dance cuz I know I am today I'm doing a fun video that is for

my 2018 absolute favorites so I literally sat down I went through

everything that I wore listen used 8 red and chose the top 3 to 5 things down I

think has been really amazing and just just benefit in my life this year you

know so the first category is makeup you guys know that I'm trying a lot of

different makeup all the time and these are my top 1 2 3 4 4 products that I

used almost every single day this year so the first one is this Lily Lolo

mascara and black this is an all natural mascara that I actually ordered because

a recommendation from a follower on Instagram you guys with the best I

ordered it and to be honest at first I was like I don't get it but then when I

did my trick which is to let the mascara dry a little bit and then I started

using it it was amazing so when I say let it dry oh me like to open it and

just put it on the shelf for like two days I literally mean that before I

would apply it I was just gonna shake it and then it gets a little dry it gets a

little more clumpy ER and then it actually gives you like a volume clumpy

or like not Columbia it just gives you more like and just sticks more you know

I actually hate like new mascaras the consistency is so slick and smooth and I

just feel like they're not building that like volume on the lashes so I prefer

them dry so the two concealers that I've been using together this year are the

RMS and the nude by nature so the nude by Nature has a little more pinkish

pigment and if you guys watch my model hacks that everyone should know you will

understand why I'm using it using a concealer that has a slightest pinkish

or reddish tone to it will help to balance that blackness off and then you

can put your light concealer on and it literally just neutralizes that

circles so as a mom to a newborn and as someone that was pregnant and barely

slept as someone with kids a young woman and society today they're

trying to build a career and take care of the home and exercise and all that

stuff dark circles are definitely there so these has been my absolute Savior and

a lot of the fact that both of them are actually natural products so win-win and

then last but not least is this awesome product that I've used really fast this

year I bought it already three times and this is the tinted blur stick from nude

sticks this is the easiest absolute easiest thing to have on hand when you

just want that no makeup makeup look this does an amazing job to not feel

like foundation on but to give enough coverage for you to feel comfortable in

your own skin and I love just how easy it is to use this product is this chubby

stick you can put it anywhere and you just kind of put it on your skin you tap

it you mush it you you can use your fingers to spread it on your skin and

then you're good to go it literally tints all the imperfections

these are my absolute favorites in the makeup category as you can see I really

stuck to essentials and basics and something that I've been definitely on a

rotation for me this year and then we're gonna move to skin care the first

product that you probably seen on my Instagram story is I've already

purchased it like four times is this bio sense schooling and vitamin

C Rose oil this is from Sephora and I use it as my nighttime oil I absolutely

love it there's no like screaming marketing stuff around it just a really

good product the formulation looks great and I love how amazing it absorbs on my

skin for oils you want to make sure that your skin really drinks it and I find

that the rose and the vitamin C just I can really

human skin glowing and feeling healthy so really been loving this and I use

about three to four drops every night or just tap it on my skin big big fan I

can't wait to try other products from this company in general but so far this

is definitely on the top of my recommendation list but it doesn't it

keep the next product that I've been using quite a bit this year is the Tata

Harper resurfacing serum this is a great serum for girls that are having their

20s that don't need anything with to anti-aging was strong but just need

something that will supply the right ingredients to feed your skin and just

keep on that maintenance and just youthful glow so been loving this and

I've been using this every day in the morning and then the last but not least

is the Cora organics tumeric brightening and exfoliating mask so to be completely

honest with you this was gifted to me and at first I tried it and I was like

it's okay like there's nothing really too special about it but then I spoke to

Miranda Kerr and she was telling me how she was using this in the shower

it has peppermint oil in it and it has a lot of very refreshing kind of

ingredients in it so then I did that and it became my ritual I think that the

effect of the tumeric and the peppermint oil in the shower when they're steamed

and kind of opens your pores so it really lets all those ingredients to go

in I really saw a difference after so this

is kind of my post gym routine twice to three times a week I'll use this mask

while I'm in the shower I'll put it on I leave it for like five

minutes maybe even last three to five minutes and then I'll just do the

exfoliating part and just wash it off I feel like it really takes up all the you

know sweat and dirt out of my skin and my skin feels really refreshed and then

we're gonna move to the haircare category and here I only have two

products so the first product is their Bree OG oh don't despair repair strength

and moisture living mask this is a great easy mask to put on so when I go to the

gym my hair is already dirty you're sweating anyway

so I'll just put this in my hair I'll put it in a bun and there I go I love

this product because again it's pretty clean it does the trick my hair does

feel clean and shiny after it so yay for Bo she'll and then the second product is

this way hair oil so guys this I've had look how much I still have this of hats

and probably 2016 literally when I started my social media journey I had a

PR company that sent this to me and I still use it like it's been almost three

years now because you need so little for it and this is just a really great

staple hair oil to apply after the shower so when my hair is wet and I dry

it in the towel I put literally one to two pumps and

I'll just put it on my ends and spread it kind of around my hair and it smells

good it's really easy to use it soaks in it keeps the hair moisturize and a

little bit goes a long way this is definitely been a favorite of mine to

use and then we're gonna move to the books I actually have three books that I

really really love this year two of them I gave to my friends to read that's

something that I do once I love a book I'll pass it on so I don't have to show

it to you but the third I have so first let me talk about the first one which is

the year of the S by Shonda Rimes if you watched any of my favorites I used to do

the favorites video every month I stopped doing those but in my favorites

I mentioned that book before and Shonda Rimes is such a force in the whole media

and TV industry the book is so real it's so authentic it's such a wonderful book

that I actually gave that book through our night nurse that was with Max when

he was born Cheryl I hope you're enjoying the book the second book that I

really liked is the untethered soul let me see who wrote that because I forgot

so the untethered soul is by Michael a singer and that book is just it's a cult

favorite I feel what anybody kind of into self-development and

self-help books there's a lot of beautiful lessons a lot of reminders

that you can draw from it so that was a wonderful book that if you are

passionate about that subject I highly recommend you guys to it and then the

first book that I am actually still reading but I am so impressed with it is

daring greatly by Renee Brown I actually heard that this is if not even her best

book she has a couple of more that's been really good but for me I find that

this book speaks to me because I literally picked it up at the perfect

timing in my life that I'm at this is really talks about vulnerability and how

to be open and courageous and be authentic out there in the world

although there's so many things that are trying to shut you know those aspects

down it really shows how to parent how to lead how to love openly and really go

deep deep into what stopped us and different patterns in our characters

it's been really insightful to read this and I am almost done so this has been a

really great emotional kind of exposure so those are my top three books that I

enjoy this year and that are memorable for me then the next thing let's move to

food because food so first thing is the Machoke College and this is from the

much reserved company that's been a partner of mine so they come in these

packets and it's just really easy to travel with or to throw in your bag and

just whenever you need a little pick-me-up you can grab that also really

easy to make I'm a huge macho lover and I went through like a coffee stage a

little bit but matcha makes me feel much much better also if you are sensitive to

caffeine matcha really helps with prolonging death energy spike for like

six hours instead of coffee that you're just kind of your blood sugar spikes up

and then cry and obviously the amount of antioxidants

that are super good for your skin and your body and matcha is just amazing I

personally love the matcha reserve just because the quality of their products

are really good this has been on my top shelf for a long time now for over a

year actually then the next thing that you probably seen quite a bit me using

on my Instagram is this seasoning I put this on everything this is from Trader

Joe's and it's called everything about the bagel sesame seasoning blend you

probably already understand what it is from the title so it's everything but a

bagel and who doesn't love everything bagel I put it on my eggs on my toes on

my picado on my like everything it's been amazing and then the last but not

least is this nutritional yeast that I just learned that I've been saying East

instead of yeast so I said it 'yes yes yeah and this is also seasoning this is

actually I mean I've known about nutritional yeast for a while now

because of my background in holistic nutrition but I feel like I really

brought it back into my diet recently and I was like why have I been avoiding

this for so long this is a great vegetarian substitution to add flavor

and a lot of great vitamins this is really rich in B vitamins which are

wonderful for your nervous system so I literally put it on my popcorns I put it

on my toast I'll put it anywhere where I feel like I

just wanna out of cheese which is basically

everything so big lover of this if you guys haven't tried a nutritional yeast

get on it and then we have the fashion aspect so the first item that I've been

loving this year has been these earrings and I'm sure you know because they've

been featured and literally every IG post every edgy story

every video I've been wearing them a lot this I bought from like a small Canadian

store here this is just the perfect hoops the thickness the size and they

were very very affordable the next item that I've been wearing a lot this year I

don't even need to I'm just going to show it to you because you know yeah you

already know that I'm like a huge lover of sneakers but I bought these common

project shoes in the beginning of this year and I don't think there's been an

outfit that I haven't worn this with especially during my pregnancy because

most of this year was I was pregnant these have been the absolute best

they're super easy to clean because they're leather very easy to maintain

match everything make everything look cool so yes there are more on the

expensive side but I can't even tell you the amount of use I got out of them so

it was totally worth it just a classic white sneaker that will never get go out

of style and then we have these amazing slip dresses that I got from AirAsia

I've been wearing them with every outfit this year they were very helpful during

my pregnancy it very easy to style and during the summer and spring and winter

so definitely one of the items that have been wearing so much this year and these

are also again classics so when I see an item that will serve me for the longest

time I will buy it in every color so I the three of them and honestly I'm so

happy with myself about this and then we have the podcast I know you guys always

ask me about different podcasts that I love so I wanted to feature some of

those in because I'm a big podcast lover and I feel like it's a great way to

educate yourself to hear new things new ideas while you're doing other stuff or

commuting or just taking a walk so my top three podcasts that I love so the

first one is from the coop podcast which I like but this specific episode just

completely blew my mind and just is so memorable to me so it's the Gwynedd and

oprah winfrey podcast together and it was about power perception and sole

purpose if you guys haven't heard it it's so amazing and so refreshing and