Update: Where Have I Been?

Hey everyone! So first off, Happy New Year! I am so excited to start the year off with a blog post. Now, as you may have noticed, this is an update post. I cannot believe it was October when I last posted! I truly apologize. My schedule just became very busy, and then the holidays showed up, and I have been nonstop busy ever since! I hope you have had a much more relaxing holiday season :)

So, since I last blogged, a lot has happened! I got a job promotion and have discovered that I will be studying abroad very shortly :) I will post more about my studies later, but believe me - I will blog no matter where in the world I am! Just as an update on my personal life, I am still dating Bentley, and he is honestly the sweetest guy I've ever met! For the holidays, I spent time with my family, as well as his family. It was great getting to know his family more, and look what he bought me for Christmas! It's a Betsey Johnson ring, and the bow is perfect for the holiday season!

As for upcoming makeup tutorials, I have gotten SO many requests and I am definitely working to get those completed shortly! Please send me any requests you may have to my email or simply comment below! Also, I have just caught up on all of my emails, so I apologize to those of you who were waiting on my response! While on the topic of emails, I want to give a HUGE shout out to Rebecca, one of my readers, who sent me a very long email wishing me all the best over the holidays! It really meant so much to me, so thank you Rebecca!!

Anyway, I hope everyone continues to have a wonderful year! Now that it is 2012, make every moment count!

~Serena
MakeupBySerena@aol.com

Update: Where Have I Been?

Hey everyone! Good and bad news, but first- I'M SORRY!!!!!!! I feel so bad for not posting a lot lately!

So for the bad news: I had an intense episode of vertigo (I've thankfully gotten over it), but my work load has skyrocketed! I am limited to how much I can post on my blog :( I had a makeup tutorial filmed to put on youtube and then my laptop crashed for the THIRD time! Such a stressful week!

For the good news: I got a promotion at work!! Woohoo haha but for the really good news- I have created some makeup tutorials and I'm going to be posting them all VERY, VERY soon :) They are fall-inspired looks, but if you want to see some other tutorials, just request them!

I hope you guys had a fabulous week and here's a little sneek peek of my upcoming tutorials:

~Serena

MakeupBySerena@aol.com 

Sorority Sisters Launch!

Hey everyone! I have amazing news to share with you guys! Many of you who follow me on twitter, facebook, etc... know that I've been saying I have a special announcement that would come this week. Well, here it is! Recently, Taylor from youtube (CollegeGlamoration) posted a video talking about an upcoming idea she had to create a virtual sorority. She asked for anyone who wanted to blog or do videos for the Sorority Sisters group, so of course, I knew I had to!

So let me slow down and explain what Sorority Sisters is. It's a virtual sorority that is basically a group of 40 bloggers and vloggers dedicated to giving college advice, tips, and general college information. When I applied to Sorority Sisters, I had to answer basic questions and decide if I wanted to blog, vlog, or do both. I decided to just help with the blogging part of Sorority Sisters! Since I'm not involved with the youtubers, I can't really say what their schedule for posting is exactly, so I'll just be explaining the blog part of it to you guys!

I am a weekly blogger, but some girls are only posting monthly. I will always be posting on Mondays (which means when Monday comes, you should check out my post :D)! The things I write about are mainly fashion, makeup, beauty, and then little random things- like designing your dorm. Other girls are focused on totally different topics- finances, safety, etc. So it really is a complete guide to college, but also a type of advice column!

The girls in Sorority Sisters are either juniors/seniors in high school or in college. They are a great group of girls and let me tell you, I've read some of their posts that aren't published yet, and you will definitely want to read them!

If you want to know more about the girls I'm working with, just visit the Meet the Sisters page:
http://sororitysistersblog.blogspot.com/p/meet-sisters.html

Here is the Sorority Sisters blog where we will post daily:
http://sororitysistersblog.blogspot.com/

Here is the Sorority Sisters youtube where videos will be posted daily:
http://www.youtube.com/user/SororitySisters

Here is the Sorority Sisters facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sorority-Sisters/225720164133407?ref=ts&sk=wall

With this blog, I have created a second twitter:
http://www.twitter.com/SororitySisSB

I have also created a second email:
SororitySisSerena@aol.com

I hope everyone enjoys the blog and youtube! Let me know what you think too! The first blog post will be posted Monday, so that is the official launch of Sorority Sisters! My post is going to be about the top 10 items of clothing you should bring to college! I started off with a fashion post and will most likely do a makeup post next week! If you have any requests for me to post on the Sorority Sisters blog, feel free to request away! Hope you like our blog and youtube!!

-Serena
MakeupBySerena@aol.com