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24:28Now, I think we've covered off what's in our Sephora cart. It's time to move on to what else is out there in the world that we really want for ourselves for the holidays. Yeah. Who's going to start? I want to hear your top, top pick. Let's see it. Oh, sure. I'm going to start with Mae Lindstrom. Okay. Love it. Now, Mae Lindstrom, she's been on our show. That's another one to go and listen to in our archives. Or watch it on our YouTube. Yeah, she's got such a unique story going from hardship to success and just the amount of craftsmanship and thought that go into her products. It really feels probably the most like farm to face, if you will, in terms of freshness.

25:10And one of the things that we learned in that episode is that May actually pulled all of her products from retailers because she has an expiry date on the bottom of her products. That's how fresh they are. Yeah. If they don't sell by a certain date, they have to come off the shelf. Now, the big news is, as of this fall, is that May Lindstrom is carefully tiptoeing back into retail with the detox market. And so I had the privilege, you know, I had the privilege of going to the detox market and catching up with May and also experiencing a wonderful, wonderful facial. So when I was there, I discovered a product that I hadn't really tried before that I fell in love with.

25:53It's the May Lindstrom, the honey mud. It's$95 US and$130 in Canada. And this whole line is so highly giftable. You know, it is a luxury price point, but this is a case where you are getting what you pay for. This is not just all fancy packaging with run-of-the-mill formulas. This is like, I believe she had said, she said to me privately, she's like, I can never reduce the price of these products. I can't because that's simply what it costs. And I just have so much respect for that. So the honey mud is just a beautiful kind of caramely color, almost like a pudding. OK, so if that isn't luxurious enough to put on your face, it's a natural exfoliating and natural exfoliating enzyme and acid facial mask.

26:46And it has that signature intoxicating like aroma to it. Yeah. Smells very foodie. What's in it is raw honey. It also has colloidal silver. It also has clay. So that's going to really help to detoxify and the pure plant oils that she always has. So it's just this cushy, luxurious feeling. You're going to have it on in the bath or whoever you're gifted to. And I think one of the things that she reminded me of as we were talking through each and every product is that even though she's using plant-based products that she learned from, you know, as a hippie when she was a child, they do actually do something.

27:28Like, what she's using in this product is a very special form of natural salicylic acid. It's extracted from wintergreen leaves. So that really helps, too, with dislodging those dead skin cells and turning them over. So you're getting that enzymatic action. Yeah. So your face afterwards, you really get this like glowy feeling to it, but it's not stripping. Like everything in her line is designed for sensitive skin. People who even have like eczema. And people, she's honestly worked a lot with people going through chemotherapy. Yeah. People whose skin literally is like, it hurts to touch it. Exactly.

28:10And she's just so inspirational. You want to support her when you meet her. And like, I was telling my friend after I like linked up with her again, I was like, May just has this energy that like, if she asked me to run away and join a cult with her, I probably would. Yeah, exactly. Like caring to it's like she cares so much. It's back to Mother Earth. Yeah. Yeah. It's very grounding her presence and her products. And I and what I predict is that they may start doing these facials at Detox Market because they do have a treatment room, which I think would just be so wonderful because you have to experience it to fall in love with it.

28:49So great gift here, guys. What else do we have, Jill? Oh, OK. So I wanted to talk about something again that earns me the cool anti-award. And that is something that I hope isn't sold out by the time this episode comes out. But it is the Elf Cosmetics and Stanley Cup collaboration. Oh, my gosh. Didn't know that was happening. OK. You're such a Stanley Cup girl. This is hilarious. I have to stop myself from buying colors. Like if I only have one, everyone, I'm not that wild, but I want this. I only have one and it's a knockoff that my daughter stole, even though it has my name engraved on it. So I would also like one.

29:29She just took a sip from her Stanley everyone. My cream colored one. So of course I'm not talking about the hockey Stanley Cup. Let's see, let's see. This one is from Elf Cosmetics and Stanley Cup and they came out with an accessory where you can clip onto the handle a holder for your lip oil. Oh my. And it comes with stickers. So there's exclusive colors that are developed from e.l.f. So they're way cooler than the ones that Stanley normally has. They're like a metallic kind of vibe to them. This one's like a red delicious hint of not sparkle, but you know when paints sort of almost have like a reflective finish to them.

30:13Yes. Kind of. Yeah. And so it comes with all of these stickers that you can decorate. And then it has it clips on to the side, a lip gloss holder. And I predicted that it just dropped the day that we're recording this. So I hope there's some left because I'm going to a Target soon. They see me coming. What can I say? I predict this will be this will be a sell out at many locations. I didn't say it off the hop, but the three limited edition colors, they are 45 US dollars for the 40 ounce tumbler. And then the tumbler lip holder, the accessory is $6 and that comes with the stickers. And then if you want to buy the lip oil that's sold separately, it's$8.

30:54It's so fun because this is the genius of e.l.f. People have been putting accessories on their Stanley cups on TikTok for a year now. Oh, really? Like what? People have like gotten those like bungee cord type of coil elastics and made it into a key ring and like slid it up the bottom. Like they're leaving their house and the Stanley Cup has like a belt strapped to it. It's like the new purse. Literally, it's the new purse. I'm not kidding. So they've just officially made people were fashioning their own lip gloss holders. Yeah. We've got the elf lip bomb holder. OK. And the comments are hilarious.

31:32People are like, I'm going to put my vape in that. Oh, my gosh. Using it for like they're like tampon. Like a couple of people have said, how are you going to hold it? Because the lip gloss holder goes on the handle on the handle. They've made a video about that already and tackle that all the different ways you can hold it. It's just fun. And again, I don't know why I want it, but I do. That's good. Good fun. Well, I feel like you've you've jacked up the stakes. OK, so I'm going to come back with something that is like the bougie version of that. OK. Okay. So this is the Chanel No. 5 Low Eau de Toilette Purse Spray.

32:10Love it. It's$195 US,$254 in Canada. And so these are minis and it comes with two 7 mil refills. Okay. So that's pretty small. So this is the adorable little box that it comes in. And so it is a limited edition for holidays. So it's got like, it's very gold and it's got little snowflakes and everything on it. But Jill, when you look at this purse spray, it has attached to it a chain with the number five on it. Okay. And then the actual purse spray, the atomizer, the atomizer is it looks like it's in a lipstick almost like it's white. It's just a little bit larger than the size of a lipstick. And what you do is you twist it and then you spray.

32:57So what the brand has said is that you can wear this around your wrist. I don't think anyone would do that. But what I do think is really happening right now are the bag charms. The bag charms. Definitely. Bag charms. Or your Stanley Cup charms. Yeah, exactly. Should I put that purse right on my Stanley? Exactly. So the bag charms have popped off and I actually have a silver Chanel one right here, which I wore in LA when we were there last week. And I think you can fit AirPods. I've been putting my AirPods in here because it's quite small. Now, full disclosure, I was gifted this from Chanel last year.

33:31These things are very expensive. Like I was looking up the Prada bag charms and the Miu Miu ones and they're like eight hundred dollars. Oh, yeah. Right. So I did wear my Silver Star one with my Chanel bag and I was like, this is adorable. Yeah. And then I saw this perfume charm and I was like, I would add this because of course the style right now, the trend is to like layer your bag charms. Lots and lots of bag charms. So I was like, this is super cute and fun to wear this on the outside of your purse, especially it's Chanel, everyone. Yeah, I have gorgeous. I have. Why hide it away? The purse spray.

34:08Right. And so it's in this black little holder. It's almost like a little cage. It's like a wire cage, but it's all magnetized. So there's no lid that's going to flop off. It's like it would be pretty hard to get it out. Yeah. because of the magnet. So I just feel like this is so cute. And it also so this one is low, the Chanel No. 5 low, which is the lighter, more citrusy version. I'm wearing it right now. I really like this one. It also comes in the classic Chanel No. 5, which is black with a gold chain, which would also look fantastic as a little bag charm or a Stanley charm. if chanel does a collaboration with stanley cup i will not recover like please that would be like i'm so basic in so many ways but like i love a chanel moment like i know it's just i know wouldn't that be crazy i know well i had i had to come back to you with something that's just like gonna like popping off right i was like oh yeah this is the moment these gifts are the moment yes

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37:37I want to talk about the advent calendar. Oh, yeah. That has so cool. That has impressed me. I'll be very honest with you. I saw a lot of stuff for this holiday season. The advent calendars to me at this point, I'm a little bored. I'm a little bored. I'm not going to lie. So this one is from Kitsch. it's 99 US dollars and its value is 140 US dollars. In Canada, it's a little bit more. It's 189 and the value is$267. So as you can see, Carlene. What is in there? That's what I want to know. It is large, you guys. First of all, the box is really impressive. Like if you open this, it's about this. What would you say this is the size of?

38:17This is the size of a steering wheel. It looks like a steering wheel is inside, you know? Maybe you can do the honors of opening it while I talk about it? Sure. But I think what I like about it is like, it's not chintzy. Every single thing, first of all, there's 12 little doors. Every single thing inside is full size. And what I think Kitsch has done or what they do so well. And when we talked to Cassandra Thursewell, who's been on our show, she's wonderful. She's so lovely. They talked about how they want Kitsch to be touching your beauty routine at multiple stages throughout the day. It's just like a part of your life and their products are just so functional as well.

38:54And so many of them are viral, like the heatless rollers, the satin pillowcases. And then, of course, they do all kinds of like collaborations with everyone from Hello Kitty to Harry Potter. But in this kit, it's like pastel, gorgeous, eco-friendly packaging. It's not a lot of plastic. It's actually cardboard. But it's got this beautiful ribbon on the front and you open it up and it's just like, oh, so feel free to open some of the drawers. Carlene, I know there's everything in there from hair, hair clips, hair ties, face roller. I have to put it down to open it. Okay. Yes. I'm so excited. What I really need to know, Jill, is does it have one of those eye patches that I adore?

39:41That we will have to discover upon. Everything is real. Do you want me to open it? Everything's like really wrapped up. Well, we don't have to, but you can if you want. I know that there's satin pillowcases in there. There's a full size face roller, like an ice roller. Everything's individually wrapped in like a little bit of paper. So it really is. It feels like you're opening a gift every day. Okay. This is a gorgeous claw clip. Yes. Full size. Beautiful color. It's kind of like a beige with a bit of rose to it. Yeah. Very on trend. Very on trend. I was just going to say. Yeah. This is number 11.

40:15Yeah. Okay. Go for number four. Open door number four. Okay. Behind door number four. This is kind of a large-ish one. So this one is called. Live unboxing of an advent calendar. Ooh, it's one of the cool rollers. Like metal. Yes. I love that. This is, I hope, this is a run, don't walk. I think this would be one of those things that absolutely sells out. Okay. So tell us what else is in it without having to open them all. So there's hair clips, like the ones that you use to like clip, separate your hair when you're blow drying. Oh, yeah. There's satin pillowcases. Love it. There's hair ties. There's scrunchies.

40:50And it is, like I mentioned, all full size, which is hard to find these days. I imagine their solid shampoos are in there because those are like the number one bestseller on Amazon. They have a hair wax stick that I hope is in there. They also have my favorite. They're stuck in here. I forgot to mention. The heatless rollers would be amazing. Okay. Well, that's a winner. I agree with you. That was the advent calendar that caught my eye the most this year. So I agree. It's got the BBP like seal of approval. I agree. Now, I want to tell you about something else that I think is hot, hot, hot this season and a little bit sold out, but not we can still get our hands on it.

41:33It's the Jerf Avenue Breezy Weightless Hair Mask. It's$30 US and$40 in Canada. Matilda Jerf? Yes. So we are fans of Matilda Jurff around here, as are about three million other people. And of course, we had one of the first interviews with her. It's on our YouTube. If you want to go back and listen. That's right. And she has the most perfect like 2024 version of the Farrah Fawcett hairdo. If you know, you know. So it's that very like voluminous look. And it looks a bit in the in the 80s, you would have called it feathered. But it's got that really like brushed out look to it. but with big curls kind of thing, like big.

42:14Bombshell blowout. Bombshell blowout. Thank you. The words I was looking for. And so we know that last year she launched her hair care line. It was actually just in the spring. Oh, just in the spring. It was just in April. All right. With a few styling products. This fall, she launched the shampoo and conditioner and kind of surprised it wasn't the other way around, but whatever. The shampoo and conditioner, which she did in one that's called Weightless One Range, which is for volume. And the other one that's called, I think it's called Essentials. And that's for if you need more moisture. So what she kind of uses like for that signature look would be the breezy and that's the voluminous one.

42:56So the shampoo and conditioner are sold out. But what I don't think a lot of people have found because it's under hair treatments is the breezy hair mask and the Essentials hair mask. Those are still in stock. And I tried the shampoo and conditioner and it's great. Like everything she curates is great. They have this Lelabo-esque type of scent that we found in the styling products as well. And I just found that it did a great job of detangling, making my hair feel soft, super, super clean, not weighed down at all. I'm on my third day today and I don't feel like it looks greasy at the roots at all.

43:33So these are really like the foundation products to get the Matilda Girf look. What I think is unique about this mask in particular, though, is that it's a lightweight hair mask, which we don't often see. A mask typically can weigh your hair down. You can go overboard with it. This one does have panthenol for smoothing, shea butter for moisture and peptides to help repair damage. But it's going to it is lightweight, so it's not going to wear your hair down. For a mask, I think that's pretty unique. Yeah, it's in one of those glorious metal tubes as well. Very chic. Yeah, it's like the very chic kind of French style metallic tube.

44:12So again, I think this is a great gift, especially there are so many Matilda Ger fans out there. This would be such a great thing to find under the tree. This is another cool auntie approved gift. Yeah, and reasonable price. Yeah. Yeah. Okay, well, she does have the hair that everybody wants. So that makes a lot of sense. Carlene, what else is on your list? Okay, well, I can't close it out without talking about what I get asked about a lot. And what I also get feedback from people kind of the most I get a lot of feedback on this brand when I gift it to other people, how much they love it and go out and buy it.

44:47So this is the You Beauty, the plasma set is$78 US with$120 value. And it's$104 in Canada. So this one very simply contains, rather than their skincare products, three of the cult favorite lip plumping. The lip gloss. Yeah, the plasma lip compound. So they have the universal, which is sort of clear. That one comes in a full size. And then they have two of the tinted ones, the rose and the fawn, which is like a light brown. And those are minis, though. Those little guys. But you get a full version of the original. I was going to say those are$90 Canadian each. Yeah, exactly. So that's why I think for 104, you're getting these in Canadian dollars, you're getting these extra two ones like for really almost not for free, but for really cheap.

45:40Yeah. The tinted ones. So I do think it's a good value. And again, this is just the kind of product that I gift it to people and they go out and buy. They spend the$90 or the$70 US and they buy it for themselves. That's a crazy amount of money to pay for a lip balm. But the whole idea behind it is that it's plumping. It has plumping ingredients, but again, with no stingers and zingers in it. Yeah. So people really like that. I don't know. There's just something about it. It's got that cool tip. People love it. But I have to say, even the skincare products, whenever I've gifted it to people, they always come back and say they love it as well.

46:17Anything else? I'm going to cap it off with something I think is like the Rolls Royce of lipsticks for real. and I would actually really, I'm dying to try this. And it is the brand new Lisa Eldridge Rouge Experience Refillable Lipstick. Have you seen this on the internet? I have not. I've heard people talking about it, but I have not seen it. Okay. So what she has done, and she said it, this was meant to come out last Christmas, but she had to hold it for a whole year because it wasn't meeting her standards. So this is what it looks like, Carlene. Okay. lovely the entire entire unit it's all aluminum there's not a single piece of plastic okay in this lipstick tube yeah sounds not that earth-shattering trust me it is okay and the outside of it it's gold everybody it's like an objet d 'art or however you say that and it has like um lines etched into it it looks like a lipstick tube from a different time and era yeah Like vintage Estée Lauder, I think, used to have that fine kind of like the lines in it.

47:26But this one is kind of rounded off on the corners. So it's a little bit more capsule-ish. Yes. And there's eight shades. It's 59 US dollars, 52 pounds like in the UK. And it's 93 Canadian dollars. And then, of course, the refills are additional if you want to get one of the different hues. And you can get your initials etched onto the top of it. It's very luxe. And the classic shade is Pillar Box Red. Of course, that's like the post office box shades in the UK. But what I loved about this was the backstory. Carlene, Lisa Eldridge is so known for her collectibles, her beauty collectibles. Right.

48:04So she went to the Christie's auction to try her hand at getting Audrey Hepburn's beloved gold and sapphire Cartier lipstick holder. It was true one of a kind made exclusively for Audrey in 1954. and she went to Christie's and she got it in 2017. And she said, I walked away the proud owner of a piece of beauty history. When I collected it from the auction house, I was shocked to see that it still contained a small amount of Audrey's lipstick. The shade was a beautiful true salmon pink and has inspired the creation of my own version of this shade for my Rouge Experience collection. It's called Audrey.

48:43My vintage makeup collection has always informed both my creative work and my own brand and the story of Audrey's Cartier lipstick holder is one that's close to my heart. So it only felt right for me in turn to recognize that it was close to Audrey's heart. And she has a whole, there's a whole backstory there too, where I think she's donating some of the proceeds. Don't quote me on that. But as you can see, it really is revolutionizing the game of lipstick. So this is the first true refillable lipstick on the market that has no component of plastic in it whatsoever. But really it's just taking a nod from the past before we had plastics, how do we make lipstick tubes?

49:20And that was her inspiration. I think it makes a lot of sense. And I find it interesting. The color that's sold out right now is what I was talking about when we were in Los Angeles. We were guests on the Bright Side podcast. I was talking about 90s makeup, vampy lips. Well, her shade called Bohemian Cherry, a very, very dark Bordeaux plum is the one that's sold out. Oh, wow. Very perfect for holiday. Yeah. Okay. So this is on my list. I can't wait. I need to try this. Yes. And everybody go back and listen to our episode on the bright side too. That was a lot of fun. Yes. It aired on Friday, October 25th.

49:58It's a daily show. So that's why I'm giving you that very specific date. And we talked about everything from low contrast makeup to Beyonce's fragrance drop. We talked about some pop culture news items, like whether we would use AI to win an argument, things like that. That was great with Danielle and Simone. So thank you for hosting us. Well, I think that about concludes our gift guide, correct? It sure does. And we would like to know what's on your personal wishlist. So definitely drop into our Instagram, leave us a comment and let us know if there is a giveaway that you want us to try to put together with a brand, what would it be?

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