It's officially summer and we want to make the most of the season.
So today we've got ways to save time and money with some home and beauty hacks.
That's right. Vanessa Kaas
is with us. She is the editor in chief of Bella Magazine.
I'm so excited to have you here. Excited to be here. Thank you. Ok. So what are we?
This looks like we're gonna be talking about brows. It
is
called Count Down.
Um, it's actually from the brand pyramid that I co founded with, uh,
two of my makeup artist Chris Lanston and Jennifer Capella.
And
the idea is for it to stay on all day.
I don't like to reapply makeup and I think during the summer time you're sweating,
you're out and about, um, you know, as
a busy
and it gets cakey and busy on the go. You want some
a product that stays last? I have it on right now and I will have brows until tonight.
Really?
So, what's the key to this?
It's vegan. It's leaping bunny, approved. Um, it's all natural.
It's the oils, sunflower seed oil, coconut oil and it just helps it stay on, uh,
with a smooth dewy finish and your brows look on point.
Ok.
Going from brows to lashes, lashes. Ok. So what do we have?
Um I think, you know Elizabeth,
the struggle is real when it comes to lashes and this impress on a falsies from kiss
the eyes like
on nails. But for your
eyes, but for your eyes, I have them on right now. You don't need glue and literally
what do you mean? You don't need glow.
I only need glue because it already comes with the pre adhesive
uh glue on there and all you have to do is pop them on,
depending on how thick or how lush you want them, you put in one.
So if you just want like a little bit in your,
in your corner, you can do one piece.
I now have three and you can layer them if you want like a more dramatic look.
But it's the, I wanna put these on you. So
you
have
looking
at these
and these
maybe 10 in each set here.
So you put them in,
you can put them in sets uh depend on, you know how much of a dramatic look and it,
and it stays on all day that
you can
use them.
I know some women I see them put in, they have the glue all over and then it gets
that glue gets in your eyes, you're crying, it's like it's hysteria.
You actually can look
right.
OK. Um, but it is the easiest thing to apply
for me to
have.
Ok. So now we're going into the home half. Yeah. So what do we have?
You're already buying these products already?
So why not really maximize their use?
Not just for the kitchen, but you can actually clean with these products,
lemon juice, baking soda, white vinegar.
If you actually mix all of them together,
you have a more powerful cleaner than you have uh those spray bottles that you buy.
Not only are you saving money,
but you're actually using something that isn't as toxic into your home.
You know, I have kids and dogs. Um, and I have no problem mixing the baking
soda with the white
when you
say
how much of each do we put in it?
I mean, if you're gonna do uh a white vinegar,
you will take a cup of white vinegar and then half a cup of baking soda too.
If it's a stain or if it's a smell and have the dogs, you know how that goes.
Um, I spray it, leave it on for a little bit,
but you are going to get a more powerful cleanser, uh, than those really toxic ones,
you know that you buy at the store,
you have
kids or kids, right?
And the reality is that you're saving time, you're saving money because you already
have this in your pantry, right? So why not maximize their use at home? Ok.
Now, is this for my Beyonce moment like I'm putting this
on too.
So believe it or not, this is the heck that I learned from my husband.
My husband is from Iowa and grew up on a farm, it's hot,
it's outside and during the summer time and I mean, I'm from,
originally from the Dominican Republic.
So fans are, you know, a must in every room in your household.
Uh But in order for you to maximize the air conditioning,
you just put this in your a vent.
Um and you will literally maximize like you,
it,
it will be like ac 2.0 because what you're doing is pushing that
cold air more to reach the room in a more broader spectrum.
Um And that way you can keep the room cooler instead of cranking, you know, down that,
that um ac at home.
And so you're saving money, you're saving energy just to be clear,
whatever your air is coming out of, you put the phone next,
the the fan next to it and it just blows the air into the room more.
Correct. Yes. And I who knew that my husband could teach me something.
I like that and you give them.
That's great.
I I will and I, I my my kids each have one in their room like I'm like, OK, this is smart,
very smart uh and very savvy to do because they're always hot, always cold.
But you know,
I'm freezing
cold. Ok.
So what do we have here last, but not least here is, um, you know,
home Decor instead of going out spending, you know, hundreds of dollars even,
you can grab some from your dollar shows.
But I have mason jars from jams and sauces that we've made over the years.
You can just take some,
either dried flowers or some knick knacks that you have
around the home and make some really fun decor.
Uh If you, you can make some really cool uh centerpieces,
this is actually a water bottle that has some artwork in front of it.
Um And you can just, you know, place them together as a centerpiece.
You could put fresh flowers or even dried out flowers in them.
Um And they really make for a fun and more natural uh
ambience as opposed to, you know,
spending money on things that you're gonna use for 23 hours at home, like
cool thing
to do is put water in it and then put some dye in there and you can put some, I mean,
you can make some
sea glass like I love going to sea class.
You could actually also do rocks, uh you know,
different size stones um and really make something fun, whatever floats your boat.
Uh But really is fun inexpensive. Right.
Again,
you have all these things at home and you can
get the whole family involved in collecting my kids.
Love it.
The minute I get my little one involved, you know,
because he feels productive and useful and helpful and he has some crazy ideas,
you know.
Uh,
but it's entertaining because at the end of the day it's us enjoying that ambiance.
So, why not make it with? Right.
And you could really change it depending on the season.
So, if I put shells in there now, you know, I can just empty that out and put something,
you know, dried leaves in there.
In the fall. A little acorns, little nuts, uh, in the fall season.