Speaker 1: Hey there everybody. It is cyber Monday, December first, and
Speaker 1: I know we all have our long holiday gift lists
Speaker 1: and we are trying to check them off and maybe
Speaker 1: even try to figure out what to put on the list. Well,
Speaker 1: we have a holiday gift guide. Starting today, For the
Speaker 1: next three weeks, we're going to share fifteen of our
Speaker 1: producer's favorite gift ideas. They actually shift them to our
Speaker 1: apartment where we can try them out. So one every
Speaker 1: weekday and hopefully we can make your holiday shopping a
Speaker 1: little bit better and tried and true. And by the way,
Speaker 1: we're not getting paid by any of these products, but
Speaker 1: each description each episode will have a description of the
Speaker 1: product and where you can buy it. Are you excited, TJ.
Speaker 1: Have you done any of your holiday shopping?
Speaker 2: No, but I'm very excited about this first one on
Speaker 2: our list. This is one in particular I expect to
Speaker 2: get some particular use out of. I just hope they
Speaker 2: make it in blue or black and not just the pink.
Speaker 1: Yes. And did you note that was dripping in starcassm So.
Speaker 2: Did you feel that because I was laying it all
Speaker 2: free things?
Speaker 1: Yeah? I picked up what you were dropping. So our
Speaker 1: first gift idea on this Monday, December first is a
Speaker 1: heated eyelash curler with comb. It's by Pure Sonic. Did
Speaker 1: you even know these existed?
Speaker 2: Nope, heated eyelash curler. Now, what's the non heated one
Speaker 2: call that shall use?
Speaker 1: It's just an eyelash curler. And our grandmother's had.
Speaker 2: That that looked like the scissors almost at the end
Speaker 2: and you squeeze.
Speaker 1: And they're so scary. Why because have you ever used one?
Speaker 2: Okay, keep going.
Speaker 1: So you put it up right next to your eyelid
Speaker 1: and you clamp down and if you get a little
Speaker 1: too close to your eyelid, it pinches the heck out
Speaker 1: of you. And so when you're a little girl picking
Speaker 1: up your mom's eyelash curler and you try it for
Speaker 1: the first time without asking your mom, which is what
Speaker 1: a lot of girls do, you learn the hard way.
Speaker 1: Those things are dangerous.
Speaker 2: Okay, So but a grown woman who knows what she's doing,
Speaker 2: does she have these problems?
Speaker 1: Maybe I have PTSD from doing it to Those things
Speaker 1: scare me.
Speaker 2: They scare me, okay, But that's your problem with them.
Speaker 2: They intimidate you, they intimidate the work.
Speaker 1: They do work, But you have to hold down tightly,
Speaker 1: and it just I worry about pulling eyelashes out, damaging
Speaker 1: your eyelashes, so I have avoided them, not analyse. My
Speaker 1: nineteen year old loves them. You will always find an
Speaker 1: eyelash curler in her makeup accessory kit.
Speaker 2: So besides that thing you just described, what is an
Speaker 2: alternative other than this heated eyelash curler if you want
Speaker 2: to curl your eyelashes, Well, the options do women.
Speaker 1: I am so happy you asked that. So the other
Speaker 1: thing you can do, which I tried earlier this year
Speaker 1: because I saw one of Ava's friends have beautiful eyelashes
Speaker 1: and I said, man, how did you get your eyelashes
Speaker 1: like that? And she said easy. I went to a
Speaker 1: salon here in New York City and I got what's
Speaker 1: called an eye lift, a lash lift, and so I said, wow,
Speaker 1: let me try. First of all, I guess it was
Speaker 1: probably over the summer. I think it was before we
Speaker 1: went to the beach or something. I thought, you know,
Speaker 1: I won't have to wear mascara. It actually lifts your
Speaker 1: eye and separates your eyelashes, and it's going to be great. Basically,
Speaker 1: you get an eyelash perm and you lay down in
Speaker 1: a salon. It costs anywhere from seventy five bucks to
Speaker 1: one hundred bucks depending on where you live, per session,
Speaker 1: and you have to get it like every two months
Speaker 1: to keep your eyelashes looking a certain way. So we're
Speaker 1: talking about a lot of money.
Speaker 2: Okay.
Speaker 1: The process is you lay down and they tape your eyelifts.
Speaker 1: I mean, it's uncomfortable and I don't like people touching
Speaker 1: my eyes, so this was not a fun process for me.
Speaker 1: And you have to be very still while they separate
Speaker 1: your lashes and then apply a chemical solution on them.
Speaker 1: And you have to sit still while you're basically getting
Speaker 1: your eyelashes permed, and you have to trust this technician
Speaker 1: that they don't over perm them, that you use the
Speaker 1: correct Okay, does it work? Mine got a little too
Speaker 1: wild and curly. I didn't like it. We would never
Speaker 1: go back.
Speaker 2: Okay. So that's an option that sounds like an extreme one.
Speaker 2: But what other options do women have besides that little
Speaker 2: clip or clip the thing that looks like scissors whatever.
Speaker 1: Is either you go and do the old fashioned eyelash curler,
Speaker 1: or you go into a salon and you get your
Speaker 1: eyelashes permanently, or a semi permanently curl.
Speaker 2: Wait, so that's it. That eyelash curler that grandma used
Speaker 2: is the only option for the most part pretty much.
Speaker 2: That's it. Oh, so this is a big deal. This
Speaker 2: is a revolutionary product. Then now I'm into it. The
Speaker 2: heated eyelash curler. Oh, this is going to change the
Speaker 2: game now.
Speaker 1: And this one, in particular doesn't have that that crimping,
Speaker 1: pinching scissor like thing. It's just a wand it basically
Speaker 1: looks like a comb and it's a heated comb. And
Speaker 1: so I'll tell you what the Puresonic heated eyelash curler
Speaker 1: says in its description. It creates luxuriously long lifted lashes
Speaker 1: in seconds with this heated eyelash curler, featuring a built
Speaker 1: in comb for effortless sweep through the gentle evenly distributed
Speaker 1: heat gives lashes long lasting curl from base to tip,
Speaker 1: no crimping, no pinching. Its compact size makes it perfect
Speaker 1: for on the go. Touch Ups and Personic is known
Speaker 1: for creating high value wellness and beauty tools that prioritize
Speaker 1: innovation and sustainability.
Speaker 2: It sounds amazing how long have these things, like a
Speaker 2: heated eyelash curler. Have they been around along time?
Speaker 1: I think they've been around for a bit, But I
Speaker 1: have to tell you I've never tried one. I've never
Speaker 1: used one before. I just honestly didn't know they existed.
Speaker 1: I didn't investigate, and I basically once I did that
Speaker 1: my permanent thing, I actually couldn't wait for it to
Speaker 1: go away. And then I just thought, you know, good
Speaker 1: old fashioned mascara and I are just going to be
Speaker 1: friends again.
Speaker 2: Okay, So why doesn't everybody know about this? Why isn't
Speaker 2: everybody using these things?
Speaker 1: I'm sure people who are on TikTok and people who
Speaker 1: are more social media friendly know all about it, because
Speaker 1: it's everywhere. I went and looked after we got this
Speaker 1: product to just see how popular they are, and it's
Speaker 1: a big trend, you know what. Especially, I think this
Speaker 1: is kind of cute, and I would actually say for
Speaker 1: anyone who has a young woman so perhaps before they're
Speaker 1: allowed to wear mascara, this is kind of a fun
Speaker 1: thing to do. So young girls maybe Sabine's age, and
Speaker 1: younger tweens who know they're not allowed to wear mascara yet,
Speaker 1: they're not old enough to wear mascara yet, If you
Speaker 1: have one of these eyelash curlers, it can make your
Speaker 1: eyelashes look more defined and make your eyes look bigger.
Speaker 1: You get a little bit of the effects that you
Speaker 1: would get from mascara, but without actually putting mascara on.
Speaker 2: Why are we at what age? Are were just encouraging someone,
Speaker 2: no matter what method, to improve the appearance of your eyelashes.
Speaker 1: I don't think we are, but society is, and certainly
Speaker 1: social media is so young girls wanting to grow up
Speaker 1: too quickly, which has been an age old thing. I
Speaker 1: was a part of it. You want to be like
Speaker 1: your mom, or your older sister, or the girls you
Speaker 1: see on TV. And so yes, if you can find
Speaker 1: a way to make your eyes look bigger and your
Speaker 1: eyes look less tired, and your eyelashes, you have the
Speaker 1: most gorgeous eyelashes known to man, so you wouldn't have
Speaker 1: ever known what it was like to not have. It
Speaker 1: makes it difference. How many times have you been complimented
Speaker 1: on your eyelashes? Don't remember that many?
Speaker 2: No, I don't remember if it ever might be the first,
Speaker 2: But this moment, right now, it's you. It might be.
Speaker 1: No. If you just actually, if I stand and like
Speaker 1: and I see a profile of you. Your eyelashes are unreal.
Speaker 2: Okay, I got what Okay, yes, I got.
Speaker 1: You were gifted in the eyelash department.
Speaker 2: That's why I feel tired all the time. My eyes
Speaker 2: are so heavy from blinking with the.
Speaker 1: All that I'm not kidding. There's so your eyelashes are
Speaker 1: so long that sometimes if you're looking down and reading,
Speaker 1: I think you're sleeping because your eyelashes cover the whites
Speaker 1: of your eye.
Speaker 2: And I have cartoon lashes.
Speaker 1: Okay, fine, like the Ostrich Fine.
Speaker 2: All right.
Speaker 1: So this was the first time I have ever used
Speaker 1: a heated eyelash, so I don't have a comparative or
Speaker 1: a comparison to any other heated eyelash product out there.
Speaker 1: I do want to say that. And so this morning,
Speaker 1: when I my eyes were already pretty tired, I decided
Speaker 1: to do one eye and not the other, and then
Speaker 1: I put mascara on both. Okay, and when we come back,
Speaker 1: I'm going to have you take a close look at
Speaker 1: my eyes and see if you can tell which side
Speaker 1: I used this product on and which one I did not.
Speaker 2: I could already tell.
Speaker 1: All right. Continuing our Holiday Gift Guide, Day one, it's
Speaker 1: cyber Monday. Everyone's looking to check off their lists, and
Speaker 1: this is a product for women. I guess men could
Speaker 1: use this too. It's a heated eyelash curler with comb
Speaker 1: by Pure Sonic. Would you ever use a heated eyelash.
Speaker 2: Curler, dearest? Will you stop?
Speaker 1: I actually kind of want to see what it would
Speaker 1: do to your eyelash see it. I knew that that
Speaker 1: was not even going to be possible.
Speaker 2: So the point of it is applying the heat is
Speaker 2: the key, and so what does.
Speaker 1: The heat it's It's basically like a curling iron that
Speaker 1: you would use for your hair, except for you use
Speaker 1: it for your eyelashes.
Speaker 2: Somebody figured out that this work.
Speaker 1: Yes, I appreciated the design of this one in particular
Speaker 1: because it doesn't have and some of the heated ones
Speaker 1: I've seen online do have the old fashioned crimping where
Speaker 1: you you pinched the eyelashes together and there's heat. Oh,
Speaker 1: that would scare me so much to put that near
Speaker 1: my eye, which probably I guess people have. I looked
Speaker 1: to see people do say that those are very effective,
Speaker 1: and probably maybe more so than this one. But I
Speaker 1: feel and felt safer using this one because I already
Speaker 1: as I explained before the break, get nervous using the
Speaker 1: pinching ones. Now put heat to it. Now I'm really
Speaker 1: going to freak out. So this was easy to use.
Speaker 1: It heated up in about a minute, and the heat
Speaker 1: wasn't too strong. Because I did see other products other brands,
Speaker 1: people complaining that it was too hot and it scared them,
Speaker 1: or they felt like their lashes might get damage. Obviously
Speaker 1: heat damages hair follicles. Was hooting eyelash or was it
Speaker 1: hot to the touch of any way? Not really, No,
Speaker 1: it would never burn you.
Speaker 2: It was just warm a sensitive part of your cares.
Speaker 1: I actually touched a lot of like just different places
Speaker 1: to see if it was too hot, and it wasn't.
Speaker 1: It actually felt totally safe. It was just warm enough,
Speaker 1: and I felt like it did the trick. Now I
Speaker 1: don't really have Everyone has different types of eyelashes. My
Speaker 1: eyelashes are already a little bit round. Some peoples have
Speaker 1: their eyelashes stick straight out and they do need to
Speaker 1: bend them, and some of them lucky people like you,
Speaker 1: who have really long eyelashes. When you bend them back,
Speaker 1: it looks like you have false sylashes. It's gorgeous. I
Speaker 1: don't have super long eyelashes, so the impact on my
Speaker 1: eyelashes are not as intense as it would be for
Speaker 1: somebody who has longer ones like you or Sabine. We
Speaker 1: should see what sabine eyelashes subane sylashes look And would
Speaker 1: you let her do that as an alternative to mascara?
Speaker 2: Uh? Yeah. Anything I can do to keep her from
Speaker 2: putting makeup on her face, I will do it.
Speaker 1: Yeah. And that's why I think this would be a
Speaker 1: good product for tweens and anyone in your life who
Speaker 1: you don't think ready for make up yet. I think
Speaker 1: it's a fun recommend entrance into just feeling like they're
Speaker 1: they're doing something fun and grown up. It''s not dangerous,
Speaker 1: and maybe it staves them all from using makeup for
Speaker 1: another year or two.
Speaker 2: But it does look like a home pregnancy test.
Speaker 1: It does.
Speaker 2: It looks the way it's designed. It just that's the
Speaker 2: first thing you're gonna think.
Speaker 1: There's there's a plastic tube on the front and it's shaped.
Speaker 1: I handed it to you because you said, can I
Speaker 1: see the product? And I said, it looks like I'm
Speaker 1: handing you a pregnancy test.
Speaker 2: Oh my god. Got a lot of big news for
Speaker 2: us in this family.
Speaker 1: All right, So the big reveal would be, so I
Speaker 1: put mascara on both, but can you tell which I
Speaker 1: I'm going to get up close to you? Which I
Speaker 1: I know.
Speaker 2: The lightning stay there actually needs your lighting from your computer.
Speaker 2: And at the glasses.
Speaker 1: Take the glasses of.
Speaker 2: Uh you put yeah, look go for me? Logo for me?
Speaker 2: You put it? Wait?
Speaker 1: What was that.
Speaker 2: The one on the left, the point on the right
Speaker 2: your right? Am I right?
Speaker 1: Well, oh yeah, that's a good point. It's my right,
Speaker 1: So it's your left.
Speaker 2: No, I was actually thinking of your left. So I'm
Speaker 2: not even gonna be su.
Speaker 1: So I will say you could not tell the difference.
Speaker 1: I would say that I could tell about a ten
Speaker 1: percent difference. It didn't make a big, okay difference in.
Speaker 2: Midod for you. You didn't think, wow, I gotta use
Speaker 2: this because it's made such a difference.
Speaker 1: I didn't think, wow, I need to use this. I
Speaker 1: think that it might for folks who have, like I said,
Speaker 1: longer lashes or straighter lashes, it might work better. But
Speaker 1: I would choose this before I would do the crimping one.
Speaker 1: And I would definitely choose this before I would go
Speaker 1: and get something chemically done to my eyelashes. That just
Speaker 1: felt like I'm leaving something very precious to me in
Speaker 1: the hands of someone who I don't know how they
Speaker 1: were trained, what products they're using. And even though this
Speaker 1: is a in New York City, they have you'll notice
Speaker 1: them now. They have lash bars all over the city,
Speaker 1: specifically a business that operates for women to go into
Speaker 1: to have their lashes either extended, tinted, or lifted or
Speaker 1: sometimes all three. Yes, this is a huge industry lashes only.
Speaker 1: There are lash bars all throughout the city. So people
Speaker 1: and you've noticed, like even at the beach now, long
Speaker 1: lashes are in everyone's got falses. They wear them on
Speaker 1: in basketball games, you know, athletes at the beach. That
Speaker 1: stuff drives me crazy. I cannot have anything on my
Speaker 1: lashes weighing them down, so I would use this. I
Speaker 1: would actually like to see to do both of them,
Speaker 1: because girls know this every eye, Like my eyes aren't
Speaker 1: the same and my right I actually I regretted immediately
Speaker 1: doing my right eye instead of my left me this
Speaker 1: because my left eye is already a little more open
Speaker 1: than my right eye.
Speaker 2: Women know which is their best.
Speaker 1: Eye, so my left eye is a little bit more
Speaker 1: open than my right eye, just for my lids, and
Speaker 1: I should have done my left eye because it probably
Speaker 1: would have been.
Speaker 2: A more dramatic Which one is the more open one?
Speaker 1: The left eye that you chose that you thought I
Speaker 1: used the lash product on is more open, is already
Speaker 1: more open than my right eye. So maybe I just
Speaker 1: evened it out by doing it on my right side.
Speaker 1: Is everyone confused now? No? But I do think this
Speaker 1: is a fun I would recommend this highly for any
Speaker 1: one ages thirteen and under. For sure. It's a great
Speaker 1: stocking stuffer. We should mention the price. The price is
Speaker 1: normally thirty four ninety nine, but it's currently on sale
Speaker 1: for nineteen ninety nine. You can get it at Nordstrom.
Speaker 1: We'll have the link in our social media at Amy
Speaker 1: and TJ podcast And it's I think it's a fun
Speaker 1: stocking stuffer and you only need one double a battery
Speaker 1: and it should last for that long. What do you think?
Speaker 2: I'm just looking at it again. It looks like a
Speaker 2: damn pregnancy, except it's not. Below when you all see
Speaker 2: it's yeah, it's the first thing is going to all right.
Speaker 1: So this is day one. We're going to have Monday
Speaker 1: through Friday, so we'll have fifteen products in total tomorrow's gift. TJ. Unfortunately,
Speaker 1: I'm going to have to be the tester again. It
Speaker 1: is in the makeup category and here's another teaser for you.
Speaker 1: It was one of Oprah's favorite things in twenty twenty four.
Speaker 1: We will put it to the test and let you
Speaker 1: know what we think, and we hope this helps all
Speaker 1: of you with your holiday shopping. Until then, thank you
Speaker 1: so much for listening. I'm Amy Robock alongside TJ. Holmes.
Speaker 1: We'll talk to you soon.