Summer Trends We’re Loving, Kim K’s Balenciaga Flop & What To Wear In Mykonos | SheerLuxe Middle East Podcast

26:04Hebah Baker:It's really in right now. I'm also not a polka dot fan. I like prints. But you bought the... Exactly. I'm not a polka dot fan at all. So like you, I was like, oh, I'm not really into it. But let me see this top that I tried on and I liked a lot. It was a strapless polka dot. Yeah. It's a retro. It's also very retro. Like a very classic, romantic print now. Yeah, it's very feminine and soft. Yeah. Like old Hollywood. Exactly. I feel like it's giving 50 like that sort of era. Love that. It's getting Marlon Monroe. Yes. Exactly. I feel like you're going to look so good in that dress. I want to see those photos.

26:38Hebah Baker:Send pictures to the view. Where's your wedding? Is it in Dubai or is it? Lebanon. Yeah. It's going to be a Lebanon. Can we have a moment to talk about Lebanon? Tomorrow, left your heart in Beirut. Honestly, I left my heart in Beirut. What a great place. I know. It's so beautiful. I knew that going there, I was going to have a great time because I haven't had a summer in Beirut in years, probably before COVID, before the blast. like I don't think I've had a proper summer. Wow that's like so long. Yeah more than five years. Yeah five years. Five years wow. Yeah so it's been a long time and I used to go every summer religiously to Lebanon and so this was the first year that I went after not going for so long and I just fell in love with the place all over again.

27:15Hebah Baker:I fell in love with the city. I mean it's just you know you guys all have all been to Bain. You're Lebanese as well so you understand like it is just the best summer. I just want to go back. The best place in the world. I was devastated when I came Yeah, you went early in the summer. You were depressed. Yeah, yeah, you did. I went and like someone, my mom called me and she's like, are you okay? I'm like, what's happening? Why are you asking me? She's like, I have no idea what's happening. I'm like, I'm on a boat right now. You literally forget the world when you're there, even though it's like devastation happening right in right now.

27:45Hebah Baker:But you just, you know what I mean? It's just such a beautiful place and it's such a great energy in the city. I think the energy is unmatched in Lebanon. um but yeah Lebanese weddings are just the best and now I'm rethinking maybe I want to do my wedding in Lebanon do it I really I think so I went to Portugal to scout venues earlier this summer I was thinking about going to Thailand to scout venues there and then I'm like you know what like Lebanon is it's already mapped out for you there it is I know everyone yeah and it's easy for people to go there yeah yeah so that's actually if actually some of us don't have like Like the visa, like the passport, you know, you're just...

28:26Hebah Baker:But easy is also not so easy because you never know what might happen. That was my biggest challenge. Yeah, that's true. I've always wanted a Lebanese wedding, but then I thought, if something, God forbid, happens, people will cancel. And that's my biggest thing. But I'm like, you know what? Wow, it seems like... Incredible. I have FOMO. You're going to have so much fun. When are you going? I was just there and I came back. Oh, you were just there. You're going back. It's as bad as me. Hey, but what about you? Any fashion finds? okay you know my obsession with chat spicy down yes and they keep one upping their collections every time and they have this butter yellow dress that's one shoulder has like a silver buckle here and it's long and it drapes from the back all the way to the bottom of the dress so it's like connected and you just see the shape just the way it falls the way they construct their items the designer really understands a woman's body especially a middle eastern body and i think that's why he's doing so well in the region yeah because there's that element of modesty yet structured in a way and it's also sexy yes it's sexy but modest and not a lot of designers know how to do modest sexy dresses um and it also comes with the attachable detachable gloves oh i love that we love an accessory yeah it's it's so beautiful and i'm definitely gonna buy chats is such a great brand I really love their stuff they sell on UNAS and then I also was at a pop-up for a new vintage platform it's called and again yes have you guys see I talked to them after did you I have so many things to sell and I was looking for a place to sell it so I'm definitely exactly so it's not just a buy yeah so it's not just a vintage platform it's also a platform that you can buy and sell clothing and it's the branding is super cute and they had a pop-up their very first pop-up they're going to do more pop-ups in the region um but essentially we had to you could shop influencer closets so one of the influencer closets had a chat spicy damn dress that was white that i purchased that i'm absolutely in love with they had so much more chats by the way they had like different chats options um and i i loved it so much did you wear it yet i didn't wear it yet i wanted to wear it in beirut but then i I felt like it was a bit much because it's long and it's halter naked.

30:47Hebah Baker:It's gorgeous. But all the chat stuff got sold out in minutes because their product is that good. But I'm loving that platform. It's a really cool platform that I highly recommend. And speaking of platforms, there's also another platform that just launched in Lebanon called Archief. I think it's how you pronounce it, Archief or Archief. By this really cute, like, Gen Z. I think she's Gen Z, but she's an adorable person who does this. Again, she sells vintage items as well. Oh, my God. I've seen her on Instagram. I've seen her. She's such an adorable. And I think she grew up in. In Africa. Africa.

31:23Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yes, I think Nigeria or somewhere else. And she's so, like, confident and out there. Super confident. Amazing. And she doesn't care, and she does it, and I'm like, wow. Yeah, yeah. She really is super cool. And, like, yeah, and she's really, like, hustling and on her own. On her own. Like, she's doing it all. I love that. She's so cute.

31:38Hebah Baker:And she has like her mom and her aunt's closets. And her grandmother. Oh my gosh. She shows all her like different bags and like all their collections. So she runs the Instagram page. She's just launched this platform. It's hers. It's hers. It's her platform. And I think vintage fashion in general is really like on the rise. Nouvelle Vague in Beirut is also one of the pioneers in vintage shopping. they have really nice pieces and i think that that's something that the region is was lacking yeah i still think it's missing because i love traveling to europe or the states like when i was in la for work i just kept as walking on the streets i kept finding vintage markets happening outside and i'm obsessed with jewelry but like i love eclectic pieces even i got this deconstructed blazer from like the menswear section that they reformed into their own way and I just like upcycling things.

32:34I like people that are passing things down. I love going to like Milan, walking on the streets, finding like a thrift shop. I feel we're lacking that in the region.

32:42Hebah Baker:We are lacking that. I do agree. And I think that it's hard to get the same feel as when you say you go to Milan and you walk on the street and you just pop by a store. We don't necessarily have that here. We may have that in Lebanon because Lebanon is that way. El Sercal would be a good place. El Sercal would be a great place. Guys, whoever's watching, make it happen. Yeah, make it happen. I like the story here. Honestly. And so I think these platforms, you know, while we can get them, are great. Especially if you can sell your stuff. Yeah. I need, so I have a box in my house. I'm sure you do, Hiba.

33:12Hebah Baker:I'm sure you do. I get rid of things because my closet is bursting. I'm so embarrassed. No one can see my closet. Put it on. Sorry, what's that app called that everyone uses, especially in London? Depop. So basically, and again, is a local Depop version. Oh, okay. Yeah. Because we don't have Depop here in the region. Yeah. it won't work so that's why um rohan who's the founder who created this app she decided she's like you know what we don't have this in the region she found a a missing piece in the region and she created it and i basically have does it work they pay like you get a payout before they sell no so you put your items on it's like a marketplace you put your stuff on things that you're selling and then people can just buy it from you and so they take a percentage of yeah it's like the luxury closet yeah yes exactly okay but let it on an app yeah and you can sell like different stuff so it's not limited luxury there you go only accepts certain like browns okay okay so if you just want to like you have your own things or stuff you want to and i correct me i could be wrong but maybe they i think they also photograph your piece for you and then upload it on the app and you have your own profile like it's a whole thing it's it's honestly really so yeah your profile because i downloaded it after i saw it on yours i'm like finally i found an app to do this with so it's kind of like your instagram profile uh and then you put your stuff as if It's like your Instagram page.

34:30So you can shop Hibba's closet. Exactly. Shop Jessica's closet. I think is, yeah, it's very personal. I would shop your closet. I absolutely would shop her closet. For sure. Guys, I'll let you know when my page is. Let me know. Hit me up.

34:40Hebah Baker:It'll drop and we'll announce it on Sherlock's. Go shop Hibba's closet.

34:49Hebah Baker:Okay, on to our next topic. Mustn't miss. Have you guys been eyeing something that you would like and think we absolutely should not miss? Maybe on SL probably as well. I mean we talk a lot about summer everyone's like very much into the full swing of summer we have a lot of features coming up that can help you with your packing with the linen sets cohorts different stuff like with the blues so we're seeing a lot of blues a season I saw your file and so that's coming out soon actually by the time this is out that'll be out I love the blue the roundup yes so Hiba did a roundup on soft blue pieces I'm excited obsessed yes i'm really into it yeah i'm excited there's so many things coming out but then i'm also finding it weird because everyone's now launching their fall winter collection which is very confusing and you're confused you're like okay i'm seeing crochet and then i'm seeing leather jackets which one do i go for which one because like you're seeing all of the new things because now obviously everything's on sale and you want to find like new pieces but then you have winter stuff but at the same time it's summer we're torn this is the struggle of being a fashion girl literally i must say though i'm very excited for winter because we have so many jackets that we bought uh so many suedes that like i i'm itching to pull out yeah i mean you have to travel for that though because our winter in the region will not happen it's just a jacket it's just not even it's a jacket it's a it's a it's a linen wrap around a shawl at the max I wore a leather jacket yesterday.

36:21Hebah Baker:No, you didn't. Where? In July in Dubai. Yeah, I went to the mall. Okay, that's fine. I can wear a jacket. It's minus like three in the mall. In the mall, yeah. It's minus three in the mall. It makes sense. I was like, you know, I can pull it off. It was fine. You can definitely pull it off. You can pull anything off. Yeah. Oh my gosh. I recently watched the leading ladies with Sainababe. Yes, amazing. She is a powerhouse of a woman, guys. I mean, if you haven't watched it, I highly recommend watching it. Tonight. Just the way that she is, the way that she operates. She's like a VP or even like pretty much a CEO at Siemens.

36:53Hebah Baker:Wow. She has such an insane life in the sense that she really works for what she has. And she's just super inspiring. Generally, I love leading ladies because you just get to know women that are really killing it in a very male-dominated industry. So that's really fun and really cool. You need to watch that. Yeah. And I feel like you've interviewed a few people recently. We have a few fun little black books coming up to do with interiors. And we have the Jude interview coming up, which I think is a nice read. And, yeah, I think everything now is just purely summer focused. And also, by the way, the street sale get the look features on SL have been, like, such a game changer for my packing.

37:39Hebah Baker:Like, I got really inspired by Chego. She's the creator on social media. she had like the scarf trend you know the oh yes yes i love that i fully adopted that this summer i love it too it's like a replacement of a belt yes you absolutely can rock it what do you mean i wore it as a scarf i also wore a scarf as a top strapless yes red scarf for an outfit actually with these jorts oh cute super cute guys i literally i'm loving it i'm loving scarves honestly on your head yeah on your waist yeah or your bag wrapping on the bag it's honestly such a nice trend and it's like easy you know one's talking about it anymore i know it's gonna happen i knew it's gonna happen yeah everything has such a peak and it blows my mind because i'm like i can't believe like this sheep trend of like things having such a moment and taking over people's lives yeah and then all of a sudden just dying did you watch that video of the girl like crying like losing her yeah like she's opening the boxes and she's like because she and she's not a little girl mind you she's like in her late 20s she's an adult yeah no she was losing it like yeah yeah because she couldn't find the one that she wanted yeah like she was open and then she starts cutting them and she was so angry and I feel bad for people who are stalking them and they probably bought so much stock to cater to the demand thinking that they were and now they're sitting there like what is with this order like borders you know we have borders in the region yeah borders closed globally but we still have it in the region they have full like full well that's what you get for falling for the trust

39:21Hebah Baker:so on to hot topic celebrity moment have you guys been seeing any celebrity news gossip lately guys did you see kum kardashian walking the balenciaga show yes i did yes what are your thoughts my thoughts weird awkward uncomfortable it was just in the music like i don't know what were they walking to what was being said it sounded like a b yeah it's very robotic and it's just very balenciaga quoted i feel it's all very eerie yeah like you're not really you kind of Yeah, you're on edge. Is it just me or does she have like really thin arms? Is that just me? It's the ozampic arm. I don't know. I was like shocked how thin her arms are.

40:08Hebah Baker:Are they? I don't know. Maybe that's just me. I just, she walks past. Maybe it was an AI video. I don't know. Maybe it was an AI video. I don't know. But I just noticed like super, super thin arms. And I was like, wow, how'd you get those arms? Because basically when you take ozampic, it's uh you lose bone density oh which is one of the side effects you lose muscle and bone density i know that you lose muscle yeah and also your bones so a lot of people are gonna have osteoporosis that is so sad that is so scary yeah yeah but that was that wasn't a crazy moment yeah honestly it was very cringe i watched it and i was so uncomfortable for her it was just it was i didn't really like the show to be honest i don't know i just thought it was like all celebrities and it's just a hype thing.

40:54It's more of a hype.

40:55Hebah Baker:Yeah, fair. I'm worried about what he's going to do for Gucci. I know. What is he going to do for Gucci? This is the biggest thing. Like already, Jonathan Anderson and Dior is like amazing. What did you think of the menswear collection? I don't have thoughts. What are your thoughts? Me too. I wasn't, I was underwhelmed. I know a lot of people were really excited when he launched it, saying that it was different, but I just didn't, I didn't understand the concept. I will say that I do think that because there's so much scrutiny right now and there are eyeballs and expectations, I think first collections are probably just underwhelming more than overwhelming and different.

41:36Hebah Baker:I am excited for the future collections. For the next, for sure, definitely. The Ladybug bag was beautiful. So cute. But I'll tell you who did an exceptional job. It's Celine. Yeah. The Celine collection with their new designer. amazing so beautiful so beautiful and Ramin Ali just showcased for the first time at a couture it was that dress that 3d dress or cutouts in it oh my gosh it was he's an amazing person yeah he's like very close to my brother and I love his work and I was like if I'm ever a bride you were gonna I've been saying that for like 30 years now yeah you're gonna get it you're gonna get it yeah that's what I mean so he did my best friend's wedding in November I like her her bridal dress.

42:18Hebah Baker:Odila's dress, right? Odila's dress was Rami. Beautiful. Yeah, so beautiful. He's amazing. Okay, noted. I'm going to go to visit today now to try on a dress. Yeah, it's in Jumeirah. Yeah, I know. It's right next to my house, actually. And he has a beautiful room to try on wedding dresses. Love. Yeah, it's a fun experience. Yeah. Yes, I've been seeing the whole scandal with Laura Piana. Oh, wait, hold on. I did not see that. What are you talking about? Yeah, so now they're under judicial administration uh same thing that happened with Dior recently because they've been fine they found out that they have been working with Chinese workspaces um and they're exploiting labor workers so they've been working 90 hour work days they've been paying them like four euros um I think an hour um and they've been assaulting them um if they ask for their money uh and then And also there was an expose, I think it was in 2024 by Bloomberg, where they showed that the wool producers from Peru that they've been working with, they're not paying them like the amount.

43:23Oh, my gosh. For the wool. And now people are talking about like the markups and people paying three to five thousand euros for like a cashmere sweater. And like, obviously, they're not paying them the same amount. So there's a whole lot. That's crazy. So they're now being investigated, I think, for a year to see their work. And their practices. Exactly. And the same thing just happened at Dior. Yes, I remember that. Yeah, and then kind of like it went silent. Yes. And I kind of feel like, and I was reading the comments and someone made a very valid point. It's like, how does this differ from fast fashion?

44:00A hundred percent. You know, because the whole point of it is that, you know, like we're working different craftsmanship, all of that. so it's kind of similar to high fashion in the sense of like it's kind of scary absolutely i

44:13Hebah Baker:find that that's just so unethical yeah and i honestly i i applaud the internet and like the the space that we're in for us to like really hold people accountable for these things like you can't get away with this stuff anymore no absolutely not gonna pay a price tag for something where you're treating your workers yeah in that way that's crazy for sure well on a more lighter or no? Did you guys hear that Pete Davidson is having a baby? I did. I don't know who with, but I saw his new girlfriend. One of many. I don't know. I can't keep up honestly. He dated like every stunning woman in Hollywood.

44:47Hebah Baker:He has dated every single person. But what's his trick? I'm still curious. So someone was saying it's his BDE. Is it? Oh, I'm saying can you understand what I mean when I say that? BDE. Yeah, so it's not his humor. Oh, okay. Energy. It's not him being funny or being on Saturday night life probably the humor guys the rumors are the bde but i feel i mean he's when you think about it he's literally dated everyone big shots every single kate beckinsale remember did he date her yeah did he oh yeah what happened to her yeah yeah i don't know she's gorgeous beautiful she hasn't made any new movies recently though so i don't know everyone's talking about love island i have such fomo i have not watched love island but everyone's talking about it it's it's insane I think for the first time this season, they have been like America has been very involved with the voting and they've been very opinionated to the point where it's impacted the whole show.

45:43Did it? It's impacted. Yeah. And there was a lot of bullying happening, a lot of opinions that were being brought up that two girls from the season left because they pulled them out. Like they walked out? No, they pulled them out of the show producers. Oh, wow. Because they found racial slurs from their past. No way.

46:01Hebah Baker:like Facebook again being held accountable yeah wow but then like there's a lot of takes on this of saying that people are not allowed grace anymore because of mistakes that they've done in the past but then also it's like you do need to hold people accountable and it's good so there's there's a lot of it's a gray matter right it's a very gray matter because now it's like there's a lot of opinions online that you kind of feel you can never win yeah um but then also it's there's been like a lot of light sheds on toxicity that they're allowing on the show so people want to view toxic behavior it's entertaining it's entertaining and they provoke it as well as producers so a lot of people are saying that the producers are doing this on purpose to get more engagement for sure yeah i'm sure it's probably a strategy yeah so kind of yeah i think that's where people are saying that like the way that producers are going about reality shows actually very toxic and unethical yeah and they shouldn't condone this behavior because like you're impacting people's lives yeah and also is it just me or did you hear about how well i think was love island one of the the guys served in the idf and one of the female contestants is palestinian yes i heard well it's over now though right they chose the winner oh did they nobody give me any spoilers I might watch it.

47:20I hope you don't see it on Instagram because it's like all over. I feel like it is everywhere.

47:24Hebah Baker:I dodge stuff a lot. I'm like, oh, dodge. I mean, even if you see it, you still need to like see the whole process of it. Yeah, true. Actually, I need to see how they became. There's also something about a couple, tell me if I'm wrong, Huda and Kris. Yes. Okay, because Huda Beauty, Huda Kattan joked about how she's the original Huda and Kris because her husband is Kris. Oh, is he? And that's all I saw. Yeah, that's all I saw. I mean, I was really rooting for Huda because she's Middle Eastern. Is she the Palestinian? Yes. Oh, she's the Palestinian. but her behavior was so toxic everyone was like you need to see a therapist asap yeah i mean most of them do right everyone needs to see a therapist we all need to see there we all do like we need to make therapy like your priority like your matcha yeah like the matcha that you have every morning especially for men like if any especially for men if any man is watching this please normalize therapy there's nothing wrong with therapy there's nothing wrong with talking about it There's nothing wrong with therapy.

48:16Hebah Baker:Like, you're a green flag if you go to a therapist. Yeah. 100%. For me, it's like, you go to therapy, like, whatever it is that you're dealing with, I will forgive you. I will forgive you. Because you're working on yourself. Well done. And I think this is such an important topic that no one talks about. 100%. Normalized therapy, and especially for the Middle Eastern culture, when I told my mom, like, oh, I'm going to see a therapist, she's like, why? What's wrong with you? Exactly. And I'm like, there's nothing. I just need someone to kind of like talk to you through certain things to get rid of like certain traits that I have, like subconscious conditioning that I carried on, probably subconsciously like through my lineage, generations.

48:53Hebah Baker:Family trauma, childhood trauma, which is not necessarily, it doesn't have to be like you had a traumatic experience, but in general, you're unlearning. 100%, but like we all came from war. I'm an Iraqi, my parents came from war. Palestinian came from war. We all had war. Lebanese came from war. You know, Armenia? yeah same thing so it's like we do have it stored in our body and we do need to release it and because within our parents generation they never processed yeah absolutely because they never had the tools i tell my dad all the time like he did not heal through your trauma like do you want to talk about this like excuse me why are you blowing up in this matter and he's just like what are you saying it's just so true yeah it is very true i've seen my mom and my dad heal through my healing oh I love that you know which is such a beautiful and assured that when you can now speak to them about things like my mom's also shocked sometimes when I come to her saying certain things she's like why are you saying this I'm like because I'm working through it for me and for you yeah and like also I don't want to pass anything down to my kids as well 100 % that is exactly the also the main aim is that you don't want to pass it down to your future children hypnotherapy is great too.

50:00Hebah Baker:It's amazing. I've never tried hypnotherapy. It's really highly suggested. Should I? Highly suggested. It's really good. Do you have any recommendations in the region or no? Yes I will give you the amazing she's Palestinian woman that I went to. She really helped me work through certain things and I feel like unlike normal therapy when it's hypnotherapy you don't have any kind of block. Yeah because you're it's your subconscious. You're in different states. So you access your subconscious that's the whole point it's like 94 of who we are is in our subconscious yeah and only like five six percent is what we think like that's what's in our conscious but subconsciously is where like you know sometimes when you're driving a car and you don't know how you got from point a to point yeah because your mind's like your mind is subconsciously already doing it without you having to think about it so insane like muscle memory exactly done so with hypnotherapy they actually puts you in a theta state uh for your brain which is what happens when you go to sleep you go into that's a brain wave and that's when you can access your subconscious so you have to be ready though like you have to be ready to just be super vulnerable and like let go of everything and you have to kind of also trust the therapist yeah for sure i'm i'm super down to try it's an amazing experience obviously it's not for i mean i I think to do therapy, you need to be ready, because I remember for years, a lot of my friends were like, oh, you should go, blah, blah, blah, and it's like, no, I talk too much anyway.

51:31I don't need to go and talk more. But then when you're ready, you're like, okay, I'll go. And you found it like an amazing experience. Yeah, it was very helpful, yeah.

51:43Hebah Baker:Guys, any products that you can't live without, anything that you recommend, because obviously I'm such a beauty girl. We just did a post on SL about mini travel products that I love and they're super great for travel, but any products that you can't live without any beauty products um i want to recommend a product that i just tried this year it's by the brand um a ja nature oh yeah and uh it's the holy glow ageless eye serum oh wow and uh obviously like i'm trying to do ever anything but not go and like get botox or whatever after i got botched yes i remember that so i'm trying to get really good eye creams and serums and facials and this one I got it when I was in LA they sell it here online though you can buy it I think um noon has it and Amazon I think it's drop ship shop and chip shop and chip yeah drop ship clearly I didn't buy it in Dubai but um it smells amazing you just want to put it all over your face really it's a serum it's a serum and it has caffeine cucumber and like sunflower in it and the smell is very minimal like it's not a strong smell because I don't like things that are super scented and the texture is amazing you put it just around your eyes around your lips as well frown lines and I think it's definitely made an improvement especially for bags I mean you have great skin yeah no get it it's it's amazing I don't know what's going on Once I hit 35, the bags are bagging.

53:19The bags are bagging. The bags are bagging? No, I can't tell. Everyone's like, do salmon DNA. Oh, I heard salmon DNA is amazing. I don't know. I'm a bit scared, though.

53:28Hebah Baker:No, I think if you go to a good doctor, it's good. It's good? Yeah. I'm just scared of anything that's like... A needle. Any more injectables. I mean, I wouldn't mind doing it, but I just want to make sure it does work. And it's not like one of those... And it's not a waste. Give me three months, and then... Oh, my God. but there are some clinics in Dubai that I heard we're not actually injecting salmon yeah yeah another fish's DNA yeah because I wouldn't I think it could be trout I think it could be trout like what you mentioned earlier I think it could be trout DNA yeah oh my god oh no so you need to go to a trusted dog I can recommend the one for you if you're interested to go to salmon yes I would love to because you need to get a needle as well that's super thin you don't want to get those like thick needles that scar your face but does it leave your face like does it leave yeah I heard I heard good things about it.

54:14I just don't know where. It's a bit risky. So the safer option is the serum. So maybe, yeah, I'll just buy that cream. Get the serum anyway because it smells so good. Oh, yeah.

54:23Hebah Baker:Just for the fragrance. I'll send it to you. It's really good. I love that. I recently came across the, well, I talked about this in a previous pod, I think, but I recently came across this ad or someone's TikTok, I forget what it was. But you know this umbrella for your phone? Yeah. You need to get one. I keep forgetting to get one. It's so cute. And it's so annoying when your phone just goes like temperature. Yeah, oh, I hate that. Temperature's too hot. I mean, some people won't know what it's like because they don't live in Dubai. Yeah, true, true. That's true. They won't know. Yeah. But we get this warning on our phone that says temperature's too hot.

54:59Hebah Baker:With the thermometer. Yeah. And I'm like, why? I'm sure you can find them maybe in like Virgin Megastore or something. You can literally find them on there. Listen, I'll find this for you in like two minutes. Literally. It's so easy to find. I'll do this. But I keep forgetting to buy it and I think it's such a great product for the summer. Yeah, it is. HIPAA's got you. Especially on the beach. I'll send you a link. Exactly, especially on the beach. And some people's comments in that post were like, why are you on your phone when you're on holiday? I'm like, who isn't on their phone in general?

55:23Hebah Baker:To take pictures. Take photos. Check emails. If you're tanning, that's when I'm on my phone the most. I'm like, let me. Oh, really? I listen to like, Teta Brainwaves and I just do a meditation. I need to do that. But you're one of a kind. Yeah, I need to do that. I need to do that. I would love to be that person. however I am scrolling on Tik Tok I'm Jessica anything you've seen recently or like like recently in terms of beauty products or products in general I already spoke about it the huda beauty oh yeah I'm just gonna keep talking about it I I'm actually telling everyone to just buy it yeah clearly buy it they've never sent me products this is not an ad but I truly think it's amazing and another, you know me, like I've spoken about that before, maybe like on our...

56:09Hebah Baker:Videos on Upside and stuff like that. Yes, exactly. Like I love Another 13 as a perfume and I rather animalique, but right now I smell the Louis Vuitton fleur de desert. I don't know if I'm saying it right. Sounds nice. The flower of a desert basically. Okay, there we go. And it smells so good. Are you wearing it today? Yes, I am. I'm going to smell you after this. I can't even explain it. Is it floral? Is it gourmand? It's a bit floral, but then it's, I don't know. When you walk into LV, when you smell that perfume in LV, it's that. It's that. Oh, wow. It's a boutique smell. It smells just, and I'm just like obsessed with it.

56:44Is there oud in it? It's like a musky scent.

56:48Hebah Baker:We'll just smell just after that. I'm going to smell you. We're going to smell you. Sniff me. And LV's coming out with makeup as well. Yeah. So that's also exciting. LV's making some moves. And honestly, I love that it's so long lasting as well. Like I spray it and it's, I don't know. forever it's just you guys i don't know if it's just me but i can never smell my own perfume yeah i can sell my you can yeah oh no i can't smell my own perfume too this i can smell like another 13 and by right because it's part of your skin yeah because you literally use it all the time right yeah but maybe it's like i don't know yeah if you have a signature yeah but no just in general i don't smell maybe i'll have a whiff of it yeah but i can't but i'm the same as you i'm the same as you like some people what at the end of the day i'll be like oh you smell so nice i'm do I yeah I mean I've been wearing I have to say this it's very random but I've been wearing the same concealer for the past like 15 plus years Wow they don't even sell it here and don't get cute they don't sell it here anymore it's called cover derm oh and it's I think it's a US based brands i don't know if i'm wrong is it drugstore no it's it's pharmacy so you can only buy it from the pharmacy and i was reading up about it as well so it has like spf rosehip oil which uh i'm gonna talk about as well and it has vitamin a and e oh amazing so it has like all these good characteristics but then also it's super pigmented so i just love how you can wear it and it stays on your full coverage it's full coverage and i also like now that i found out that it also has vitamins to help yeah it's like skincare benefits yeah exactly where do you get it from so i order it's like i find it online and i do shop and ship shop and you guys are addicted to shopping yeah yeah i've never done it i should there are so many things like there are italian brands that don't ship to the uae australian brands australian brands also if you want to buy anything from like any any any any brands any brands where here there's like a times 10 markup and then you can find it cheaper in europe order it to your shop and ship accounts and they'll send it to you here it's not even expensive does it take long no it takes like three days yeah yeah very quick you don't wait that long at max five days like it's like quite it's quite fast interesting it's honestly a game changer and another thing so rosehip oil i think it was more than 10 years ago my first job as a fashion buyer um our company got approached by this korean skincare brands that sell like it's kind of like a department store of all korean skincare but at that time korean skincare was not like a hit so they were selling us like opening a store for like all korean skincare products and we were looking into it we're like we know it's clean but at the same time it wasn't popular like it wasn't like a thing people didn't care about clean and now in hindsight that store would have done amazing now where are they now we need to check but the ceo of that company would always be in every meeting just putting rosehip oil on his face constantly oh as a man yeah and it's apparently it is like in all of their products and it's sworn by Koreans uh to be to have such good so I looked it up and Kate Middleton uses it religiously so I'm like I need to buy okay no yeah I use rosehip oil a lot as well like just for your skincare on your face do you use it at night, in the morning, under your makeup?

1:00:17Because it's a bit oily, I would just put a bit, I usually put it at night. At night?

1:00:22Hebah Baker:Rosehip oil, that's a good tip. What about you, do you have any new products? So I recently discovered this skincare brand called Novex Bare, and I did a whole session on learning about this product, and they're really science-backed products. You guys know about this app, I think it's called Ink Beauty, I forget what it's called, but it's basically an app that you can research how good or bad the products are, how clean the products are. And they have like a 99 % rating. So, so good. And really great skincare products. They told me to test it just using it on its own, exclusively use their products and not try anything else and see how you feel.

1:01:04Hebah Baker:And I absolutely love their products. Really nice products. They have a really good lip balm. They have a really good face mist, a vitamin C cream. They have a lot of like a really nice skin cleanser like a balm which comes in a tube So you're not like you know how bombs mostly like they have to go. Yeah, yeah, really unhygienic Yeah, this one is like in a tube and speaking of bomb. There's another brand called dr. Althea. It's I love dr. Great there their moisturizer their balm as well their Makeup removing balm again. It comes in like a twisty to know nice So twist takes out the amount that you need and use it.

1:01:41Hebah Baker:It's great It's also the same with Drunk Elephant, right? They're moisturizers. Oh, yeah. Yes, Drunk Elephant's moisturizers are also great packaging. Yeah, yeah. Honestly, packaging with beauty is, I think, is really important. 100%. Especially with the hygiene. Like, it's super good to have that. So, recommend those too. Okay, great. Noted.

1:02:02Hebah Baker:Okay, guys, we're going to move on to dilemmas where we answer people's questions. So, the first one is, I've been invited to my ex's wedding. We're on good terms, but my current boyfriend hates the idea. Do I go or skip it? Skip it. Skip it. I think so too. Really? I mean, it first depends. Is your boyfriend coming with you? A, there's a few criteria. Right? Yeah. And how, I mean, if it's your ex and your friends, do you guys feel that you can be friends with your exes? So I was just talking to my friends about it today because I'm really good friends with some of my exes. Some not so much. And I think if there's any residual, like, lingering tension or heartbreak or whatever it is.

1:02:45Or animosity even. Yeah, anything, I think definitely no. But if you kind of both moved on, then why not? I mean, yeah, I guess you can be friends. But then if her current boyfriend hates him. Or is uncomfortable with the situation. Then, yeah, it's a no. But then also, like, why? If you're secure in yourself and you're secure enough in who you are and you're confident and you know what you and your girlfriend have, then what's the problem?

1:03:09Hebah Baker:See, this is why guys need therapy because, you know, are you secure enough in yourself? And they'd be like, what? A lot of things have to deal with emotional maturity. If you're both mature in the relationship and the partnership and there's trust and there's no jealousy, which all lingers from, like... Insecurities. Insecurities. Absolutely. Then you wouldn't have a problem with it. You know what? You do raise a good point and I do see that, but equally, again, it depends on the situation. I think it's very specific. It's very situational. It's situational. I do agree with that. It's like, you know, you have to kind of dissect it, like, what's making you uncomfortable as the partner?

1:03:43Hebah Baker:You know, is the partner going to be there with you, you know, and feel like he's included in whatever it is? And why does he feel insecure to not, you know, there's a few things. It's a tricky question. But ultimately, it leads to, are you emotionally mature? Exactly. Always. Always sums up to that. Yeah. great okay the next question is I need a wow outfit for a girls dinner in Mykonos something that'll turn heads but still feel effortless where should I look I definitely would recommend Pat's bow oh yeah I was gonna say bow but I was gonna say pow bow that's a thousand percent but Pat's bow has like the most amazing crochet dresses like with shell details like you have so many different options as well yeah I think that's a really nice summer option I feel like the summer dresses are killing it this summer I've been seeing amazing a lot of dresses gorgeous outfits and I think for for like a a girls night was and I think for like a girls dinner and make it all I feel like we dress for for women dress for women we dress for the girls 100 % I mean some girls dress for men but like some girls more more so you dress for a woman but really we dress for women and I feel like a girls dinner like i'm pulling out all the stops at least for me if i know if it's a girl's dinner yeah like you're going more than the guys i'm like gonna pull out the stops the earrings the accessories like i definitely think it's a it's a great recommendation pat pow and then bow bow beautiful dresses like really nice um and also unass is killing it with their resort wear summer yeah yeah i think they're doing an exceptional job they and and especially because if you can get it in two hours it's like the best thing ever honestly i love unas i'm like addicted addicted to unas so like they say two hours but then you get it in an hour and a half or even an hour yeah and i love that now everyone is competing with now so now everyone's on the two hour bump yes i see that too and i'm like great job yeah we're like going but the competition is strong you want to go faster do you want to do in 15 minutes noon 15 is another one yeah but isn't that more like groceries it is groceries but still i mean we digress shop, Insta shop, whatever it is.

1:05:53It's phenomenal.

1:05:55Hebah Baker:I even ordered, I needed so there's a cat that came to my parents' house. A stray cat. That actually was someone else's cat. And they abandoned this cat. It's such a cute cat. It's a Persian cat. They abandoned the cat. Because it has a collar but no microchip. And it had like a, it was sick and I nursed it back to health and the vet predicts that it's been out on the streets for weeks. That's so sad. Maybe months. And they predict that because the cat was sick, maybe the owner just like abandoned it. Anyways, now we're fostering this cat. That's so cute. Sweetheart. And I noticed the cat was like, you know, wanting to play and I felt like she didn't like the toys that she had.

1:06:38Hebah Baker:So on Insta shop at 11 p.m. at night, there was a pet store that was open and it delivered pet toys within 30 minutes. That's so Dubai, right? It's like, so Dubai. At 11 p.m. So I was like, here you go, my child. The cat was probably like, thanks, mom. I'm here for you. That's foster mom. Such a cute cat. But yeah, service is incredible. Incredible. The next question is, I want to try skin boosters or something tweaky before my trip, but I don't want to look done. What treatments are actually worth it? Well, we were just talking about this, right? We literally were just talking about this. We were talking about that serum that you think is like...

1:07:16Yeah, Asian Nature, they have great serums. Yeah. And also face creams if you want to just do that route. Yeah. Also the salmon DNA boosters.

1:07:27Hebah Baker:I do think as well, like, if you want something that's not, well, it really depends. I think if you're, it depends how long your trip is until, like, if you have a bit of time. Yeah. Then I do think face gym is a great way to, like, sculpt your face. Face gym is great, yeah. But you do have to do a few sessions for you to be able to feel sculpted and, like, lifted. But I do like, I like that having that where it's non-invasive treatments. or maybe just hydrafacials yeah hydrafacials are great facials are amazing like i always feel like it just like pulls everything together does hydrafacial also include um extraction yes yeah yeah extraction's so good extraction's amazing i think everyone should do the extraction a thousand percent yeah there's um there's or skin aesthetics which is a clinic in jamera nice and they have a facialist her name is victoria and she's so so good however it does put a dent in your back account know oh yeah it's an expensive it hurts your pocket pretty expensive but i just love the way they look every time yeah such a good um option i do think if you're gonna go on a trip you have to be super careful with what treatments you do especially if the trip involves like the sun yeah like protection spf for sure but definitely like these little treatments with like serums and things like that so yeah surely they can they can really work yeah so the next question is it's my birthday next month and everyone keeps asking me what I want to do but I'm in my low-key era any ideas for something that still feels special I would say I love a supper club idea yeah I love it when people can just you gather like a small group of people that's still very low-key but still very intimate but still very dress up so you can still dress up but it's still very low-key I love the idea of a supper club I think it's really cool and actually my birthday's coming up in a couple months and I was thinking about like what I would want what do you want to do because it's not a big age.

1:09:13Hebah Baker:But, like, I think it's nice to do, like, an intimate dinner. I agree. 100%. Yeah. I feel like I'm not very much into... Actually, a friend of mine did a bowling night. That's fun. At an arcade, which is also quite low-key. But you can't get dressed up? Can't get dressed up. Well, you could, actually. I mean, you could, but you could wear, like, a dress, maybe. Yeah. I love... I mean, you would know when I say it. I love a boat day. Oh, yeah. I love a boat day. Him is always on a boat. Just FYI. I'm on a boat. Every time I check her stories, she's on a boat. I love boats and it's so accessible here like people don't realize how easy it is to just rent a boat and you can like book it for two hours four hours five hours watch the sunsets you bring drinks snacks like we always get fruit platters charcuterie boards actually that fruit platter that you got at waitrose oh yeah go to waitrose guys it'd be great that talar did a supermarket we love a good fruit platter I love it yes it's amazing and they also sell I think it's in spinaise or waitrose or they they sell charcuterie boards already already cuts with meats and cheeses and everything and it's right by the dubai marina dock oh so like you just stop there it drops your car you're there pick up all of your snacks go there you can have your drinks you can have your foods music sun it's amazing i love that hipaa recommended a boat for a low-key birthday i know and that and that is low-key you're like could you imagine this is abroad they're like renting a boat it's not a low-key birthday i mean i i go with three people sometimes yeah yeah no and it is it is no it's because dubai is so accessible and you can do it so low-key you can tell we were raised here literally just like low-key is just having a yacht for your birthday but it is and it's not that expensive like i think people think it would cost like so much no no it's very it's actually affordable and actually it's a good idea I actually think that's good I like that idea I need an invitation do that for your birthday yeah exactly well it's super hot still the weather but in a few months it's gonna be great no it's in September it's still hot so dinner for an indoor birthday yeah I would say like you can go to the arcade and do like fun like arcade games it's not fully my thing but some people love that and then a supper club idea.

1:11:24Hebah Baker:I just love that idea of a supper club. It's super cool. Or like even renting out a private space in those venues. Or going to like a staycation and they have like these villas. You can rent a villa. I mean, all of these are not low-key. I can't believe. Guys, it was such a pleasure to speak with you today. Jessica, so happy to have you on. We're going to have you on more. Thank you for having me. So much fun. Thanks so much. Thank you. Thanks so much for listening. Please like, subscribe and we'll see you guys next time. Thank you.