Back to school part 2: Awesome stationary!

Get that adorable pencil case on Etsy

Hi everyone! So here's the deal, it's hard to know what to put in your pencil case. You wanna get rid of those coloured pens, but they're just so pretty!! What if you need them? Well we are here today to help you figure out what to keep and ditch.

Ok so here are the bare essentials:
- 1 HB pencil (For backup and borrowing)
- 3 mechanical pencils (we prefer these since you don't have to constantly carry a pencil sharpener around). If you prefer the regular HB pencils you can switch them out for those.
- 1 pencil lead container
- 6 pens; 2 red, 2 blue and 2 black.  You can switch some out (1 pink and 1 red instead of 2 for example).
- 2-5 highlighters. It totally depends if you prefer having lots of colour or just the basics. The 2 most basic colours are for most of the time yellow and pink but feel free to add blue, green, purple, orange... Whatever suits your fancy :)
- A mini 15cm/6 inch ruler
- (Optional) A couple coloured pencils for quick doodles
- (Optional again) A calculator, only if there's enough space for it.

So that was the basic needs, but here's some little DIY's to help you personalize all that dull material :)
You could paint your calculator cover:

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For all you talented crafters, here's a tutorial for a gorgeous pencil case :)

Find this awesome pencil decorating trick plus 36 more great DIY's here

Here's the same concept but with a pen:

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So that's that for stationary! Coming up next: notebook and textbook covering. Stay tuned!

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Back to school part 1: Backpack Essentials!!!

It's back to school time!! That might sound depressing to some of us, but we believe it's the best time of the year to finally get organized, since you have the chance to start from scratch. This is the first of our back-to-school post, there will (obviously) be more awesome posts about how to get organized and start the new school year in beauty and style ;-).

• Books, binders & notebooks.

Get these adorable recycled notebooks on Etsty!! : https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/130414192/a5-geometricchevron-print-eco-notebooks?ref=sr_gallery_5&ga_search_query=notebook&ga_ship_to=CA&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery

Now we know what you're thinking: "How dumb do they think we are?", but we just want to mention this as some sort of precaution because a lot of girls (and yes, only girls) just bring a purse to school and carry their stuff in their hands, which we find ridiculous. The whole point of bringing a bag is so you don't have to carry your stuff in your hands, if it doesn't fit, just get a bigger bag!!

• Lip balm

Get this amazingly moisturizing Eos lip balm at your nearest pharmacy. It also smells fantabulous!

You never know when you may have a dry lip emergency. It's always a must in any situation!

• Wallet

So we're not asking you to bring like 500$ to school everyday or anything, just bring some extra money in case you forget your lunch or something. Almost everyday people, wether we know them or not, come up to us asking to borrow money. It's very annoying.

• Bobby pins + Hair ties

It's always important to have these in case of a hair emergency. No more bad hair days!!

• Pencil case
  

Get this incredibly cute pencil case on Etsy! https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/127240031/polka-dot-pencil-case-zipper-cosmeticref=sr_gallery_7&ga_search_query=pencil+case&ga_order=most_relevant&ga_ship_to=CA&ga_ref=auto1&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery

We think its much easier to bring your pencil case home than to just buy more pencils, it's a waste of money. We have a stationary post coming soon for some pencil case fun!! A post about our favourite stationary will be coming up soon!

• Gum/mints

No more bad breath!

• Kleenex

This is very important during cold season. A runny nose is not fun.

• Planner/agenda
  
  This super cute and adorable one is from Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/190733473/20142015-academic-weekly-monthly-planner

If your school doesn't supply one, you should buy one to keep track of all your assignments.

• Mascara + lip gloss

Ok so some of you guys can skip on this one. It's not exactly an essential but if you wake up late or for touch-ups, it can be of big help ;-).

There you have it! Now get ready because first day of school looks are coming soon!

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Braids, it's that time of the year!

Hey peeps!

Summer is here and that means heat!!! The summer is the best season of all for great updo's to keep your hair off your face and neck. In this post is some great ideas with BRAIDS!! We love braids, they're not just pretty, they're also very practical!!

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This is very easy to do, you basically seperate the front of you hair and clip it up. Make a bun with the remaining hair. Then, un-clip the front and seperate equally in two parts. French braid the parts and wrap the end around the bun. Voila, easy and quick!

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This braid/bun combo is basically the same as the previous one, except they're not French braids and the bun is a little messier.

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This is also easy, you basically braid your bangs (or the two front sections) and pin them back, this get the hair out of your face and looks adorable!

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This crown braid is a little challenging for all the braiders just starting out, in fact, we're not sure exactly how this was braided but it's very pretty and there must be someone who can figure this out 😉

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This girl made an awesome tutorial for this (it's called the multi-braided bun) so check out her website!

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This is really cute and romantic, it looks like she braided her bangs and then integrated that into a messy fishtail braid.

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This girl Dutch-braided her bangs and then kept braiding all her hair to they ends and added cute flowers.

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This is a great hairstyle for the beach. It's a small braid integrated into a long fishtail braid. Abigail did this to our friend Haïfa once, she has the longest hair ever!

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WATERFALL BRAID!! We're soon posting an awesome tutorial on this, get ready!!

That's all for braid season!

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Music

New posts and covers will be coming soon!

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Fashion!

New posts will be coming soon!

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Food!

New posts will be coming soon!

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Lip stuff

Hey ladies! So it's warm outside... Huh, guess summer is just around the corner! Anyway, we just could not wait until winter arrived to show you guys this amazing beauty trick! Let's get started.

So, winter is the worst season of all for you skin. It dries it out and makes it peel and flake. Last winter, our lips became so extremely dry. It was painful. Luckily, we discovered this trick that saved us! Pucker up ladies!

The awesomest lip scrub ever!

You will need:

-3 parts coconut oil (you can use olive or almond oil but we find the coconut oil best)

-1 part white sugar 

-1 part brown sugar

-A little container to store it

-A toothpick or kebab (We know, we're wierd 'cause we say kebab, but isn't it fun to say?) stick or anything to mix your scrub with

To make it:

Mix all of the ingredients together in the container and mix with the toothpick/kebab stick/mixing gadget.

To use it:

Start by using it every three days for two weeks. After that, just use it when your lips start feeling a little chapped. After each use, seal your lips with lip balm. We like using a little Vaseline or a little coconut oil to lock in the moisture.

Good luck!

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Abby, Emma, Naomi and Adria

Summer fun!

Hey everybody!

School is over soon and summer's on the way (yay!!!!)! That's why we prepared for you guys 10 fun activities to do with your bestest of friends instead of sitting on your butt all day chatting with your crush-that-will-never-be (sigh...).

1- Make a tipi and spend the night in it (or abandon it if it's lame, it probably will be)

2- Take some cool pics and make an awesome scrapbook with them.

Here are some photo ideas to get you inspired:

http://www.buzzfeed.com/peggy/fun-best-friend-photography-ideas?s=mobile

3- Organise a bake sale or a car wash with a bunch of people from your community and donate all the profits to your favorite charity.

4- Have fun at the beach! If you don't live near any water, you could all go to the swimming pool (don't go if you're a germaphobic though, at least one of your fiends must have a pool in their backyard). Another alternative would be spraying each other with hoses or blowing up that kiddie pool packed in the back of your garage 😉

5- Organize a small-scale tv competition like a bake-off or a obstacle course (wipeout style, hehe...) remember to film it, you never know what kind of mishaps could  appear 😜

6- Re-read some of your favourite book... While role-playing the characters!

7- Have a paint fight!! Slip-on some cheap white clothes and put a couple squirts of paint in some balloons. Fill them with water and throw them at each other!! Warning: filming is not recommended, water full of paint may or may not ruin your camera.

8- Do each other's makeup while blindfolded!! (To avoid any confusion, it is the person who is applying the makeup that is blindfolded.)(of course if you're guys this will be 10000x funnier 😉)

9- Setup a tent and break out the sleeping bags!! Camp out for a night and tell some scary and funny stories all while eating pickles (or junk food, if you wanna be picky and all...)

10- Try these to each other:

http://likealaugh.org/laugh/how-to-drive-someone-crazy

Guaranteed laughter!! (And maybe some hate but we promise, it'll only be temporary 😊)

Have fun!!

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Naomi, Abby, Adria and Emma

Our faves!!

Hey hey! 

On this beautiful day (well, it's beautiful here anyway!) we, the muchachas (yup, that's what we're calling ourselves now) want to share with you the best products in the world (according to us, of course). Let's wait no further!

Rimmel London Canada: Kate Moss lipstick Collection

This is one of Adria's faves because it smells very good (but it doesn't taste good though, for all you lipstick eaters), it stays on for several hours without having to reapply AND even after a long period of time, it doesn't settle into the creases of your lips.

E.l.f. Eyeshadow

This is one of Emma's personal favorites. The colours are very nice and varied and they're also very easy to apply. This brand has many great products but you have to be careful of the ones that are, kinda less great ;-).

China Glaze nail polish

We personally all love this brand of nail polish because it goes on so smooth and the colours are so vibrant (we have the one in the picture!). The prices are good too!

Yves Rocher Mascara 360° length

This is Abigail's personal favorite because it's goes on smoothly with no clumps and the colour is actually brown (if you take the brown). She wears the non-waterproof one everyday but it stays on better than most waterproof mascara. It takes like two tons of makeup remover to get it off (dumbass got the oil-free one -_-).

Paula's choice CLEAR acne reducing line

Abby had moderate acne since she was 8 and tried a lot of products. She has sensitive skin and rosacea so it was hard to find a product that's helped with all of that. These products are so good, her acne cleared up within 6 months and get skin looks way better now! This could be your little miracle ;-)

 The body shop body butter (mango)

This is Naomi's favourite pick. It smells incredible and is very moisturizing; it leaves your skin baby soft!

Ok so that's it for the first faves we have, we'll have more coming later. The prices vary from country to country so we didn't indicate them, but these products are relatively easy to find in a drugstore, at their assigned stores or online :-)

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Naomi, Abigail, Emma and Adria

First post

First post, what a boring name... We should've called it like "the best post in all humanity" (but then what would we call our second post?). Anyhow, hey world! We're here to educate you about... Everything! (Side note; we are not legally educators, stay in school kids!) here are our AWESOME names (in a list and everything!)

–Adria (white skin, brown hair, awesome)

–Emma (purple hair, crazy (crazy beautiful!), awesome)

–Naomi (cute, awesomely random, awesome)

–Abigail (redhead, klutzy as hell, awesome)

I know what you're thinking, we have the awesomest names ever!! So over the next few, erm, years(?), we will be posting awesome tutorials and tips (of course, including the bloopers!).

So in conclusion for "First post", we hope you stay in tune!

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Abby, Naomi, Emma and Adria