And I could just look Luckily my doctor knows that I have enough anxiety. I'm like, I think something's wrong. She's like just take different medicine. It'll be fine Oh, yeah, I started with Allegra Allegra and then a secondary nasal spray. That was the one that that's the one that got me this morning Yeah, so what people do like doctors do now like I feel like I Was just talking to my mom and she was saying something like she went in the doctor She said something and they just like oh you just need it. We didn't need to up your medicine Well, cuz I know they do like this time of year. That's usually what it is All that stuff like well because I messaged my doctor's like I'm a little worried This is like settling in my chest and it rattles when I breathe. Yeah, you actually don't sound very good. Thanks. You're welcome. I Heard you I heard you in the hallways. Oh, yeah This cough has been awful.  He smoke. Yeah, since grandmother fake died last year. Oh Glad you haven't noticed Yeah, keep it secret. Yeah, well because when she fake died in May I was like alright, so we're picking this back up So I'll just wait until she dies in like the next week or so and then I'll do the hypnosis again Here we are at a year.   I can only handle so many uphill battles All right, welcome to the live stream All right, we're gonna start the show. Thank you guys for tuning in live with us Make sure you get involved in the chat. Say hello. Let us know where you're watching from and Start posting your questions with the queue before your question because we're going to we're gonna be doing some Q&A later Salon questions hair questions, whatever What I think you're gonna repeat yourself in a little bit. You're right. I was actually thinking about the show. All right Here we go. Color looks good What's What's up guys? 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It's like a buy more get more sale 10% off orders of 500 plus 15% off orders 2500 plus and 20% off orders 15,000 plus go to Minerva beauty comm remember when I tried to read that the first episode I thought you're gonna stay a hundred and seventy eight thousand hours For years like when you were saying like for a hundred seventy five thousand years They've been providing Salons with but can I just say something about Minerva before we move off? Yeah of all the years that I've worked in salons Never have I had guests talk about the furniture as much as they have since like we switch to that switch That's like especially at least once a week and like all my clients are pretty much regulars at this point Yeah, the conversation that gets had about the pedestal in the sink Like it is a constant constant conversation of like oh my god.  Yeah much better Yeah, you would have think that that would be like the standard at salons at this point But yeah, I don't think that's true at all. I've worked in so many different Like shaped bowls and the cushions on the bowl that make water problems worse All it took was just a little pedestal to hold the head up Yeah, yeah, well Brian's talking about there's like this like pedestal thing that sits behind the head And it just keeps your head from hanging in the bowl, which is really nice. I just called a pillow Nice Yep, so I got Brian with me. Hey. Yeah, you do Carly. Oh Christina hey, and we kind of a special day almost it's coming and it's it's Brian's favorite day of the year His birthday So we're celebrating that today, so let us know in the comments. I'll just give Brian a little shout out His birthdays tomorrow, but we're not doing the show tomorrow. I'm such a nerd I got so excited when I saw online that I realized that tomorrow my birthday is a palindrome So it's 420 24 and when you read it backwards, it's still 420 24. Oh, that's fun And it's a Saturday, which is nice. Thank you leap year. Yeah. Yeah, you don't get that very often Well, actually you get that whatever seven years, I guess four is leap year. Oh, so I don't I was at six Or how I forget how that throws it off, but it's been a minute since I've had a Saturday.  Hey, thanks Make sure you hit the notification bell and subscribe to us on Apple podcasts and Spotify And yeah, we're gonna do again. I did talk about this, but we're gonna do a Q&A segment at the end So make sure post your questions We love to chat with you answer anything that you're wondering if you're new to the business or you've been in the business for a while Whatever just load up that chat with some questions so we can have some fun at the end Let's We're gonna talk about some trends, right? So 2024 I really feel like all of these online Like anytime you Google trends you get kind of everything right and we've talked about this before but I really want to go into Not only the trends that they're saying I want to go through those with you guys But also now what are our customers actually asking for is kind of what do they seem excited about that kind of thing? So that's where we're at with it. So let's um, let's bring up. I'm gonna bring up the Article here. It was Vogue. Um, so at least it's a bigger one reputable source reputable Yeah, spring's biggest hair color trends will have you stepping out of your comfort zone. So So let's play. Let's show wigs. I know I know that's the first I was like, oh shantily cream and then I was like, oh a wig of just straight up white Yeah, so they're showing Beyonce's wig so for those guys that are listening to the show will be Trying to describe it, but it's Beyonce's wig from Yeah, so Shantily cream and then red hot So and then and this is um now it's kind of like a I'm just curious. How do they describe that? Yeah, that's that apart from just a red. That's actually where I think this could be interesting for people is if We're trying to describe it without you actually seeing it. Yeah, like what does it look like to me? It has a little bit. It's a more of an RB kind of a brown It's definitely to it with some gold I feel I was gonna say it's it definitely I think for me falls under the more orangey red Yeah, like a red forward one not like Yeah, it's I mean it's Emma Stone. It's super rich rich red, but definitely on the warmer side And it does start a little deeper at the root looks much more orangey like deep orange It looks like she just got it done. She's got a scale. Yeah, and then it fades a little bit Like her ends were highlighted. So yeah, that's what you get Yeah, it's quick root touch up and then popped off to the Grammys. Yeah, this reminds me of like I mean, it's a very this is a great salon, you know look. Yeah I think it can push people out of their comfort zone, but you can go Demi with it So it's not a huge. I mean, it's still a commitment because you're putting red in your hair And we all know how hard it is to get that out, but This is kind of a fun Thing that you could do that isn't too crazy, right? It's not a wig. Yeah. So, you know, this is actual hair So that's a good starting place like tone of your reds Yeah, and it also works really well for clients that have like old highlights Like to add just a Demi over top a little bit deeper at the root And then pull it through the ends of the lighter tone and then you're taking advantage of those highlights So you kind of get a high a fresh highlighted look Without all the work so you can save a little bit of money that way too and time as a hairdresser being able to kind of upgrade somebody to this Shiny kind of treatment on their hair. Yeah. Yeah, it's enough keep though. Yeah, you think yeah Yeah, that's that's very true. It's a good thing Yeah All right, teddy bear brawned Okay, and here's a picture of just her bangs I want to work because you don't have to work hard. I want this job This is what happened. This was the other thing that we got into our discussion about is they just want to put these celebrity These are just all the top celebrities. So when they put their names in the article The Google comes up. Also all of these saying brawned saying, you know, whatever Like a couple months ago. It was like called like old money blonde or like old money brown like I feel like Brown on this Yeah, so yeah the brawned is I I think like like J. Lo does a brawned pretty good sometimes Even I mean Jen Aniston's a good one for that because mm-hmm. She's never a blonde Beyonce When she's like that Yeah, yeah, she looks I mean, why did they say teddy bear right to soften it and make it cute and make it new I feel like these are less for us and more for inspiration for people who come to us Imagine somebody comes in they're like Yeah, I'm looking for the teddy bear brown back when you were younger and your teddy bears what they look like They were like that That worn in kind of light brown dark blonde color Mm-hmm, I had it some of my time to mine too. His name is peanut.  I know I Mean we don't really know we don't I watch enough drag That's a wig That's one thing you'll get good at I'm trying to get Carly and Brian's Brian's already trying to cancel his clients So you can get home and watch the finale Catch it isn't there someone from Philly in the final three is trying to go to yeah Well, that's watch party Saphira. Yeah, I've seen her. She's so good Yeah I and another one of the queens that I love and new in Philly has been putting after they've been going on air Like she was the one that made all these huge elaborate gowns and it's just really cool Like it's neat to see people that I Know and honor their art get such a huge platform. It's cool. It's cool. We should watch I don't really watch a lot of shows like I know that added to the queue. I know all that free time you have Actually picking shows might be the most annoying thing. Yeah, it really is It seems like such a waste of time Like when I get down when I finally sit down like I just want to like not not think yeah And I just I feel like I have to think so much to pick a show But it's a commitment because then you get invested in the show and you have to there's so many shows We've started although how many great shows that we have started I can like the last I can recommend some terrible ones like this week. I was texting Carly like I tried this one I got halfway through not for me just to fall asleep do it Oh, that would make me so mad too I keep seeing. Um, what is it? Something stalker. I don't know that one on Netflix. It's a and the guy who was being stalked is actually the actor.  Let's see how that ends obviously well Yeah Expensive brunette there it is we've seen this one and it's always Haley. I feel like yeah, why is it expensive? You know why Everybody that wants a brown But doesn't want to they say warmth. Yeah, but there's a ton of warmth and brown all browns most browns And but they want to see the flex of gold But not orange right because it's expensive That earring looks expensive. It's expensive to have people I think look at it and not see The orange, right? I mean what I see like that does not look like hair It looks low maintenance and I think that's what makes it expensive like make it still Tasty and brown but no orange remember the client you just said you're like her hair.  Yeah, that's probably how I would describe that brown Okay, and I wonder how much of that is her natural because I know that like she obviously did a big chop and She was blonde, but I think she was more of a rooted blonde So I wonder if they like like the grow out. I want to say none of that's natural really like the more that I watch movies and stuff like you can You can spot under professional lighting like that. Yeah, what natural hair looks like it it just it doesn't have the vibrancy Like that is such a gorgeous color at her root Like if you look over the top of the head there, no one gets to grow that and have that face come on All right This is pretty and for the sake of our jobs, let's just say that's not natural at all.  Yeah, and it's gonna take four times I'm just kidding Is that it yeah, wow Brown blonde well that color it was just one article. I mean I Thought we could talk more about anything that you guys have seen come through or any big changes. Yeah, yeah You have anything. Yeah, of course my guys don't aren't really changing much. You just look in my direction and I'll talk there you go Uh Well, I got it listen I got it out for a hot second because I saw the outline. It's like all your hair trends and all that my favorite hair trend this week Was on my new favorite show X-Men 97 They took a very beloved character storm right here in my arm in case you're watching the video and She this whole season has had like this kind of mohawk that people have had issue with and in this last episode She overcame her inner demons and flew into the sky and grew this beautiful head of gorgeous goddess long hair that is just So inspirational Yeah, I'll show it to you I'll it's like a minute and 20 second clip on Twitter It's so good because when I was a kid like that was my inspiration that made me fall in love with hair was this comic book depictions of you know these female superheroes who were just What part of what made them so amazing was this glorious hair and To see such a cool representation of that on the cartoon this week was it it made me happy That's cool. Good job show runner bow to my oh, I know someone who could play her and if the next X-Men hang it's coming but their name out there MCU is looking Jade Cargill from the WWE Our whole thing is like storm like she's got the white hair. She's super fit. I love it Yeah, so that's my favorite non-reality hair trend because it was inspirational this week But realistically, I think what I'm seeing so much of Which kind of I guess could fall into some of those categories from that article I'm seeing a lot of my guests that are Wanting dimension but wanting it way more subtle than we've been doing for the last couple years like for the last few years It was you know the the hard money pieces that stand out. It was like really I don't want to say Calico, but like a really big difference in the lights and the darks of their dimension and People are now coming in and wanting not necessarily to go dark But just have there be a far smaller window between their highs and lows but still keep dimension So that's been fun. Like it's something new That's cool. Yeah, how are you going about it? like yesterday with my one guest I Did like it was a matter because I also had to do it like I'm You know fixed amount of time because I had other clients, but it was Because I personally am not a big fan of doing low lights that are darker than your roots Like I just don't think that looks is natural. Yeah, you're doing like baby ha baby low lights, right? I yeah, so what I like with her yesterday I like I dropped her base color down like a half of a level so it was darker than what's already in her hair and then I Painted I just hand-painted some like heavy highlights in some important spots and then took the base color and painted around them and between them and Then I toned her with something that was only like I want to say maybe 1 to 2 levels lighter than what her base color is so that it brought the highlights way down into the same family and I was I was super stoked about it. She was just happy because you know, I do her hair and she's happy But I was like it looks really good Is it more of a natural? Yeah, like kind of that like they still want to mention but they want more natural like to go off of a natural highlight kind of yeah, like you mentioned the Was it old money blonde? Yeah That it's it's more that kind of thing something that doesn't look like a lot of upkeep It doesn't look like it falls into a trend per se, but still has Like eye-catching dimension to it. Okay, just not as bold Okay I've noticed that guy so like I cut a lot of guys there and I've noticed that a lot of them don't want a part Anymore like that's something that seems to be like a lot of guys were wearing kind of deeper parts or hard part Yeah, like That's probably been for a while now Yeah, I've been noticing it. I don't know older guys It was what I'm saying like because younger guys have been wearing that messy mop thing for a long time now But like so I feel like it's starting to transfer into my clientele kind of want that wait Want to look like the kids. Yeah, like the 20 year olds. Yeah, so do that and they're not yeah I don't know about you, but I'm noticing a lot of my male clients are growing their hair longer Like we're using like the ones that we used to do like the nice tight fade and then messy top or part or whatever Now we're getting longer fades on the side. I'm working several guys through growing their hair long And yeah, I mean I'm into it It's kind of coming back to like when I first in like 2005 Time frame cutting guys hair like you didn't really do a tight fade They liked even texture on the sides a little bit, but it was still a fade And I guess whatever like a tape like whatever. Yeah, but now it's like a four to a five now They're asking like scissor-over-comb work more than clipper work like they want that like All right, Carly Kind of going back to What Brian said about the female client that he had maybe more natural Yeah, like again like the yeah, not just freshly cut. Maybe you guys are like I want to look lived in a little bit Yeah, yeah grown out for sure, and I'm here for that like yeah, that's less work Do you feel like it's easier? It's the same amount of work, but it's less of Like the the sculpting and more just like more forgiving.  Like that's where I'm at. So for me It is the same amount of work kind of like time-wise, but it's more fun work for me Yeah, like I have a couple of guys right now one that just jumps to mine his haircut is all about the shape that I need to create like he Has this tip curly hair.  Oh, yeah Okay, he stays of dirt actually, okay? I was gonna say you know like some guys want a look, but they don't use product Oh, no, he's into it like this it was the The onus was fully on me to figure out how to create a shape out of a hedge It's like topiary But it's fun because like you get to use all the the tools in your toolbox to on one haircut It's not just like not to downplay anything, but it's not just going through and whipping through with clippers like I have to map out You know Section by section of this head. It's not even a full quadrant. Yeah It's fun All right, you have any trends seem to be around?  I feel like I see a lot of and like my feed Okay, split die is what like half like half and half half and I think that's more of like you're like early 20s Yeah age group, but I see a lot of it on like my Instagram feed. Okay for sure I think one did somebody.  Let's just be like three foils here Like she'll go through and just so meticulously Create this look. It's it's been very impressive to watch That is a good point to bring up about hair and just being good at it is the amount of patience That you have to have and I and as you get older Patients are you have to balance out where the patience goes? I think part of the reason Carly's got that patience is because she's not sitting there Yemmering their ear off like I do Yeah, so she can save that patience for the work. Yeah, I'm not like I'll talk to you After I'm done foiling like I and I'll say, you know, like hey like I we have a lot of work here to do like I'm just gonna get to it because I know myself if I start talking it you're gonna be here for like three extra hours So yeah, and another thing that goes on like with the patience If like I've had to move people around or like come in on a Saturday Because you know say they can't get here until like four o'clock I want to give them what they want, but I also don't want them or me to be here till like 10 o'clock at night. So You know Yes, I have patience but and self-awareness. Yes. She has patience nine to five. Yeah And she got realism from her mom. Yeah Yeah, yeah, that's cool. Yeah. All right. So do you have a trivia question? Oh Do you? Oh Swear I get so sidetracked like it's really bad. It's okay. Let's go to break. Oh, she looks one up Have one and I'll I'll uh, you know what I'll do I'll do the Mevo Read and then we'll do the trivia question. Well, okay, cool. We do have a couple of questions. Sorry in the chat Actually, a lot of people are saying hello from Ohio. Happy birthday. Thanks We only have one question We're popular. Well, there's We're maybe when you said it before Maybe that not that many people are in the chat So maybe just repeat that too for people to get their questions. Okay, so we're gonna do some Q&A We're gonna do at least one Man to the hell and a and if you guys but if you have questions, please post them in the chat It's so funny the internet like Is Also just getting older and like I feel like back in the day when we used to do this There'd be so many people online and like asking questions, but we didn't do it on a Friday either which I think is Part of the struggle busy right now Hopefully people are working at almost 11 o'clock on Friday, but all right. So Mevo on tour Mevo sponsored the show So Mevo on tour hosted by Mevo salon and spa software is an in-person Series of beauty and wellness business conferences spanning major US cities in 2024 They've already been to Fort Lauderdale, but they have a few other ones coming up New York City, Los Angeles Chicago Dallas I'm gonna be I they actually just sent me an email They want me to do like a 30 30 minute social media Like talk I guess John Harms is gonna do Some of it are like an hour and I'm gonna do like a half an hour I guess At it at the New York conference. Yeah, so you guys can get your tickets go to mevo Com slash mevo dash on dash tour Again that's not fully confirmed because I haven't even wrote back to say I can do it But I do I probably will be doing it So get your tickets New York City, and then there's also Los Angeles Chicago and Dallas coming up This year as well, so go check it out again mevo.com Slash mevo dash on dash tour. I'll do the Los Angeles one. Okay, you can fly me out there. All right. I Can talk for a half hour A half an hour actually seems a little like What do you like it's not a lot of time I used to worry about that like When I was trying to when I was auditioning to become an educator They were like you have to give a 20 30 minute presentation I was like, how am I gonna fill that and then before I know it. I'm getting like then you've got five minutes left That's the biggest thing that I learned from that process was that I Never need to worry about filling any block of time Yeah, you more have to worry about running over you and not like how do you teach social media in 30 minutes? You know, but you just inspire a little bit Oh, how? Well, let me tell you Is that the trivia question? So that's that we're all right, we're gonna do some trivia. Oh Yep What's the score? It's been a while since we did trivia I won the one-to-one or you have to zero I think I Remember Carly score. I didn't even add Carly in there. I don't I forget if I have one or two So much faith I've got two you have two you have one. I have one you have zero. There we go. Say it again So Carly has zero Just Christine have to get zero or is that an assumed second point because she stumped us No, and took umbrage with the fact that she didn't get a point for that's what it was because if you stump us You get the point now. Yes, I do. Yeah, but not last time. So you have you have one It's one-to-one-to-one zero. I just want to cheat It was it can it happens now, but not last time well because we just made well Yeah, we figured it out last time you and go back to the previous episode. There was a really great throw-down discord about it I Okay, all right These are so kind of lame, I don't even know Here it is I'm ready. I need a buzzer. Yeah Okay We've never made it this far in the trivia song before Good thing it still slaps Still slaps So this one's about Beards, okay, what do you think? Is it why is it Carly's days? Ancient Egyptians often wore false beards as a sign of leadership This included designing false beards for men women and what other creature? I'm gonna say cats cats Ancient it was ancient Egyptians right They were obsessed with cats mummies Mummies aren't creatures to them Pharaohs What is it cows? Well cows. Yeah, there's a link between this and religious belief the worship of cows played a major part in many ancient cultures stretching from Egypt to India arising originally from the vital role that cattle played in the continuance of life for ancient peoples Hmm, huh. Yeah, I apologize if I offended anybody Um, I didn't think a cow was a creature though, but I I'm just trying to think of like all the hieroglyphics that I've seen like I don't ever remember seeing a cow and like walk like an Egyptian Learned something today. Well Christina got that point. Yeah, congrats kudos I said I needed more time for a question and you all said no now and I just you had a month Well, it's good. It's good for you then You nailed it. Hey, that was your job and you did it three. I have three Mom of two you have to chew in a ghost point All right before we do the wheel is there any questions we only have a few minutes, but literally a few minutes, um, so Kim Jackson asked Do you always leave gloss glaze on for 20 minutes like Shades EQ minimum of 20 I always like to think we should follow manufacturers recommended use question Go So I would take the porosity of the hair into consideration But I like to walk away and leave it for at least I like seven eight minutes come back check it and then Go from there. I would say I Don't Like I should not not let me take that back. I Will pick a toner Based on the time that I have to give on What I can do in about 10 minutes So if I'm looking like I'll grab a slightly darker toner if I need it to do more work on the wet hair Like if it's highlights and you know toning some highlights, and they need like some of that You know warmth taken out I might pick something that's a level darker than I hope it ends up so that it can get the job done in 10 minutes Yeah, I think it's good to watch it. Um If it's a toner if it's like to create that red hot look or whatever. Oh, yeah Then we're doing manufacturer, you know Brute melts like I leave them on yeah 20 for sure.  Yeah, there is there wouldn't be able to write that down. So Is there any other ones? I did see a good question and I I can't see Okay, so someone asked what Nicola is asking best social media tip if you have one Show feet don't be afraid show feet Don't be afraid to post often I think Posting as long as you feel like you're giving something to the other person so two tips Make sure whatever you're posting brings value to somebody else and not yourself so and then most of the time and then post often because platforms Platforms aren't gonna show your stuff to everybody But that platforms do love it when you are posting all the time and using their platforms So it's part of the algorithm for them to be like this person's using this a lot And then they're gonna take into consideration Do a lot of people react well to it And that's gonna come from are you bringing value to the person on the other side? So just think about the person you're you're saying it to Think about not wasting people's time on the other end because it is a person looking at it Don't overthink it just post it. Yeah and post. Yep All right Wheel we got to spin the wheel. Oh, yeah I'm gonna do it with my feet So if you would like to spin the wheel and you are a professional hairstylist then comment I want to spin in the chat First one to comment Spins the wheel What do we got on the wheel on the wheel? We have Mivo a ticket to upcoming show and Then we've got stuff from our online store shop FSE if you're looking for combs scissors clips razors anything go Check out shop fse.com and then Minerva beauty.com is giving away I think still a Thera gun because they haven't told me anything different Which is awesome and then Formulate dot-co custom formulation for your hair and skin so Susan S says I wanted to spin. She's the first one in there. All right I don't think she's spun before I feel like her name sounds familiar, but I'm sure there's a lot of Susan All right Susan Wow, that's a good spin Brian It's a loud today formulate nice Sweet Susan that's a that's a killer gift because you get to go on to formulate and Create your own custom formulation and then you get it for free. So that's it really is super fun Like I enjoyed doing it. I got my friend to do it. It's it is really fun to kind of design your own Shampoo and conditioner. Yeah, and you get to pick your scent and talk about all the things that are going on with your hair And then you know you get this custom formula and then From that you get to react to it So if you start using it, maybe you don't like to send or maybe it's not lathering enough or whatever There's like everything you can talk to the chemist through the app and they change your formula And then on your next one, it'll be even better than the first one. So it evolves with you It's a pretty cool technology. So Email me Susan Matt at free salon education calm Just put wheel winner and then your information. I'll forward that to formulate and they'll send you a code to get your free formulation Happy birthday. Thanks.  Hey, you see Brian out say happy birthday to him and you will see me out because So it's funny tomorrow like my friends like what do you want to do? And so we're just going to brunch and they're like, where do you want to go? And I said, I really don't care where we go. My only request is that we get really dressed up And they're like, oh cool. And I was like, no, I mean like uncomfortably dressed up Like I want the other people in the restaurant to be like, are we there? Are they are they famous? Are they going to a wet? Are we under dress? Like I want it to be talked about so I'm very excited about that That's fun. What are you wearing? TBD. I Started laying out outfits. I've got I went to the dry cleaner this week. I bought new clothes this week So I I still don't even know yet. I'm gonna wait and see what the vibe tells me tomorrow But this will be posted on your story, right? So you'll so follow Brian hairstyle. Yeah Follow Carly hair by Carly see us everything at free salon education. Do you have I have wondering this Do you have allergies in the city? They're not as bad. They're not they go away, but then when you come to the woods, they don't go away But they're definitely like amps up as I'm heading as you're driving in. Yeah. All right. All right guys Thank you so much for following us subscribe to the channel. Go check out free salon education calm We got a ton of stuff free masterclasses tools and products and all that and make sure you support all the sponsors of the show Appreciate you guys and we'll see you on the next one. Bye


1, 2022. What's new? Part 1. Get ready to get refunds to the max. Diving into income tax. 2021, 2022. This information can be found on the instructions to form 1040, found on the IRS website, irs.gov, irs.gov, due date of return. File form 1040 or 1040-SR by April 18th, 2022. That's April 18th, 2022. The due date is April 18th, instead of April 15th, because of the Emancipation Day holiday in the District of Columbia. Even if you don't live in the District of Columbia. If you live in Maine or Massachusetts, you have until April 19th, 2022. That is because of the Patriots' Day holiday in those states. Tuition and fees deduction not available. So the tuition and fees deduction is not available after 2020. Instead, the income limits for the lifetime learning credit have been increased. You can see form 8863 and its instructions. We might look at that in the future, in our future presentations. Here's a quick look to form 8863 Education Credits, American Opportunity, and Lifetime Learning Credits. You can find it on the IRS website irs.gov, as well as the related instructions. Economic Impact Payment. In other words, EIP3, we're talking about the third one. There's three that went out. We're looking at the third one specifically here. Any economic impact payment you received is not taxable for federal income tax purposes. So in other words, the general idea, the general rule for income is basically anything is income, unless it's stated otherwise by the IRS. They are stating otherwise here. When you've received the economic impact payments, they're not going to be generally counted as income on the top line of the income tax formula, which would basically, of course, increase or possibly increase the tax. So they're not included in income. Note that whenever that's the case with income taxes, that's a good thing because everything is flipped on its head. Everything is backwards. Income is bad. And so if you have income, it could lead to more taxes. So if you're not including the income, that would typically be a good thing for the tax calculation. So it will reduce your recovery rebate credits. So the EIP, the economic impact payments, you might hear them called the stimulus payments is going to be connected to the recovery rebate credits in a similar way as you might understand more easily, even though it's a newer thing, the advanced child tax credit is related to the child tax credit. And that's because we've seen the child tax credit in the past, although they've changed it or they've had some differences to the calculation at this time and they named the advanced payment the advanced child tax credits. We didn't do quite the same thing with the recovery rebate credit, but it is in essence the same concept, meaning the recovery rebate credit is tied to the actual tax return as a credit, which normally you would not get the credit until you file the tax return, but they gave an advanced payment and instead of calling it an advanced recovery rebate credit, they called it an economic impact payment, most likely because they came up with that name first and then tied it to the tax return. But in any case, the other reason it's a little bit more confusing is because you get the full thing in advance as opposed to the child tax credit. So also just note that there's three economic impact payments that have gone out. The first two are not tied to the 2021 tax return, they're tied to 2020. So you have the same issue of the advanced payment tied to the recovery rebate credit, but it's in the prior tax year. So if you have any issues with it, you got to file the 2020 tax return in 2021, we're concerned with EIP3, which is tied to the recovery rebate credit tied to the tax return for 2021 tax year, which we're going to be filing by April 18 of 2022 in general. 2021 recovery rebate credit, this credit is figured like last year's economic impact payment, EIP3, economic impact payment three, except eligibility and the amount of the credit are based on your tax year 2021 information. So it's the same concept, just remember EIP1 and 2 are tied to last year's return. This last one, the EIP3, went out in the current year. So see the instructions for line 30 and the recovery rebate credit worksheet to figure your credit amount. We might take a look at that later. Standard deduction amount increased. So this is the standard deduction, the one that everyone would be getting if they don't have a larger amount of itemized deductions and therefore would be taking the itemized instead of the standard deduction for 2021. The standard deduction amount has been increased for all filers. The amounts are single or married filing separately, 12,550, married filing jointly or qualifying widow, widower 25,100. You can see of course the difference between the two in essence doubling the amount as we go up from a single or married filing separately to the married return, which would make sense. And then we've got the head of household like in between the 1800. So we'll talk more about those later. Virtual currency, if in 2021 you engaged in a transaction involving virtual currency, you will need to answer yes to the question on page one of form 1040 and 1040 SR. The IRS is very skeptical of virtual currency because they think it might be a way that you could get income or something and not report it on the tax return. And so they're trying to lock that down.  So in any case, if you have virtual currency, that could be a kind of an issue that they're concerned about in these in these days, see virtual currency later for information on transactions involving virtual currency, do not leave this field blank. And then the questions must be answered by all taxpayers, not just taxpayers who engage in a transaction involving virtual currency. Credits for sick and family leave for certain self employed individuals. The family's first Coronavirus Response Act, the FFCRA, helped self employed individuals affected by Coronavirus by providing paid sick leave and paid family leave credits equivalent to those that employers are required to provide their employees for qualified sick leave wages and qualified family leave wages. So in other words, we had some responses that were going into the law that we're attempting to help employers and their employees, possibly attempting to keep the employees basically employed through the pandemic and the problem. And they did that in part through credits related to payroll taxes. The problem with that, of course, is that when you look at the self employment types of taxes for people like a Schedule C type of business, they're also paying those same types of taxes, which is basically Social Security and Medicare and the form of self employment tax as opposed to payroll taxes, but they're in essence the same thing. So then whenever they do something like that to the payroll taxes, it generally makes sense that they have to do something for the self employed individuals who are paying the self employment tax. We might get into that in more detail in future presentations. The COVID related tax relief act of 2020 extended the period during which individuals can claim these credits. Now, of course, again, note that these credits would generally be involved that we're talking about here if they had self employment tax. So that would be someone for the most common example would be like a Schedule C type of income subject to self employment where that could come into play. Might talk more about that later. So for more information, see the instructions for Form 7202 and Schedule 3, Line 13B. You can find those in the IRS website, irs.gov, extension and expansion of credits for sick and family leave. The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 enacted in March 11, 2021. ARP provides that certain self employed individuals can claim credits for up to 10 days of quote paid sick leave and quote and up to 60 days of quote paid family leave and quote if they are unable to work or telework due to circumstances related to coronavirus. Self employed individuals may claim these credits for the period beginning April 1, 2021 and indeed September 30, 2021. For more information, see the instructions for Form 7202 and Schedule 3, Line 13H. Form 9000, alternative media preference beginning in 2021, taxpayers with print disabilities can use Form 9000, alternative media preference to elect to receive notices from the IRS in alternative format including Braille, large print, audio and electronic. You can attach Form 9000 to your Form 1040 or 1040SR or you can mail it separately. For more information, you can see Form 9000 on IRS website irs.gov. All taxpayers now eligible for Identity Protection PIN beginning in 2021. The IRS Identity Protection PIN, IPPIN opt-in program has been expanded to all taxpayers who can properly verify their identity. So the PIN is going to be kind of like a safeguard against someone trying to steal your identity, the capacity or the desire for people to try to steal people's identity specifically to file fraudulent returns has been going up and up these days given the fact that we have more and more like refundable credits and money that's going out through the IRS in the format of things like child tax credits, advanced child tax credits, the refundable credits, the economic impact payments, the recovery rebate credits. This is a lot of money going out typically on the more basic or lower in types of tax returns that don't require a lot of information and therefore the desire to kind of steal that information has going up. The capacity or ability to do that would be dependent upon having in essence your social security number and your name for example at the minimum in order to file the tax return and obviously the social security number being something that we've had since birth and we've given it to every financial institution since that time every medical institution and so on it might be compromised at some point in time so usually they set up this kind of PIN situation as a response to someone who's who's already going through the pain of having their identity stolen and a fraudulent return filed on their behalf and the response to that would be okay let's clean that up let's identify it as a fraudulent return and then how are we going to stop it from happening in the future we're going to set up a PIN which kind of acts in essence like a separate social security number now they're saying i'm not going to wait till the fraud happens you can actually set up your PIN in a proactive sense and this would might be something that you would want to do especially if you know that your credentials have been compromised for example if someone someone stole your identity for unemployment purposes and basically got unemployment on your behalf or something like that if you experienced that kind of problem they might be able to use that same information to try to get in get file a fraudulent tax return and so you could try to preemptively stop that with a PIN which is a little bit more of a problem to file but it gives you the added security with the PIN the PIN makes more sense than a social security number these days i kind of feel like we're going to have to update this whole social security number system at some point because the PIN is going to change you know from year to year and they'll give you a new PIN each year so that so that it's less likely that that it'll be a problem in that shorter period of time but in any case an IPPIN helps prevent your social security number from being used to file a fraudulent federal income tax return you can use the get an IPPIN tool on irs.gov to request an IPPIN file form 15227 if your income is $72,000 or less or make an appointment to visit a taxpayer assistance center direct deposit now available for returns filed late so you can now receive a direct deposit of your refunds even if you file your 2021 return after november 30th 2022 so it used to be you had the capacity to get the direct deposit if you file basically you know on time or before a certain date so you might say hey why isn't it april 18th because you got you know you got the extension that would be involved in there as well but in any case they extended it out now they're trying to get as many things electronically deposited as possible in part because they're short staffed and they don't want people to have to physically work on things because you know they have this whole covid thing and the restrictions and distancing has fallen i believe more heavily on the federal workers because that's where you know they have the most control over some of these things and that made the need for automation even more heavy you would think in places like the internal revenue service which means they're backed up on anything that causes actual manual labor over there instead of electronic things so expanded dependent care assistance arp expanded the child and dependent care tax credit for 2021 by making it refundable for certain taxpayers and making it larger for 2021 the dollar limit on qualifying expenses increases to eight thousand dollars for one qualifying person and sixteen thousand dollars for two or more qualifying persons the rules for calculating the credit have also changed the percent of qualifying expenses eligible for the credit has increased along with income limit at which the credit begins phasing out additionally the taxpayers who receive dependent care benefits from their employer the dollar limit of the exclusion amount increases for 2021 for more information see the instructions for form 2441 publication 503 you can find the form and that publication on the irs website irs.gov the child tax credit under arp the child tax credit has been enhanced for 2021 substantial changes here the child tax credit has been extended to qualifying children under age 18 depending on modified adjusted gross income you may receive an enhanced credit amount of up to three thousand six hundred dollars for a qualifying child under age six so now we've got this age requirement age six up to three thousand dollars for a qualifying child age five and under age 18 so you got this kind of two tiered structure in terms of the ages that are taking place and then of course we also had the advanced child tax credit which i believe basically said we're going to try to figure out what your child tax credit would be under these new calculations it's all i believe uh refundable at this point to make kind of that calculation or advanced calculation easier in some instances or that might be part of the rationale and then they're going to give the advanced payment of half of it in advance so you got to deal with those advanced payments that have already been received to try to figure out how much you would still get in the child tax credit so we got a change to the calculation of the credit new rules on that and we got the advanced credits that have already going out that we'll need to know in order to calculate the proper child tax credit still uh applicable or still being able to take the portion you'd get a benefit from when filing the enhanced credit amount begins to phase out where modified adjusted gross income exceeds one hundred fifty thousand in the case of a joint return or surviving spouse one hundred twelve thousand five hundred in the case of a head of household and seventy five thousand in all other cases child tax credit if you or your spouse is filing jointly lived in the united states for more than half the year the child tax credit will be fully refundable even if you don't have earned income so what that means is a big term these days and they keep their the refundable credits have been a you know bigger issue these days that means that your tax liability goes below zero and you still get a quote refund in quote but it's not really a refund at that case or not that point it's really a program to benefit people at that point in time because at that point you're not paying taxes you're not getting the money back that you were going to pay taxes back in the form of a refund you're getting kind of a benefit a benefit kind of program at that point so when we talk about the refundable portion of a credit we're talking about the benefit the amount of money that you would get back even if you go below zero in the fact that you don't you're not paying any taxes at that point in time and still getting a benefit in the in the case basically a refund that's not really a refund of benefit so if you don't meet the residency requirements your child tax credit will be a combination of the non-refundable child tax credit and a refundable additional child tax credit as was the case in 2020 so the credit for other dependents has not been enhanced and is figured as it was in 2020 so when we talk about dependents basically we got the two two kind of tiers that are on there you've got a dependent the major benefits you currently have at this point in time is going to be the child tax credit if they qualify as a child or the other dependent if they do not they've made changes to the child tax credit component not not much change no change really to the other dependents component of it so we'll dive more into those credits later these are just kind of the changes at this point


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Hey guys, what is up? Welcome to my channel for today's video. Super important. Okay. This is one that I think about a lot. I'm going to be sharing with you the best eyeshadow palettes of 2020, my personal favorites. So if you want to see what they were, then just keep watching. Hi guys, what is up? Welcome to my channel. My name is Morgan. If you're new here, I consider myself to be able to product knowledge enthusiasts. I just love knowing anything and everything about all of the new makeup on the market and sharing my thoughts with you guys. And if you're new here, eyeshadow palettes are my thing. They're my favorite thing to collect. I love doing different looks with my eyeshadow palettes. I love swatching my eyeshadow palettes. I just like talking about eyeshadows. Easily the makeup item that I purchased the most this year every year, but I purchased a lot of palettes this year. So I narrowed my palettes down to 15. I have a couple honorable mentions that I'll put at the end, but 15 palettes that I found myself consistently reaching for and loving the quality of this year. A lot of these guys, you've definitely heard before, they're not going to surprise you if you watch my channel regularly. But this is a big deal, okay? I love my eyeshadow palette. I love eyeshadow palette top. So let's get into it. It's in no particular order. I mean, it is. It's in alphabetical order, but that's it. Not ranked at all by most favorite to league's favorite. Don't ask me to do that. All right, so we're going to start off with the first palette. This is the Supreme Nudes by Artist Couture. And I remember I was not even going to pick this palette up at first, you guys. I was like, I do not need this. This has all of the colors that I already own and still a very true statement, but there's something about this palette that I just kept reaching for this year. I mean, I know what that something is. I love, love, love, love these tones of neutrals. I love the olive shade in here, the bronze shade, the copper shade. It has the perfect array of neutrals that I reach for on an everyday basis. The formula is fantastic. It's just the perfect array of colors and textures for me. So it's a palette that I reached for a lot this year. The quality is fantastic. And to my surprise, it ended up being one of my favorite palettes this year. The next palette might not be a surprise to you, but also it's also kind of a surprise. It made it to the top, top, top. But this is the BH Cosmetics Summer in Saint Tropez palette. And I think the reason I got so into it was, first of all, the quality is amazing for the price. I think not only are the mats really great, but the shimmers are also spectacular as well. The color story here inspires me. There's so many different looks you can create. I feel like every single look I created with this palette was stunning. It made me step outside of my comfort zone and the quality so good. Literally, I've seen this palette on sale for $8. It is worth so much more than that, you guys. And for them to have such a superb, colorful formula says so much.  There are a couple shades in here that aren't the greatest, but I would say 90% of the palette really phenomenal. Alrighty, the next palette. I have three Charlotte Tilbury quads. Okay, I'm going to talk about them all because Charlotte Tilbury easily the brand of 2020 for me. They've become my favorite brand. I think they've had the best releases and I really dove into the quads. Now, for a while, I was iffy on her quads because they're very pricey. The value isn't the best. I went in headfirst this year and I regret nothing. So we'll start off with the first one. Now, this is not a new one. This has been in her line for a while, but I tried it for the first time this year. And this is the Golden Goddess. And if you're like me and you like a cooler toned kind of neutral look, this is incredible. I will admit, it's not her best formula. She has come out with quads, I believe, this year that are so much better quality-wise. But I just love the color story here. The color still blends seamlessly. You can get a diverse range of looks with this quad, but the look that I do get, I feel so ethereal. I have the glowy golden shimmery eye. It's just stunning. It's a palette that I reached for a lot this year because it was the look that I wanted. The next palette is one that did come out this year and this whole collection was incredible. So I have two from this collection. This is Mesmerizing Maroon, which is going to be perfect if you love more of the purpley tones. And then you have Green Lights, which if you like all of tones, incredible. With this launch, she definitely stepped it up with the formula. Like I said, the Golden Goddess isn't my favorite formulation, but these are, these make it worth it. And Fire Rose is a really, really great palette. But I feel like I'm still new to it, so I didn't want to add it to my 2020 favorites, but that's the best formula regardless. The formula was still stepped up with these. The colors choices are beautiful and they were just quads that I found myself reaching for a lot. And I did find myself reaching for the smaller quads a lot more this year because we like smaller palettes now. It's easier to create a look. You don't have to think about it and Charlotte killed it. The next palette certainly was not one that I had expected to end up in my 2020 favorites. This is another Charlotte Tilbury palette. It's the last one. She killed the game. What can I say? This is the Pillow Talk Instant Eye Palette and I love these. I think these are a fantastic value. I don't believe there's any compromise in the formula. They are just as good, sometimes better than what you get in the quads. And I did not expect to have this end up being one of my favorite palettes because it is kind of a one tone palette. You have to like the pinky colors to enjoy this palette. And lo and behold, I got married this year and this ended up being the palette that I used for my wedding. I was really into pink shadows this year. I never have been before, but I was. So this ended up being extremely used by me, which I was very surprised by. And I love the looks that I can get from this palette. Now you can't get a diverse range really, but every look is stunning. And this has everything you need for those pinky corally kind of looks. I have a lot of neutral palettes in here that are kind of like this one. Just like the Artist Couture as well. This is the Marc Jacobs Extravagance Palette. This palette was just featured in my top rankings of my neutral palettes. So you guys know this is one of my favorites. Definitely you can probably dupe these colors in the Artist Couture. But there is something a little bit more spectacular about this formula. I just think the shimmers are a little bit more refined, a little bit more reflective than what you would get in the Artist Couture. So that alone, if I want more of a glam look, I'm going to lean more towards this one. And it's a little bit more curated. And it's just a stunning palette that I don't think got enough attention. The next one is a newer one. It's very similar to the Marc Jacobs and the Artist Couture. But this is the NABLA Side by Side Nude Palette. It looks like those other two palettes, but the formulation from NABLA I have fallen in love with this year. I am fairly new to NABLA cosmetics, but every palette I've tried, I've been very impressed with the formula, especially for the price point. And again, as far as everyday wear, what I feel comfortable with, it's the colors in here. I think they did a great job of mixing cool tones, warm tones, and plain neutral tones in here. I just think the array is really stunning and the mattes in here are what stand out to me. I just think they blend so beautifully. So if you're ordering a neutral palette from Ulta, I recommend this one. This next one was a mid-year favorite for me. So around the middle of the year is when I fell in love with the NARS Orgasm X palette. And this is another quad. And it looks like a Charlotte Tilbury, very, very close. It is very close to what you might find in the Pillow Talk palette. But this was a quad that, again, I found myself reaching for. I liked pink tones a lot more this year. I like the smaller palettes, so this kind of fits the bill. I love the dimension that you get here. And this was just an overall easy palette that I found myself reaching for. I ended up getting the original one, but this one is another underrated one. I think it's stunning. If you like the pinky looks, you will really enjoy this. And even though NARS, I feel like has lost popularity and also I believe that their releases just haven't been as exciting. I cannot fault their quality. I feel like they always do come out with quality pieces. Next up, we have Natasha Denona. It was hard for me to narrow down all of my Natasha Denona palettes. I was trying to keep the number pretty low, so I only picked two. But there was definitely a few that hurt me not to include. Like, I don't have the bronze palette, but I recommend the bronze palette. But of course, of course, of course, I had to do the glam palettes. I mean, when this came out, y'all knew this was a palette for me. You tagged me. You knew I was going to love it. And yes, it's one of the best palettes that have come out this year, clearly. If you like cool tones, this palette is amazing. The quality is impeccable. There is not a dodge shade in here. You can get really glittery, multi-dimensional looks. There are some colors here that lean a little bit more neutral and not so cool as well. So don't be intimidated. Highly, highly, highly recommend this palette if you're into these tones or if you want to get into these tones. This is a great bridge. It's a great value and I use this ton. Go to ideal everyday palette for me for 2020. Like, I still like my neutral, neutral palettes like this, but as far as 2020 and me and my taste, this is what I'm into. The next one, honestly, really surprised I'm including this. But when I really thought about what palettes that I find myself reaching for the most, I had to include the Love palette. In some ways, like, I do like the Bronze palette better. I do like a few other palettes that she's come out with better. But as far as use, I use this one a lot. And that says a lot because I can't use palettes a lot because I have so many. But this is one that I found myself constantly reaching for. And my hesitations with this palette is I don't believe every formula in here is perfect. And you do pay a big price tag. So, like, the Glam palette, I feel like there isn't a mistake. The quality is consistent across the board. With this palette, I do feel like there's a couple inconsistent shades. But the color story is what makes that up for me because I kept reaching for this, because the color story is so beautiful. I didn't think I would love this palette as much as I did. I'm wearing this palette right now in my crease. The shiny lid shades are something that I will get to towards the end. But I'm wearing Valentine as my crease color. A little bit of Seoul to deepen that up and then a touch of trust in the outer corner for that depth. And then I grabbed into other eyeshadows for the eyelid. But pink and purple are my most used eyeshadow colors besides neutrals. And this is just so easy to grab for when I know I want pink and purple crease colors. So that's why I've reached for this one a ton this year. It did end up being one of my favorites. I don't recommend it for everybody. If you don't think you're going to use these tones, you don't need it. But if you're like me and you wear shadows like me and you like the color stories that I do, it was an awesome palette. It was by far one of my most used. This is probably my most used colorful or rainbow palette this year. This is from Odin's Eye. Odin's Eye is an indie brand that I discovered this year. They are based in Sweden and this is the Alva II collection. Now this was sent to me. I've done a couple partnerships with Alva, but that's because I genuinely just really like the stuff they come out with. I think the brand is so unique. Their packaging is so well thought out. I love their whole story, their whole aesthetic and not sponsored at all. I just literally have been using this palette a ton this year when I've been wanting to use a rainbow palette. I don't think the quality is spectacular, but it's really, really good for the price and their color stories are amazing. And this is a palette that really had inspired me this year as far as stepping out of my covered zone, playing with some color. I always tend to go for this one. I did a really beautiful, warm look, but I've also done crazy blue looks with this palette. It's just great to pair with other palettes or on its own. And while I said the quality wasn't spectacular, it still is really, really good. And this palette houses a lot of other colors that I don't have in other palettes. So it's just one that I've been reaching for a ton this year and it ended up becoming one of my absolute favorites this year. Pat McGrath. Again, it gets a little bit tough with Pat McGrath because I just love her palettes. I love her releases so much. I narrowed it down to two. The first one I did not expect to love as much as I did, but I've been talking about this nonstop the last three months because I can't stop using it. And when I say I can't stop using it, I mean, that only means like I only used it like a handful of times, but for me, that's a lot. And this is the Pat McGrath Celestial Divinity Palette and I love, love, love, love, love how glam this palette is. I love the color story. I do wish there were more matt incorporated into this palette. Either way, every single look I create with this, I think it's so unique and so stunning. And again, I know I'm saying this for every palette, but that's why these have made it into this top final rankings. I step out of my comfort zone with this palette. I play with colors in ways that I wouldn't normally play with or in ways that I normally wouldn't think about and the textures in here, the dimension in here, everything. So pretty. And this was a particularly good value for Pat McGrath as well. It's just, it's a good one. And then the other one, I couldn't not talk about Divine Rose to us. So this, this was a big launch from them this year. It was very, very popular. I was lucky. I left out and got the mirrored pink packaging. This palette is so incredible. I did not expect to love it. As much as I did because I thought it would be a little bit too bright for my preferences, it's perfect. Again, I got into pink tones this year. Pink tones are where it's at. I love this as a blush. I love this as a highlight full face palette. Basically for me, you have the special shades. You have the first multi-chrome. You have this gorgeous, gorgeous magenta plum here. It's just perfection in a palette. I feel like she really outdid herself with this one. I don't know. For me, I wasn't attracted to it at first. As much as I use it, it's, it's a really, really good one. And if you really don't think you're going to use these colors, look into the original Divine Rose. That one is a lot more wearable. But I've got to say, as somebody who likes more neutral, natural tones for every day, I still reached for this one quite a lot. It was a favorite of mine in the months that it first released. Oh my gosh, every palette I feel like I'm talking about is pink now. But the last palette that I have to talk about is the Vizier Art Paris edit. And Vizier Art, they came in with a lot of palettes this year, but this one is just, this is me. It has mauve-y tones. It has pinky tones. It's perfect for brown eyes. It's just an overall stunning palette. The value is fabulous. Such a beautiful everyday palette without being neutral. You know, it's just lighter, pinkier, mauve-y tones. And I think it's stunning. So if you like these kind of tones, I highly recommend this one. I think Vizier Art did a great job with this one. In some ways, I do feel like Vizier Art might have been a little bit repetitive with some of their launches, but this is one that I felt like was truly unique to what they've come out with. And it really was a thoughtful color story. It was different, but it was still wearable. It made sense. The colors were so cohesive. And of course, the quality as per usual was incredible. So that was my last favorite palette. So I did tell you I have some honorable mentions because they aren't palettes, but my goal last year was to get more into indie brands. And while I didn't dive in headfirst, I did do a little bit of this, a little bit of that here and there. And there's a lot more brands that I want to try, but these are the ones this year that I've tried and I was not disappointed. And I have a whole swatch and sip, which I will link down below where I swatch these and kind of give you more details about everything. I don't want it to be too repetitive, but we'll start off with what I'm wearing. So I discovered a touch of glam beauty. Now, mine are in these dinky little old palettes. I'm in the process of moving my singles around. So these will have their own dedicated palette. But look how stunning these are. I love the embossments and they're so dimensional and stunning. So touch of glam beauty is what I'm wearing on my lids right now. So I am wearing the shade Temptress all over my lid. It has some blue sparklies to it, so glittery you guys without actually being glitter, just sparkly, gorgeousness. And then this lighter shade right here, this is the shade Fantasy. So a mixture of Natasha Denona Love Palette in the crease and then Temptress and Fantasy on my lid from touch of glam beauty. And I do need to pick up some more from them. I only purchased from them once this year and this is all I have. But I've been impressed. It's just, it is hard for me to dig into single shadows. They don't get used quite as often because I'm such a ballet channel. I always am talking about palettes, but I did want to give touch of glam beauty their recognition and Terra Moons. Oh my gosh, you guys, I placed a huge order for Black Friday. So I'm going to do a swatch and ship for my new shades. And if you watched my haul for Black Friday, I got this giant ballet and I have not nearly filled it at all. But these currently are housing my Terra Moons. So down here are the shades that I've had all year. Up here are the new ones that I purchased from Black Friday. But I can tell you these shades are incredible. They have the best shimmers. Like India is not for everybody and I don't think it takes away from mainstream brands, but I will say if you're an eyeshadow enthusiast, you've tried luxury, you've tried high end, you've tried drugstore. If you really want to get the best quality, the highest impact, the highest shimmer, the most metallic, the most foiled formulas, go to Indy. That doesn't take away from these high end brands and their quality at all. I really think Indy brand makeup, like it's a niche. It's for true makeup lovers and people who appreciate eye shadows and formulations and crazy foiled finishes. Indy does better. They do. And then lastly, some of my Sydney Gray shadows are in other palettes that I need to grab and organize. But another honorable mention to Sydney Gray shadows. I didn't discover them this year and I didn't buy very many more shadows this year. So they're kind of, they're not new. That's why I don't, I'm not talking about them too much but I discovered Terra Moons this year and I discovered Touch of Glam Beauty this year. And I really have been feeling good about supporting more Indy brands because your buck goes a longer way.   So anyways, those are the best palettes, the best eye shadows that I've tried in 2020. Let me know what your favorites were. I feel good. I got this video out of the way because it stresses the girl out. So I'm sure I forgot some too, honestly. Anyways, guys, I hope you guys enjoyed this video. If you are subscribed to my channel already, I would love it if you would consider taking the time to do so and I'll see you guys in the next one. Bye guys, have a good one.


Our aim is to make movies of molecular machines that work. These things have a job to do, and we want to see how they work. Inside every cell, the engines of life are proteins. They drive biology, and when they break down, could profoundly affect our health. But for most proteins, we don't know how they work. That's because, up until now, scientists didn't have a camera with enough power or speed to take images of proteins in action. But that's about to change. Researchers at ASU are building a powerful new tool, the compact X-ray free electron laser. Advances in particle physics now allow us to aim extremely high speed pulses of X-ray lasers at molecules. Each pulse allows a momentary snapshot of the protein, and by stringing these snapshots together, we can create movies of the proteins at work. But in order to build it, researchers have to do something that has never been done before. To take a particle accelerator, a high-energy physics research instrument that is usually two miles long, and make one small enough to fit in a basement. We take that football field of magnets and shrink it down by converting it into a laser. And our laser pulse, instead of being 100 yards long, is 100 microns. And that's about the diameter of one of your hairs. And that shakes the electrons so hard that they can be at much lower energy, which means that we don't need that giant accelerator now. We can make it with something that's just a couple of feet long. The key is shaping the electrons into a pattern before they are hit with a powerful laser blast. The electrons go through this laser pulse, and so it makes the charged particles wiggle back and forth. And when they wiggle, they make X-rays. For the first time, researchers will have a compact X-ray source right at their fingertips. This could unlock the mysteries of photosynthesis and create new discoveries in renewable energy. And in medicine, insights into how a new drug could work better in the body, leading to fewer side effects. It may even lead to a new type of medical imaging technology for hard-to-treat diseases like cancer. And it won't be just ASU researchers in the lab who will benefit. Because we came up with these ideas and ASU had the vision to execute this project, we're going to be the first ones to develop these compact X-fells. We think they'll spread throughout the world after we demonstrate this first one. Richard Feynman once said that life consists of the wiggling and jiggling of atoms. Well, we want to see those wiggles and jiggles because they actually correspond to life itself.


All right, so yesterday when the when the video premiered you guys had asked for a setup video So This is that video So the office or like the studio the room that I work out of right is shaped really weirdly So like here you would walk in kind of like we'll call that this this alleyway here there's the wall all the way on the side and then it builds out like this and there's like a strange little like Bump or dent where the wall is right and then you have this portion of the room and Walkway that you would walk in and out of right so there's the doorway here So the window is here and that's where we get some good natural light But my girlfriend's desk is along this wall and we have like L shaped desks that are really annoying because you can't take From the part they just have to remain in that shape where one side is like longer and thicker than the other and it's awful And stupid so for a while I had my desk against this wall here And I would be like literally stuck here in this little like cube space So I would have sure my monitor and like my camera off to the side here But it made it super immobile and not actually usable whatsoever And then this whole portion of the room is now cut off and suffocated and there's the sticker wall Right, I'm sure you guys have seen that as we kind of watch the videos But so I recently changed it up I recently just after Christmas. I because I got some of this new setup I shifted it so that my desk actually faces this way and Now the monitor is over here and I sit in my chair here, right? And I can have kind of this space for like microphones and lights and the camera can kind of be in flux literally anywhere So it's super duper opens up this end of the room, which is fantastic I can actually move and I can do a lot more with the desk and actually have more of the space to do things So I am no longer cramped and like it weird invisible cubicle, which I recommend to people Don't don't do that to yourself Okay, so the tech right the stuff that you guys actually care about I am using my Dell XPS 15 laptop as kind of my daily driver Right, I use that for literally everything. I keep the keyboard there So it's actually in reach and that's what I use for everything. That's my trackpad That's that's literally just how I use my computer. It's hooked up to this 2560 by 1080 monitor Which is nice just up at the top and I have these two side monitors here that I have set up kind of in like portrait mode So I can look through documentation so I can look at source code or read everything in a long vertical format I like that a lot This is all hooked up with a little like Dell dock here and that's this thing here forgive the messy wires I have never actually kind of said that I was good at wire management. I do software not hardware whatever So that's hooked up with the Elgato to get this camera That's hooked up with like the battery and I have an extra light here So in case I ever need some other extra desk light, that's this thing, which is a nice USB power connection I have the stream deck which actually just came in yesterday. So I still need to set that up I also need to stream for one thing Of course the YouTube play button which I finally have hung up on the wall and some light above that So I can get more light here. I have this other light stand which does light of course I have These lights off to the side and then kind of behind the monitor. I have a grab bag of nonsense That's kind of where I hide and keep stuff. So of course our little guy Fox mask, right? Which should be present in more and more videos Oh, and there's one camera there to get another side shot There's another camera on the top of this monitor to get kind of a face down shot I still literally have the little plastic cover on that so you can see how much that gets used and I Have this drone which Which is all the drone footage that I know you guys want to see so Hopefully we'll be able to play with that sometime soon Okay, so ladies and gentlemen Squad position whatever this is legit. This is the real part This is why the benefit of opening up the room gives a little bit more flexibility with the camera and check this out Now we got a little standing desk. All right. All right. I Do still kind of need to figure out what to do with the microphone and like how to get this right and obviously sure There's some like still wires kind of in the view. I need to do cable management eventually I know you don't have to tell me in the comments, but leave a comment anyway YouTube algorithm stuff So I don't know exactly how much I'm gonna end up recording like this in the standing position But it's so kind of nice so I can like actually switch my legs and like not be sitting the entire day Which I like it kind of like nullifies these two monitors over on the side I know but I mean I'm gonna be like in the focus zone anyway. I'm gonna be like doing what I do as needed So there's that. Oh, I also have a green screen. I can pull that out and show you that if you want Ta-da, it's a green screen I actually haven't set it up in this new like room layout So the lighting and the shadows might be super janked up But uh, I haven't recorded with this all too often and I don't know if it actually looks good or not I don't know if folks like having this green screen like having a transparent background over the screen overlay as to like what I'm teaching Or what I'm showcasing on the computer so I could do more with this. I mean, I would love to play with it It's let me know. How do you like your? education in videos on the John Hammond YouTube, I don't know man my Dell XPS 15 laptop Does dual boot Windows 10 and Ubuntu Linux a lot of folks I know ask like hey John How do you edit your videos? What do you use? What do you do? I record with OBS and that's installed on both Windows and Linux So whatever I'm working on I can record and I edit with Kate and live Which I also have installed on both Ubuntu and Windows my Windows side has WSL or the Windows subsystem for Linux installed and my Linux side has a virtual box with the Windows VM in it so I can kind of easily as needed to hop in and out of whatever I need to do For filmography and stuff. I'm using an Audio Technica AT 2020 microphone It's hooked up with an XLR cable and like some converter to get into USB mode and Neewer newer they put out the converter for that that I use and I'm recording on a Canon EOS R I have that synced up with the Elgato and it looks beautiful. I stink and love it I am so not used to high-quality cameras, so I have a lot of fun with this So forgive me for all the nonsense, but that's the tech That's what I ended up using for recording and filming and doing and creating content like this So, hey everyone, I think that's it. I think that's all I could showcase um, I hope I answered your questions or Showed you whatever you wanted to see maybe I had some fun with recording this I hope you enjoyed watching it Let me know if you like B-roll stuff like that or whatever. Just get some more cool electric cyber music going on I am gonna be doing more tech videos.  Please stay tight It should be coming out this week or next we got the sans-halta hack challenge lined up Which I am super excited about please do all those YouTube algorithm things. Please like the video. Please comment Please subscribe