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Alex Hourigan
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Sally McMullen
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Alex Hourigan
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Sally McMullen
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Unknown Speaker
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Alex Hourigan
that was why did I say that? Go shop. And don't say boo. Yeah.
All right. Hey, chicks. I'm out. And I'm Sal. And this is to break checks and show that she has life lessons for the girls from the girls. And today we're talking because we're really experts on the things that make you hot. Mm hmm. All right. We've seen so many like Tic TOCs and Pinterest things, which are kind of a weird vibe, to be honest, like things that make you attractive.
Sally McMullen
I feel like it changes every week. It does change every week.
Alex Hourigan
None of us, none of them are us. And that's okay. But we're gonna smash your past some of the most common things that make you hot on the internet, and then also share a few of our picks that will smash or pass on things that we think make you hot. So let's start with one of the ones that we think makes you attractive or makes you hot.
Unknown Speaker
Do you want me to start or do you want to say you can start kick us off?
Alex Hourigan
All right. ironing your clothes? Oh yeah, there is nothing that one turns me off more than when someone's wearing like the most crinkled and eye and wrinkly shirt or dress. It just completely takes away from how beautiful you probably look like if you look so done UPS you've done your hair, you've done your makeup and you're wearing like a slip dress and down the bottom of it is like all crinkled none on it. And like like I know firsthand, you know you own a linen shirt you put it on you sit in the car and boom you're crinkled again. But at least when you do I find it a little bit you get that little just it's that
Sally McMullen
she was gonna say the top you can say that versus when it's been rolled off in your drawer and then you chuck it on like you can tell the difference between when it's been worn and there's creases in it as opposed to like it's fresh out of the wash and it's literally like little like Braille situation. Gosh, yeah, get a steam out. I've said this before I'll say it again changed my life. It's the easiest
Alex Hourigan
way here's the hill and here's Sal down on it. Yeah, I need to go stay mark just I'll leave it
Sally McMullen
on and accidentally almost burn your apartment down. Yeah,
Alex Hourigan
we got in trouble for that the other day. But yeah, I
Sally McMullen
agree. That one is a smash
Alex Hourigan
absolute smash iron your clothes you just look 10 times more put together as the sexy that one for the girls the guys the days and the men. If you're listening which we know you know. Okay. That is two boyfriends.
Sally McMullen
Man that lives and we're like I Barb's literally and like, Al's dad.
Alex Hourigan
My dad's very good with irony. His clothes is very very pristine.
Unknown Speaker
On your Greg yet.
Unknown Speaker
Okay, smash, smash. Okay, on your clothes. Smash.
Sally McMullen
The thing that I find personally attractive and hot and sexy
Alex Hourigan
things and make you hot.
Sally McMullen
is reading in public?
Alex Hourigan
Oh my god, the Instagram page hug guys reading.
Sally McMullen
Literally, I was gonna say there's a reason that that page has like 1.2 million followers. It's hot. And I know when I do it. I feel like I'm the main character and like a 2000s rom com. You know, you're exuding that you're intelligent. You know, maybe you're a bit adventurous depending on what book you're reading. You can really lose yourself
Alex Hourigan
in the music the moment. Yeah,
Sally McMullen
it's literally like the equivalent of if you say someone at the airport that is your age. They automatically are hot. It's the same if you're reading in public. Yeah, reading in public is a smash,
Alex Hourigan
smash, but a smash with an asterix because it depends what they're reading. If they were reading like a memoir by Andrew Tate
Sally McMullen
on out True, true jersey. laid off.
Alex Hourigan
Yeah. Would you Would you smash if someone was reading problematic books? What would you Okay? Would you smash someone that was reading the Barefoot Investor?
Sally McMullen
Probably not. But like, I don't know if they were hot. If they were hot anyway, then yes, I wouldn't care. I feel like that book is pretty boring. I'm like, oh, no, this was all I'm gonna hear.
Alex Hourigan
Waiting crypto to me and I'm gonna be like, nevermind.
Sally McMullen
Yeah. Smash. Yeah.
Alex Hourigan
Smash with an asterix that, yes, but it depends what they're reading. I mean, that's really rich coming from me because I always read variable. But hey, I branch out. I do branch out to some and those are probably the ones that are more read in public the like self discovery, self growth improvement ones because I don't want to be on a train in like, some really raunchy scene, and someone's sitting next to me, and they can see and read the book. And I'm like,
Sally McMullen
Listen, you just have like a bait of sweat.
Alex Hourigan
Sometimes when I listen to it on Audible, it gets to that scene. And I think about the fact that like, I want to train. I just looked like I'm listening to music, but really, I'm listening to some fictional character getting dicked down. Right? Like a fairly young new. Alright, my next pick for things that make you hot and more attractive. This is one of the ones that was the most popular thing that I see on tick tock, and it's to smile. No, no, but the thing is, I don't think that like yes, smiling makes you more attractive. It's beautiful to see someone smile, it makes you feel warmer and blah, blah, blah. But the way that it's like pitched on Tik Tok is like, smile, because it makes you more approachable to men. I mean, anywhere near me. Go away. Yeah.
Sally McMullen
Or like when a guy cat calls you on the street and you give them like, What the fuck? Like, I can be like, oh, like, give us a smile. Like, why do you have that face for like, that's what that gives me and it's very condescending. Yeah,
Alex Hourigan
it's like, because I don't see anyone telling men to smile. No. You know, and I think there are some looks that are harder than a smile hit me. What are they? Oh, god. No, I haven't had a drink yet. No, but like, right in the urine. You know, my look. It's more of like a smirk. It's more because as Yeah, a smile is a smile on his heart. A smile. No, no dice. Because all my smiles sometimes on the board. No. It looks kind of terrifying.
Unknown Speaker
Maybe Yeah, true, actually. But yeah,
Alex Hourigan
more like a smile, like a sultry little smirk or like eye contact across the bar. Use more the vibe. A smile. Yes, it does make you beautiful. If you're genuinely happy Imagine walking into Okay. Wait, imagine walking into a barn it's so easy
Sally McMullen
Yeah, I think you were about to kill me and tie me into a lampshade look,
Unknown Speaker
if you're watching the video version, which it's available on Spotify on YouTube. Yeah. No, see what we mean. It's imagine just
Alex Hourigan
seeing someone sitting there with the biggest smile of it.
Unknown Speaker
Huh? Yeah, not.
Alex Hourigan
It's enough. That's an eye for me. It's a pass. It's a strong pass. No Asterix smiling. Pass. Smiling because you feel like it Smash. Yes. I like that.
Sally McMullen
My next thing that makes you hot, according to the internet also has to do with your mouth. Strangely. Not that again. Maybe only fans will look into it. But is talking with your bottom teeth.
Alex Hourigan
Oh, no. No,
Sally McMullen
I know Megan Fox trends Yes. So this is will credit this to life crisis induce glow up who I think started the trend and was saying that Megan Fox taught her how to, you know, talk with your bottom teeth. And that's apparently really sexy. And then it spawned this whole trend of people doing that. Have you seen our bottom teeth?
Alex Hourigan
You guys, you guys notice like little white dogs that have an under that is the energy that we give if we try to work with our bottom teeth and I'm gonna go out on a limb I'm gonna say unless you have the straight his teeth in the world. That is the energy everyone gives when they try to talk with their bottom teeth. And you know what the problem is? I think I do like a little bit just naturally. I feel like you talk with Boris. I talk with both and when I see my bottom teeth I'm like get does nasty tic tac out.
Sally McMullen
Those little graveyards down like skin.
Alex Hourigan
I just think it's so weird. Why, like this whole notion of all the things we need to change?
Sally McMullen
It's one of those things that it literally is like, is it cool? Is it trendy? Or are they just hot? And they could get away with like murder? And I think it's option me. So talking with your bottom teeth, it's a pass for me.
Alex Hourigan
Very, very, very strong paths to personally, and generally, personally, no one wants me to start doing that. No. And generally, I don't want anyone else to start doing that. All right, let's skip it. Yeah, leave it simple, stupid.
Sally McMullen
Leave it to Megan. Just talk. Yeah, imagine
Alex Hourigan
sitting there having to be like, Oh my god,
Unknown Speaker
I love it. Or do you know whose case that we've got? anymore?
Sally McMullen
I know every time and that song where it's like you have termites? Like, I didn't know I made a cameo.
Alex Hourigan
Like I didn't know your TV had it reflected.
Sally McMullen
Yeah, it hurts my feelings every time Hey.
Alex Hourigan
All right. Next segment for things that make you attractive is sponsored by our sponsor Emco b ut and it is beauty Jeeps baby? Oh yeah, and I are an absolute slug for beauty do because we love products that we can get for cheap. I'm literally not gonna lie. I burn through products in a few months. And then when they're $50 and I finished them I'm like sad for me, the Giorgio Armani Silk Foundation loss of literally two months and it was $90 or actually it's 105 Now I'm pretty sure so that's really sad for me, and for my bank account.
Unknown Speaker
Yes and for all y'all. The other thing
Alex Hourigan
is some of these products that we've found dupes for are actually really hard to get your hands on because they're always sold out. So if you are either wanting a cheaper version or if you want one that you can actually buy and don't have to wait six months for it to come back in stock. This is for you. So kicking off our beauty dupes. Also there's nothing harder than getting a deal and bang for your
Unknown Speaker
buck. Yeah, hit me quaint me dying on
Alex Hourigan
it. Number one is like the probably one of the most viral products and it's the Charlotte Tilbury beauty life want it is $56 and it is like a highlighter blush for your cheeks and honestly gives you incredibly glowing makeup. Let me introduce you to the Emco beauty highlight and glow beauty ones for $32 It literally does the same thing literally does the same thing. We've been trialling these products and it's actually insane.
Sally McMullen
Yeah, it has that same sponge applicator that's really easy to apply, easy to blend out. And it's beautiful and it lasts all day
Alex Hourigan
all day which I love as well with cream products is what I feel like sometimes my face can just like eat it up be like Sam and but it literally stays all day as well as the Charlotte Tilbury Hollywood light contour wand which is also $56 and Co beauty has the instant contour wand, again has the little spongy thing on the end of it, you twist it squeeze that the little dab dab on your face. And it's $32 love just saying
Sally McMullen
Say it out there. The next mine is the Glossier cloud paint. So this is like a cheek and lip tint that is viral on tick tock, but it's really hard to get your hands on glossier products in Australia and also even in America, you have to line up for like hours to get into the store. It's $24.77 in USD, which means it is $380 in Australian dollars, just kidding, but it's expensive. Whereas the M Kobuleti. cheek and lip tan is only $16 Love and does the exact same thing.
Unknown Speaker
When we were using these products we were like
Alex Hourigan
it kind of made me feel bad about all the money that I spent
Sally McMullen
me too.
Alex Hourigan
All right, next up is an MRI, right Please don't hate me for this, but it's the Fenty beauty Gloss Balm. I love the Fenty beauty Gloss Balm. I love it jugador we love her. But she's $57 expensive for lip gloss or lip gloss that I might not be wearing every day because I do like to mix it up every now and again wear a red lip. You know I'm not wearing a gloss every single day so $57 for that especially with glasses. They don't have the longest shelf wear time. Yeah. So amcos pouch gloss Ultra shine lip gloss. I don't know if you could tell. But the theme of the segment does the exact same thing and it's $15 I also really like the applicator on this product to feel like it really gets all over the lip and it's not sticky. I hate sticky lip gloss. There's nothing worse if I like pull my lips apart and there's like a jail of lip gloss and my tongue is in there being like,
Unknown Speaker
oh, grim, I
Alex Hourigan
hate that. So that's a big mood because $57 for lip glosses just a lot.
Unknown Speaker
It's cool to broach it people.
Sally McMullen
Seriously. Okay, and our last one is one that is close to my heart. So you know that I back this rack, the fact that I'm, you know, I'm willing to cross over. And that is the Estee Lauder double wear foundation, which is $65. She is very expensive. And I would run through that like, maybe once a month, like it adds up. And it is a fan favourite, but the Emco Beauty Ultra stay flawless foundation is such a good job. It is literally the closest strip I've ever tried to the Estee Lauder foundation. And I've been searching because it really does stay all day long and has like the the level of coverage that I need is a little freckled gal. And I love it. It's super flattering. And it's $28 that is less than half the price. And it does that damn same thing.
Alex Hourigan
So just saying just is just saying. But just saying that's a good rule is if you do dupes fear, and we'll have them all in the show notes as well if you want to take that list to the shops because we know you do. And if you remember at the start of the episode, we shared a cute little discount code for you. So you can get 20% off in joy. Enjoy. Pick number four things that make you hot.
Sally McMullen
So another thing that I've seen all over the internet recently that makes you hot is red nail polish. So if you've heard about the red now theory was coined by Girlboss down on tick tock and apparently having read now polish, get to lots of dates. Owl Can you confirm or deny? I know you've been rocking the red now village lately,
Alex Hourigan
and then I got a boyfriend. It's true.
Sally McMullen
It's a smash.
Alex Hourigan
It's just it's a smash. And I've like I've kind of filter between like a red polish, like a warm brownie nude and then like clear bubble bath or put it in neutral kind of like natural ish shade. And every time I get my nails done red, my boyfriend will always notice and be like, Oh, I'm really lucky now.
Sally McMullen
There's something sexy about a set of red now.
Alex Hourigan
Apparently it's because and this was somewhere on Tik Tok. I don't know where it was. But apparently it is because when men are age, we're growing up. All like the sexy characters all had red nails because it's like the 90s and early 2000s. Yeah, so that was like all like the villains were like the sexy characters like the Jessica rabbits would have red nails. Right? And then that's why that seen as attractive because it gives like that like bad beach energy, which it definitely does when I get my nails done, right. I'm like, Let's fucking go.
Unknown Speaker
Yeah, I agree. It's a smash. All right,
Alex Hourigan
pick number four of things that make you hot. Is posture. No, no, at least one is a smash. But I suck at it. And I suck at it. And so everyone that's listening to this now I bet half of half the jokes just literally put their shoulders back. Because I love those tech talks as well. It's like us thinking about the hottest thing that expands out and you're literally the Hunchback of Notre DOM.
Sally McMullen
I look like a prawn
Alex Hourigan
only. So yeah, that one's a smash. But I'm working on it.
Sally McMullen
It's a smashing progress. Which we love to say. Yeah.
Alex Hourigan
Well, that's a wrap for this week's special pass things that make you hot.
Sally McMullen
Hope you enjoy it.
Alex Hourigan
Yeah, that's it. That's a wrap. I totally get it. Yeah. I'd be feeling sexy. I love that half of these. We
Unknown Speaker
don't do. We don't I probably don't do any of them.
Alex Hourigan
Let's be real. Yeah. into it. Well, that is a wrap for this week's episode of smash or pass. Thank you to our production team Prieta Harada and meeting Katana studios for making this episode of tuba checks happen and our sponsors M co beauty don't forget to head to M co beauty for 20% off your order with the code to break checks 20 And you can check out all of our beauty dupes pics in shownotes Happy Shopping checks.
Sally McMullen
Bye babies
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