Happy Monday my peeps!!
We all get the fact that in reality my favorite apps are Uber {shoutout to always having a DD... as long as your phone has battery} and Postmates. I mean, who doesn't like rides to fun bars {especially when you can take over the AUX} and who doesn't like food being delivered to them.
HELLOOOO!!
I would GLADLY hang out in bed with my pups all day with no pants on and rely on Postmates {or Uber Eats or Favor or you know what I mean} for meals all day BUT who has that kinda money?! I guess that's where the sugar daddies come in...?
If you don't get my reference to sugar daddies, be sure to check out last week's FMF to get the tea.
NOW -- Lemme just say, after reading this, you're going to probably want to download all of these apps I'm talking about... Also, lemme just tell you that all six apps I'm going to talk to y'all about are ALL FREE BABYYYY!!
Who doesn't like the word free?!
I straight up SWEAR by these apps... I have been using them five-ever and every time I get a new phone {which lemme tell yah, I have gone through WAYYYY too many phones in my day... sorry dad}, they are the apps that I find myself downloading first.
So with that... LET'S. GET. TO. IT.
Airbrush {& Lightroom}
Let's be honest... We have ALL heard of Facetune... Yup, I don't have it cause yo girl is cheap when it comes to apps and I would rather spend my money on clothes or photo // video editing software. BUT, game changer... Airbrush is kinda {basically} the same exact thing!!
Guys -- Secret is out, I am not as tan as my pictures typically perceive me to be. Obviously I first use my Lightroom preset before posting to my insta g BUT after saving my photo after my preset is on it, I hit the "magic" button on Airbrush and lemme tell yah, magic is made babyyyy!! The majority of the time, my teeth are whiter, my cheeks are slimmer, my skin is smoother, my {obviously designer} bags under my eyes are gone, and all the rest is history.
Planoly
This app {or UNUM if you don't want to create a free account} will be your biggest blessing if you are looking to improve your Insta's aesthetic and plan your posts in advance. It has made creating content soooo much easier for me because I know exactly the look I want and the planning helps keep me accountable when it comes to posting daily {which is a freakin struggle...}.
Unfold
Talk about aesthetics when it comes to posting to your insta stories... Or even if you want to post a vintage-y framed looking photo to your feed. I can 112% say that THIS is the app I have gotten the most DMs about. I can't even count the amount of times people have asked me what I use to make my stories look legit {and cute} af.
While the app is free though, I will be honest with you and let you know that the frames I use the most are called "FF1" and they do cost $1.99 BUT I think they're worth it. I have used them for too many stories to even count sooooooo as Nike says, "just do it" {aka ball out and get the app}.
Another similar app I have found is StoryLuxe. The app is also free BUT the majority of the frames will require you to pay for an upgrade.
Nike Run Club
Well... I already mentioned Nike and I guess it works out and kinda leads to this app. This app is FABULOUS is you are a runner {or a walker like myself haha}. Honestly, I love this app because it uses your phones GPS and will track your location {and outline your route at the end of your walk}, it will give you your average pace {if you want to compete against yourself}, it will tell you how many calories you've burned, the whole freakin shabang.
I will tell you though, I signed up for NRC {yup, I'm gettin fancy and calling it by its acronym} through my Facebook SOOOOO the first few times I had absolutely NO idea that my runs {which were terrible in Texas... when I attempted lol} were getting posted to my Facebook profile. That being said, be sure to turn off the automatic social postings... Unless you're into that kinda stuff.
From using it in Texas though to run along the Trinity River {shoutout to Fort Worth} and track distance and time, I now have to use the app when I walk my pups and it is soooo much help. Long story short, one of my pups has terrible hips // knees so he can't walk past a certain distance, so I rely heavily on NRC so I'm not stuck carrying my fatass pup back to my car.
MyFitnessPal
Ladies and gents... SUMMER IS FREAKING APPROACHING!!
This app will be your biggest motivation to get that bs "summer bod" BUT it will also keep you accountable. It helps track the calories you intake in a day, the amount of calories you burn through working out, the fiber you are consuming, among other things. It is seriously sooooo easy to use and has a huge database that you can search a variety of different foods // brands as well as exercises to get pretty accurate numbers for the best results.
Notes
It comes with your phone people!! If you are NOT using the Notes app, what the heck are you doing with your life?!
Yes -- Depending on the size of my handbag // purse for the day, you may find a small spiral notebook in it BUT when in doubt, Notes is HUGEEEE. Got an idea? Write it in Notes. Have a question or something you wanna look up when you have access to your computer? Write it in Notes.
My tip to you if you're an avid Instagrammer... Use Notes to store your lineup of hashtags so that all you have to do is copy and paste that s**t. I am SO not into having to type all those "#LAblogger #LosAngelesStyle #ootdgoals" and so on over and over and over again... I don't have time for that BUT I have tons of different hashtags lined up in Notes that are ready for me to use.
Notes also has some prewritten captions I have thought of {I literally have some already planned for if // when I get a boyfriend}, ideas for some podcasts {if I end up starting one}, ideas for vlogs I wanna do and that I think would be entertaining {subscribe to me plz n thx}, my grocery lists, books I wanna read, etc. If you're not using Notes now, you may wanna rethink what you're doing and start that tomorrow.
You heard it here first folks... You NEED these apps.
I am doing you a service by telling you to go to your App Store right now and get using them because they will help with basically everything in your life.
Photos... Check!! Fitness... Check!! Social Media... Check!! Life... CHECKKKK!!
If I am missing any though {or if y'all have ANY recommendations on apps that I should test out} PLEASE let me know!! I would love love LOVE to find out what you guys are using that are helping you out with life and organization and all that good stuff... PLUS, it's not like we spend the majority of our days looking at our phones {lol}.
Time to go do some more planning and figure out life {rip to me}, so until Wednesday I hope y'all enjoyed this blog!!
xoxo V
