January Favorites 2015!

New year, new favorites!

QUESTION OF THE MONTH:
Do you think you should actively seek change, or should it just come naturally?

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STUFF MENTIONED:

HAIR:
- CLEAR SCALP & HAIR™ Active Damage Resist Shampoo *
- CLEAR SCALP & HAIR™ Active Damage Resist Conditioner *

BODY/SKINCARE:
- Kiehl’s Lavender Whipped Body Butter

MAKEUP:
- Laura Mercier Smooth Finish Flawless Fluide
- MAC Select Moisturecover Concealer
- Hourglass Ambient Blush Palette
- EOS Visibly Soft Lip Balm in Vanilla Mint

NAILS:
- Nails Inc. Gel Effect Polish in Porchester Square

FASHION:
- Vans Hi Top Leather Sneakers

TV/MOVIE:
- Transparent on Amazon

MUSIC:
- Classical Music

FOOD:
- Compartes Chocolate- California Love

MOMENT/PLACE:
- Bart’s Books in Ojai

ARTICLE:
- Darling Magazine, “In One Place At One Time”

BOOK:
- Bad Feminist by Roxanne Gay

APPS/TECH STUFF:
- Vessel

HUMANS DOING AWESOME THINGS:
- Kayleigh Fasanella

VOTM (Viewer of the Month!):
- Alisha!
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YES! I love Porchester Square! And I agree...somewhere in the middle of seeking change and letting it happen naturally. You're a wise woman. 

[RachhLoves]

INGRID. You are such a beautiful soul and I love that about you.  I loved this video and how you spoke intelligently about things that matter to you - beyond just makeup (which of course is something we both love!) but encouraging others to grow and read and form opinions.  I just wanted to say that and send you love and hugs <3 Hope I get to see you soon!

[iamkareno]

Hey Ingrid! I'm also a full time youtuber and I'm actually going through the same thing you are. I'm going to be 25 in a couple months. My heart still feels like a kid and a huge part of me doesn't want to grow up and let the number of my years define how I behave. I feel like I don't exactly know where I belong because I still feel like I'm 22! The years make me feel like I need to act differently now and "be more responsible"-- that I should have my life figured out and know what I want in the next 5 years since 30 is coming alot closer than I would've ever imagined. It's really comforting to be able to talk about this and relate to you. I'll be assuming this but I'm hoping (since I love your videos) that you'll continue to be a content creator here on YouTube. My dream has always been to do what I love the most and that's making YT videos (I've been so blessed to have grown so much within my channel this past year and now I can do this full time.) But so many loved ones are telling me that I need to think about the future and what I do here isn't forever. I understand their reasonings.. which makes me even more confused. Hopefully, you may be able to touch upon this topic in the future! I can't wait to keep up with you and grow with you this coming year. So much love and support for you, Ingrid! Feel free to be a creeper and stalk me anytime hahahah

[jebbieslyn]

Hi Ingrid! I'm 26 and still in this transitional phase. I work as an adult figure in a school, but am only a few years older than most of the students! I think change is a never ending thing that we all have to look at and deal with. For example, my fiancé and I got engaged in October 2013, we wanted to wait a while before we got married, between October 2013 and now I've: lost my job, got a new job, lost my grandmother, moved into an apartment, and got a kitten! All of this while planning a wedding... which isn't until May of this year. Change is tough, and it's all about how you work with it- I think you can make change happen and sometimes you're going to be blindsided by it. Set your positive intentions and give them to the universe (or whatever higher power you believe in), make sure you ask for help whether it's your mom or close friend, confide in someone! That's helped me through- lots of times. Be honest with yourself and you'll be fine! As always whenever you need anything I'm sure the viewers will be here to help you!

[applebee]

i'm not a dedicated fan to this channel but I really appreciate this video. It's nice to see a video in the "beauty" community that has so much depth, intelligence, and genuinely good advice.

[RIGGEDSPORTSLLC]

Ingrid Nilsen I just want to thank you because without you I would have never made a YouTube channel and now I’m about to hit a Milestone! 

[queeneva]

To be honest I don't particularly enjoy monthly favorites videos, I find them entairtaining but nothing too important. You just made this video one of the most valuable lessons I learnt today, it never occurred me when I started watching this that it would leave me with so many things to think about, feeling so inspired once again. That's why I love you Ingrid. And to answer your question, in me natural change seems to never come and forced change just doesn't work too well. I'm still struggling

[serenity]

I'm definitely the kind of person who is always afraid of change. I like routine, I'm a homebody, I rarely take risks and I'm always in my comfort zone. But changes happen, and it could be a good or a bad thing, and to me it should happen naturally. Like you said, changes should not be forced. UNLESS you are unhappy. In that case, I think change is something that can possibly help a lot. I'm not the kind of person to seek change in my life, but there are times where you just have to do it in order to grow as a person.

[StudioAnnLe]

I'm a chocolate addict so thank you for the suggestion! 

[ItzErwin]

Ingrid, I really appreciate the fact that you're bringing a chance for discussion into your videos! How cool! I'm 22 and in the middle of my senior year in college. I just finished my last semester of classes and I start full time student teaching in two days! Talk about change! Ive always considered myself to be a pretty easy going, adaptable person and for the most part, I've loved change and new experiences. But for some reason...I'm terrified. I'm not ready to graduate in 3 months and move away from all the friends I've made, and I'm definitely not ready to enter into the "real world". Just like what you were talking about, I feel like a kid but I'm expected to be an adult!!! Soo so scared. I know change is a good thing and I look forward to see what's yet to come (such as moving to a new place and getting my first big girl job!) all of the changes that we go through are important to the changes that we will face in the future and so on. It's a scary world out there but change is definitely good for us! I love the adventure of it!

Thanks for letting me get that off my chest,
💜Erin

[lauraxblack]

I LOVE the discussion Ingrid, it's great for you to share the experiences that you are going through xx

[kaitlyntreesa]

I gotta say. This is my favorite Favorites video you have ever done, and out of all the ones I have ever watched. Instead of focusing on things such as makeup or clothes you focused on things that truly matters in the world. This video hit home for me in a couple of different ways. I struggle with the fear of feeling left out, missing out, being alone, or however you want to say it. Over the years I have gotten SO much better with it and now hardly ever feel like I'm being left out of things. Because of I went through in middle school and parts of high school I go out of my way to make sure that others aren't feeling that - because I can tell you that that is one of the worst things to feel. I just wanted to thank you for bringing up a topic that isn't readily talked about. I also want to thank you for being so weird, beautiful, and awesome with me and for being a distraction from college homework! Love you, Ingrid! You are doing so much good in this world of darkness, never forget that.

[TheCulinaryTeen]

It's interesting that you bring up experiencing transitions in this time in your life. I completely understand how you feel. I am 21 (which is still young), yet it's that time when a person is no longer considered a child, and considered more as an adult. I speak to my friends pretty often about this and what I have noticed is that many of them are not actively living in the present. I am not perfect by no means and it is hard to always live in the moment, yet I find that many people around me are always looking ahead or behind. Someone might say, in order to get on my path to success and happiness, I need to have "this career" or "have a relationship" or get "this internship." Instead of focusing on making themselves happy and content in this very moment and appreciating life, they loose sight of time. Just the other day, I saw from a distance a young boy get struck by a car. I do not know the intensity of the accident, however, he could not move and ambulances came to help. He could have left with minor injuries, or could have left with life-threatening injuries. The accident left me feeling struck in the sense that life moves so fast and changes in the blink of an instant. Life is so unpredictable and that can be scary and also can be beautiful. For myself, I strive to seek change and find happiness in the moments because they provide me with purpose and direction. I agree with you Ingrid, change happens naturally, but you also have to go after change in order to see it and experience it more. At the end of the day, life constantly evolves and brings new ideas and experiences, and it is important to appreciate and value these moments because of how unpredictable life is.

[teodoranbgnolimit]

You never fail to amaze me... I have been watching your videos since the beginning and I can tell how much you have grown and how much passion, effort and good you try to put out there for the world to see, for us to see. The world of YouTube and internet would be a much better place if there were more human beings like you, so kind. Change is good, you never know what life will throw at you an being strong enough to make a change in your life and make it a better place for yourself and people around you, but some changes will come knocking at our door without asking and all we can do is welcome them in and try to make best of what ever they bring. Thank you Ingrid for being you. 

[laurakinney]

Ingrid, I have been watching for more than 5 years now (wow!), and it has been such a blessing watching you grow as a young woman. It's been such a journey, and we are all touched by you one way or another. Over the past 5 years, I've seen you deal with love, heartbreak, haters, and awesome new adventures. The way you take everything in stride is an inspiration for everyone!

That being said, change is such a scary and wonderful thing! As someone who has gone through their fair share of transitions, with many more to come, it is different every time. Sometimes, change just sort of happens, and you have to be OK with it. Sometimes, you have to seek out the change. I've experienced both, and both come with their own set of challenges and opportunities. I personally believe that if you want to change your situation, then you should go after it! Otherwise, outside forces may never change what you want.

[NatalieJaneBeauty]

I agree, somewhere in the middle... I think it's important to be open to change. I really think sometimes we all need to take a step back and just think about if we're happy or not. In the end that's really what counts.

[rachelpelton]

I actually really love that you are asking us as viewers what our opinions are. Much like you talk about, I feel like I don't have a voice at this time in my life. I'm 17 and yes I'm getting older but it is sort of an awkward phase because adults expect so much from you (for example: graduating, starting college, getting a job) yet they still look at you as someone who is too young to really express valid opinions. Anyways, the subject of change is one I'm passionate about. I'm home schooled and because of this I live in seclusion for the most part. My mom is a single parent so we kind of just do everything together and tend to avoid spending too much time with friends as we are both introverts. I'm going through the motions and I'm waiting for a natural change to occur. However, sometimes you just have to push yourself though because even though natural change is healthy, forcing change is just as good. When people grow into their habits they feel comfortable. Too comfortable. I think that it is fine to feel comfortable in certain aspects of life but you have to put yourself out of that comfort zone in order to grow as a person. Taking risks (safe risks, not near-death experience risks) is one of the most important things that parents should be teaching their kids. Otherwise we will all just continue to live in our little bubbles and important paths that need to be crossed will never intercept.

[ChristineHug]

Hi Ingrid, I don't know if you are going to read this I just wanted to write (even though I never leave comments because I think no one is going to answer) but you really touched me with this video. 

I follow you since the beginning of my youtube obsession and I'm always waiting for your videos to appear in my subscriptions box, because I love you, and I love how you embrace and accept yourself, how you show your weirdness (that, let me tell you that I don't think you are weird, because out there, there are a lot of people like that, included myself, that we are not ashamed of what we love).

I wanted to write you because I'm in that middle section of life too, that nothing seems to fit, you are not sure if you're an adult or a kid, even though your personal circumstances force you to grow up or not, the middle twenties are kind of terrifying. About the change, I think that it's good to seek it, to want to become a different person or kinda grow up your personality, there are times in our lives when we stop and look at our self and think, whom I became without realizing it? Why I changed to this, when I liked how I was? In that cases to try to recover yourself by seeking change sometimes is necessary. Although the change may come naturally too and maybe it would come to smash you down and rebuild you or you'll be changing in a more progressive way. 

It is in the way it is, change (in general, avoid extremely cases) is good for everyone.
Let me apologize for my bad English but I'm from Barcelona and English is not a native language for me.
Ok now i'm gonna stop writing cause this is ludicrously long. 
Just stick to the things you are ok with, be yourself and embrace the change. 
Love you, Ingrid :) 

[jessicamant]

I agree Ingrid! At 15, now, I had a thought about a month ago and said to myself I want to accept myself as a change and accept who I am, my skin and my interests so that's my natural thought and I am seeking this change in myself actively as well as naturally! I feel so much better as a person and I really appreciate you being an inspiration to help me do this 💕💕

[rosalinagluud-clausen]

Your little talk about beeing in the moment & not thinking too much about the future, but just beeing where you are and enjoying the moment, was just what i needed right now. Thank you!❤️