Happy 2014! Thank you for the support!

Dear readers and viewers of Lilly and Vannah, 

This is a little happy new year message to thank any of you reading this right now.. 

2013 was a year that Vannah and I really got to get to know ourselves and actually got to grow

Thanks to each others support.. This resulted into us taking steps we would have never done without each other. 

Those steps eventually turned into Lilly and Vannah and we have reached a point in our young career that we actually feel like we are doing something for us and our future. But! We couldn't and most probably wouldn't have proceeded if it wasn't for the amount of reads and views we have gotten in the short time that we exist.. We might not be a major page yet, but 2014 could just be our year and we are willing to put in as much work and effort needed to make that possible.. 

As for you reader, viewer.. Thank you! We hope 2014 brings you amazing experiences and that you can make it your year.. 

Much love, 

Lilly and Vannah

Christmas Specials Festive Lookbook

Hello lovelies!

We’ve just uploaded a ‘Festive Lookbook’ video which you can see here. 
This lookbook is meant to be a last minute inspiration for cute Christmassy party outfits!

We hoped you enjoyed watching the video as much as we enjoyed filming it!

As promised, Lilly and Vannah will go into more details in this post!

Get ready with us EMA edition

As you could read in the post about the EMA’s you would know that we decided to get ready by Vannah! And we decided to film the process.. So go check that video out by clicking here.

Now to be a little detailed on the products we used and our outfits please proceed reading! We hope you liked our get ready with us video!

Alright so we started out with make-up. It’s obvious in the video that we don’t wear much and that we obviously aren’t no professionals when it comes to this. Things we used..

 

 

Vannah's make up:

Kiko Mascara

Kiko Eyeliner

BB Cream foundation

Rimmel lipstick 160 Rose Passion

 

 

Lilly's make up:

L'oreal Lumi Magique light infusing foundation

Oriflame (lip)balm cherry

L'oreal Telescopic mascara

L'oreal Invincible kiss proof lipstick 204

 

We both started with the face, then moved on with the eyes and at last the lips. We both only use foundation, 1: because we don’t own concealers and 2: because the products we are using are pretty pigmented on their own, so they cover up pretty good.

First apply your foundation on the cheeks, nose, chin and forehead. Spread. Connect all area’s! Then you can focus on the places that you would like to hide a bit more, like underneath the eyes, around the mouth and the nose. You also see us (or at least Lilly) applying foundation on her upper eyelid, I think a bunch of make-up guru’s wouldn’t agree with this? But seeing there was no eye shadow it helped to make the eye lid one color. If you have concealer and face powder this would be the moment you apply it to all those annoying places and set it with a face powder.

Then we move on to the eyes. As you can see with Vannah she applied a thin line of liquid eye liner, this makes the lash line a bit fuller without using falsies! We both use different mascara’s and as much as we would like to give you advice about this it’s best you choose something that matches your lashes. For example (lilly) don’t like my mascara to be too thick because I have pretty long full lashes. If but I know there are people out there who prefer different! A quick easy tip? Start with the bottom lashes first and then the upper lashes. This often helps to avoid marking your freshly applied foundation with mascara.

The last part of make-up… The lips! We both like to apply a bit of lip balm before applying lipstick.. Why? No idea! We just do! The lip balm I (Lilly) am using is from a brand named Oriflame that only works with organic product and their products smell amazing! The one I am using in the video smells like a cherry bubble gum. (fun tip, the Oriflame “lip balm” is basically a balm for any dry or rough places on the body, so you could apply it everywhere and it doesn’t leave a sticky thick goo behind! And you get to smell like cherry’s! Handy 2 in one product!) After this apply your lipstick and done! If you have a hard time staying in the lines or you rather shape your lips a bit more you can always apply a matching lip pencil.

 

 

 

Both extensions and donut were purchased at Primark

 

And now for the hair! We both straightened our hair seeing we both naturally have curly/wavy hair which would make these looks a bit harder to do. There are a bunch of video’s explaining how to make fishtail braids and make a ‘donut’ bun but if you would like to see ours, go and comment on our video! A quick explanation on the looks, Lilly added extensions to make the braid a bit thicker and Vannah added a bun to keep the nice round shape! To make the ponytail with extensions, you first make a smaller ponytail exactly where you would want to have your braid and clip the extensions round the small ponytail, then you pull the rest of the hair back, covering the clips and making a new ponytail. Then you braid the hair two strains at a time to make the fishtail! When it comes to the bun, you make a ponytail where you could like to have your bun. In Vannah’s cause a bit of hair was left aside to wrap around the bottom, but you don’t have to do this. You place the donut over your ponytail and cover the donut with your natural hair. Because Vannah has allot of hair! We tucked most of it in the donut, and then wrapped the left over bit around the bottom to cover it up. Make sure everything stay’s in place with bobby pins and hairspray and you are ready to go!

 

 

Vannah's earrings are from H&M

Her top is from Topshop

Her bracelet is from Forever21

 

Lilly's earings and necklace are from her mom

 (in other words, I have no idea where they are from)

Lilly's bracelets/bangles are from Primark

 

When it came to jewelry we kept it very simple. For Vannah’s outfit she added some bright green earrings and a matching bracelet. Because her top already had colored stones at the top there was no need for any necklace! For Lilly’s outfit a golden necklace and earrings where used. Also a couple of white and gold bangles around the wrist! Later on I also added a black watch which we didn’t film..

 

 

Vannah's top and skirt are from Top Shop

 

Lilly's top, shorts and belt are from Primark

 

Vannah's bag is from Leather Satchel Company via Asos.com

Vannah's shoes are from Converse

Lilly's bag is from Primark

And

Lilly's shoes are also from Primark

 

 

For the outfit’s we stayed true to ourselves with a bit of added comfort! We didn’t have to dress up that much because we were in the crowd.. But we wouldn’t be Lilly and Vannah if we didn’t try and look our best!

We hope you enjoyed our video! And also this post! For any questions or suggestions don’t hesitate to contact us!

 

Much love

xoxo

 

Lilly and Vannah  

 

 

Vlog: MTV EMA Experience

Last Sunday it finally happened, we went to the EMAs! Even though we only got our tickets a week before, we were so excited and we couldn’t wait till Sunday! Our waiting has been rewarded because we had such a great time! Going to an award show is so different than going to a concert. The biggest difference is the fact that you’re attending a live television event! Being on live television is pretty stressful! Lisa and be spent hours of preparing and deciding what to wear and how to do our hair etc! You never know if they’re going to film you right? Luckily or unfortunately, it’s how you look at it, we weren’t filmed! It’s also very different because you’re not seeing just one artist, but there are so many celebrities attending that you can barely keep up! Honestly, it was one of the best nights of our lives! OK. Enough for the introduction, here a recap of our day/evening! It might be a long post but we are so excited to share our experience with you!

Lisa and I decided we were going to get ready together, basically because it would be easier to film the ‘Get Ready With Me’ video. We met at 2 pm and had a delicious pizza to prepare ourselves for the incredible experience we were about have! After the pizzas we quickly started to get ready. Although it wasn’t that quickly.. We wanted to be ready at 4 pm so we could pick up our friend Hezja and make our way to the venue. This turned out to be 4.30 pm, so we were half an hour late…

Thank goodness we made it to the venue just on time, since there was barely a queue when we got there at 5 pm. We were so happy to be so early because the queue quickly started to grow, around 6 pm the entire ‘queue area’ was completely packed! Finally, after two hours waiting outside (we were literally freezing) the doors opened around 7 pm! Once we entered the venue we were speechless… Did this really happen? Are we actually at the EMAs? It was literally a dream come true.

There was one downside though, we thought that the waiting was over… But in fact we had to wait for two more hours before the show started! However, we weren’t freezing anymore, there was music and everyone was just very excited so time passed by pretty quickly!

Once the lights went off and the show was about to begin, my heart, and I’m pretty sure Hezja’s and Lisa’s hearts as well, stopped and I got so enthusiastic and slightly nervous! It was a fact, this was reality and I think I couldn’t really believe I was going to the EMAs until the show actually started.

The show was so amazing, there were so many performances! It all started with an amazing performance from Miley Cyrus, at the time we were standing on the right side of the stage. Unfortunately, we couldn’t really see Miley perform. However, we could see Katy Perry’s performance! I have to admit, the performance looked so much better live, than on TV! I think it was just too dynamic to capture all the action on TV? The first part of Robin Thicke’s performance with Iggy Azalea was pretty visible for us, though the second part when he was sitting behind the piano wasn’t so much.

After we discovered that all the celebrities were sitting on the other side of the venue, which was where all the awards were handed out, we started our little journey towards the other side of the venue. Surprisingly, it all went pretty smoothly and we soon saw everything so much better! Now I could actually see the presenters and the award winners! This happened to be the place where Jared Leto waved at us! We still can’t believe it! Jared Leto!!!! Sometimes we saw a few celebrities sitting behind the ‘walls’. For example, Jedward, Louise Roe, Ellie Goulding and Ariana Grande.

I think it’s quite appropriate to say that all three of us got a mini heart attack when Miley Cyrus somehow appeared on a mini stage right in front of us! The big screen and the small stage literally appeared out of nowhere just a few feet in front of us! We were so, so happy that we moved from our original spot, because we wouldn’t have been able to see the performance at all! We saw Miley perform ‘Wrecking Ball’ from so close it was just amazing, I’m still speechless from just thinking about it!

Apparently, Miley’s performance wasn’t the only one that was going to make me speechless! After seeing Bruno Mars AND Eminem perform I just completely lost it. Savannah left the building. I still can’t believe that it actually happened? I get goose bumps just from thinking about it! I think that for me, these were the best moments of the EMA.

Soon after, we somehow ended up even closer to the stage and that’s when we saw Ariana Grande and Redfoo host the show! Ariana is so amazing! Redfoo wanted her to sing a tweet to him. My goodness that girl has such a beautiful voice! She just opened her mouth and the angelic voice came out, it was really amazing!

Our great night ended with a very energetic performance by Icona Pop and Redfoo invited us all to the 2014 EMAs in Glasgow! I don’t think we’ll all be going there though! Anyway I know that I am going to watch! After the show ended, we tried to spot some celebrities, but unfortunately they all left already.

We got out coats and we walked out of the venue in complete awe. I believe all we said to each other for the first minutes was ‘OMG, I can’t believe it, was this real?’ or something like that! Then we soon realised that we were so hungry and thirsty!! So we went to the overfull Burger King and after what felt like two hours we finally got to order our food! We also met another great friend of ours in the Burger King! She had such a great time as well, because she had tickets to the Red Carpet show she got to take pictures with so many artist! How amazing is that!

After we finished our meals we all headed home together, we could barely keep our eyes open during the buss ride! Once I got home it took me quite a while to remove all the bobby pins out my hair! I messaged Hezja and Lisa and I went straight to bed. Being the granny I am, I still am so tired from Sunday! I’m just not used to going out and staying up until late (or early I don’t know)!

I think I’m speaking for all three of us here, if I say that we had an amazing night and we will never forget this! We all have been dreaming about going to the EMAs since we were little and our dream finally came true! Hopefully this will not be the last time Lilly & Vannah attend such an amazing event!

We hope you liked this recap of our experience and of course the vlog we made! As we said in the vlog we would like to know what your opinion is about the EMAs 2013? Did you enjoy the show? Do you like our vlog better than the TV Show? Let us know in a comment below or on our YouTube channel! We are excited to hear your opinion!

For now, this is all.. But don’t forget to keep checking out our blog and channel because we have a ‘Get Ready With Me’ for you and there’s a little OOTD coming up as well!

Much love,

Lilly & Vannah

PS: A big thank you to our friend Hezja who made some of the pictures and videos as well! You can see her in the vlog! Leave her a thank you comment if you liked the pictures!

Also, we had quite some difficulties while editing the video.. Unfortunately we couldn't edit all the footage, so there are some performances left out of the vlog. If you still would like to see them, we could make a playlist on our channel including all these unedited perfomances.
 Let us know in the comments below or on our YouTube channel! 

Our EMA ticket experience

 

Hiya Darlings!

Lilly and Vannah here again.. This time with a very fun announcement for you guys! If you are following us on youtube and twitter and checked out the little video we made you will know that we are going to MTV's European Music Awards! So, seeing at the end of the day when we filmed the announcement we were really tired and didn't go into much details we decided to write a blog post about what We believe to be the craziest day of our lives (so far).

Vlog: Visit to 1D World

 Alright!

Welcome to our first real blog, before we start we recommend you to go and check out our vlog on our channel.

So… As the title says we went to visit One Direction World in Utrecht! Finally the merchandise store decided to visit our small country and we couldn’t leave this chance pass to go and have a look.

Welcome to our blog! This is what you can expect from us.

Hiya!

Welcome to our blog where we will be posting more detailed information of our YouTube video’s. You can also find exclusive pictures and behind the scene footage on here! To know exactly what we will be up to throughout the day go and check out our twitter page: @lillyandvannah. There you will know exactly when we are writing, filming, editing, eating dinner, making fools out of ourselves or just random posts to keep you guys interested!

Alright, in case you haven’t seen our introduction video on YouTube (which you really should go and check out.)

Now for a little sneak peek on what we have planned for you guys.

We will be doing the following:

- Look books, giving you guys cute outfit ideas for the coming season’s!

- Tutorials, here we will be taking you guys through a step by step process on how to do a certain make-up or fashion look.

- Outfits of the day/night, we can’t be leaving you guys out on all the cute outfits we have! So we will be sharing those as well.

- Hauls, you know.. Sharing with you guys what kind of fun stuff we got, so you can go and get them too!

- “How to” video’s, these video’s will be ranging from how to style your room a certain way, to baking the cutest cupcakes you have ever tasted!

- Challenges and tags, the name kind of already say’s it.. What kind of challenges and tags we will be doing is still a surprise! But do tell us what you would like to see us do!

- Vlogs, and loads of them! There are a bunch of fun and exciting things happening to us in the coming few months and we will be sharing it all with you guys!

And last but now least..

- A whole lot of One Direction! Of course we are fan’s..  Who isn’t really nowadays? And we will be making sure to share anything 1D related with you! Because we love you.. And we think it’s fun to share such things together!

Now you know what we will be up to (and loads more, this isn’t it, we promise!) go and check out our first video on our YouTube channel.. Follow us on twitter.. 

And take a look at our “about me” page here on the blog! We will be giving you guys a detailed description of who you are dealing with!

Love,

Lilly and Vannah.