 of the major skincare brand, asked me to host this event with them. Hey all, what's up? Welcome to a new vlog. My name is Sonali, if you guys are new here, and today is event day. I am so excited to see everything. The event starts at six, but I think I'm gonna get there around like 5.15, 5.30 to start taking a lot of content and just to like be there early, just in case my guests show up early, which honestly I'm kind of banking on them showing up like 30 minutes late because I feel like six is pretty early, but I know my friends and they're always like 30-ish minutes late. So I mean, I know I would be whenever I would go to one of these events, I always try to get there at least 30 minutes after the time starts, unless it's like a sit-down dinner, which this is, but I decided to have like an hour of like mingling and talking and taking pictures. So that's why it's starting so early, but I told you guys in the last vlog a major skincare brand asked me to host this event with them. And the brand is Sunday Riley. My sister actually introduced me to this brand in college I think because of this product right here. This is the CEO Glow. It's a face oil, but I went into Scora when she was like, you have to get it, blah, blah. I asked the lady and she was like, no, I think this would actually be better for your skin. So I actually use this at night. Every time I use it, I wake up, like my skin is honestly so good the next day. I put it on last night. It is blue, but it like, you know, kind of like solves in your face. But this morning I'm gonna be using the CEO Glow. This whole time I was talking to one of the girls that works for Sunday Riley and her name is G and she asked me to like pick a product to like kind of like showcase at this event. So I kind of had like the idea for like a dinner party, flowers everywhere. Just like almost like an end of summer garden party. That's what we're calling a garden party. So based on all of our inspo, we decided to pick this product right here. This is the pink drink. It is a firming reef surfacing essence. So you can just like spray it on. This little guy is the star of the show. But first I wanted to get my nails done. I've been waiting for a while because I just have regular nail polish on and they're definitely starting to ship. So we're gonna go get our nails done. And then I definitely want to edit a good bit today. If you guys saw my last blog, Ryan's actually in town. So he is gonna be able to come to the event and that'll be really nice cause he like knows my angles with photos and he's just gonna help me out with like filming like a bunch of TikTok content. I was in South Austin for an errand. So I decided to try out a new nail salon. I just put nails on it in my Yelp search and one that came up was called OPI nail salon. I was like, honestly, that's perfect. Cause every time I go to a nail salon, I'm just like hoping that they have all of the OPI colors. So I'm really hoping this isn't like a scam. What if I walk in and they have literally no OPI colors? Like that would be tragic. But I think I'm just gonna go for another like pale pink situation. Like I really like this color. It's more like white pink, but I think I want a little bit pinker because I really think I'm leaning towards the pink dress that I showed in my last blog. So I feel like it would be perfect to have pink nails cause literally the whole theme of tonight is like pink. Like I said, we're showcasing the pink drink product. I'm home and this is the color I got. Like I said, it's like literally just a tad bit more pink. But I am actually cooking with my caraway mini pan for the first time. And it's actually perfect for eggs because I never like cooking in like big pans when the thing only takes up this much. This is like literally perfect. And I did a size comparison if you guys are like actually interested in purchasing caraway pans. I did a size comparison between the mini pans and the regular pans in my last blog. So definitely go check that out. But I will also put a code in the description. If you guys want a little discount, I believe it's 10% off. But I also have some leftover prosciutto from having a bachelor finale at my house this week. So I think I'm gonna do a little fig and prosciutto toast with eggs. That sounds so good. T'lami. I didn't go blog but then my computer died on me. I usually always had my computer plugged in but I was like working on the couch. So I just plugged it in. I'm gonna let it charge for a bit because sometimes when it's not full of potential, editing is so annoying because it's so laggy. And literally the computer cannot keep up with my hands. So we're just gonna wait to edit the vlog. But I'm gonna go ahead and curl my hair so that the curls fall nicely later today. But this is the Bombay 5-in-1. I just used the biggest barrel, but look. You can lock it, but it's locked and it's so wiggly. It doesn't fall out, but like it is so janky. And I'm actually so excited because I've been meaning to get like another curler like this like a wand curler. I have like a couple of like clamp curlers but I think this might be like my go-to just cause it holds the curls a little bit better. Clamp ones are more for like beachy waves and I'd like to do those but I would say this is definitely my go-to the one I do majority of the time. I actually just got a brand deal for a curling wand for beach waivers. Super freaking excited to try that out. I think that one has like three like separate ones. So very excited for that. This curler has been janky for a very long time. I'm kind of surprised it's lasted this long. Before I brush my hair, I'm gonna spray some thermal protectant. I got this in a PR package and I've been using it a lot recently for the past like couple months I would say. This is the Color Fresh Thermal Protection Spray by DPQ. I first heard about this brand on Berry Cavalier which honestly I'm still upset that they canceled the show but I guess it's probably for the better because Kristin broke up with Jay Cutler and all that stuff. I used to watch Wozoon Beach too so I was like super intrigued by it and then I was like, oh my God I have to get stuff from Uncommon Jane. Like we went to Nashville like right as the show was kind of airy and becoming popular so we went into the store and it was really cool. But anyway, I first heard about DPQ because one of Kristin Cavalier's best friends is Justin Anderson and he owns the company. So that is where I heard about that. Also the brown is seeping back through. One thing they don't tell you about going back to the natural hair color after you have bleached it is that you still have to freaking go get it done every so often. And that is literally the reason why I dyed my hair back to black because I didn't want to ever go to the salon. It just takes so much time when you get it even just toned and I'm just like I just need to be done with my hair and let it do its own thing but as you can see the brown is coming back so I need to go get it toned again and also I probably should get like a haircut. I growing up I never would get haircuts literally like every year if that but my hairstylist, my friend Mariana she's actually coming to the event tonight. She's also like an influencer here in Austin but she does my hair and she specializes I'm pretty sure in like brunette boliages but she also does like lighter boliages. Anyways, she was like you need to trim your hair because that's how it's gonna grow and she really sold me on it so now I really do need to make an appointment with her so I can get this hair fixed. Ryan took a video of me from the back the other day and my hair just looked like it looked really long but kind of almost like straggly. I'm like no, I need it to be thick. I'm also seeing some TikToks saying that like people have done like a lot of like oils in their hair to get the ends thicker too and I think I may try that like I actually want to do more research about that because whenever my hair does get long it is just so thin on the ends of my hair but I like want to make it thick all around, you know? Gotta do some research and I'll report back. I do get a lot of questions on how I call my hair so literally you just wrap the piece of hair on the rod but it needs to be away from your face so the hair should start in front of the curly rod and then I don't know, it depends on the day if I want it to be like a little bit more beachy and just like a little bit more effortless I hold it on less but today I'm going to hold it on a little bit longer just because the event is later tonight and I want them to fall. I don't want it to be like stick straight when I get there which never really happens to my hair but you know what I mean. I'm also worried that like tonight it's gonna be really hot because it's like an outdoor venue mostly I think the dinner is going to be outdoors but there's like a bar indoors because it's open bar so I'm just hoping we don't all like die of heat exhaustion out there. I mean I think like the courtyard is a more shaded area so I'm hoping that like the shade is going to do us some good but I literally just checked the weather and like when I was out getting my own sun it was 91 and it was super hot and at 7 p.m. it's gonna be 95 and I'm like ah dang it. But I think today is like officially the first day of fall. I saw that online somewhere I didn't fact check it so I'm not really sure if that's true. I'm literally just told Ryan that we need to do or make a fall bucket list. I also bought the pre-sale tickets for House of Torment which is a haunted house here in Austin. We went last year and like it was good but I think there should have been more actors throughout the house but I want to go back this year because I love haunted houses. It just gets the adrenaline rushing and honestly when I go back to Georgia I want to go to Netherworld, yeah. Netherworld is so good but it's like only two houses I believe one's like bigger, one's smaller and my mom said that they changed locations and it's actually closer to her house this time so I definitely want to do that but when I go back to Georgia Ann I'm going back in October which I really never do I only go back usually during Thanksgiving and the leaves are already on the ground like they have fallen off the trees by then so I'm excited to see it during October I feel like that's like peak like beautiful leaves on trees so that'll be really fun and hopefully we can cross some fall bucket list items off our list there. Here's what the curls look like immediately after so, as you can tell, they're pretty curly but I'm telling you guys they're gonna fall and they're gonna look good it's currently 1.48 and I want to be at the venue by like 5.30 latest cause I want to try to take like content and pictures before all my friends come but yeah, oh my god it's so curly, a better fall. Currently getting ready while like reviewing my YouTube video I want to post like before I leave I really hope I can get it up for you guys but it is 4.11 and I want to leave here by 5.10 so I have a full hour which is good cause I want to like take out Sophie and make sure she's all good and then I need to remember to bring my tripod and then like all my camera stuff cause I want Ryan to like film like a bunch of B-roll he is going to be a big help today which is really nice that he's here for this event honestly just kind of worked out that way I'm really excited to see all my friends in like one place also I don't know why I'm just now realizing but I'm also going to get one of my favorite foods in Austin we're going to Elizabeth Street Cafe that's where the event is going to be held it's like in their croissant room so they're like private event room my favorite thing is the steamed rice rolls or something like that oh they're so good usually at influencer events they have like little finger hand bites what are they called? why do they call them finger bites? that's not what they're called finger bites? maybe finger foods, there we go yeah they always have those little things but I'm always busy talking to like my friends and I don't want to like shove food in my mouth while I'm talking but since this is more of like a dinner situation I hope that I'll be able to eat so if you guys are in Austin definitely try Elizabeth Street Cafe their happy hour is so good it literally is so affordable and cheap so honestly whenever I do go to Elizabeth Street Cafe I try to go to the happy hour so I want to add false lashes I asked Ryan to go get the packages though because I ordered on Amazon and I'm pretty sure they got here last night and I just purchased the false lashes that are only on the ends so it's kind of like a half falsie so I put mascara on hopefully it's okay that I did that like you do it after I'm not really sure I've never done it before well like the half ones but I hope they give me a little sum sum I also bought like just the whispies from Radell too just in case I didn't like the half ones but Ryan literally just walked through the door but this is what they look like so I'm gonna add the half false lashes so I'm gonna take the glue and then I'm just gonna put it on this thing hopefully these are easier to apply than just normal lashes I love false lashes but like whenever I start wearing them it's so hard to stop because it just always looks so good so I don't want to get addicted and like only think that I look good with false lashes on you know here's the before my lashes are honestly pretty long without false lashes but I'm gonna put them on and we'll see what it looks after alright here's after I feel like they look a little fuller on the ends but not by much and they kind of like weigh my real lashes down so I feel like they're not like as up I don't know I also forgot to put on eyeliner oopsies okay I'm all ready and I put on these earrings that I'm also renting on fashion pass surprisingly they had a lot of floral jewelry which I thought was kind of random but also perfect here's the dress it's from Amanda Upprichard renting on fashion pass I will put my discount code on the screen you can get $30 off but definitely go to my last vlog to see my brutally honest review of fashion pass because I definitely have my thoughts and I'm also wearing these Steve Madden purple shoes I just feel like they're not really gonna show and they're gonna be like more comfortable because they're a shorter heel I'm gonna pack a bag full of my camera equipment tripod all that and then we're gonna head to the venue all right give us an OOTD you got some squeaky estimates wait you look really cute some scratch boots what for real is there one in my closet you're like DL1941 or something what brand is that they're at North Scrumatic they're like 200 bucks and they look like I'm like 60 nice they're a little tight so Ryan loves the deal yeah I had some fraud boots a target shirt that he just thought we're ready to go got my tripod all my lenses this is gonna be my purse it's not that cute but I don't think I'm gonna be like actually holding a purse so I can hide it my phone's charging Gia just sent me some photos I want her to stop though because I want to see it all in person okay let's get going I just got to Elizabeth Street Cafe and we're about to head in I'm so excited but kind of kind of getting nervous now it's 5.33 and the event starts at 6 I wonder how like early or slash late people actually show up this is such a vibe I bet this is so cute and because it's not a table tour I'm just gonna wait until you know I mean this looks great I mean whatever the smell is it smells so good really I love it it's like very bougie honestly guys like I gave her the inspo I think that's about it no you helped it you killed it though this is amazing I wanted to show you guys the three products that were showcasing tonight starting with one of my favorites the Luna Oil I swear when I put this on my face also this is not an ad thank you when I put this on my face that night I wake up with the most beautiful skin so like highly recommend the Luna Oil so it's actually a blue oil it has chamomile in it and it's also retinol oil but because it's a chamomile it is able to be like a retinol oil that's very gentle on your skin so it's great for people who are new to retinol or honestly like a lot of people mix it with their retinol product and it's just like a good add-on and everyone says like like Sonali said like everyone wakes up feeling like a brand new person like so moisturized so plump like brand new skin or like what inspires the event yeah yeah not even like because the other two are like products Sonali actually uses like everyday yes this one is just like a fun like what inspires the entire yeah it's because everything is like pink you saw the cakes you see the candles everything's pink so anyways take it away yeah so pink drink is our microbiome like amazing spray it literally feels so good I might think everyone like literally I was thinking I was thinking I was like that would be like a really good like like it's so refreshing yeah but I put it on before I put anything on my face and also like throughout the day if I'm feeling really sweaty or like my skin's feeling tired I'll just like scrunch my face and I feel awake I also always spritz my husband's face to be wakes up and he like amused wakes up it's like it's generally the best thing ever and it's pink it's like the cutest product we have it is cute yeah it's cute um okay this one is probably the most well known for Sunday Riley yes this so actually I would say this good jeans and luna oh good jeans and luna but yeah honestly these two products are like like that was the number one luna's number one oil in the US but CEO Sierra was like our like hero products for vitamin C so like we recommend everyone use this it is like it has so many benefits like vitamin C in general but we call it actually I learned this from like our Sephora team yeah but they call it the BLT Brightens, Lightens and Titans so basically it's rid of any kind of suck damage you have whether that's like my life with skin or just like actual like discoloration um yeah it's like the best also it's like a really great system so like people are gonna come I feel like I see people wait yeah one not my way it was just are you wearing blue eyeliner yes that's so cute oh my god I love it okay taking down the umbrellas with a vibe hi she's back from Vancouver do people call it van van van city you guys look so pretty dresses are amazing wait let's do a fit check where is everyone's from American Threads Abercrombie Abercrombie I feel like you're queen of the Abercrombie like you always have your dresses from the Abercrombie cheers to an amazing event your night are you mad you didn't get invited to my event huh so that I'm the part I said you know oh you have options you want a treat you do let's get you a treat come on come on treat can you cash it you're on camera please make this all right well I was definitely my fault that means you get another treat because you have to catch it ready oh okay ready all right do better this time and I'll do better oh yeah that's right home from the event and look how freaking bougie this is this is probably the nicest robe I have now G gave it to me and it's so nice and like hotel quality this is insane anyways I thought I would wear it well we take off my makeup together and talk about tonight's event literally it was better than my dream it was insane like I just feel like I just feel like it was a dream honestly like it didn't feel real I was just sad but like I mean not that I'm really gonna compare that to my wedding night and not that my wedding night has happened yet but what I'm trying to say is like I just feel like events like that go by so fast and it's like dang I wish I could have like really like soaked it up even more even though like I wasn't even on my phone really at all so it's not like I wasn't trying to be present or wasn't even present because I feel like I was but anyways I feel like it was a hit everyone was like so shook at the setup and it was amazing seeing all my friends get to connect with new friends and new content creators and meet my personal friends and meet my boyfriend like that was really fun because I feel like I talk about my boyfriend a lot too you know my other creator friends but they have never met so that was nice also shout out to Ryan because pretty much all the B-roll that you guys saw and like all the iPhone footage that I will get sipped through was from him so I really appreciate him taking all those photos and everything I'm so excited to look through them I'm gonna put them all on like a gallery link so that all my friends have those photos ASAP also the lashes I think one was falling off Ryan was like I think it needs to like go more in your eyelid but I don't know I just feel like they did make it a little more full but like was that much of a difference that I would do it again I'm not really sure also like now how do I peel it off it's gonna be fun wait I don't want to like peel off my lash well that's good that it was like glued on pretty well okay I feel the corner on this one we were sat home with a lot of leftovers and then we also took on some cake so shall be interesting I was kind of sad because I didn't get to eat the beignets or the cake because I was not feeling my best I don't know why like I just got hit with like didn't really take a lactate pill and I don't know like sometimes I just take lactate pills even if like I don't really think that there's dairy in that meal that we ate but I feel like my stomach is so sensitive these days anyways TMI but I brought some cake home so I could try it and sometimes I feel like refrigerated cake dare I say is better but she got three cakes which I was like that is so extra but I love it so there was a chocolate vanilla and strawberry and Ryan I feel like doesn't really like love strawberry stuff but he said that one was good and so I'm very excited to try that one because I actually do like strawberry stuff the event overall like I'm just so like happy that I was able to get this opportunity to even like partner up with somebody really for that event and my friends were actually asking me do they make you like posts like blah blah like were there any requirements and I feel like like good brands know that if they don't require you to post like you're gonna post like you're gonna post even more than the requirements because you're so grateful you know what I mean like obviously I have so much content from the event and since I invited like so many influencers they have content and they're probably tagging the brand too I think for the brand it's just like brand awareness because like once you see a brand you know on an influencer's page you're more likely to look into it more at least for me like if I see a brand that someone's using and I'm at Target for example and I see it in the aisle I'm like oh wait that girl was talking about it let me just like sniff it or like let me look at the ingredients or whatever it is so I'm very much like that like I'm pretty brand loyal especially if I like you know my mom was buying a detergent all in these years then I would literally buy that detergent also I switched up my hair care routine back to what I use like all in middle school and high school because that's just what my mom bought luckily honestly now when I'm thinking about it that shit was not cheap and I'm like it was just so good but I switched back to redkin all soft and I have been really really liking it but anyways I feel like I'm pretty brand loyal to redkin because I used it so long for it like that was probably the longest period of time I used like a hair care brand I thought we could do my nighttime skincare routine together which is going to be super simple and it's starting off with pink drink the product of the night and G was telling me that she actually puts this on before she puts on any other product and that's not what I've been doing so we're gonna try that out tonight next I think I'm gonna do a moisturizer I'm going to use my plump plump hyaluronic cream brown glow recipe sometimes I skip the face cream and go straight to the oil but honestly I feel like my skin needs a little bit a moisture put back into my face after wearing all that makeup tonight and then obviously gotta end it with the best of the best I will say this stuff is pricey but like so worth it I'll literally put this on at night and then in the morning I wake up with like beautiful skin I've definitely seen the difference using this stuff because I used to use it I think I want to say like my first time was in college and then because it was pricey I was like should I just like try something else out but then once I started using it again I was like oh wait shit this is just so good and like I can't really say that about a lot of products that I can actually see like a visible difference do be careful because this is blue and it's literally the last night I got it on my sweatshirt which will probably come out in the wash I just have not tried to wash it yet as you can see the blue just kind of like dissolves into the face I don't really understand how it works but I'm telling you guys it's magic I'm going to end the vlog here I hope you guys enjoyed this vlog and getting to come along with me through this event and I'm just so happy with the way it turned out if you guys are not already following me on Instagram and TikTok go ahead and do so I'm definitely going to post a lot of TikTok content so if you guys want to see more from the event you can follow me over there it is so underscore and early without the G and I will see y'all in my next video bye