A Day in Telford

Hey Guys,

The other day we went to Telford to do some shopping; we were stuck there longer than we thought so we went to watch Monster's University which there will be a review on.

We spent a lot of the time in make-up shops trying out all the testers.

Daisy got a bit overexcited ;) 

But we only actually bought three things from Boots.

                                  

   Maybelline - Baby Baby lips                  Rimmel London -            Batiste - Original Dry Shampoo
          £2.99                               60 second Nail varnish                        £2.99
                                      In 'Round & Round In Circles' (yellow)

If you would like to see a review on Baby Baby Lips, our friend MaeMae has started a blog and reviewed them, and you should also just go and check out her blog anyway because it's pretty cool ;)

We went to Primark nice and early so everything was still on hangers and not thrown on the floor.

We came actors some bizarre stuff like a pug onesie which doesn't look like a pug and some milkshake glasses. 

                                  

But we actually bought;

                                       Pug t-shirt: £4.00              Shirt with small dog prints: £6.00 (in menswear)                                                                                                                                                              

                 

 Blue checked skinny jeans: £13.00

As we wandered aimlessly through Zara, and Republic we stopped at Costa for some lunch where we order two 'Chocolate creamy coolers', which are amazing and everybody should try one. 

After our quick coffee (not really coffee) break we walked around aimlessly for half an hour around different shops and visited That's Entertainment, which is a really cool music/game/dvd shop, where everything is pretty cheap. Holly being more into music and Daisy DVDs, we split into our areas and Daisy came across 'Tangled' which is one of her new favorite films for only £7.99.

                                             


After a quick more stops we decided to go and watch 'Monsters University' which we have done a cheeky review on.

Love Holly and Daisy x

Monsters University

Hey Guys,

A few weeks ago we went to Telford to do some shopping, which there will be a post about we're just getting round to doing it :)

So after shopping we went to watch 'Monsters University'. This is the prequel to 'Monsters Inc', which we're 98% everybody would have seen it, and if you're a big fan of Pixar/Disney type films aswell as loving 'Monsters Inc' aswell, you should defiantly go and see it.

                                  

In the film the kid version of Mike visits the Monster Inc factory and from that young ages discovers his life's ambition is to become a Scarer (the monsters which scare the children). He's accepted a place and Monsters Univeristy, which is the best Scarer uni, where he meets Sully but don't exactly hit it off, and they are both told they don't have the potential to become a Scarer; dissapointed both of them try to rejoin the Scarer class, by entering the 'Scare Games', which leads to some bad times for the dynamic duo but as always they work it out.

                                                   

Along their way, they meet some incredible, rather quirky, friends in the OK fraternity. 

                                      

At first Holly loved Terry and Terri the two headed monster, who did a jazzy little dance routine when they first meet Mike and Sully. While Daisy loved the little pink, fat, squishy thing with many eyes called Squishy. 

However that changed straight away when the boys were doing their initiation and Squishy's mum came downstairs to do the laundry, then started dancing to the washing machine.
          

If it wasn't obvious Mike and Sully eventually get a job at the Monsters Inc factory working from the bottom of the company as Mail Men, and then eventually becoming Scarers as you would know from the original film.
The other great thing about this film is that when the original came out the children who watched it were around 10 maybe 7 years old (2001), and 12 years later these children will either be going to University or thinking along those lines. It's a shame to think there won't be any more Monster films (there could be, but we're doubtful there will be), but it was amazing and everybody should go and watch it. 

Love Holly and Daisy x

Song of the week

Hey Guys,

It's Daisy, and the song I've chosen isn't really a song that I've actually heard for a few months or so, but when scrolling through my music to pick a song I came across one of my all time favourites. 'I love you baby' by Frank Sinatra; and this song is very old, it actually came out in 1962, but is so brilliant you can't not love it. I first heard it in the film '10 things I Hate about You', which is also one of my all time favourite films and because the song is so catchy I repeatedly sung it and  managed to annoyed my friends ;) Even if you don't like this song, you should check out '10 things I Hate about You' and maybe that'll change your mind.

Frank Sinatra - I love you Baby

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mj70mXG3E1M

Love Holly and Daisy x 

A Beautiful Song

Hey Guys,

I (Holly) don't usually go for classical music but it just so happens that one of my all time favourite songs is a classical piece. It is called 'I giorni' and is by Ludovico Einaudi. It is possibly the most beautiful song I have ever heard, I listen to it when I am feeling down and it relaxes me, it reminds me that things are going to be ok.

So here it is ... 'I giorni' by Ludovico Einaudi

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmj3iU36Mmw

Love Holly and Daisy  x

The Book People

Hey Guys,

It's Daisy and in so excited! A massive package has come for me today; I've arrived back home at 10.17pm and had to tell you about it. So, our friend and Holly really likes 'The Mortal Instruments' books, which Holly has previously reviewed, and we went to see the new film today. 

I ordered the books last Saturday on a website called 'The Book People' which is a discount book shop online and I ordered 'The Mortal Instruments' collection of 5 books for £6.99, which saved me £33! I also ordered 'The Hunger Games' (which I lost) but would be much cheaper to buy the set and the first book in the Chaos Walking trilogy 'The Knife of Never letting go'.

                                       

Although I have only used the website once, I absolutely love it because of the brilliant discounts and the fact it comes in a giant box to make you feel extra special. I hope you go check out the website because you can find some awesome books that you can't find easily in stores.

Love Holly and Daisy x

The V Festival

Hey Guys,

It's Holly here and as promised here is my post about the V Festival! The V Festival is a music festival which spans a weekend and takes place in both Hylands Park and Weston Park.

I went to the one in Weston Park for the Sunday and I had an amazing day! This is the second year I have been and this year the line up was stunning!


We arrived at about 12, I wanted to get there early so we were ready to see The Fratellis at half past 12! They didn't disappoint and produced a great show! We then went to see Nina Nesbitt, who was performing on the Arena Stage, staying to see a few songs from Gabrielle Aplin, both were brilliant performances.

After this we decided it was time for a change and went to the comedy tent in time to see Eddie Izzard, hilarious!


Paloma Faith was next on our list and she tottered onto the stage wearing an amazing gold and purple dress, with absolutely massive heels and then proceeded to dance in them, she is a true show woman with a stunning voice.

We then went to see Of Monsters and Men, who were my favourite act of the day! V was their last festival on their tour but this didn't stop them from putting everything into their performance! With accordians, pianos, guitars and trumpets, they were on fire!


Two Door Cinema Club were now playing on the main stage and dressed in suits and sunglasses, they played guitar like nobody else can! Jessie J was the final act we stayed to see, I have seen her before and she was excellent and of course she still was on Sunday, she even got a bit emotional and tearful!



I hope I can go again next year!
Love Holly and Daisy x

Song Of The Week

Hey Guys,

It's Holly here with this week's Song Of The Week. The song I have chosen is Everybody Talks by Neon Trees, I came across it whilst looking through some blogs I follow on tumblr. and on one blog this was playing in the background. Neon Trees are a band from Utah, America and supported The Killers, which lead to them getting signed by Mercury Records. I really like how catchy this song is and how fun the Neon Tree's style is!

Everybody Talks   by Neon Trees

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5G9tIe84lE











Yesterday I was lucky enough to spend the day at the V festival in Weston Park and will be doing a music post about it in the next few days, so watch out for that!

Love Holly and Daisy x

Pretty In Pink

Hey Guys,

I (Holly) recently watched the film Pretty in Pink and I am in love with it. It is an 80's film starring Molly Ringwald and is a 'teen romantic comedy-drama film about love and social cliques in 1980s American high school'.

The soundtrack to this film is great and the song from the final scene, 'If You Leave' by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, got to number 4 in the charts in 1986, the year the film was released.

The main character is Andie, 'a working class high school girl' who plays the love interest of both Blaine, 'a rich preppie boy' and her best friend Duckie 'Andy's unrequited love'. Andie works in a record shop called TRAX, which is owned by her eccentric friend Iona who is always there to offer a shoulder to cry on. 

My favourite character is Duckie, who is played by Jon Cryer. Duckie would do anything for Andie and tells Andie's father that one day he hopes to marry her. Duckie has great style and likes to spontaneously sing and dance. 

The ending of this film (don't worry I'm not going to ruin it) was originally written differently but after careful deliberation it was decided that it needed to be changed. I personally would have preferred it if the film had kept the originally planned ending, lets just say Andie doesn't end up with who I would have liked her to.

I really enjoyed this film and I hope if you watch it you will as well!

Love Holly and Daisy x

Our Thoughts On ... The New Doctor, Peter Capaldi

Hey Guys,

It was recently announced that the 12th Doctor is to be actor Peter Capaldi. We had been eagerly awaiting this announcement, longing to know who would replace Matt Smith and after our long wait we were relieved to find out that the management of Doctor Who hadn't let us down.

I (Holly) think that the Doctor is such a hard role to cast, as after each regeneration it is important that the new actor is able to put their own twist on the character of Doctor Who. I was a big fan of David Tennant when he was the Doctor and I really didn't think that the show would be able to find an actor who was going to be able to do an equally good job of being the Doctor, but then they cast Matt Smith. Matt Smith has done a great job as the Doctor, bringing excitement and stunning acting to the role. Although I know it must have been hard I think the show has chosen the right man to fill his shoes and that Peter Capaldi is not going to let us down.

It's Daisy, and although I'm pleased about Peter, I am suprised he was chosen because he's already been in Doctor Who as part of Torchwood so I'm intrigued on how they're going to cover that up. Anyway, I don't know much about Peter but I know he'll do a fantastic job, because every regeneration that has happened people all over the world get disappointed and annoyed thinking nobody will ever be as good as that current Doctor and to be honest none of the Doctors have been better then the previous one, because every actor who plays The Doctor brings a new characteristic, for want of a better word, to the role; David Tennant was nothing like Christopher Eccleston, and Matt nothing like David, the BBC has done us proud so far and it's not like they're going to let us down now. I'm looking foward for the new series to start and now that a more mature actor is playing the Doctor, the writers might approach the episodes at a new angle.

Good Luck Peter!
Love Holly and Daisy x

Song of the week

Hey Guys,

It's Daisy and the song I've chosen this week is by Jasmine van den Bogaerde, who is also known by her stage name as Birdy. I'm pretty confident that alot of people have heard this song but I had to post about it because I forgot how amazing it was until I heard it the other day. Birdy sung Bon Iver's original song 'Skinny Love' in 2011 when she was only 14, which became her musical breakthrough.


Birdy - Skinny Love

http://youtube.com/watch?v=aNzCDt2eidg

Love Holly and Daisy x

Spinning

Hey Guys,

It's Daisy, today was my very first time doing spinning. For those of you who don't know what spinning is, it's a cycling class on stationary bikes which normally lasts for an hour and consists of sprinting and 'bike exercises'.

My class was 45 minutes long in a black gym with disc light and loud music, not the most idle place to exercise; because it was very hot, it meant that you sweated more (which is gross) but afterwards gave you a real sense of accomplishment.

As it was my first time I found it quite difficult keeping up with the instructor, but because it was dark I could just do what I liked and lowered the setting and just did my own thing really. I didn't hate it doing it (but it wasn't that enjoyable) but I would definitely do it again because it's such a good way to exercise; the other ladies in the class told me that they hated doing it at first but once they burst through the 'pain barrier' they loved it and can't go a week without doing it, so it's definitely a thing that takes time to get use to.

Hopefully I'll find away to get model legs without exercise, but in the mean time it looks like the gym is the place for me.

Love Holly and Daisy x

Newly Discovered Band ...We Were Evergreen

Hey Guys,

It's Holly here, I was reading the newest Company magazine last night and came across a page all about the Parisian 3 piece band 'We Were Evergreen'.

This alternative indie-electro-pop band formed in 2008 is made up of Michael Liot, Fabienne Débarre and William Serfass, all of whom are currently based in London. They play a lot of obscure instruments and all sing, with Michael taking the lead.

'We Were Evergreen' are becoming increasingly poular since they released their new song 'Leeway' this year, not so long ago they supported Ed Sheeran and they have performed on the London Eye.

We Were Evergreen formed 5 years ago after they met at a theatre
class and hit it off straight away. Although the trio is French they sing in English, some people think this is strange but they say it comes naturally to them as they have always listened to a lot of English music.


Want to know more about We Were Evergreen:

Check Out Their Website

Visit their Facebook Page

Have a listen on Soundcloud



Love Holly and Daisy x

Song Of The Week

Hey Guys,

It's Holly here with this week's 'Song Of The Week'. The song I have chosen is 'Lets Dance to Joy Division' by The Wombats, I have liked this song for a long time and thought that I ought to share it with you. This song is really fun and always makes me think 'what the hell lets just dance!', it is from the album 'A Guide to Love, Loss and Desperation', which was The Wombats first album released in November 2007.

'Lets Dance To Joy Division'   The Wombats

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlOVEMHLAMc

http://www.thewombats.co.uk/










Love Holly and Daisy x

Inspirational Person of the Month

Hey Guys,

The last time we did 'Inspirational Person of the Month' was in May, so our inspirational person for August is...

Jennifer Lawrence

The first time we saw Jennifer was in the Hunger Games, where she plays Katniss Everdeen, and we instantly fell in love with her.

Jennifer's first major role was in 'The Bill Engvall Show' from 2007 to 2009, and then appeared in the film 'The Burning Plain' and 'Winter's Bones'.

Jennifer is known for her role as Raven Darkholme in 'X-men: First Class' (2011) and is to appear again in 'X-men: Days of Future Past' in 2014.

In 2012, Jennifer played the heroine, Katniss Everdeen, in 'The Hunger Games' and from then on achieved international recognition; she's now continued the trilogy and is starring in 'Catching Fire' which comes out November 22nd 2013, which means no matter what she'll have to be in 'Mocking Jay' which we're very excited about!

One of the main reasons we love Jennifer so much is the fact that she doesn't take herself serious at all; for example at the Oscars she fell up the steps and instead of getting annoyed/angry and having a break down like most actresses probably would have, she just laughed it off. 

We obviously don't know her personally but from what we do know of her, she's absolutely hilarious.

But the most important and most wonderful thing about Jennifer is that even though she's become famous and has to jet off to every country in the world she has never forgotten her best friend, who is her biggest fan, Andy Srunk. 

If you want to know more just visit: http://jenniferlawrencedaily.com

Love Holly and Daisy x