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Top 3 College Must-Haves!

Hi all,
If you might not know, I'm a freshman in college! I start University here in Hong Kong, on the first Monday of September, and I'm so excited. I'm a Faculty Of Arts student, and will be taking Spanish, Translation, Mandarin, English, Sport and Religion.
As I'm typing this, I'm sitting amongst my mess of a room. I'm officially packing up my things and moving into the resident halls first thing tomorrow! I realised that there's a lot of things a newbie would forget to bring, or not realise that it's a necessity! Thankfully, I met a group of amazing Year 2 friends at the orientation camp I went to last week (when I had Sally post for me!) and we've become great friends. They gave me some tips and tricks so I thought I'd share it with you all here!


1. A Day Planner

Paperblanks Day Planner, in the Filigree Floral Ebony design

A day planner is incredibly important, I organise my school work, social life, crucial university dates and deadlines as well as social media plans (e.g Youtube video ideas, Hello Style Cosmo shows) on this! Also, it's great because you can have a spread of a week over two pages, and you can plan your week accordingly! It also has a phone book, an empty schedule table, pages of blank notes, monthly calenders and  two ribbons to mark your day!

This is the day planner that I have, but unfortunately it's not my own photo! It's incredibly cute, but it also comes in a range of different designs and sizes to suit your daily life. You can pick another design that you think best defines your personality, and adds an oomph to your boring everyday schoolbooks!

2. A Shower Caddy

Vera Bradley Shower Caddy

Whether you're sharing a bathroom between two rooms (4 girls) like I am, or trooping to shower stalls shared by your entire floor of girls, everyone definitely needs to bring their own products into the shower! If you haven't realised, I'm a massive product junkie, so it would just be stupid to walk in with my arms full of products. One great thing about shower caddies is that it adds a pop of colour to your drab dorm room, and it's also waterproof on the inside, in case any of your products spill over.

3. Decorations

Many dorm rooms will not allow nails hammered in for photo frames, artworks or whatever medal you want hung up. But, with stark white walls and a plain mattress on a plain wooden bed, it's hard to not cry when you see that plain room. So, to spice it up, develop some photos to stick everywhere! They'll remind you of all your friends from back home or in high school, and also there's a lot of pretty photos on Tumblr or on Pinterest! It's like your original wallpaper!
Also, fairy lights can brighten any boring room, and make it super cute and cozy. I'm actually a little bit afraid of the dark, so fairy lights are perfect because the soft lights won't keep your roomie up at night, but bright enough for you to fall asleep to.


All this dorm room talk has me excited to get back to packing! I'm super excited to meet my room mate tomorrow, and to decorate my 1-year "house" with her!

Love, from Julsie xox

My Updated Fitness Routine!

Hi all, Julsie here!

If you follow me on Pinterest, you'll have noticed that I've been pinning a lot on my Fitness board! That is because I have been on a crazy health kick recently. Since I start university in a month, I wanted to get in shape and ring in the new school year feeling confident and looking great! Workouts are not just to "lose weight", but also for glowing skin, strong hair and nails. I wrote myself a little workout calender that's on the back of my bedroom door, with motivational sayings on each day, that I get to cross off every morning before I leave for my jog! This is just a part of my calender, it goes on up until the end of my summer holidays!

I used to focus my workouts on losing weight, and saw each workout as a chore, and each meal to be a burden. But, it just left me feeling miserable. Until I found Youtube and Pinterest, I pretty much hated sport.

Pinterest has fun little workout circuits under the "Health and Fitness" category, as well as healthy meal ideas,  cute workout clothes and girls with amazing bodies! I actually like scrolling through it before I workout for a little extra motivation.

Pastel coloured workout outfits <3

How cute are these shoes!

Also, I really like watching Youtube personal trainers, such as Cassey Ho of Blogilates and Karena and Katrina from Tone It Up. They're what I go to for my "Pilates" section of my calendar, or if I'm on a Yoga day and feel like doing an extra workout, I'll choose one of their videos for targeted toning! I This is one of my favourite toning videos, Victoria's Secret Supermodel Stiletto Legs workout from Blogilates, I get to wear heels to workout!

My goal is to lead a healthier life, but I'm not trying to lose weight drastically, I just have some fat that I want to live without! The most important part of maintaining a fitness routine is to make sure that you can survive that way! So don't go skipping meals and living on a liquid diet and denying yourself a little square of chocolate every now and then! I can't live without my chocolate and ice cream, but a good balance is key!

Love, from Juliana xox