It's MAY 1ST! Which means launch day is finally here for us at Say Chic and we cannot wait to deliver all the articles we have coming up for you. Prepare yourselves for lifestyle, craft, reviews and quirky editorials every Wednesday and Sunday starting this week. Before our regular posts begin, we bring a special Q&A session with our co-founders, Hollie and Hannah, and their elderly resident cat, Barney.
Q: How did the blog come about?
A: Both of us have maintained personal blogs for some time, so it felt only right to collaborate on a project together. Plus, we work together outside of blogging too, so it's something we knew from the get-go would work.
Q: Why 'Say Chic'?
A: We would love to say that it came from months of thoughtful planning however, it is merely the result of too much sugar consumption, a fixation with Paris and sleep-deprivation, caused by late night Facebook chats. Thus, when 'Say Chic' was suggested, as a spur-of-the-moment comment, it somehow sounded right and the blog was born!
Q: How did you both meet?
A: We met through a youth theatre company and found we were two kindred spirits, with a mutual love of cats, comedy and The 1975.
Q: What three things are you loving at the moment?
Hollie: I am completely hooked on podcasts at the moment, particularly 'The Guilty Feminist', which is essentially a comedy show focused on important issue's faced by women. I've been playing a dangerous game of listening to it at work and trying not to laugh out loud. I've also just started watching the 'Avatar: The Last Airbender' TV series, and it's awesome, I'm loving it. Finally photography is something I'm beginning to explore further since its such a prominent part of blogging, it's really cool to be able to practice a new skill and it's reminded me how much I love learning new stuff!
Hannah: Blogwise, I've been really loving 'Oh So Beautiful Paper', which is a craft and stationery blog and it really is beautiful! They post cute and satisfying designs which help to brighten up my newsfeed on Bloglovin'! I'm loving flowers, having received three bouquets during the show week of 'Peter Pan'. Also, the app 'AirBrush' for Android. It works wonders making photos look neat and professional!
Hannah: Blogwise, I've been really loving 'Oh So Beautiful Paper', which is a craft and stationery blog and it really is beautiful! They post cute and satisfying designs which help to brighten up my newsfeed on Bloglovin'! I'm loving flowers, having received three bouquets during the show week of 'Peter Pan'. Also, the app 'AirBrush' for Android. It works wonders making photos look neat and professional!
Barney: At present, I can tolerate my human, Hollie, she's okay. The food they feed me is adequate, however I'm not sure I love it. Sleeping the majority of my day! Now that, I am enjoying.
Q: Who influences / inspires you the most?
Hollie: For me, it has to be brilliant women such as Brit Marling, Kate Winslet, Anne Hathaway and Miranda Hart.
Hannah: 😏 Obviously Hollie.
Barney: Mufasa, the one true lion king (RIP).
Q: You're stranded on a desert island and can only take: one beauty item, one everyday item and one person. What do you choose?
Hollie: Beauty item would have to be lip balm, chapped lips are a nightmare; everyday item would be my phone so I could watch Netflix and take photos of the hopefully beautiful surroundings. As for a person, I reckon I'd go for Jack Whitehall! As a comedian he'd definitely keep me entertained, plus he's easy on the eyes. I could be wrong but I can't imagine him being savvy in the wild, but at least we could laugh about it and maybe write a winning sitcom about our experience after we've been rescued.
Hannah: Some form of hand and body lotion because I am notoriously bad for dry skin. For everyday, probably my phone - calling for help, obviously... Then, an odd choice, Dougie Poynter from McFly. He's won 'I'm A Celebrity' so I figure he'd be pretty good in the wild. That and his cheeky lil' face would likely keep me entertained!
Barney: Well a beauty item is of course, a brush, because how else am I going to maintain my beautiful appearance? Everyday item has to be my bed and I would probably take my human, Hollie, with me because she is my bitch.
Q: Name five places that you really want to visit.
Hollie: Oh how I'd love to go to Paris again, (hehe) also Dublin, Galway, Rome and Japan!
Hannah: Ireland, Amsterdam, Japan, New York and Disneyland Florida! I want to get out and see the world and I'd really love to do some travel writing someday. That and Disney is always going to be on my bucket list.
Barney: I did all that in my youth, I'm happy with a decent meal and a warm radiator to sit by...
Q: What's the most embarrassing song in your iTunes / Spotify?
Hollie: 'The Lord of The Dance' by The Dubliners? Wait, thats not embarrassing. How about S Club? S Club Juniors? Disney? Whigfield??? Nah, I don't think I can answer this question...
Hannah: A few gems from my Spotify; Firstly, I have saved the instrumental version of 'Breaking Free' from High School Musical. I won't try justify that one. I have Britney's 'Womanizer'. I won't pretend I don't know the whole Just Dance choreography. I also have a playlist called 'Zen', which is a lot of white noise/ASMR-type music, for when I do mindfulness meditation or yoga. Eek.
Barney: Personally I enjoy listening to birds chirping because I just bloody love reminiscing about the days when I was agile enough to catch them. I do not own any embarrassing music, fools.
Q: What three topics do you think are important to be discussing right now?
Hollie: Feminism, promoting good health/wellbeing and the 18-24 voters.
Hannah: The 18-24 voters, sexual awareness and funding for the arts subjects in schools!
Barney: When the bloody hell I agreed to this interview??DON'T FORGET -
Our LIVE launch party kicks off TODAY (01/05/2017) at 1pm, UK time on our Facebook page.
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