Hello and welcome to Forever 35, a podcast about the things we do to take care of ourselves.I'm Dori Schafrir.And I'm Elise Hu.And we're just two friends who like to talk a lot about serums.
And this is a mini episode where we hear from you, we share your comments and your thoughts, and we answer your questions to the best of our ability.Please remember, we are podcast hosts.We're not experts.
We always encourage you to seek support first and foremost from a medical and or mental health professional as needed.How's it going, Elyse?
Well, we have to do kind of a morale check, don't we?Because we are less than a week out from the election as of this airing.Yes.And I was thinking this morning, so I'm not sleeping great.I'm having some restless nights.
And I was thinking this morning that I wonder if there's really a difference if there's a definitive win or a close win either way.Like even if there's a definitive win.
My instinct is no.That's what I was thinking.Like, no matter what happens, there's going to be people saying it was like they'll come up with some crazy story.You know what I mean?
Yeah, I just feel like we have to buckle up.We're having to buckle up.I'm still really doing everything I can, though, to make sure people are casting their ballots.My ballot is cast.I hope yours is, too.No, mine is not. But it will be.
I mean, it already came to you, right?It's available.
Yeah.I like to I like to walk to my voting place in person.And yeah, I like, you know, because as we all know, mail-in ballots are, you know, possibly going to get contested.Exactly.I was kidding, everyone.I'm kidding.
Mail-in ballots are perfectly safe.But I do like to vote in person also because I want to take Henry.You know, it's like a whole thing.
So I am signed up.I'm doing I'm calling.I'm phone making phone making voters in Nevada.Rob was door knocking in Arizona over the weekend.He said he was really heartened by it, though.
There's a lot of folks who are just like, I can't get moved to do anything either way.You know, like, And that's what's so tricky, though.I am encouraged by seeing all these early voting numbers.Early voting is through the roof in Georgia.
It's double what it was in 2020. I don't know who those early votes are for.
I mean, that's the thing, right?It's like we don't know.We don't know.
In some states where you have to report which party, you know, you have to choose a party affiliation.There are way more early votes cast by people who have voted Democratic in Pennsylvania.
But then there's a partisan advantage for early votes in Arizona and Nevada so far.
In some states, Democrats are turning out more in early vote, in early vote numbers, and in others, the Republicans are.And so, same, same, we're back to where we started, which is, this is a very tight race.And I'm wishing everybody ease.Yes, ease.
I also have a big mea culpa for this episode. What?And I told all of the listeners that we would promptly issue a correction because I accidentally killed T-Boz.
Oh, yes, you did.And I had the thing where I was like, I don't think that's right.But like, but she probably knows better than I do.You know what I mean?
You know, when you have that thing, when someone says something so like authoritatively that you're like, Yeah, that must be right.
Also, this was in the context of the kids these days not knowing anything.Yes, yes.Like the whole point of that story wasn't about who was dead and who was alive.The point of that story was that the girls didn't seem to know what TLC stood for.Right.
So anyway, just at the top of the show, I just wanted to apologize for accidentally killing T-Boz of TLC.And it was actually Lisa Left Eye Lopez who died tragically in a car accident.
I mean, to our listeners' credit, we got many responses about this.A lot of texts, a lot of texts.So thank you, everyone.Yes.Thanks for the careful listen.Thanks for the careful listen.
And for your knowledge of the status of all TLC members.
Yes. Yes, we appreciate you.Also, we are going to have our former guest, Rachel Goodwin, makeup artist to the stars, back on the show.And we would love to get your questions for her.
So if you have questions about makeup, skincare, being a makeup artist, being a celebrity makeup artist, anything, call or text us. at 781-591-0390 or email us at forever35podcast at gmail.com so we can get those questions together for her.
And I also just want to mention, I know sometimes people, they might not listen to the end of the show.They just listen to the top of the show.They don't really care about other people's questions.But
I will say at the end of this episode is a truly iconic voicemail.Great teaser.Like one of the greats.One of the all-time greats.I don't even think I'm overselling it.I haven't heard it yet, so I cannot wait.You haven't heard it yet.
You're going to experience it along with our listeners.It's a real classic.Before we take a break though, I just want to tease something else.Wow, I'm teased today.Look at me.
You know, in November, we are going to be doing a series of episodes on menopause and perimenopause.And just getting older.Yeah, just getting older and all the things.
And I recently went to the dermatologist because I've been getting some stuff frozen off of my body. And this was like a follow-up and he was like looking at my chart and was like, anything else you want to talk about?
And I was like, well, since you're asking, I was like, I've been losing hair.And he was like, ooh, well, let's take a look.And he did say that it did seem like it's largely a tellium effluvium, which is basically like a response to a stressful event.
And I was like, so my life. Okay.He was like, you know, like, you know, maybe three to six months ago, did you have a stressful event?Like, you know, it could be COVID, it could be an illness, it could be just anything really stressful.
I was like, well, I didn't have COVID six months ago, but my life has been very stressful lately.So, okay.But then he's like, but let's take a look at the top of your hair, the top of your head and see if there's anything else going on.
He's like, I do see a little female powder and baldness. And I was like, great.Like my mom lost a lot of her hair.She still has hair, but like she's lost.And I was like, I knew this was coming.So I am now taking a very small dose of minoxidil.
I have this other stuff that I'm putting in my hair.He said it would take a couple, like a minimum, a few months to like see results.
But I just want to lay the groundwork for this, that I'm going on this journey and I'm going to take everyone along with me.
I join you in this struggle, too.I lost a lot of hair after I had my babies every time.There's just a patch on the side of my head that just never came back.I was told to take Nutrafol eight times a day, but then that seemed very expensive.
Nutrafol is so expensive.I will say, getting this stuff prescribed and getting a prescription was very cheap.It was, I think for both of the medications, I paid like $12.Now, maybe I have good insurance, but I think it was, they're generic.
Like, I guess I'm saying you don't need to like get You don't necessarily need to get the fancy.Yeah, exactly.
I had once taken a different supplement that is supposed to help you regrow hair and it made me break out so badly that I had to stop taking it.And then my hair stylist was the one who would recommend it.She's like, Oh yeah, that can happen.
Well, let's see how the minoxidil goes.We'll see how this goes.
Yeah, okay.This is gonna be exciting.My hair is also quite long.It hasn't been this long in a while.And like, I don't know, I'm kind of like, whatever, I don't care.
Maybe you're supposed to have shorter hair when you're losing your hair, but I kind of like long hair, so I'm just gonna keep it long.Great, great.Yeah.Your body, your choice.My body, my choice.My hair, my choice.
Okay, we're gonna take a short break before we do that.Reminder that we have a website forever35podcast.com for links to everything we mentioned on the show.We're also on Instagram at forever35podcast.
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All right, we are back.I have also been talking about how I did Nuuly. for our photo shoot and you've done Nuuly in the past.We got a funny text about this that said, re-mini-up 415 on buying Nuuly pieces.
This is referred to as a foster fail among my friends.
Like when you're fostering a pet and then they become yours, you adopt them.That's what happened to my jeans.
Yes.I thought this was so funny and so apt.But in all seriousness, there is a sweater in my latest Nuuly that I think I might buy.
Yay.I put my Nuuly on pause.I've been doing it for a couple years, I think, and I finally just put it on pause for these winter months because I have fewer events that I need to have, like, something fresh for.
And also, I'm in a season of austerity and it seemed like something that I could pause.I'm also taking a closer look at all my subscriptions because I think I subscribe to too many. streaming services and sub stacks and all that stuff adds up.
So it totally does.It totally does.Next text, we have another comment on dish towels. Great.Ladies, listening to the ongoing dish towel conversation, and I'm surprised no one has mentioned the Trader Joe's ones.
They come in all kinds of colors, last forever, are thin, yet super absorbent, and combined with a seasonal candle, make a perfect host gift.Trader Joe's for the win.Also should specify they are the cotton towels, not the waffle weave.
I actually had a question about the Trader Joe's dish towels when I was last at Trader Joe's because, you know, we've had dish towels on our minds because we had the question and then the various recommendations that have come in.
And then I was in that aisle with the soaps and cleaning products and things and saw the dish towels and thought, huh, I wonder if these are any good. Now we know they're worth trying.
They're worth trying, but the cotton, not the waffle leaf.The cotton, not the waffle weave.Exactly.
All right.We have a text response to a question that I threw out there to y'all last week, which is how you are taking care of yourselves pre-election. Mm-hmm.
This listener writes, I voted early and signed my dog up to take her therapy dog exam on election night.This way I'll have a reason to take a break from watching the news and staring at my phone 24-7.
She is hilariously a scraggly looking mixed breed shelter dog, pit bull mix maybe, and the only dog testing who is not a lab or golden retriever. She is also the gentlest dog I know and I couldn't be more proud of her.
Good luck finding your own November 5th distractions.That's so great.
We're so excited for her too.
Listener, please send in a photo and we can share it on our Patreon.
Yes, yes, yes.We want a photo of this cutie. And I hope she passes.I'm sure she will.
I'm sure she'll pass with flying colors, especially if she's so gentle.
You know, I actually know someone, a friend of Matt's trains therapy dogs.Yeah. And like they often do fail and then sometimes they just, the people who have been training them just adopt them.So speaking of foster fails.
Speaking of foster fails.
So.Well, this dog already has an owner and a forever home.So either way she'll be loved.Yes.
Yeah.There's like, I think there's different, um, this is like a total sidebar, but there's like, you can, you can like become someone who, trains therapy dogs that then get adopted by people who need therapy dogs.
Yeah, I remember I was interested when I was very young in being like one of those families that gets puppies because you just have the puppy because these puppies are destined to be therapy dogs and so you just raise them for the first six months or something.
But then my mom was like, no, my tender heart can't take it about herself.You know, just like we can't just have a bunch of puppies and then give them to the greater good.
I get it.I get it.That's really it is.It's really hard.Yeah, it's really hard.OK, we got a text from someone referencing Alisa's shoes disappearing from her front porch and being replaced by a gross pair of Birks.Yeah, like knockoff Birks.
Yeah, right.So tattered, kind of crusty. So someone sent us a link to news about these foxes that steal shoes.Yeah, but they don't replace shoes.No, they don't.But there was even a whole NPR segment about this.Oh my gosh.Why foxes love shoes so much.
I ran across a story the other day about a family with a similar problem.It turns out it was a fox. taking the shoes.Apparently they do this on the regular.Yeah.That would be very cute.That would be very cute.Right?
Something tells me this isn't a fox since I didn't get like a pair of fox booties left in exchange.Oh my god.
But what if they had sent you fox booties? How great would that have been?Oh, man.Oh, man.All right.Well, no fox booties here.That will be just an eternal mystery for us.
All right.Elise, let's take another short break.We'll be right back. Okay, Elyse, we have a couple of voicemails to end the show, so let's play this first one.
Great.Hi, Elyse Endor.Wanted to say that I'm loving the new revamp of the pod.I wanted to comment on your latest mini app about when you're mentioning Costco clothes.I know you guys talk about Costco a lot on the pod, but I
I feel like I am alone in my disdain for Costco, even though it's definitely a necessity.I'm a mom of two.It definitely has its purpose, but I dread going there.The parking is always a mess.I don't know.
The general ambience just totally bums me out, and I just feel like it feels like consumerism in your face.I don't know.In the warehouse, it's something about it. It makes me really depressed every time it's going around.
I'm just wondering if I'm alone in this, or I know Kate was such a Costco enthusiast.And then I'm on my way to Trader Joe's, and I just wanted to try out pumpkin challah bread.I did make French toast out of it, and that was amazing.
So if anyone else is on their way to Trader Joe's, recommend that. All right.Have a great week, everyone.
Okay.Pumpkin challah bread.There's no question there.It's just a recommendation.
Yeah, pumpkin, I mean, hollow bread is not super hard to make and I've made pumpkin hollow bread and it's very good.It's very dense bread.It's very heavy when you add the pumpkin to it, but it's quite delicious.
And then also, listeners, what do you think?Have you gotten that feeling of just like too much consumerism in your face at Costco?
Yeah, I mean, look, I'm sure you're not alone.The nice thing about being in a in a relatively free country is like you don't have to go to Costco if you don't like it.
I tell you, I love Costco, but I hated shopping at Costco in Korea in particular because it was so overrun with people.It was too dense.I was constantly getting pushed around or carts nipping at my ankles from other people.
That felt like an experience that I would have avoided if I could have gotten my American products anywhere else.
So it does kind of depend on your Costco store.Yes.It depends on your Costco.
I think for me also, I've learned that I'm fine going with Matt, but if I go with a friend, it's hard because everyone has their own Costco strategy and like way of doing Costco.
And I went with a good friend once and she is the type of person that wants to go down every single aisle.
Oh, wow. Yeah, it's like your museum strategy.Some people really linger on every piece of art.Some people kind of like try to make it a one hour excursion.
Yeah, yeah.So we spent like way longer there than I would have liked, which that felt draining to me.So I hear you.Okay, next voicemail we have here.
Hey, Dory and Elise, this is for the Trader Joe's and Costco section of the podcast.I would like to talk about how kid-friendly Trader Joe's is.
First of all, you probably don't notice it as an adult, but there's like penguins on the wall and cows on the wall.And it's just like, I take my kids there and they're just It's like enamored by all the art.So there's that.
And then the cashiers are so nice.I told them once we were buying a bunch of cupcakes.And so I said it was my daughter's birthday, which it was.And they gave my daughter a bouquet of flowers.And then every time they give them stickers.
And also there's just so many delicious toddler, baby and little kid.Well, anybody, honestly. growing humans to food that you can just grab a bag of their favorite stuff, open it up and eat all there while you're packing.
So anyway, I just wanted to mention Trader Joe's.I take my daughter there every Sunday after her class.She had a class, an art class, which was right by it.And it's just really the highlight of all of her days.
We even know special cashiers by name that we ask for and that know us.So anyway, just putting that out there.I'm sure most people already know this, You guys are great.So glad you are here to stay.
Oh, yeah.I have really fond memories of pushing around toddler Ava, who's now 12 in the cart.
And we would get like a package of cotton candy grapes and she would sit in the front or we would get like the cherry tomatoes and she would just sit in the cart and stuff her mouth with grapes or tomatoes and always get the stickers from the cashier.
And yeah, that's a really nice Sunday outing.
Oh, I love that.Yeah.Henry really likes to look at the murals on the walls.
Yeah.Yeah.It's great.It's a good, it's a good kid friendly experience.I didn't really think about that.
I will say, though, I have a de-influencing recommendation this week because the pumpkin waffles have been recalled.Along with, I think, so many frozen waffles, right?
I was shocked that every frozen waffle, dozens and dozens of brands are all made from one factory. It made me really sad about the way things have gotten so, like conglomerates have just taken over because ugh, all the waffles come from one factory.
I know.Watch your waffles, folks.
Watch your waffles.It's real, it's real, it's dark.The waffle, the waffle, like the, the food supply chain, like when you think about it too much, it's like, ugh.
All supply chains.You know, we've been talking about that with Amanda Mole and with Lauren Sherman and Chantal Fernandez.Yes.Yes.What a time.Okay.But we want to end on a brighter note.
And you've been teasing this voicemail door that I'm really wanting to hear.And I think our listeners want to hear it, too.So is it time yet?
Elise, I believe it is time.So let's hear it.You ready?
I had to share something skincare related.My friend's husband has been washing his face with summer seeds.His wife said in his defense, the label only mentions vagina once.It says, quote, coconut water, gentle foaming wash, end quote.
Oh, my God, I thought that was hilarious.He's just straight up washing his face with the China wash for God knows how long.Anyway, I hope you enjoy that.That really made me LOL.Okay, bye.
It's got to be gentle though, right? I did enjoy this.I also, I really thought this was funny and no one needs to be using Summer's Eve on their face or in their vagina.
So you can just toss it.We're de-influencing again.We're de-influencing.
Yep.All we want to do is de-influence.So here we are.Oh, sweet man.Sweet man.Sweet, sweet man. Well, Elise, that brings us to the end of our show.Yes, I don't think we have anything else beyond that.We have nothing else.It's time to end on that note.
It's time to end on that beautiful note.Thank you all so much for listening and we will talk to you soon.Talk to you soon.Bye.
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