Classically Abby - May 12, 2021


7 Beauty Secrets NO ONE Will TELL You! ｜｜ The Classic Girl's Guide To Beauty


Episode Stats

Length

13 minutes

Words per Minute

197.89598

Word Count

2,690

Sentence Count

187

Misogynist Sentences

5

Hate Speech Sentences

3


Summary

In this episode, I am sharing 7 beauty tips that I use to keep myself looking and feeling beautiful. These aren t going to be those annoying beauty tips you hear all the time, like drinking more water or eating healthy. These are just a little bit more off the beaten track and that will make you feel beautiful.


Transcript

00:00:00.000 Hello, Classic Crew, and welcome to today's video where I'm going to be sharing seven beauty secrets that no one will tell you.
00:00:12.280 So today I'm going to be sharing with you seven little beauty tricks that I use to keep myself looking and feeling my best.
00:00:19.500 And these aren't going to be those annoying beauty tips that you hear all the time, like drink more water or eat healthy.
00:00:26.860 Like, yes, we should all be doing those things, but also those aren't secrets.
00:00:31.340 We've all known that we should be doing these things in order to look and feel better.
00:00:35.960 So today I wanted to share the things that you're not going to hear everywhere else, that are just a little bit more off the beaten track, and that will make you feel beautiful.
00:00:45.940 So before we get started, if you want to see more of this channel, make sure to subscribe and hit that notification bell.
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00:01:18.960 So the first thing I want to talk about today is having white teeth. And I think it's really important to have white teeth.
00:01:24.340 I think it makes you look your best. It makes you look like you really take care of yourself.
00:01:28.320 And my trick, I can't use whitening strips. Or if I do, it's very painful for me. I have sensitive teeth.
00:01:35.880 So using whitening strips and using them at all frequently is just not really an option. It just really, it really hurts.
00:01:42.620 So the way that I get white teeth is this. I use this toothpaste every morning and every night.
00:01:49.280 And it is a little kind of duo set. The first step is a deep cleansing toothpaste, and you use that for a minute.
00:01:56.200 And the second step is this whitening finisher, which is a gel, and you put that on top of the same toothbrush that you just used, and you use this for a minute.
00:02:03.620 And I have seen a huge difference in how white my teeth look since using these together.
00:02:10.820 This is so much better than a normal whitening toothpaste that I don't really see any results with.
00:02:16.360 With this, I really do, especially if you use it consistently.
00:02:19.700 So this is my first secret tip. I don't think most people know about this.
00:02:24.000 You can get it at the drugstore. You can get it at Target, and it is awesome.
00:02:27.620 The second thing I want to talk about today is wrinkles.
00:02:29.720 I know that we all suffer from them, and even though wrinkles aren't a terrible thing, and you can't avoid them,
00:02:35.860 it's still not something that you necessarily want to have on your face.
00:02:39.500 And so I know that the creams that you buy over the counter, they're not really going to help with wrinkles.
00:02:45.300 They say that they will, but there's not a huge difference.
00:02:48.120 So what I use is something called frownies.
00:02:50.660 I don't know if you've heard of these. Probably not, which is why they're a secret beauty trick.
00:02:55.320 So basically what these are are patches that you put on your skin.
00:03:00.040 They stick on your skin like a sticker, and then they harden so that you can't move your face.
00:03:06.040 And I know that sounds crazy, but you put it on when you go to sleep,
00:03:09.260 and when you wake up in the morning, you just wet it, and it comes right off,
00:03:12.320 and you will see a huge difference.
00:03:15.100 Now the first time that you use it, you're definitely going to see a difference,
00:03:19.100 but it goes away in about three hours as you continue to make facial expressions.
00:03:23.620 But if you use it regularly, if you use these regularly,
00:03:27.440 you will see a difference in the wrinkles on your face.
00:03:31.660 And I love these things.
00:03:33.300 I don't use them as regularly as I should, and I will say,
00:03:36.900 part of the reason I don't is because I break out, not from these,
00:03:40.540 but generally I will get acne on my forehead, which is where I like to use them.
00:03:45.060 And if I have to choose between getting rid of acne and smoothing wrinkles,
00:03:49.260 I usually choose getting rid of acne.
00:03:51.120 But when my skin is behaving like it should,
00:03:54.800 then I will use these regularly in the evenings,
00:03:57.480 and I've seen such a huge difference in my wrinkles,
00:04:00.340 and I think they're just great because they're not invasive at all,
00:04:03.140 and you can get them on Amazon.
00:04:04.500 Time for a brief break so I can thank Bring My Song to Life
00:04:07.620 for sponsoring a portion of today's video.
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00:04:15.820 You don't need any songwriting or musical skills.
00:04:18.300 You simply tell them your personal story and what kind of genre of music you like,
00:04:23.080 and they do the rest.
00:04:24.760 All of their songwriters and musicians are highly professional.
00:04:28.580 I asked them to create a song for my third anniversary with my husband,
00:04:32.000 and they came up with something beautiful.
00:04:33.880 So here's a little clip of it.
00:04:35.340 We first met through a mutual friend.
00:04:39.760 Had things in common, that's how we began.
00:04:44.540 We were long distance, but it was so worth it.
00:04:48.880 Falling in love with each other was a...
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00:05:01.600 So thank you again to Bring My Song to Life
00:05:03.880 for sponsoring a portion of today's video,
00:05:06.440 and let's get back to it.
00:05:08.180 So the next thing I want to talk about is a hair tip.
00:05:11.700 So it's actually two hair tips,
00:05:13.420 and whatever's relevant to you, you know, you can try and use.
00:05:16.620 So the first thing is that my hair does not hold a curl
00:05:21.400 unless I use a very high heat,
00:05:25.280 which I know is not good for your hair.
00:05:27.820 But here's my trick.
00:05:29.820 Here's my little trick.
00:05:30.880 So if I use like a 350 degrees or 320 degrees,
00:05:35.540 then I will have to curl my hair every single day.
00:05:38.140 I will have to curl my hair,
00:05:39.460 and then it will fall out over the course of the evening,
00:05:41.160 and then the next day, I'll have to re-curl it.
00:05:43.580 And if I curl my hair at about 400, 410, 420,
00:05:47.840 420's really high, I know, don't hate me,
00:05:50.760 then I only have to curl my hair twice a week
00:05:53.600 because it will hold.
00:05:55.420 It will actually hold, and it will, if I brush it out,
00:05:58.440 then it will still be curly three, four days later
00:06:01.300 when I decide to wash it.
00:06:03.060 So that is my tip.
00:06:04.820 Instead of using a lower heat on my hair
00:06:06.640 and then re-curling multiple times, like every day,
00:06:10.500 I will use high heat on my hair twice a week.
00:06:13.580 And I do use a hair protectant,
00:06:15.560 but that is how I keep my hair curling time to a minimum
00:06:20.800 because, honestly, who has the time
00:06:22.240 to curl your hair every single day?
00:06:23.360 That's just a lot.
00:06:24.400 If I'm doing it twice a week, I can handle that.
00:06:26.840 And also, I like the idea that my hair will stay curled
00:06:29.340 until I wash it.
00:06:30.220 So I only wash my hair twice, maybe three times a week.
00:06:33.360 The other tip that I have is how I curl my hair.
00:06:36.620 So if I want my hair to all look really uniform and beautiful,
00:06:40.120 I will curl my whole head.
00:06:41.760 But on the days that my under layer is already wavy,
00:06:46.280 then I will just curl the top layer of my hair
00:06:49.580 and I do it in a specific way that will match my wave pattern.
00:06:52.860 So if you're like me, then the bottom layer of your hair,
00:06:56.340 maybe even the middle layer of your hair,
00:06:57.820 is really wavy, but the top layer of your hair is not.
00:07:01.220 But I don't want to necessarily take away my natural wave
00:07:03.800 because I like my natural wave.
00:07:05.420 So the way that I kind of take advantage of having a wave in my hair
00:07:09.320 is that I do just curl the top layer.
00:07:12.360 And this isn't hot, but I'm going to use it to show you
00:07:15.140 how I actually do it.
00:07:17.420 So what I'll do is I'll take a piece of hair
00:07:19.720 and I will go like this, clamp it up, roll it up, blah, blah, blah.
00:07:28.740 Let it sit for a minute.
00:07:30.020 Then I will unwind it and then roll it up, roll it up.
00:07:39.840 And do you see how I'm kind of twisting it?
00:07:43.040 Yeah, that twist is what mimics, like this, my natural wave pattern.
00:07:49.340 And when I let this go, it's not going to do it now
00:07:51.700 because it's not hot, but it will stay very twisted.
00:07:54.880 And then when I brush it out with my fingers,
00:07:56.600 it'll mimic my natural hair pattern, my natural hair wave.
00:08:00.160 So that is my little trick so that I don't have to curl my whole head
00:08:03.760 if I'm not in the mood for it.
00:08:05.460 As you can see, that's what I did today.
00:08:06.980 This is my natural wave.
00:08:08.120 And then there's a few pieces on top that I curled.
00:08:10.900 Number four is a new tool that I bought for my makeup.
00:08:14.880 And that is my new foundation brush.
00:08:17.540 So I don't know if you've heard about something called the Arteez brush.
00:08:20.880 It is a very fancy version of this.
00:08:23.280 It's very expensive.
00:08:24.320 And a lot of people raved about it.
00:08:26.840 And I obviously never bought it.
00:08:28.740 It was very expensive.
00:08:29.900 But I also wasn't sure if it would really work for me.
00:08:31.860 So I saw this at Target.
00:08:33.240 It was on sale.
00:08:34.340 And it mimics what the Arteez brush does,
00:08:37.500 which it kind of looks like a hairbrush.
00:08:39.180 And it is so good at applying foundation.
00:08:44.240 I can't get over it.
00:08:45.360 It's so fast.
00:08:46.560 And it is seamless.
00:08:47.680 And I like it better than a sponge because sponges can get mold if you wet them all the time.
00:08:54.220 If you're cleaning them, then it might not happen.
00:08:56.580 But you still have to throw them out pretty frequently.
00:08:59.680 And I didn't want to have to constantly be replacing a sponge.
00:09:03.000 So when I bought this, I thought to myself,
00:09:05.280 oh, I will only have this and I don't need to get a sponge too.
00:09:09.300 This is so great.
00:09:10.640 I really recommend it if you are interested in upgrading your tools for foundation brushes.
00:09:16.420 This is something that will really give you beautiful, even coverage and takes like three minutes to apply.
00:09:21.900 Number five has to do with nails.
00:09:24.840 So if you are someone who does not like getting your nails done or doesn't like having a gel manicure,
00:09:31.060 then it's still important to have your nails look nice.
00:09:34.700 And using a nail file like this is a game changer.
00:09:37.660 So basically what this is, I got this on Amazon.
00:09:39.820 It's from Tweezerman.
00:09:40.820 And what it does is it has a file side, a buffing side, a smoothing side, and a shining side.
00:09:46.360 And it allows you to shine and buff your nails so that it looks like you have basically clear nail polish on them.
00:09:53.360 And it lasts for about a week to two weeks.
00:09:56.560 And I think that's great because you don't have to care if it's going to chip.
00:10:00.840 You don't have to worry that you're not going to have time to let it dry.
00:10:04.160 You're just taking care of your nails and filing and buffing and shining.
00:10:08.720 And that's it.
00:10:09.420 They look really nice.
00:10:10.480 This is what I've been doing lately.
00:10:11.980 I have a gel manicure kit.
00:10:13.380 I use that very often.
00:10:14.480 I also have insta-dry nail polishes.
00:10:16.860 I use those often as well.
00:10:18.220 But if I'm in the mood for something more natural, this is what I use.
00:10:21.640 And I think these kinds of things are great to have.
00:10:23.920 So number six has to do with workout regimens.
00:10:26.960 I don't know if this counts as a beauty secret.
00:10:28.600 But what I want to talk about is the combination of weightlifting and going for walks or going on the elliptical.
00:10:36.100 So I think there's a misconception about toning that if you were to do like heavy weightlifting,
00:10:43.260 you would get big muscles.
00:10:45.000 But really what women want is just to look a little bit more toned and taught.
00:10:48.920 That's not a real thing.
00:10:50.600 You don't get toned by doing little muscle exercises.
00:10:54.200 You get toned by weightlifting and then losing a little bit of weight.
00:10:57.640 Women don't build muscle in the same way that men do.
00:11:00.680 So doing weightlifting for women is going to tone you, if that's the kind of word you want to use.
00:11:06.900 Because when I started doing weightlifting and doing walking or going on the elliptical and combining those two things,
00:11:14.040 that's when I saw the most improvement in the way that my body looks.
00:11:18.540 And it's my favorite way to exercise.
00:11:21.160 I like weightlifting.
00:11:22.140 I like doing those kinds of exercises.
00:11:24.420 I like strength exercises.
00:11:26.100 And you don't necessarily have to do it with weights.
00:11:27.620 But strength training is really important also for women.
00:11:30.400 And osteoporosis, it's important to strengthen your joints.
00:11:33.360 So I think that that is a really good beauty tip just to keep in mind is it's not just about cardio.
00:11:40.440 It's also about strength training and weightlifting.
00:11:43.320 The last thing I want to talk about is another hair-related thing.
00:11:46.720 And that is something called either baby lights or a money piece or even face framing highlights.
00:11:53.360 So about a year ago, a little over a year ago, I decided to get some face framing highlights.
00:12:00.880 And I hadn't had for a very long time.
00:12:04.040 And it is amazing the difference when you have just a few highlights around your face.
00:12:10.160 And it's also much less expensive than getting your whole head highlighted.
00:12:14.200 So if you're looking for a little change in your hairstyle, I would recommend asking for baby lights or a money piece.
00:12:22.840 You want to be careful with that because very often when people hear money piece, it's like just a light piece right here,
00:12:28.520 which I don't think is what you want.
00:12:30.040 You want it to look natural.
00:12:31.920 But having just a little bit of highlight around the face will bring attention to your face and a little bit more light and not look very stark.
00:12:39.120 If you have dark hair, it won't look as stark, the difference between your hair color and your skin tone.
00:12:44.540 So I really recommend getting some face framing highlights depending on your hair color and your coloring and what you like.
00:12:51.880 But that is something that I think can just up the ante a bit with your beauty routine.
00:12:57.920 So those are my seven beauty secrets.
00:13:00.100 I hope you guys enjoyed today's video.
00:13:01.920 Let me know in the comments which of these you had never heard before or which of these you have heard of before.
00:13:07.540 And let me know in the comments if you have any other beauty secrets that I should know about.
00:13:11.200 I'd love to hear.
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00:13:34.580 Bye.