Brigitte Bardot

"They may call me a sinner, but I'm at peace with myself" -Brigitte Bardot

She was the Parisian queen of the 50's and 60's, a singer, actress, model and all round beauty icon. 

She oozed that kind of effortless chic, reminiscent of modern stars like Suki Waterhouse and Cara Delevingne. I love her for her individuality, beliefs and how nothing anyone said about her would put her off track. 

1). Go Big or Go Home

Brigitte's hair was simply gorgeous. A blonde mass of perfectly messy curls and tangles, which helped create her iconic image. It's that type of 'just rolled out of bed after a late night' kind of hair that every girl craves. The best way to achieve a look similar to Brigitte's is to use a shampoo and conditioner that are catered to increasing volume, like Herbal Essences Body Envy, especially if you have thinner hair. If you have a mass of curly hair like me, it might be easier to half straighten it! Use a paddle brush to backcomb hair on the crown of your head, and pin at the back with a cute little bow clip, or secure with a large fabric hairband.

2). Bambi Eyes

Brigitte's classic smokey eye is practically timeless, and can always be seen through night AND day. To avoid that 'hard night on the tiles' kind of look, make sure you use a good primer beforehand, like Benefit That Gal. Apply all over the eyelids. You will need two black shadows, one a little lighter than the other, so I would reccommend staying within the same brand but just going a tad further up their colour scale. Take the lighter one and blend it all over the eyelid, taking it out slightly further at the side. Do the same with the darker shadow. It may look slightly scary at first, especially when you've only completed the first eye, but do not fear! Use a kohl eyeliner ( I use Rimmel!) and apply it on your upper water line and lash line. Extreme. Keep lipstick to a minimum, with pale pinks and nudes, but make use of enlarging your brows, as she liked a bit of a statement!

3). Keep Up

Brigitte was first scouted participating in her mother's friend's fashion show, and was soon signed to an agency. Her first Elle magazine cover debuted when she was just 15 ( WHAT.) and appeared in several campaigns and movies afterwards. She had previously aspired to be a professional ballerina, which gave her extremely good posture and elegance. Many of us always complain about how we 'have as much elegance as an elephant' but if you think about keeping your back straight and your chin up high, it will make you feel ten times better. It can also make you look taller, lighter and more attractive. I seen you all shoot up there.

4). Go Gingham

Bardot was also lusted after for her individual and intriguing fashion style. A fan of nipped-in waists, big hats, faux leather and fur and black, her iconic look was copied by many throughout the 50's and 60's, and can still be seen in many things we wear today. She was granted the Bardot neckline, which is seen on many tops and dresses. It is when the neckline is cut straight across from shoulder to shoulder, often a bit more exposed than your usual t-shirt, but certainly still popular today! She also brought the likes of gingham and high-waisted shorts into the light. You go girl!

5). Animal Friendly

Brigitte swiftly exited the Hollywood limelight in the late 70's, wanting to live a calmer life. Since then, she has became a world-famous ( in her own right ) animal rights activist and vegetarian vegan. Wow! She has wrote to many powerful men and women, including the French Prime Minister, Queen of Denmark and the Chinese President, enraged at how they treat their animals. Try to eat healthier and avoid so many animal based products ( try Quorn!) and try not to step on so many spiders in the street or heave your cat off the bed when it wakes you up on a Sunday. Simple!

Hope you've been inspired to try out some Brigitte looks and have fun!

-R xo

Rizzle Kicks!

        Rizzle Kicks

Sorry for the rather late update as we've been rather busy, but on Saturday 1st December, we went to see... Rizzle Kicks! Apart from being squished within an inch  of other so-called 'ravers' in the middle of a mosh-pit, and being covered in not the nicest of substances, it was one of the wildest, loudest and funniest concerts we've ever been to! 













We had spent the first part of the day in Newcastle, dressing up in Topshop and going for a Chinese ( don't eat banana pancakes ) and Starbucks. We queued outside, being the dedicated fans we are, and managed to squeeze our way to the front of the stage, without being trampled on! Harley and Jordan looked as beautiful as ever, and played all of the songs from their album, plus some of their remixes, including their duet with Ed Sheeran! That made us HAPPY. 









Supporting them was Little Nikki, who used to be in UK band Soundgirl, who I seen when they supported Pixie Lott in 2010. She is now a solo singer/rapper and you should DEFINITELY check her out! She wore a bodycon skeleton dress, which is from Topshop for £50. 

Their other support act was upcoming rapper Mikill Pane (pronounced Michael...but we're gonna call him Mikill ). He is destined to be big, and was even drinking on stage! We got  lucky and met him outside after the gig, and got his autograph on the back of our tickets! Wowza! We don't have any proper pictures of our outfits, but we do have our sassy pictures in Topshop :-)

Here's the videos (they most definitely aren't perfect!)

This one's not ours! Mikill Pane:

After the concert, we had a sleepover at Olivia's, and had cheesy nachos for our breakfast and went on Take That and High School Musical Sing Star. Righteous. We couldn't take any pictures because I had a Mikill Pane tattoo in the middle of my forehead. Not righteous. 

Anyway, we hope you enjoy the videos and we'll talk to you later!

Love you all, 

  R & O xo.

Ed Sheeran

       As you all know, us ( Becca & Olivia) and a couple of our friends ( KT & Hannah) went to see the almighty ginger sex god, Ed Sheeran! Honestly, hands on our heart, it was by far one of the BEST concerts we've ever been to! We were even 2nd row from the front! How good is that!?

He started off with his new hit single, 'Give Me Love' which is the last song to be produced from his debut album,  +. He is absolutely amazing live and we are so glad we got to see him! 


   His set was a constant flow of beautiful melodies, many which sounded even BETTER live than on his EP's. He always had one of his four trusty guitars in tow, and was BEAT-BOXING ( once in a lifetime experience that is, mind).

  His support acts were Passenger ( our main man Mike ) and Foy Advance, who were both incredibly talented and surprisingly unsigned. You should definitely check them out! 

  My ( Becca ) favourite song of the night was most definitely one of his most popular hits ' You Need Me, I Don't Need You', which lasted a WHOPPING 12 minutes! And he didn't go a note out of tune, even when he was jumping on top of the speakers right next to us ( swoon..) !

  He even asked the audience to be remotely quiet for a couple of songs by saying "If you love me, you'll be quiet.", which made Olivia practically melt! This ensued a few "WE LOVE YOU ED!" shrieks (who, us...) but it was such an amazing experience to see the entire City Hall succumb to silence to just listen to his heavenly voice.

  Dressed in a modest cartoon 'Flipper' t-shirt and raggy jeans, he was far from a Nicki Minaj-style concert with all of the constant costume revamps and extravagant staging, it was simply just him, and a 'mirror wall', where you could see the gig from his point of view, which we thought was really cool, especially when everyone was waving their phone lights!

We were DEVASTATED when he walked off after his two hour set, as was everyone else. We did make buddies with his stage handy-man Trevor though. What a guy.

 Here's a quick view of what we wore to the gig, and also take a look at the videos! And we are NOT in    anyway singing superstars. Just putting it out there. :-)

What Becca wore:

Okay, so this picture is pretty terrible, but bear in mind it was 1am and I already had that post-concert depression feeling creeping up on me ( worst feeling EVER in my opinion). I wore this tartan dress ( in age 10-11 D:) from the kids section in New Look, which was only £12.99, which is a bargain, considering tartan is apparently going to be 'big' this season and my trusty old leather jacket which I've had for 5 years! (M&S, don't even remember!). I wore some black suede wedges ( also from New Look, £25.00) which I got as a Christmas present last year. 

Jewellery-wise, I wore my Ed Sheeran bracelets and a glow-stick band we all got off Olivia's mam! I also wore my swallow bird earrings ( River Island, £1.50 ) and my fave golden heart pendant ( Accessorize, £5.00 ).  

We all drew black 'Sheeran' paws on our hand in permanent marker, which turned out to be a pretty big mistake, as it didn't come off for four days!

From Left to Right : Hannah, Becca, Olivia & KT! Aw.

Our Ed inspired nail art! From clockwise top: Olivia, Hannah, Becca & KT!

What Olivia wore:

Hey guys! So, I got this outfit ESPECIALLY for the beautiful ginger sex god (wink ;-)) and it consisted of a sheer black dress from H&M with a pleather peter pan colar £29.99, my gorgeous denim jacket with fur lining from Top Shop £55 (expensive I know! You can probably find cheeper versions elsewhere so look around before you choose to buy!) my creeper style shoes from Top Shop which were originally a wopping £65 but I got them in the sale for £10! How good is that!? Last but not least, I wore my trusty gold buckle ring that I wear 

EVERYDAY! Never take it off :-) 

and my Ed Sheeran jewellry. (Rebecca got me one of these bracelets for my birthday last year so we are matching! How cute!?)

Here's some videos from the gig, which were taken on Becca's phone!

Grade 8:

The A Team:

Wayfaring Stranger:

Hope you enjoyed reading our Ed Sheeran post! We can't WAIT for Rizzle Kicks on the 1st December! AAAAAAAH!

Love you all,

R & O x

We Love....Ginnifer!

Style Crush♥

 Ginnifer Goodwin, or Jennifer, if you're fussy, is a 34 year old TV and film actress from America.


 She was born in Memphis, Tennessee, and vastly gained an interest in media and the arts, due to her father, who owned & operated a recording studio.

She has featured in popular movies such as Ramona & Beezus and He's Just Not That Into You, but received her big break in HBO's Big Love.

 Although I can't remember when I originally heard of her, Ginnifer has always garnered my attention for her striking features and crazyily good dress sense.

 She has featured in a GAP Fall Campaign in 2008, been awarded MaxMara's One to Watch, and even adopted a flock of turkeys in 2009. Our kind of girl.

 You could say that Ginnifer's style was minimalistic, with a cutting edge twist that portrays her unique personality. If she was wearing the simplest black dress, she would add something completely unexpected ( have you SEEN that Gucci dress below!?).

Ginnifer always reminds me of a pixie or a fairy, with her sweet facial features, hairstyle and name ( I don't really know why, I think it's something to do with the Wizard of Oz... Glinda/Ginnifer hahaha ) and she brings this out with her natural and basic make-up. Lusted after for her clear, dewy skin, Ginnifer makes the most of this by not adding as much contouring make-up onto her skin, and focusing on making her eyes the more prominent feature.



 I think that Ginnifer brings something fresh to the celebrity scene, and isn't one to follow trends straight from the catwalk. She is a true fashion risk taker, and ALWAYS impresses on the red carpet!



                 We ♥ Ginnifer!

Here are some of my Ginnifer inspired outfits!

                 -R x

Girls Aloud Are Back!

Girls Aloud. One band. 5 girls. By far one of our favorite bands in all of girl band history! (With the exception of Sugar Babes and Atomic Kitten!) Me and Rebecca grew up listening to their catchy hits, getting the CD's and the annuals when POOF they seemed to all just disappear off the face of the earth!

I mean, Sarah featured in 'St Trinian's' then disappeared, Nadine went solo and released an album... (personally, I actually really liked it! If you want to listen to it click the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mG8XGXMB0gU ), I have no clue where Kimberley went, Nicola went solo and released a couple of songs an album and has suddenly become quite big in the fashion industry (in my opinion her most popular song is probably this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_BG3n1q5KU ) and of course, Cheryl was the most popular out of them all! She was a judge on the UK's X Factor and was supposed to be a judge on the USA's X Factor but it was then rumored her and Simon had a spat? Anyway, she has produced many singles, a couple of album's and stars on a L'Oreal Paris advert, advertising Casting Creme Gloss and Elnett hair spray. (Cheryl is also from Newcastle where we are!)

But now they are BACK! And bigger then ever! Their new hit single, 'Something New' has reached over a million views on their YouTube channel and has to be one of my favorite songs by the girls!

Some of my favorite songs from Girls Aloud are the following:

• Sound Of The Underground
• Call The Shouts
• Can't Speak French
• Love Machine
• Sexy! No, No, No...
• Something Kinda Ooooh
• Something New
• The St Trinian's theme tune
• Promise

In their new video for 'Something New' it's a new fresh start! All dressed in fluorescent orange off the shoulder dresses, plain strappy black heels and a famous top knot bun, they all looked B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L!

Tickets for their tour are out now so go buy some for your closest venue! Totally worth it in my eyes! Girls Aloud are definitely one of my styles crushes! ♥

Here are some outfit ideas for each of the girls! Hope yo enjoy! :-) 

Cheryl: 

Nadine: 

Nicola:

Sarah:

Kimberley:

-Olivia :-) x