Sunday 20 March 2011

How to Do a side Chignon:

I have just learnt how to do a really cute side bun, perfect for a quick and easy party doo.
This Hair style is actually really simple, The best trick is to put dry shampoo through the hair or backcomb the crown of the head first to add volume.
This a close up view of the bun. I have secured the hair in place by slides. You push the slides in the bun closed then twist them in the hair to the left, so the hair gets secured under the slide. Do this around the top of the bun.
















This is a Youtube Clip made by Ted Gidson Doing a tutorial on how to create the bun i did but on the top of your head, It looks amazing !!
Enjoy :) 

Saturday 19 March 2011

How To Do a FishTail Plait:

I have just learnt how to do this plait! i am so excited it is worn by all the celebrities and i am so happy i can finally do this style at least on my best friend Milly who is modelling this plait!


This is what the plait looks like from the side.










This looks quite messy close up, but you want to try and keep it  textured.








This is a tutorial of How to Do a fish tail Plait by a popular YouTube beauty guru.

Hope you enjoy this new hair style to try, It would look good in the day or night. Enjoy :) 

Johnnie B Dresses

Johnnie B is the teen version of boden, quite a few items from my wardrobe are from there. However the dresses this season are completely LUSH. Here are a few if my favourites.
1.

This is my favourite dress at the moment. I have the flowery one and I love it but the blue stars is also adorable. This dress is soo comfortable and its so pretty and floaty that it makes you feel completely summery immediately. At only £34.00 its pretty good value for a quality dress.

2.

This is my second favourite dress from their spring/summer collection. I love it because of the whole neutral trend that is quite common at the moment. I love the pockets at the front which give a beach, easy-going feel to the dress. This dress would look gorgeous with simple brown sandals or even boots. At £38.00 this dress is slightly expensive, but still not bad. It really is amazing quality though, and it still looks incredible after a number of washes.

3.

This style was used last year by johnnie B but with different colours and designs. I have one of the old design dresses an I still where it all the time. They are so comfortable and are perfect for wearing around the house, just to chill plus they are great for parties or chilling on the beach. These also make you feel completely summery with their floaty skirts and short vest tops. These are £32.00 so are pretty good value.


4.
Although this post is supposed to be about dresses, this jumpsuit is in the dresses section on the Johnnie B website, Plus they are completely gorgeous! With their flattering ruffles along the neck line and the elasticated waist to show of your curves, this style will make you look completely gorgeous. There's a range of colours and designs but these two are my favourite. At £30.00 this is amazing value for quality materials and style.

There are many other dresses on johnnies B's website: http://www.boden.co.uk/en-GB/Johnnie-B-Clothing.html#nav. So go take a look :)


Lots of love Milly xxx

The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks





Although this film and book have been out for ages, if you haven't read the book or seen the film yet then you must. The book is slightly better than the film however not by much. Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth are both amazing, especially Miley. They completely involve you in the story, and it is so realistic.
It is about a whirlwind summer romance, a persistent guy and a reserved moody girl. They obviously fall in love, but are pulled apart by various tragedies and stuck up parents. Finnished off with a bit of destiny and following their dreams. It had both of us  laughing, and in complete tears. Not just you average 'tears rolling down your face' but complete blubbering which lasted for more than 30 minutes after the film was finnished.                                                                                                           If you want the whole experience, read the book and then watch the film. If you don't watch the film and then read the book. Either way this is an essential watching/reading experience.
Here's clip from the film:



So if you haven't seen it yet, what are you still doing here... go rent it, go buy it, go download it... now. and if you havent read the book... you NEED to now.

Love Hannah and Milly xxx

Wednesday 16 March 2011

One Day by David Nicholls


I read this book a month or so ago, and it is amazing! The book follows Dexter Mayhew and Emma Morley throughout their lives. Each chapter is the same day the following year, its starts off when they meet at uni and you then follow their lives throughout the years, either when they're together or apart. It's not the traditional love story but it is a more realistic story of life. It had be crying and laughing but whatever the emotions i was hooked throughout. Even when its just about their mundane, day to day life you feel as if you are in both these characters heads, and once you've finnished you feel as if you know both Dex and Em as if they were close friends. It's so realistic and it just hugs you. This book was a national book awards winner for popular fiction book of the year and i can understand why. It's soon to be made into a film, and although i can't imagine the film to by even close to the amaziness of the book i'm still looking forward to its release. Although i've made it seem like a girly love story, it really isn't. I reckon guys would probably enjoy this too seeing as its written from both male and female percpectives. It really makes you value life. But not in a morbid way. Both characters don't have perfect jobs or find their soul mates immediately without any drama, they learn that life is difficult for most people, especially when you don't speak your mind. It's so realistic and easy to relate to compared to the general love story.

Here's the author's website if you want any more info: http://www.davidnichollswriter.com/home

I found an audio extract from near the beginning of the book :


Please read it, it will change your world. Love Milly xxx

Sunday 13 March 2011

Loving You Tonight - Andrew Allen

I came across this video accidently on youtube, and fell in love with it. It's been stuck in my head all week (along with hey soul sister, the glee version) so I thought I should share it with you guys. It makes me feel incredibly summery plus the lyrics are gorgeous. His voice is also amazing and so gorgeous. Although I don't think this song is yet available on itunes, look out for it because it should be soon. For more info about Andrew Allen visit his website http://www.andrewallenlive.com/fr_aahome.cfm



Love Milly xxx

Friday 4 March 2011

A Little Bit About Milly

Here are my answers to the questions as promised. I know for some of the questions it completely looks like we copied each other, but we both wrote our answers to all the questions before showing the other, so the similarities are simple a coincidence. Enjoy :)
1. How and when did you meet? well i was in yr8, so i was 12 and hannah was in yr 7 so she was 11 and we get on the same bus for school. We have spent apsolutely ages trying to work out why one day we sat next to each other but can't remember.we just did and we were best friends ever since.
2. What's your favorite memory together? i don't really have a favourite memory but one time that was quite hilarious was when we we sat in the car on the way to hannah's house and her dad was driving and we just couldn't stop laughing. We'd stop for like a second and then we'd look at each other and start laughing all over again. Her dad thought we were quite weird from that moment on. Whatever we were laughing at it must have been really funny.
3. Describe each other in one word. Fabulous. Her clothes, her accesories,her shoes. She always looks fabulous and she has a fabulous personality! She is just a fabulous person and i'm so lucky to have her!
4. What's your dream job? at the moment my dream job would be a publisher, publishing books. i read a lot so it would be a pretty perfect job for me. It takes me 2 days to read a book that it takes hannah 2 months to read, its quite funny.
5. What's your favorite makeup brand? Most of Rimmel London is quite good, i couldn't live without my rimmel eyeliner, i wear quite a bit of clinique too, but i think my favourite would be Barry M because you can buy everything in every colour imaginable.
6. What is something that annoys you about the other person? It doesn't annoy me anymore, but it must annoy some people, hannah is constantly singing. She's not a bad singer in fact shes amazing, check out her youtube page, but she sings constantly. she's always getting songs stuck in my head. Also, she is quite annoying when watching films as she can't just and watch she constantly asking what's going to happen even if I haven't seen it before.
7. If you could go anywhere in the world together, where would it be and why? probably New York, it would be a completely amazing shopping trip. Plus we could go see all the shows. it would be amazing.
8. Favorite inside joke? well i liked this guy, well still like him actually and all i could think of that was bad about him was that he has a big nose. So whenever i get in a mood or rant about him she she just says "but remember he has a big nose" and then starts laughing histerically, which makes me laugh. Everyone around us thinks we are mad.
9. Who takes longer to get ready in the morning? I take longer on my face but hannah takes longer to choose what to wear and we both take quite long to doing her hair, she says she doesn't , but she does. So its probably equal.
10. Favorite season? spring and summer, i can't choose.
11. Favorite song? At the moment its stay the night but James blunt (it makes me feel summery)and the glee version of teenage dream and marry you.
12. What is it like being best friends with someone who is obsessed with clothes? Pretty awsome, it's really great when we go shopping coz she can help me choose clothes really easily.
13. Heels or flats? I where a lot of flats, i live in my converse but i'd have to say heels because they make your feet look pretty.
14. trousers or dresses? i wear jeans a lot but i'd always rather wear a dress than jeans. so dresses.
15. Favorite animal? pigs, they're so cute.
16. If your house was burning down, and your entire family was sure to be okay, what would you save and why? an extra hoodie?? Probably my ipod, because i generally don't go anywhere without it and i love it. Plus an extra hoodie just to be sensible as its cold outside.
17. Comedy, horror, or chick-flick? chick-flick all the way.
18. Blackberry or iPhone? i dont have either but i will say iphone to be different because hannah loves her blackberry.
19. Favorite movie? At the moment its a mixture of Pride and prejudice, the one with Keira Knightley and He's just not that into you. They are feel good films.
20. What is something weird that you eat? i don't think i eat anything thats really weird but both me and hannah eat hummus if you count that as weird.
21. Do you guys have anything matching? i think we have matching sunglasses and shorts from H&M.
22. What's your favorite TV show? um... currently on the tv it would probably be glee, i also love lark rise to candleford and misfits but my all time favourite would be gilmore girls.
Love Hannah and Milly xxx

Thursday 3 March 2011

A Little Bit About Hannah

So Hannah found this girl who does youtube posts and she asked for questions which her and her best friend answered on her next youtube post. She then asked everyone to do the same with their best friend so seeing as this is a best friend blog we thought it would be quite appropriate. If you want to see the original post on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/otherjuicystar07?feature=chclk#p/search/1/cqZ0W2Zvz44
So this is to tell you a little bit more about us. This is Hannah's answers:
1. How and when did you meet?
 
well I was in year 7 and Milly was in year 8 thats age 11 and 12, we were on the same bus together. The stage between us just knowing each other and being best friends has blurred in our memery we have spent many minutes trying to remember but we always  fail miserably haha
2. What's your favorite memory together?
well we went shopping in London togther for my Birthday, we went with my Mum we bought like the whole of H &M hahah and holister we had the time or our lives it was amazing !! we loved it.
Another time it must have been the first time Milly came round my house we had just colleted her and we just laughed none stop the whole way to my house!! my Dad just sat smiling in the front yet again. we cant think why hahah x
3. Describe each other in one word.
 
Milly is LOVELY , beacause she is lovely inside and out!! she has the heart of an angel and only moans about people if they need to me moaned about haha x (inside joke) Milly is just an amazing person and is so nice to everyone she is a treasure and i am so lucky to have her as a best friend!!
4. What's your dream job?
i would love to be a singer or on Disney Channel ! i am having an obsession with disney channel as milly will tell you !!
5. What's your favorite makeup brand?
rimmel and barry M for nail varnish and eye shadows because of the amazing colours ! andd then to clean your face clinique all the wayy !!!! then for foundations and cover ups maybellne and max factor it looks amazing just like air brushed skin !!
6. What is something that annoys you about the other person?
I have thought about this ALOT ! and all i can think of is Millys great talent to read books so much faster than me !! it takes Milly a weekend to read a book that would take me a month :( haaa i am what you could call an inpatient person haaa and i like to no what happens in the end before i have read it !!!
7. If you could go anywhere in the world together, where would it be and why?
Definatly America ! proberly New York for the amazing shopping we love to shop and LA for the sun and Music !!
8. Favorite inside joke?
well... Milly had this major crush on this guy and I could do to stop her becoming a love sick depressed was to point out how large his nose was :P so that what i do when ever she is on a rant or love sick (remember his nose ) it works a treat !!
9. Who takes longer to get ready in the morning?
well this has taken a while hahah, milly takes longer to do her face and i take forever chosing clothes, Milly has to normally drag me out the house ! especially on a night out we do eachothers hair so i think i will say we take an equal amount of time xxxxx
10. Favorite season?
summer all the way ! summer= holidays and sunglasses !
11. Favorite song?
Any Glee songs or Disney (seeing a theme :P)
13. Heels or flats?
heels any day of the week !!
14. Trousers or dresses?
Dresses make you feel really pretty and summery but trousers are good sometimes so both :P
15. Favorite animal?
Dogs ! Man's best friends heyy , i love my dogs
16. If your house was burning down, and your entire family was sure to be okay, what would you save and why?
My New LV Bag, i saved up for it forever and it proves that i am not a shoperholic haha (im not really )
17. Comedy, horror, or chick-flick?
Chick Flick no contest!!
18. Blackberry or iPhone?
 
Blackberry !! and i think i am converting Milly too x
19. Favorite movie?
pretty much any chick Flick but i love he is just not that into you ! or for Christmas the Holiday
20. What is something weird that you eat?
 
well i couldnt think of anything apart from me and Mill both eat alot of Humous hahah x and i hate any cheese apart from on pizza and light laughing cow (hahah its not me its my body)
21. Do you guys have anything matching?
sunglasses, holister tops and bestfriends necklaces which we bought when we went to London !! we love to shop
22. What's your favorite TV show?
ohh i would have to say GLLEEE !!!!
 
Milly's answers will follow shortly. Hopefully you will feel as if you know us a bit better.
Love Milly and Hannah xxx