Road Runner

 

Hi everyone, today I am drowning in revision. Drowning in it. Exam season is coming up again, and it is a pain in the butt. This half term 'holiday' will surely be spent with only piles of books and revision folders for company, and it's just so stressful. I feel like however much work I do, there's always another stack waiting for me. At the time of writing this I have taken a break out of my French revision - bonjour - to say hello to you and show you this outfit. I especially wanted to share my latest D.I.Y - this pair of embellished cat ears. Cute right? It's not exactly an original idea, I'm sure hundreds of internetters have shared their takes on these, but if you'd like a tutorial/D.I.Y, let me know and I'd be happy to oblige. I kept the outfit pretty casual and wearable today, (in my opinion anyway) because honestly I just didn't have time to do anything else, and also I quite like the way this look turned out. Let me know what you think, I do hope you like it. 

Tarra, I hope to talk again soon.

Kisses,

Gwen xxx

Liebster Award

As you can probably see from the title, we have been nominated for the Liebster Award! First of all would like to say a huge thank you to Rachael Catherine from Little Purple Orchid for so kindly nominating our blog, we are so grateful. This is our first ever award nomination, and we are so excited to have received it, and to be able to pass it on to the other blogs we think deserve it. So, without further a do, here goes on the questions Rachael asked us... 

1. What is your favourite foundation?

Gwen: At the moment I have been really loving the Revlon Nearly Naked foundation, it gives a light, dewy, natural looking coverage, and really feels like there's nothing on your skin.
Elena: I haven't been wearing much foundation recently, as I feel my skin has been a lot clearer and I don't really need it. However, occasionally I have been wearing the Natural Collection foundation at it is more like a tinted moisturiser.

2. Tea or Coffee? 

Gwen: I'm not really a fan of hot drinks, so I'd have to say neither.
Elena: Tea, always tea!

3. Modern fashion or vintage?

Gwen: I absolutely love both, so I like to have elements of both in an outfit.

Elena: Hmmmm.. I think it would have to be vintage. I love some of the grunge outfits from the 50s. Especially, the Mods and Teddy Girls!

4. What's your favourite animal?

Gwen: Oooh, this is a hard one. I love wolves - they're deadly yet beautiful and mysterious, but I also really like cats, just because... well, who couldn't?
Elena: There are too many, well ok three... Sloths, llamas and cats. You can really see that I'm a tumblr person from these answers!

5. If you could live anywhere, where would it be?

Gwen: I'd love to live somewhere like Paris or Milan, or somewhere hot like Spain or Greece. But honestly I'm just very happy living in London - it's a fantastic city. 
Elena: I want to live somewhere in America, maybe New York or Florida! I love living in London, I'm pretty sure I still haven't seen all the sights, even though I've lived here for thirteen years!

6. Favourite treat?

Gwen: Tunnock's Tea Cakes. Basically everything right with the world, all crammed into one marshmallowy, chocolatey, biscuity piece of amazingness. Yummy. 
Elena: Pop Tarts. They're heaven in disguise. Do I need to say more?

7. What is your dream career?

Gwen: Well, it goes without saying that I'd love to work in the fashion industry, but I'd also love to be a Naturalist, a Paleontologist, or an Astrophysicist, I knew the order of the Planets of the Solar System, (and their moons, I kid you not) before I new my alphabet. Literally. I am such a weirdo.

Elena: I'd love to be a fashion journalist for a major magazine, like Vogue! Any job in the fashion industry I would absolutely adore. However, it would be amazing to be a special effects makeup artist for tv shows and films, like Doctor Who and American Horror Story.

8. Would you rather have blusher or lipstick?

Gwen: Lipstick. I am a lipstick hoarder! It seems that however many I buy, there are always more I tell myself I 'need'.  
Elena: Lipstick. Always. I blush very easily so as long as I am constantly embarrassed I won't need blusher!

9. If you could have one person play you in a movie, who would it be?

Gwen: I think I'd choose Jenna-Louise Coleman. In case you didn't know, she plays Clara in Doctor Who. Yes, I said it. I love Doctor Who. And I just think she's cool. 

Elena: Could I say Cara Delevingne? I mean, I know she's not an actress but she's so damn cool!

10. Do you have any hobbies?

Gwen: I love art, from sketching to sculpting and everything between. I also love dancing, I do ballet, lyrical and contemporary, and I love them all. I love performing arts, and I go to a weekend performing arts school which I really love. 

Elena: Does Tumblr and YouTube count? If not my hobbies include tap dancing and watch Perks of Being a Wallflower at least once a day!

11. Do you have any tattoos or piercings? If not, would you get either or both? 

Gwen: I don't, but I'd love to get my ears pierced. I'm not sure about tattoos, maybe something small and discreet, but nothing major. 

Elena: I've been thinking about this a lot recently, so brace yourself! So far I just have one piercing in each ear. However, the day I turn sixteen, I'm planning to get my cartilage pierced in one ear and a second and third piercing in the other. I don't want to get any other piercings anywhere else. I definitely want to get a tattoo, however, I haven't decided what I want yet, possibly the quote from Perks 'we accept the love we think we deserve'. This is my favourite quote of all time and it means so much to me, for reasons too long to explain. 

And the questions we wish to ask the nominees are:

1. What made you want to start blogging?

2. What's your favourite song at the moment?

3. What's the one makeup item you cannot live without?

4. Lipstick or lipgloss?

5. Describe your style in 3 words.

6. What's your favourite season?

7. What are the top three places you've ever visited?

8. What are the top three places you want to visit?

9. What's your favorite flower?

10. Share a happy memory :)

11. What's your favourite thing about having a blog?

And finally, the most exciting part... in no particular order...The Nominations!

Francesca from Vintage Lillies
Tazmin from Tazminara
Bernadeth from Miss Beatrix
Sara from de l'Etoile
Madeline from Mode Madeleine
Nominations are based on the number of followers a blog has on bloglovin', sorry if we've done it wrong, we're new to all this!

Once again a huge thank you for the nomination, and a huge congratulations to the nominees, you all deserve it 100%! I hope you enjoyed this post, see you all soon!

Lots of love and virtual hugs,

Gwen & Elena xoxo

Matchy-Matchy

Hi everyone, one of my best friends Zarin came over today to do a Latin project (exciting I know) with me, but we decided when we'd finished to take some photos. With her love for photography and my love for blogging, we could think of no better way to spend the afternoon. I love the matchy-matchy print of the top and shorts, very summery, and to me it has a sort of 1950s vibe. They used to be a playsuit, but I've done a bit of D.I.Ying and cut them in two. Typical of me I know. I actually much prefer it like this though, I added a few darts to make it more structured, and cropped the top to show a teensy bit of midriff. Very kitsch I think. The blazer acts as a cover up to avoid showing too much skin, and it also complements the print and colours of the top and shorts nicely. I really hope you like it! Gwen xoxo

I'm Married To The Music, For Better or For Worse

You Me At Six - Bite My Tongue

Hi everyone! It feels like so long since I've done an outfit post, and I've missed it! So, on this lazy bank holiday weekend, I thought I'd take the opportunity to try and get back into the swing of things. Firstly, I don't know why, but the photos aren't as crisp as usual, so apologies for that, but I hope you can enjoy them anyways. Secondly, you have no idea how happy I am that I can finally ditch my thick wooly tights and get my legs out. Not that I am particularly fond of my legs, it's just a relief for them not to be all stuffed up in a pair of Marks & Spencer's finest. 

Also, I can break out my festival gear, like this tribal skirt I made out of some fabric a friend brought back from Pakistan. (I think it was actually supposed to be some sort of table runner, but there's nothing like being creative, eh?) I love the print, I think it's got a nice edge to it. I threw on a slogan tee, a leather jacket and my oh-so-well-loved biker boots. They're starting to look a little worn, which saddens me a great deal. Never mind though, a bit of minor wear and tear adds to the look, I think.

Anyway, enough of my rambling, I'll just sign off.

I hope you like the look!

Hasta Luego! xxx

Coral & Denim

Yesterday, Gwen and I took to the streets of the East End to snap up some photos to show you. As the sun is finally peeking out of the clouds, and the seemingly endless winter looks to be coming to and end, I thought I should finally branch into something a little more summery.

I love this outfit because, though the dress is quite feminine and pretty, it also adds a statement pop of colour and makes the outfit stand out from the crowd. We threw on a denim shirt over the dress to make the look a bit more casual and cool. Then we simply added a chunky necklace and a pair of studded wedges to pull the outfit together. I hope you like it!

 

 

 

Dress - Topshop

Shirt - H&M

Wedges - New Look

Necklace - New Look

50 Facts About Us

Hi everyone, today's post is a little different than usual. We really wanted to do a '50 Facts About Us' post, so you can get to know us a little better. So here it is, 25 facts each about our endless weirdness and other bits and bobs.

We hope you enjoy!

 Gwen:

1. My birthday is the 17th of November

2. I have a love for Thai food

3. I hate bananas with a passion :P

4. I find Pringles extremely moreish - as soon as I've eaten one, the whole tube will be gone in about   3 minutes

5. I have an extensive collection of Disney films, my favourite of which is Mulan :)

6. I can never finish a box of cereal, no matter what size it is. I always get bored of it before it's finished.

7. I can never let a computer or phone go to sleep by itself, I have to turn it off manually.

8. I have a fear of vomit...nice...

9. I am definitely a cat person, and I have two; Munch and Moonlight

10. I have broken a bone 6 times

11. I have a birthmark on the left side of my face that covers half my jaw, goes up to my ear and down to my chest. It's quite faded now but when I was born it was apparently bright purple.

12. Shoe shopping is a real pain for me because I have teeny-tiny pixie feet - size 2-3 in UK sizing.

13. I used to be blonde when I was little.

14. When I was 11 I shaved one of my eyebrows off.

15. I love art, fashion and photography, but I'm also a massive science geek.

16. I absolutely love F.R.I.E.N.D.S, so much so that I fear it has become an addiction.

17. I am a very messy eater, which does not bode well with eating in restaurants.

18. My favourite season is Spring.

19. I will eat Soy Sauce with everything. And I mean EVERYTHING.

20. I get most of my style inspiration from Company magazine, and from people I see when I'm out and about.

21. When I was little, I used to think that if I broke through the TV screen, I could get through to the programme that was showing at the time. When my mum told me this wasn't true, I cried for three whole days. 

22. I am a Scorpio, which fits me perfectly.

23.I am a vegetarian and an animal lover, I can't even swat a mosquito without feeling terrible afterwards.

24. I really don't like the taste of tea or coffee, unlike Ellie who loves them.

25. I love reading all your comments, and I'm so grateful for all of your support. I love you! :*

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Elena:

1. I could live off of Japanese food and American sweets and cereal, they just taste so good!

2. I'm quite an awkward person, I always seem to say the wrong thing and insult everyone...

3. I HATE painting my nails with a passion, I want to be able to paint them but I always end up smudging them.. It's just a big pain in the bum.

4. I'm the biggest procrastinator ever! I will do anything to get out of certain things, especially homework...

5. I used to do ballet dancing, and still do tap (but somehow i'm still one of the clumsiest people i know)

6. I'm allergic to nuts and the sight of peanut butter makes me gag and want to throw up..

 7. I absolutely adore Disney films, my favourites are The Little Mermaid and Tangled!

8. I have three idols; Zoe Sugg, Cara Delevingne & Hayley Williams, I just think that they're inspirational.

9. I only listen to one radio show, which is Dan&Phil on Radio 1. I fangirl over them quite a lot and all other YouTubers.

10. I love Doctor Who, it is the best programme out there. I'll probably lose a lot of tumblr points here but Matt Smith is the best Doctor!

11. I'm going to Paris in October and I'm very very very excited!!!

12. I am really shy when I meet new people, but when I get comfortable around you I become absolutely mental..

13. I say bless you to people on tubes during rush hour, just to creep them out because they usually don't know where it comes from!

14. I've lived in London my whole life and I will never get bored of it here!

15. My favourite book and film is 'The Perks of Being a Wallflower' it's just such a beautiful story. Once I turn 18 I plan to get a quote from the movie tattooed onto my hip.

16. I love sloths & llamas, they're just so damn cool!

17. I have pretty mini size 3 feet which makes wearing heels very, very uncomfortable...

18. For when I am upset I have a playlist on my iPod to make me feel better, including the songs: Good Morning Sunshine - Alex Day and Recovery - Frank Turner.

19. I can never finish a hot chocolate, I don't know why 

20. Wherever I go I always bring my Nintendo DS with me, you just never know when you might need to play some Mario Brothers!

21. The sun always makes my really happy and excited!

22. I love love love hot drinks! They just make me feel all warm inside, you don't deserve to be British if you don't like tea! (Looking at you Gwen ;D)

23. I love everything creative, like drawing and photography. I guess it runs in the family, as my mum is a fashion designer and my dad a designer also!

24. My best friend is a cat... I'll let you judge me on that one...

25. I love blogging and even though I don't do it as often as Gwen (I don't have a proper camera), it doesn't mean it isn't one of my favourite things to do! 

We love you!

xxx