 Hey y'all what's up my name is Sonali welcome to my channel if you are new and if you are definitely hit that subscribe button I'm trying to get to 25,000 subscribers before November 25th which is my birthday. Also a lot of people comment that they have the same birthday as me which is actually crazy because I really haven't met many people the same birthday as me so comment down below if you guys are a Sagittarius or a Scorpio or are November babies. If you guys are already subscribed make sure to turn on your post notification bells for my videos so you guys can get notified every time I post. Today I'm going to be filming a Q&A I feel like it's well overdue so I asked you guys to ask me some questions on my Instagram stories and let's get into it. The first person asked for a health update and I feel like this is very fitting because I've been literally just non-stop posting food on my Instagram stories and I've actually been doing low carb for the past month or so right before I went on my weekend trip to Lake Travis but after that it's been going downhill I will say. I did cheat on my diet that weekend I was planning to going into it but after it I wanted to get back on the health grind and do the low carb diet again but I've not yet done it I've been posting like really just not healthy food on my Instagram stories but I will keep you all updated if I do start over because I still want to do a low carb snacks and meals video because even if you aren't doing a low carb diet it's always nice to have like lighter meals and snacks to kind of keep you full throughout the day. Another thing to update y'all on is that I did pause my orange theory for a second time for the first time and I did another 60 day pause. Like I said in the video that I told y'all I quit orange theory I like orange theory it's just the fact that I don't really want to wear a mask while working out and we did sign up for a lifetime we've literally been maybe like two or three times so we really need to get back into the workout grind and stuff Ryan's been running a lot actually I'm really proud of him I need to get into running but I've really bad chin splints and I'm a more of a treadmill runner and not like an outside runner so and plus it's like deathly hot here in Austin so I don't know how anyone runs outside Austin is a fit city in general so every time I go out there's always people running and I'm just like how how the next person asked do you have a two-year plan if so where do you see yourself I honestly don't have a two-year plan and I feel like a lot of people have goals and plans for themselves in the future but I don't I obviously know that there's certain things that I want to happen but I haven't like written down any goals or like made it like a manifestation kind of thing you know what I mean like obviously I would love to buy a house in the next two years or so I feel like that's the only thing I'm thinking about two years from now so yeah buying a house I guess someone asked what foundation I use and I use drugstore foundation y'all don't sleep on it it is the L'Oreal Pro Glow they also have a L'Oreal Pro Matte so that is great for people with oily skin I'm pretty dry or like normal dry so the L'Oreal Pro Glow is perfect for me and I want to say it's like $15 at the drugstore it's just crazy to me because I used to spend like $50 or more on foundation every couple of months in college because I always thought like oh I have to get my foundation from Sephora and like I was just such a brand stomp but y'all seriously this foundation is amazing if you guys try it out please let me know the next person asked did your boyfriend end up getting the Tesla so his lease is actually ending in February so he hasn't really decided yet I feel like he wants a different car every single day so I will keep you guys updated with that but I'll definitely let you guys know next year in 2021 crazy that this year is going so fast a lot of people are asking me where I got my hair colored and I went to Salon Mystique here in Austin and I got my hair done by Misty and Grace I actually posted an IGTV video about this but I'm getting a lot of people saying that they can't see my IGTV tab on my Instagram profile so let me know if you can't like DM me and I will literally just send you the video link but it is on my profile so go check it out hopefully you guys are able to see it they killed it seriously at first I was like kind of nervous just because of the baby highlights they were a little dramatic for me just because I don't really like dye my hair like this light but I'm actually so obsessed I will probably keep dyeing my hair something like this just because I love the dimension it gives my hair so I want to ask my ethnicity and I'm Indian my mom's Indian my dad's Indian and fun fact my name means golden child so yeah next question is where do you purchase most of your quarantine outfits and I feel like I've done quite a bit of hauls during quarantine which is horrible but my online shopping addiction has only grown since then my last order was from misguided and I highly recommend that place it is not super cheap but definitely more affordable than a lot of the things out there right now um but then obviously boo who is one of my go-to's it is on the cheaper side the quality is cheaper the prices are cheaper forever 21 online has some really good picks um I'm trying to think for jeans Zara I need to get some new jeans right now I'm obsessed with the light wash jeans that are like straight legged and like really loose looking I don't know it's just also really comfortable um so yeah those are a few stores that I've been shopping at someone asked me how did I learn photography and I mainly learned off of just random google articles or youtube videos I always recommend beginners starting on youtube and just learning the logistics of a camera when you're first starting out it is kind of like hard to grasp it does take a while to like memorize everything oh hello but as time goes on your work will only get better and photography is so much fun so I recommend everyone try it out the next question is where did you audition to be a part of the skims collection so I didn't audition it's kind of like weird how it worked out basically I had this one photo on my instagram in a skims like scoop neck bra that I posted when I did my skims haul like this was like last summer or something they ended up really liking the photo like at first they asked me if they could post on their stories and then they asked me if they could use it in their email marketing and then they emailed me and asked to use it in their paid marketing campaigns and I was like what is so great about this photo I'll post this photo here just so you guys can see it I just felt like they had so many other influencers posting in their products and their apparel I was just like why me in my apartment like leaning against my couch I was so shook then I emailed the same girl back I basically said like I really love the branch because I love skims I love Kim Kardashian I asked them if they needed me to create content around their products or like an upcoming launch and I was really lucky because everybody fits collection was just coming out so she sent me a couple pieces from that line and I shot in them and they post me on their story and I was just really exciting because skims is a pretty big brand and I'm hoping and I'm thinking that Kim Kardashian saw my freaking face so that's pretty cool the next person asked me what age do you want to get married and why I want to get married by like 25 and a half because by 26 I'm getting kicked off my parents insurance right now I have a part-time job and I don't know how long I'll be working with them but I would like to have the option to get on to Ryan's insurance so I have to be married by 26 I'm currently 23 about to turn 24 in November so hopefully hopefully you know soon I don't know it's weird to say this is so weird I feel like I'm a child when you're married I feel like it's over you're kicked out of the kids table at Thanksgiving so it's just a weird feeling I don't want to get old next question is have you thought about only doing YouTube full-time good question because I have thought about it and it is not sustainable for me because I don't have that many subscribers and I really don't make that much from YouTube like maybe if I put in a lot more effort I always think this like literally every night I'm just like damn I should be doing this this and this and this and I could probably be making so much more money from it and growing my following that way but there's just not enough time in the day for me to like relax after my part-time job and it's also weird because my part-time jobs also like video editing content creation photography and then I have my freelance stuff which is you know videography and photography and then I have my YouTube which is videography and editing so it's all the same which is awesome because I can use my camera for everything it's a great investment and I obviously do what I love every single day within all of these jobs that I do but I do get burnt out quite a bit like very often so I've definitely thought about just doing only YouTube but also when I first moved to Austin Texas I didn't have a job for like a good like six months eight months I can't remember so I had all that time to you know focus on my YouTube grow my following but I literally was so lazy and I mean obviously I was kind of just like in a weird funk because I wasn't getting a post-grad job like I was supposed to be but also I wasn't using that time wisely and I feel like if I'm not you know being pushed to do stuff every single hour of the day like things are just not going to get done I just work better when I'm busier does that make sense so right now it's no but hopefully later on it could be an option let me know if you guys are interested to see kind of like the back end of the YouTube business side I really want to make more videos about monetizing your YouTube channel and like how much I make from YouTube I personally think all that is super interesting I know this one YouTuber her name is Natalie Barbu and she does a lot of videos like that being super transparent and I think it's really cool I think it's very interesting to know how much these YouTubers are making and what the potential could be if you guys are interested in YouTube so comment down below if you guys want to see that video the next question is how did you get into influencing do you have a degree for marketing I do not have a degree in marketing um Ryan actually has a degree in marketing but he's doing sales right now um but my major is radio television so that doesn't really relate because it was like radio ads and news anchor kind of things like it doesn't I don't know it's kind of weird I feel like I got a lot of my experiences outside of the classroom and you know from networking and doing things on campus for example I was a social media ambassador for UCF so I got a lot of on-camera experience with them and then just doing my own thing um I obviously started my youtube channel in 2013 and from that point I was starting to make tutorials and linking my outfits below and all that so I feel like that's really when I got into influencing I honestly just find it really funny because in high school I would post selfies of myself every single day which you know looking back on it was kind of weird but I definitely got made fun of for it and now those same people that made fun of me I feel like they want to be like an influencer and there's nothing wrong with that and obviously people's opinions change and you know being an influencer being a youtuber whatever is so normalized now which thank god seriously thank god for that because now I can just be myself and like bring my camera out wherever but I just find it funny you know the last question on this q&a is have you and Ryan been fully together since high school or have y'all taken breaks so we have actually been fully together ever since was it 2013 no one was sophomore year yeah I feel like I think it was 2013 no I don't know okay we've been together for seven years and something months our anniversary is on January 7th we have never taken a break which is actually insane sometimes I look back at photos of us in high school and it's just so weird that we've known each other throughout all the awkward and weird stages of our lives that are upset this q&a but before you guys click off this video I need y'all to do me a huge favor please comment down below a video idea or something that y'all want to see on my channel because I'm running dry on video ideas and really need y'all's help and obviously I make these videos for you guys too so I definitely want your input if you guys want to keep up with my everyday life you can follow me on instagram it is at so underscore gnarly without the g and I will see y'all in the next video bye