 What's up? My name is Sonali. Welcome to a new vlog. It is Friday and I'm hyped because I am gonna try to have The most productive day that I've had in a while. Keep your fingers crossed I'm manifesting that I'm gonna be super productive today because I honestly don't really have a choice There's just too much to do and too little time. So it is currently 855 a.m. At 7 a.m. This morning I had a shoot with one of my blogger clients So that's why you saw some footage of South Congress this morning. So that was really fun It just got so humid so fast, but we were trying to like beat the heat and it just came at us like that It's honestly just so hard to like hide from it here because either way you're just gonna get hit with the heat But this week it's supposed to be 100 degrees like consistently. So So not ready for it. The last night we went to the Trader Joe's area like if you guys are from Austin It's like the Austin power plant. I don't know why always center everything around Trader Joe's over there But there's a bridge over there and we sat on it. It was the most perfect night So I think I've learned my lesson. Just don't go out during middle of the day because it's just Not fun. I hate when my AC kicks on mid-video because it's like so freaking loud But I'm actually uploading all the photos onto this online gallery called Pixie set It's especially awesome because they can actually go in and favorite the photos and then they can like send the List back to me. So then I can go edit the photos that they actually want I know a lot of photographers like choose the photos to be edited But as someone who takes a lot of pictures of themselves I feel like I know what looks good on me and like what poses I like So like if somebody else were to pick my pictures, I feel like they wouldn't choose the right one So I totally understand that but for my bloggers, I usually give them all the unedited photos Because obviously they want to edit it to their style and their Consistent bead. So this is what it looks like It's just easier to look at it in a gallery setting and then you can come down here and actually favorite the photo So that list will get sent to me and then I know which ones I've edited which is amazing I know I have a lot of photographer Followers so I do want to start getting like my photography tips and kind of just like what I use in my business But I definitely recommend checking this out I used to use Google Drive and it was just like a pain for them to like pick the numbers and then Like they would literally write out every single image number So this is a lot easier and I think like the first I want to say like three gigabytes is free But then after that they have like subscriptions. So it's currently 9 a.m. I'm about to send the pictures I took this morning to my blogger and then I'm gonna Probably try to plan out my Instagram because I haven't posted in a while And I need to get back on my grind because I still have like a couple of beach photos that I wanted to post I'm just kind of like overseeing only my face on my Instagram But it's hard because I'm not really doing anything else like taking photos of other things and like with other people I'm just gonna see if I have any old photos that I never use I feel like I always ask Ryan to take photos of me and then like if I'm shooting with my friend or something And then I like never really use the photos which I'm like, I don't know why I do that But I need to start so I know I have a lot of those so I'm gonna go back through this and find those it is 9 34 And I got all my photos onto my iPad I actually just bought a subscription to plan only and it's just like an Instagram planner app I used to use better which was spelled B E T T R But their app was like so glitchy and it literally like won't open at all So I went to go comment on their Instagram and they haven't posted since like 2018 or 19 I don't know but either way like that sucks because so many people bought their Plans and they lost money Because obviously like I don't know how they can get their money back But the app is literally not working So I decided not to rely on that and just like get something else So I'm currently playing jigsaw with my Instagram photos and just seeing how They will lay out but I also want to create like a drone video for my Instagram just to like split up my photos because it's just like I said It's just too much of me and I know like an Instagram like yeah It's supposed to show you but also I feel like a good photo to get would be like up my room But I also need to show you guys like an apartment tour It's been a year since I moved here and I still have not gotten around to it Mostly because I just wanted to wait and see like what other furniture I got and like what other decorative pieces I got but nothing's really changed and I Have decided that I just need to get it over with and be done with it because I'm just like pushing it off Pushing it off. So I need to film that I kind of want to be done with my Instagram stuff for now So I'm actually gonna go ahead and vacuum because Ryan just left to get like breakfast or something And for some reason he just like doesn't like to hear the vacuum So I'm gonna try to do that really fast and while he's out. So let's go to it So I just got out the shower and it's time to make some breakfast it's currently 1049 and I'm gonna make some oatmeal I just did my makeup and now I have to do my hair I wanted to show you all these two products that I've been literally obsessed with lately They're actually both from Playa and I'm pretty sure they're sold at Sephora But this one is the new day mist and it kind of just gets out like any creases and then this one is Soft volume powder So I use this now as my dry shampoo because I never really wait till it gets like incredibly greasy that I need actual dry shampoo But this just kind of gives me the volume and kind of soaks up a little bit like that greasy look on my bangs So I'm gonna use these two products first gonna do the new new day mist make some tiktoks because I Will actually TMI but I had like a really bad under the skin pimple on my nose and Well on the side of my nose and it was so bad It hurt so bad and I like picked at it and then it scabbed over and now we're back ladies and gentlemen like it's gone so I took advantage put on makeup got ready and I want to do some tiktoks because I Made this tiktok and post it actually like I think this week But I made it so long ago. Um, I post it when I post it four days ago So that'd be Monday and it's literally just now going viral. It keeps going up, but it has 22,000 views right now What is this angle? I don't know It has 22,000 views it like stopped it kind of like plateau to like 12,000 but like now it's going viral again it's weird and Now people are like commenting on it. It's actually pretty funny. It's like about Priyanka Chopra I met her when I was little but I did the sound that's like famous relative check because I feel like a lot of People just like think that Indians look alike so I thought that that would be funny but I need to keep up this momentum and Make some tiktoks. So I'm gonna do that probably won't show that because that's kind of weird And I probably won't want to look back at the footage of me making tiktoks because I know making tiktoks is like Low-key cringy so I'm just gonna go do that it is currently 1148 and I think I said this but I don't know if I did Ryan and I's friends from high school are coming to Stay with us for the weekend. They're coming from Houston So they're just driving up and I thought they were gonna come a little later, but they're apparently coming at 2 so I have like two hours to make use of my makeup and Like clean a little bit more because I need to clean their bathroom My stuff is literally everywhere. I'm not too stressed But I feel like tiktoks take longer than you think they would so it might take a little bit right before that I need to moisturize and I actually just got a glossy it order in the mail I got another bomb calm and this is the coconut one and I honestly thought I would like the mint the best Which I have a mint but this coconut one is by far my favorite And then I got the body hero moisturizer, so I kind of wanted to try this out today because I've been running low on body lotion nice and thick and creamy It has a pretty light scent, but it is still scented which is nice because I always want to smell good and I can't be crusty and Ash I wouldn't say I'm addicted to tiktok, but it is something I check more regularly than Instagram just because you never run out of content to watch on tiktok But like you do on Instagram is there only following so many people I guess you could go to the explore page But it's just not the same but um I have been like sending myself tiktoks that I like want to remake or like like ideas that I want to Make to the sounds of the tiktoks, so I'm gonna go look through that and we can get started from my phone So I'm 20% so it has to charge but I Get asked a lot what ring light I use and this is my baby. This is the diva ring light supernova I swear this is like the OG ring light and it was definitely very expensive because there weren't other like dupes around It was like the ring light to get But now there's so many on Amazon which are like a hundred times cheaper So I will link this ring light and some dupes down below I know with tiktok and everything There's been some people that have gotten ring lights off of Amazon and then like that same ring light is like $20 more expensive just because they know that people are wanting ring lights right now But I did want to answer that question also I feel like I I think I did tell you guys my phone is like still messed up from like that water damage Basically, I was at a shoot and it started raining and my phone's already cracked So it definitely got a little messed up the colors on my screen are just not like they used to be like It's almost like muted like less contrasted. So now my tiktoks look like shit And I just tried to learn a dance and it took me forever And it was like the simplest thing and it's sad because I feel like I never thought I was a bad dancer like at the club You know at the bar. I'm always like wanting to dance and stuff, but when it comes to like choreographed dances Takes me a while to like Process it in my mind. I literally remember cheer camp in I want to say 8th grade My sheer coach pulled me to the side and was like you are going to be put in the back if You don't get it tomorrow So I practiced literally all night and I just couldn't have that happen I didn't know I want to be in the back Ryan just told me that our friends are gonna come in like an hour So I should probably clean their bathroom now, you know, it'll probably be a good thing to do I don't really want to stop creating tiktoks, but duty calls It's finally clean and it is spotless I'm actually really glad that they're coming because it gave me a reason to clean because usually I'll just like go as long as I can I literally scrubbed the bathtub because there was like this bath mat that Ryan's mom bought And I thought there was probably stuff under it, which there kind of was so I cleaned and scrubbed that I cleaned Toilet and I put a candle on just so the house could be smelling good I'm like really extra sometimes when it comes to like having people over just because I want them to think our place Is nice and like homey and stuff like that. I also just cleaned the mirror, which was very very needed It was like super like dusty. I just change into comfy clothes because I'm just kind of like done doing the tiktok stuff for now But I got a snack because I'm like starving and like nothing sounds good to me But then I saw this my fridge my friend Taylor left it here because I had like two friends over for 4th of July They brought so much stuff and like left so much stuff So I'm really going to eat her French onion dip and her chips Right now I'm gonna watch some YouTube videos and Probably edit some photos too. Our visitors came and I totally didn't vlog but vlogging today It is come on visitors come over here. You're blurred out Saturday, and it is 5 p.m We're about to go to dinner. We're gonna go to Elizabeth Street cafe. This is Cam He was in a vlog of mine, and then this is Abby. You want to tell them how you guys are? We used to wrestle around for a couple hours a day Yeah, they also football too, but I was like Yeah Yeah, we have to recreate our shoe pick because last time Abby wasn't here But he had an internship in Houston, but now Abby moved to Houston, and he's gonna go join her soon And Was I gonna say oh Ryan and Cam bought boots last time and we took this iconic picture. I'll like put it right here We're gonna have to recreate it right here. Yeah We're gonna have to recreate it this weekend because they both bought what's it called shoes? Hoka Yeah, okay, so we're gonna go to dinner eat some Hopefully Vietnamese food we're gonna have to do a walk-in because we they got booked up for the weekend Cam and Abby just left they only stayed one night with us, but Abby's starting work on Monday I believe and then Cam has to drive back to Georgia Cam moved Abby in in Houston so they had to go I wanted to show you guys my dress before I change out of it and into comfy clothes I'm getting a lot of love on stories right now. This dress is from Waif. I think it's like where are you from? I think that's like the acronym But it is super pretty I usually try to stick to neutrals and just like not very patterned things because I feel like I just kind of get over them really easily, but this is just such a stunning dress and I really like it so I'll try to find the link for you guys and put it in the description box And I honestly don't know how long this vlog is but today I tried to do a side part because Ryan is convinced that I am losing a lot of hair and I'm like Literally, I don't know sometimes when I put it in the ponytail. I like see that. I'm kind of You know have some sparse areas And they do lose a lot of hair on a daily, but I've always thought that was pretty normal But I should probably get it checked out soon because I literally just and it's like a chunk of hair But really quickly I just wanted to talk to you guys about Like YouTube views and all that kind of stuff I've been doing YouTube for like six years and I built my channel to almost like 20,000 Well, yes at 20,000 subscribers probably a little more now and if you look at my views like I just feel like they don't correlate as You would think they would and I'm just not sure if people are even seeing my videos in their subscription box or Like if the YouTube algorithm is really like messing with it or something like that, you know So I want you guys to comment down below if you guys You know regularly see my videos in your subscription box or not because I've heard a lot of people They comment on my videos and they're like, oh my god I like forgot about your channel I'll turn the bell on and that makes me think that they're not seeing it in their subscription box Which like kind of makes me I don't know just like sad because I feel like I put so much effort into my videos and Like there's nothing I can do I feel like so so that definitely sucks But this is a reminder if you guys do like my content and enjoy watching my vlogs Then go ahead and turn on that Notification Bell icon thing it would honestly just mean so much to me because I do put in so much work into these vlogs like it's not just like a Cut cut cut like I do like the music color grading all that stuff and trust me I'm not complaining because it is literally my creative outlet like I love doing it But I would appreciate all of y'all support and even like comments on my video I know people don't usually comment on YouTube videos like most of the time when I'm watching YouTube videos It's very mindless like I just have them going on in the background But if you are one of those people that are literally eyes glued on the screen Just leave me a comment on some of my YouTube videos literally telling me what you had for breakfast I don't know I've heard that it helps channels grow and I'm not asking for like a pity party or anything like that But I do appreciate any support y'all get me and 99% of the time and I will try to make it a hundred percent I always reply to everyone's comments So go ahead and leave a comment on this video if you made it all the way into this vlog And again, I really do appreciate all of y'all support I know a lot of you have watched me for so long like sometimes I meet people and they're like Oh, yeah, I've watched you since like high school like your prom video. I'm like, sorry you have to see that But also like thank you for your support, but I'm gonna end this vlog here I don't think we're doing really anything else super fun tonight. I'm gonna change into my comfy clothes probably Probably scroll on TikTok. Ooh, that's another thing I wanted to mention go follow me on TikTok because I am going to make it a point to post on there One of my tiktoks. I literally posted one on a Monday I think oh, I think I told you guys because I was making tiktoks yesterday one of them is still going viral and So I want to keep up that momentum So give me a follow It's literally the same at name as my Instagram It's so underscored gnarly without the G and I really want to get better at posting On there. I know that people are like worried that tiktoks getting it banned, but I Don't know. I'm being hopeful, you know trying it out It's been like a year later since everyone actually told me to try it out, but Better late than ever I guess, but I will see y'all in my next video. Bye