Classically Abby - VLOG ⧸⧸ hanging pictures, decorating and cleaning my home, doing my makeup, playing with Mr. Baby

00:00:00.000 Good morning friends. Welcome to today's vlog. I woke up this morning and my plan was to exercise

00:00:08.760 using the sweat app. So I just finished my 30 days of yoga with yoga with Adrienne and I wanted to

00:00:16.340 use that to jump start into weightlifting. But last night I was not feeling great. Like I woke

00:00:22.920 up in the middle of the night and my stomach was hurting and I was like are we like on our way to

00:00:26.700 flu. Praying that's not the case. But because of that I decided I don't want to push my body in a

00:00:34.620 crazy way. I don't want to like start a new exercise regimen especially because my body also feels a

00:00:40.500 little bit achy. So we're just going to stick with some more yoga today. Just something gentle.

00:00:45.220 Still keep my body moving but nothing crazy. Just so that I can continue that momentum but not push

00:00:51.720 myself. So one really cool thing that I've been doing lately now that we live in Florida is my

00:00:57.020 mom and I were trying to figure out how she could be helpful. Which is really really sweet. Like she

00:01:01.500 wants to come over and help with Mr. Baby. So we talked about it and it actually makes the most

00:01:06.520 sense for her to come in the morning so that I can exercise and get my makeup done and wash my face 0.98

00:01:12.220 and just get ready for the day. Because otherwise I can't do any of that stuff while he's awake really

00:01:17.880 well because he moves so much now. He's crawling. He's going everywhere. I have to keep an eye on him.

00:01:22.040 So I'm like it takes me a really long time just to do a couple different tasks. And then I end up

00:01:27.480 using his first nap of the day which is really his longest nap of the day to do all that stuff. And

00:01:31.580 then I don't have time to do my work. So now my mom watches him for that first nap of the day.

00:01:37.060 Rather she watches him before that first nap of the day so that I can get ready. And then I can use

00:01:41.800 that first nap of the day to do my work. And that's been such a game changer. So I'm going to do some yoga

00:01:47.020 and then I'm going to wash my face. And while I get ready and do my makeup, I will chat with you

00:01:53.000 guys there.

00:02:01.220 Okay, good morning. Welcome to one of the bathrooms in my house. This is the bathroom that's

00:02:07.620 slightly been renovated. It still needs to be renovated more for my taste, but it's a little

00:02:13.920 nicer than our master bathroom, which has not been renovated at all. You guys are getting a

00:02:18.560 behind the scenes look at how I just messily put up my hair in the mornings so that I can actually

00:02:24.320 get things done before I do something to it. But we're going to do our makeup. I'm probably going

00:02:29.980 to be looking here at the mirror and here at the mirror a little bit in the camera just to because

00:02:35.300 I got a couple mirrors here and they're not like exactly lined up with the camera here. But we're

00:02:39.820 going to work and do our best. So the first thing I'm going to do is I'm going to put on some of my

00:02:45.480 primer, which is this Glow Primer Plus Serum Hydro Boost Hyaluronic Acid from Neutrogena. I've used

00:02:52.960 this. Everything I'm using, I've used for a long time. I've really cut back on my makeup routine

00:03:00.560 like a lot. And I just use what's in my makeup bag, which is kind of lovely. I already have a bunch

00:03:06.500 of skincare products. I've been trying out a brand. They sent me an email to try asking if I

00:03:14.580 wanted to try their products. And I said, sure, I'll try it and see how it goes. So I'm trying it

00:03:20.020 right now. I think it's making my skin a lot plumper, which is cool. I would love to get rid

00:03:25.140 of some of my discoloration and scarring. But that's, I don't know. So I've only been using it

00:03:30.740 for a couple of weeks and new skin cells regenerate every six weeks. That's a really long time to get

00:03:36.380 like a feel for a product. So we'll see what happens. But starting there and then I'm going

00:03:42.900 to go in. I've been doing things a little differently lately. So I'll show you what I've been doing

00:03:48.460 with my makeup. Okay. So I'm going to start off with just some chapstick. I always put a little

00:03:53.480 on before I start just to keep my, my lips moisturized. I also really like this color

00:04:03.380 because it's the total hydration pink nude. I really like this stuff because it, I can just

00:04:09.340 wear it without putting on lipstick. Like it has a color in it. So I start with that. And then

00:04:14.120 lately what I've been doing is doing my concealer underneath my foundation and doing my contour

00:04:20.620 and bronzer underneath my foundation because it's a cream. So I'm going to take my Charlotte

00:04:24.740 Tilbury. I call it the magic eraser. I don't know if that's what it's called, but I will

00:04:29.440 link it. Um, I'm going to put that under my eye here and especially in the inner corner

00:04:34.340 of my eye, you guys can see how big of a difference it makes because it really takes away all of

00:04:39.140 the purple, which if you're a mom, you know, you're always looking tired. So you can, you can

00:04:49.560 see there's without or the lighting's a little weird because this side's shadowed and this side

00:04:54.120 has lightness, but yeah, this is with the product and this is without the product. Now I'm going to

00:04:59.380 take my Maybelline Fit Me Concealer. This stuff is old school, but I still love it. And I'm going to

00:05:04.640 put it over any areas I want a little extra coverage from discoloration around my nose and a little bit

00:05:11.780 on the sides here, covering any little marks. I just blend that out with my brush. So for my

00:05:20.900 birthday, my parents bought me a Vera Bradley makeup bag, which was super, super nice. I asked

00:05:28.000 them for that. So they knew what to get me, but it's, I really liked the Vera Bradley brand. I have

00:05:33.580 one of their bags for traveling and I honestly think I want to get another one because we use it.

00:05:37.660 I used to use it just for me and then I started using it just for Mr. Baby and it was so convenient.

00:05:43.120 It's like the perfect size for all his stuff. And so I think I want to get another one for me and

00:05:47.360 one for Mr. Baby so that, uh, we can each use one, but I really like them. The only thing about it is

00:05:53.660 that obviously we also need something that rolls or we're all going to be carrying a bunch of stuff,

00:05:57.860 which is hard. So I have to decide what, like what's best, but I really do. I really do like

00:06:05.660 Vera Bradley travel bags. If you're looking into them, they're really well constructed.

00:06:10.580 They're also pretty and they're a little, they're on the pricier side, but I find that they're pretty

00:06:15.120 useful. Okay. Next up, we're going to do the thing that's going to make me look crazy. So we're taking

00:06:18.780 this makeup revolution bronzer. I think I may have gotten the wrong color for me. It's a, I got it in

00:06:26.120 medium and very fair. So this is a brave choice. So putting it underneath foundation is usually a better

00:06:34.460 option for me. Otherwise it looks pretty intense. So you have to go in with a really light hand with

00:06:39.880 this stuff. I did not mean to tap that off because this is so clean and I'm going to like put it here,

00:06:46.960 put it a little bit here, here. I had to dip back in so it's even here. I put a little bit around my

00:06:56.660 lips because underneath makeup, it looks cool. It makes your lips look bigger and a little bit

00:07:03.540 down the sides of my nose. Okay. I'm just going to blend it. The cool thing about doing this under

00:07:11.780 your makeup is it doesn't have to be perfect because it just blends in nicely under your

00:07:15.740 foundation. Honestly, since it's going under makeup, I'm probably going to go in a little bit heavier.

00:07:21.160 Whoa. That was way too heavy. Yeah. Like I said, this stuff is very, very powerful. And if you want

00:07:33.720 to, you can put a little bit under the jaw, which I sometimes do. I'm filming today. So it always looks

00:07:39.060 better when I define under my jaw. Wow. I look crazy. Yeah. So, you know, you're in the middle when

00:07:45.120 you look insane. Next up, I'm going to take some of this cream blush. I'm just going to pop that on 0.56

00:07:50.620 my cheeks here. Again, I can go heavy-handed because it's all getting covered with my foundation. So

00:07:57.780 choosing my fingers, I can use the same brush or I'm going to use my fingers. I'm using my fingers.

00:08:06.660 I'm going to go in with my favorite Honest Beauty CC Clean Corrective with Vitamin C Tinted

00:08:13.280 Moisturizer. I like this stuff a lot. So I just put some on the back of my hand and then I'm going

00:08:18.940 to just dot it all over my face. And I'll leave a little extra on the back of my hand just in case

00:08:23.280 there's anywhere I need extra coverage. And I just take my Real Techniques brush and I just start

00:08:28.560 patting it up. You're going to see this all looks a lot more cohesive. Less crazy once I've put on the

00:08:37.180 foundation over top. But it does make my skin look like oddly perfect. Like all of this stuff

00:08:43.060 is just natural as opposed to, oh she has contour on, she has blush on, she has foundation on. It's 0.74

00:08:49.180 like, oh like is she wearing contour? Does she have blush on? It's a lot more blended. I'm feeling pretty

00:08:56.320 good today because my weight has been fluctuating just because, you know, breastfeeding, postpartum,

00:09:04.420 moving, being in a new place, different food, different things. So I found that I was not super

00:09:12.760 happy with where my weight was going and so I've been trying to exercise more. I've been trying to

00:09:18.760 eat a little bit healthier. I've been trying to just be better about that stuff. And today when I

00:09:24.760 stepped on the scale, I actually lost a pound or two. So I was really happy about that because that's

00:09:30.900 where I would feel more comfortable. I don't even feel like I need to lose more weight than this. I just

00:09:36.240 want to stay at like my weight. When I go a couple pounds over, I actually can feel it pretty

00:09:41.880 consistently in my body. So I was excited to see that I had lost a couple pounds. Okay, I'm back.

00:09:50.940 Mr. Baby is down for his nap. So now we can finish up. We're going to keep it short, hopefully,

00:09:57.320 because I got to do other things. But now he's down for his nap. So that means it's my work time. So

00:10:00.960 I'm going to finish my makeup and I'm going to record a video today. And I got to also do some

00:10:07.520 phone calls for life stuff and send out my newsletter and post my video for the day.

00:10:15.180 And is there anything else? We'll figure it out. Okay, so let's continue over that. So I finished

00:10:20.260 doing all of my cream products. So now I'm just going to set everything down so that it doesn't

00:10:24.040 move with my CoverGirl Clean Fresh powder. I'm just going to grab a big fluffy brush and just

00:10:32.500 set everything down. Now I really like when my face has this sheen on it. I think it's really

00:10:38.100 pretty. So I'm doing this to set it. And then I'm going to spray it so that it gets, it's like with

00:10:46.240 a setting spray so that it brings back the healthy glow. So I'm going to take this, shake it up.

00:10:52.900 And I'm just going to spray it off. Done. So now we're going to do our eye shadow. And I have to

00:11:04.500 set down my eyebrows. So let's do that first. I'm just going to set it down so that they don't move

00:11:10.420 all day. And now I'm going to do my eye shadow. So I think I'm going to just keep it really simple

00:11:16.240 today. This is my favorite palette. This is the Tartlet Juicy palette. I'm just going to take the pink

00:11:21.240 shade in here, Paradise. And I'm going to put that all over my lid. And then I'm going to take a fluffy

00:11:28.480 brush and put a darker shade in the crease. Just to define it. Give a little more dimension.

00:11:40.520 And I'm going to put some brighter color right in the inner corner.

00:11:50.080 And that's it. That's everything. So now all I have to do is curl my eyelashes

00:11:55.260 and put on mascara. And this look is done.

00:11:59.000 And that's my makeup. All done. So now I just have to figure out how I want to do my hair today

00:12:08.580 because it can't stay like this. My natural curls have not been coming in as strong the last few

00:12:17.200 days. But this is kind of my natural situation right now. Yeah, it's not bad. I got to brush it.

00:12:27.200 But we can work with it. So I don't think I told you guys about the Wayfair drama here on YouTube

00:12:33.900 yet because, oh my god, my Wayfair drama is so annoying. And everyone warned me and I should

00:12:39.300 have listened. But here's the story. So basically, we ordered a bed from Wayfair. We were excited

00:12:45.820 because we had seen a bed at a different place, but we didn't like it as much. And they had options

00:12:50.720 we liked. So we ordered from them. So we ordered this bed. We get the bed in and get the headboard

00:12:57.020 and a footboard and they're king size. And that's great. Then they get the rails in and we build it

00:13:01.900 and we realize, oh, these are California king rails. And this is way too big for our mattress.

00:13:08.540 Doesn't work. So I called them and I said, okay, you sent us the wrong rails. Can you send us the

00:13:11.440 right rails? Sure, we'll send you the right rails. Okay, great. We get them. They're also California

00:13:16.200 king rails. Fantastic. So I called them again and I said, hey, you sent us the wrong rails twice.

00:13:21.100 We need the right rails. And they said, okay, we're going to send them an email. So I get another

00:13:26.720 email following up from that call saying that the warehouse will not be doing anything else about

00:13:34.320 this. And I was like, what does that mean? So I called them this morning and they said, oh,

00:13:41.140 it was the wrong request. We're going to talk to the warehouse and we're going to make sure that you

00:13:45.420 get the rails you need or whatever the next steps are. So that's where we're at with our bed.

00:13:49.820 We're still sleeping on a box, bringing on our mattress on the floor.

00:13:53.700 So that's great. I'm not going to give Wayfair a huge recommendation at this point. Their

00:13:58.400 customer service is super nice and seems to be helpful, but also everything goes wrong and

00:14:03.580 they're really bad at everything. So like not a huge recommendation from me. So that's what's

00:14:08.220 going on with that. I need to look at my schedule and decide what we're going to do next. Okay.

00:14:13.120 So I've decided the first thing we're going to do is a 10 minute tidy. I can't work in a messy house.

00:14:17.960 It makes me crazy. And my office is right in the middle of the house. I have my desk

00:14:21.640 in the center of the house. So I like to have the house clean. So we're going to do a 10 minute tidy

00:14:27.000 and then I'm going to record the sit down portion of the video that I'm making. And then it's a

00:14:33.720 fashion video. So then I'm going to be doing a fashion section that I need to record. So that's

00:14:38.980 those two things are going to take the most time and then we'll see what else we can get done in his

00:14:42.540 snap. But first thing, 10 minute tidy.

00:15:12.540 Okay, so I'm about to start recording, but I wanted to give you guys a little sneak peek

00:15:30.920 into how I record these days. It's super pared down. So I have a ring light. I used to have like

00:15:37.560 two soft boxes, but it was just too much to handle. It was taking up too much space. So I just got a

00:15:42.600 simple ring light from Amazon. It's great. And then I use my Canon and I just shoot through the ring

00:15:49.080 light. I also have this Rode mic on a tripod that I use and that captures the sound really well.

00:15:58.020 And then I just sit right here. So yeah, that is the story. And we'll chat afterwards,

00:16:05.880 but it's kind of funny because I'm recording two videos today, one as a vlog and one that's a sit

00:16:10.740 down. So it's kind of fun. It's funny because you guys haven't even seen me interact with Mr. Baby

00:16:16.080 yet, but that's because my mom babysat this morning, which is super, super nice. And he's sleeping for

00:16:20.120 a while. So when he gets up, I never show him on camera, but you'll see us playing probably.

00:16:25.300 We'll see. Finished recording. I decided not to do the fashion portion. I think, I'll be honest,

00:16:34.460 I'm just like a little too tired, a little bit not in the mood. Maybe I'll get some energy later,

00:16:40.000 but at this point, I'm not really going to do it. So I'm going to make myself something to eat. It's

00:16:44.080 11am and I have not yet eaten. My stomach, as I mentioned this morning, was not feeling great.

00:16:48.700 And I had some coffee and it really did not sit well. So we're going to try and eat something a

00:16:54.120 little bit more simple, just some like toast and eggs. And we'll see if I can get that down.

00:16:58.980 But my stomach's not hurting like overall. It's just not doing well when I eat. So we're

00:17:04.780 going to try. We're going to see. And hopefully I can stomach something.

00:17:08.860 Oh my goodness.

00:17:34.260 God gave us you. Good night, sweet child. Mama said as she tucked little cub in.

00:18:01.560 A little cub wasn't quite ready to go to sleep. Mama, where did I come from? She asked.

00:18:15.660 From God, your mother answered. Your papa and I were alone and we wanted a baby.

00:18:20.140 And you got mean, little cub asked, her voice muffled by the covers. Yes, my special child,

00:18:24.520 God gave us you. Mr. Baby loves cado or avocado. He's eating some right now. Some's about to fall

00:18:34.440 out of his mouth. But he loves cado. We put a little bit of onion powder, a little garlic powder,

00:18:41.420 a little salt, and then he feeds it to himself. So that's a good snack hack.

00:18:48.420 Okay. We're out for our walk. We're just getting a short walk in before my doctor's appointment

00:19:02.520 because Mr. Baby took a long time to eat. But we're walking. So here's a little peek at what

00:19:10.120 we have with us. We have a little carrier here. I can feed Mr. Baby these tea biscuits. And he

00:19:17.360 really likes them because they kind of melt in his mouth. And then we've got, you can see we've

00:19:21.060 got pieces of them in here. Crumbs. Mom life. And then we've got his little sun cover, which is not

00:19:28.840 necessary today because it's raining. We've got my sunglasses case, a little blanket in case it does

00:19:34.680 get cold. And then his little legs or feet. We also got a stroller found for when it's hot. So we've

00:19:41.460 got all the things. If you need a reminder, here's your reminder. Go get your moles checked out. 1.00

00:19:47.140 Make sure everything's good. I'm chewing gum. Probably not the most classic thing, but I do love gum.

00:19:52.700 Anyways, we are headed to pick up some sushi to surprise my husband. So let's go do that.

00:20:04.680 Husband was very happy with his sushi. I also got myself some sushi. So I'm going to dig in.

00:20:20.940 I've got some sushi. It's salmon avocado and I'm excited. Yum, yum, yum. Let's see if my stomach can

00:20:28.020 handle it. So that was tasty. I enjoyed it. Mr. Baby's down for his second nap. This one is shorter

00:20:36.120 than his first nap of the day. So I'm deciding what I need to get done. But I think I want to try

00:20:39.720 and hang these pictures. And I just want to figure out where I want to hang them. See, this is my

00:20:45.280 conundrum. Every other house we've lived in has not been open concept. So it's like, okay, each room has a

00:20:51.320 theme or something. So we can just decide where we want to hang certain things that would go.

00:20:56.000 But here, the whole room is open. So everything I hang, I feel like has to go. And that's a little

00:21:01.640 bit more tricky. So I want to figure out what to do. I'm going to take a look and we'll make some

00:21:06.900 decisions.

00:21:26.000 So I have to go. And I'll take a look and we'll make some of the things that I know. So I'm going to take a look and

00:21:38.100 try. So I'm going to take a look and see. So I'm going to take a look and see. I'm going to take a look and see.

00:21:40.040 So I finished hanging up the photos which I'm proud of. We got most of them done so that was

00:22:08.460 really cool. It's something I've been wanting to do. It's like on my to-do list for a long time and I

00:22:12.440 finally did it so I feel really good about that. And now we're out for our second walk. So normally

00:22:16.560 we don't do two walks. Normally we just do one but because of my doctor's appointment

00:22:20.480 I didn't have an opportunity to go for a full length walk and I don't like that. So we're going

00:22:26.220 out for a second walk and then we're gonna go to the grocery store and pick up some stuff so I can

00:22:29.840 make dinner. And then I'm hoping I'll have time to go out tonight with a couple friends because

00:22:34.220 there are some women who get together and go out and hang out every other Tuesday around and 1.00

00:22:40.780 I said I could go but Mr. Baby woke up from his nap kind of late which might push his bedtime off a

00:22:46.660 little. So we'll see what we can do. But this is nice. We're just going out for a walk. It's nice

00:22:52.900 out. And then we're going to head to the grocery store and someone was pulling out and didn't look.

00:23:01.640 Didn't love that. And we'll make dinner. So that's what's on the docket. Now I just have to figure out

00:23:07.800 what's for dinner. I'm not sure yet. I think I might do meat sauce but we have to see what's available

00:23:13.420 at the store. Okay I put some gum in my mouth as a warning. But I think I forgot to mention that we are going to

00:23:19.100 Universal Orlando for Thanksgiving which I'm really excited about. And I made a packing list and I forgot

00:23:24.900 that I still need to pack. So we have a walk, grocery shopping, making dinner, packing, and going

00:23:33.080 out with friends. We're going to see what happens. It's going out with friends may not happen but

00:23:38.840 it is what it is. My question for you is have any of you been to Universal Orlando? Because

00:23:45.680 I haven't. I'm really excited about it. I went to Universal Studios in LA and Harry Potter World

00:23:54.080 there is cool. It's really cool but it's not as good I've heard as the one in Orlando. So I'm really

00:24:00.000 excited. My nieces are super excited to go. They've never been and they love Harry Potter. I love Harry

00:24:06.500 Potter. I'm really excited about it. So that'll be fun. Also Mr. Baby made all the friends at the

00:24:14.000 dermatologist's office. He really everybody loved him as usual. So I ran to the grocery store. I

00:24:21.280 picked up some chicken, some stir-fry vegetables, and some tea biscuits for Mr. Baby. Just some extra

00:24:27.660 ones. And now the food is in the air fryer and it is cooking up. And I am going to I think get started

00:24:35.840 on packing so that I can have time for anything else I want to do. And then I also have to feed Mr. Baby.

00:24:41.420 But I think what I'm going to do first is try to get a head start on packing. So my plan is I made

00:24:46.940 a packing list on Canva and I had one from when he was a newborn. So I took that. I looked at it and

00:24:52.960 I saw okay there's a lot of things that have changed. So I kept that for the future. But for now

00:24:57.040 I made a new packing list using that as a base so that I can know what to pack for this trip.

00:25:04.140 So the problem is a lot of stuff he needs overnight. So I can't pack a lot of the stuff but I can pack

00:25:09.200 outfits. I can pack diapers. And then I can also pack my own stuff. So let's let's get started.

00:25:16.240 All righty friends. I think that's where we're going to call it for today. That's the end of

00:25:41.840 today's vlog. Mr. Baby is here in the bathtub. You can hear him. And I still have to finish packing,

00:25:49.700 get some stuff ready for my channel before Thanksgiving, and clean the house before our

00:25:55.220 trip so that we don't come back to a dirty house. But you saw dinner and you saw me start to pack.

00:26:01.060 Very disorganized in style but it will be much more organized once everything's actually packed away.

00:26:06.420 And yeah we hung up pictures, had a doctor's appointment, hung out with Mr. Baby, edited a few

00:26:14.120 things for Classically Abby. Yeah so good day. And I got to walk and do yoga. Like wow I got a lot

00:26:22.960 done today even though it kind of felt like I didn't get that much done. But yeah so thank you

00:26:26.980 guys so much for watching. If you're not already subscribed make sure to subscribe and hit that

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Classically Abby - November 29, 2022

VLOG ⧸⧸ hanging pictures, decorating and cleaning my home, doing my makeup, playing with Mr. Baby

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