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How To Approach a Brand & PR Tips For Small YouTubers & Bloggers | Video

April 1, 2016

Starting a YouTube Channel or Blog is tough- but once you get your groove and start making some great content, brands will want to start working with you! But, sometimes it’s easier to make the first move and approach a brand yourself- and even meet in person at events. So, I’m here to provide my tips on the best ways to approach brands via email and in person. This video is a collab with my friend Violet Banks, who is sharing her video + lighting tips, so make sure to check her out!

Here are a few of my tips from my video- I can’t give away all my secrets!

BUSINESS CARDS.
Have a media kit to send via email with all of your stats. You can see my media kit for an example!
Have a pitch: what you do, how you do it, what you can do for the brand, any successes (followers/brand partnerships). This is good for email and in person! Keep it short and sweet.

Let me know any tips you have in the comments!

Valentine’s Day Sugar Cookies: Lipstick & Sassy Conversation Hearts Recipe & Decorations Tutorial | Video

February 12, 2016

I love making decorated sugar cookies for all of the holidays. So, with Valentine’s Day coming up I thought I would share how I make my cookies & a few tips for decorating so you can make them too! Decorating these cookies is very calming to me, because I only focus on making them look great & not whatever else is going on in my life. But, the funny thing is- I don’t even like how they taste because I don’t like sugar cookies much!

I didn’t invent these recipes at all, so I can’t take credit for them. I’ve followed BakeAt350 for years, and have only used her Vanilla Almond Sugar Cookie recipe to make my cookies, although I change it a bit. Then, the royal icing is from Sweetopia. Definitely check these blogs out if you like baking because they’re a lot better than me! Also, a little secret…if you’re lazy and don’t want to make the cookies yourself, just buy pre-made dough or a mix, and cut out into shapes, freeze for 5 minutes, and bake according to the package instructions. This way, you still get to decorate them but the entire process doesn’t take as long.

Vanilla-Almond Sugar Cookie Recipe

3 Cups All Purpose Flour
2 Teaspoons Baking Powder
Hearty Pinch Of Salt
1 Cup Granulated White Sugar
2 Sticks of Butter (I use unsalted)
1 Egg
3/4 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract
1/2 Teaspoon Almond Extract

Preheat over to 350 degrees fahrenheit. Cream the butter and sugar. Add the egg and extracts and mix. Add baking powder and salt. Gradually incorporate flour and beat until combined. Hand knead the dough because it’s crumbly. Roll out thick- about 1/4 inch to 3/8 inches thick and cut into whatever shapes you like. Place on parchment lined cookie sheets, freeze for 5 minutes before baking to prevent spreading, and then bake for 10-12 minutes.

Royal Icing Recipe

6 oz (3/4 cup) of warm water
5 tablespoons meringue powder
1 teaspoon cream of tartar
1 kilogram (2 1/4 lbs) powdered icing sugar
1/2 to 1 teaspoon of clear extract

Sift powdered sugar to prevent any clumps. In a mixer bowl with the paddle attachment pour in the warm water and meringue powder. Mix it with a whisk by hand until frothy and thickness (~30 seconds). Add cream of tartar and mix again. Add any extract (optional) and pour in all of the powdered sugar at once and mix on low for a full 10 minutes.

After you make this royal icing, you can thin it to your desired consistencies and separate it into colors to tint with the AmeriColor Food Gels.

A few things you’ll also need:

wet paper towels to cover the royal icing so it doesn’t harden, and to clean off piping tips
piping tips (I use Wilton #1 and #2 mostly)
squeeze bottles
toothpicks
food coloring markers (for conversation heart cookies)
lustre dust (edible- found at Michael’s)
vodka (to mix with lustre dust and food coloring for stamping)
new stamps in letters or any designs you want

I hope the process I described was pretty straight forward- it was hard to trim down hours of footage into 23 minutes, but it’s still a long video to watch. Just pretend you’re watching the food network I guess! Let me know how you like this video and I will try to do more recipe videos (that aren’t as long!) soon. And don’t forget, if you make these cookies, don’t forget to share them on instagram or twitter and tag me @oliviafrescura!

My Lip Injection Experience: 3 Months Later With Restylane Silk | Video

December 26, 2015

Olivia Frescura Restylane Silk Lip Injections Before and After Right — Lip Injections Before And After (Restylane Silk)

A few months ago I posted My Lip Injection Experience right after getting injected with Restylane Silk. Now, 3 months later, I wanted to do a follow up and make a video on my experience and some tips for those of you who may be thinking about enhancing your lips as well!

If you don’t have the time to watch the video…here are a few of my tips:

Purchase Arnica tablets at Whole Foods before and take a few days ahead of your appointment to prevent and reduce swelling/bruising
Find the right doctor: I recommend Dr. Jason Emer if you’re in the LA area.
Decide if you want regular injections or the cannula method. (warning: link is a video from a procedure!)
Eat small food- or at least have a fork and knife ready for the first week post-treatment!
If you bruise, wear a berry lipstick!

I hope this helps if you’re looking into getting lip injections. Whether it be Restylane Silk or any other injections, I think my tips will help. But, I do highly recommend the Restylane Silk personally! Don’t forget to leave a comment if you have any questions- I’ll try my best to answer them!

A Walking Tour of Florence, Italy #OliviaGoesAbroad | Video

October 10, 2015

Room with a view 🇮🇹 | Borgo La Croce was the cutest little street in Firenze #oliviagoesabroad #tbt

A photo posted by Olivia Frescura (@oliviafrescura) on Jun 11, 2015 at 12:09pm PDT

I never thought I’d be posting these videos a year late, but I guess that’s just how the cookie crumbles. I randomly got the urge to post a travel vlog today, so hopefully a positive response on this one will persuade me to upload weekly travel vlogs! There are 10 more videos to post! Anyways, on September 7, 2014, we took a walking tour through Florence to get our bearings and learn a bit more about the city. I didn’t vlog every landmark we went to, but here’s a selection of them:

1 month since I left 🇮🇹 #tbt #oliviagoesabroad A photo posted by Olivia Frescura (@oliviafrescura) on Jan 1, 2015 at 8:55pm PST

Basilica di Santa Croce will always be my favorite landmark in Florence, it’s the one that’s closest to my school and I saw it nearly every day. I actually have a necklace with the coordinates to remember my time studying abroad! More on that to come…

the only good thing about final presentations are the fact that you get to dress up. 💃 #oliviagoesabroad 🇮🇹 📷: @ertsherner

A photo posted by Olivia Frescura (@oliviafrescura) on Nov 19, 2014 at 8:47am PST

The Santa Croce is cool because not only is it a beautiful church, it contains the tombs of Michelangelo, Galileo, Machiavelli, Rossini, and more… Piazza della Signoria is probably the piazza I frequented most, as we always met up here for field trips while I was studying abroad. This piazza has the fake of Michelangelo’s David, and is in front of Palazzo Vecchio and neighbors the Uffizi museum.

Fit for a queen 💁👑🇮🇹 #oliviagoesabroad A photo posted by Olivia Frescura (@oliviafrescura) on Sep 17, 2014 at 10:29am PDT

Palazzo Vecchio is Florence’s town hall. It was once a palace that house Duke Cosimo I de Medici. I love the elaborate gold ceilings here. This is also the only place to get free fresh water in Florence. On the side of the building, behind the neptune fountain. There you will see two spouts on the wall, grab either naturale (still) or frizzante (sparkling).

That façade though 😍 | Duomo di Firenze | #oliviagoesabroad 🇮🇹

A photo posted by Olivia Frescura (@oliviafrescura) on Sep 7, 2014 at 12:28pm PDT

The Duomo di Firenze, or Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore, is a must see in Florence. I’d say it’s the most famous duomo in Italy due to the impressive dome that Brunelleschi built. It’s the largest brick dome ever constructed! And, the green, pink, and marble façade is everything.

Carousel at Piazza Della Repubblica ✨🇮🇹 |#oliviagoesabroad A photo posted by Olivia Frescura (@oliviafrescura) on Sep 9, 2014 at 1:29pm PDT

I had a soft spot for Piazza della Repubblica because I thought it was so cute with the carousel. Here, you are right by the arch, which looks pretty cool. It’s also close to some great shopping, we went to the H&M around here a lot. Also, a great place to grab a cappuccino or other espresso drink is Gilli. Just be careful of all of the gypsies out here!

I don’t remember much about the Orsanmichele Church, but the interior is gorgeous. I remember at first it was a grain market, and they stored the grain in the top floors, and had these hollow columns to move it to the ground floor. On the exterior there are small vignette statue type things that represent different guilds, like butchers, stone workers, etc.

Buonanotte da Firenze ✨🇮🇹🌊 | #oliviagoesabroad

A photo posted by Olivia Frescura (@oliviafrescura) on Sep 12, 2014 at 4:52pm PDT

The Ponte Vecchio is the most famous bridge in Florence, as well as the oldest (hence the name). There are a lot of jewelry shops on this bridge, and across the Arno River, there are some great spots to go to: Gelateria della Passera, Golden View Restaurant, and Piazza Santo Spirito.

A gelato a day keeps the doctor away 🍦🇮🇹 #oliviagoesabroad A photo posted by Olivia Frescura (@oliviafrescura) on Oct 2, 2014 at 11:34am PDT

On the way home I grabbed gelato at Cantino del Gelato, which is pretty good, but definitely not the best Gelato you can find in Florence, although it isn’t a tourist trap and isn’t overpriced. I think it would be fun to do a post about the best gelato in Florence because I have tons of gelato pictures and places to recommend!

Make sure to comment that you liked this post so I know to do more!

DIY Gold Foil Agate Coasters Tutorial (Tumblr / Jonathan Adler Inspired) | Video

September 4, 2015

DIY Gold Foil Rimmed Gilded Agate Coasters Tumblr Jonathan Adler Inspired Tutorial — DIY Gold Rimmed Agate Coasters (Jonathan Adler Inspired)

I love finding cute things to decorate my apartment with, but sometimes sticker shock prevents me from buying them! I saw these adorable Natural & Gold Agate Coasters by Jonathan Adler and knew I had to have them in my apartment. But, the $125 price tag for FOUR coasters, I knew I had to find a way to DIY them myself!

I was strolling through my grocery store and found these agate slices. So, I hurried up to Michaels and grabbed all the materials needed to make these! I hope my tutorial will inspire you to make some of your own!

Materials:

Agate slices (available online if you can’t find it)
Gilding Liquid (Gold, by Martha Stewart)
High Gloss Sealer
Paint brushes for both gilding & gloss (small is best)

All you have to do is paint the agate slice’s raw edge with the gilding paint, wait to try, and seal with the sealer. I let mine dry overnight. Simple enough, right?

These are perfect under your favorite drinks, or even a candle. Make some extra and you have the perfect hostess gift! You HAVE to make these- and be sure to send me a photo to my Twitter or Instagram if you do!

What should I DIY next?