Strictly Come Dancing 2011

It's that time of year again and Strictly is well underway. This is the ninth series made so far and it is definately one of the best. Here is one of my favourite dances so far this series, incase you haven't been watching:

Hannah and Myself have our favourites but we want to know yours. You can comment on this post or you can email us at bestfriendsguidetolife@gmail.com We would really love to here your views, favourite couples and favourite dances of this series so far. Also feel free to email us about anything that you would like us to write a post about we would love to hear from you.

REMEMBER to tune in to BBC1 at 18:45 for the next glamourous show.

Lots of love Milly xxx

Matt Cardle - Letters

Matt's new album 'Letters' is pretty decent in my opinion. He previously released the single 'Run For Your Life' from this album written for him by gary barlow. Although this song is not completely terrible it is definately one of the worst on the album. The rest of the album showcases Matt's songwriting and I really like it. It has a good mix of upbeat and slow songs - all of them being good songs. His voice is amazing making the album in more special and must listen for everyone. He's not everyone's cup of tea but he is definately mine.

Lots of love Milly xxx

Chalet Girl

This film, recently released on DVD, is a must watch. You think it's going to be the classic, predictable chick flick - but it's actually not. Although it is chick flicky and slightly predictable in places it is actually really funny. The cast and actors are brilliant and the music is awsome. Here's a trailer to get you in the mood:

It's the perfect film to get yourself ready for the winter months ahead. Remember only 75 days till christmas :)
Milly xxx

Newlook

“Every girl needs a few pairs of going out shoes, whether they're peep toe shoe boots, slingback heels or a pair of wedges. However, the magic behind a pair of going out shoes is not the way they look; it's the way they make you feel. Fabulous, stylish and elegant are some complements you are bound to receive when you buy a pair of going out shoes” Newlook

They no their stuff with this quote !!  Got to love Newlook shoes.

Hannah x

Leap Year

If your looking for a nice film to watch after your exams or just a tiring day at school, I have the perfect film. Leap Year is about a girl who goes to Dublin to propose to her boyfriend on leap day, but as you probably guessed it doesn't go so smoothly. Amy Adams from Enchanted (also a pretty cool film) plays 'Anna from Boston' the arrogant american. Whilst Matthew Goode plays Declan who is hilarious and smoldering - he really made the film for me. The gorgeous coutryside back drop added to the amazing storyline, acting and characters makes this film one of my favourites of all time (it's definately in my top ten).This film has me histerical in moments and totally in love with Declan in others. I am never ever going to get bored of this film; I must have watched it at least 10 times in the last week alone. If you now really want to watch this film, then here's the trailer to keep you going:

And for anyone still finnishing their exams - Good luck! I know it completely sucks but it will soon be over. Enjoy the film.
lots of love Milly xxx

Re:Jimmy Needham

If you guys have been following our blog closely then you'll remember that I did a post on Jimmy Needham's album 'Nightlights' a few weeks ago. I've been following Jimmy's blog on his website so I thought I'd give the address to you guys so you could follow along too. It's http://www.jimmyneedham.com/2011/04/avril-lavigne-invisible-rings-true-freedom-2/. So Enjoy :)
 Remember to tell all your friends about us.
 lots of love Milly xxxx

M&S Shoes - Limited Collection

Marks and Spencers have always had the odd pair of really nice shoes at really good prices. I have found a really nice pair of shoes in their Limited Collection for only £19.50! I know, I was completely shocked. So much so, that I grabbed my size and ran to the nearest checkout. These shoes are made of navy blue material with mahogany leather-like material on the heel. They fit me perfectly even though I have narrow ankles, plus as they are navy, they will go with most outfits. I think these are a Star Buy. They are an amazing pair of shoes that make your feet look gorgeous as well as being really good value for money.

Here's the website if you'd like to find out more about these gorgeous shoes:  http://www.marksandspencer.com/Limited-Collection-Platform-Court-Shoes/dp/B004AB8DV8?ie=UTF8&ref=sr_1_2&nodeId=210704031&sr=1-2&qid=1307105576

Enjoy :) Love Milly xxx

My YouTube Channel

When I Look At You–Miley Cyrus Cover

This is me! I love singing and i have done a few covers on YouTube. I will try and do more now i can use a proper recording studio at school. So if you have any requests for covers feel free to give me an email

Love Hannah x

Rimmel London 'Day 2 Night' Mascara

I bought this mascara yesterday and I am loving it! It has two sections to it: one which adds length to you lashes (day) and one which adds volume (night). The length brush is perfect for a casual and natural look; it makes you look feminine and more delicate. The volume brush is better for the more mysterious look and works a treat with some black eye liner. Both brushes are clump free and it is very easy to use. At the moment as it is a new line it has £2 off in Boots and Superdrug, so I'd get it quickly if I was you, as it is only £5.99. This is amazing value for a top mascara. I would highly recommend it!
Happy shopping!
love Milly xxx

P.S. Please feel free to email us or leave us a comment telling us what you think of the blog - we really would love to hear from you. Our email is bestfriendsguidetolife@gmail.com. Can't wait to hear from you.

Jimmy Needham - Nighlights

Jimmy Needham has recently released a new album 'Nightlights'. Jimmy is a singer from Chicago and his music is soulfull and has an acoustic feel. His music has is simaler to Jason Mraz. He is most famous for his amazing song 'Firefly', which I love! So if you're looking for some summer tunes I would highly recommend his album. The deluxe edition of this album is awsome as it includes some acoustic versions of some of his songs, this can be bought on itunes. This is the music video for 'Firefly' by Jimmy Needham.  

Enjoy :)
lots of love
Milly xx

Adele 21

Wow! that's all i can say about Adele’s new album. After her major hit with “Chasing Pavements” In her first album of 19. It was hard to see how Adele wads going to improve and show more in her next hit! But somehow she did. Her new album is all about a break up in her relationship, the songs are beautiful! Her performance of “Someone Like You” at the BRIT awards was a massive hit in the charts:

Someone like You by Adele

She doesn’t dip with the rest of her Album as the rest of her songs are just as stunning with another of my favourites are “Turning Tables” and “rolling in the Deep”.

Hannah x

Barry M Instant Nail Effects

These nail varnishes are all over the magazines right now! You can paint your nails a base colour layer of your choice then you paint over with one of the four colours of the paints for a cracked and edgy effect! Instant Nail Effects is a simple to use nail paint that creates this amazing effect on your nails in one simple stroke. Or play around with it to create different effects.

For a video on a tutorial on how to apply click here! and enjoy :)

Hannah x

Spring Harvest 2011 - Route 66

Tomorrow me and hannah are going to spring harvest 2011. Our excitement is uncontrollable. We have been preparing and anticipating this day for just under a year and it has finally come.
For those who don't know what spring harvest is, it is a christian event that happens once a year on various weeks around easter in various butlins destinations. They get all the up and coming as well as the more famous christian music artists from around the world for worship, teaching and relaxation.
Here's a video to show you a bit of what it is like:

This year's theme is Route 66, so its all about the bible which is quite appropriate due to it being the anniversary of the king james's bible this year.

As i said before me and hannah are exstacting about this, and we want to share our experiences with you guys. So we are hoping that everyday we will be able to really share what we have been doing and what we have learnt throughout that day - a bit like a diary. So keep checking the blog in the next few days (we are going Saturday 9th April and are coming back on Thursday 14th April) and keep up to date with our adventures at Spring harvest. And for anyone who will be joining us in the Spring Harvest going this week, we hope to see you there.

For more information about Spring Harvest go to:
http://www.springharvest.co.uk/ or their facebook page.

Love Milly xxx

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 :) 

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

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

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

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