Announcement!!!

Hi guys, I hope you all had a fun and SAFE New Year, today I want to talk to you guys about a few changes coming your way....

1. When I first started my Channels/Blog it was supposed to be a collaboration channel between my sister and I where we would do hair and makeup, and on the health channel talk about our weight issues and so on, unfortunately she has the busiest life in the whole world and was not able to contribute to these things. I spent all last year desperately trying to keep up with my cooking, health, beauty, gaming, and vlog channel which caused a lot of anxiety as well as a bit of self hatred for not being able to do it all. This year is going to be different, this year is all about you and me, and being able to connect and make my passion for blogging and uploading fun again, so I have decided to combine my channels into one, from now on I will follow the following upload Schedule starting Monday:

• Style Sunday
• My Meals Monday
• Tutorial Tuesday
• Workout Wednesday
• Thoughts Thursday
• Fun Friday
• STAT Saturday

This will be uploaded on my YouTube.com2BeeDazzledBeauty channel on their correlating days, I of course will still blog these days as well.

2.  I have decided to Daily Vlog this year as I miss you guys from Vlogmas, it was so much have having you guys in my pocket and pulling you out whenever I needed a chat or a little emotional boost, and I also loved chatting with you guys in the comments and twitter, Facebook, and instagram. At first I was quite bold and said "I will daily vlog everyday for a year" and then my sister said "maybe try for something not so lofty like a month" so I will try this on a month by month basis and see how it goes. You can follow my daily vlogs here.

3.  I am going to start paying attention to my gaming channel as its something I really enjoy and one of my Christmas gifts this year was an elgato which means I can actually film better games!!! If you would like to see that you can find it here, I haven't actually decided how often I will be uploading here, it will be at minimum 1 day a week on Saturdays, if I am able to add in more days without getting that overwhelmed feeling I will.

4.  And finally I enjoyed doing the 25 Days Of Christmas Giveaway so much that I have decided to bring back the monthly giveaways, these will have a 2 main rules:

• You Must Subscribe To My Main Channel YouTube.com/2BeeDazzledBeauty
• Comment on the giveaway saying "enter me"

There are a couple of ways to get some extra entries:

• Subscribe to my Gaming Channel YouTube.com/WhovianUniverse
• Subscribe to my Vlog Channel YouTube.com/BeesVlogsNHauls
• Follow My Blog Via G+ (see top left hand)
• Follow me on Twitter.com/katiesnyder157
• Follow me on Instagram.com/katiesnyder157
• Follow me on Facebook.com/BeeDazzledBeauty
• Follow me on KatieSnyder157.Tumblr.com

and lastly you can receive 1 extra entry per individual video,  comment, for example I upload 7 days a week on my main channel, that means you can go comment 1 time on all seven videos which provides you with 7 extra entries for that week or 30/31 entries per month, as well as the other optional entries. 

All monthly giveaways will be announced on the first Friday of every month so for this month it will actually be tomorrow, tomorrows giveaway is the Blogilates 2015 Fitness Planner, you can get your entries for it in now, because the winner will be announced tomorrow, as well as I will announce what the giveaway for February will be.

I want to end this post by saying how honored I am that you are here taking this journey with me, I love you guys and cannot even tell you how amazing it feels to have so many amazing people out there rooting for me. So lets make 2015 the best year ever, lets work towards our goals and love and support each other...Lets start a coversation below on what your goals are so we can all give you a big CyberHug to show you love and support as well.

Love,

Katie   

What I Got For Christmas 2014

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!! I hope you guys are all having an amazing Christmas, today I started my day off at 5:45 am so that my whole family could have a TECHNOLOGY Christmas which is where we all basically jump on a google hangout and open our presents. It was so much fun for all of use to be on at once, my brothers Brandon, Derrell, and Matthew were there and my sisters Laura and Heather too. My family lives in 4 different time zones and some of us are 5 hours apart so it makes it difficult to actually talk on a regular basis so that in itself was an amazing gift.

But lets face it know is here to read about how amazing it was to do a google hangout....on with my Christmas Gifts!!

I hope you guys enjoyed this little peak into my Christmas gifts, if you would like to see the video of What I Got For Christmas 2014, it is below. 

   

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas everyone, today while being one of the best days of the year also sadly marks the end of the 25 Days Of Christmas Giveaway :( This has become an annual giveaway of mine that I truly love doing, and I love how much you guys love it too, because of that I have decided to bring back my monthly giveaways starting January 2, 2015 and every 1st FRIDAY of each month thereafter. For the monthly giveaways you only have to be a Subscriber to my YouTube Channel, nothing more, throughout the month I will offer ways to receive extra entries.

With the 25 Days Of Christmas coming to an end all of the winners will receive an email tomorrow (12/26/2014) asking for your shipping info so I can get these mailed out hopefully by the 1st but no later than the 10Th (theres a lot of packing to do!). 

I hope you all had an amazing Christmas and I hope you all stay tuned because I have decided 2015 is going to be my all about YouTube/Blog year so I have a TON of super cool things planned and I can't wait to share them all with you!

Merry Christmas

Love Katie 

   

Christmas Day Makeup

For me Christmas Day is about spending much needed quality time with friends and family, that quality time does not include an hour and a half of primping in the bathroom whilst everyone else has a good time, so I thought I would create a very simple, very quick makeup look that will look good in all the pictures being taken (some without us knowing),  but only takes about 10-15 minutes. 

For this look I used:

Nars Sheer Glow

Mac Mineralize Concealer

Rimmel Stay Matte Powder

Sei Bella Brow Stick

Urban Decay Naked 2 Palette

Elizabeth Mott Glitteratti Liquid Liner

Benefit Bad Girl Lash Mascara

Maybelline Hi-Light Studio Bronzer in Light Bronze

Kiehl's Mango Lip Balm

Revlon Super Lustrous Lipstick 030 Pink Pearl

For the Eyes I used Booty Call, Half Baked, and Suspect. 

If you would like to see the full video for this look it will be linked here.

   

Christmas Decor Tour

Christmas Decor Tour!!! So as mentioned in my last blog post, I’m pretty much certifiably crazy over Christmas, I think this has a lot to do with my childhood as Christmas was a huge event in our house that lasted from Thanksgiving Day to New Years Day, and it provides me with very fond memories with me dad, the rest of my family as well but they are all still around HaHaHa.

My Christmas Tree

Our Stocking, sadly Louis' doesn't match because they discontinued them. 

My table centerpiece they are tea light in Holly and Cranberry jars. 

My entry mirror.

My entry table, I added a bowl with a small string of colored lights, Christmas scented pinecones covered in glitter, and a green glitter christmas tree. 

My front window, I used a set of wicker ball lights and when you close the blinds it looks like giant snow flakes.

My lanai, (patio). 

The entrance on my Condominium, they always do such an amazing job of decorating for the holidays.

If you would like to see the full video or my Christmas Decor Tour, you can find it here

DIY Snow Globe

As Christmas is truly my favorite time of year its only fitting I have a Christmas Snow globe DIY, for this you will need a jar with a lid, I’m using a Yankee Candle jar but you can use a mason jar, a jam jar, any kind of jar that has a lid.

The you need a glue gun, cloth ribbon, Glitter, and a Christmas Tree Ornament.

The first thing your going to do is glue the ornament to the bottom of your jar, if you would prefer to have your jar lid side down then glue the ornament to the inside of the lid. Then allow the glue to set up 15-20 minutes.

Then add your glitter, remember a little goes a long way.

Then add in your water, try to fill your jar as full as possible, then on the inside of the lid cover the threaded seam area with hot glue and close your jar. After it has had a minute or two to set up glue the outside seam where the lid meets the jar. 

Then using your cloth ribbon go around the lid so you can no longer see the seam.

And then  your done shake your snow globe and enjoy.

This is such a fun project to do with kids, as well s can be quite cheap if you buy all of your supplies from your local Dollar Store.

Here is the full video, and be sure to Instagram, tweet, or Facebook me your pictures.

  

November Ipsy Bag

HI guys I know it has been forever since I have actually blogged, but this year I took on the task of the 25 Days Of Christmas Giveaway, Vlogmas, and a Sims Seasons daily Christmas series, and let me tell you its a lot harder than I ever expected it to be which is why I have been pretty much radio silent over here, but I am back and trying to catch you and myself up on all I’ve been up to.

I received my November Ipsy bag on December 2, (I have to admit while I love these bags I absolutely hate getting them a month late, I feel like since the charge on the 1st of the month they should ship on the 5th rather than the 15th, ok rant over), and I am pretty much so freaking thrilled about everything in it, but first lets review the items in the October bag.

The first item was the Nicole by OPI nail polish and I loved it, you can’t go wrong with an OPI nail polish as they stand up to wear and tear really well but also the color this really dark cherry is perfect for fall and winter, and I actually prefer wearing this matted down with the Essie Matte Finish as it makes it a bit darker and dramatic.

Then we had the Model Co VolumEyes Mascara, this mascara is a toss up, when I first used it it was very very dry and so I tried mixing up the product but it still seemed quite dry. Then I used it every day for the next week and the product ended up being quite wet, to the point that it took 5-10 minutes to dry so you had to keep your eyes down or else you end up with mascara all over your lids. I really hated the inconsistencies of this mascara but I loved how long and thick my lashes looked when I did use it, so I am hoping this was just an issue with it being a sample and shipping different places, after I have used up my current hoard of mascara I intend to buy this and test it out again.

Next up we have the StarLooks Lip Gloss in the color Guilty Pleasure, I loved this so much I am getting ready to purchase a new full size version because the sample is about 2-3 days of being totally empty. The one thing I love is the actual color it works as a nude lip color but it has a hint of pink to it so it doesn’t completely wash out your lips.

The next item is the Epice Exfoliating Facial Wash, this product is amazing!!! The granules in this face scrub are very very fine, so its removing the dead cells, as well as buffing and polishing your skin at the same time, I would totally recommend this, the only down side is I still can’t pronounce the name HaHaHa. 

And last but not least is the Rose Berry Fig and Rouge hand cream, I am torn on this as well because of the fact that while it smells amazing sometimes it can feel quite greasy and frankly I cannot stand a greasy moisturizer, I did notice some issues with the product separating so I’m hoping thats what caused the problem because the scent of this product is too die for.

Now onto the November Ipsy Bag…

The first thing is Elizabeth Mott Your So Fine Waterproof Liquid Liner and I was so shocked to see that it is a glitter liquid Liner, I am so excited to try this out and report back on the liner and the glitter effect.

Then there was the J Cat Lip Paint in Red Potion, this comes out very very red and really really dark, it also comes out really fast and liquidity so I will have to be careful when trying this.

Then we have the Temptu liquid highlighter that is a crazy highlight, this is something I can tell you want to use very sparingly.

Then there is Be A Bombshell Cosmetics eye base in Submissive, it looks a lot like the Maybelline color tattoos and it is a really pretty bronze color.

Finally we have Marc Anthony True Professional Moroccan Oil Hair Spray. It seems to be just like regular hairspray but is infused with Keratin and Moroccan Oil.

I can’t wait to try out all of the new products as well as continue using my October products.

If you would like to see the full video for this it is always linked here.