My Bullet Journal Setup for June!

Hello guys! Welcome back to our blog! Today’s post is a little bit different, not beauty related. I want to share something I have done the past couple of months that has really made me much happier. This is a peek inside my bullet journal setup for June. Some of you guys requested this so I hope you enjoy this post!

On Instagram, everyone has such artsy colorful bullet journals and I just am not that artsy and I can’t draw and I wanted it to be more functional and to serve as a daily journal for me and as a non-academic planner for my hobbies and my life. I want to share it with you guys because I love it, and to put an example of a ‘not perfect’ journal out there.

So these are all the little spreads that I do for each month.

Page one is a title page: 

This just says June 2019 and one of my favorite quotes that inspires me to  take care of myself. If you are like me and can’t draw this is a cute option for your cover spread!

Page two has a little calendar and four weekly to do lists:

On the calendar I circle the days that I have track meets, events, vacations etc like the big things for this month that I need to not forget! I then have four big boxes that are my ‘weekly to do lists’ where I put adult stuff like ‘refill prescription’, ‘make doctor appointment’ etc. It really keeps me organized and I will forget anything I don’t write down.

Life Update: First Year of College!

Hello guys! Welcome back to our blog! Unfortunately, neither of us have been able to blog lately, but now that it is summer we are back! I recently just finished my first year of college and I wanted to share how I felt about it:

First semester life update: here!

*My first semester was lovely, I truly enjoyed it! If you haven’t read that post then it might make sense to read it first before this one!*

My second semester of college started in mid-January and it ended just last week after finals. This semester I felt like I had a better handle on my coursework and that I could take on some side projects, I also felt like I was happier, I was less lonely, less homesick and like I was finally starting to make a lot of good friends.

My grades are still good, the classes I am taking are so interesting, and I love what I’m studying. I always make sure that schoolwork is my first priority, I want to keep my good gpa, and I am proud of myself for the work that I did this semester.

As you guys know, I also run cross country and track for my college!

How I Deal With my Anxiety and Depression

Anxiety and Depression is something most people experience, some more than others.

I experience both, my anxiety tends to be the worse of it, after an anxiety attack I do suffer from depressive spells.

When I was younger i didn’t really know how to handle them. I used to feel someone to physically hold me tight as I let it all happen, then after I was done and my depressive spells started I would close myself away for a few days. It was really hard to motivate myself to do anything but sleep.

As i grew older I figured out better ways to deal with all this.

Do’s & dont’s of high school

Hi my loves!

Now that the school year is among some of us, I thought I would do a post for those of you going into high school!
High school

That’s a scary word, but don’t worry! Although it isn’t like high school musical, it isn’t like mean girls either.
Here’s a little guide to help you through high school!

DO’S

• Study study study! Don’t go into your freshman year with that mentality of “colleges don’t look till junior year”! You gotta work hard.
• Don’t be afraid to ask for help, it can save your life!
• Organize EVERYTHING! I find keeping a planner with me in every class really helps, so I know what’s going on during which days. And what’s due on what dates.
• I would highly suggest packing your own lunch, HEALTHY
• Makes appointments with your school councilors. They can help you so so so so much
• Sleep early.
• Be active in your school.
• Plan your homework, I usually do the most important homework first

DONT’S

• Save everything for the last minute
• Stress too much
• Stay up too late
• Anything dangerous
• Get too terribly distracted

High school is only scary if you make it. I feel high school as taught me how to really manage my time.
Tata

Christine

50 Beauty Blog Post Ideas for Inspiration

Hello guys! Welcome back to our blog. Today I want to share with you 50 beauty blog post ideas that I’ve come up with, I hope you find them creative and use a couple!. If you are uninspired and can’t think of anything to post I hope these can get you out of a blogging rut.

This is tailored specifically to beauty, makeup, fashion, nail and hair sort of blogs!

Makeup:

1. top 3 eyeshadow formulas

2. top 3 lipsticks for (season)

3. top 3 favorite (insert any sort of product here)

4. compile a list of products you have mixed feelings on

5. declutter your collection

6. compare a high end product and drugstore dupe

7. Holy grail (concealers, eyeshadows, blushes)

8. Product fails

9. talk about your favorite beauty bloggers

10. talk about your favorite youtubers

11. Pair Makeup of the day with an outfit and show it off!

12. start a project pan and post about it regularly, that will get you inspired

13. The first five makeup items you ever had

14. Discuss all the new releases you’ve seen and your opinion on them

15. antihaul- what don’t you want to buy!

16. Favorite brushes or beauty tools

17. How you organize your makeup (what storage?)

18. Post your makeup inventory

19. Products with the prettiest packaging – Packaging awards

20. products that you bought because of the packaging…. (guilty)

21. Makeup you have that is sentimental

22. Three eyeshadow looks with one palette

23. High end products worth the hype

24. Post a makeup of the day

25. makeup wishlist

26. Top 3 liquid lipstick formulas

27. A makeup look inspired by the seasons or nature

Haircare:

28. Haircare routine

29. DIY hair masks, face mask, lip scrub, lipstick

30. Holy grail haircare products for (dry hair, oily scalp, blondes)

31. What hair oils you like

32. Favorite dry shampoos

Skincare:

33. Favorite face masks for (problem skin, dry skin, blackheads etc.)

34. How you take your makeup off at night (what do you use?)

Nails:

35. Favorite nail polish shades for the season

36. If you could only keep 5 nail polishes

Miscellaneous/ can work in any category:

37. post a haul of products you’ve picked up lately

38. Top 3 perfumes

39. Post a challenge

40. If you could only keep 3 (mascaras, eyeliners, bronzers) etc.

41. What you would take with you on a desert island

42. Things that youtube or other bloggers made you buy

43. Brand reviews (Becca, Tarte, Loreal, NYX etc.)

44. determine if a high end product is really worth the price

45. Talk about products that disappointed you

46. A vanity tour

47. Do a beauty Q and A!

48. Share your favorite jewelry

49. Share your take on something that is a cult favorite

50. Design your dream beauty space

That is all I have for you guys today and I hope that you enjoyed it! I mean what isn’t there to like about post ideas? If you have any suggestions then leave them in the comments below and I hope that these were inspiring to some of you!

— Hailey 💄

New Series? Opinions Needed!

During the summer Hailey and I have been thinking of starting a little series for our blog, and we would like to know what you think!

We know that most of the beauty gurus buy/receive products from name brands, and that these products are usually on the more expensive side of the spectrum.

What Hailey and I would like to do is go to these name brand stores (or order online) and find the cheapest product that they have and buy it, then do a review on it to see if it’s a steal (worth buying) or drop (not worth buying)

What do you all think??

Let us know down in the comments!!

Do’s and Don’ts of Blogging

Hello guys! So many of you find my little blogging tips mini series helpful that I decided to make another one. I always get such sweet comments on post like this so thank you all for that! Todays post will be do’s and dont’s of blogging (what not to do!)

Do edit your posts and don’t make typos 

First and foremost editing! Editing will prevent the unprofessional typos that inevitably will occur. I sometimes have typos actually, trying to work on this!

Do Promote your post but don’t be annoying about it!

Promoting your new post on social media can be really valuable but don’t spam your followers feeds with it and go overly crazy to get views. Also in the comments of someone else’s post don’t shove your new post down their throat in efforts to get them to check it out, it is unprofessional.

Do take your own pictures (even if they aren’t amazing!) but Don’t use stock photos!

Girl Talk #2 – Relationships

Lets face it girls, we all have that one friend who is dating a guy you don’t like,but she is so caught up with him that she is ignoring you.Yet there is so much about him that just doesn’t add up, or he is being rude to her. What do you do then? You want to shield and protect her from his toxicness. You wonder why she sticks around after everything he keeps doing, but if you talk to her about it she is going to get upset, insisting that they are alright, and that he’s perfect in every way.

Maybe you are that girl, and your friends keep telling you they don’t like your boyfriend. In that case, they’re probably right if their suspicions are grounded. We know, we have been there. Completely head over heels for the guy. Love can leave you blind. WE KNOW! It’s very typical. Unlike you, your friends aren’t completely head over heels for your guy (at least we hope not) and their thoughts can be pretty valuable because their outside the situation. If they’re saying they don’t like him and have reasons, then it’s a good idea to start thinking over the whole situation yourself.

Red Flags:

How to: Grow Your Blog Semi – Easily

Hello everyone! Gaining readers and blog followers is difficult when you just start out, so here are tips that helped this blog grow, and can be applied to any blog. I hope this is helpful for all of you who want to blog but are discouraged that no one is reading, or are beginners!

1. use tags! – Easiest one!

 

Be sure you don’t use too many and also that they are all separated. What tags do is put your post in the WordPress reader so other bloggers can find it, it’s similar to using hashtags on Instagram.

2.Spread the word every time you post something

Girl Talk #1 – Double Standards

Thank you everyone for following and reading our blogs! We are super excited to start this girl talk series. We believe that some of these things need to talked about, but are too taboo and often don’t get mentioned as much as they should be.

Today’s topic will be double standards girls often face in their families and in everyday life in general.

A majority of girls are in families with brothers who, as they get older, get to experience more opportunities than their sisters.

For example, curfews. Parents often give their daughters a stricter curfew. “You MUST be home by 11pm!”  Both our families have strict curfews, but Hailey has two brothers who don’t have any curfew at all.

I’m sure like us, this fact frustrates you. Constantly being told it’s dangerous to go out at a certain time. Or that you’re too young to do certain things, but then watching your older/younger brother be able to do those certain things.