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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