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RECLAIM YOUR ROUTINE: MAKEUP ORGANIZATION AFTER 50 · Uncluttered and Unfiltered: The Podcast For Women Over 50

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  Welcome to Uncluttered and Unfiltered, the podcast urging
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  you to let it go and don't look back, with nationally acclaimed
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  professional organizer Christine Stone and self-proclaimed Hot
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  Damn Mess radio and TV personality Eden Kendall.
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  Welcome everyone to uncluttered and Unfiltered were the podcast
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  for women over 50. We've got a touch of
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  organization always in in the episodes because Christine Stone
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  is a professional organizer. If you love that kind of a thing
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  and you're like, I need more Christine Gooder neatly designed
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  on Instagram and you will never be disappointed.
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  And you know what? I love a lot of your videos.
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  You have this running theme where you're saying like, why
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  does it matter? And then you tell why it
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  matters. So I want to kind of jump off
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  that with today's topic, which is your cosmetics, your makeup,
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  your vanity area, your beauty supplies, and expand that even
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  from what we did on today's local TV show, which is
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  Christine is here with me at the TV station where I work.
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  And we just were on River City Live with our friend Carrie
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  Wilson, who is a professional makeup artist.
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  And we did a segment on organizing your space and your
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  beauty supplies. We didn't really talk about hair
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  supplies as well, but we can certainly incorporate that into
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  this. So you could start out by
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  saying, you know, you might say why does it matter?
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  Here's why. Why does it matter?
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  Well, first of all, it streams streamlines getting ready in the
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  morning or in the evening when you're going out.
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  If you're trying to find something, it just it, it takes
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  time. And then if you can't find
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  something, you spend money because you can't find what you
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  own, so you go buy more. So it does matter, saves time,
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  saves money. So that's in bathrooms.
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  They're not emotional clutter, so they really don't take a long
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  time. That's true.
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  You you don't have something attached memory wise to that
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  mascara. It's either old or it's not.
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  Right. Or you love it or you don't, I
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  mean. It's not Grandma gave it to you
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  because if she did, it's time for that.
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  It's scary to be gone, you know? Sorry to.
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  Say, yeah, so a bathroom, if you're going to tackle any
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  space, this is the best one because it really doesn't take a
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  lot of time. If you devote the, you know, 30
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  minutes even can get, you know, a bathroom organized.
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  You may not be able to get the products right away.
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  You may have to order them or go in and get them.
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  But I mean, it's just a really simple thing to purge your
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  makeup products and get organized.
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  Remember when we purged my makeup vanity and I had like 5
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  nail Clippers? Yes, more than that.
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  More than that, probably like 10, Yeah.
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  Because you know what, you forget or I'll be on a trip and
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  I'll buy a pair because I didn't bring them or whatever the case
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  may be. And it could be like that for
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  you with, you know, some people have that with like chopstick
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  type type items. Well, also they don't keep
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  everything that's the same together.
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  Yes. And so you have 1 nail Clipper
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  underneath the sink, one in a drawer, one in, you know, a
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  travel kit. I mean you have them all over.
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  So that way you don't know how many you have and you just keep
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  buying more. So what is our first step?
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  And I think I know the answer and it starts with AP, but what
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  is our first step? Is to purge, which means grab a
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  garbage can also have like a small bag or something that if
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  the makeup there's nothing wrong with it, you just don't like it.
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  It doesn't look good on you. It made you break out, it caused
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  rosacea, whatever the thing and you don't want to throw it away.
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  Give it to a girlfriend. It's she'll try it, maybe she'll
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  love it. So purging is really that and
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  also throwing away items that are broken that are expired.
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  And yes, makeup does expire or things that you know have seen
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  better days or you just didn't like them.
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  And so that's how you start the process by really pairing down
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  and only keeping the things that you love and that you use.
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  That's what I have done. I've done it since Kovid where I
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  really really do not keep anything that I don't like when
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  it comes to my face and only keep the items that I really
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  really love and buy on repeat for everyday makeup look.
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  One thing, well, I don't want to jump ahead, so I, I won't, I
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  won't talk yet about something that you showed us on the show
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  today. By the way, the, the episode or
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  the segment rather from the TV show will be in our show notes.
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  We'll link that in our show notes as well.
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  So you'll be able to watch that and we'll post it on our
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  Facebook and our, and our Instagram and everything.
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  OK, having said that. So now, now we've got the makeup
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  we want to keep, right? And so now you want to sort by
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  category, meaning blushes, mascaras, eyeliners, lipsticks,
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  because that way you're not rebuying because it's all
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  together and you can see it. And so now you're sorting
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  everything. That way you'll know what
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  containers you need once you sort everything you know.
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  Are you going to put everything on your countertop because you
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  don't have drawers in your bathroom?
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  Are you putting things on a shelf?
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  Are you putting things in a drawer?
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  What type of drawer? A deep drawer?
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  A shallow drawer? These things matter before you
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  buy what you're going to buy. Meaning you're sorting supplies
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  and you you always lean towards the acrylic, the clear.
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  Well, in a bathroom, because a lot of times you're brushing
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  your teeth and then you reach in, so you don't want something
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  that water will ruin. So I like to use, you know,
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  acrylic containers. That way you could just wipe
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  them down with a microfiber cloth if you get anything in
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  them. So a tape measure is an
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  important piece. Very important piece.
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  I say that with all organizing projects.
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  Measure before you buy, because if you don't, you buy the wrong
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  containers and they become more clutter.
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  You hold on to them, thinking they're going to miraculously
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  fit in a drawer that you don't even know you have.
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  So, OK, so now you've got, you've got all of your supplies.
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  You're, you're doing it by parts of parts of your face.
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  Really. Right.
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  Yeah. And also one tip I use myself,
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  if you can get samples of things, please get samples first
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  because it will save you from having to return things.
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  Get samples. A lot of places are very
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  generous with their samples. Or get the travel size.
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  If you love it, great, you can use it when you travel.
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  If you hate it, you don't feel as guilty that you spent a lot
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  of money on something. Also, don't throw away receipts,
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  keep them in the bag and that way if you don't love it and
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  they have a 30 day return policy, you can return it and
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  buy some something else or you know, I mean just making sure
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  you don't keep things for the sake of keeping them.
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  That's how clutter starts to form.
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  If you're not going to use it, return it.
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  But I love getting sample sizes and almost everything comes in a
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  sample size now except even mascara.
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  When you're at Ulta or Sephora, they always have that little the
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  kiosk that has all of the little minis.
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  It has all the minis, so that's what I do.
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  I buy the minis first and if I love it, I'll put it in a travel
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  bag that I already have organized with all my travel
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  sized items, the things I love, and then go by the regular size
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  because you love it so much. It's really especially in
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  bathrooms. A lot of people don't have a lot
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  of space in bathrooms. They have a stack of drawers
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  they may share with a significant other, a husband,
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  but they don't have tons and tons of space.
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  So you really have to be careful about over buying and not
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  purging and getting rid of the things you don't really like or
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  use. Now, our friend Carrie Wilson
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  has talked about what she calls her beauty brush bath or her
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  birthday brush bath, which is every month on your birth date.
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  Like for example, I mine is the first.
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  So the first of every month she would have me give my brushes a
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  bath. But when you're purging, that's
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  something to think about to your brushes.
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  You're purging, definitely, and I do it every Sunday.
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  Oh, only because I have very sensitive skin.
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  And I think if you have acne skin or sensitive skin, you know
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  you're going to wash your brushes more frequently than
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  somebody that doesn't have that issue.
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  So yes, brushes can also become clutter.
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  And an easy way to keep brushes organized if you have this space
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  on the countertop is to keep them standing up on something.
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  I use old candles, you know, that have burned down and I like
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  the way they look and I just stick all my brushes in there
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  and my eyeliners that way. It frees up drawer space.
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  And if you're you're going to put anything on your
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  countertops, make sure they're functional, but make sure they
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  look good too, because other than that, you really don't want
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  to look at something on a countertop that isn't, you know,
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  good looking as well as functional well.
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  This is where the the bowl comes in.
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  I loved this tip that you gave on TV today.
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  It was the daily bowl, your bowl of daily makeup and using a
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  bowl. In your case, it was your mom's
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  that she gave you. And I have all of this China
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  that was my great grandmother's that I, I make sure we use for
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  every holiday because my grandmother did tell me, I want
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  you to use this, put it in the dishwasher.
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  I want it used. But then there are some big
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  pieces and they would be ideal for something like this.
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  So can you talk a little bit about that bowl?
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  Yeah. The trend on social media now is
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  to put all your everyday makeup essentials in a bowl.
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  Any bowl will do. Don't go buy a bowl.
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  I mean any pretty bowl. I took my mother's crystal bowl
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  and it was perfect. You saw it this morning and
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  you're supposed to put, you know, if you use tinted
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  sunscreen, an eyeliner, A mascara, A blush, any of your
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  basic everyday get ready items go in the bowl.
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  And that way you're not. It's so easy to get ready every
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  morning, and it looks pretty sitting out, especially if it's
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  your grandmother's. Is your mother something you can
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  look at that reminds you of them and looks pretty sitting out?
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  Yeah. I, I've always cherished that
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  tip you gave because whether it is just a platter that you put
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  out and, and keys go in it when you walk in the house or
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  something, but you're using your daily, everyday using something
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  that otherwise gets stored away and not used.
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  So, you know, I mean things that were once for special occasions,
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  then because of things you get to look at and enjoy daily.
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  bowl, it can be any kind of it doesn't matter what kind of bowl
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  and just keep your everyday. And right now tinted moisturizer
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  and tinted sunscreens are so popular so you know that's one
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  of your basics. Keep it in your bowl and.
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  I have to tell you I I had not been using tinted sunscreen and
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  when I had this recent treatment I had a Halo laser and I could
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  not be in the sun at all. But which must?
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  Be hard for you because you run very.
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  Difficult, but also because there was a football game coming
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  up that I was planning to go to. So I put a layer of regular
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  chemical sunscreen on that soaks into your skin.
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  And then on top of that, I wanted to do more of a mineral
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  sunscreen, so I bought this Cerave tinted mineral sunblock.
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  I got so many compliments every time I use this sunscreen now,
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  even a month later, every time I wear it, someone says, oh, your
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  skin looks great. It's such a good sunscreen.
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  Yeah. They have really come out with
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  tinted sunscreens that are makeup because you can layer it,
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  you can put a little more on your cheeks to cover the
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  redness. I mean, there are so many on the
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  market now and I love them. I think they're great and they
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  they not only have sunscreen, but they have ingredients in
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  them that make your skin look so good, whether it's, you know,
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  hyaluronic acid or whatever it is.
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  It also is a treatment as well as, you know, a tinted
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  sunscreen. So anyway, so the bathroom is
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  definitely, definitely a great place to start if you are
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  starting your organizing journey.
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  OK, so that we haven't covered any of the hair products yet,
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  which I know. Oh gosh.
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  That could be a whole different. It could.
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  Be a whole different episode is your true is your preference to
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  do it. Let's do that.
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  Let's have it as a whole other episode because frankly, you
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  know, we could be here all day with that and and in a situation
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  like where you have things with attachments, I just recently got
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  a hair dryer that has all these different attachments, but I
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  only use two of them. So you know, where does that get
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  stored there? There's a lot that can go into
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  it. So when I said at the beginning
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  of this episode that we were going to also add on the hair, I
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  was kidding. I was a joke.
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  It was a joke. I didn't mean it at all.
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  So normally we would do at least a little bit of an
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  organizational tip here, but we're going to flip the script
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  on you because we've done organization in this episode.
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  So I want to flip the script and bring up a completely different
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  topic, completely different. It's not going to be news to
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  you, though. We talked about this.
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  I heard a story the other day about a friend of mine who's
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  having her first grandchild, and she was told that she can fly
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  out of town and visit this grandchild in the hospital when
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  when she's born. But then she's got to leave for
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  a week because mommy and daddy and baby have to bond with no
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  help, no outsiders, nobody else can come into the house for one
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  full week. And that is a bonding thing.
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  That is a new trend. So what do you think of somebody
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  who has now now been a grandmother twice and you were
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  there to help out? Well, they must just have one
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  child because when you have that second child, who's watching the
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  first child, right? You know what I'm saying?
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  Yes. So this must be some new social
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  media thing. That's what I'm going to say,
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  OK, where all of that age group is saying we and listen, you do
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  need to bond with your kid. I'm not saying you don't
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  absolutely with your husband and you and your child, but what
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  what a grandma does, at least what I did.
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  I cooked, I did laundry, I didn't bother them.
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  They had plenty of bonding time both times.
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  So I think you're what's that saying?
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  You're cutting your nose off to spite your?
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  Face Yes, I agree. So I think the grandmas should,
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  as I always say, and you hear me say that if that's what they
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  want, that's what you should do. But they're only hurting
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  themselves because I think a mom usually comes in and it's
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  helpful. So maybe their mother-in-law is
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  not helpful. Maybe their mom isn't helpful.
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  Then I get it. You're like, you're not helpful.
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  So just don't be here, right? You know, if you're not going to
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  help, then I don't, you know, you know what I mean?
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  So I think every circumstance is different, but generally after
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  you've had your first one, you're on your hands and knees
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  begging your mom to come and help.
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  Do you know what? That's how I.
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  Was yeah, that's how I was. And also I think too, I can see
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  you saying, listen, I don't want the baby in your arms more than
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  the babies in my arms. Absolutely not.
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  But there does come a time, even if the mom is there only just to
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  just do the cooking, the cleaning and all the things.
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  You know, at some point you are like so tired.
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  You're like, can you please take this baby so I can, right?
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  So I can nap you? Really.
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  You really will miss, I promise. There you will.
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  There's no. Chance that that baby is
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  mistaking grandma for you and. Also, if you have a colicky
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  baby, I would stand your ground. I would say to the daughter, no,
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  you said that you needed a week. And yeah, you, I'm just only
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  obeying your rules because that will really bring someone to
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  their knees and beg. Pop pop.
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  And I are going on a cruise. Yeah, for a week.
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  And good luck because I had a colicky baby and I couldn't get
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  anyone to stay longer than a couple days because all she did
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  was cry. So I mean, I just I hark back to
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  social media sometimes I think things are trends if ain't.
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  Broke. Why are you trying to fix that?
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  That was the one thing that I don't know.
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  I'm gonna. I just don't want that to catch
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  on because I plan when, if I'm so blessed, to be right there.
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  Well, and like I said, you know, I think also, you know, you have
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  to respect boundaries of course, but I think that really, you
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  know, it's a matter of who are your in laws and who are your
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  parents. That's that you don't want them
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  in your house the first couple weeks that your child has been
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  born. I don't know.
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  I don't know. All right, well.
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  That was just a little, you know, I wanted to flip the
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  script because normally, like I said, we do that one little
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  segment at the end that's got some organization.
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  And then since the entire episode was organization, I
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  thought, let's just throw that in right there.
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  OK, so everybody has their assignment.
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  You're going to go hit your bathroom and do a little quick.
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  And I would love to. Love to see some before and
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  after pictures in our ladies only group.
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  So that is on Facebook. You just find us by doing
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  We'll have it in our show notes along with that segment that I
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  just mentioned. And if you if you are new to us
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  and you just found us, go back and listen to some past
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  episodes. We've got some doozies.
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  Yes, we would love for you to get caught up a little bit.
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  If there's a specific topic that you are seeking and that you
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  don't find in our library, you can let us know on that Facebook
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  group. You know, a lot of a lot of
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  participation in that. We get a lot of interaction and
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  we love it. In the meantime, if your
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  lipstick. Doesn't taste like lipstick
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  anymore. You gotta let it go.
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  And don't look back.