Brand New Taco Bell / $500 Worth of Paint (Day 3761 - 3/12/20)

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Stephen and Mallory just finished doing Breakfast Stream. Now, they are going to Lunch Bunch at Taco Bell with Dan, Michael, and Roland. Stephen shows off that he's wearing his "1962 Was A Long Time Ago" shirt which is a great shirt to wear when they're going to a brand new Taco Bell. He says that they've had a Taco Bell in North Myrtle Beach for 20 years that was connected to Shell gas station, but it wasn't a standalone Taco Bell and it's really small. Yesterday, a brand new Taco Bell opened so he decided that they should go there for Lunch Bunch today. Stephen mentions that he did make a poll to decide where to eat at, but everyone agreed that going to the new Taco Bell was a great idea. He says that he's probably going to feel sick later after eating Taco Bell, but he's still excited to go. Stephen comments that you rarely get a chance to eat at a Taco Bell that's just 1 day old.

Later, they arrive at Taco Bell. Stephen notes that it was really crowded until a few moments ago. He likes that it has a lot of light and lots of space.

Back at home, they were working until Stephen received a text from his mom in their family group chat which includes him, Mal, and his parents. It was a picture of the paint section inside of A.C. Moore. Stephen explains that A.C. Moore is going out of business and the brand of paints Mal uses are 70% off. When he received the text, he asked Mal if she wanted to go get some paints and she agreed. Mal mentions that she almost bought some paints last night when she was ordering canvases, but now she's glad that she didn't. Stephen says that Mal uses a brand of paint called Golden Paints which is some really high quality paint. He says that over time you just have to use higher quality paints. He compares artists having to use higher quality paints over time to musicians having to get higher quality instruments over time. Stephen says that it's great that they found a place that's on closeout clearance since the paints are so expensive. It wasn't ideal that they were in the middle of working, but it's not often that the paint from the brand is sold for cheap.

At A.C. Moore, Stephen tells Mal that she looks like a kid in a candy store as she's picking out paints. Back in car, Stephen says that Mal got a good haul of painting supplies. Mal got $500 worth of paint for only $150. Stephen mentions that a tube of orange paint had leaked and there was paint all over the other tubes in the pile. It made them a little paranoid that they would get paint on the car since they have orange paint all over their hands. But, of all the paint colors, Stephen was glad that it was orange since it matches the accents of their car. Stephen mentions that they are also going to get a bite to eat with his parents since they're in the area anyway.

Back at home, Stephen talks about how he's been working after he came home and Mal's been painting. They then show off Mal's paint haul from A.C. Moore. Mal notes that she got some paint colors that she wouldn't normally use as well as some of her normal paint colors. The only paint colors she could find that she normally uses was Phthalo Green (Blue Shade), Primary Yellow, Jenkins Green and either Transparent Red Iron Oxide or Transparent Yellow Iron Oxide (she doesn't remember which one). The Golden Heavy Body Acrylic Paints she got were Diarylide Yellow, Medium Violet, Cobalt Violet Hue, Dioxazine Purple, Pyrrole Red Light, and Interference Violet. Mal notes that she doesn't have a lot of violet paints, so she decided to get some. She also mentions that Interference Violet is transparent with a purple shimmer. The Golden Open Acrylic Paints she got were Hansa Yellow Medium, Pyrrole Red, Permanent Green Light, and Bismuth Vanadate Yellow. Mal also got a Golden High Flow Acrylics Carbon Black, Golden High Solid Gel Matte, and 2 three-packs of 3 inch x 3 inch Mini Canvases.

Stephen talks about how they posted on Twitter about there being a discount on painting supplies at A.C. Moore. Some people commented on the post saying that Mal could've gotten so many more paints. Stephen explains that if you store paints for too long, then it can dry out even when it's still in the tube. It will take a long time to dry out, but it takes a long time to go through a whole tube of paint. Stephen says that some people might not understand the quality difference between paints and the simple explanation is that they aren't the same. Mal explains in further detail that higher quality paints have more pigment in them which is also what makes them more expensive. She says that she can only speak about the quality of Golden Paints since she uses them. Mal isn't sponsored by them, but she would totally take a bunch of paint in return for doing some advertisements.

Mal then talks about how the Golden Paints does a lot of quality testing. They leave all their paints outside for a year in a space right outside the factory to test whether they fade with light and how they react to different weather conditions. Mal mentions that some of their paints are even good enough to paint murals outside. Stephen says that Mal has been a fan of the company for a long time and that all of the paintings on MalMakes have been painted with Golden Paints. He then says "#NotSponsored, but also #CallUs".

Then, Stephen talks about how he has painted with both Golden Paints and lower quality paints in college. He explains that some of his professors didn't care about what kind of paint he used, but some professors required that he had to use Golden Paints. Stephen says that it's easier to mix colors using higher quality paint than it is for lower quality paint. Mal mentions that she talks about this in her color matching video.

Later, Stephen says that it's been a weird evening since it's been hot upstairs and cold downstairs. He says that he has a CamelBak tumbler that can hold 1 liter of water. It was so hot upstairs that Stephen kept drinking water and ended up having to refill his tumber 3 times. Stephen says that this was a good thing since he hasn't drinken this much water in a while. So, he doesn't have to worry about getting dehydrated which is something he worries about since he doesn't drink a lot of water. Stephen tells that viewers that if they're interested in painting or arts and crafts, then they should check out their local A.C. Moore since they aren't going to around for much longer and the savings are great. He notes that Mal saved a lot of money on her painting supplies.

Mal then talks about how she had only 5 colors when she first started MalMakes. She had the primary colors, black, and white. Mal notes that she gradually added more colors over time. Getting more colors saves her more time since she doesn't need to spend a lot of time mixing colors. Stephen says that a lot of Mal's time is spent remixing colors to match the original color she used on previous days. But, if she gets new colors, then she can just squeeze it out of the paint tube.