Good morning guys, it's Sid and welcome back. 🎵 So. 🎵 Let me explain. I didn't post last week. And to be honest, I didn't think anyone would notice. But actually, quite a few of you guys did. And it was actually so sweet, because I was like, wow, it mattered to some of you. So thank you guys. The reason I didn't post is I was just in a slump. Last week, when I was kind of in this lonely mental state, I was thinking to myself, wow, like, you live alone. You're alone a lot of the time, that's so lonely. But then I realized being alone does not have to be synonymous with being lonely. You could be alone and have such a good time with yourself. So I want to take today to just have fun with myself, and just do things that I really love to do. I also feel like I'm kind of on FaceTime with you guys sometimes, and it makes me feel less lonely. This is like how I talk with my friends, so we're gonna have a fun day together.
First things first, coffee. Let's go. 🎵 Okay, so I'm at the coffee shop. And introduce yourself. Hi, I'm Eileen. And Eileen just came up to me and was like, I watch your videos. I was really awkward to come up, but. No, you were so sweet. And you're from Amsterdam? I live in Amsterdam, but I grew up in LA. Thanks for saying bye. You're literally so sweet. Thank you so much. I decided to come outside. I love them. Boys in there, they're so nice. I'm like, kind of friends with them now. One more friend of them. I wish I was friends with them, to be honest. But they play Alana, like, so loud. And it's so fun, like I usually love it in there, but I just. I don't want to get copyrighted. Wow, this is so awkward. I hate filming in public. I forgot that I hate it. You guys know, like, filming in public is just, like, hard for me. I'm trying.
One of the main reasons I think I wasn't feeling good last week, actually I know this is why, is because I was just on social media so much. When I'm on it for extended periods of time, I just don't feel good. I'm, like, not being productive. Sadly, I don't have self-control, and I have to delete it. To not go on it, so. My mom also got me this book a couple months ago, and I wanted to start it because one of my friends said it was really good, too. And I usually read. No. I love New York. I decided to come to this little cute neighborhood. I wanted to just read here for a little bit because it's quieter for over here. That's all I have on my teeth. Not going on social media today. I'm sorry, you just, like, helped my mood be so much better.
I'm eating. I might go to snack recently. Actually, this has been my snack for, like, probably the past year. I get these little thin pretzels from Trader Joe's, and then I have some little baby carrots with some hummus. All three of these together, it's just. dream. dream combo, you can tell. I love this hummus. I'm feeling a lot better today, honestly. I think just not being on social media is something that I really needed. It's so important to take breaks, and I forget to do that sometimes. Social media definitely, like, I think affects everyone differently, because some of my friends aren't like me, where they get kind of compulsively comparing to other people. But when I'm just, like, on my phone for too long, and I'm just scrolling endlessly, I feel like I just compare everything about me to everyone else, and then I feel bad about my own life when I shouldn't.
I have, like, such an amazing life. It's just, like, the trick that social media can play on your mind. I've talked about this before. Like, if you guys watched my video three or four years ago, it was called Dear Teenage Girls, and I talked about how I struggled with just comparing myself online to people, because it's such a real thing, and it's, like, just an important reminder, I guess, for me to get off my phone, and just know that, like, if you're ever feeling bad about yourself on social media, you're only seeing someone's highlight reels, and everyone always says this, but sometimes I need a reminder, so I'm actually kind of just saying this for myself, too. I think I'm gonna go, actually, to this bookstore. I've been wanting to try out new bookstores in New York, because I feel like there's just so many of them.
Wow, I'm just, like, reading so much. Like, I was reading in the beginning of this video, and then I'm going to a bookstore. We'll take the train there. I love bookstores. There's a specific feeling that you get in a bookstore that you don't get anywhere else. So, guys, that was the coolest bookstore I think I've ever been in. It was so, like, magical in there, but I didn't know that a lot of it was, like, acting playbook script type books, so I didn't find anything when I was in there. But yeah, now I'm just sitting here on this bench, romanticizing my life, everyone's looking at me. Wow, guys, I've been vlogging public so much today. Are you guys proud? I'm scared right now.
I bought the grocery store because I need to get a few things for dinner. I got this new salad bowl, and it's like making me want to make more salads. I also got this milk. I usually don't even really drink like normal milk, but this is so good that I can't not. It's the little horizon strawberry milks. Like I said, I got this new salad bowl. Even something as simple as this has been, like, making me want to make more salads, so that's good for me. I've been making this Caesar salad with chicken. That's kind of been my go-to. Growing up, my mom would always coat the chicken breast and egg, and then brag crumb and flour. That's kind of what I like to do now, just because she taught me that way.
I also, like, can't cook without FaceTiming someone. Damn. Well, never mind. Just seeing you in us, you and me. Oh. My salad is done, guys. Looks so small. This goes as bowl is so big. I'm so excited to eat this, guys. So good. I promise, guys, if you get a big salad bowl like this, you're going to love making salads like 10 times more. I got these at the grocery store. This is the most random impulsive purchase ever, because I don't even like raisins. Mom, look at the salad that I made. What do you see? What's your head? Chicken and, like, vinegar at lettuce? Yeah. Did you make the chicken?
Yeah. Oh my gosh. Wow. I'm going to eat this. Okay, guys. So it's actually two hours later. I ended up eating my salad. I don't know what came over me, but I just, like, cleaned my entire apartment. Like, I did a deep clean that I didn't think I was going to do, and then once I got into it, I was, like, I just can't stop. Like, I need to make it perfect. I really went at it, and I really tried to clean my floors. My little kitchen area is all clean. I have a pimple, you guys, that, like, it's starting right here. I don't know if you got it, because can you, like, see it that much? But it hurts. You know that those are the worst pimples when you can't really see it, but it just, it hurts. It's marinating right now, and I know it's going to be just this big. It's going to erupt on my face, basically. Okay. So maybe it is more visible than I thought it was. Ooh, I am going to do this. Mario Badescu drying lotion is, like, one of the best things that I use for, like, spot treatment.
Oh, but I don't have a Q-tip. Okay, I'm just going to use these clean tweezers, because I need to get to the bottom of this. Sediment. Well, we did all we can do. Now we just go to bed and pray. So since I was just cleaning my apartment, I set aside a lot of PR that I've been collecting in a little pile over here. You can see it in the corner right there. And I've actually been kind of collecting this pile for a while. I know some of you guys saw this a few vlogs ago.
I basically asked you guys where you would prefer me to, like, have a giveaway. If I should do it on TikTok, Instagram, YouTube. And most of you guys said YouTube. That's why I'm doing it on here. And it feels right, you know? Like, YouTube is at the end of the day, my home. Um, so I just have a few things that I wanted to give to you guys, because you guys truly mean the world to me. I can't even, like, express how much you guys mean to me. So this is just a little thank you. I'm so excited for one of you guys to get this stuff. I love these brands. They're truly the best. I just get so much PR sometimes that I, like, don't have anything to do with it all.
By the way, this is all going to be for one person. But the first thing is this. This is the YSL Black OPM perfume. I have this perfume already, and I love it. You'll also be getting another YSL product. This one's not a perfume though. This is their mascara, I'm pretty sure. Yes, this is their waterproof volumizing mascara. And obviously, you haven't touched it, so. Okay, I'm starting to realize this is going to be a lot of YSL products. This one's so cool. These are their lipsticks. Definitely a variety of different shades in here, so you can try them out. Ever since middle school, I've been a big benefit girl. And these are two of my favorite products from them, the Hula bronzer and the professional. And you'll get even more benefit products because they sent me this.
They collaborated with Scrub Daddy, which is actually genius. And they have tons of skincare in there, some makeup remover, face mask, setting spray. So you'll be getting this. I almost forgot, you'll be also be getting this from Benefit. They have a mascara. I've been waiting to give you guys this. This has been sitting in the corner of my room for, like, honestly, not that long, probably like four weeks. This is so heavy. This is a box just filled with Mario Badeski products. This is just so exciting because I'm just like such a big fan of them. And I use a lot of their products all the time.
Like you guys saw, I just used their drying lotion. And I really want you guys to also experience them if you haven't. This comes with so much, you're gonna get a lot, but I'll just show you guys a few of them. It comes with the brightening eye serum, the same drying lotion that I just used. Some pimple patches, their poor minimizer, an overnight mask, vitamin C cream, their facial spray, which is probably my favorite thing from them. A cleanser, basically an entire skincare routine. So yeah, if you guys want to enter, what should you do? I didn't even think this far, honestly.
Comment below three things you're grateful for. It can be short, long, it doesn't matter. And if you want to bonus entry, follow me on Instagram. Just make sure to put your Instagram username in your YouTube comment. It's gonna be international so anyone can enter. Anyways, I think I'm gonna go to bed because it's 11.13 p.m. But I love you guys so much. Thank you for everything and thanks for watching. And I'll see you in my next vlog. Bye guys.