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7 Apps Every College Student Needs

7 Apps Every College Student Needs // eyeliner wings & pretty things
It’s safe to say that a lot of us rely on our phones for nearly everything. These are all must-have apps for college students that range from health to academics to finances to life in general. While the most-used apps tend to be the least productive ones (ie: Facebook, Snapchat), these apps will help add more usefulness and productivity to your phone. Yay!

These apps for college students (or humans in general) are sure to benefit your life someway or another.

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10 Good Habits To Start

10 Good Habits To Start // eyeliner wings & pretty things

An easy way to enrich and improve your every day life? Pick up some good habits. One day a few months ago I came across the tidbit of information that it supposedly takes 21 days to make or break a habit. While this isn’t always true, it definitely makes me feel more motivated to begin habits. I like that the number 21 makes your habit turn into somewhat of a goal. Essentially, these things, if done for 21 days in a row, should become a daily habit.

Whether that’s all accurate or not, these are all good habits to start for sure.

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10 Young Professional Wardrobe Essentials

10 Young Professional Wardrobe Essentials // eyeliner wings & pretty things

When you’re young it’s incredibly difficult to be taken seriously. While professional clothes aren’t going to magically grant you respect and authority, it will give you a stronger image that matches the professional behind the clothes. Another fun part of being young (er…well, old, too) is the whole student loans and budgeting thing. Most of us don’t have the funds to buy an entire wardrobe that’s solely for looking professional and business chic.

Here are the essentials and key elements for creating the ultimate young professional wardrobe. Whether it be an internship, job interview or career fair…these pieces will help you tackle them all while looking young, fresh and professional as hell.

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10 College Essentials Under $10

10 College Essentials Under $10 - Things to pack for college // eyeliner wings & pretty things

Packing for college is expensive as hell, there’s no getting around it. Luckily these college essentials are all under $10 which means your wallet can forgive you.

Carolyn from Diary of a Tall Girl wrote a similar post way back when and I thought it was such a cool idea that I had to challenge myself to do the same. I mean, under ten bucks seems incredibly reasonable and these odds and ends are definitely affordable essentials. I was very careful not to make this the same as my 12 Things You’ll Forget to Pack for College because that list is definitely more obscure. These are also things you’d probably forget to pack for college, but they’re definitely essentials.

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