Shopping For Autumn Fall, Ghosts And Repotting My Orchid - Monday Vlog

Hello my lovelies. So I have just been filming. I film review of this wig. This is Raquel Wauch. Wavy day, but you would have seen it on one of the Saturdays. But I just wanted to show you something. So it's still very warm. I'm not even thinking about autumn what I am a bit because they've started putting out autumn winter clothes in shops. Not that I need much, but you know. What I really wanted and been after is a beige trench coat. So in the UK, it's never, ever very cold in the winter, especially down South where I live. Sometimes we get few really cold days, but I have a puffer jacket for that. So I've been looking for a beige trench coat, but I didn't want to spend lots of money, you know, hundreds of pounds. So I don't live in a big city that I walk a lot to places. I basically get in a car, get out of the car, in a car park, go straight to the shop. So wearing real thick winter coats is a no-no. You would be just sweating so much. So I just wanted something not too thick, but not too thin that I can, you know, if it's a bit colder, I can put thick jumper underneath. And I found one. And I think they are so versatile. You know, you can wear them with casual clothes, with jeans, with tracksuit bottoms. You can wear them with dresses and elegant trousers. So I just think it's going to be such a useful piece of clothing. So I will show you the one that I bought. And of all places, I bought it on Amazon. This one was, I think, 80 pounds. And I just tried it on and I love it. So let me show you. I will drag a mirror here because I have all my equipment set up here. I just grabbed my vlogging camera and show it to you here. Okay, ignore what I'm wearing on the bottom. I just have my leggings on and flip flops. But this is the coat. It's just below my knee. Here are the buttons. It has like adjustable straps here. It has a belt. At the back, can you see, it's got that windproof cape thing. So let me just put the camera down and I will do it up with the belt and I show you other ways that I would wear it. It's got nice pockets as well. Pockets are masked. So here it is done up. So you can do it up right up to your neck. It's got a button here, but I just don't want to do it up. Obviously, you can have it like this. I think I got mine in medium, plenty of room, unless you wanted to wear really thick jumper underneath, but I wouldn't. So this is one way you can wear it. I probably will wear it a lot open, but to give it a bit more shape, I will tie the belt at the back. Let me do that. I can't see what I did at the back, but can you see, it gives you more shape when it's open. I hope you can see, I've just tied it. I've just tied it at the back and I think it's such a nice quality as well. This is the lining. It's not very flimsy and very thin. It's just really, really nice trench coat. They did one, I think that is a bit shorter, like sort of like a jacket length and they did them in few colors. I can't remember if they call this one light beige, because sometimes they call beige color khaki. This is definitely light beige. And that's exactly the color I wanted. Yes, so I thought I'll share it with you just in case you are looking for nice, inexpensive trench coat. And this is from behind the scenes of YouTuber. So you put something nice and presentable on the top, but no one cares what you have at the bottom. Sometimes I actually film in my pyjama bottoms. So you never know, but no one can see that. So there you go. Hello, my lovelies. I'm just chilling. Look at this. Look at you. All this is because of you. If I didn't have you, my house would be so tidy. Well, he doesn't care. Now I can't be bothered to do anything. So I'm just sitting here because Paul is very busy. He is sorting out his garage. Yes, it's his garage. Like the loft is his, you know? Women are not allowed in a loft. We are just the passerappers. So he's busy himself. He's bought some, you know, industrial type shelves that he's building to organize his garage. So that's good. And I'm just sitting here doing nothing, feeling guilty about it, but not too much. I know what I could do. I could go and report my, what is it? What is it? It's not magnolia. It's orchids. But I have to go and watch again this video that I've saved about reporting it. And I'm gonna start talking to this magnolia, no magnolia, orchid, because I believe that talking to plants helps. That's why this one did so well, because I did talk to it. I told you I normally kill everything. I've got here my Oscar's casket. Let me show you. This is my Aussie, and this is because it's the anniversary of his death today. And we always get him out because they sit in a hallway on a shelf. But if it's Oscar or Chester, if it's their anniversary, we always get them out, and for their birthdays as well. So yeah, that's really sad. Oh my God, I had this really weird experience yesterday, last night. So I don't know if you believe in ghosts, spirits. I'm not sure I do, I would like to, because that would confirm that there is life after death. And I know someone that is one of those, I don't know, mediums or whatever. And she said to me that how you can experience the presence of someone who passed away is sometimes by different smells. And last night I was sitting here just watching stuff on my laptop. And suddenly I said to Paul, what is this smell? It smells like a fresh shampoo type of thing. I don't know, like this beautiful, fresh, clean smell. He said, well, I can't smell anything. And obviously we were just sitting here. And I mentioned to him about this woman that I know that said sometimes smells mean. And Paul said to me, it's Oscar. Because yesterday we brought his casket here into the living room. And he said, it's probably Oscar. And I thought, yes, this smells like, you know when you pick up your dog from the groomers, that sort of fresh shampoo smell. So I don't know. I don't know if it's anything in it, but it made me feel better that Oscar was visiting. So yes, it was really nice. Right, I'm gonna go and be lazy. Or am I repotting my orchid? I don't know. Hi, my lovelies. I just wanted to show you something. Sorry if you can hear my washing machine, but it's a laundry day. What I wanted to show you is this. So this is the L'Oreal Elvive Dream Lens 8 Second Wonder Water. And I've seen it for months, if not longer. And I thought, shall I try it, shall I not? And I never got to buy it. But I thought, let me try it because my hair is feeling a bit unhealthy. And I love it. So I should have shown you this morning after I've washed my hair. And I normally just dry it with a hairdryer till it's completely dry. And then I style it. And normally when I dry it completely, it looks like a straw, you know, because I've got bleached hair. I use a lot of heat on it, straighteners every time. And it's very fine. But after this, when I dried my hair this morning, it was so much more tamed and not as, you know, strawy looking. Of course, my ends, they were not perfect, but it looked so much better and so soft and it smells divine as well. So when you look at the ingredients, it doesn't look like anything special, but this is lamella water. And there is real science to it. I had a quick read about it. If you research lamella water, it's something to do with the positive charge that it has in it, because damaged hair has negative charge. So it's something to do with that. So how you use it? In your shower, after shampooing, you've got here measurements. So each dose is 20 milliliters. For hair like mine, I need probably just one dose or even less. I've used a bit less than 20. You know, it's got this nozzle. It's just like water. So just grab your hair and pour this from mid-length. Don't do it right at the root. I did it like from mid-length. And just press it in and you will start getting a bit warm. You can feel the warm from it when you activate. And just a few seconds after that, you rinse it and then you can use conditioner as well, which I did. And I love it. It's so, so good. So I'm gonna keep using it because my hair feels so much nicer. I probably could have just gone without straightening it. It wouldn't look nice because my hair is, it has to be styled. Otherwise it looks rubbish. But I thought for the days that I don't need to style my hair, I'm not going anywhere. I'm not making videos. I probably will just wash my hair, use this, dry it and put it up so I don't use so much heat on it. So yes, I thought I'd tell you about it. It's nothing new. And I'm sure a lot of you already probably using it. I've got it. It's inexpensive as well. I like it. Because I think it's Redken that does one as well. The Lamella, what can I say it? Lamella water. But obviously it's more expensive. So yeah, I wanted to tell you about that. Okay. A piece of advice. So you know I work out twice a week with personal trainer, work really hard for an hour each time. I lift weights and do cardio and all that stuff. And you also might remember that I now and again get injury like my IT band or my lower back or my knees hurt. And remember when I was going to that sports injury therapist who is amazing. And he told me the reason I get injuries is because my quads and my hamstrings and my hips are very tight. And he said, Nisha, it is great that you're working out and doing weights. That's very, very healthy and good for you. But he said, unfortunately, he's around my age. He says, at our age, being supple and flexible is everything. He said, that's why all the people break their hips and have aches and pains in their butt, in their knees. Said you have to stretch. So he gave me some stretches to do and I did them like once. Hated, hate stretching. That's why I don't like yoga. Yoga is very good. If you do yoga, then you're fine. But I find it so boring and it's difficult because I am so tight. I mean, I cannot put my flat hands on the floor with my legs straight. So yes, I didn't do it. And I started getting pain in my IT band, in my knee again while working out. So I said to my PT, right, I really need to do some stretches. I said, just tell me what to do. Send me some videos. And he sent me a video of this girl. Channel is full of stretches. And he sent me this particular one, which is for your hamstrings and your abductors and your hips. And I've been doing that three times a week. And I tell you, it makes such a difference. I stopped having pain in my knee, in my IT band. It just makes such a difference. And I'm still very stiff, but I suppose if I keep at it, I will get more and more supple. So as much as I hate it, I've committed to do it. So if you are not so into working out, try with stretching because I tell you something, it looks so easy and it's nice and relaxing to be honest, but it's difficult and you do sweat just doing the stretching. So maybe start with that. If you're someone that is not working out and you don't have time or don't want to go to the gym, maybe start with stretching because that is very important, especially as we get older. So that's what I wanted to give you this piece of advice. Now, I still haven't repotted my orchid. Look at it, poor thing. It's just got one flower left and the new leaf is getting really big. So I'm gonna do it just now after I finish talking to you, but I haven't watched any videos yet. So I need to watch it. What I don't know, so I've got this pretty pot that I bought for it. I bought it on eBay somewhere and I bought this plastic one with holes. Now, I don't know if I need to pot it in this or I can pot it straight into that because I'm sure when I was watching some videos about looking after orchids, they said you don't have to pot it in those plastic ones. You can do it straight in a big one. So I'm gonna go and watch some more videos and see because I don't really know what to do because this one is a bit bigger than this. So I could pot it in there and then pop it in this pot. Oh, I don't know. And it's too late now, waiting for your advice because I want to do it now. And you are not seeing this video now. So anyway, that's what I'm going to do. And when I've done it, I will show it to you. Right, I've done it. Here it is. So I've put it in that plastic pot and then the plastic pot sits inside here because you can't really put in too big a pot apparently because then the water evaporates too quickly from the medium and the roots don't have time to absorb it. So I will probably put it in a big pot in a couple of years when it gets bigger. And just as well, I watch the videos because I was gonna chop the spikes right down here. But the girl that I watch, is she called Miss Orchid Girl? Something like that. Told me to look for, not me, but she said to look for dormant little buds that grow out here. And I found one here, one here and one here and you just cut centimeter above it. So there it is. I've talked to it now. So it's gonna grow nice and healthy. Max. I've got Max here. He's come for lunch. Do you wanna come and say hello? People haven't seen you for years. Max come for lunch. Just come to eat me out of my food. That sounds really bad. Sorry? That sounded really bad. Remember your watch. You always leave your watch here. There's my baby. Right, he's going now. I'll speak to you later. Good morning y'all. Right, I've just given Louis a bath. So Louis goes to the groomer every four weeks. So I don't really have to bath him. If he gets really dirty, I sort of wash the bottom of him, you know, his legs. But he's supposed to go to the groomer last week and she texts me saying that she was really not well. So she had to cancel it. So I have to wait for his next appointment which altogether will be eight weeks. Oh, I don't even know if I do it in the winter every five weeks because he gets colder. So I think he has his haircut every five weeks in the winter. I don't know. Anyway, it's a nightmare giving him a bath. He's quite good though, but I don't know how the groomers do it. I've also, I have, do you remember in the first lockdown, I had to cut his hair myself. I bought one of those clippers. They are not that good, but they do the job. So I just trimmed a bit around his face and his body, just tiny bit. So yes, I've given him a bath. Look at the state of me. My hair is dirty. I haven't been anywhere for two, three days. I've just been at home. I haven't had gym this week. So I don't want to wash my hair today because tomorrow we are going for dinner to our friends. So I'm going to do it tomorrow. Also, they starting on our decking tomorrow. So remember I've told you my decking, the carcass underneath has rotted. So they're going to redo that. Right, I've started shopping for autumn winter now. And I've got three things to show you. So I bought some jumpers, sweaters, very boring. Everything is beige. So I tend to, you know, I love colour. And in the summer, I go all out with all the colours. But in the winter, I just wear black or neutrals. One that when you go out, you usually have a coat on or something. So no one can see what you're wearing anyway. And I am, I don't know. Do you know what I mean? You like not bothered. I want to be a bit more comfortable and more sporty but still look nice and on trend. So I am so pleased with this. I got this sort of college type jumper from Reece. You know, Reece is like a premium high street brand. It's quite expensive, but I found this in a sale. I know I'm telling you this, maybe I shouldn't because this sold out now, but it was, how much is it originally? Originally, this is 148 pounds. And I think I got it for 60. So it was like less than half price. It's really lovely. It looks so good with jeans. You can wear it with beige trousers. You can wear it with cream joggers. Oh, I actually got some joggers, I'll show you. Did I already say beige trousers? Yeah. So I think you can wear it with so many things. I'm not going to try it on. I will probably do like a autumn fashion video. I got this cream joggers. I got cream and white. I know you might think, oh my God, white joggers. But what does it matter? You can, you wear cream trousers. These are just from Zara. They are so inexpensive. I think, I don't think, I think they were under 20 pounds. They are not very thick, but very soft, very nice. Not very long. They just come up to my ankle and I'm five foot five. I got them in size medium and they are more on a slim fitting side, which I like because I think they look a bit more, not the joggers can look elegant, but they don't look too like you're going to the gym. You know? So I thought that will look nice, even with this jumper and some nice trainers, you know, stuff like that. Then I got this hoodie. This is silk cotton. This is from The White Company. They are quite expensive as well. Well, this one was 89 pounds. They did joggers like this that went with it, and I ordered them as well, but they were funny. You know, around your private area, they looked a bit, you got camel toe. Because it's very fine knit. It's not like cotton like the other joggers. This is like silk cotton. So that's another really nice thing. Again, will look nice with jeans or with joggers, or even with like a slim fit beige trousers. And then this was a find. I think I'm into like knitted hoodies this season. And this one I got in Marks and Spencer's, and this is so gorgeous and soft, and it's only 27 pounds 50. So it's a hoodie. It's like a beige model with black stripes. Again, this I can wear with black trousers, with black jeans, with normal jeans. Again, with joggers, with beige trousers. So I think I'm just trying to buy things because what I normally do, I see something that I really like. I used to do that much more than I do it now. See something that I really like the look of, and it looks good on me, and I just buy it. Not thinking, have I already have something in my wardrobe that will go with it? Where am I gonna wear it? Am I gonna wear it a lot? So now I'm trying to think of that. When you buy one item, you think how many outfits you can get out of it. Have you got already something in your wardrobe that will go with it? So that's how I'm thinking now when I'm shopping. So yes, these are the things that I bought, and I'm very, very happy with them. Do you know what I hate about autumn? Not autumn so much, because in autumn you can wear pumps, and you can wear trainers, but winter, when it comes to fashion, I don't know what to do with footwear. I usually wear black knee-high flat boots, which I've had for years, from June, and I still love them. They look a bit military style. I am now on a lookout for those biker boots. You know, the ones that come up a bit lower than half on your calf, with lace up at the front, because I've noticed that all this is coming into fashion. Biker boots been in fashion for a while, but this season there is lots of it around, and I've noticed cargo trousers, cargo tracksuit bottoms, which I'm not too keen about, because they have these pockets, and they can look a bit bulky, therefore they can make you look bigger than you are. But you can find something that has that cargo element to it but is still not out there. So I want to look on trend, not trendy, if you know what I mean. I think trendy, I'm gonna leave to the young ones, because they can get away with anything. So yes, the footwear is a big problem for me. That's why I mostly wear skinny jeans, because they look good with knee-high boots, and that's it. But if I wanted to wear beige trousers, like nice, elegant trousers, then I have to have beige boots with a heel, and I'm not for it, really. So that's why I probably have couple of elegant winter outfits, but you probably will see me much more in sporty stuff, you know, cash. Oh, oh, one more thing. So I've just received new Sigma collection, Disney Alice in Wonderland. I thought I show you, because I think it is coming out on the 8th of September. Yes, this is coming out on the 8th of September. So if you didn't know that they have a new collection, you want to have a look at it, I thought I tell you now, because I think I won't be able to do a video with it this week, it will have to be next week. So, but I will quickly show you what's in it. It's beautiful. And let me just tell you that if you buy the whole collection, I'm not sure if you, let me just show you. So it comes in this gorgeous box. They always, they PR, it's beautiful. Isn't it gorgeous? You can buy the whole collection, and if you do, you save 20%. You get 25, 20% off, but I don't know if that would come in this box, like this, it would be nice, but I don't know if this is just PR, and you would just get it in a normal box. I don't know, but let me quickly show you. Oh my God, it's so beautiful. So there is a eyeshadow palette, the Alice in Wonderland. Lovely colours, greens, you know, I don't often use greens, but whenever I do, I really enjoy it. It has some browns, sort of purplish and burgundy ones, some golds. It has a good, good collection, but I feel like this would be more appropriate for spring. Not that I'm that bothered. I'm not one of these people that thinks, oh, in the winter, you can just wear greys and browns, and in the summer, colourful eyeshadows. But it just seems natural to do that, if you know what I mean. So I will do a video, and I will do a look with this palette. I'm gonna try to actually imitate the look that is on this box, because that's quite nice. So I will do that. Then what you get in here is Alice in Wonderland, two-shaped cheek duo palette. So you get here a blush and a highlighter. This blush looks gorgeous, gorgeous mauve colour. Then you get two lip products. You get lip cream and lip gloss. I've already tried the lip cream, and it's gorgeous. Gorgeous colour. I think I'm gonna put it on. And I'm so glad, because they usually put matte lipstick and a gloss, but I'm not that into matte lipsticks, but this is cream colour with really good colour saturation. I have very light lipstick on, so it might not give you the actual colour. Now, I got a bit lost with the lipstick, but it's a lovely mauve lip cream, and then you have this lip gloss. And then you get the beautiful bag with five brushes. Yeah, so I thought I'd just quickly show it to you, just in case you didn't know that this is coming out and you want to have a look if you're interested in it at all, because I won't be able to do the video for it before the launch. My T-shirt, very, very old, from Animal. It's at least 10 years old. I have these colourful T-shirts from Hollister or Animal or Superdry. They are used to love. They are so soft, but they must be such good quality because I've had them like for 10 years, but I only really wear them around the house. So it's very old. Okay, my lovelies, I'm gonna finish here. I hope you enjoyed it. Thank you so much for watching and stay fabulous. Bye.