 Hello guys, welcome back to my channel or welcome if you're new. Ever since I moved down to North Carolina, which if you are new here, I moved from Pennsylvania to North Carolina at the beginning of December by myself on my own. Single woman not knowing anybody. I pretty much just kind of picked this town off of a map, did a little online research, came down here one time to scope it out in person and was like, yeah, I like it and then moved down here. And it's been one of the greatest experiences of my life and ever since I moved, I've been getting so many messages and comments asking how did I adjust? How did I make the decision to come down here and like be brave enough to do it? And also how have I been meeting people and making friends because I've been sharing in my vlogs and on Instagram a little bit here and there how I've been going out and socializing. So I just wanted to address all of those kinds of questions and I thought the best way to do it was just do a chatty get ready with me because I also have some new makeup products that I am dying to try out. And I just thought it would be fun. I'll try out the new makeup, get ready, we can chat. Taking a quick little break from the video to tell you about the sponsor of the video, Magic Spoon. They make guilt free cereal that is very similar to the sugary cereal you used to eat growing up as a kid. But Magic Spoon cereal has zero grams of sugar, 13 to 14 grams of protein, and only four net grams of carbs in each serving. And each serving is only 140 calories. They're also keto friendly, gluten free, grain free, soy free and low carb. And Magic Spoon is so excited to announce the launch of their limited edition cereal bars. So in addition to your cereal boxes, be sure to grab some cereal bars while supplies last and be sure to use my code SAMVAY for $5 off your order. 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I just pull it back so then that way the curls kind of just go wherever. Okay so the first thing that I am going to use is this Morphe by Avani Gregg Face and Body Illuminator. I'm just going to dot a little bit of this, just doing like the little C. I've never used this before but I'm hoping it'll add like a glow from within underneath the foundation. Foundation I'm using is new as well. I mean I don't think it's a new foundation but it's new to me. This is the NARS Natural Radiant Longwear Foundation. Oh it's more liquidy than I was expecting. And I'm going to apply it with the Morphe M6 Brush. So yeah I, the reason why I moved was I had been living in my hometown for most of my life and I knew I didn't want to stay there my whole entire life because I just felt like limited there. I don't know. It's like such a small town and I just, I like change. I like experiencing new things. So I was just craving something different and the weather was a big factor in that too because I hate the cold. Now I'm applying the NARS Radiant Creamy Concealer. I have been getting so many messages from people saying like oh my god you are so brave blah blah blah. And it's funny because I've wanted to move away since I graduated high school and especially in college. Like after college I wanted to get the hell out of Pennsylvania. I just wanted to be somewhere different. But I was terrified to do it by myself and I've been in relationships for most of my adult life. So I always thought like oh well you know when I eventually move away it's going to be with a boyfriend so I have to wait on the guy to be ready to move and want to move. And none of the guys that I dated wanted to leave or they said they did but like they just never followed through with it. They were like scared. They had all these excuses whatever. And I think I just like I don't know I just wasn't ready to do that on my own. A because like financially I just couldn't. But also I was just scared to do that. So it's funny like looking at my life now and how things are and the way I am and like my confidence is just so crazy. 18 year old me would be so proud of myself right now. So I don't want anybody to think like oh my god you're so brave that's so crazy. I could never like you can. You definitely can because I always thought oh I never could do that. But here I am I did it and let me tell you it's been amazing and I feel like I mean yeah being in a new area with someone else like with a partner is great. It makes it so much easier because you have someone to like go explore with. But I feel like being by myself it forces me to get out of my comfort zone and not be codependent and rely on somebody else you know. And that opens up the door for like more opportunities to meet people and just discover new things new places stuff like that. Oh this light let me turn you a little bit. If you've been thinking about making a big move I say go for it. I mean at the end of the day it's like what do you have to lose you know. Like yeah it's scary and overwhelming but like what else are you gonna do? Are you gonna just keep waiting and keep wishing? Why? Like life is too short just go for it give it a try. Worst case scenario that's what I told myself. Worst case scenario if I don't like it I can always come back. And I mean yes moving is expensive and it's stressful and all that. But really when it comes down to it you can always go back. So that's what I told myself and honestly like I was all over the place. I was a roller coaster of emotions there would be times where I would be so excited and I would feel so empowered and like such a badass about moving. And then there'd be times where I would be panicking and feel so much anxiety and think like oh my god is this crazy like am I making the right choice? Do I really want to be doing this? Like I'm not going to know anybody this is just this is crazy but I just went for it. Now I'm going to use another new product. This is the COSIS cloud set baked setting and smoothing powder in the shade Breezy. Pressing it in. Anyway so yeah when I got down here I'm trying to think when the first time is that I actually like hung out with somebody down here. I think it was probably like at least a good like month month and a half or so before I hung out with somebody in person. I was honestly just spending a lot of time alone. I'm gonna use the NYX matte bronzer and I was meeting people here and there. I didn't make like actual friends and like exchange contact information or anything right away with anybody but for example like I was just out walking my dog around the apartment complex and I met a girl who was also out with her dog and you know I was like oh do you mind if they play with each other and say hello and our dogs played for a little bit and we chatted but you know if you have a dog that's such an easy amazing way to meet people. Like just go out walking your dog and if your dog's trying to play with another dog go over introduce yourself to the owner and let them know that you're new in town. Like that's what I did with every person I talk to and usually when people hear that they're gonna be like oh my god let me fill you in and tell you like all the good places to check out and good restaurants and there's nothing wrong with just being like oh hey uh I literally just moved here and I know nobody uh you seem pretty cool do you mind exchanging even if you just exchange like social media or something I'm new here I'm trying to make some friends have somebody to show me around go to coffee with or something like that and I know it's like a little bit easier said than done especially if you're a more like shy reserved person which naturally I am but you just gotta do it you know this is the NYX ombre blush by the way but yeah so I met people that way and don't be afraid to go out exploring like go out to lunch by yourself I did it a lot of times I would go sit in a coffee shop I would go to lunch go sit outside at a restaurant there's tons of opportunity to strike up conversation with random strangers while you're out and honestly you never know who you're going to meet where or when I remember I was out at a restaurant for lunch waiting for a table and there were a few other parties of people waiting too and I overheard these two guys talking to each other talking about how they're both from Pennsylvania and I was like oh my god what so I went over and I was like did I just overhear you guys saying that you're from PA because same I go to the dog park a lot with my dog as well and I've had so many conversations with people there another main way that I have been meeting people down here is through social media through Instagram and yes a lot of people have reached out to me and like you know I already have a following so people already follow me that happen to live here and they reach out but even if you don't have like a YouTube channel you're not like a vlogger or whatever you can just look up your city's location that's what I did just search the geotag or if there's like a cool coffee shop or something in your town look up the location on Instagram see who posted pictures with that tagged location and then see if you see anybody's photos that look like you might have something in common someone that looks kind of interesting to you and follow them and send them a message and I know some people might be like oh my god no I could never that's like so creepy and weird but it's really not like that's what social media is for there's a couple girls actually that I am following on Instagram right now that live down here that I found by doing that but there's honestly nothing creepy about it like just send them a message hey I saw that you also live in this town I just moved here recently and I don't know anybody and I'm looking to make some friends you know would you be interested in meeting up for coffee or getting lunch or something like that you can also find like local groups on Facebook and that's a great way too to make sure that you're finding people that have like a similar interest as you search your town on Facebook see what groups come up I know a lot of times have like mommy Facebook groups and stuff like that or like look up a popular restaurant or some kind of business in your town and then see who follows that business's page and who's interacting with it because then you know like oh okay they obviously live here they go to that place a lot you can also try out Bumble BFF I did that I never ended up meeting up with anybody from that but I exchanged messages a little bit with some people by the way I realized I forgot to mention what I was doing makeup wise I applied Becca Champagne Pop as my highlighter and then I applied the benefit gimme brow brow gel and now I'm taking that same bronzer I used on my cheeks putting that in my crease but yeah Bumble BFF try that out and if you are single I mean you know try out some dating apps if you feel comfortable with that obviously you want to be careful when you are meeting up with people in real life you know obviously always meet in a public place etc meet them there don't have them pick you up don't give them your address don't go to their house etc but going on dates has been another way that I've met people and been able to socialize and get to try out new places and get more familiar with the area and honestly once you meet one person you can then meet other people that they know and that's what's been happening for me like now I have a little friend group which is so nice because we get to hang out all the time and we all have dogs that are similar breeds like same size same age too it's actually like fate in a way I feel like um but yeah our dogs play together so it's just like the perfect scenario and I became a part of that friend group by just you know meeting one person who then introduced me to everybody else you just can't be afraid of putting yourself out there and also like don't expect it to happen overnight you know like it's gonna take a little bit of time to meet people or you probably will meet people but it'll take time before you actually make like real genuine friends because I've met a good amount of people down here and they're cool but you know maybe not necessarily people that I would see myself getting really close with or hang out with all the time but it's just nice to know people nice to make connections nice to have somebody that you can hit up if you want to go out for lips I'm doing the Charlotte Silbury pillow talk lip liner and then I'm topping it off with the Maybelline Lifter Gloss in the shade Amber and then I'm going to set everything with the benefit professional super setter spray my hair still kind of wet so I am going to hit it with the diffuser a little bit give me one second so here is the finished hair and makeup see I've been loving like not doing a part really because then it just I like just being able to flip it wherever and here is the makeup it's so glowy I really like the finish of this foundation a lot um I was in Ulta the one day and one of the employees there had the most flawless looking base and I was like what foundation are you wearing she said it was this one and that she does bridal makeup and this is what she uses on all her brides so I was like okay I'm sold say no more but I will have all of the products that I used linked in the description also don't forget to check out the link and my discount code to magic spoon and yeah I hope that you found this video helpful and I don't know maybe inspiring or motivating in some kind of way honestly like this decision for me to move was the best decision ever and I mean it's only been like three months since I've been here the first month was kind of rough and there were definitely times where I felt homesick and I kind of like questioned my decision once you start making friends and you really start like establishing yourself there like making a life for yourself it just feels so good and I feel like you see me in my videos and on social media and I probably come off some type of way like this super like confident you know I don't I don't give a shit kind of person but if you could see how I was growing up as a child and in high school and in college and early 20s you probably wouldn't even believe like how far I've come so truly when I tell you if I could do it you can too you really really can you just have to fake it till you make it honestly that's all it's about anyway um yeah thank you so much for watching I hope you enjoyed feel free to follow me over on Instagram make sure you subscribe to my channel if you aren't already and I'll see you really soon in my next video bye