Video Star

The next day Brian and I went out and I used up three of the gift card’s, I got us Starbucks so that only used like $12 off the card but I wanted to get last minute things that I didn’t get yesterday for tour and then he dropped me back at home after a few more kisses because I had to film and he was going to hang out with the guys. When I did get home I put my clothes from yesterday and last night, which I wore today to go out, in the laundry basket then I showered and dressed into comfy clothes then I set up all my equipment and brought everything I needed down into the basement. I got comfortable and made sure I had enough room then turned on the camera with my remote.

‘Hi guys!’ I said happily, ‘first of all, thank you to everyone for the birthday wishes on all my social media sites, if you're new then my birthday was yesterday and it was great. Syn took me to dinner and I thought it was just gonna be us but I was so surprised when we turned the corner to get to our table. Everyone was there and they all yelled happy birthday at me almost giving me a heart attack’ I said with a little laugh ‘so anyway, we all ate and the staff sung happy birthday to me and I got a free hot fudge Sunday! Then we all went back to Syn’s place but he was stalling because when we got there I almost had another heart attack because they all happy birthdayed me again and a had a drink shoved in my face, but it was good’ I said and nodded a little ‘so, a month or so ago now I guess I said that I wasn’t going to do any haul videos, well, I lied. That’s what this is gonna be because they got me so much amazing stuff I cried like three times and I have to show you guys.

I also have exciting news but that’s going to be at the end of the video’ I smiled then sat up a little more and moved something’s around ‘ok, I'm going to start with what my parents sent me because it was only three things, it was this blanket that’s wrapped around me right now, its amazingly soft I wish you guys could feel it, I think it’s supposed to be bear fur? Obviously fake so don’t be going all peta on me ok?’ I said as I rolled my eyes and fixed the blanket. ‘They also got me these head band things, ones leopard and ones just a plain brown color but I think I’ll use these either when I do my makeup or if I wanna rock the 40’s look. Ok, now with what my friends got me, well, kinda I guess. They got me four gift cards, Starbucks, target, Wal-Mart and bath and body works so I used up three of them today and like 12 bucks off the Starbucks one so I’m gonna show you what I bought with the cards then I’ll do what they got me’ I explained as I pulled the three bags over to me

‘Hmm, let’s do bath and body works first. I got myself a Japanese Cherry Blossom body spray, for $14 then a pack of three Halloween lotions, and they were only $6 because its far past Halloween but the scents are Wicked Spiced Pumpkin, Black Candy Apple, and the last one I can't read to well because of the script they used but it’s something Potion’ I said and held them all up together then set them back in the bag and pulled out the last things ‘now, these were on sale for a dollar so I got five because that gift card was 25 bucks so I used it all up and got these little hand sanitizers and their all sweets flavored. There’s strawberry cheesecake and if you’ve been here forever then you know I love that desert, there’s kettle corn pop so basically it smells like popcorn, strawberry parfait which is kinda the same thing as the cheesecake but I think parfait’s are made with nuts and whipped cream’ I explained and showed each one after I read the name

‘Um let’s see the last two are ice cream dream which smells like vanilla ice cream so I’ll probably use that one up first only because I don’t really like vanilla and the last one is cotton candy bliss and I love the smell of cotton candy, I like eating it to but that’s just way too much sugar for me’ I said as I held them both up then put them back in the bag and set it aside ‘guys this might be a little long, I’ll try to keep it under an hour but I can't predict the future so I won’t know until I edit this when I'm finished here, hopefully if it is like an hour you won’t leave me halfway through but I know everyone that’s been watching me for a while won’t leave because they wanna know the surprise’ I said with a smile as I pulled the target bag closer to me and looked inside ‘wow I totally went green today’ I laughed as I pulled out a pack of cotton balls ‘everything in here has a green label and I didn’t notice but anyways, this is the target stuff, first is a 100 count cotton balls for 50 cents so I got three bags,

then I got a yes to cucumbers makeup remover pads for $5.97, and the last three things are all simple brand and I got a moisturizing face wash for $6.99, umm exfoliating face wipes for $5.49 and lastly is soothing face toner, which is why I got the cotton balls and this was $4.99 which made my total $24.94 so I have 6 cents left on the card that I can't do anything with’ I said with a little laugh as I put everything back and moved the bag again and pulled over the Wal-Mart bag ‘ok the last things I got from the gift cards are from Wal-Mart, the first thing is this mini tripod I found for $4.80 which is amazing because the big one I have that you guys are currently siting on was like 50 bucks from amazon. Next I got tampons and no I don’t care if you see them, they’re not inside me so chill in the comments because I already know I’m gonna get “like oh my god! Why would you show your tampons?!”’ I said while I imitated a preppy girl and flipped my hair then laughed a little and shook my head

‘Ok, those were $4.89, I got band aids for $4.95, a new razor called the venus breeze and it’s the purple one and this was $9.47 which I’ll admit is a lot for a razor but I have super sensitive skin so I have to use the good razors and I also got the refills for this razor, it’s the same thing and has four refills and honesty I replace my razor head once a month so with the head that already comes on the new razor plus these four it’ll last me five months and you only have to buy the handle of the razor once so it’s a pretty good deal I think considering these refills are $13 which is definitely expensive but I've tried everything else so this was my last option. If you guys know of any really good cheap razors then definitely let me know’ I said and explained as I pointed out all the things I was saying on the packaging. ‘And to apparently keeping up with the purple theme I got a skintimate shave gel in jasmine meadows for $3.59 thennnnn I got a dollar toothbrush in soft,

Colgate Toothpaste for $2.48 and Colgate Mouthwash for $4.74 and that’s all I got from Wal-Mart so my total was $47.92 which means I obviously went over the gift card limit of $25 but only by $22.92 so that’s actually not bad, I technically only had to pay the $22.92’ I explained as I looked over the receipt then put everything aside ‘alright! Now actual presents and I can see that were already at 20 minutes so hold up I need a drink’ I said and got up, not bothering to turn off the camera and I walked over to the mini fridge and got a can of diet coke then poured it into an ice filled glass then I went back over and sat down and wrapped the blanket back around me ‘alright, ready! You guys ready? If you're not then pause me and go get ready I’ll wait’ I said as I sipped some of my drink then just kinda sat there for a few seconds ‘ok, ready now? You're holding up everyone else you know’ I joked as I pulled something’s to me

‘Ok, so, all of Avenged and their wives or girlfriends pitched in to get me all this stuff and before you ask, no I will not talk about their personal lives to you, that’s why it’s called personal’ I said as I set the new purse in my lap and I put everything back inside of it that was in it when I opened it, did that make sense? ‘Ok, now, I didn’t ask for any of this stuff you think that. Syn asked me what I wanted for my birthday and I said maybe a journal or mini tri pod but as you can see I got the tri pod myself. Now, I'm just going to randomly do this because I don’t remember what I opened first last night but everything was in this beautiful new leopard bag the girls picked out and it has a front zip, big inside and a cross body strap but I’ll start with the front zip. They got me this beautiful new wallet, it zips around like this and its small which I like, they put the gift cards in here so those are gone now and the Starbucks one is in my regular wallet because I haven't changed anything out yet’ I explained as I held up the bag and showed the front, back and sides then I did the same with the wallet and showed the inside then I set it on the floor

‘This front pocket also had a tide to go pen, a pack of black bobby pins and a pack of black ouch less hair ties’ I said and held everything up then put it on the floor and sipped my drink a bit ‘ok, now for the big pocket, five of these things were wrapped and on the table but everything they got me fits in here so that’s where I put it and I’ll do those first’ I said as I looked around in the bag to pull out the lighters ‘the first things are these two lighters, ones a regular plastic one but it has Alice on it see?’ I asked then held it up to the camera ‘I've never seen anything like this before and Alice is my favorite so that was really exciting and then they got me this lighter, this one’s a zippo and has a 40’s pinup model on it and they got me fluid for it’ I said then set them down, ‘next are these two journals, this one’s a spiral and has different color bats and this one has a big skull on the front, to go with these they got me a pencil bag, which was packed by the way, with pens, mechanical pencils and black sharpies’ I held everything up to show then set it all aside with everything else.

‘Ok the rest is beauty stuff like this deodorant and Advil for my owies, they got me two huge bottles of body and they smell like sweets, this pink one is cake and it smells just like it and the other one smells just like cupcakes and this one came with a little hand lotion that matches. These are also supposed to be shampoos and bubble baths and it was so funny when I opened them because Syn and I hang out a lot together so after I smelled the pink frosted layer cake I shoved it in his face so he could smell it and he goes “I can have desert all the time!” it was so funny and speaking of Syn, my phone just went off hold on’ I said as I set the bottles down then opened my phone ‘yes?....Ok but I'm filming….ok…yeah it is….ok see you in a sec….bye’ I said then hung up ‘ok, Syn’s going to be joining us in a minute here but anyway, I can't wait to use these I'm so excited!’ I said happily as I moved everything over and looked over my shoulder as the steps creaked

‘Hey’ I smiled, he smiled back then walked over and sat on the couch next to me so he was kinda in the camera but not really, I turned back to the camera and dug in my bag a little more ‘ok, next isssss shampoo and conditioner by herbal essences and it smells amazing, it’s also the hello hydration one and I think I'm going to need this soon since I was thinking about dyeing my hair’ ‘sorry?’ I heard from behind me and turned to look up at Brian ‘you're gonna dye your hair?’ ‘I dunno yet, probably not but I've been thinking about it’ I said and he nodded then I turned back to the camera ‘next is big sexy hair spray and it’s 1.5oz so it’s not the travel one and it’s not the huge one because I don’t really use hair spray so this will definitely last me, oh by the way, I haven't told them about that thing that’s going on in a few months, I'm telling them at the end of the video so shhh’ I said and he laughed but nodded, I smiled and turned back around,

Sipped my drink and put it back on the coffee table that I had down there then I fixed the blanket again ‘alright four more things that were in the purse, first is this aveeno lotion that I've been wanting to try anyway so their kinda mind readers and you’ll see why in a minute’ I laughed then set it down and pulled out both face washes ‘ok, both of these clean and clear face washes, one’s morning burst and the other in night time relaxation and I'm hoping it works because I'm going to be stressed’ I said and set those down then pulled out the perfume ‘the last thing is this perfume and I'm not going into the story about this, maybe another time but anyway, this is my favorite and I haven't been able to find it for years and here it is, sitting in my hand’ I said softly then felt Brian’s hand on my shoulder, I leaned back against the couch some and looked over at him ‘you ok?’ he whispered, I nodded then set the canister down where everything else was and got up to stretch

‘Sorry guys, were now at 45 minutes and my legs are hurting so I'm going to move up to the couch’ I said as I bent down so the camera could see me ‘one sec’ I said then moved the camera and everything around and sat on the couch making sure everything was ok ‘ok, back’ I said and I knew I was going to edit the camera moving around ‘ok now, yesterday morning while I was getting ready I completely ran out of all of my makeup like I'm not even kidding, I finished all my eye shadow in the naked pallet, both my face and eye shadow primer, chap stick, lotion, pencil and liquid eyeliner, mascara and my foundation and powder so when I got this stuff I thought I was losing my shit or someone was psychic’ I said as I pulled my makeup bag out and set it on my blanket covered lap after putting my bag on the floor ‘they got me this new makeup bag and it says beauty all over it and I could barely open it last night because they stuffed it full’ I said again as I unzipped the bag easier than last night

‘The first thing on top here is three packs of gum, orbit in spearmint, trident in strawberry and five in cobalt. Then some ice breakers mints in spearmint and two of this wisp packets and they have four in them and the flavors are spearmint and peppermint’ I said as I held them all up while I said the names then set them next to me on the couch ‘then I got four packs of wipes and they are just original wet ones, uh simple cleansing facial wipes, Burt’s bees pink grapefruit cleansing facial wipes and Olay wet cleansing cloths and I'm probably going to use these and the Burt’s bees to take off my makeup and the simple ones in the morning if I don’t want to wash my face’ I explained as I set them next to me then pouted when I realized my drink was still on the table so I looked over at Syn ‘what?’ ‘Will you get my drink?’ I pouted, he laughed and reached over to grab it then handed it to me, I took a few sips and handed it back since the end table was on his side

‘Ok back to it!’ I said happily as I picked up all the chap sticks ‘my regular cherry chap stick, then the original baby lips and original Nivea, The Body Shop roll on chap stick in coconut, and The Body Shop Vitamin E with SPF 15. I got two lip scrubs and I've never used these before, one is a sparkling pink grapefruit and the other just says Santa's lip scrub and it smells like berries to me but it doesn’t have a scent on the jar’ I said as I opened it and smelled it then looked over at Brian, he smelled it to and nodded ‘strawberries’ he said and I smelled it again ‘agreed, ok the mystery is solved’ I said and we both laughed ‘alright, still a lot to go guys but I’ll try and hurry it up, um, the next things are this hand sanitizer from bath and body work in midnight pomegranate, travel Q-Tips and I'm going to have to pick up a big pack of these so I can refill it then I got one of these squishy sponge things that I don’t know how to use and I got one of these little face brushed that I don’t remember the name of’

‘Man you're a mess today’ ‘yeah I know but I've been doing this for a little over an hour’ ‘have you been doing this since I dropped you off?’ ‘Well, kinda’ I said and he just shook his head and smiled, I smiled back and went back to what I was doing ‘I got two eye shadow brushes and two little eye shadow pallets, this first one has a white, two gray’s and a black and the next one they actually got me the naked basics pallet 2 and I've been wanting to try this so bad because this one has darker colors than the first one and the names of the colors in this pallet are skimp, stark, frisk, cover, primal, and undone’ ‘those are some weird ass names’ ‘you should see the other names’ ‘oh god’ he said as he rolled his eyes, I laughed and closed both pallets and laid them next to me ‘ok let’s stick to the eye theme and go with these eyeliners, two black liquids in wet and wild and Urban Decay 24/7 and the name of this is perversion’ I said then looked over at Brian

‘Nuh uh’ ‘uh huh! See!’ I said as I pointed it out, he leaned over and looked ‘hmm, that’s weird’ ‘yeahhhhh, but I'm weird so its ok’ I said then put those down ‘ok two black stick eyeliners in NYX and a brand I don’t know, then two blackest black mascaras in NYX and Maybelline’s The Rocket and I haven't used any of this stuff yet because I'm not wearing makeup today but anyway, there’s this BB Cream from The Body Shop and the shade is light and I put a little on the back of my hand and rubbed it in and it actually matches so that’s good, um I got a NYX concealer and eye shadow base or primer whatever you wanna call it, NYX face primer and my regular stick foundation and powder and finally the last two things are my regular Olay face lotion and a new face lotion for night time by The Body Shop and I'm finally done!’ I said exhausted as I fell again Brian, he laughed and wrapped his arm around me and handed me my drink, I thanked him and took a few sips then handed it back

‘Ok now for the surprise! My album drops Wednesday February 25th!! So go get it and I’ll be going on tour for a year, I'm leaving here on Sunday March first, tickets will come out the week after the albums released and I'm think I'm going to be doing all of the states and a few places in Canada but I don’t remember where at and I think that’s it, I will see you guys on Friday with another music video, bye!’ I said as I waved then turned the camera off with the remote and sighed big as I laid across Brian’s lap and I felt him pet my hair softly ‘why are you here?’ I asked softly, he chuckled a little and ran his hand across my back slowly ‘just wanted to spend more time with you’ ‘I'm not cooking you dinner’ ‘I know baby, we can have pizza’ ‘ok’ ‘after you edit’ he said and I fake cried ‘I don’t wanna!’ ‘You gotta, come on, it doesn’t take you long and you only have to cut out like two seconds of you moving the camera’ he said and I nodded then sat up and kissed him,

He kissed back and smiled ‘smoke?’ I asked, he nodded and I stood up and stretched a lot then picked up my smokes and new Alice lighter and we set upstairs and into the garage, I smoked in here sometime when I didn’t want to go up to the porch. We just talked and smoked then I put the video on my laptop and while that was loading I packed up all my presents making sure I didn’t forget anything then picked up my laptop and blanket with my bag on my arm and waddled over to the steps ‘give me the blanket before you fall’ Brian laughed so I turned around and he took it from me and we walked up into the living room, sat on the couch and I hurried up and edited the video then let it upload while I cuddled into Brian and wrapped the blanket back around me.

Notes

Echo's Outfit and Presents - http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/set?id=135487922