A Day in the Life | a NYC Maintenance Day

First of all, let me turn on my new lights. My new lights that I just got, ooh. You know what influencer I have really started to like? Because... I just like the way she crafts her whole life around influencing, like, say what you want, I really like her. Mikaela Noguera, you guys, I think you guys know who I'm talking about. She did a video about her, like, the ultimate influencer lighting setup. So for my birthday that just passed, my birthday was on the 25th, I know I'm getting, like, my YouTube shorts and stuff out to you guys late, so people thought my birthday's, like, in November, but it was on the 25th. And I told my husband that I wanted like these glam core lights. Everyone says that glam core lights are like the ultimate lights. She was like, I've done it all. I bought it all. And a glam core is the best. And her lighting did look supreme, of course, in all her videos. So this is the first setting, second, third, fourth, like they get really bright. they get so bright and then oh wait that was it okay so it's like five like lighting settings like wow it like makes the background go away and it puts the focus on you and i'm not even all the way close up because i'm on camera you know but we could just do like the first setting i think I think it's like good. Or. Why not? Why not? Okay, we'll keep it here. Let me just show you guys what it looks like, what my new like setup looks like. So the last time you guys were in my glam room, the setup was totally different. I had my vanity up against the windows and then I didn't know what to do with this wall. So instead, now my vanity is right here and these are the glam core lights. So I pretty much just set them up. like right over my little mirror and then we'll put something above this wall some pictures maybe pictures of me who knows but yeah so that's a new setup and then i got this amazing chair from home goods i did a whole video about it i think it's so cute it's a swivel chair and i'm gonna put like a little side table there and i got a mirror We got ourselves a good nice tall mirror. This is from HomeGoods and then I you know just put my cat beds right there so the cats can hang out with me and I think that this new setup gave my room like so much more space. But anyway so that's what it's looking like right now and I'm just loving my new glam core lights so but let's start getting ready for the day because we have about Maybe 20 minutes before we have to head out to a nail appointment. I'm going to take you guys on a little mini maintenance day, a nail appointment at this new place called The Shade NYC that's out in Soho, which is like my favorite place in New York to just like shop for like all my good basics. They have all the good stores out there. And then also a Pilates class, but rock, ROC. The skin care company is going to be there, they're throwing an event. We're going to go for a workout class, get some skin care. I'm still trying to squeeze in a laser hair removal appointment at Milan Laser and then later on I have to go to my church, we're going to do pantry outreach, clothing give away, food give aways, I'm going to be helping with that. So that's going to be my Friday you guys, so I'm going to bring you along with me. Look at how the weather is looking outside, like OMG it's so rainy. But it looks like the weather's going to break. Like it's looking like, you know, it's peeking through, it's peeking through. Yeah, I actually wanted to go full blowout with my hair today. And because of the weather, hun, that's not going to happen. So I got it in like a little braid, which is workout class appropriate. Yeah, let's get ready because even for workout classes, I still do a little makeup. Actually, it's 9.10 and I want to get my Uber in like 10 minutes. So we have less time than that and we still have to get dressed. So that's very quickly. So days like this, I'm going to go. No foundation, and actually my skin has been looking pretty decent, and I'm surprised, not really surprised because people have been saying this already, but I've been switching out my skincare for skincare that has like zero actives, so I'm very acne prone, and I always thought that I had to have some kind of salicylic acid or benzoyl, you know, what is it? Benzoyl something, whatever. Lately, I've just been using Gentle La Roche-Posay. Like, no actives, CeraVe, no actives, you know, all the skincare that's like, just has nothing in it and it just cleans your skin, that's what I've been using day and night, and actually... What they say is true you guys. The gentle cleansers actually do the job even for the oily acne prone girls like myself. Just a little brow gel and I'm using my L'Oreal 24-hour brow elimination if you guys can see that. Recently I've been thinking about getting my eyebrows Not laminated, but microbladed again. I got them microbladed maybe like four years ago. And they actually have been keeping up very well. But I think I need a touch up. Because I'm starting to lose some pigment on the front of this brow. You guys see? This Vietnamese lady did them for me in Atlanta. I paid like freaking $500. Which is, I think, a lot of money. And it was like one of the worst. painful experiences I've ever gone through like it was so painful I could have died twice and y'all I have y'all know I got tattoos you know what I mean like I used to be tattooed down piercings like all that good stuff when I was younger. I will go through pain for what I want that was like the worst painful experience of my life but I will still go back because I think when your brows look good everything else looks good too. All right I'm going back to one of One of my faves, my IT Cosmetics sun blush. This is a cream blush. It's in the shade Sun. Sun Glaze 50. And literally just like that gets you the payoff that you need. Like it is so pigmented. I don't even want to keep using the brush. Like I'm just going to like use my hands to blend it out because we're going for a no makeup makeup look today of course. Whenever I put a little bit of blush on with no foundation, I don't know, it just makes it look like I do have foundation on. A little goes a long way. Gonna use my Clinique High Impact Mascara. Even when I go natural on the face, baby, I'ma still do a lip combo. Baby, I'ma still do a lip combo. Let's get our NARS liner. What shade is this? Spunk Too Faced Lip Injection Lip Gloss. I'm literally almost out. I don't do any combo without this lip gloss. I need it to look like I have fake lips. When I walk out the door, I don't care where I'm going in my L'Oreal lip gloss. I don't know. I've had this for years. I don't even know the name of it, but any pink lip gloss is always my finisher. You see how easy that was? Literally five minutes to do a little something with my face. Okay, now we're going to get dressed. There was kind of like a mood board that they sent for the Rock Skincare workout event that we're going to. Let me see. It said comfortable workout attire, light or pale pink is encouraged. That sounds absolutely amazing actually. Okay, let's see what we got. So I have this pale pink workout jacket. We're definitely going to do this. I just have to decide on the bottoms I got these Reeboks from Ross, like the color palette, it matches. So I can do something that's tan, gray, let's see. We're gonna wear this with these high-waisted gray pants and this is going to be my cover-up. Now let me just say this, okay? The only reason I would ever feel comfortable to wear this to a workout class is because I make sure I go to classes that have only women in them. Men don't take these Pilates classes, you know, like I don't go to class, I don't go to like a regular gym where men would be there. I go to a class where it's all women. The instructors are women, the people checking me in at the front desk are women, all the attendees are women. I mean, this is an influencer event, you know what I mean? And as soon as I'm done with the class, my jacket goes back on. So that's the only reason why I feel comfortable wearing this. If it was like anything else, I would not be wearing this, you guys. Because I know people are like, oh, you know, like that's a... Small bra or whatever, but you know, I make sure I wear it in the correct context to where it's like, it's only gonna be women there. And I feel comfortable doing that. I understand if other people don't, if that's your conviction, but it's never been my conviction to be like super covered up in a workout class full of women. Yeah, so we're gonna do this. Okay, so we are all dressed. See the shoes? I'm trying so hard for you guys to see my shoes because it brings all these colors together. But yes, we are dressed and on our way out. You know what's so crazy? I just now realized that I am out of my Dove deodorant and all I have is my Cyclar deodorant, which really isn't deodorant, it's like armpit aftercare for like the bed because I've worn it to events and I've worn it out. And baby, it had me smelling musty, okay? And the gel was like dripping down. It was bad. So I'm like, oh my gosh, I got to get deodorant. while I'm out before the workout class, but I also have this Dove deodorant body mist. And this is what I have to do for right now until I leave my nail appointment to go get some more deodorant. Okay, so we're about to head out. Just some essentials I'm bringing that I try to always keep in my purse as an influencer content creator. This light. My friend got me this light for my birthday because I didn't have a really good light that, you know, for selfies and everything when it's dark. It gets really bright, changes colors, all that good stuff. Headphones, lotion, hand sanitizer, a compact mirror, and lip gloss are always in every single one of my bags. So, already pre-loaded, my lights, my little kind of like suction thingy, you know, for the phone to put it up on mirrors or whatever the case may be. A portable phone charger that sticks on like a magnet to charge. I got this from an influencer event. They've been giving out some good stuff. My Skullcandy headphones because they're really good at noise cancellation. Like I can barely hear myself talk right now and that's it. Okay Uber I think is almost here so let's go. Hello for Amani. Amani? Yes. Good morning. Okay we just pulled up to the shade. Let's get our nails done. Hi how are you? Good. Yes. What color should I be getting? Thank you. Hi. Good how are you? face mask okay nice thank you you know what i never do red really yeah i i'm so basic i do pink like all the time but no i was like let's switch it up no the red is so nice that looks really good thank you so much okay just left the nail appointment had to hop back into uber because i'm actually running late to the workout class but look at this manicure I never get red, and this is actually really pretty, and they did a good job. I actually like them. I gotta see what their prices look like for everything, but that was a real luxe experience. You know how people be like, oh, it's a luxury service and it don't be luxury? That was luxe, so actually, they did a good job. Oh, I love this color too. They might not even let me into this workout class. I'm 20 minutes late. Usually in a regular workout class you can't come in like after five minutes but I feel like because it's an influencer event I might be able to still come in because it's not like you know what I mean. We gonna see. Okay, my contact just texted me back. I was like, hey, I'm like 20 minutes late. Can I still join the class? She said, of course. Okay, good. I'm just gonna get a quick little 25 minute Pilates session in. Then we're gonna get some merch because they have gift bags for us and some matcha. You know, it's always matcha at these events, which pretty much cancels out the workout. Performing Pilates. Okay, thank you. Cute. Okay. It's gonna be hard to know which locker is empty. There we go. Perfect. All the way in, yes. Here we go. Here you go, now up. Two straight legs, four, three, four, two, and drop it down. So, like, you can jump, and you put, and you guys are all. Just finished class. That was actually a really good, tough class. Even though I came late, I still got some good stuff. So, we're gonna head upstairs. We got a cute little gift bag with some goodies. Hopefully this DJI does not die on me, but let's go upstairs and see what they got for us. Ooh. Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh. Oh, this is so cute. Hi, how are you? How are you? So you can visit three of our stations, get this tab, and then you'll get a free drink downstairs. You can take any photos. Okay, thank you, thank you. Nice. It's really nice. I'm going to give you my underwear makeup as a nice flooring base. This is a business game. Okay. It basically scans your face on multiple layers so that you can tell your skin's real age. Oh, I don't want to do this. I'm so scared. Oh, my gosh. Trust me, your skin's probably like 12. Okay. I wish. Okay, okay. So I'm getting my skin's age here. I'm very nervous about this. I just need your birthday, including the year. Yep, 10-25-94. And on that t-shirt. Okay. I just keep them closed, it's gonna flash every time, but I'll probably want to open your eyes. Oh, but she's right there! Okay, I know where she is. Okay. I just take my phone and just... If you want to come around. Okay. Let's see what it says, you guys. I mean, you got some good glow, guys. Okay. Have you done this before, or did I already ask you? I haven't, no. Let's see. Oh my gosh! Okay, my skin is younger than me. Amazing. I love to hear it. Thank you. So I'm really 27. I knew it. Okay, let's go get a drink. And I told my husband I was going to be back around 3. I feel like I want to go to a couple stores before I go home. What are these drinks? A matcha or a latte? I wouldn't listen to that. This one's mine? Okay, thank you. Thank you. Oh, that looks so good. Thank you very much. Let me just tell y'all the most awkward thing just happened. Oh my god. So I'm talking to one of the girls and I'm like, oh, you know, nice to meet you. I'm, you know, I'm heading out, but she's sitting with another girl that I haven't introduced myself to. So, you know, I'm being nice, I'm like, oh, hi, you know, I introduce myself and we exchange Instagrams before we leave. I get the first girl Instagram, follow her back, and then the other girl's like, oh, let me get your Instagram too. Tell me why I go to type my name into her Instagram and it's not there. Which means that she blocked me or I blocked her either way because I could not find my name. But you know how when you search someone's name, other search topics come up. So I searched my name on her search bar and I see it's not coming up. But then I see Imani Wortham husband, Imani Wortham. Like, you know, that is so awkward. More than likely, though, I don't really block people off my personal page. So she probably blocked me. That's just it's just so funny to me. Well, I just found that hilarious, like, I'm, like, like, I don't know you, like, why would you have me blocked, child? I really don't care if people block me, though, because I block, my block list is probably in the thousands by now, because I don't play that, but yeah. funny funny. i'm going inside dsw because i have not used my birthday reward yet and i need some boots so let's see if they have something good. I'm feeling good. um and i just remembered that samuel said he wanted some slippers like some fuzzy slippers. not fuzzy but he did say he wants some slippers so we'll get some slippers for him too. Me too. Ooh. i'm telling y'all y'all be sleep. On DSW. Y'all be sleep, but I used to work for DSW in college, so I know they got the heat. When they have it, they have it. And it be dumb cheap. I've been wanting some burgundy or like dark cherry red boots. I'm just not sure that I like the shape of this heel. Like, I like a classic heel. But we might try these on. Wow, this boot is nasty. And it's mad soft. These are cute, right? I'm gonna try them on. Bruh, these. Goodness gracious. Ugh. They barely fit my calf and I don't like that toe. Ew. No. Okay. Never mind. Okay we're gonna ditch DSW because I'm not really in the mood to like try on shoes. Like you really got to be in the mood for stuff like this. So we're gonna maybe stop at one more store and then just go home. So I'm walking to the Metro North at Grand Central Station because I don't know how to take the regular train. I only know how to take the Metro North to get home. And I got on the train to transfer at Grand Central Station and got off on the wrong stop. I'm just not a subway girly. I'm not a take the train girly. This is why I only Uber or drive in the city because I just don't know how to take the train and I don't want to learn. But I texted my husband about the slippers that he wanted and I'm over here texting him about fuzzy slippers and he texted me back a photo of that. I guess our car got a flat and he's dealing with that so I was like okay I'll stop texting you about fuzzy slippers and I'll just come home and not spend any more money. So we're going home. All right made it to Grand Central Station. Let's see where we need to go even once I get here I still be confused like which track but it's so beautiful in here it's like You can't really be too mad when you're in Grand Central Station. It reminds me of The Gilded Age. If you guys are not watching that show, The Gilded Age, you are missing out because it's actually a really good show and it's like the history of New York City. So my train is not for like another 20 minutes, so I think there's some holiday fare here. Let's check it out. Oh it hasn't started yet. Okay so the holiday market's coming November 9th. Ooh, looks like it's going to be a lot of stuff in here. Okay. Let's just go ahead and walk to our train because I've been here before and missed my train like three times in a row and ended up crying in a corner. So let's just go and sit so that does not happen again. You know what? I just passed a Starbucks and the holiday menu was out now and I've been waiting all year for the caramel brulee latte to come back out. So let's go get that and then we'll get on the train and Finally make our way home. Finally. Thank you. Thank you. You are a star. Thank you. Thank you so much. I haven't even eaten all day. This would be my second, third drink of the day with no food. Okay, I'm going to end the vlog here because I think my DJI is going to die very soon. But I got my Starbucks, headed home, and then I'm going to be going to church later on to help with pantry outreach. I appreciate you guys for keeping me company during my little mini maintenance day. I'll see you later. So I actually was going to end the vlog when I was on the train home, but now I'm home and my husband is running late getting me. So I was like, well, let's just go through the gift bag I got from Rock Skin Care. And I also want to show you guys. This insane view. This little corner in my apartment is my absolute favorite part of the apartment just because the view of the water. Look at that sunset. I am so blessed. Like, thank you, God. Like, I look at stuff like this and I'm like, thank you, God. I thank God for the everyday things. Like, I thank God when I make money. I thank God for my husband. I thank God that I live in New York City. All the big things. I thank God for my podcast. I thank God God for you guys, but I thank God for a sunset. I thank God that I wake up and this is my view to read my word in the morning. I thank God that I come home to this, like, ugh. But let's go through our skincare gift bag really quick. Okay, so very quickly, what did Vox Skincare put in our gift bag at the Pilates event? So we got a... Cute water bottle, love a cute water bottle. Pink, favorite color. I just love that this event was pink. We also had Pilates socks, just in case I didn't bring my own, but I have so many Pilates socks at this point. We got some Rock Skincare Retinol, this is the moisturizer, line smoothing max hydration cream. It has retinol and hyaluronic acid, you know, stuff like this is for like fine lines and wrinkles so it plumps your skin. That's amazing. We also have the Eye Balm, Revive and Glow Eye Balm and The lip volumizer, period. Y'all know anything lip volumizer, anything lip plumper, I'm here for it. We have the SPF 30 moisturizer, and then the star of the show, which is I think their newest product, which is what the event was all about today, their line smoothing triple serum. This is what I tried on at the event. I still have it on. It has, what they say, PDRN, that really penetrates the skin, and all this good stuff. So, a lot of good rock skincare. Amazing. I'm going to use one thing at a time. I've learned that when you try to incorporate too much at a time, that's how your skin gets kind of like, at one point I was using so much skincare with so many actives that I was getting like, melanin-less patches, like. I thought I was getting vitiligo at first because I was getting like light patches on my face and I was like, oh my gosh. And I went to my dermatologist and she was like, girl, you're just doing too much to your skin. She was like, strip it down, go to CeraVe, go to La Roche-Posay, stop using so many actives. And yeah, so I'm gonna be using one thing at a time with my La Roche-Posay so I can, you know, make sure that the active is actually activating instead of overloading too much on my skin. Sunset's done, gift bag done, day is done. But yeah, see you guys next time, I guess.