Hi everyone.
Welcome back to my channel, Lavendaire.
October was a great month for me,
very eventful, because first off, it was my birthday month.
I hope you guys watched that
birthday roller coasters video that I made on my day that I spent at the theme park.
That is a cute little, visual journal entry that I'm quite proud of.
I feel like I've just been
celebrating and going out and doing different things in the past couple weeks,
so it's been really fun.
I also started a vlog channel this month.
I have a couple vlogs up.
I'm trying to get
the third one up soon, so you can follow that vlog here or the link is in the description
below.
My vlog is just a way that I could share more personal, casual sides of me
because I feel like I have a lot of footage and a lot of ideas that won't quite fit into
my main channel
so I thought, "Why not?"
I'm just going to have a second channel to put everything else there.
Also: I have some pretty exciting news to share.
I got into YouTube NextUp LA’s program.
I don't know how many entries there were but I was chosen as one of 20ish people,
vloggers, creators, to go to this YouTube creator camp.
We'll be there for a whole week,
learning production skills and meeting other YouTube people.
I don't know,
I'm pretty excited because I have no idea what to expect and it's something different,
out of my comfort zone.
I don’t know.
I'm excited to learn a lot.
That's happening in a couple weeks, so follow my vlog.
I'll be vlogging that entire experience.
Alright, let's jump into the favorites this month.
My first favorite is this jacket that I got from Zara, and I just love it because when
I saw it,
I was like, "This is fire."
I really like the embroidery, and it's like a piece of art.
I haven't been excited about a piece of clothing in a while, and I just remember the first
few times
wearing it, I would just look at the mirror at myself like, "Whoa, this is fire.
I love it."
My next favorite is a music video that you guys have to watch.
It's Porter Robinson and Madeon's
Shelter music video.
Basically it's like an anime/short film and it's just beautiful.
First off, I love Porter Robinson.
I'm such a huge fan of him.
I'm going to see him in concert
in a couple weeks, or next month, and I'm so excited about that.
Just his level of storytelling
in his music is like-blows me away.
It inspires me so much because he captures
so many emotions into his music, and he adds so much depth with the visuals
that he puts with his music.
Definitely watch that music video and tell me you didn't cry
after watching it.
I cried so hard watching that music video.
It was beautiful, it was tragic.
It's just beautiful.
It's very inspiring.
It's like a masterpiece, a work of art.
It always inspires me
to see other artists do things that elevates the way that they share their content,
the way that they promote their art.
On the topic of music videos, I actually became in love with another music video that same
day,
and it is Sia, The Greatest music video.
I've heard the song before, and when I first heard
the song, I was like, "Okay, it's a good song but I'm not in love with it."
But after watching the music video, I was like, "I'm in love with this."
It's beautiful.
It's like empowering and it has a message, and the art
and the acting and the tone, everything.
And the song lyrics.
I can't, I can't.
The way I stumbled on this music video is actually through a friend.
A close friend of mine,
a girl that I grew up with, she just finished going through radiation therapy for this thyroid
issue
that she had and I've been following her journey.
She had a GoFundMe page
where we all contributed to her medical costs, and basically she posted a blog post
about how she's done with therapy and she's starting to heal.
She's actually starting to
regain her energy because the last time I talked to her like last month, she was really
exhausted.
She was talking about how she couldn't do basic things like walk the dog or get groceries.
Reading her blog post about how she's healing, she posted a music video of Sia's
The Greatest along with that post.
So obviously I watched it and that went hand in hand.
I didn't realize how empowering that song was until I read it with that friend's post.
Then I clicked into YouTube and read the comments of Sia's music video.
So I read the comments and that's how I found out this was a tribute to
the Orlando gay club shooting because there are 49 kids in this video
and there were 49 people who were shot and killed in that incident, and it's just like-Sia's
an artist.
She knows what's up.
That's all I'm gonna say.
She knows what's up.
Basically, I just think this is a great example of how something can be created for good.
Something could be created to evoke certain emotions and really move people
and spread awareness.
And Madelyn, that main girl dancer, she is so good.
She's just so amazing.
The emotions she captures in her face and her dancing.
I'm just so inspired when I watch this music video so I hope that you guys watch it
and that you get inspired too.
Since then, I've just been playing that song on repeat
because it's just a great song.
It's so powerful.
My next favorite is another video that is actually a branded video, and normally I don't
have these
in my favorites but it was just so well-done that I was like, "Wow."
And it was positive
with a great message and I was like, "This is how companies or businesses
should do their branding.”
For some reason, I landed on Thinx’s website,
because I was considering trying different products for periods.
Obviously I've seen Thinx
all over Facebook, so I went on their website and I read their About page and I got to this
video.
I watched the whole thing all the way through, and it was just very well-done
and very informative, very empowering, especially as a woman.
Basically, the video covered the topic of periods, why it is so taboo and how we can
break that stigma, and the issue with women in third world countries who miss school
because of their periods, which is something that can be avoided.
The video explores this issue and shares how Thinx is working with women in Africa
to donate cloth pads to them, through their business, because you know, it empowers women
to stay in school.
If a girl misses a week of school every month, it's more likely
that girl is going to fall behind and eventually just drop out of school,
and when women drop out of school, then it's harder for them to enter the workforce
and to get ahead in life.
And it snowballs into this negative cycle that contributes to poverty
and all that stuff.
Basically, a lot can be impacted we learn how to empower women
just by taking care of their periods.
It's as simple as that.
Just watching that video,
I felt it was really well-done and it really moves me and it really sold me on the purpose
and passion behind the founders of Thinx.
This is how a branded video should be done.
And of course, I'm not sure if you guys know, but businesses that have a social good aspect
have a special place in my heart because if I weren't doing YouTube,
I'd be doing something in that area.
I was totally looking into social entrepreneurship
after I graduated because I do believe that business is a way to change the world
in a positive way, if you can use your business for good.
My last favorite for the month is, of course, a Marie Forleo video
because I just love Marie's channel.
She has an interview with Seth Godin
that I thoroughly enjoyed because I feel like Seth Godin has so much knowledge and wisdom
to offer and if anybody is a creative or in the online space, watch that interview
because you'll learn so much.
I'll post a link to that video and all the other videos
in the description below.
I also mentioned that video in my latest podcast episode,
actually my last podcast episode of the year because I just had the Season 1 finale
of my podcast this past Sunday.
So if you guys haven't checked it out yet, check out
the Lavendaire Lifestyle podcast.
It's basically done for now;
I'm taking a hiatus and then I'll be back in 2017.
Alright the sun is setting so I do have to go.
That's it for today's October favorites.
Thanks so much for watching.
I'm sorry if my energy is low or different in this video,
I'm just kind of tired and I feel like a lot is happening.
I just came back from Vegas yesterday
and I'm going to go to Vancouver on Wednesday so I have a lot of fun travels going on,
plus a lot of exciting videos that I want to finish and get done before I get to YouTube
NextUp
the following week, after I get back from Vancouver.
November's going to be
a very busy month for me.
But I do have another Artist of Life episode coming up soon.
Alright, have a beautiful day and stay warm.
Bye!