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hey guys what's up Ilana here welcome
back to my channel so today is going to
be my very first monthly favorites video
I'm someone who loves to watch monthly
favorites videos here on YouTube because
I feel like they are the most authentic
way from you fine new product
recommendations because if you think
about it most of the people doing the
videos have used the product for some
time and then they're kind of raving
about it and that's why they're telling
us about it so my monthly favourites
videos will not be sponsored at all
every month I'll pick about five to ten
items that I will share with you guys it
doesn't necessarily have to be from the
previous month but just things that I
want to share with you guys that I think
they are noteworthy and if you guys want
to try it I will have all links listed
down in the description box below so
today I have some Beauty favorites some
haircare favorites I think I have some
personal care favorites in here as well
so before we get into the video I would
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new video so just in case you've been
under a rock there is a youtuber by the
name of it's my ray-ray and she actually
has a palette that she collabed with BH
Cosmetics to create and this palette is
the bomb okay
I bought this palette around Christmas
time I think it was myself for like $13
or something don't know how much it is
now but I will have it listed down in
the description box below in case you
guys are interested in picking it up so
this is what the front of the palette
looks like this is what the back looks
like it just tells you what is in the
palette there's 21 I shadow color and
highlight contour and all that good
stuff okay so you first open up the
palette you have your highlight shades
which are up here and then you
have your contour shades which are down
here this one is more of like a setting
powder than a contour shade I think
especially for me this is my ultimate
favorite highlighter color in this
palette and this is my second you guys
can see that I've hit pan not because
I've been using it but because my child
has been using it okay this one right
here is kind of like the iridescent
color I haven't really used this color
I'm kind of scared of it actually cuz
I'm not sure how it's gonna show up in
my skin tone but I can vouch for these
two colors these are the bomb.com and I
don't really use these color as much
sometimes I use them these two in my
crease but they are still good to have
now if you open up the top of the
palette there are some eye shadow colors
in the little mirror I like to get the
protectors on there just because I'm
clumsy I drop stuff yeah and my eye
shadow will be all over the place
how old am i I don't know so these are
the different eye shadow colors that
come and the it's my rare palette from
BH Cosmetics if you cannot tell these
right here are my colors okay this is
the one that I have on my lid now I kind
of alternate between this one and this
one for like my everyday kind of makeup
look and then I'll say between spice
pancake mousse and control-freak
from my creases I haven't actually even
touched any of these other colors yet
but I will and I'll come back and let
you guys know how they are but I think
for 12 to 13 dollars this palette was
definitely a steal next up is this
foundation stick from glamazon Beauty
cosmetics I really love this foundation
stick my color is foundation stick
number six and Sunkist honey this is
what it looks like and you can just kind
of twist it all the way up I'm not sure
what these foundation sticks retail for
this one was actually sent to me to
review but I've worked with glamazon
beauty before and I absolutely love
pretty much all their products this
is the bomb diggity because it goes on
super smooth it covers everything it's
not a full coverage foundation it's
definitely a medium coverage foundation
but I feel like it's buildable I feel
like you could get a full coverage out
of it if you really need it full
coverage every time I wear this
foundation people are like your skin is
beautiful and I'm just like well thank
you it's glamazon
seriously this foundation stick is the
bomb now I really liked when I was on
beauty because just like Fanta beauty it
is a pathetic owned company and I love
to support not to mention they
definitely represent for all the shades
they have a huge range of foundation
shades when I tell you literally from
the palest of the pale to the darkest of
the chocolate honey they have you
covered so if you are looking for a
really good foundation stick this
glamazon beauty foundation stick is
definitely something that I would
recommend you guys to try we're never
stay within the glamazon Beauty
cosmetics family I have two more
products that I want to talk about from
limbs on beauty I got a pair of box some
of them filled with goodies and these
are just some of the favorite things
that I picked out that I've been using
for a while now and I have to share with
you guys so next is this iconic eye
concealer and this is in the shade peach
this particular one is a color corrector
and it's in the colored peach I have
never found a color corrector that works
for my skin quite as well as this one
does even all the Mac all the LA girl
Pro it does not compare to this color
corrector now when that time of the
month comes I tend to breakout and I
tend to pop them and you know what
sometimes I get some scarring and of
course
who wants scars peaking out from under
their foundation nobody right so you
need a good color corrector now if you
are my skin tone sometimes it is hard
because you'll put on foundations and
you'll see that oh my god this blemish
is like shining its way through this
foundation how
this happening you may need to pick up a
color corrector so this is actually a
concealer is just the shade that makes
it a color corrector like I said this
isn't the shape peach and this one is
perfect to call it cover any blemishes
on my skin I'm just gonna show you guys
I don't know if you can see but do you
all see how well that kind of blends
into my skin and it covers everything
okay every single spot I can just kind
of paint over it with this it is
completely amazing and I follow it up
with the freaking foundation stick and
my skin is solid okay last but not least
in the glamazon Beauty cosmetics by Kim
Baker family I have this flawless gel
liner pen you guys I'm a sucker for a
good eyeliner pen I used to be really
really really obsessed with the eyeliner
cream and using the brush and try and do
the most and it just wasn't working then
I tried to use like just regular liquid
out of the bottle and I would just make
a huge mess so to give my wings like how
I always want my wings you guys know if
you know me you know I'm wearing a wing
pretty much every day okay in order to
get my wing perfect I have to use an
eyeliner pencil let me tell you all
eyeliner pencils are not created equal a
lot of them dry out super fast or the
tip is like super filthy and liquid
doesn't come out as dark as I want it to
be but this one is really the bomb so
like do you guys see that boom there it
is it is a felt tip liquid pen so soon
as you touch it down on your skin it
releases the eyeliner liquid super super
super helpful when it comes to drawing a
wing trust me you guys will thank me
later if you have not checked out this
glamazon Beauty by kim baker flawless
gel liner pen it is worth your coins
okay next up I have my secret weapon
this is a eyebrow pencil from the
company iris Beauty they actually
contacted me to review some
check lenses for them and they ended up
sending me some of their other products
in the Box one of which was there to get
the right name so you guys know the
perfect thing eyebrow brush don't know
why I spot a brush when it's actually a
brush and a pencil but this is what it
looks like so it comes in a little tube
like this this it has a little spoolie
brush on one end and then on the other
end it has this uh I guess wax pencil
but you guys first of all okay you give
so much product in this little pencil
this compares not to Anastasia Beverly
Hills it is better than Anastasia
Beverly Hills why because in Anastasia's
pencils you only get this much product
for twenty dollars
I'm not sure how much this is off the
top of my head but I know that I've been
using this since they sent it to me and
they sent it to me months ago okay this
has been my go-to I don't even know what
color this is I have no clue I'm
horrible you guys but I just had to come
and tell you about it because a lot of
people are like how do you do your
eyebrows what are you using your
eyebrows and normally I do use a regular
pencil from the PG supply store but for
about maybe 4 months now I've been using
this pencil from iris beauty and it's
everything that I've ever needed an
eyebrow pencil when I'm done with this I
will order 6 more and keep them just in
case of emergency i what happened in my
car went under my bed went in my closet
okay that's how good this is if it
wasn't sent to me I would never know
about it but since I do I'm letting you
guys know that it is worth your coins
okay next up in my beauty category I
want to talk about the Finn T Beauty
concealer this I think is a new product
I believe it came out in December or
January I think it came out fairly
recently I am a stickler for my la girl
Pro concealer and the color fawn by the
way but I ran out and I was like you
know what
we go to Sephora and try something
different
I was very skeptical about this because
actually I'm lying I wasn't really
skeptical about this I knew it was gonna
be a hit because everything that
fainting has come out with so far has
been the bomb okay
this concealer is great because it does
go on like Allegro but my issue with LA
girls I feel like it doesn't provide
enough coverage for me and I feel like
it moves around sometimes throughout the
day this stuff stays put it provides
lots of coverage and drive down Matt
it's everything you could have ever
wanted in a concealer the only thing
that I don't like about this is that it
is the doe foot applicator which means
that I'm gonna be losing a lot of
product once this thing gets low y'all
know it don't put applicators like look
at this product all on them look all in
the top all on the little connector part
it's you know all around here and I use
this a lot so Rihanna if you watching
this girl can you make something that
come out of a little squeezy too so I
can squeeze it all out okay cuz I like
to save money and I don't remember how
much this one was but again like I said
if you are interested it will be listed
down in the description box below I have
the concealer in the number 370 and just
in case you were wondering in the pro
filter foundation I am Number 400 now
last but not least in my beauty category
I want to share with you guys that I am
in love with Anastasia Beverly Hills
liquid lipsticks oh my goodness this one
is in the color Sarafine it is the one
that I have on my lips now this is my
favorite red lipstick to this day right
now this is the bomb you need to go get
it okay
the liquid lipsticks run about twenty
dollars but what I can say about them is
that you get way more lipstick in these
tubes then you do compare it to other
brands of liquid lipsticks this is about
does it say how many ounces yeah my
treatment I feel like Anastasia's
lipsticks somehow make my lips more
plump I don't know how they do it my
lips just always look more
ever since I bought this one I did go
back and buy two more colors from this
collection can't say I'm as ecstatic
about those colors as I am about this
one I think we're in a stage did you
kinda have to find colors that
complement your skin and then learn how
to work with them but this one therapy
is the bomb okay it is the bomb it's
like the perfect red lip from my color
it's a very deep rich rich velvety red
they stay on all day I don't really have
to do much reapply maybe one time
throughout the day but you know it
doesn't crack on me like other lipsticks
too and I really do love it so if you
guys were thinking about getting a
Anastasia Beverly Hills lipsticks I
encourage you to go ahead and do it
because they are definitely worth it and
the next time you go on sale I'm gonna
give me a lot of them okay moving on to
my personal hygiene because I only have
one thing in this category and I really
really love it if you guys can't tell
this is my opinion MMC activated
charcoal whitening toothpaste it is by
the company hello and if you guys can't
tell this is like my favorite thing ever
because I've used pretty much all of it
already this is a fluoride free
toothpaste I don't like to use fluoride
in my toothpaste is just a personal
choice but this is what I have been
using it is a whitening toothpaste it
has activated charcoal in it with fresh
mint and coconut oil now because
activated charcoal you guys can probably
guess that this toothpaste is black okay
so not only is it super fun brushing my
teeth in the morning and seeing just
like black you know teeth and my
daughter thinks is so funny but this
actually really does work to help not
only does it clean your teeth it
freshens your breath and helps to whiten
your teeth so I do follow up with baking
soda and peroxide a couple of days a
week to kind of help whiten my teeth
because I do drink a lot of tea and I've
never had my teeth professionally
whitened so this stuff to me it's a lot
more healthy than a lot of things that a
lot of the other things that you can
find in the toothpaste aisle and I
really like the hello
brand so if you guys are looking for a
good whitening toothpaste I encourage
you to go out and try this hello
activated charcoal toothpaste now for my
last category of the hair I am going to
start with this little buddy right here
so I went into the beauty supply store
recently and I have been searching for a
good edge control because girl nothing
holds my hair down at all eco styler
don't work for me nothing nothing works
at all for me period ok period so I
wouldn't abuse a buzz store and I saw
that there were these style factor edge
Dani
I am covered the name with the style
factor any edge booster so this is a
water-based pomade which is great
because if you know anything about
products for your hair you want to use
something that's water-based and not
really wax paste because wax is gonna
cause buildup what it doesn't really
cause that much buildup obviously
because it can it gets water-soluble can
wash out easily with water with that
being said they had a few different
sizes of this edge booster one of them
being like a huge huge size this one was
about 3 dollars and some change so I
decided you know why not try it out and
I did I was like blown away by how well
it works because when I first touched it
it so the thing is they come in
different flavors which i think is
pretty cool so they all each color has a
different smell and it it looks like
it's not gonna work like no lie I was
just like it's not sticky enough it's
definitely not gonna work so I came home
and I was like you know what let me just
play around with it I've been my little
baby hairs with it and girl okay when I
tell you things is late these things are
late my baby here now keep in mind it is
12:20 8 a.m. and I have had my hair like
this all day long but my edges have a
never been laid like this before in my
entire life I didn't even know what
happy be here
until I started using is it
okay so this edge control is the bomb
I'm not really sure who makes it but
this stuff is the bomb okay um I
actually did go back and buy a bigger
version of it I'm gonna use this one for
when I travel because now that I know
about this I can't live without it like
this stuff really helps so if you have
like 4b 4c here and you cannot find
something that works for your hair
texture to kind of lay down and slick it
and scoop it try this stuff out try this
style factor edge booster this stuff is
the bomb I'm telling you you will thank
me later moving on with my hair products
I want to give some honorable mentions
out to my New York hair care products
this is the botanical fruit oil this is
a nourishing oil that easily penetrates
your hair strands since my hair has been
straight I've been wearing my real hair
out lately and I've been using this to
keep my hair lubricated to make sure
that I don't have any breakage any
friction anything anything okay I've
been using this not only does this smell
amazing okay I use this him alone in
there too and she loves it every time I
squirt it on her head she's just like
mommy what is that stuff smells so good
so not only does it smell amazing but
it's very lightweight it doesn't weigh
my hair down it gives a natural Sheen
and it really works to help keep my
strands you know nicely coated in
moisturize last but not least I have to
also mention my knee or a growth
acceleration oil you guys know if you
have seen my videos over the past year
my hair has grown tremendously even when
getting it trimmed and cut faithfully my
hair just continues to sprout like a
weed I've been start I started to use
this on London here recently and I've
seen a tremendous growth with her hair
as well this stuff works okay it works
very good it's the only thing I've been
using on my hair to grow out for the
past two years now
and anyone who uses this bike girl
what the heck like it does smell a
little strong okay I'll give you all
that it smells like it's a herbal oil
this oil is infused with 20
eight different herbs that work like
vitamins to help penetrate your hair
shaft as well as your follicle to help
promote growth okay so this is for
people who really don't like to take
vitamins like that anyone who knows
anything about here knows that hair has
to be moisturized and treated while it
is wet so that that cuticle can absorb
the nutrient I use this as a hot oil
treatment and I mix it in with my deep
conditioners whenever I'm doing my
braids down or if I'm going to do a
blowout or something like that this
stuff is the bomb and I said under the
hair steamer I put London under the hair
steamer it really helps to get into the
scalp to nourish it my hair feels so
much stronger I've had no shedding and I
won't say that it cured London support
dermatitis but I will tell you that ever
since I've been using this London has
not had a flare-up I've had people that
come to me who have really bad dandruff
and since they've been using this it has
curbed their dandruff issues and any
scalp issues that they've had so this
stuff is a really really great it's very
herbal it's very healing and it is worth
the coin so if you guys are interested I
will leave links down to these in the
description box below that is all I have
for you guys today I hope that you
enjoyed some of the favourites that I
wanted to share with you guys some of
this stuff I have been using longer than
just February of course but since this
is my first ever favorites video I want
to make sure that I got some of the best
of the best in there to share with you
guys if you have any questions as always
leave them down below I will try to
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