10 Steps to a Stress Free Me #3

Pampering yourself is the third step in our 'Stress Free Me' thingie. You should pamper yourself because it calms you down, obviously cuz otherwize we wdn't b talking about it. It is so important to have 'me' time: just relaxing and completely forgetting about everything for a while. It clears your mind completely and can just generally help you to feel better :P

We hope you've enjoyed this mini series!
We are revising for our exams atm :(

Hanily x

10 Steps to a Stress Free Me #2

Hia and welcome to '10 Steps to a Stress Free Me #2'!

Today we will be talking about taking brakes little and often. This mainly applies to if your revising for exams (as many of us are atm), but you could use this in your daily lives as well we guess.
Taking brakes stops the stress from building up. It also gives your brain a bit of time to recuperate between bursts of whatever you are doing. It makes you feel happier just to change what you are doing as well, so all in all IT'S GREAT!

Hope this was kinda helpful and sorta made sense :?
Luv u!
Hanily x

10 Steps to a Stress Free Me - #1

Hi guys! Did you know it's mental health awareness week?? Well it is, so we will do a post in light of that. As it's mental health awareness week and as we are concentrating on anxiety (did we say that, no? Okay well we are) we will give you 10 tips on de-stressing your life.
Every day for the next 10 DAYS we will upload a 'tip-post' thingie so, HOPE YOU ENJOY IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Today we will be talking about how sleep helps to keep you calmer and less 'het-up'.
Well, basically if you are stressed you will be loosing sleep because of that. This would then cause you to lose concentration in your day-to-day lives which could cause you to fall behind at school and things like that. Giving yourself a longer time to sleep allows you a longer chance for sleep even if a large part of it is spent tossing and turning. Also when you sleep your brain gets a chance to relax and mull over the events of the day thus allowing you to wake up refreshed and de-stressed.

Hope this helped,
Love you guys!!!!!!!!!!!

Hanily x

Hello :)

Hi guys! Long time no see :)
We have just been UNBELIEVABLY busy with tests and stuff in school atm :/ so from now on we will try our hardest to post EVERY DAY!
However . . . that wont be possible for the next few days :/ we are going on D OF E! For those of you that don't know that is a british award that takes place in four sections. Volunteering, Physical, Skills and Expedition (which we are off to do).

See u soon,
Hanily x

The Other Woman - amazing film!

Hey guys it's Em again!

So yesterday I went to see a film with one of my friends called 'The Other Woman'
It was absolutely hilarious and it was really well done! It's probably one of my favourite films! I throughly recommend you go and see it!

I would definitely give it 5 stars!

Hanily x

Holidays!

Hey guyyysss it's Em!

Firstly, I should explain why we haven't posted in  FOR EVER!!!!!!

1. Atm, Han is in Hong Kong on holiday! Jealous!
2. I have been sooo busy, because I have been doing a lot of art coursework and revision for exams!

Sorry we haven't posted in a while, we're going to be posting a lot more regularly now especially when Han is home!

We hope you've all had an AMAZING easter! We spent ours with our familieseating chocolate (what more could you expect)

What's your favourite chocolate? :)

Byeeeee! Hanily x

Holiday Baking!

Hey guys! We are happy to announce that we're FINALLY on holidays!
On Friday, we had to do this massive cross country run, ew....
But Friday ended well because Han went round to Em's house, we had dominoes then watched DIVERGENT! It was ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!! Then we decided to have a sleep over at Em's, and the next day we made pancakes for breakfast and went to town! Em bought books and some things from lush! And Han didn't buy anything as she was being good, apart from a Starbucks as per usual!

Since its holidays Em decided to make some cakes with her sister so here is her recipe!!

To make you need:

200 g of caster sugar
200 g of self raising flour
200 g of butter unsalted
4 eggs

Makes approx 12 - 15

Firstly, beat together the sugar and the butter until fluffy and light.

Next, add in the eggs a little at a time.

Then add in the flour and mix until the mixture is like a smooth paste and you're done!

Next you need to put the mixture into cake cases to  bake them! We used silicon cake moulds because they're reusable and create a better shape :)

After you've done this you need to preheat the oven to 180°c (fan) and then put the cakes in for 18-22 minutes.

After the cakes are cooked take them out of the cases and place them on a cooling rack. We decorated ours with Nutella! But you can make whatever icing you want :) they are DELICIOUS! 

Hope you enjoyed this cake bake! Emily x

Hanily x 

ANOTHER LITTLE TAG!!!

Hi guys! As you've probably already noticed this is not our march favourites post ( :/ sorry) but it is a BEAUTY BLOGGER TAG! YAAAAAAAAAAAAY! Promise that we will put up our march favourites asap. Hope you enjoy :))))))))))))))))) x

1.What's your favourite eye-shadow (colour and name)?
Han: I like champagne colours because they are so beautiful and shiny. Personally I like wearing strong lips and so this light colour will go with everything, looking natural without being too plain or too much.
Em: I don't have a specific favourite, but I like gold shimmery eyeshadow, or a matte cork kind of colour.
2. What are your favourite make-up brands, that you would recommend to others?
Han: My favourite makeup brand is E.L.F because it produces high quality make-up products for very low prices. I would recommend it to anyone.
Em: I agree!
3. What is your 'go-to' beauty product?
Han: um . . . probably my mascara (Loreal illegal lash)
Em: Either my maybelline colour tattoo in 'On and on Bronze' or my Barry M coral Lipstick.
4. What's your favourite colour to wear on the lips?
Han: Either coral or red :)
Em: Same
5. What colour blush do you prefer?
Han: a light pink
Em: Coral


RANDOM QUESTION:
If you were a Disney princess, who would you be and why?
Han: Bell. No question about that. She is just so gorgeous and seems so nice. I also like her brown hair and the kiss curls that frame her face . . . gorgeous. And her ball gown for the dance with 'the beast', the yellow one. Imagine wearing that dress for prom!
Em: I'm not really sure, I don't have a favourite!
Han: HOW DARE YOU!

Hope you enjoyed this post
Hanily x

Hello to April :))))))

Wow, that is so scary that it's been a month since writing our last 'first of the month' post (if that's what you wanna call them). Tomorrow (if not tomorrow asap) we're hopefully gonna put up our first favourites post. It will be our March faves cuz we've been taking pics throughout the last month and we would really like to share our favourite things from March with you :)

Okay, so this month we will have our Easter break. Over that hols we are looking forward to; shopping, SPA DAY, rowing camp, DIVERGENT MOVIE (we will be seeing it on the fisrt day it's out aka friday) and LOADS of other fun stuff.

Love ya guys :) hope you  had a good March and have a great April :)
Hanily x

OH YEAH! Btw, PINCH PUNCH FIRST DAY OF THE MONTH! I know you technically can't do that after 12:00 pm but who cares! :) x

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!

Happy Mother's Day to all mother's out there :) hope u've had a good day!

Hi it's Han :)
Today I took my mum out for a walk and had a MASSIVE HOT CHOCOLATE with all the trimmings YUM (however she payed for both mine and hers :/). Then I made her a lovely tuna stake salad with stuffed mushrooms! Which was DELICIOUS if I do say so myself (and I actually payed for phew!)! Now I will be sitting down to watch a movie (not sure which one yet, tell you tomorrow) so yeah :))))

Tell us all about your mother's day we would love to hear from you :)

Em: I made my mum breakfast in bed and then me and my sister cooked roast gammon yyuummm x :)

Luv ya guysssssssss!!!!!
Hanily x

My Nerdy Me Tag - Em

1. If your house was burning down and you could only grab one book which book would it be and why?

Tbh I'm not really a book worm, I like reading books and have got more into reading books recently but I probably wouldn't save a book if my house was burning down :S I'm much more of a music obssesed person id probably save my music or headphones! but either: Everyday by David Levithan, The Perks of being a Wallflower is absolutely amazing I'm reading it atm, or Divergent which I love love love :)

2. When you get stuck into a really good book how long will it take you to read it?

Couple of hours, when I read divergent I practically stayed up all night to read it :S 

3. Have you ever become totally obsessed with a book or a series before?

DIVERGENT IS AMAZING


4. On average how many hours a week do you spend on the computer?

I don't really go on my laptop unless I'm doing schoolwork or watching a film or Internet shopping ya know :P however, I use My tablet and phone waaayy too much... I blog on my tablet, I'm always on my phone listening to music 24/7 (seriously I couldn't live without music) so yeah, a lot of my time! Especially when I'm meant to be doing work! I'm so good at procrastinating you wouldn't believe!

5. It is Saturday night and all your friends are going out to a party but on Monday morning you have a really important Maths exam that yyou know you need to study for even though you will probably pass. Do you a) not study, go to the party and hope you pass, b) study for an hour or so and meet your friends a bit later on or do you c) not go out and study hard so you are fully prepared for Monday mornings exam?

I'd go for somewhere between A and B, I definitely wouldn't not see my friends at all :S especially for maths! I'm awful at maths anyway...

6. Do you sometimes come across as anti-social in situations? If so when?

Yes! Haha! Well for example when I'm talking to people in school who I don't know or I'm not very comfortable with I completely over think and my brain just overloads, like what do I do, what do I say, what are they thinking etc so I come across as all awkward, serious and quiet, when really I'm really talkative and outgoing among my friends :)
I love staying in and having nights to myself, but I'm quite social and I'm good with meeting new people cuz I feel like I can be myself :)
If you count listening to music with headphones antisocial then... well...

 Hope you enjoyed it :)))))) x
Luv ya :)

Hanily x

My Nerdy Me Tag - Han

1. If your house was burning down and you could only grab one book which book would it be and why?
Well personally (I know it's kinda cheating, but still) I would grab my kindle cuz I can buy all of my beloved books again :) haha, can I do that?????? I dunno x actually, I couldn't leave without my Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone because I have had it since around the age of six and it is so battered (from 37 reads YES I HAVE COUNTED OKAY!!!! DON'T JUDGE!). I LOVE IT!!!! It holds so many memories for me my first crush for example (yes I did have a crush on Harry :S) and I dropped it in the bath with a pink bath bomb in it so the pages have gone slightly pink :/ WOOPS lol trust me :) I suppose it does make it unique and my own x

2. When you get stuck into a really good book how long will it take you to read it?
I could do it in a matter of hours! I EAT BOOKS (not literally don't worry) cuz i'm a bookworm :) lol xx

3. Have you ever become totally obsessed with a book or a series before?
YES!!! Harry Potter! THAT IS MY CHILDHOOD (a bit sad maybe, but that's the truth). I even have 'EXPECTO PATRONUM' on my Duke of Edinburgh hoodie :) you Harry Potter fans out there will understand!!!! x I also think the fact that I've read them over 30 times each is enough to prove that I'm OBSESSED! I'm not gonna lie I half expected a Hogwarts letter to come my way (which of course it didn't :( sadly x) xx

4. On average how many hours a week do you spend on the computer?
Well let me make a little calculation (showing off my nerdy side x tbh I'm awful at maths but nm we can always pretend). Okay so after school I'm on the computer non stop from roughly 6 till 9 so that's 3 hours. Multiply that by 5 cuz I go to school 5 days a week = 15 x then on the weekend I an on the computer from about 11 am till 8 pm minus 5 hours out and 2 hours for food = 2 hours and there are 2 days on a weekend so 4. 15 plus 4 = 19 hours a week that I spend on the computer x that is quite alarming out of 168 hours a week (I worked that out by doing 24 multiplied by 7 :) all in all I spend 5/56ths of my week on the computer x *cue applause* Thank you :)

5. It is Saturday night and all your friends are going out to a party but on Monday morning you have a really important Maths exam that yyou know you need to study for even though you will probably pass. Do you a) not study, go to the party and hope you pass, b) study for an hour or so and meet your friends a bit later on or do you c) not go out and study hard so you are fully prepared for Monday mornings exam?
To be honest for me it is gonna be none of the above x can I make a d) option? because I would rather sit in front of the TV read a book, eat cake and have a girlie spa evening x I never revise for tests :/ and I'm rubbish at maths so yeah that's pretty much it x

6. Do you sometimes come across as anti-social in situations? If so when?
Yes DEFINITELY! I hardly ever want to go to parties and stuff :S I wd rather sit at home with my friends on a night in x xx

Have a good week :)
Hanily x

A Guide to Clothing Colous

HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!! WELCOME TO THE FIRST REAL POST IN AGES!!! :)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))) (sorry too excited)
Right, basically there are four main types of colours in the colour pallet, neutrals, cold colours, warm colours and warm neutrals.
'Neutrals' are made up of the colours black, white and gray. These are colours that are used to complement all colours at any time in the year. You can wear a white tshirt, black trousers (or HEELS!) or a gray dress and pair it with any other colours of the rainbow (burnt orange, duck egg blue, hot pink or emerald green etc.).

Next comes the 'cold colours' these include blues, greens and bluey-purples. These complement reds and oranges bordering on orangey-yellows.

The 'warm colours' are reds, oranges, yellows, pinks and pinkey-purples. These are really cute colours for spring (but you need to wear the BRIGHTER VERSIONS or pastels (same with the cold colours)).

'Warm Neutrals' are creams, beiges, tans and browns. We would recommend that during the spring you should try and stay away from these colours (except for on your feet shoes wise) because you want to come out in a WOW factor from your winter burnt clothing colours.

Look at the colour wheel above and choose your colour and see the opposite side of the colour wheel to find out the colour that complements it best.

Hope you enjoyed this post :) +1 if you enjoyed it :))))))))) x
Hanily x

The Importance of Knick-Knacks

Hia!
Today we are gonna give you a little random post on knick-knacks.
Tbh we don't think you can live without a few knick-knacks. We both have a VERY large collection. Em's include a lot of pink tatty teddy stuff, glass shoes and delicate girly stuff like that.

Han, however, has a blue/turquoise girly-nautical kinda themed bedroom and has a lot of seasidey stuff like boats and wooden lighthouses etc. She also has things such as old china dolls from different countries (norway for example) and jars/china pots in cupcake shapes. Han's prize knick-knack is a warner bros clapper board!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OMG YAAAY! Her bro bought it for her when he went to that Harry Potter Studio Tour (cuz he knows she's OBSESSED!) x

Lol :) hope you enjoyed this post :))))))

GET COLLECTING YOUR KNICK-KNACKS CUZ YOU NEED THEM IN YOUR LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anyway x BYEEEEE
Hanily x

Mini Book Haul - Han

Hia:) hope u've have a good day:)))))))))))))))))))

Okay so I bought a few books this morning. Three books by Allie Condle called 'Matched', 'Crossed' and 'Reached', a book called 'Blue Bloods' by Melissa de la Cruz (which I have already read since his morning WWWWWWHHHHHHHHHHHHOOOOOOOO). Then from a second hand book shop I bought 'Candles in the Storm' by Rita Bradshaw in a lovely worn looking leather cover and I also bought a book that I read as children called 'Swallows and Amazons' by Arthur Ransome.

Han <3
Luv ya :)
Hanily x

SO TRUE!

We love this quote! It is so perfect. It shows that whoever you are and whatever has happened in the past makes you who you are now. This gives you the power to choose who you want to become in the future because you can change and be whoever you want to be!

Hanily x

P.S. we have been VERY BUSY (okay lazy) atm and so we have been skipping out days and writing short posts when we can (tbh it's when we remember). So as our random resolution for the day we will from today POST EVERY SINGLE DAY (and a substantial post at that)! PROMISE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! xxxx luv ya guys! :) xx

So Gorgeous

Isn't this dancing gorgeous???! x

It's beautiful and breathtaking it gives us shivers just looking at i!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOW!

Hanily x

Top 7 Fave TV Programs

WHOOOOO! We actually had time to do a post today!!! That was not expected :) Han has been in a school 'soloists' concert (which may we mention she REALLY did not want to do) and Em gas SO MUCH HOMEWORK!!!! School is SO STRESSFUL! Sorry, rant is over now, we promise.

Okay, so we wanted to talk about favourite TV programs. Okay these are probably gonna be mostly programs only available in the UK.

Han's list (top 7 weird no but nm):

1. Waterloo Road
2. Call the Midwife
3. Friends
4. Bad Education
5. Celebrity Juice
6. Casualty
7. Holby City

Em's faves:

1. Bad Education
2. Ja'mie
3. How I met your mother
4. Some Girls
5. Call the Midwife
6. Miranda
7. Big Bang Theory

Have any of you guys ever been rowing??

Hia guys!!!!! At our school we are allowed to do rowing in our games lessons and we took up that chance. Seriously if you EVER get the chance just take it :) rowing is BRILLLL!!!!! x

Today in our session our coach (Dan) made Han stand on her 'fine single' boat without holding the oars. IT WAS TERRIFYING!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! But she felt SO proud of herself afterwards. Okay, so the moral of the story is don't not do something because you are scared, just do it because you will overcome your fear (hopefully XD ) x

Sorry that there's been a run of short and non existent posts. Our schedules are VERY hectic at the moment.
LAVLEY (another Miranda heart reference)

Hanily x

Bombay Bicycle Club Concert! :D

Hey guys! The weather is amazing again which is really nice and it's finally feeling like spring :D we thought we'd do a quick post today because we're both enjoying the weather and also doing work today :S school is sooo stressful!


*em* im going to Bombay Bicycle Club tomorrow night with our friends Alex and Jess and i am SO excited! I think it's gonna be amazing! I love their music so much, (Han doesn't really know them as much) and yeah, I can't wait :D comment below your favourite bands and artists!

We're going to have a well deserved pamper evening tonight after a stressful, busy and tiring week at school, but right now we're off to enjoy the sun!

Sorry this was short x

Hanily x