Speaker 1: Hello everybody.
Speaker 2: It is Tuesday, December two, and we are on day two,
Speaker 2: gift number two of our holiday gift guide.
Speaker 3: And fellas we're over to By the way, let's not
Speaker 3: just keep the drama going. This is not for.
Speaker 2: Us, but it could be a gift that you give us,
Speaker 2: So fellows could be listening up for that special lady
Speaker 2: in your life, right, yes, so yes, our producers at
Speaker 2: iHeart gave us fifteen products to test out. These are
Speaker 2: hot holiday gift ideas, so we'll have one each weekday
Speaker 2: to make your holiday shopping hopefully a little a little
Speaker 2: more directed. You know exactly what you're getting when we
Speaker 2: go through these gifts, and we're going to be posting
Speaker 2: every pick on our Instagram at Amy and TJ Podcast.
Speaker 2: And want to point out we are not getting paid
Speaker 2: by any of these products.
Speaker 3: That's too bad so far. With the eyelash curler, I
Speaker 3: should have picked up some cash for that endorsement. I
Speaker 3: gave our last product.
Speaker 2: All right, So gift number two is candy coated makeup
Speaker 2: brushes set by Candy Burris.
Speaker 1: And you're actually very familiar with Candy Burris.
Speaker 3: Well, yeah, this was the music of my high school
Speaker 3: college days. She's, of course, I guess you can call
Speaker 3: it the lead of Escape nineties legendary girl group, hip
Speaker 3: hop group, R and B group, I should say, but yeah,
Speaker 3: she was it for me ninety five, all that year
Speaker 3: freshman in college. Oh yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2: She's a Grammy winning singer, songwriter, actress, entrepreneur and maybe
Speaker 2: even if you don't know her music, you might know
Speaker 2: her work from Real Housewives of Atlanta. She was a
Speaker 2: big star there, also a big time songwriter. I didn't
Speaker 2: realize how many hit songs she wrote for DLC, No Scrubs,
Speaker 2: Destny's Child, Bills, Bill's Bill. She was a part of
Speaker 2: all of that. So yes, she is a legend. And
Speaker 2: now she has something you can purchase for the ladies
Speaker 2: in your life. By the way, this makeup brush set
Speaker 2: was featured as one of Oprah's favorite things last year
Speaker 2: in twenty twenty four.
Speaker 3: Is that what we should go with really for guys
Speaker 3: out there? And this will what women recommend? If Oprah
Speaker 3: says it's okay, we should always go get some kind
Speaker 3: of a backing or a confirmation before we buy something
Speaker 3: like this.
Speaker 2: I think that would help a guy for sure, because
Speaker 2: at least it's been given a stamp of approval by
Speaker 2: another woman of note, and so at least you've got
Speaker 2: at least a step in the right direction towards it
Speaker 2: possibly being something you got to She would like you
Speaker 2: have a better shot. Yes, So what is this brush set?
Speaker 2: What sets it apart? So it has seven brushes in it.
Speaker 2: It's a powder, a blush, an eyeshadow, a blending, an angled,
Speaker 2: a concealer, a bronzer, plus a beauty blender. So it's
Speaker 2: got basically every single brush you need. And I'm excited
Speaker 2: because I have not bought new brushes. I have brushes
Speaker 2: that makeup artists gave me when I was working at MSNBC.
Speaker 3: Do you have that list again? It's seven brushes that
Speaker 3: come in.
Speaker 2: A powder brush, a blush brush, an eyeshadow brush, a
Speaker 2: blending brush, an angled brush, a concealer brush, and a
Speaker 2: bronzer blush plus a beauty blender.
Speaker 3: Okay, hand up in class from the gentleman in the
Speaker 3: back of the room. We have a question for the teacher.
Speaker 3: I'm looking at the seven brushes you describe now is
Speaker 3: the only difference? Is there any difference when you all
Speaker 3: do brushes? Are they made out of the same thing?
Speaker 3: At the end, and they're just designed differently because what
Speaker 3: I'm looking at is the same brush shaped different ways. Yeah, okay,
Speaker 3: is ever talking about yes?
Speaker 2: Because I mean if you are buying a set, they're
Speaker 2: typically all made from the same material and then they're
Speaker 2: just put in different shapes and size.
Speaker 3: That helps. Which one is this little bitty one? Was this?
Speaker 1: That one is an angled brush?
Speaker 2: This is well you would actually this is what you
Speaker 2: would put eyeliner on.
Speaker 3: What was this for? It's almost the same time.
Speaker 2: This is a concealer brush. You can tell, so like
Speaker 2: under I conceal her on.
Speaker 3: I'm sorry, this is this is radio on and not television.
Speaker 1: Yes, you would not know?
Speaker 2: Probably, how can you name what any one of those brushes?
Speaker 3: Christ, No, that's got to be something to put blush on.
Speaker 1: Right, Yes, one of them is got to be.
Speaker 3: Okay, is the blush one and the powder one the
Speaker 3: same one?
Speaker 1: No?
Speaker 3: Okay, then I'm.
Speaker 1: Done, all right.
Speaker 2: The cool thing that I love about this set is
Speaker 2: it comes in this beautiful rose gold fox leather little
Speaker 2: basically a cup holder, and so you can put it
Speaker 2: wherever you put your makeup, and it's all self contained.
Speaker 3: And you can hold toothbrushes too.
Speaker 1: It looks like No, it's.
Speaker 2: Much prettier than that. And then you can put a
Speaker 2: top on it. It actually snaps on so you can
Speaker 2: travel with it. So I love this. When you're grabbing
Speaker 2: something to put in your suitcase, you can just put
Speaker 2: the top on it and take it with you and
Speaker 2: you've got every single tool you need to put makeup on.
Speaker 3: This is a great toothbrush and toothpaste holder. This is amazing.
Speaker 3: I'm gonna use Are you going to use the brushes
Speaker 3: because I want the case?
Speaker 1: No, I want the case for the brushes too.
Speaker 3: Sorry, please continue. OK, So this is so.
Speaker 2: This brush that the just so you know the fibers
Speaker 2: you were talking about where they all made the same. Yes,
Speaker 2: they're vegan cruelty free fibers, but they feel very lux
Speaker 2: and wait you said cruelty free. Yes, how that that's
Speaker 2: important in the makeup industry, so that you know the
Speaker 2: products you're putting on your face were not tested on animals, uh,
Speaker 2: or at least done to animals in a cruel way,
Speaker 2: which some we found out some maybe way back when.
Speaker 2: I think it's more the trend now to make sure
Speaker 2: you put out there how you test your products, where
Speaker 2: your products come from.
Speaker 1: So yes, they're vegan.
Speaker 2: These aren't animal hairs basically that you're brushing on your face.
Speaker 3: Oh you feel bad?
Speaker 1: Yes, yes, now, and here's the deal.
Speaker 2: These are a little bit more than just your average
Speaker 2: set of brushes. They have daily affirmations on the brushes.
Speaker 2: They're engraved on the brush that.
Speaker 1: You saw me have to.
Speaker 2: We have some beautiful low lighting here in our podcast studio,
Speaker 2: and my eyes well they aren't what they used to be,
Speaker 2: so I had to go into a brighter room to
Speaker 2: read the affirmations. But they're actually beautifully engraved in rose gold.
Speaker 2: I see some hashtags, that's what they are.
Speaker 3: So oh, here we go. Okay, gotcha.
Speaker 1: I can tell you which ones are going to be
Speaker 1: your favorite.
Speaker 3: I await a minute, not that one.
Speaker 1: Slay the day?
Speaker 3: Stop, okay, glow up. Okay, these are not all right,
Speaker 3: reset your intentions. Throw some shade natural beauty. Don't blend
Speaker 3: in flawless mindset.
Speaker 1: Okay, yeah right, those are some font natural beauty. It
Speaker 1: is another one.
Speaker 2: So when you're putting whatever you are in your face,
Speaker 2: you're seeing these positive affirmations while you're putting your makeup on.
Speaker 2: So you're making you're putting your face on. But you're
Speaker 2: also getting in the right mindset.
Speaker 3: Man. They start putting daily affirmations on my toothbrushes. This
Speaker 3: is going to be the best little carrying case ever.
Speaker 3: I love this thing. Now, I will admit I love
Speaker 3: this caring case. Obviously I'm not going to use these
Speaker 3: makeup brushes, but this caring cases.
Speaker 1: Don't even think about stealing it.
Speaker 2: So and by the way, this set comes from and
Speaker 2: I love this because we mentioned she's obviously an artist,
Speaker 2: Candy Burriss in and of herself, but she's got, you know,
Speaker 2: some real entrepreneurship here. So this is a black owned
Speaker 2: beauty brand. Probably one of the main reasons where you know,
Speaker 2: highlighting it from Oprah. She likes to throw a spotlight
Speaker 2: and I love this on small businesses, folks who wouldn't
Speaker 2: maybe otherwise have that big push when she gives it
Speaker 2: to them, they blow up. You want to get on
Speaker 2: Oprah's book club, you want to get in her favorite
Speaker 2: things list, and it makes a huge difference in your company.
Speaker 3: So this is cool, and it could also be pointing
Speaker 3: out this is also and I love that Oprah does
Speaker 3: that and a lot of other people do this is
Speaker 3: just as good as or better stuff than stuff you've
Speaker 3: heard about. But highlighting minority in small business just gives
Speaker 3: them a way to have their voices heard and their price.
Speaker 3: It's not like this is not a charity case to
Speaker 3: where oh help this little poor product. No, no, no, this
Speaker 3: is great stuff that just needs your attention exactly. It
Speaker 3: just needs a spotlight on it. And in fact, so
Speaker 3: Candy Burris. I didn't know her name off the bat.
Speaker 3: I googled her, and she's been in the news in
Speaker 3: recent days. Unfortunately, she's going through a tough divorce, just
Speaker 3: announced it a few days ago, actually, right before Thanksgiving,
Speaker 3: So she's got all this stuff circling circulating about her online,
Speaker 3: which we feel for her and for her soon to
Speaker 3: be x.
Speaker 2: Because they've got two kids and all of this. So
Speaker 2: I was just seeing all the hoopla. I had no
Speaker 2: idea that her name was blowing up in the news
Speaker 2: because of her personal situation. So I actually love it
Speaker 2: even more that we're highlighting this cool makeup set or
Speaker 2: brush set that she has, because we understand how tough
Speaker 2: it is to go through this at any time, going
Speaker 2: through it during the holidays, going through it publicly. It's
Speaker 2: all incredibly difficult, So it makes me even feel more
Speaker 2: excited that we are talking about her brush set. So
Speaker 2: when we come back, we are going to tell you
Speaker 2: what we think about it. And yes, TJ has some
Speaker 2: experience with makeup brushes, so he can actually weigh in
Speaker 2: on this. We're going to tell you where you can
Speaker 2: buy it, how much it costs, and we'll give you
Speaker 2: a teaser for tomorrow's gift idea for the holidays, and
Speaker 2: continuing our gift number two on our Gifts for the
Speaker 2: Holiday list that we are putting out one a day
Speaker 2: Monday through Friday for the next I guess a couple
Speaker 2: of weeks until you run out of shopping days for
Speaker 2: the holidays. But number two is candy coated makeup brushes
Speaker 2: set by Candy Burris. And we love how they look,
Speaker 2: we love how each brush has a daily affirmation on it,
Speaker 2: and we love the case it's in. It's so cool
Speaker 2: because you can put it on your shelf, it'll look
Speaker 2: beautiful and you can take it with you with this
Speaker 2: awesome cover that just snaps on. It really is an
Speaker 2: awesome gift. I think for girls of any age. You
Speaker 2: can have young girls playing around with makeup. You can
Speaker 2: have women who are totally into their makeup. These brushes
Speaker 2: are awesome. I felt them. Did you feel them, babe?
Speaker 2: How they okay if.
Speaker 3: You said, because the last gift as well, I didn't
Speaker 3: think about it for young girls. Now, young girls, what
Speaker 3: are they doing with all this stuff?
Speaker 2: So I gave my girls, probably not brushes this nice,
Speaker 2: but sets of brushes so they can pretend, So they
Speaker 2: can look in the mirror and they pretend they're putting
Speaker 2: on blush. They pretend they're put And little girls love
Speaker 2: playing dress up. They don't actually have to have real makeup.
Speaker 2: You can actually buy like a compact set that is
Speaker 2: fake makeup. It doesn't actually go on your face, but
Speaker 2: they can think they're doing it. So even something like
Speaker 2: this for a tween or a teen, but I think
Speaker 2: women of all ages, anyone who loves to dabble in makeup,
Speaker 2: these are great.
Speaker 1: But I think they feel awesome.
Speaker 2: One of the things I hate about some makeup brushes
Speaker 2: is that the fibers or the the little pieces will
Speaker 2: actually come off on your face. Oh yeah, hating that
Speaker 2: make upon it oh so annoying, And then you've got
Speaker 2: a little brush hair stuck to your face.
Speaker 3: And then hours later you're out and somebody says, oh
Speaker 3: my goodness, what's on your face?
Speaker 1: Exactly right? Have you had that happen?
Speaker 3: Yeah?
Speaker 1: Wait, you actually told me along.
Speaker 2: You actually told me a story though, because yes, men
Speaker 2: have to get makeup put on when they're in broadcasting.
Speaker 2: And you said that how a brush felt on your
Speaker 2: face was very important.
Speaker 3: Why well, I didn't say that at all. Geez, the
Speaker 3: ladies at seen An, I'll give you all credit. When
Speaker 3: I first started there back in two thousand and six,
Speaker 3: I hated makeup. I didn't wear makeup, and local news
Speaker 3: netwwar makeup. So I go to network and they want
Speaker 3: me to wear makeup. Fine, and I would go in
Speaker 3: early morning they put makeup on me. I complained. We
Speaker 3: had a good relationship. It was just fun and they
Speaker 3: got it and kept it light. But there were some
Speaker 3: mornings with they'd start and you could feel a difference
Speaker 3: to where you feel like you're being stabbed with a
Speaker 3: bunch of needles in the face.
Speaker 2: I totally, absolutely know exactly what you're talking about, and
Speaker 2: every woman listening does too, because when you have either
Speaker 2: a brush that has poor quality or it's been used
Speaker 2: way too much for way too long, this happens.
Speaker 3: So that's when I would start asking questions, start joking, man,
Speaker 3: y'all have pissed this morning, y'all stab me in or whatever.
Speaker 3: And then on some mornings I would go, oh my goodness,
Speaker 3: that thing is lovely, and they told me it was
Speaker 3: a brush made of beaver of beaver hair, like, okay,
Speaker 3: can we buy some extras and keep them in a stash.
Speaker 3: But that's the that's my own experience with brushes and hairs,
Speaker 3: and what differences can be is that yes?
Speaker 2: And it's interesting you say that because beaver hair obviously
Speaker 2: very soft, and so these brushes, in particular by Candy
Speaker 2: are vegan and girlty free, so they are not beaver.
Speaker 1: And yet how do they feel to you? Did you
Speaker 1: put one on your face?
Speaker 3: I didn't.
Speaker 1: Can you do it so you can see? I want
Speaker 1: to get an honest reaction to how it feels on
Speaker 1: your face.
Speaker 3: Oh my, you know what average?
Speaker 2: No?
Speaker 3: In all, seriously, I mean, yeah, it's not beaver for
Speaker 3: the most part. Brushes are soft. This feels soft. But
Speaker 3: they all feel soft and luxurious to me because I
Speaker 3: don't have a day in, day out understanding of them.
Speaker 3: So for noy, I'm not a good judge at all.
Speaker 1: These feel super soft to me. In fact, they're way
Speaker 1: softer than mine. And this is the truth.
Speaker 2: I've had again some of those brushes for and then
Speaker 2: I guess speaks to the quality I've.
Speaker 1: Had them for a long time.
Speaker 2: I've got a lot of Mac brushes, but I think
Speaker 2: I am replacing them all now with this new set.
Speaker 1: It's about time that orsement. That's a huge endorsement.
Speaker 2: But I am literally going to take this, put this
Speaker 2: in my medicine cabinet and take out most of the
Speaker 2: ones I have because I have been It's funny, it
Speaker 2: was on my list in Sephora. I really need to
Speaker 2: change out these brushes because yes, should we be? Should
Speaker 2: I be cleaning them and washing them once a week? Probably?
Speaker 2: Do I do it?
Speaker 1: Absolutely not? It is gross. I do agree with that.
Speaker 2: So I'm super excited about this new set, and I
Speaker 2: highly recommend this, not just because of how the brushes feel,
Speaker 2: but because of how they look and how they travel.
Speaker 1: Like we are traveling this weekend, I will bring this
Speaker 1: set with me this week.
Speaker 3: Can you throw my toothbrush in there?
Speaker 2: No?
Speaker 1: That is disgusting.
Speaker 3: Well, you're the one that don't clean your brushes I
Speaker 3: should be worried about my toothbrush, and that was your
Speaker 3: nasty ass brushes.
Speaker 2: Here's the cool thing about this set where you can
Speaker 2: buy it so easy on Amazon, so you don't have
Speaker 2: to go searching for it.
Speaker 1: It is right there for you.
Speaker 2: And the retail price is thirty bucks. That is actually
Speaker 2: so affordable some brushes, an individual brush. I have paid
Speaker 2: fifty bucks for one brush now. Granted I have had
Speaker 2: it now for over a decade, but it's time to
Speaker 2: say goodbye. And I do think that I'm really curious
Speaker 2: to see what this much more affordable set, how long
Speaker 2: it lasts. But I'm excited to try it, and it
Speaker 2: feels good for now, so I will be on top
Speaker 2: of that now. Highly recommend.
Speaker 1: But tomorrow we're going.
Speaker 3: To walking on this. The thirty that you mentioned this
Speaker 3: is for parents, you said, for kids and for play
Speaker 3: and whatnot. Is that a reasonable thirty dollars for a
Speaker 3: plaything and it's not necessarily me whatever for toys?
Speaker 2: But is that I think I think that is reasonable.
Speaker 2: And I do think that, like I said, you could
Speaker 2: pay thirty bucks for one brush, and so you know,
Speaker 2: believe me, these makeup art is who you those I
Speaker 2: can't imagine how much the Beaver makeup brushes cost, but
Speaker 2: we're talking hundreds of dollars. I'm sure to have a set,
Speaker 2: So in that perspective, yeah, thirty bucks. You know, people
Speaker 2: spend thirty bucks for a salad here in New York City.
Speaker 2: So I feel like that would actually be a decent
Speaker 2: gift that I think could be a lot of fun.
Speaker 2: It's useful for women who actually are putting on makeup,
Speaker 2: and it could be fun for girls who want to
Speaker 2: pretend they can.
Speaker 3: All right, my last question.
Speaker 2: Okay, now tomorrow this is exciting because the men get involved.
Speaker 2: This is a unisex product. It's not just for us girls,
Speaker 2: and it's for the world traveler in your life. So
Speaker 2: tomorrow's gift idea, here's the hint, will help your loved
Speaker 2: one arrive wherever they're heading to, rested and ready.
Speaker 3: To go rested.
Speaker 1: Okay, yes, an, Yeah, you don't even know what they
Speaker 1: get for tomorrow, goud I.
Speaker 3: You assume they're not for guys, so I just kind
Speaker 3: of just kind of hanging out. No, you're right, these
Speaker 3: are good idea because I would never buy you a
Speaker 3: makeup brush. There's some things for women I would never buy.
Speaker 3: I would never go into Sophora and say, hey, guys,
Speaker 3: help me out need some of the women.
Speaker 1: No, no, no, and this is fun and this is a.
Speaker 2: Great stocking stuff for too. This fits perfectly in a stocking.
Speaker 2: So we hope that helps and we appreciate you as
Speaker 2: always listening to us. And remember every Monday through Friday
Speaker 2: we will have a new gift for you leading up
Speaker 2: to the holidays. So thank you as always everyone for
Speaker 2: listening to us. I'm Ae Roebuck alongside TJ.
Speaker 1: Holmes. We will talk to you soon.