls in Canada. If you are a Canadian girl, then
you will understand that Aritzia was our go to spot
for shopping through our entire high school years. We had
this like one Aritzia TNA zip up that was kind
of like a mockneck, was a high high sweater. I
think they still sell it or they recently brought it back.
And then the TNA dome bags they brought it back
this year. That was our backpacks. Like we were a
Ritzia girls before any of the Americans or Europeans knew
about Aritzia, like the Canadian girlies now that Aritzia was
like our diehard thing and if you guys didn't know
what Ritzia is Canadian. So I think it's just so
funny to see how much Aritzia has expanded. I think
it's truly incredible. But I just can't believe the brand
has stayed so true to a customer since day one.
I've been shopping at a Ritzia since I was literally
fourteen years old. Fourteen years old, that's wild, and here
I am at thirty, still buying from them to this day.
And still obsessed with the quality the brand everything. So
Aritzia is truly probably one of the best brands ever
in my opinion, probably Lululemon as well, for like just
staying by the customer and being consistently good with quality
and just things that I always like never get rid of,
Like I feel like I'm constantly keeping things years upon
years when I purchased from them one hundred percent worth
every single penny for their workout sets. I recently became
obsessed with this brand early last year. But the brand
is called pro Mix. They do a few of types
of supplements. I have tried multiple different supplements from this brand,
and I adore them so so much. I've tried their magnesium,
I've tried their electrolytes. I have this prebiotic probiotic drink
every single morning, and I swear that supplement that I
take every single morning has helped me so much without
getting sick, without having any gut issues. I just think
it's truly been Like the best supplement that I've taken
every single morning is their prebiotic probiotic drink. They advertise
it as a de bloat drink. I don't ever use
it for that purpose. I wasn't ever looking for like
a de bloat drink. I was more so just looking
for a prebiotic probiotic supplement to take every single morning.
And I love that it's a drink and not a pill.
I suck at swallowing pills. Okay, not a pill, girly,
I freaking hate them. Obviously. I'm taking a prenatal right
now from Ritual and it's good, but like I feel
like I'm always just having issues swallowing it and I
hate it. But it's fine. We're fine. I'm just like
not a vitamin girl. But we're gonna talk about vitamins
and supplements in a second, and the things that I
don't is worth your money. But anyways, the electrolytes by
Promix is actually really good. I don't have an electrolyte
every single day. I used to, and then I started
to do research around like how you need to be
like working out pretty hard or sweating pretty hard to
be absorbing and drinking electrolytes or else it's like really
high in sodium and probably not the best for you,
so do your own research on that. But I try
and not have one every single day. I try to
just do it on the days where I feel like
I've been like super active and could use some hydration,
or if I've been like in the heat for a
long period of time and just like have been in
a hot space like kind of like the summertime in
need of an electrolyte. I'll just have it when I
feel like I need the hydration. Red light therapy mass.
I know, I know they're so expensive. Okay, I totally
hear you, but I do think it makes a pretty
big difference. I actually had a recent experience with my
mom who was kind of against red light therapy mass.
I don't know. I feel like sometimes the older generation
they don't really get it. And for Christmas, my mom
and dad got my stir of the shark face mask, which,
if you guys know, the shark face mask is like
super super popular. The red light therapy mask is like
something that sold out like literally throughout all stores throughout
the Christmas season. I feel like it was like one
of the top Christmas gifts that people were asking for.
And my mom has been taking it from my sister
to use like within this past month, and she literally
came to me last night and she was like Killy,
I am actually noticing a difference in my skin since
using the red light therapy mask like four times a week.
I'm like, I love to hear that. I love to
hear that you're loving it. I don't know. It was
really refreshing to hear that from her because I've been
using it for such a long time where I feel
like I'm not really noticing differences. But I think it's
maintaining good skin, if that makes sense. I feel like
it is helping with my roseatia, but I'm not really
noticing a difference in terms of like, oh my god,
my wrinkles are gone or whatever, like that's not really
working for me personally, But I think it's creating a good,
consistent and maintaining, you know, just good skin in general.
But my mom, for an example, she obviously like has
a bit of insecurities when it comes to wrinkles and
stuff like that, and she's like, no, Killy, Like, I
really do feel like I know the difference, and I'm like, okay, Mom,
I love to hear that. So those just a few
things that I think are pretty new to me that
I've been obsessed with recently. I feel like other things
that I could talk about in the wellness industry. You
guys probably have heard me talked about a million times,
like reformable ladies. You guys know I'm obsessed with I
really want to get back into juicing again. Juicing is
something that I'm always like on and off with, but
I feel like whenever it's like spring and summer, I'm
more inclined to make green juices again. Juicing in general,
so I'm definitely inclined to do that again. And just
things that I like always kind of go back to. Okay,
so now let's talk about wellness. Things that I've tried
that I don't think is worth your money or honestly
not even worth your money, but just things that are
like not necessary, Like I don't think you need to
get it. I think you can still be a healthy
person or be in the wellness industry and not have
to purchase these things in order to be like a
wellness person or someone that wants to live a healthier lifestyle.
One of them being protein powders. I'm not against protein powders.
My husband has a protein shake, you know, the odd
day after a workout. Whatever. I used to be like
protein powders in my smoothies and my breakfast is all that,
Like die Hard would like literally have protein powder almost
every single day. When you realize that you can get
your protein source other ways, and honestly it's actually better
to probably get natural protein versus a powder, it literally
completely changes the game for you. Like freak yogurt has
such a high protein intake, especially for breakfast in the
mornings or for a snack, you know, eating actual protein
like chicken, beef, steak, whatever the case may be, for
your lunches and dinner. Like, you can get so much
protein in every single meal if you do your own research,
you do not need to have a protein shake. You know,
there's so many process protein shakes out there in protein powders.
There's also some clean protein powders that you can invest
in that are probably worth the money. And you know,
having a protein after a workout is great for recovery.
I totally get that, but like you could also just
have a really high protein meal or high protein breakfast
to get that, you know, benefit of building muscle and
all that. So I don't know, I haven't really had
a protein shake in like a really long time. If
I'm like out with my friends and like we go
to a smoothie bar and they want to get a
protein smoothie. Like, yeah, I'm all for it. Of course
I'm going to get that. But like, I'm not like
purposely going out of my way to buy a really
expensive protein powder to use it. Zach has one that
I use occasionally for my oats. I'll make like protein
oats the odd time, which I adore. But again, it's
not something that I'm like, I need this supplement, I
need to spend the money on it. Like, I don't
think it's a need in my opinion. I think it's
great if you have it, but I just don't think
it's like you need this in order to see results
for yourself. So anyways, that's something that I feel like
I've definitely grown to learn that and something that I
would definitely not say. Probably five years ago, I would
probably say get the protein powder. It's the best thing.
Ever now I'm like, just eat protein and you will
see the results that you want to see. Another wellness
trend that I think people assume is really expensive is
eating healthy and just like making complicated meals, you do
not need to make a complicated meal in order to
be healthy. I've definitely done a lot of research on
healthy recipes now that I'm in my TTC journey and
kind of prepping for pregnancy, and honestly, the simple meals
still work great and they still taste great. You could
buy broccoli, beef and sweet potato and that could be
your meal. Easy, simple, good, taste great. Wasn't that expensive,
so you don't need to make a complicated meal every
single night. You can still be healthy and just make
a very simple dinner or lunch for the day. Coconut
Cult Sea Moss. You know, I've seen a lot of
wellness girls within the past year talk a lot about
these products, and again, it might work for them, it
did not work for me personally. I honestly did not
have a good reaction to Coconut Cult at all. My
stomach was like, ooh, don't do this to me, not
reacting well. So I completely stop buying it because obviously
it's very expensive and not something that I think is
worth the money for me personally. The Sea Moss jel
it wasn't like I had a bad reaction. I just
wouldn't say I was really noticing a difference apparently it's
like really good for your skin, and I don't know,
it just wasn't really working for me. So I just
was like, you know, I'm not going to spend all
this money on these things if I'm not seeing the
benefits out of it. So those are two things that
I see a lot of people talk and rave about, which, again,
if it works for you, great, it just didn't work
for me personally, Okay. The last one, when it comes
to like wellness trends and things that I don't think
is worth the money, is paying for multiple vitamins or
supplements to take throughout the day. There is some girls
that I see on TikTok and Instagram who are literally
taking like eight different types of vitamins and supplements throughout
their day, and I'm like, I almost feel like, am
I Like, am I doing something wrong with? Am I
not healthy? Because I don't have like eight to seven
different types of vitamins in the morning when I wake up.
And obviously, like there's probably different reasons why some of
these people are taking a lot of supplements or vitamins
in the morning. Which this is why you really have
to like do your own thing and not just copy
other people's routine because obviously everyone has a different reason
as to maybe why they're taking these supplements and why
they're taking these vitamins. I thought earlier this year, when
I was getting my blood work done, I thought, for sure,
I'm like, oh, I'm gonna be low in everything. I
take no vitamins at all. I take, you know, that
one supplement every single morning, which is my prebiotic, probiotic
by pro Mix, and that's really it. And then I
was recently starting my prenatal bi ritual as my multi
vitamin for this whole prepping for pregnancy situation. So those
were the only two things I was taking, along with
magnesium the odd night. Right, I wasn't taking magnesium every
single night, And so I thought for sure my blood
work was gonna come back and I was gonna be
like totally off the charts. Like my doctor was gonna
be like, yeah, you need vitamin B, vitamin C. Whatever.
She comes back with my results and she's like, Okay,
you look great. You don't need to do anything different.
I was like what. I literally looked at her, I'm like,
are you sure. I'm like, I thought for sure I
was gonna have low iron. I thought for sure I
was gonna have low iron. I thought I was gonna
need to pick up like vitamin C, vitamin D, like
I was ready to spend money on supplements, and she's like, no,
you're very healthy. Everything looks great. Everything is honestly stronger
than most women. Like she was literally saying that, like
my results were stronger than most women that she sees,
and I was like wow, Like I was really shocked.
And so she told me to not change anything. So
I'm like, you know, I'm not gonna change any I'm
just going to keep doing what I'm doing. I actually
brought all of the things that I take so she
could make sure that everything was, you know, safe, right.
So I brought my pro mix supplement, I brought my magnesium,
I brought my prenatal like. I was like, this is
what I'm currently taking, Like do you think these are
all good? And she's like, yes, these are all great.
Keep taking these. So kind of gave me some reassurance
of like knowing that the things that I'm doing is
working and just keep doing what you're doing. Yeah, that's
kind of like something that I wanted to bring up
in conversation because I feel like people assume that you
need to take all these supplements and vitamins in order
to be healthy, but you do not need to take
these things every single day. I think it's important to
do the blood work if you've never gotten it done,
and just kind of see how your body is. And
you know, especially if you are in the TTC journey
like myself, we're prepping for pregnancy and you like want
to know more about your body. It's really really important
to do that and just educate yourself on yourself. So, yeah,
those are things that I don't think are personally worth
your money. These are some obsessions that I've been loving recently,
especially in the spring season, and just that I've been
obsessed with. And yeah, so that's kind of today's episode
just kind of influencing you guys or deinfluence you guys
with beauty and wellness trends or products that I've either
been loving or not working for me personally. I hope
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