TLS #103 with Anna Gardner: Makeup Saves + Splurges, Plus an Inside Look at Full-Time Vlogging

The Lively Show

Bella Lively

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.6 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2015

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Today’s Lively Show is a fun, lighthearted “girl chat” with the lovely and down-to-Earth beauty vlogger, Anna Gardner, of the very popular YouTube Channel and blog, Vivianna Does Makeup.

Though dozens of well-known bloggers have come on TLS and discussed blogging tips, we’ve never directly spoken about the topic of video blogging and YouTube.

So today, Anna is filling us in on how full-time vloggers make an income, tips and tricks for making great videos, which equipment we should invest in, and more.

Plus, she also shares her favorite spend + splurge makeup items.

This episode is perfect for anyone looking to hear a fun chat about all things beauty and vlogging.

IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL FIND OUT ABOUT

How Anna’s make-up obsession evolved to blogging and creating content to share.
Why she left a full-time job working in PR and editorial writing to pursue her deeper passion.
How Anna monetizes her blog and vlogging with affiliate marketing and sponsorships with major brands.
What Anna believe is important to sustain an online business.
How Anna’s approach to make-up has changed.
What make-up and beautify products you should invest in the most.
How Anna balances sharing personal and private parts of her life.
How she maintains her personal time during “off hours” when not working.
Anna’s biggest tips about getting started in YouTube vlogging.
She shares her fears of procrastination and how she regains focus and control in her life.

SHOW NOTES

Vivianna Does Makeup

Anna’s Youtube channel

Kate Summerville Beauty Products

Canon EOS 600D

Transcript

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0:00.0	You're listening to The Lively Show, episode 103.
0:04.0	Welcome to the Lively Show. I'm your host Jess Lively and this blog cast is designed to
0:10.6	uplift, inspire, and add a little extra intention to your everyday.
0:14.0	Welcome to the show guys.
0:20.0	Thank you so, so much for listening as always. This week I am headed to Chicago for a quick fun
0:27.9	work and friend trip so you can follow me on Instagram at Jess, see as in Chicago lively if you want to follow along.
0:37.1	And of course for those in Michigan, I am sorry that it has taken me so long to get to our
0:42.1	Michigan meetup. The Michigan meet-up will be
0:44.6	November 11th at 7 p.m. If you'd like to join us, we're not sure exactly where the
0:49.6	location will be just yet. We're waiting for the RSVP list to get that total head count in order to create a reservation if needed at a restaurant or a coffee shop in Ann Arbor.
1:00.0	But just
1:03.8	emailing L at jess at jess lively.com to RSVP.
1:06.2	L is going to be taking everybody's information and reaching out to you guys once we're
1:10.1	ready to get going. I hope you can meet up if you're in Michigan. It'd be awesome to say
1:14.5	hello and hang out. Now let's move on to today's episode. Today we are speaking with Anna
1:19.3	Gardner, a Viviana does makeup. I'm obsessed with Anna. You've heard me talk about her on my monthly favorite videos. You may have been following her YouTube channel as well. Just like myself, she is a very popular beauty YouTube channel and she has a beautiful lifestyle and beauty blog at viviana does makeup.com.
1:38.5	Over the last 100 plus episodes of the lively show we have had dozens of bloggers on the show and even in the
1:45.6	intro you hear me say the word blog cast instead of podcast. But I have not interviewed
1:50.8	someone who is a vlogger, a video blogger about
1:54.2	vlogging specifically. So we've had Mimi ICON on the show as well who is a very
1:59.1	popular vlogger as well. We didn't discuss the YouTube things so much so I really wanted to have
2:05.0	Anna share about her favorite makeup, Saves and splurges and all those good things
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