Come with me for a Photoshoot

Let's go in the air. I was going through customs and the guy was like, what's the purpose of your visit? And I was like, a photo shoot? And he was like, it's to always wear. This is stunning. Wow. I mean, truly a 12 hour lay tail. We have made it to Mexico. It is currently 7 p.m. and I am here. We just got to the Amate Wellness Center. We are in San Miguel de Allende. And I've got about 10 minutes to get myself ready before I need to leave for dinner. So I'm going to have to chat and catch up with you later. But really quick, here's the room. Stunning, stunning. Little closet, little bathroom. How cute. Oh, wow. It just keeps going. Oh, oh my God. Oh. That was hidden behind this door. Look at this tub. I feel like the big comfy couch is like, get ready for the 10 second getting ready. Let's go. That's as good as it's going to get. We've come to the Moxie restaurant for dinner. It's so pretty here. And just driving through the city, I can't wait to see it in daylight. It looks magical. It's so colorful. I can't wait to see. You guys know what time it is. Protein coffee time. So here's the window in my room. Beautiful, beautiful sunshine. Wow. Now there appears to be a red light illuminating one of the pretty little plants out here. And I don't know what we're going to do about that because it looks like I'm filming for a zombie apocalypse and there's a warning red light going off. So I don't know. I don't know what we're going to do about that. But anyway, good morning to you fam. What a whirlwind, what a journey. Oh, we are up bright and early. My eyes are bleeding because of the very slight time change, but you know, it always makes quite a difference. But we are here in this beautiful, beautiful city. We just got a tiny glimpse of it driving in yesterday. It was like sunset. So it was illuminated so beautifully. I tried to get a shot as we were driving, but I am so excited. This is one of the more magical cities that I've ever laid my eyes on. And I'm so excited to be here. I'm here for a few days for a little like photo shoot and retreat with Model East Magazine, which is, it's a little bit out of my comfort zone. I have to be honest, I've been having a lot of anxiety about it. I have like a massive breakout. I think I've just been really stressed because I don't typically do these kind of like photo shoot retreat things. I know it's very common in the influencer community, but I've been trying to push myself out of my comfort zone a little bit more. And obviously I'm so grateful to be here. And like, I just feel like it's one of those places that I might not have ever seen myself. I might not have ever like known to travel here. I wouldn't have done like the big travel day to get here. So I'm really grateful that I have the opportunity to take this moment to travel and see a little bit of interior Mexico and also meet the amazing team for the Model East Magazine and be here with a few other influencer pals. And we had the welcome dinner last night. As you guys saw, it was quite a rush, but we got to meet everyone. Everyone's so lovely. And I'm really looking forward to the next couple of days. So obviously I'm going to vlog because it's always a miracle when we leave the house. Let's get ready for our first shoot of the day. There's a little ledge on this mirror and it perfectly fits the vlog camera. I'm so excited. The lighting is like, obviously not the most ideal for filming, but let's get ready this morning. I'm just going to do a really, really light little base. A really useless hack for you, first of all. Cutie little, little Chanel makeup bag, I'm obsessed. Useless hack. If you are in a hotel that has really small counter space, I always just take one of the towels, I lay it in the sink and I dump my makeup out. It's just, it's just a weird thing for me. I need to have all my makeup laid out when I'm getting ready. So there's a little hack for you, if you so wish. Obviously brought the Chanel, the Chanel base. I'm just going to do a quick, quick little, literally I'm just going to do my base and my brows. I just want to have a little something. We're going to be shooting like a few makeup bits and things this morning. So I just want to, I just really like, my breakouts are really insane right now. I know this lighting's like really soft and nice, but when we're going to be shooting, that's going to be extra harsh. So I just want to prepare my base ahead of time just to make sure it's all, all nice and something, something, God, I hate that. It's like such a curse of, of travel. And if you have like a little bit of travel anxiety, like no matter what, even if I'm excited for a trip, like I always get some kind of like major breakout whenever I travel. It's just, it's the same par for the course. I've really been like missing the mark on my sayings lately. Like I'm just not remembering them as well. Sorry, did, did you hear that? There is literally a rooster cock-a-doodly-doodling somewhere beyond this bathroom wall. Did you hear it? Wow. I packed my Armani Luminous Silk Concealers. Let's take a little bit of this. Brighten up the eyes, cover these zits. I'm using the deeper shade to cover all of my zits. And I'm also just gonna spray setting spray to let that set in while I do my brows. That was brow lift. Obviously. I'm gonna take a little bit of the Makeup Forever Endless Cacao and just line my lips with that. So I'm still getting used to the shade of this lip liner. It's like a very, very cool tone, very gray for me in comparison to my usual lineup. But the biggest thing that I would say is that the blending into the lip is the most helpful tip for it because then once you like blend it in, then it just creates more of that shadow feeling and looks a lot more natural. So I'd just say if you're like shocked by how dark and gray it looks, just make sure that you're blending it in and then you're really getting the full effect of that shadow liner. So this has been, it's been fun to play with. Why am I doing lip liner right now? I don't know. I brought my Chantecaille Lip Chic in the shade Patience, which I think is the perfect, the perfect nude lip to pair with this shade of lip liner. It's like that ultimate 90s gray lip. Okay, I'm gonna take my Beauty Blender, blend out this concealer. I'm gonna do a little bit of contour. This is my Tom Ford Shade and Illuminate. I did put a tan on the night before leaving. I did the Bondi Sands tan again and because I had to get up at 3.45, I obviously didn't end up sleeping in it as long as I normally would have. So it was about, it was on my body for about like four hours, four and a half hours total. And it's actually really nice. It's really, really light. It's not as deep and intense as it was the last time I put it on. So I actually really enjoy the look of it. I just feel like I have a healthy glow. Really nice experience this time around. So I'm leaving the makeup there. Fragrances, I brought my little travel size Tom Ford Ombre Leather and the replica by the fireplace. And I'm just gonna do quick little spritzes of that. The mixture is to die for. If you can smell this mixture, oh my. Then I'm gonna don my jewels. Deodorant. There's a better look at what the makeup looks like. Now I gotta get dressed. The lighting's kind of working against me here but hopefully you guys can see. I bought these really cute little top and skirt sets from H&M. I bought it in this nice little gray and then I also bought it in the yellow which I think I've already worn in a video. I think I wore the top in a video but anyway, they're super cute. I don't know if they're still on the site. I did buy them a while ago now but really, really cute little perfect set for warmer weather. And then I also have my little Tiki's flip flops. So that's what I'm gonna wear. And that's me ready for the morning. Okay, so we're out. We're outside. This is Emily. Hi guys. This is Kate. Photographer, videographer extraordinaire. Truly, we have the most stunning, stunning background. So we've just been taking some reels and taking some pics and I'm so excited to see. Hi. So I wrapped my shoot for the morning. They are over there shooting the next gal and I think we got some really good shots. I'm excited. And I changed into my gym gear. I'm gonna try to get a workout in but just came to have some breakfast. They have a little set menu for us which is really cute and it looks so good. It's actually really cold. I'm freezing right now and I didn't bring any sweaters. Why is it so cold? But I'm gonna enjoy breakfast and then get a little workout in. Literally every single corner of this place is stunning. What, what? Oh, it's so beautiful. Made it to the gym. Super cute in here. Love all the windows. You have such a beautiful view of the hotel while working out. I was doing my treadmill. I just finished it and realized I forgot to put on my Apple Watch. That is always such a sad, sad realization. Yeah, anyway, just gonna do a really quick little full body blast. I just finished my workout and got in my robe and slippers and I'm about to head to the spa for a massage. Oh my God, I'm so excited. I feel so spoiled. But I have been, I have been needing a massage so badly. I've been so sore. My back, my back, my old aching back. I am very much looking forward to this also. I disappear in the sun. Truly, what a beautiful day. It's such a beautiful hotel. That was amazing. She folded me, she folded me like a pretzel. She did this thing, I was laying on my back and she like wrapped me over and was just like rubbing this. Oh, it was so incredible. You know what guys, honestly, I whine and groan about my body pain a lot and so for me, whenever I get a massage, it's like an RMT massage. It's like I'm crying, I'm in pain. Like they're not pleasant, you know? So I very rarely get like a relaxation, stunning massage and that was, yeah, that made me feel brand new. That was great. Wow, her name was Adriana. She's like, I don't have an Instagram, I don't have anything. I'm like, well, you're a magical woman and thank you for that hour of heaven. I really wanna nap right now but we have lunch in an hour so I might just like lay and think about my thoughts before collecting myself for that. So, wow, that was magical. Modalist, what a day, thank you. I literally just did my makeup in the bathroom when I came out here to turn the vlog camera on. I'm like, ah, why does it look so patchy? It doesn't look like that in the bathroom light. But look, what's going on here? Whatever, I don't have time to fix it. I don't have time to fix it. So sorry guys, I just really quickly, I just curled what was remaining of my hair. I just did a couple curls and threw on some quick makeup. Charlotte Tilbury, Color of Fashions, lip and cheek combo and I was FaceTiming Dan while doing it, saying hello. So now we're gonna go meet the group for lunch. I'll show you my outfit real quick. The top is a few years old from LPA, from Revolve and then my pants are H&M, which are very loose and baggy but kind of love that. But so that's the fit. I've just been editing some things, having a little email moment. I put my hair up out of the way and I did not realize the time. You guys, I'm so terrible. But now I have 20 minutes to get ready for dinner. So I was originally gonna just like wash my face off and start fresh, but I do not have time for that. I do not have time. I need to just put some eye makeup on and I'll just have to touch up and that'll be it. So I don't know what I'm gonna wear. Also, I have to say the fricking camera in all of that footage just refuses to focus on me. Hello. So I am so sorry for what you witnessed in the vlog up until now. But I'm gonna try to be better about it. It's just like, hello, focus on me. I don't know what to wear for dinner, honestly. I have the LilySilk dress that I haven't worn yet and I've really been wanting to wear it, but I also have this really beautiful wrap dress, which is just a little bit more like elevated, a little bit more fancy, and we're going for a really nice dinner. So I think that's the option I'm gonna go for. But I need to steam it first. So how I'm gonna do that, I don't know. I bought this little travel steamer off of Amazon. It's actually amazing. It heats up really quickly. Oh, I don't know what to do with my hair. I swear. I'm sorry I left you hanging, fam, but I literally threw on some makeup. Laura Mercier Coco, the new Chanel eye quad, and I literally just touched up my face and my lip. The dress I'm wearing is from Ray. It's a beautiful silk dress I got in the Matches Fashion Summer Sale. I did steam it and it's already wrinkled. So we'll just have to accept the wrinkly life tonight. But here's my outfit for dinner. My elastic just ripped for absolutely no reason. I now have a mullet, but I'm in a food coma. This is fabulous. Back from dinner, washed up. I am one sleepy, sleepy gal. But you guys, that dinner, that dinner was incredible. It was incredible. We went to the Belmond for dinner and the restaurant was fantastic. The entire team was incredible. They took us on a tour of the entire hotel because there's like two sides of the hotel and the view from their rooftop is pure magic. It was, it was really phenomenal. I desperately need to go to bed right now. I am positively exhausted. It was such a great day, but I was just spamming the gram, spamming the Instagram because, you know, I was in a rush, but it's one of those moments where the look turned out, you know, I was really nervous when I was like, I actually had a pure panic when I'm like, I have 20 minutes to get ready. I didn't know what to do, but the dress was so good. I literally took 5,000 photos in it and I have no shame. And I want to spam the gram because the thing is, here's the thing, Instagram is just messing with everybody right now. They're like trying to kill photos. And I'm like, Instagram, stop, stop this madness. You are photos. You are photo. I've said it before, but I'll say it again. We need an app to just be the old Instagram. I haven't been posting on Instagram very much because I don't like to like fake Instagram. If I'm traveling, if I'm going out, if I'm getting dressed, I'll post about it. But if not, if I'm just having those dates where I'm sitting at home and either having a computer day or I'm doing nothing, then I'm posting nothing. I'm not posting anything. But when the aesthetic is there, you gotta post about it. So for those of you who still engage with Instagram, I really appreciate the love on the photos, but I've just been editing this vlog and I'm trying to edit it in real time so that by the time I get home, Dan will just have the gift of a fully edited video for him to play with because I still have a crazy couple of weeks of travel coming up, so I just wanna keep on top of it. So that's the evening, folks. Good night. I'll see you in the morning. Good morning, good morning. Joining you a day later. I didn't vlog yesterday because it was more of the same as the day before. We just had a lovely shooting day. And I don't wanna ruin all my looks. I wanna save something for later, you know what I'm saying? But I did also film a Get Ready With Me video last night. I did a fabulous, lovely little smoky eye and a red lip, which gave major holiday vibes. So by the time this vlog goes up, you will hopefully have already seen it or will be seeing it after. I didn't totally leave you hanging yesterday. We did do a look together. So yeah, that was the day. Now I am, ugh, look at my eyes. Honestly, it's so tragic for photos. But today we're doing our exploring day. We're actually going out and about in the city and doing a little tour. I think we're going to a winery and doing a wine tasting. I'm so excited because as I said already, like driving in to see the city, and even driving to dinner when we went to the Belmont, like it just looks so beautiful. I can't wait to see it. And that's what we're doing today. Gotta get ready for a little city exploration. But as per always, I'm running late. So I'm just gonna really quickly slap some makeup on, do my hair, and we'll head out. I posted a TikTok of all of us, and everyone's like, Alana? Alana! Alana Davidson! A white person. No! Oh, hell yeah. Okay, you guys, but you have to go. I'm gonna link the TikTok because I tried dancing. Oh, you guys are talking about the comments in the TikTok? Yeah, yeah, yeah. But the TikTok's almost at a million. That is cute, but you dance. I fully, I shocked your TikTok. I was like, oh my God, these dancers, these youthful dancers. What's going on? Oh my God, I love it. Okay, well, I'm starving. We're waiting for breakfast. What have I done? What is this? Ew. Oh my God. You guys, I just want you to know. Alana. You said it right. Yeah, I did. We're on the bus, ready to go for the tour. Julia brought her mimosa. Apparently, I think I'm Rihanna. I don't know. Look, they were great. Roberto gave us a refill. Had to bring it along. We love Roberto. So we've been dropped off in the main square of the city, and we get a couple hours to explore. I'm so excited. It looks so beautiful. It's raining, but it's still so beautiful. And you know what rain means? No sweat. We're strolling these streets. Strolling the streets. My hair is starting to explode. And the sun is coming out. I love the sun. There's a truck coming too. Uh-oh. Ooh, watch out for that puddle. Oh my God. We're in the cutest boutique, and I got a little set of shot glasses. They're so cute. And it says, can I fit this in my suitcase? I don't know. We've made it to the winery, Vineros San Lucas. Did a quick little change in the bathroom. We're gonna go get a little tour and do a wine tasting. It's so beautiful here. My friends, it is time to leave. We had a late night last night. We went out. We went out dancing. Took no footage. No one needs to see that, obviously. But I just finished packing up. It's bright and early. It's 7 a.m. We've got a two hour drive back to the airport, and then we're gonna head home. So upset.