HOLIDAY BALL was nearly a DISASTER!!

The Holiday Ball this year was amazing, it was well done, the food was great, and the people were awesome. Now the journey to the holiday ball was similar to the journey to Mordor in that every single that that could have gone wrong in regards to filming my getting ready with me hair, makeup, and outfit did. I cried, I raged, and I nearly gave up on this series, but in the end I think I was able to pull it all together to make a great 3 part series on my channel and 4 part series here on my blog. So I hope that you all enjoy it as it literally has my blood, sweat, and tears in it... seriously I bled.

Let me give you a quick play by play of what all went down, (pictures will be included):

7:30am-  GOOD PART: I took a shower using all of the products mentioned in previous blog post

                BAD PART: As I open the shower curtain to get out the conditioner bottle slam down on                                           my foot cutting it open in two different places.

8:08am- JUST BAD PART: I loaded my freshly formatted SD card into the Canon T3i then the                                                         freshly charged battery and guess what for the first time since I got it, in                                               July! of this year, it didn't work at all! 

8:10am- I cried...

8:13am- I called the Canon help desk, the guy was super nice and tried really hard to help me for like               20 minutes and then he finally said I would need to send it in. So then I cried again.

9:00am- Drove to the NEX to speak to a technician and he fixed it!! Plus he was very nice and                            understanding and helped me right away.

10:16am- GOOD PART; Started filming my videos!!

                BAD PART: Battery dies on me half way in...

By noon I had finished filming for half of my makeup, all of my hair and not yet started on my outfit. I packed everything for the event and as soon as Aaron got back from work we drove to the hotel and got a room. 

3:00pm- I start trying to film for the rest of my makeup and the card is full. I had to delete a couple of                longer clips.

By 4 I was completely done getting ready and I was able to record most of it in the end. Aaron and I then went to the Ball together and had a great time, no problems haha so yeah I had the worst morning of life trying to film this thing! we are home now it is the night after and I am still reeling from the day's events.

I will post the blogs that correspond to each video starting tomorrow! So don't forget to watch out for that! 

Thanks for reading,

 

-Alexandra

GRWM: Bronzed Goddess ft. Urban Decay Ammo Palette

Product List!

Clinique Dramatically Different Moisturizer 

Anastasia Brow Wiz in Dark Brown

Urban Decay Ammo Palette

-Smog
-Sin
-Chopper
-Polyester Bride

Nars Creamy Concealer in Medium

Tarte's Gel Eyeliner in Green

LashBlast Extensions and Revitalash 

Sonia Kashuk Bronzer in Goddess

Physicians Formula in Translucent Pearl

Mac Lipstick in Viva Glam II

Preparing for a BIG EVENT!!

If you are a military spouse, service member, or guest then you will at some point attend a ball hosted by the service that you are affiliated with. So today I am going to the Holiday Ball! Aaron and I have not gone to a ball for several years as he has been deployed or had watch on the days of balls past. But this is our year we are going to go all out, we have the hotel room, the tux, the dress, and that means lots of videos for you guys!! This will be the Holiday Ball Series and I hope you all like it.

The first step for me in preparing for a big event is skin care. So for the weeks leading up to today I have been washing my hair less (gross I know!), wearing little to no makeup, and using more lotion on a consistent basis.
I want my skin to be as flawless naturally as possible, so that once I cake that makeup on everything will look that much better.

Here is a quick list of my skin care must haves:

Clinique's Dramatically Different Moisturizer

African Black Soap's Problem Skin Mask

Pore strips any brand really

Jergen's Bronzed Glow body lotion (use the kind that works best for you)

Fredrick Fakkai Shampoo 

Pantene Pro V Conditioner 

If you want to see how I do my hair, makeup, and my full outfit then please subscribe to my channel TheOtherSideOfAlex.
I will be posting blogs that correspond with each video, but I thought I would start the series off with something that you would do before the big day!

If you missed MY BIG UPDATE then don't worry here it is for you in a video form!!! If you are more into reading however then you can read it in my latest blog post!

Thank you for reading,

-Alexandra

Remember Me???...Me Either Update Blog

Here's the thing, I am just going to let you all know the five of you at least, that I am not the most consistent blogger in the world!! I am sure you can tell, but I am trying to figure out how to improve myself for the new year. I figure writing more blogs shouldn't be to hard to manage! So without further ado I give you my blog!! oh wait you are already reading it, at least 3 out of the original 5 are still here!
There are so many things that I want to share with all of you, but I struggle with what to keep private for my own safety and what to tell to maintain an interesting youtube channel and blog. I want to be more open and get a little more in depth with ya'll. I notice that basically nobody that follows or stumbles on this blog comments. I wonder why, there are so many blogs and so many comments, that it just seems weird that nobody ever comments on mine.
I plan on attempting to blog every day and let ya'll in on my life a bit more and be more consistent with this as I feel it is the easiest way to communicate with you. Now you have to do your bit too, comment, rate, let me know what the hell you think! I care trust me I care. Anyone that is mean or nasty will be ignored and blocked, only a handful of people are reading this so you one or two that are meanies will be deleted!!
I am not going to write much more as I would not read much more than that personally so yeah byyyeee!

Thanks for reading,
-Alex

 This is my face...