Inside The Twinship Beauty Bar

Posted on June 18, 2013

YSL | Nude In Private, SMASH BOX | Photo Finish, Benefit | Bad Girl Mascara| Photo Credit: The Twinship

Chipped nails? Twinship beauty bar. Need something to make your eyes pop? Twinship beauty bar. Looking for that perfect nude lipstick that won’t make your lips feel dry? Twinship beauty bar. Does this sound like a Maybelline commercial to you? Yes. And, maybe she is born with it…or maybe she just stopped by The Twinship beauty bar.

Here are some photos we snapped of our fav summer must haves! #twinshipapproved for the inner bombshell in you!

xoxo,

Feven & Helena #twinship

RGB | Pansy, Essie | Lolipop, Siche Vite | Top Coat

RGB | Pansy ($18.00) , Essie | Lollipop ($8.00) , Seche Vite | Top Coat ($9.49) Photo Credit: The Twinship

Chanel | Chance ($90.00) | Chanel | Mademoiselle ($115.00) Photo Credit: The Twinship

Essie | Knockout Pout, Siche Vite | Top Coat, Essie | Lolipop, SMASH BOX | Photo Finish, YSL | Nude In Private, Bad Girl Mascara

Rosa Mira Organics | Skin Care, Uncle Pete's Bees Lip Lube

Rosa Mira Organics | Skin Care (pricing varies per product), Uncle Pete’s Bees Lip Lube ($4.00) Photo Credit: The Twinship

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Twinship Travel Diaries: Rochester, NY

Posted on June 17, 2013

Downtown Rochester, New York| Kodak

Although we consider Los Angeles “home”, Rochester, NY is where we grew up. A few weeks ago we took a trip to our real home in Upstate to visit our family and decided to take a few photos to share with you all.

To those who are not familiar with Upstate NY weather in May — it’s touch and go. And, yes, tis the season for the oh-so-popular Lilac Festive, but we spent most of our trip in doors catching up on Bravo TV OR in our winter coats walking our family dog, Miles. Yeah, it was like that.

It’s funny, we spent most of our high school years counting down the days of when we could leave Rochester for other things, like college. But…then…every time we leave, without fail, a sense of nostalgia takes over making it hard to say goodbye. Maybe it’s our mom’s home cooking, our dad’s insightful conversation…Wegman’s…or maybe it’s that Cheers feeling we get, you know, “where everybody knows your name.”

In retrospect, as much as we wanted to leave for the big city, it’s nice to come from a small town with a big heart.

Here are some pictures of our trip.

xoxo,

Feven & Helena #twinship

P.S. It’s been said that Eastman Kodak chose Rochester, NY as Kodak’s main head quarters because of the city’s grey weather. He sure wasn’t lying about the grey weather part!

“Hello…I live here…” NOT! The George Eastman House

The George Eastman House (backyard)

Downtown Rochester…

The Church that sponsored us political refugees…

Side view of the church…

Arts & Science Building

Downtown Rochester

Kodak | Downtown LA

Downtown Rochester

Our mother making traditional Eritrean coffee for us at midnight…yes…it’s like that.

The one day Feven decided to look decent around the house…

One of the reasons we come back home…mom’s cooking. We love you!

Mom and Helena wearing the Twinship Tee!

Our mom in her fav cooking attire! Gotta love those Egyptians!

Our mother striking a pose before she gets back to cooking our fav meals…

Home cooked meals…

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Twinship Bombshell of the Week: The Coppertone

Posted on June 14, 2013

Twinship Bombshell of the Week: The Coppertone

Happy Friday, Bombshells!

This week’s twinship bombshell is the gorgeous, talented, old-hollywood-glam, chic rocker, musician, The Coppertone or as we call her, Red. She’s also the talented photographer behind “Twinship Rock & Roll.”

Born as Amanda Zelina, she is often refered to her musical moniker, The Coppertone. After realizing she signed an unfair record contract, at the age of 27, she found the courage to stand up for her rights and left her record label.

”I believe in living life with integrity, I believe in standing up for your rights and I believe in being yourself at all costs.” — The Coppertone

And so, in her pursuit of integrity, she recently launched “Claim Yourself”-- a crowd funding campaign to help her get out of the $20k debt she owes the record label and to get back her freedom to get her music out into the world.

Bombshells, we can help make this happen! Let’s help The Coppertone claim herself!

To learn more about The Coppertone’s crowd funding campaign see video below.

More details at Indiegogo

Oh, and in celebration of the campaign she wrote and recorded and a new song called ‘Young Blood”. Check it out Lyric Video at Youtube! Fav lyric, “I will not bend or break/I’m taking back my name…” Umm…that’s profound on so many levels. #deep

Stream at Bandcamp

xoxo,

Feven & Helena #twinship

P.S. Did you know that only 20% of women lead crowdfunding campaigns? Bombshells, we can change the game!

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Twinship Travel Diaries: New York, New York Part I

Posted on June 10, 2013

The Twinship Travel Diaries: New York City

The Twinship recently took a trip to New York City. If you’ve never been to New York, it’s a must! The city is filled with culture, style, and endless charm. If Paris is the city of love, then New York is the city of modern romance.

We loved walking around the city like we were meeting Carrie, Samantha, Miranda and Charlotte for lunch in our trendy Spring dresses, to just….talk and well, wonder.

But the best part (apart from hangin’ with our amazing friends) was “singing” backup for Penn Badgley as he serenaded the crowd with his melting rendition of D’ Angelo’s Brown Sugar. Oh! And, the random dude who jumped on stage to sing with us, thank you!

So sad we couldn’t bring you with us, so we decided to bring New York to you! We spent most of our time in SoHo and Midtown, but here are some lovely photos or our few days in the city.

Where should The Twinship head next?

Side note: We did pack our bags with the latest Spring trends, but the NYC weather did not permit it, so in true NYC fashion we stuck with black & white. Cliche…we know…

xoxo,

Feven & Helena #twinship

P.S. A very special thank you to Gravity Pull for the photos.

Helena in NYC: D&G sunnies, H&M blouse

Feven in Rockefeller Center: H&M blouse

SoHo by Gravity Pull

The New York City Public Library by Gravity Pull….
For you Sex & the City fans, this is where Big & Carrie were suppose to get married, but then he, well you know what happened.

Somewhere on 5th Ave

Helena Washington Square Park

Helena, multitaking in Washington Square Park

SoHo by Gravity Pull

Cole Haan..NYC

somewhere in SoHo

SoHo by Gravity Pull

somewhere in SoHo

The New York City Public Library

Helena MUD coffee is amazing.

Helena in SoHo by Gravity Pull

Feven (R) chatting with our dear friend, Lex (L)

and this is how we document things..

Somewhere in SoHo

our cab driver wanted to show show us this…

driving around the city

not sure what this is, but it’s cool.

Helena in the cab on our way to the hotel

NYC skyline

The Met

The New York City Public Library

Dean & DeLuce! Just like FELICITY..Feven (L), Helena (R). Btw, where is Feven looking?

Feven, walking about 5th Ave

And this is how we document…

Feven, somewhere around 5th Ave

Radio City Music Hall

Feven (L), Helena (R) around the Today show….

Helena (L), Feven (R) St. Thomas Church on 5th Ave

Helena (R), Feven (L) Again, where is Feven looking?

walking in the city…

Feven (L), Helena (R)

Helena (R), Feven (L) the sun finally came out!

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Twinship Bombshell of the Week: Robyn

Posted on June 7, 2013

Robyn | Body Talk Part 1

Happy Friday, Bombshells!

This week’s twinship bombshell is the eccentric, cool, original, and independent, Swedish recording artist, Robyn.

Robyn first made her way into The Twinship music library with her 1997 hit song, Do You Know (What it Takes). Remember that music video? The blonde bob, the oversized pastel satin looking pajamas and metalic sofa? Yikes! Robyn’s style was fitting for the time but the blonde bob has definitely evolved (as well as her music) in a seriously fierce way!

In 2007 we were reintroduced to, Robyn, and her new sound with her song With Every Heartbeat from her self-titled fourth studio album, Robyn. And most recently you can catch The Twinship at the gym kicking butt on the treadmill to tracks from her recent albums Body Talk Part 1 & 2 & 3.

Robyn’s, lyrics and message of heartache, prevail, and independence wrapped up in a electric-pop-r&b-dance-beat still remains the same. Can we add, we love Dancing On My Own…#girls.

xoxo,

Feven & Helena #twinship

P.S. For those of you who have asked, we used Hang With Me for our ’New York, New York’ teaser. Love that song! “And if you do me right….I’m gonna do right by you!” — all a girl can ask for!

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Perez Hilton Shows Penn Badgley & The Twinship L.O.V.E.

Posted on June 6, 2013

Perez Hilton Shows Penn Badgley & The Twinship L.O.V.E.

In the words of Kanye, “come on, homie, we major.” Um…major props and a HUGE thank you to Perez Hilton for shouting out Penn Badgley & The Twinship — which btw is officially the name of our non-existent band!

But, on a serious note (insert Grammy acceptance speech here), we didn’t know what to except when recording this record. We know, it’s not really a record, but by a show of hands, how many of you bombshells think that, Penn, should give Robin Thicke a run for his money and record an album? We think it should be titled, ‘You-Can-Have-All-The-Brown-Sugar-And-Some.’ And…this picture should be the cover of his album. Joking!

Penn Badgley & The Twinship | Village Underground NYC| Photo Credit: Lexus Patterson

Thank you again to Perez Hilton for showing The Twinship L.O.V.E. — it means a lot coming from a fellow blogger turned media mogul. Also, special thanks to Carolyn Lluberes for helping us edit the video.

xoxo,

Feven & Helena #twinship

P.S. For all you Gossip Girl/Penn Badgley fans — here’s a picture of Penn and 1/2 The Twinship minutes before we got on stage. Don’t worry ladies — it was totally innocent — you’re all still in the running for Penn’s heart.

Penn Badgley & Feven | Photo Credit: Helena Yohannes

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Exclusive: Penn Badgley & The Twinship

Posted on June 5, 2013

As most of you bombshells know…we were recently in New York City working on The Twinship Travel Diaries. Well, a dear friend of The Twinship invited us to one of the city’s best live music venues, The Village Underground, for open mic night! One thing led to another, that led to another, and the next thing you know, we’re singing backup for Gossip Girl’s Penn Badgley!

And, guess what Penn’s song choice was? D’Angelo’s Brown Sugar. Is there a Jeff Buckley version of this song, ’cause you know he wasn’t actually going to sing D’Angelo…was he? He sure did, and he killed it! Melting….major swag points here!

Watch The Twinship “singing” backup, (well, not really because the mic wasn’t plugged in, yeah, we pulled a Milli Vanelli, but we tried!), and let us know what you think!

xoxo,

Feven & Helena #twinship

P.S. To the random dude dancing with us: you’re awesome.

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