I can't even type this post out without laughing at what I'm about to share. '
So here's my thought process. I love watching YouTube videos. It's actually been my main source of TV since I canceled cable. So, I was inspired and decided to make a favorites video for May as a little Friday Five special edition.
BE EASY ON ME GUYS. This is my first video I've ever filmed like this and the first video I've edited literally since senior year of high school (shout out TV production class coming in hot). I definitely want to play around with different editing features and programs in the future but I figured I should start out simple :) If anyone has any suggestions for editing programs or anything like that, definitely let me know! I don't take myself very seriously and had so much fun filming this and I hope you can tell!
Some things I learned after filming this video:
-My dance moves are those of an 80 year old doing Thriller
-I may have scoliosis - are my shoulders actually that crooked?!
-Speaking of my shoulders, I was reminded of my linebacker shoulders
-I never knew how much I unintentionally rolled my eyes - sorry everyone!
On another note, I wanted to include some favorite moments of the month too because I seriously had so much fun in May!
Every year in Nashville there is a Steeplechase and everyone gets dressed to the nines in big hats and spend the day tailgating. If this event wasn't made for me, I'm not sure what was. A big hat, a Lauren James dress and tailgating. I'M IN. I laso had to share this pic of the back of my dress too because it's just too good not to.
Weekend with my mom
My mom came down in the beginning of May to help me get my life together and decorate my new apartment. We had a great weekend and I am so in love with how my place turned out!! I do want to share the whole thing soon, so here's just a little sneak peak.
New friends
I'm going to be honest, making friends as an adult in real life is hard. Obviously I moved to Tennessee with one of my best friends and luckily I found a couple of good friends shortly after moving here and I am so thankful for that, but I missed having different groups of people to hang out with. Enter Bumble BFF. Guys. If you're in a new location or are just looking to expand your friend group, use this. It's seriously the best. Kinda awkward at first but it's nice to know everyone is in the same boat and in my case, it was also mostly other girls who had moved to Nashville recently and wanted to meet people! Genius. I wish I thought of this app.
I hope everyone has a great weekend! I am probably flying home to CT as you are reading this to celebrate one of my friend's wedding! I'm so excited to spend a long weekend home and hopefully get to the beach.
Happy Friday! I'm so excited for a long weekend and hope you all have a fun and relaxing weekend planned!
Now back to the pre-holiday season Friday Five grind.
Sugar.I just saw Maroon 5's video for their new song Sugar yesterday and it is amazing. They literally played wedding crashers for a day in L.A. crashing a bunch of weddings. How cool would that be?! Read about it here.
Casey Holmes.During my time off, I clearly didn't have much to do because I became minorly obsessed with YouTube videos, specifically makeup tutorials. And now I'm obsessed with Casey Holmes. She has great tips and is super funny and down to earth. I think we'd be friends.
Break Up With Him.I have played this song by Old Dominion on repeat all week long. And I'm not even exaggerating a little bit. I don't know why I love it so much, it's not really about anything that's happened to me before, but I'm in love. And, a group of cute guys? Um. Sign me up.
Trivia Crack.Download this. Immediately. And then add me. I love trivia games, mostly because I surprise myself at how good I am at guessing. And random 7th grade science facts I remember (I knew there a reason we had to make a 3D model of a cell. This is totally it...). If you see me intently staring at my phone, there's a good chance this is what I'm doing. Seersucker Vest.Is it too early to be dreaming of spring? Because when I saw this seersucker vest, I immediately had spring fever. I need this. I'm a sucker for seersucker (see what I did there?!) I hope Shop Hopes added it to their collection!
Hope everyone has a great weekend! And as always, thanks for reading!
So, I got to try out this really cool new makeup app, GlamST. Remember that Barbie make-up game where you got to dazzle up Barbie's face? Well this is the same thing, but with your own face and you can actually see what products are used and buy them if you like the look! Not only that, but you can get ideas on how to look like gorgeous celebs (hello, Blake Lively - is this one step closer to being as perfect as you??) Super cool. This will be so useful with the upcoming holidays.
You'll need to upload a selfie.
Then set your face, eyes and mouth.
You'll get to pick all different looks - glamorous, fresh, trendy, etc. These are my favorites:
Fresh
Glamorous
Trendy
And then here's me as Sienna Miller... Aren't we identical?! ;)
To get the look, all you have to do is press the little makeup button on the bottom left corner and you have a whole range of items to recreate the look! Talk about handy.
All in all, this app was really neat. It took a few times to get the dots aligned to my eyes and mouth so the makeup was applied correctly and I didn't have red teeth, but once I got the hang of it it was so fun! I'll definitely be using this for some NYE looks where I'll went to venture out from my traditional makeup routine. I'll be sure to post my inspiration and then the final product!
Download GlamST for iPhone here
Or use it online here!
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