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Asia Monet spills everything she keeps in her bag, including the everyday essentials that she cannot live without. Watch this week's Spill It to get a look inside her bag.

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Transcript
00:00The most unexpected item in my bag is...
00:10Hi, I'm Aja Monet, and are you ready to spill it?
00:14This is my ByFAR bag. It literally fits everything. It's so compact, yet it fits so much,
00:20and I think it's a perfect bag to match with any outfit, regardless if I'm wearing something just
00:24casual, sweats, or going to the beach, or even going to a really fancy party.
00:29I just love it. It's so light too, and I hate carrying giant bags, because as a dancer,
00:34as anybody knows, we all had to carry the ginormous dance bags all the time,
00:38so now that I'm older now, we're carrying only small bags.
00:41This bag was originally gifted to me for ByFAR's new collection, and I was just...
00:46Immediately, I fell in love with it. I just thought it was so unique,
00:49and it had this croc powdering that I just thought was so cool and looked very exotic,
00:53but also, I hate bags that cut off right here, because it gives you no arm room,
00:57and I feel like I'm always trying to put it on, and it keeps falling off. It's just such the
01:01ideal
01:01bag for someone who's always on the go, like I am, and for someone who needs a lot of space,
01:05mainly on the outer corners of their bag, but it fits so much more than it looks, honestly.
01:11Tips on keeping white bags clean? Baby wipes. So baby wipes, like literally from Target or the
01:18drugstore, saved my life, and it's mainly not even the bag itself. It's kind of like the zipper area,
01:22but I do try and keep it as clean as possible, because if I am wearing it with a really
01:26nice
01:26outfit, I don't want it to be dirty. So now you guys will be able to see what is my
01:31bag.
01:31First, we have my phone, of course. I have my iPhone with my little Kate Spade case here,
01:37and my flashlight. I've literally had this case forever. It's the first phone case I got for this
01:43phone, but I work so much for my phone, so it's always in my bag. I can never miss place
01:48lists,
01:48which I have, so we're working on it. Next item in my bag is my sunglasses. I am so inspired
01:57by like
01:57old and vintage type fashion clothing and accessories, so these vintage little glass moments
02:05are just giving me life. I love them so much. They come in handy when I just want to look
02:10a little cute.
02:11Because of the year that we've had, sanitizer is key. This sanitizer, I swear, is just heavenly. It has
02:18lemon, ginger, grapefruit, and lavender. So a whole little herbal blend there, and it smells so good.
02:24I mean, if I could have it in a perfume form, probably would. Then, of course, setting spray.
02:30This stuff, I swear to you, if you were to get anything out of this bag and you are a
02:35girl who
02:35loves makeup, this setting spray is everything. It keeps my makeup looking so fresh for like 24 hours.
02:40I'm such a lover for scents. I love smelling good all the time, and this just makes my face smell
02:45good.
02:46Next to my bag we have is a mask because, of course, with 2020 and COVID and everything,
02:51this is very important, especially if you don't have your vaccine yet. And even if you do,
02:55just being health conscious for everyone else is very safe. So I have this cute little LPA face mask
03:00here that silk matches my outfit. I love color coordinating. So this one also just matches
03:04everything in my bag. It's silk, so it's not like going to make my skin break out. And I'm very
03:09skin conscious. So this face mask is really nice. Then we have mascara. This is my current favorite
03:17mascara. It's from Bite Beauty, and it just makes my lashes so nice and fluffy. And I love that so
03:22much
03:23because I have really thick lashes, not necessarily long lashes. So this kind of gives me a little bit
03:27of both. Mind you, I change my mascara probably once a week and I never really use the same one
03:31too
03:32often. But this one has been a staple and I've consistently used this for the past months. It's
03:36so good. We have these two products I'm going to bring out at the same time because they are from
03:41Charlotte Tilbury. They are these magic wands, I'd like to call them. They're makeup wands and I just
03:46think they're absolutely incredible. This one is for highlighting. We have a little nose highlight
03:50going on right now. So this is the one I use for highlighting. It's super versatile. It's their
03:54Pillow Talk highlighter. I've probably gone through four of these. They also have like blush
03:58versions of them and other different highlighter tones for darker skin tones or lighter skin tones.
04:03And this one, fun fact, I hate wearing lipstick. It's literally, I just, I can't wear lipstick,
04:08especially with face masks. Now I feel like lipstick is all over my face all the time.
04:12But a tip that I taught myself and a makeup artist kind of like helped me with is using a
04:16bronzing
04:17stick as your lip liner. So that's currently what I have on now with a little lip gloss. I'm a
04:21big fan
04:21of lip gloss. This is the contour wand. I kind of use this mainly for lips more than my actual
04:26face.
04:27Then the blotting powder. I swear I have my bags more makeup than anything else. So I mean,
04:33if any of my friends need a full on makeover in the car, I got you. So this is the
04:38flawless airbrush
04:38finish powder. I have it with the little brush that it comes with. It's amazing. I'm in the shade
04:44two. I mainly use it for like highlighting points, but since I do get shiny in my two zone area,
04:48this just keeps me looking fresh, a little mattified. We love that. It's so cute. Literally blotting as I
04:53speak because you know, we need a little shine moment. Next we have hair ties. For the meantime,
05:01my hair is out of braids, but even when I am wearing braids, I always have like my hair pulled
05:05back. If I'm working out, I'm on the go. Sometimes it's just too much to have it in my face.
05:09So having
05:10a rubber band and a scrunchie is probably the best for anybody. We have the lip gloss. This is the
05:15lip
05:15gloss I love to wear. I do love clear lip glosses, but I've been getting into a little,
05:20little color lip glosses. This one is Say My Name by Too Faced. It's their new clumping gloss and I
05:26just love it. I normally like their lip injection lip gloss better. I already have big lips. I probably
05:30don't even need to use that, but this one just makes your lips feel really like nice and tingly
05:34and I just love that sensation and it's really pretty. So then next we have eyebrow gel. I'm a big
05:40brow fan, but baby hairs. Tip for anybody who is a girl who loves baby hairs, brow gel, incredible,
05:47but also a hack. This one currently is the one I've been using. It's from CoSauce. It's their
05:51clear brow gel because I've actually never touched my brows before. So what you see is what you get.
05:57And these brows just like brow gel just keeps my eyebrows in place. But sometimes when I have an
06:01empty brow gel, I'll use got to be glue, pour it in here and use it for my baby hairs
06:06or anytime I
06:07need a little baby hair touch up because I'm a big fan of them as you can see. AirPods. I
06:12mean,
06:12doesn't everyone have AirPods now? I actually, this is my third set and I still only have one.
06:17I constantly lose my right ear. I've had three sets of AirPods and I've always lost the right one. And
06:23even my friend got me one for my birthday and now we still only have the left one. But AirPods,
06:27I'm always listening to music. And as a musician myself, music is just my life. Then next we have,
06:33of course, my favorite perfume. This is the Marc Jacobs perfume and it's just smells amazing.
06:39It looks beautiful. Like who doesn't want this in their bag? This is just so cute. And I just love
06:44the smell of it. This one is the one I'm currently wearing now. I wish you could smell me through
06:47the
06:47camera, but it's just, it's so good. It smells amazing. And last but not least, my most unexpected
06:53item. I know you guys have been waiting for it. It's actually very sentimental to me and it kind of
06:58will forever make me feel like a child. Baby puffs. Like who doesn't love baby puffs? And if you haven't
07:05had them, don't even like roast me in the comments yet until you try them because they're
07:09so good. It's very good. They taste amazing. This is my current fave. We have a little strawberry
07:14apple, but I mean, blueberry is my favorite. I don't suggest the sweet potatoes. I know all about
07:19this. I'm just giving you guys the full on tips here. If you're going to go and get these right
07:24now, get blueberry first and then you can try the other ones. And they make me really happy because
07:28it reminds me of when I was a child. I still kind of am, but like, you know, you know
07:33what I mean.
07:33And as someone who just loves food, why not carry food in your bag? If I could, I'd carry my
07:39fridge.
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