Speaker 1: This podcast is recorded on Gadigal land. Always was, always
Speaker 1: will be Aboriginal land. Hey chicks, I'm Al.
Speaker 2: And I'm Sal.
Speaker 1: And this is Two Broke Chicks, the show that shares
Speaker 1: life lessons and tips to help make you rich in life.
Speaker 1: And today it is spring. Welcome back, baby girl.
Speaker 2: Hot chick spring checklist.
Speaker 1: Exactly. We do these, I think we've been doing these
Speaker 1: for like three years now. It's a long day. And
Speaker 1: basically at the start of every season, we basically give
Speaker 1: you a 90-day curriculum of things to do, trends that
Speaker 1: are coming, new product launches, bada bing, bada boom. So
Speaker 1: these are my favorite to record. I love a 90-day reset.
Speaker 1: I love spring. It's always the vibe. But before we
Speaker 1: get into it, we have to start with our obsessions
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Speaker 2: All right. My obsession of the week is actually a
Speaker 2: new favorite pair of jeans.
Speaker 1: Your cute jeans.
Speaker 2: Yeah, from Target.
Speaker 1: It's like.
Speaker 2: I know, right? So recently I got the horseshoe leg
Speaker 2: jeans from Target in like a chalky brown. I'm actually
Speaker 2: wearing them right now if you're watching this episode on YouTube.
Speaker 2: but they're 100% cotton and only $ 50.
Speaker 1: It's actually wild how hard it is to find a
Speaker 1: pair of jeans for 50 bucks.
Speaker 2: I know, especially ones with like a fabrication like that
Speaker 2: because I do personally like 100% cotton because I don't
Speaker 2: really like jeans that have too much stretch in them.
Speaker 2: I actually like them to have a little bit more
Speaker 2: of that rigid but soft feeling. And that's like 10
Speaker 2: out of 10 what these jeans do. And at first
Speaker 2: I was like, what is a horseshoe jean? For anybody
Speaker 2: who doesn't know, basically.
Speaker 1: I'm really picturing the shape of a horseshoe jean.
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah. It's kind of like a more exaggerated baggy
Speaker 2: version of a barrel jean. So a barrel jean is
Speaker 2: like a little bit more tapered, whereas a horseshoe is
Speaker 2: a little bit more baggy, which I actually like. I
Speaker 2: feel like it really gives that 90s jeans look. Yeah.
Speaker 2: And they do have them in a bunch of colours
Speaker 2: as well. But I really like the chalky brown because
Speaker 2: I pretty much only wear blue and black jeans. So
Speaker 2: I feel like it's added something nice to the wardrobe.
Speaker 1: Would you say they're short girl friendly?
Speaker 2: Not really. I feel like they look okay. They look
Speaker 2: all right, but they're definitely, they still go under my shoes.
Speaker 2: We posted this on TikTok the other day. I tried
Speaker 2: the cotton on petite jeans and they were still too
Speaker 2: long for me. So I think I'm just exceptionally short,
Speaker 2: even in the petite world.
Speaker 1: I don't know. The average height is like 5'3. Yeah.
Speaker 1: And you're only five foot. So it's like, it's not
Speaker 1: that far off.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't know.
Speaker 1: We've had this rant on the show before. Why are
Speaker 1: pants so long? And why are skits so short?
Speaker 2: I know. Dresses and skirts are so short.
Speaker 1: Can we just like meet in the middle?
Speaker 2: Yeah. Please?
Speaker 1: I'm becoming my own mum.
Speaker 2: Okay.
Speaker 1: Well, on that note, shall we get into the hot
Speaker 1: chick spring checklist?
Speaker 2: Yes, let's do it. Okay.
Speaker 1: So we start all of these episodes with a bit
Speaker 1: of a forecast, the forecast of spring, if you will.
Speaker 1: So we kind of discuss, you know, the trending fashion,
Speaker 1: beauty items that are coming out, all that fun stuff.
Speaker 1: As always with trends, you don't have to follow it
Speaker 1: like Bible. It is not like, all right, everyone go
Speaker 1: run out the door and buy every single one of these.
Speaker 1: It's more, it's just a fun to discuss vibe. And,
Speaker 1: you know, sometimes trends will really align with who you are.
Speaker 1: And sometimes you'll be like, I'm okay to let that
Speaker 1: one go. Yeah.
Speaker 2: And a lot of the time as well with the
Speaker 2: trends that we usually highlight in these episodes, There's elements
Speaker 2: of them that you can actually pull from, from pieces
Speaker 2: that you already own, which we always encourage as well.
Speaker 2: Play within your own wardrobe.
Speaker 1: Exactly. All right. So our first fashion trend for spring
Speaker 1: is one that sounds really aligned to me personally, and
Speaker 1: it's granny core.
Speaker 2: Granny core is so bad.
Speaker 1: Granny core is so bad. Grand, grand. So in the past,
Speaker 1: we've seen things like cottagecore, coquette and pastels that have
Speaker 1: very much been a hallmark for spring. Florals for spring. Groundbreaking. Groundbreaking.
Speaker 1: Now a new bombshell has entered the villa and she's
Speaker 1: stolen her entire fit from her grandma's closet.
Speaker 2: Slay.
Speaker 1: Did you ever go to like your nan or your
Speaker 1: grandma or your nuna and be like, can I look
Speaker 1: at your clothes? Yeah.
Speaker 2: Always like playing with the jewellery especially.
Speaker 1: Yes. Yeah. My mum doesn't know where my nuna's jewellery is.
Speaker 1: She's like, I don't know and she won't tell me. Oh. Yeah.
Speaker 2: Do you think that she's got it somewhere for safekeeping?
Speaker 1: Yeah, she's got it stashed somewhere.
Speaker 2: Yeah.
Speaker 1: But essentially, grannycore is on the rise this spring. It's
Speaker 1: taking off and it's things like, you know, silk scarves
Speaker 1: tied under the chin, midi skirts, chunky cardigans, flowy floral
Speaker 1: dresses that look like your nana's nightgown. And I was
Speaker 1: reading through this and I was like, I own a lot.
Speaker 2: Of this already. That's what I made.
Speaker 1: Yeah. I was like, am I granny?
Speaker 2: Yeah.
Speaker 1: Do you know who I fuck with?
Speaker 2: Who?
Speaker 1: Granny from Little Red Riding Hood.
Speaker 2: Was that the movie?
Speaker 1: The one that, like, doesn't die. The one that's, like, um.
Speaker 2: Hoodwinked? Is that what you're talking about? Yes. Yes. I
Speaker 2: haven't watched it properly.
Speaker 1: Oh, we tried to watch it.
Speaker 2: It's not for me, I don't think. No!
Speaker 1: I love Hoodwinked. It's such a fever dream of a movie.
Speaker 2: I think it's one of those you had to be
Speaker 2: there and I wasn't there. Justice for Hoodwinked.
Speaker 1: Sorry. It's so good. We, like, tried to watch it
Speaker 1: but we ended up, like, going out. And there's, like,
Speaker 1: the voice cast in it. It is so good. Anyway,
Speaker 1: the granny in it is like some like adrenaline junkie
Speaker 1: that's like.
Speaker 2: Love that.
Speaker 1: Yeah, love her. I don't like the one where the
Speaker 1: granny actually dies in Red Riding Hood.
Speaker 2: No, it's a bit grim.
Speaker 1: Yeah. Brother's grim. I was like, you don't know what
Speaker 1: you did yet.
Speaker 2: You don't know what you did yet.
Speaker 1: Same person.
Speaker 2: So.
Speaker 1: Granny dresses have also appeared on the runway and in shows.
Speaker 1: It's appeared at Chloe, Victoria Beckham, and Simone Rocha. But
Speaker 1: it showed up in a lot of spring, summer 2026
Speaker 1: collections showcasing in July. And it's a move towards dressing
Speaker 1: a bit older. And part of the reason why we
Speaker 1: could be seeing this trend is less to do with
Speaker 1: how we look and more to do with how we
Speaker 1: want our clothes to feel. And that's the part of
Speaker 1: this that I very much more subscribe to.
Speaker 2: And....
Speaker 1: I very much, like when I was younger, I think
Speaker 1: I said that about 17 times an episode, but now
Speaker 1: I like, if something's making me uncomfortable, if an outfit,
Speaker 1: if a dress, if a shoe is uncomfortable, it.
Speaker 2: Just doesn't get worn. Yeah.
Speaker 1: Do you know what I mean? And like half the time,
Speaker 1: I think when, you know, we have this obsession with,
Speaker 1: you know, sizes and being, you know, a certain size,
Speaker 1: I would have that obsession. I would be like, no,
Speaker 1: I want, like, it has to be that size has
Speaker 1: to be a specific size because I've you know, didn't
Speaker 1: want it to be a different size, but it, it
Speaker 1: actually has nothing to do with like clothes sizes have
Speaker 1: nothing to do with how it looks on your body,
Speaker 1: but it's how it feels on your body.
Speaker 2: Yeah.
Speaker 1: And it's like, now I'm always like, like two sizes up, please.
Speaker 1: Because if anything is actually tight and touching on my body,
Speaker 1: I want to crawl out of it. Yeah.
Speaker 2: I don't want to feel any sort of fabric on
Speaker 2: my body at any time. And I think that's kind
Speaker 2: of what the granny core embraces.
Speaker 1: Yeah.
Speaker 2: Lots of flowing silhouettes and– but still having fun. I
Speaker 2: also really like that too because I think a lot
Speaker 2: of people as well associate, you know, like your 20s
Speaker 2: with the time when you have fun with fashion and
Speaker 2: then once you turn 30 you get thrown out to
Speaker 2: the pastures and you just have to wear boring drab clothes.
Speaker 2: And it's like, no, you don't. There's lots of funky
Speaker 2: nannas walking around wearing like the best outfits.
Speaker 1: Oh my God. If not funkier than I've ever been.
Speaker 2: 1000%. That's what I aspire to be.
Speaker 1: Exactly. I think what I like about this is the
Speaker 1: fact that it's up and coming for spring because normally
Speaker 1: we see, you know, cozy comfort, comfy vibes in more
Speaker 1: of the cooler months. Whereas this one is more like, no, no,
Speaker 1: we can be cozy and comfy in summer and spring too.
Speaker 1: Like it's, We don't have to be, it doesn't have
Speaker 1: to be hot girl summer. It can be granny core spring. Yeah.
Speaker 1: You know, let's slip that on its head.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I like that.
Speaker 1: So some of the granny core items we're seeing the
Speaker 1: most are bandanas. Searches for them on Depop have soared
Speaker 1: by 152% in the last three months. And they were
Speaker 1: heavily featured in Copenhagen Fashion Week. Yeah. We're also seeing
Speaker 1: the granny skirt.
Speaker 2: Yep.
Speaker 1: So this is characterized by its calf-skimming cut. This is
Speaker 1: a skirt that leans into the awkwardness of, like, granny couture.
Speaker 1: This one I love.
Speaker 2: Couture.
Speaker 1: Like I said.
Speaker 2: Couture.
Speaker 1: I am who I am.
Speaker 2: Yeah.
Speaker 1: Art teacher jewelry. I love this. Yes, I knew you would.
Speaker 1: Statement pieces with lots of personality. Louder pieces have featured
Speaker 1: on the autumn and winter catwalks from Chanel, Chloe, and
Speaker 1: Saint Laurent.
Speaker 2: I really see that for you. 1,000%.
Speaker 1: I could see you being an arts teacher.
Speaker 2: I don't think I have the patience to be a teacher, but, yeah,
Speaker 2: I would love that. I'm just imagining the crazy art
Speaker 2: teacher from Billy Madison. I don't know if you've seen that. He, like,
Speaker 2: walks into the lunchroom and she's eating paste and, like,
Speaker 2: dancing around. What a vibe. Yeah.
Speaker 1: Into it.
Speaker 2: Always admired her.
Speaker 1: Who I want to be when I grow up.
Speaker 2: I see my future and it is bright.
Speaker 1: Yeah. Lace 90s. So 90s dresses have been worn by
Speaker 1: celebs like Kaya Gerber, Olivia Rodrigo and Bella Hadid. They
Speaker 1: look best when, you know, contrasted with something a little
Speaker 1: bit more rough like denim or leather or like biker boots.
Speaker 2: Yeah.
Speaker 1: And then last but not least, oversized denim, crochet scarves
Speaker 1: and orthopedic shoes are also part of this trend.
Speaker 2: Damn.
Speaker 1: I know.
Speaker 2: Orthopedic shoes. Honestly. Bring them back.
Speaker 1: I had to get like orthotics when I was like
Speaker 1: a teenager or something because you like roll your foot
Speaker 1: in or you roll your foot out and you have to...
Speaker 1: And I think they, like, specifically make them to, like,
Speaker 1: the degree of how much you roll your foot.
Speaker 2: Damn.
Speaker 1: But I would always lose them. All right, our next
Speaker 1: spring trend.
Speaker 2: Okay, our next spring trend. I feel like every season
Speaker 2: there's a new trending colour, which.
Speaker 1: Especially pastel. Of late, yeah.
Speaker 2: For the last, like, 18 months, I feel like the
Speaker 2: new It Girl every season has made a different pastel.
Speaker 2: And this year's trending colour is dusty pink.
Speaker 1: Mm.
Speaker 2: So, yeah, we'll get into it. Previously we'd seen butter
Speaker 2: yellow was like the biggest trending color of the last
Speaker 2: year or so. And she's still kicking.
Speaker 1: She is.
Speaker 2: She is. And that's the thing. Like we've seen her
Speaker 2: being described her. It is a girl.
Speaker 1: It's Kate Hudson in How to Lose a Guy in
Speaker 1: 10 Days. That is butter yellow. Butter yellow is Kate Hudson.
Speaker 1: Kate Hudson is butter yellow.
Speaker 2: Exactly. But we've seen it kind of have a few
Speaker 2: different iterations like butter yellow, buttercream yellow. Sorbet Yellow is
Speaker 2: a new version that we've seen. So yeah, I don't
Speaker 2: think that it's going anywhere. Same with Pastel Blue. I
Speaker 2: think it's still very popular. But yeah, apparently Dusty Pink
Speaker 2: is on the rise. So It's a pink shade, obviously,
Speaker 2: that's similar to like a blush or a powder pink,
Speaker 2: but it's often referred to as the shade of discreet luxury.
Speaker 1: Oh.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I know. Very, very interesting. But I think it
Speaker 2: can be quite versatile because it's soft enough to be
Speaker 2: used as a neutral or you can use it as
Speaker 2: a pop of color, which I do think is fun.
Speaker 2: And also because pink had a huge moment like two
Speaker 2: or three years ago with Barbie.
Speaker 1: Yeah.
Speaker 2: And then I think even again when the Legally Blonde
Speaker 2: reboot came out, we were seeing lots of, like, articles
Speaker 2: and stuff about, like, pink is so back. So I
Speaker 2: don't think that pink has actually left us truly.
Speaker 1: Pink will never leave. Yeah. But I'm more like a magenta.
Speaker 1: Like I love like a bright pink.
Speaker 2: Same.
Speaker 1: Yeah.
Speaker 2: Yeah, me too. But I think that the dusty pink
Speaker 2: is good for people who maybe don't really want to
Speaker 2: play in like super vibrant colours and prefer something that
Speaker 2: is a little bit more like muted and subdued, especially
Speaker 2: for spring. Yeah. I think it's fun. But, yeah, I
Speaker 2: personally do love like a fuchsia myself. Same.
Speaker 1: But also like I remember two years ago when we
Speaker 1: were like Buddy Yellow was coming and we were like, no, boo.
Speaker 2: I will say– I don't own anything and I still
Speaker 2: have it. I just don't think it's for my color palette.
Speaker 1: But I like it. Like I think it looks really
Speaker 1: lovely on people. I think it's really pretty. Whereas like
Speaker 1: I was like, no, don't open the door. Yeah. And
Speaker 1: then I'm like, no, it actually looks really cute. Yeah.
Speaker 1: So I think that's the thing with these. It's like
Speaker 1: how do people take it? Like obviously because trends are
Speaker 1: a pendulum, like how do people take something from the
Speaker 1: past and they modernize it with, you know, pairing it
Speaker 1: with browns or like bright reds and, Or that vibe.
Speaker 1: Like I do love a baby pink paired with a
Speaker 1: bright red. Yeah, that's always cute. Or a, you know,
Speaker 1: chalky brown.
Speaker 2: Yeah yeah no that's so true dusty pink does pair
Speaker 2: really well with lots of other colors like we were
Speaker 2: saying like white cream beige gray camel and navy so
Speaker 2: it is something that you would be able to work
Speaker 2: in with probably a lot of the neutrals in your
Speaker 2: wardrobe which i do think is always a good thing
Speaker 2: whereas if there's like a color that you're like i
Speaker 2: don't know how this will work with everything else i
Speaker 2: own that's kind of the thing that you have to
Speaker 2: think about if you want to start like incorporating new
Speaker 2: colors because there's nothing worse than when you buy like
Speaker 2: a shirt and then you're like This doesn't go with
Speaker 2: literally anything.
Speaker 1: Yeah, you're like, how do I style it?
Speaker 2: Yeah, exactly.
Speaker 1: And then some honorable mentions, we also have check print.
Speaker 1: So gingham tartan plaid have extremely been popular this winter,
Speaker 1: but this is kind of like a softer, more natural
Speaker 1: progression of those patterns. And we'll probably be seeing like
Speaker 1: finer lines with softer colors.
Speaker 2: Yeah, gingham is very cute for spring. It's giving a
Speaker 2: picnic blanket.
Speaker 1: I love it.
Speaker 2: And then also jackets. I mean, in Australia, like it's
Speaker 2: probably not going to warm up for another couple of
Speaker 2: weeks or months. So we're still going to be layering up.
Speaker 2: And Australian Fashion Week showed us that the jacket has
Speaker 2: become the main feature of the outfit. I think we've
Speaker 2: subscribed to that. Our whole lives. Absolutely. Our jacket collections
Speaker 2: are crazy. Our wardrobes are 90% jacket. 1,000%. Yeah.
Speaker 1: Blue jeans and a jacket. Yeah. You know that sound?
Speaker 1: It's like red trainers, white jeans.
Speaker 2: That's me.
Speaker 1: We're like cool jacket, blue jeans. That's me.
Speaker 2: Yeah, literally. And we've been seeing silhouettes like the final
Speaker 2: jacket in winter being really popular. But with the warmer weather,
Speaker 2: we can scale it back a little bit. So I
Speaker 2: think we'll be seeing more structured blazers. relaxed linen jackets
Speaker 2: that are a little bit more breathable and also like
Speaker 2: neutral toned and some more soft textured outerwear that's good
Speaker 2: to just like chuck on in the afternoon when it
Speaker 2: starts to get a little bit.
Speaker 1: Cooler yeah i have seen nothing to support this claim
Speaker 1: this is just a gut prediction but i think we're
Speaker 1: gonna see soon the rise of the like shoulder scarf
Speaker 1: You know, in like the 90s and the 2000s when
Speaker 1: they'd be going to prom and they'd have like the
Speaker 1: scarf around their arms and like around their shoulders. Yeah,
Speaker 1: the shawl.
Speaker 2: The shawl, that's the.
Speaker 1: Word I'm looking for. Thank you. I reckon that's going to,
Speaker 1: I haven't really seen it that much. I've been seeing
Speaker 1: a little bit here and there. I reckon that's going
Speaker 1: to be the new chutzpah.
Speaker 2: I think so. Yeah, I think that makes sense because
Speaker 2: we are just seeing scarves and those types of accessories,
Speaker 2: whether it's like, Neck scars, head scars, scars tied around
Speaker 2: the waist. Like we're really into the scarf. And I
Speaker 2: think they do look very chic.
Speaker 1: Oh, pretty good. All right. Moving on to beauty and skincare.
Speaker 1: So wearable maximalism. So this aesthetic features all of the
Speaker 1: color and all of the expression that we kind of
Speaker 1: associate with spring. I think you either sit like, Like
Speaker 1: on the spectrum, it's like you're like clean girl, no makeup.
Speaker 1: And I really hate that term. But like no makeup, makeup,
Speaker 1: which is a slay. But we are seeing the rise
Speaker 1: of a lot more expression with makeup thanks to the
Speaker 1: queen that is, is Zara Larsson. So think like bold colors,
Speaker 1: experimental looks, and theatrics for every day. We've seen Marc
Speaker 1: Jacobs Beauty. This has just relaunched in Australia. It's relaunching
Speaker 1: in September this month. And one, that's so exciting. We
Speaker 1: went to the Sephora showcase and we saw a bunch
Speaker 1: of brands. And the one thing that was really, really
Speaker 1: present across all the brands was how many were launching
Speaker 1: bright colors.
Speaker 2: Yeah.
Speaker 1: Like bright color blushes, bright color lipsticks, palettes, and like
Speaker 1: eyeliner mascara that like Marc Jacobs has relaunched their beauty brand.
Speaker 1: And in this core lineup that, like, I'm sure there's
Speaker 1: going to be more to come, but they've included this
Speaker 1: electric blue eyeliner and electric blue mascara, which you wouldn't
Speaker 1: expect from a base line. launch of a beauty brand,
Speaker 1: but it goes to show how much we're looking towards
Speaker 1: experimentation and rebelling against this idea of clean, neutral, and
Speaker 1: maybe unassuming beauty standards that we've kind of been pushed towards.
Speaker 1: Like I do think We've had this era of, you know,
Speaker 1: the trad wife, a little bit more conservative, lower hemlines,
Speaker 1: more like less loud makeup looks. Whereas now we're like, no,
Speaker 1: fuck that.
Speaker 2: It's time to have fun again.
Speaker 1: It's time to have fun again. And it's spring. We
Speaker 1: got a spring sprung.
Speaker 2: Yeah, exactly. And the thing that I liked about that
Speaker 2: collection and what we saw was yesterday as well is
Speaker 2: that yes there were some of those things that were
Speaker 2: like the magenta and blue mascaras and eyeliners which for
Speaker 2: some people might be a little bit like whoa but
Speaker 2: they also had some really beautiful shimmer like shimmer eyeshadows
Speaker 2: that are meant to be paired with like a nude
Speaker 2: or a neutral eye so that you can start playing
Speaker 2: and start experimenting a little bit um because it's I
Speaker 2: think that's the thing as well it can be a
Speaker 2: bit intimidating playing with a lot of color um but
Speaker 2: yeah I'm so excited.
Speaker 1: And what I liked about it is that it's like
Speaker 1: individual pieces like the eyeshadow was like individual colors you
Speaker 1: don't have to buy a $ 100 palette that has one
Speaker 1: color that you're going to use because we've also said
Speaker 1: you know In the past we need like how many
Speaker 1: times have we bought an eyeshadow palette because we're like, ooh,
Speaker 1: that blue is really pretty.
Speaker 2: Yeah.
Speaker 1: And then you use it maybe like once every three
Speaker 1: months and if that and all the other colours.
Speaker 2: You're like, well, they go to waste.
Speaker 1: See ya.
Speaker 2: Yeah, whereas these ones you can like pick obviously the
Speaker 2: individual shades that you like and will actually use.
Speaker 1: And then once you maybe get into the habit of
Speaker 1: experimenting more, then you're like, okay, yeah, cool, I want
Speaker 1: to get a colourful palette.
Speaker 2: Yeah. Yeah.
Speaker 1: So in terms of beauty trends that we're seeing for spring,
Speaker 1: we're definitely seeing, like we said, lots of blue. Nails,
Speaker 1: we're seeing more bright and patterned nails that are coming back.
Speaker 1: We did really have this trend and error of like
Speaker 1: bare nails, which I think was more of a reflection
Speaker 1: of Cosy Lives as well.
Speaker 2: Yeah.
Speaker 1: Lip decoration and, of course, coloured mascara. So I think
Speaker 1: it's more like a reminder of you don't have to
Speaker 1: follow these trends, but maybe spring is like, have you
Speaker 1: heard of shower make-up? Oh, yeah. Yeah. So shower makeup
Speaker 1: is this thing that I've never heard of before, but
Speaker 1: I saw it on the internet as I do with
Speaker 1: all things. And it's like playing around with your makeup
Speaker 1: and doing your makeup before you have a shower.
Speaker 2: Yeah. I used to do that in COVID all the time.
Speaker 2: Did you really?
Speaker 1: Yeah. I didn't know that.
Speaker 2: And I'd be like when, you know, there was nothing
Speaker 2: really to do except like you could still go to
Speaker 2: the library. Like I'd go and pick up books from
Speaker 2: the library and I'd do like a full magenta pink
Speaker 2: eyeshadow and like walk to the library. Yeah. Yeah. That's
Speaker 2: so fun.
Speaker 1: Yeah, because I was just like, well. What else am
Speaker 1: I going to do?
Speaker 2: Yeah, and then I'd maybe go home, like take a
Speaker 2: couple of pics to post nowhere just for fun and
Speaker 2: then go have a shower and take it off.
Speaker 1: That's what I used to do like when I was younger.
Speaker 1: Like I would just do full YouTube tutorials at home.
Speaker 1: I'm not going anywhere.
Speaker 2: I'm 14.
Speaker 1: Yeah. But like, it's so fun. So yeah, shower, makeup
Speaker 1: in spring, play around. And then when you're going out,
Speaker 1: throw it a little bit here and there. But we
Speaker 1: actually have a really good episode with a makeup artist
Speaker 1: coming out on Thursday, just after this episode, about how
Speaker 1: to have more fun with your colorful makeup looks. So
Speaker 1: stay tuned for that.
Speaker 2: Stay tuned, stay tuned. Okay, next up on the beauty agenda,
Speaker 2: we want to talk through some You Smell Nice spring perfumes.
Speaker 1: Hit me. Yeah. I want to do like, a series
Speaker 1: that we just do like fragrance Fridays. And we just
Speaker 1: talk about a new fragrance every Friday because I love perfumes.
Speaker 2: Yeah. There are certain.
Speaker 1: Categories that everyone has that it's like, I can't have
Speaker 1: enough of it. I love to smell perfumes. I love it.
Speaker 1: I know some people aren't a big fragrance people.
Speaker 2: Yeah. It's not for everybody.
Speaker 1: Because, you know, some people are more sensitive to smell,
Speaker 1: but I love them.
Speaker 2: Yeah. So tell me. Yeah, and I do also think
Speaker 2: that fragrance used to be thought of as like, you know,
Speaker 2: kind of like a last minute cherry on top. But
Speaker 2: now I really do think that it is part of
Speaker 2: your outfit.
Speaker 1: Yes.
Speaker 2: And part of who you are.
Speaker 1: I'm not ready for the day. If I haven't sprayed
Speaker 1: perfume on myself.
Speaker 2: Yeah.
Speaker 1: I think I probably remember to spray perfume on myself
Speaker 1: more than I remember to put deodorant on. Yeah. Priorities.
Speaker 1: I know. I know that's not good.
Speaker 2: No, that's fine. That's fine. You know your strengths. But
Speaker 2: spring and summer as well is like a really fun
Speaker 2: time to play with fragrances because we're leaning into some
Speaker 2: of those more like fresh and floral and fruity scents
Speaker 2: which are really, really beautiful and we can associate with summer.
Speaker 2: I also do think that it's really fun to change
Speaker 2: your scents throughout the year because we tie so much
Speaker 2: of our memory and nostalgia to smell. So if you
Speaker 2: have a perfume and you're like, this is my spring
Speaker 2: and summer perfume.
Speaker 1: That it was the summer of 69. Yeah. Yeah, I
Speaker 1: agree with that. Yeah. I think there's definitely like fragrances
Speaker 1: that maybe weren't like seasonal, like I don't tie it
Speaker 1: to myself seasonally but I know... Where I was in
Speaker 1: my life.
Speaker 2: The era.
Speaker 1: The era when I used that fragrance.
Speaker 2: Yeah. Yeah. 1000%. Yeah. So I've got a couple of recs. Okay. Stunning.
Speaker 2: First one is Rare Beauty Beginnings. So this is the
Speaker 2: new fragrance from Selena Gomez's brand, but it sounds perfect
Speaker 2: for spring. It's got pear, gardenia, and jasmine. Jasmine is
Speaker 2: my absolute favorite scent of all time. Really? Yeah. It's
Speaker 2: my favorite flower, my favorite scent, and it's instantly springy.
Speaker 2: as soon as I smell Jasmine. So I feel like
Speaker 2: that's perfect. Gucci Flora Orchid. Also the whole Gucci Flora
Speaker 2: range is perfect for spring.
Speaker 1: Is that your favorite, favorite fragrance?
Speaker 2: No, my favorite fragrance is Chanel Chance. Yes. But I do.
Speaker 1: But the Gucci Flora was pretty close to that. Yeah.
Speaker 2: I love all the, all the Gucci perfumes are amazing,
Speaker 2: but This one in particular, as you might have guessed
Speaker 2: from the name, has a lot of those orchid notes.
Speaker 2: So it's got vanilla orchid and also something called ozonic accord,
Speaker 2: which basically smells like fresh air after a rainstorm.
Speaker 1: Yeah.
Speaker 2: Oh. Which, like, how many times have we probably been, like,
Speaker 2: bottled that smell? Oh.
Speaker 1: What a, yeah.
Speaker 2: And like a spring shower, that's one of the best
Speaker 2: parts of spring, like a beautiful hot day and then
Speaker 2: a spring shower in the afternoon.
Speaker 1: Literally.
Speaker 2: In a perfume.
Speaker 1: Oh my God.
Speaker 2: Yes, please.
Speaker 1: Sold.
Speaker 2: Speaking of Marc Jacobs again, the Marc Jacobs Daisy Wild.
Speaker 2: So I do love all of the Marc Jacobs Daisy perfumes.
Speaker 2: Like they're a classic for a reason. I feel like
Speaker 2: most of us have been wearing them on and off
Speaker 2: since high school, but this Daisy Wild one is actually
Speaker 2: like a chocolatey floral scent. And it has creamy banana,
Speaker 2: juicy pear. Pear's trending, clearly.
Speaker 1: Yeah.
Speaker 2: Mixed with vanilla and amber. So I feel like that
Speaker 2: is more of a like kind of gourmand floral dessert.
Speaker 1: Yeah.
Speaker 2: Yeah. Which I think is fun. It kind of combines
Speaker 2: like a lot of those different elements. And then finally,
Speaker 2: Sabrina Carpenter Lemon Pie. Okay. which again, I was like,
Speaker 2: this just sounds like a delicious little spring dessert.
Speaker 1: All of her fragrances are like a sweet treat.
Speaker 2: Yeah. Yeah. They're the sweet traits of the perfume world.
Speaker 2: It has candied lemon, sugar, bergamot, meringue, limoncello, graham crackers, vanilla,
Speaker 2: and tonka beans. It sounds like a recipe to me.
Speaker 1: Yeah, literally.
Speaker 2: Yeah. And also the packaging is cute as fuck.
Speaker 1: So cute.
Speaker 2: It's a little yellow chocolate bar. So even having that
Speaker 2: like displayed out on your nightstand is like a cutie
Speaker 2: little piece of decor as well.
Speaker 1: I love these.
Speaker 2: Cute.
Speaker 1: Into it. Love it. Moving into more of our lifestyle
Speaker 1: curriculum for spring. I hope you haven't heard of this
Speaker 1: yet because I'm excited to talk to you about it. Yeah. But...
Speaker 1: I think star signs are out and life path numbers
Speaker 1: are in. Hold up. Have you heard of life path numbers?
Speaker 2: I haven't.
Speaker 1: Okay. Now, I'm going to start with a disclaimer. This
Speaker 1: is just a fruity, frivolous, and fun thing to do
Speaker 1: for 90 days. It's not Bible. Take it or leave it.
Speaker 2: Yeah.
Speaker 1: So a life path number is a core numerology figure
Speaker 1: calculated from your birth date that reveals your life, purpose,
Speaker 1: personality traits and major challenges. It acts like a sun
Speaker 1: sign in astrology to show you how you process the world. Okay.
Speaker 1: So I'm very excited. I've worked out both of ours.
Speaker 2: Okay.
Speaker 1: So you write down your complete birth date, including the month,
Speaker 1: day and year, and you add all of the individual
Speaker 1: days together or digits together. So you add the month,
Speaker 1: the day, the year all together. So if your birthday
Speaker 1: was the 19th of the 4th, 1996, you go one
Speaker 1: plus nine, plus zero, plus four, plus one, plus nine,
Speaker 1: plus nine, plus six. Okay.
Speaker 2: So it's the individual digits.
Speaker 1: Individual numbers. Yeah. So you've got to get it to
Speaker 1: a singular digit. So for me, that was equals 39.
Speaker 1: So then I go three plus nine equals 12, one
Speaker 1: plus two equals three. So my life path is number three.
Speaker 2: Okay.
Speaker 1: So number three is the communicator and the creative.
Speaker 2: Okay.
Speaker 1: So three is associated with creativity, communication, charisma, self-expression, and storytelling.
Speaker 2: That is so fucking weird. What the hell?
Speaker 1: I know. I know. I'm scared. I know.
Speaker 2: I know.
Speaker 1: So it's often described as the life path of people
Speaker 1: who are here to make ideas entertaining, emotionally resonant, or
Speaker 1: culturally interesting. What?
Speaker 2: The fuck?
Speaker 1: I'm going to get a big head after this.
Speaker 2: This is not right. Like, how is that so accurate?
Speaker 1: Thank you so much. That's actually really kind of you.
Speaker 1: Typical three traits include being naturally expressive, witty, socially perceptive, imaginative,
Speaker 1: and good at turning observations into stories.
Speaker 2: Whoa.
Speaker 1: There can also be a strong desire to create a
Speaker 1: life that feels interesting rather than simply conventionally successful. However,
Speaker 1: there's a shadow side.
Speaker 2: Ooh, scary.
Speaker 1: So they can have.
Speaker 2: She comes out after 11pm.
Speaker 1: Yeah, don't feed her, she'll eat your arm.
Speaker 2: Yeah, don't feed her rosés after midnight.
Speaker 1: Oh, no, do feed me rosés after midnight. So they
Speaker 1: can have scattered energy, starting more than you can finish...
Speaker 1: Sensitivity to criticism, overthinking how you're perceived and using humor
Speaker 1: and lightness to dodge uncomfortable feelings. I was like, this
Speaker 1: is way too accurate.
Speaker 2: Oh, my God. I know.
Speaker 1: So I was like, sorry, star signs, you're out.
Speaker 2: Yeah, although Aries is still incredibly accurate for you.
Speaker 1: I know, I know. So your life path, would you
Speaker 1: like to know?
Speaker 2: Yeah.
Speaker 1: Your life path is number eight.
Speaker 2: Oh, okay. Interesting.
Speaker 1: So eight is associated with ambition, authority, and achievement. So
Speaker 1: it's very much how to learn how to wield power
Speaker 1: and build something substantial. Okay. So eight is driven, naturally
Speaker 1: good at seeing how to make things happen, drawn to achievement, independence,
Speaker 1: and influence. Comfortable taking charge, motivated by tangible results rather
Speaker 1: than just ideas.
Speaker 2: Mm-hmm.
Speaker 1: Hold on. Who's your shadow self? Other people who are
Speaker 1: a life path eight.
Speaker 2: Martha Stewart. Okay.
Speaker 1: Sandra Bullock. All right.
Speaker 2: That's a good one. Robin Williams.
Speaker 1: The best. RuPaul.
Speaker 2: Fuck yeah. I'm on board now.
Speaker 1: Okay. You're on board now. Nap. Yep. So number eight
Speaker 1: isn't necessarily a business person energy. It's more about resilience
Speaker 1: and turning talent into something successful.
Speaker 2: Okay.
Speaker 1: Yeah.
Speaker 2: I feel like yours is really spot on. I don't
Speaker 2: know about mine.
Speaker 1: How you feel about yours, yeah.
Speaker 2: But I can see parts of it for sure. Yeah.
Speaker 1: I mean, we could probably dive in deeper to it,
Speaker 1: but I feel like that's always the way with these things.
Speaker 1: It's like, hmm, that one doesn't apply. Let me go
Speaker 1: in deeper. Be like, oh, yes, that is sure.
Speaker 2: Massage it to the point that it does.
Speaker 1: But yeah, it made me think though. I was like,
Speaker 1: you know, your seasons are only 90 days. Right? So
Speaker 1: it's more like, what can you embody for 90 days
Speaker 1: and see what happens? Like, I love a little bit
Speaker 1: of an experiment.
Speaker 2: The next step on our hot chick spring checklist is
Speaker 2: embracing French Sundays.
Speaker 1: Okay.
Speaker 2: Which sounds like a dessert, but it's not.
Speaker 1: It does!
Speaker 2: So springtime is often viewed as a time of productivity,
Speaker 2: which definitely can be true. Sun's out, let's grab the
Speaker 2: bull by the horns, take advantage of the longer days.
Speaker 2: But it can also be really rough to come out
Speaker 2: of the hibernation of winter and, like, those slow winter
Speaker 2: days and then go full throttle, like, you know, hit
Speaker 2: the pavement running in spring. So that's why we're going
Speaker 2: to embrace the French Sunday. So in France, the end
Speaker 2: of the week is reserved for rest and reflection, almost
Speaker 2: surrendering to a very deliberate and intentional slowness, which I
Speaker 2: think that a lot of people... used to embrace on
Speaker 2: a Sunday.
Speaker 1: Well, yeah, but then we've seen this like, you know,
Speaker 1: rise of the Sunday reset, which is very much like chores, chores, chores, chores.
Speaker 2: Yeah, exactly. Like Sunday is now our admin day where
Speaker 2: we have to do like all of the life admin.
Speaker 2: And I think that's why we, a lot of the
Speaker 2: time get the Sunday scaries.
Speaker 1: Yeah.
Speaker 2: Because we haven't actually given ourselves a chance to relax
Speaker 2: and reset. And the French take this Sunday mindset very seriously.
Speaker 2: They even have sayings that enforce that Sunday is the
Speaker 2: day of rest. So one quote, I'm not going to
Speaker 2: say in French, I'll butcher that. But in English, the
Speaker 2: quote is, may your Sunday be filled with grace, peace
Speaker 2: and blessings. So adopting this French Sunday can help us
Speaker 2: kind of battle those Sunday scaries, spending that day before
Speaker 2: a new work week, doing things that you actually love
Speaker 2: and prioritizing things that make you feel like relaxed and reset.
Speaker 2: So yeah, a little quick to-do list to adopt the
Speaker 2: French Sunday, turn off your alarm clock, cancel hectic plans
Speaker 2: and do what you actually just feel like doing. Focus
Speaker 2: on those simple but purposeful pleasures, whether it's like walking
Speaker 2: without a destination, going to your favorite cafe to grab
Speaker 2: a coffee, journaling, putting your phone on do not disturb.
Speaker 2: Let's embrace the French Sundays in spring.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I think the French Sunday in what you're describing
Speaker 1: to me is very much like embracing being a little
Speaker 1: bit unavailable more. You know, as like things get warmer,
Speaker 1: I think our social calendar starts to fill up a
Speaker 1: little bit more and we make ourselves a little bit
Speaker 1: more available. Whereas like maybe keep your Sunday's as your
Speaker 1: O-O-O day, your out-of-office day, but like for life.
Speaker 2: Yeah, exactly. Do not disturb Sundays.
Speaker 1: Yeah, out of office, sorry, can't come, busy Frenching my Sunday.
Speaker 1: French kiss your Sunday.
Speaker 2: French kiss your Sunday.
Speaker 1: I've been trying to say that this whole time, you know. Okay,
Speaker 1: and our last but not least tip, probably our most
Speaker 1: important one to finish on a high, is to organize
Speaker 1: your queue for spending. So spring is sale event season.
Speaker 1: We have basically all of the huge sale events coming.
Speaker 1: And by that, I mean Black Friday.
Speaker 2: Yep. Yep.
Speaker 1: Last year, it essentially went for 30 days. And this year,
Speaker 1: I will not be surprised if it does the same.
Speaker 1: Once spring ends, we're straight into Christmas. So if you
Speaker 1: haven't started thinking about your budget or saving by then,
Speaker 1: it's basically too late. So in order to save and
Speaker 1: organize yourself, for spring and Black Friday and Christmas, we're
Speaker 1: going to start now in September because that's who I
Speaker 1: am as a person.
Speaker 2: Organized queens.
Speaker 1: Yes. So we're going to start thinking of Christmas presents,
Speaker 1: what we want to buy for people for Christmas. We're
Speaker 1: going to start thinking about what we need to buy
Speaker 1: during Black Friday. Are there things in your wardrobe you
Speaker 1: need to update? Is there homewares or appliances that you're like,
Speaker 1: you know what, that fridge is on its last leg
Speaker 1: and she needs to go. What are the things that
Speaker 1: you need to buy during the end of the year?
Speaker 1: Because this is really when most people save money up
Speaker 1: to buy their big items yeah so i have a
Speaker 1: little cheat sheet for how to save x amount by
Speaker 1: the 25th of december hit me so if you want
Speaker 1: to save a thousand dollars you need to put away
Speaker 1: so this is more of a rough guide to get
Speaker 1: around the number just because it was easier than going
Speaker 1: into the cents yeah right so to save a thousand
Speaker 1: dollars by christmas you need to put away nine dollars
Speaker 1: a day But for $ 2, 000 by Christmas, you need to
Speaker 1: save $ 17 a day. And to save $ 5, 000 by Christmas,
Speaker 1: you need to save $ 43 a day. So I do
Speaker 1: think whatever your budget is, you can actually kind of
Speaker 1: look on your spending and see where maybe that ghost
Speaker 1: spending is still happening. Like what is the subscription that
Speaker 1: you're paying for? Go into your app store on your phone,
Speaker 1: your settings, and see what subscription you have.
Speaker 2: No idea.
Speaker 1: Which camera app that is that you're paying $ 8 a
Speaker 1: week for and you're like, oh.
Speaker 2: I don't even use it anymore. I don't even use it. Yeah.
Speaker 1: You know, look at the things that I'm not saying
Speaker 1: you need to pull. I'm not saying you need to
Speaker 1: save more when you're already like, I'm barely trying to
Speaker 1: get through the week. It's like, what are you spending
Speaker 1: on now that you actually don't prioritize as much as
Speaker 1: having the amount that you need to spend towards the
Speaker 1: end of the year?
Speaker 2: Yeah. And I like that because I think that saving $ 1, 000,
Speaker 2: $ 2, 000 or $ 5, 000 sounds like a really big goal. And
Speaker 2: it definitely is. But when you break it down day
Speaker 2: by day like that, I think so many of us
Speaker 2: would be unknowingly spending, what was it? $ 9, $ 17 just
Speaker 2: on by the time we walk out the door.
Speaker 1: 1000%. And you can even walk that lower too. Like
Speaker 1: if you want, you can make it $ 500, $ 700, like
Speaker 1: whatever suits your circumstances. But I do really encourage you
Speaker 1: to try and set up some kind of automatic transfer
Speaker 1: to your savings so that you do have that wind.
Speaker 1: at the end of the year, that you do have
Speaker 1: that little nest egg because there are so many of
Speaker 1: us that get to the end of the year and
Speaker 1: it is so stressful. There's so much pressure on Christmas
Speaker 1: shopping and spending and there's a million Black Friday sales
Speaker 1: and you're like.
Speaker 2: I don't know what to do.
Speaker 1: That with this structure as well, you give yourself a
Speaker 1: hard budget. You're like, this is what I've put away.
Speaker 1: That's what I'm going to spend. And you can kind
Speaker 1: of coordinate your wish list in accordance with that.
Speaker 2: So, yeah. I like that.
Speaker 1: That is a wrap for our Hot Chick Spring Checklist. Wow.
Speaker 2: We'll see you in summer. See you in summer.
Speaker 1: We're going to be like, how is it summer already?
Speaker 2: I know.
Speaker 1: Yeah, can't wait. Locked in.
Speaker 2: Absolutely. Thanks for having us in Earholes Chicks. We love
Speaker 2: to be here. Bye.
Speaker 1: Bye.