You Ask, We Answer: Blanket Baskets and Beauty Fridges

Forever35

In this 'You Ask, We Answer' episode of Forever35, hosts Dori Shafrir and Elise Hu tackle listener questions on topics ranging from skincare

Key takeaways

• Mini beauty fridges are not essential but can enhance skincare routines by keeping products like vitamin C serum cool and stable.

Main topics

• Beauty fridges and their practical uses
• Skincare product storage and stability

Notable quotes

"I just need to be putting a lot of dill on everything. That's the secret." – Elise Hu

Conclusion

The episode blends humor and heartfelt advice as the hosts respond to

Transcript preview

Speaker 5 (0:11) And welcome to Forever 35, a podcast about the things we do to take care of ourselves. I'm Dori Shafrir. Speaker 3 (0:17) And I'm Elise Hu, and we're just two friends who like to talk a lot about serums. And today we Speaker 5 (0:22) have a You Ask, We Answer episode where we respond to all of your questions, comments, concerns, feedback, random thoughts, etc. And we, Speaker 3 (0:32) last week, did not technically have a You Ask, We Answer episode. We had a You Ask. She answers. You ask, the doctor answers episode. But it was really fantastic. I got some texts about it because the dermatologist, Dr. Jenny Wong, came on and she answered a whole slew of questions, a whole range of questions. And I think that it sounds like a lot of y'all got a lot out of it. So we'll Speaker 5 (1:01) have to have her back. She Speaker 1 (1:01) was great. Speaker 5 (1:02) And we got so many good questions. So thank you so much for that. Elise, what's going on with you? Speaker 3 (1:10) I have a lot of micro joys today. So many things to talk about that are bringing me a lot of joy and they have to do with like just over seasoning things. Oh, go on. So Speaker 4 (1:24) I'm Speaker 3 (1:24) doing this thing. Yes. So I've been, you know, I put furikake on everything, the Japanese rice seasoning. I put that on everything. I put it on my eggs. I put it on rice. Obviously, I put it on fish. I put it on everything. Lately. And I've always been a big fan of dill. Like big dill girl, love dill. And it's in one of my favorite salads in all of Los Angeles. My friend Rose's Food Hall has one place in it. It has six restaurants in it, but one of them, Compass Rose, which is also open at breakfast and lunch because the Anchor restaurant is not open at breakfast and lunch. It has this salad. It has a lot of dill in it. And we were there on Saturday night just feasting as usual. I'm like, gosh, I really love dill. Why don't I put dill in more stuff? And so lately I'm just like taking half a package of dill and putting it in anything I'm eating. And so today for lunch, we had leftover carnitas and chicken and steak fajita meat from a taco night last night at. for the volleyball team because, you know, the moms who hosted like just had so much extra food. They're like, please take more food. And we took like everything. No, we took three plates of food home. And so I was like, oh, this is great. I'm going to make a taco. I didn't have tortillas. I only had pitas. So then I made this like giant wrap, pita wrap thing, put a ton of tzatziki and dill on that. And Speaker 5 (2:56) I Speaker 3 (2:56) was just like, man. that's the secret. That's the secret. Like, I just need to be putting a lot of dill on everything. And so I'm just celebrating that. That's making me very excited in life. So funny because I Speaker 5 (3:10) think I feel about dill the way some people feel about cilantro. Namely that. Yes. Speaker 3 (3:15) You know how some people love it and some people hate it. Yes. I don't like it. So. Oh, you Speaker 5 (3:19) don't want the salad then. No. The idea of putting like a sprig, like a whole bunch of dill. in a salad or whatever. It's like, no, no thanks. Speaker 3 (3:31) It's funny you bring up cilantro too, because I brought home some of that taco meat last night and Luna loves a taco. And then she's like, where's the cilantro? And I'm like, I didn't prepare that in the plate that I was taking home. She was like, I can't eat a taco without my cilantro and onions. She's like, we're going to have to stop by a street stand. You know how the taco tents all over have the giant tubs of cilantro and onion because we are so lucky to live in LA and we have all these taco tents. And she's like, we're going to have to stop by. And I was like, I don't think you can just pull, roll up and Speaker 2 (3:59) steal their cilantro. So funny. Speaker 3 (4:03) So yeah, I'm just like loving that. And then by the time this episode airs, I will hopefully have gotten to be at the U.S. Open. So excited to be at the U.S. Open slash Influencer Open of 2026. There's all this discourse right now that influencers who don't understand tennis are like holding up ring lights in the middle of. Like right before a player serves or, you know, at inappropriate points. Oh, Speaker 5 (4:28) they did? Yeah, they did. Like after the first couple days, they, I guess they had changed the rule. They were just letting people like come to their seats whenever. And they were like letting people use ring lights. So they... clamp down on the ring lights and they clamp down on people. Like now you have to wait for the game to be over before you go to your seat, which was always the rule. So I don't know when they changed it to you can just wander in whenever you feel like it, but they changed it back. I think they're sort of like, whoa, we got to like dial this back. Because I know the Speaker 3 (5:07) brands love it. The brands love all the promo and stuff they're getting from their big influencers, but the players have complained. the players are like, dude, we're playing in a high stakes tennis tournament. It is a major. Yeah. There Speaker 5 (5:20) were also some players complaining that they could smell marijuana. Yes. Which I also like, look, if I were a professional tennis player and hundreds of thousands of dollars were on the line, I think I also would be like kind of annoyed to be smelling marijuana, especially because if you want to consume marijuana, there are other ways to do it. that do not involve generating smoke that smells. Thank you. Thank you for this Speaker 3 (5:50) recreational drug use tip. Speaker 5 (5:52) Look, I'm just saying, I don't Speaker 3 (5:57) consume Speaker 5 (5:57) it, but I do live across the street from a dispensary and they have many options for it. ways to consume it that do not involve smoking. So many formats. Speaker 4 (6:09) Yes, exactly. So don't be that jerk. Speaker 3 (6:13) Yeah. And we're also in the middle of some sort of strange heat dome or something that is caused by the same hurricane that caused all of that crazy surf also and the rip currents. And so the feels like temperature is... Speaker 3 (6:34) astronomical for Speaker 4 (6:35) us here. It's Speaker 5 (6:36) so Speaker 4 (6:36) hot. Speaker 3 (6:36) And I'm supposed to have a tennis lesson in an hour, but my tennis coach texted and he's like, are you sure you still want to do this? And then he did the like sweating red face emoji or the crying red face emoji. And I was like, let's just try. So we'll see. Maybe I'll make it. Speaker 5 (6:54) I had a tennis, I was supposed to have a tennis match today and it was canceled because when the temperature is 95 or above, they cancel the matches. Oh, wow. Well, that's very Speaker 3 (7:07) considerate. Speaker 5 (7:08) It's Speaker 3 (7:08) not really safe. How do they survive? Like, how do they live in Phoenix then? I mean, I know we have our Phoenix listeners. So Phoenix listeners, please call in. You mean, how do they play tennis? Yeah, I just mean, yeah, exist outdoors because there's football practices that are Speaker 5 (7:22) outside Speaker 3 (7:23) and there's all these things. Speaker 5 (7:25) I think really early morning. Speaker 5 (7:29) or evening, but you can't, like we were supposed to play tennis at 1130 a.m., which is like very warm. And it was 100 degrees. And like the feels like temperature was like, I don't know, 110 or something. So yeah, drink a lot of electrolytes if you're going to have a tennis lesson. Speaker 3 (7:49) Okay. Yeah. I need to Speaker 5 (7:51) think about Speaker 3 (7:51) that. Yeah. You know me. I'm always like, oh, did I drink water? You know, I don't know. Yeah. No, you got Speaker 5 (7:56) it. You got it. you got to be careful. Like the heat stroke is real. So yeah, Speaker 3 (8:01) good reminder. Speaker 5 (8:02) I'm like the first person to be like, play. Like I said, I would play today actually. And then they canceled it anyway. But I have seen people get heat stroke and it's like, it's Speaker 3 (8:15) not great. So Speaker 5 (8:16) just Speaker 3 (8:16) be careful. We experienced maybe that. My dad got really nauseous when we were in Phoenix. Because we were in Phoenix in June, which isn't even the hottest time to be in Phoenix. But it was like 106 every day. And you know what they say. They're like, it's a dry heat. It was 106 every day. My dad is 80, you know. And so he was getting, he was feeling sick. But also, he also has, you know, early to mid-stage dementia. And so he was getting really confused. And we didn't know whether it had to do with the heat or whether it was his underlying condition. Oh, that's tough. Yeah, yeah. So it was it was very confusing, but we ended up just like having him not leave the room for a day just so that he could just not be outside at all, even just across the street from the convention center to the hotel, you know, because even that might have been too much. Speaker 4 (9:09) So, yeah, we'll see how that goes. We'll Speaker 3 (9:12) see if I make it back to the next taping Speaker 5 (9:15) of Forever Speaker 3 (9:16) 35. Speaker 5 (9:18) We did get a couple of voicemails about microjoys that I want to play. Oh, Speaker 3 (9:23) good. Speaker 5 (9:24) Okay. Speaker 3 (9:25) Do they involve dill? Anybody have any spices that they want to share?