Podcast #72 - Best & Worst Purchases 

Best purchase: Pawned the engagement ring my abusive ex gave me and bought a pomeranian. :D

JULIEN, your hoodie string omg.

its so cute how Julie's like yeah man ah that sucks while Jenna is talking about make up and he seems like 1 of those guys u can just talk to about ur girl problems and hes just like yeah girl tell me about it god i love it so much

Fuck julien is so good at sneaking brands in. I never see it coming.

"I could never have a small pet again" .... "THIS IS AD AND HE IS OUR SON" ❤️

Goldfish actually have an average lifespan of 40 years, they just need a minimum of 20 gallon per fish cause they get up to 12 inches... They're a very misunderstood breed

"i won't ever buy a hamster again" *gets a hamster*

I need to meditate after watching Julien's FUCKING HOODIE STRINGS NOT FUNCTION OH MY GOD

It really disturbs me that Jenna isn't wearing a shirt in this video

you guys are legit relationship goals. the fact that Julien is so concerned and passionate about Jenna's foundation spray hurts my heart and Jenna is literally genuinely upset and apologises for his pants ripping in the wash. OW my heart, caring about shit is so nice!

Their podcasts feel like dates

Every shirt I've ever bought that isn't machine washable=worst purchase.

I laughed so hard at 13:42 and it also made me (re)realize that Jenna's so fucking grounded and real. Your eyelashes and everything about you are beautiful, regardless of if you use Latisse, no/some/lots of makeup, apply fake tan, or play with your hair color. I think that a lot of people originally clicked on your videos because of the girl in the thumbnail, but almost all have stayed because of the unbelievably funny, smart, and kickass content. I wouldn't be listening to weekly hour-long podcasts otherwise. It's dumb how I think about how incredibly smart and funny Jenna is, and how well Julien compliments her persona and create this dynamic in all of their videos, podcasts, and vlogs, and I decide to vocalize it now because of a failed glaucoma medication with eyelash growing side effects. Haha. I love you guys so much, and have helped me through a ton of rough patches in my life. Like Jenna said a few times, if you ever meet your idol, you just kind of stare and talk like an idiot. I haven't met you, but picture that the conversation would go something like this. Haha thanks again for all of the laughs and videos!

A warning concerning birds, bigger ones are like toddlers that live forever. They're messy and loud and live for a really really long time. They can be sweet, but you have to prepare for the long haul

I bought my face brush (Clarisonic) years ago because the woman at sephora told me it would help me clear up all my acne. It ended up making it twice as bad and when I went back in, the same exact salesperson (who obviously didn't remember me) told me that people with my level of acne shouldn't use face brushes...oh like the one she had fucking sold to me??!!!!

Juliens such a good listener

Julien! Re: the olive oil spray thing. I have one too, and the key is to only fill it up about half way. Then pump it up. if it's full of oil, there's no where for the air to go when you pump it, and you get an oily mess. I use mine all the time and it's wonderful!

Hey J&J, thanks for keeping me entertained as FUCK for the past year. Like, you guys can talk about literal poop for 50 minutes and tbh I'd probably still watch. Your podcast is one of the few podcasts I listen to, besides PsychoBabble, Not Too Deep, and Shane and Friends, and honestly you guys are my favorite out of them. Thank you for making every Monday go by a little bit easier. (I also really really want another conspiracy theory pod but with Shane, either on yours or his podcast and it would just be so fuckin dope)

I love how Jenna listens with respect to Julien's stories. It's absolutely adorable

The worst purchase I ever made was a ticket to Jenna's basketball game. Everyday it gets postponed until tomorrow, it's been 6 months and tomorrow has yet to come 😔

conspiracy theories with shane!!! I see everyone asking, not trying to be annoying, but I'd actually love it!!

These podcasts make me feel like I'm just casually hanging out with my friends.

The brand deals start coming and they don't stop coming and they don't stop coming and they don't stop coming

I purchased that hamburger phone from the Juno movie right around the time landlines were becoming obsolete and cellphones were more common. So I never got to use it!

The way that Julien is so interested in what Jenna is saying and is listening so well is making me soooo happy 😭😭😭😭

I like how Jenna said "I don't know if I can put myself through a short lived pet ever again" ... buuuuuut you got #Ad!!!!

THEY LOOK SO GOOD IN THIS VIDEO

WTF, litearally just found out julien was born in the same year as me. He's like being all grown up over there with a job and a car and a dog and responsibility's and Im sat in Thailand bumming around lmao, man, I need to check myself.....

We also had DDR (for playstation 2) when we were younger. Like Julien said, we had tournaments and stuff, friends would always come over to play and it just all happy memories.

Don't know if you guys are still checking this, but here are my best and worst purchases: Best: Princess Sky Dancer. Hitting my brothers with this thing was sublime. We'd play this game called "Princess Ouch" and would spin/wing it at each other and the first person to say ouch after getting hit lost. Our house was set up like a race track, with four narrow hallways around the central living room, and the joy of chasing my brothers around the house with this pink fairy girl toy is immemorial. Worst: Apple TV. This thing is basically pointless now, especially with a PS4, iPhone, and Macbook.

We have a pet cemetery in our backyard, so many critters back there. Two birds, dogs, cats, a pony (yes a pony, we had a friend with a backhoe.) It's a form of closure, especially when you're a little kid.

That happened with us when we first got our oil sprayer. It sounds like you may have filled it too full. You can barely put any oil in it - like maybe 1/3 of the sprayer full, otherwise it won't pressurize correctly. But, even so, ours will spray, but it will occasionally drip out & leak or whatever. When it works, it's great. Haha

A small pet from a local pet store I would recommend is a Chinese Fire-bellied newt. They're like $7 each and live up to 30 years!!! Theyre small, like the size of your pinkie and sure, youre not really supposed to handle them or anything as they could get sick like any frogs and stuff(they absorb stuff through their skin) but theyre active and fun little guys to watch in their tank. Theyre very social and mine likes to interact with me sometimes when Im close to his tank. I

Jenna looks absolutely beautiful as always #girllove

Jenna and Julien, I just wanted to let you guys know that the podcast channel is really kind of weirdly special to me. I love all your channels, and what I know of you two as people, but this channel just really does it for me, and I wanted to thank you. I've been through some really rough times lately, and all I wanted to do when I needed to stop crying (after 6 straight hours) was watch the podcast and listen to you guys just talk frankly about your lives or whatever you wanted to talk about and be goofy together. I so look forward to Mondays, Wednesdays, vlog days, and every other day that I get some time to feel the energy of "it's all going to be okay." When I felt extremely alone in dealing with something tragic, it felt like you two were my friends and were rooting for me, even though I don't actually know you and you don't actually know me, and I could watch you two doing what you loved and being happy, and know that it will happen for me, too, one day. I know we aren't actually friends (I'm not delusional), but thank you for making it feel like we are, for reminding me that I deserve to be happy in whatever way I choose to be, and for letting me and everyone else in on a little slice of your lives. Thank you.

tbh, my best purchase was a tiny ass mini fridge (it fits on my desk it’s that small) that i can fit water bottles/cans or smaller food items in and keep it in my room. i live with my grandparents but my dad and his girlfriend live with us also and they literally eat all my food to the point where i’d go starving and this saved my life. hell yea

Turbie Twist towels are seriously amazing. I've used one since I was a little kid, and whenever I've used a regular towel it just...sucks, haha. They're heavy, they don't stay on, and they make hair get all frizzy (especially if you have wavy or curly hair!). Also, friendly tip: every now and then, Target sells their own brand of Turbie Twists in a 2-pack for like $5. Can't beat a bargain like that!

jennna playing with her hair is so mesmerising

lol i just love the way julien sneaks sponsors in, so shameless, so openly. i actually downloaded headspace

Parakeets have a life span of about 17 years, most pass away early because they are not easy pets to care for and pet stores are not required to give correct info on how to care for a new pet, they are taught to sell products.

Victoria's Secret Bras man. If you buy one's that are $25 or you get 2 for $50 deal, they rip in half in the wash...

Turbie Twist towels are awesome!!

GOOD MORNING PEOPLE!!!! I hope yall have a nice day ☺️

I still use my clairsonic I just hated having to buy a new brush head every 3 months so instead I just boil the head to kill any germs

When I was between the ages of about 6-11 I was obsessed with virtual worlds. I loved them and would play them constantly. However there is always some things that you can only buy with your real money that gives cool privileges. I just wanted to have no restrictions so I would spend any allowance or birthday money? anything I got on webkinz furniture and club penguin pets and igloos and shit like that. Then I realized that I was buying all this stuff with real money then literally just staring at it because it serves no purpose. I don't even know how much money I spent on that until I realized how dumb it was.

Conspiracy theories with Shane PLEASE

"as an adult i'm not sure that i could ever put myself through the pain of having a short-lived pet ever again" but here we are with #ad

they need to do a Netflix/show recommendation podcast.🙏🏼

Have you tried Birkenstocks flipflops, Jenna? Those have very supportive soles too! Also awesome podcast and I'm still so in love with your hair oooooo it's fire

i have a face brush and i love it. i use it with purity face wash and with that being so gentle the brush just gives me a little mini exfoliation everyday its great. one of my best purchases was one of those little grabber tools that give you 3 feet of extra length to grab stuff and it completely changed the game. no longer do i have to worry that something is lost forever behind the washer and dryer i just *boop* grab it from behind with my grabber its incredible and clutch as fuck. another best purchase would be classic crocs. no explanation needed. theyre good for every occasion.

In the 4th grade I spent all of my allowance on this Secret Diary where it only opened to your voice saying the password. 2 days later I forgot the password 👌

There was once this shampoo at Costco that was on sale and seemed pretty nice and it smelled so good. After a few times of me using it I had an allergic reaction. My eyes swelled up and became very dry and red, and my lips were swollen and dry and RED. My doctor prescribed something but it didn't help and I had school photos during this!!!

julien is so sweet, he obv doesnt care about the make up stuff but he acted interested

Julien with a half sleeve would be goals af

I like that Jenna said she would not want to buy a hamster again and still gave it another shot as an adult. Ad had a good life, you guys did a good job, dont let those know nothing hate comments get you guys down. you guys are awesome

Jenna, dry shampoo is also bad for your hair. When u use it more than once a week, it's even worse than washing it, because dry shampoo contains alcohol. Although I feel you, because if the color of my hair was as lit as yours I would never wash it, just to keep it super majestic. As always, loved the podcast, sending hugs all the way from Poland :)

Now I know what to do with all my Christmas money!!!

I bought the Clarisonic a few years ago and I love it. I use it the same way I would use an exfoliating cream for my face twice a week. I don't understand why you'd hate it so much.

I don't know if anyone remembers that thing that they made look like a UFO you can control with your hands and it somehow defied gravity or something. But was actually just a cardboard sheet with fishing line.

I love just listening to Jenna and Julien talking to each other. You can just hear and see that they truly, truly love and care for each other and what the other is saying. It seems like too often you hear people just waiting for their time to talk and not really listening, but with these two they are both obviously paying attention and really caring about the other. Just, relationship goals.

Julien looks so good I want to cry

I feel like for the interchangeable cleats instead of having the individual spikes themselves screw off, you could have like the bottom part of the soles unscrew so it's like all together lol

I absolutely adore the way Jenna and Julien look at each other, it just melts my heart.

Julien's sponsor transitions were smoother than the oil that didn't come out of the shitty bottle!!!! love the podcast, keep up the good work!!! #dinkfam

I still use my clarasonic (face brush) and I really love it. I've had it for over a year and it's one of my best purchases.

"I'll never buy a hamster" *buys ad* lmao

I love how they just stare at each other and smile.

Julien - Try filling the oil sprayer half way. I had that same problem with mine. It needs more pressure with the pump to work correctly. :)

Part 2 please!

Best purchase: pickles or any delicious food

I have had so many dwarf hamsters in my life and I just love them. They're so sociable and friendly and all of mine have been so sweet (and all my syrians too) and I remember getting so sad and upset when each of them died because they were my little buddies and now I feel bad if I ever see hamsters because I want them but they don't live long. My longest living hamster though was my first dwarf called hunni who was so sweet and she loved for 3 and a half years, she was amazing and I still love her.

i did my first session and i feel great i want to thank you julien and jenna for caring about me, and my environment!! i know i am going to enjoy these sessions and will purchase items!!

YAY this always makes Monday a better day

Flat shoes are the best for your feet. The only reason they make your feet hurt is because we learn to walk wrong now because of how shoes are made. Most shoes with 'support' in them don't let our feet move how they naturally should, and encourage us to walk on our heels. As humans, we are meant to walk on the balls of our feet (which is what we can do better in flat shoes), and when we go back to walking like this your foot is using muscles and moving in ways its not used to, so it causes pain. The concept of 'arch support' and trainers were invented my marketers in the 1970s, luckily a lot more people are moving away from that now (especially as now theres generations of people who suffer from foot and tendon problems as a result).

I got a Clarisonic in April after wanting one for years. Honestly it's definitely improved the overall look and feel of my skin as well as helped get my skin to a much more normal state rather than oily. It gives my skin such a deep cleansing, the amount of makeup it gets out of my skin even after using makeup remover is amazing, and since the pros outweigh the cons (really the only con for me is having to buy brush heads) I have no problem using it for as long as I feel it necessary to keep my skin in the state that it is now.

Thank god for this podcast! I've been watching Julien's Vlogs for a while now and I've seen the stairs they have for their dogs to get on their bed and for the life of me I couldn't find something similar!

Watching this in 2018 and seeing jenna complain about short lived pets, after she got a hamster in 2017. That died this year. That they fell in love with

I didn't even realize the whole Clarisonic thing until I JUST NOW saw this. I actually love mine and still use it...but I'm kind of mad I got tricked into buying it and didn't know 😂

My best purchase is probably my bed frame/mattress- I have under bead storage via both draws and pulling up the mattress, inside the headboard storage, a shelf in the headboard lit up by an LED strip, ans the top of the headboard is wide enough to be another surface My mattress is memory foam with a cooling layer on top (I’m in australia) I’ve had it for 5 years and I love it so much. If you’re ever going to spend a lot of money on something in your home, get a good mattress. Your body will thank you.

Yes a new podcast! So excited to watch this. Love you Jenna and Julien!❤️

My mom got a Clarisonic when they first came out and still uses it! She loves it. I never really used mine much because my dermatologist said they aren't good for acne-prone skin.

Julien's sweatshirt strings tho

Love how well julien listens to Jenna so lovely x

I love you both!!! I love how Julian is so interested in Jenna's foundation issues! 💜❤️ otter love!!

I bought the Clarisonic because of Jaclyn Hill (who I still LOVE btw) and used it for like 6 months and my skin was AMAZING! I even got tons of compliments. Then one day... I realized ain't nobody got time for that!

With the short-lived pets convo around 29:45... watching this in 2017 when they've just got #ad is surreal 😂

I use my spinning face brush thing still and it's mainly great for when you're having a really bad skin unbalance, whether it be zits, oily skin, dry spot. It really helps for whatever reason, at least for me.

I will say that I have a vanity planet spin brush and I have used it every time I’ve washed my face since I bought it over a year ago. I love it! It gets so much more makeup out of your pores than just your hands and it’s like a mini spa every night. I love it so much but I understand how it’s not for everyone.

Does anyone remember Slam Dunk Typing or Trivia/Math Munchers (computer learning games in the 90s) from elementary school?! 16 years later I'm still thankful for those games!

Jenna where is your shirt?

I agree with what some others here said- thank you both for an amazing year of podcasts! I've never missed a single one and it made so many of my Monday/Tuesday's so much brighter.

Wet brush is life. I have curly and long hair and i cant brush it but every couple days bc my head is sensitive. Without it its hell to brush my hair, with it, its easy and less painful. Best gift i ever got.

I couldn't watch this cause I couldn't see Jenna the whole time

I use a face brush. Exfoliating is life.

I love you guys! I missed the daily vlogs :( This will fill the gaping hole in my heart

Watching this 2 years later ..still lovin it ❤

I'm late to this party, but YES to the Fit Flops! Sure, their stated purpose on toning your legs is probably BS, but I was all about them for the same reasons as Jenna. I've got flat feet (yay) but those things and their generic knockoffs are amazing for support.

The oil sprayer is the Misto and IT SUCKS! We go another one for our wedding and it works great, but the Misto specifically sucks. It fell behind our stove like 8 months ago and I have not been motivated to get it.

My parents bought us DDR and they also bought us the really nice mats. My garage was lit. We had some amazing dance offs. Also, my friend has a pit bull that gets really anxious when it storms or when there are fireworks going off. Her thundershirt is the only thing that calms her down. I can understand if it doesn’t work for all dogs, but it’s a lifesaver for her.

I bought an oscillating face brush two weeks ago and so far I love it! I got it for $30 on hautelook and I'm so happy that I took the plunge! It's helped improve my skin texture and acne. My skin was really dull and gray before but now it's slowly getting more radiant! Now even with my acne scars I'm comfortable not wearing makeup in public.