Recommendations

Hi Everyone,
In April I posted about "What to do When you are Bored on Vacation" There I put some recommendations of what you could watch and read. I wanted to expand upon those lists.

Movies:
- Harry Potter Series
- The Other Woman
- Cool Runnings
- Zootopia
- The Lego Movie
- Despicable Me
- Despicable Me 2
- Beverly Hills Chihuahua Series
- Mean Girls
- Neighbors
- The Princess Diaries
- 27 Dresses
- The Devil Wears Prada
- 13 Going on 30
- Sweet Home Alabama
- Aquamarine
- The DUFF
- The Parent Trap
- 10 Things I Hate about you
- She's the Man
- Pitch Perfect
- Pitch Perfect 2
- Freaky Friday
- The Blind Side
- High School Musical Series

Books:
- Bawse by Lilly Singh
- #girlboss by Sophia Amoruso
- Life Uploaded by Sierra Furtado
- Operation Redwood by S. Terrell French
- The Clique Series by Lisi Harrison
- The Alpha Series by Lisi Harrison
- Spy School Series by Stuart Gibbs
- FunJungle Series by Stuart Gibbs
- Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling
- The Candy Makers Series by Wendy Mass
- Lunar Chronicles Series by Marissa Meyer

Music:

Song Name	Artist(s)
Greenlight	Pitbull ft. Flo Rida and Lunchmoney Lewis
Symphony	Clean Bandit ft. Zara Larsson
Final Song	MO
Cool Girl	Tove Lo
Fun	Pitbull ft. Chris Brown
Zero	Chris Brown
Do It Again	Pia Mia ft. Chris Brown and Tyga
Be Alright	Ariana Grande
No Broken Hearts	Bebe Rexha ft. Nicki Minaj
Pound the Alarm	Nicki Minaj
Chained To The Rhythm	Katy Perry ft. Skippy Marley
Shower	Becky G
Love Me Like You Do	Ellie Goulding

I hope you all enjoyed these recommendations. If you enjoyed them or have any to add, comment below :)

-Caroline

Pink Lakes

Haters would say it’s photoshop, but it’s really not. This lake, Lake Hillier is actually pink and it is located in Western Australia. There is no exact and confirmed reason behind why the lake is the color it is. Scientist believe it is the result of a harmless bacteria called Dunaliella salina found in salt crystals. This lake, is also as salty as the dead sea which allows people to float without a problem. Although, Lake Hillier is not the only pink lake. There is also Hutt Lagoon also in Western Australia, and also Lake Retba located in Senegal. Algae also plays a big part of the color of the water. When the algae is in bloom, there are many different colors of pink possible. Isn’t it crazy to think that one day, the algae from these waters containing a large amount of beta-carotene could be used for vitamins! (beta-carotene is used in a multitude vitamins and this water)

Update

Hello Everyone,
I haven't talked to you all in a while that is not in a formal blog post form. I hope you all enjoyed you vacations. Mine is just finishing up :(. I'm not quite excited. I spent most of my vacation taking care of my younger sister while my older sister goes on college tours, polishing my math skills for next year, baking, swimming, and traveling. What did you do on your vacation? Comment below. I would love to know.

Next month I have a ton of exciting posts planned for you all. I decided to treat you all to a little sneak peak of what I am going to be posting.
May 14: Get Rid of a Cold Fast!
May 21: Arena Fastskin Review

I hope you all have a good week! Sorry this is a bit of a short post. I am getting reading for the week  :(.

Have a good week,
-Caroline

What to do When you are Bored on Vacation

It's no doubt that one point or another you will get bored during Spring break. Some people may be traveling to extreme tropical places, while you are just stuck at home. Some people have a reading list of what they want to read, or are going to be watching shows on Netflix like 13 Reasons Why. Some, have no idea what they are going to be spending their vacation by doing. So if you are one of those people who have no idea, I got you.

💻 Get a 30-day free trial of Netflix
This could be an idea to get and use now, but it isn't ideal. I would actually save your 30-day trial for the Summer when you have months off, not just a week.

📺 Get some movies you have been wanting to watch
If you have a library where you can rent movies from, Go to the library and go get those movies and have a nice mini-movie-marathon. Here is a list of movies if you don't know what to watch
- Harry Potter Series
- The Other Woman
- Cool Runnings
- Zootopia
- The Lego Movie
- Despicable Me
- Despicable Me 2
- Beverly Hills Chihuahua Series
- Mean Girls
- Neighbors
- The Princess Diaries
- 27 Dresses
- The Devil Wears Prada
- 13 Going on 30
- Sweet Home Alabama
- Aquamarine
- The DUFF
- The Parent Trap
- 10 Things I Hate about you
- She's the Man
- Pitch Perfect
- Pitch Perfect 2
- Freaky Friday
- The Blind Side

📖 Read some books
I know you might not want to read books because that has to do with school, and when you are on vacation, you want nothing to do with school whatsoever. But. If you pick up a good book, I will guarantee, you won't be able to put it down. Time flies when you are reading a good book. Here is a list of a few books you could read if you don't know:
- Bawse by Lilly Singh
- #girlboss by Sophia Amoruso
- Life Uploaded by Sierra Furtado
- Operation Redwood by S. Terrell French
- The Clique Series by Lisi Harrison
- The Alpha Series by Lisi Harrison
- Spy School Series by Stuart Gibbs
- FunJungle Series by Stuart Gibbs
- Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling
- The Candy Makers Series by Wendy Mass
- Lunar Chronicles Series by Marissa Meyer

👕 Clean out your closet
Go through your closet or dresser and see what you do or don't wear and what fits and what doesn't. On the bright side of it all, you can get new clothes after!

🏬 Go Shopping
Take a trip to the mall! If there is a friend that is nearby and is just as bored as you, take them along with you! Even though, you might not get anything, it's a few hours to kill.

💐 Create a Flower Garden
Plant some seeds and water them each day, and eventually you will have plenty of beautiful flowers to smell and take pictures of or with.

✂ Do some DIYs
DIYs can be fun and sometimes do take up a lot of time. Either there is a DIY you have been wanting to do, or you can look up some things online. I have also done a few DIY blog posts, so here is a list of them.
- DIY Sugar Frosted Glass Rim
- Valentines Day DIY
- DIY Bubble Art
- New Years DIY
- Last Minute Gift DIY
- Holiday DIY
- Outdoor Christmas DIY
- Indoor Christmas DIY and Decor
- Last Minute DIY Halloween Costumes
- DIY Slime
- Pusheen DIY
- DIY Back to School Room
- Testing DIY Matte Lipstick
- DIY Pusheen Shirt Tutorial

🍳 Cook or bake some food
Now would be a perfect time to try out some new recipes or make some cakes and cookies. If you want to make a cool cake, I would recommend going to the YouTube Channel How To Cake It where you can find how to make a ton of cool cakes.

🐟 Visit an aquarium
I personally haven't been to the aquarium in a very long time. That might be the case for you also. There are so many different kinds of marine animals that are so cool.

🐯 Visit a zoo
I also haven't been to the zoo in a long time and zoos are really fun. Now that you have a good amount of time on your hands, take a trip to the zoo and go visit your favorite animal or find a new favorite. You can also learn a ton of cool facts about animals.

📚 💻 Research a topic and become an expert
When you have nothing to do, it might be fun to just go online, and find something cool and interesting to research and then share with your family and friends what you learned. Here are a few researching topics if you don't know what to search.
- An Animal
- Fashion Designer
- Place
- Disease
- An Event
- Food

💪 Exercise
You might not be able to hit the beach now, but maybe you want to get a nice beach bod for later. I am not say in any way shape or form that you should work out. This is all choice. If you choose to work out, here are some exercises and apps.
- Sworkit
- Nike+ Training Club

- Russian Twists
- Planks
- Push ups
- Crunches
- Sit ups
- Leg Raises

💅 Spa Day
The stress of school has been terrible. Take a moment to unwind from school stress and go vacation mode with a nice spa day. Take a warm bath with a bath bomb or Epsom salts, do face masks, and paint your nails.

🎨 Create art
There are so many different kinds of art you could make. Drawings, paintings, prints, computer design, etc. Try something out and you might actually have fun and relax during it.

📷 Take photos
This could mean that you conduct a photo shoot for you and your friends or just yourself. You could also take pictures of nature. You don't need anything special, You can use your iPhone or whatever you have.

✒ Write a book
Sometimes you have an idea, and then you could turn it into something huge. If you have a big imagination, this might not be too hard. Or it could be a spin off your everyday life, or what you wish your life could be like. Think about anything and you could pretty much make anything a book.

🔠 Learn a new language
When you are bored, spend that time productively by learning a new language. Fun fact, once when I was bored, I learned some Icelandic. I recommend using the website Memrise.

💄 Try out makeup looks or extreme makeup
Once when I was bored during halloween I tried to do some extreme makeup with the makeup I had, and it was really fun. Or you can improve your makeup skills for the future.


I hope you all enjoyed this post and won't be bored during vacation now that you have this list. I could go on forever, but then this post would be even longer. If you have any suggestions for something to do during vacation that I didn't mention, comment below to let everyone know.

-Caroline

Spring Cleaning

How to:

1.Blast your favorite tunes

The best way to do this is to create a playlist so your favorite songs can be playing non-stop, so that way you won’t be needing to pause your cleaning and go back to your phone every 4-ish minutes.

2.Keep in mind the final result

I know it may seem hard in the process of cleaning but just think about the end result and the satisfaction you will get when everything is all clean.

Here is a checklist that could help you with the actual cleaning process

http://images.marthastewart.com/images/content/web/pdfs/2007Q2/la_0407_spring_cleaning.pdf

Tips:

1.Wash your windows on a cloudy day

When it is a sunny, most likely hot day, the sun can dry the cleaner on your window before you wipe it away. Cleaning your windows on a cloudy day will prevent such thing from happening.

2.Getting rid of carpet dents

We all know those annoying dents we get from heavy items on our carpets that we discover when we move those items. A tip to get rid of this, it to place ice cubes on the dented areas. Apparently the water swells the fibers making your carpet normal once again.

Let everyone know if you have a good tip or how to for spring cleaning. I have only included a few, but there is so much more you can do.

-Caroline

I Try Creating an Infographic

I got inspired to do this post when I saw an infographic like thing in the hallway at my school. So  I got home an searched infographic and came across this website where you can create some for free! I used Piktochart.

When starting and looking for what to make this infographic about, I had a little bit of a hard time, but eventually settled on a place called El Nido, Palawan in the Philippines. This was inspired by a new photography instagrammer I found @illumelation. This is how it turned out.



I have to say I am pretty proud of how it turned out, especially for it being my first one. I also had a lot of fun making this infographic and learning about the place as I was researching.

Just out of curiosity, I looked at Google Images to see what kind of infographics I would find when I looked there. And mine was basically nothing compared to the amazing-ness of the one I am about to show you all.




I hope you all enjoyed this post and don't forget to have a happy Easter if you celebrate, and a fabulous weekend. I am planning to come out with some posts later on this week because I am on Spring break. If you are as well, you are in luck. If your vacation has already passed, I hope you had a great vacation!

Later,
-Caroline

DIY Printable Calendar

I know that in a previous post I showed you all places online where you could get free printable calendars to save money. Maybe you don’t like any of the calendars you find online. So today I am going to be showing you all how to create your very own printable calendar.

What to do:

-Open up Google Docs or Word

-Create a table that is

Width:7

Height:7

*(These are the measurements for the month of April)

April

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
						1
2	3	4	5	6	7	8
9	10	11	12	13	14	15
16	17	18	19	20	21	22
23	24	25	26	27	28	29
30

This is the Calendar I ended up creating. There are endless optiond of fun fonts and pictures! Have fun and personalize it.

-Caroline

Podcasts

I always thought that the podcasts app on our phones that we can't delete was always annoying and useless. But one day during a study hall I got bored so I thought I would give the podcasts app a chance. I looked up online some popular podcasts and I decided to listen to "Not too Deep" by Grace Helbig. It is a really interesting podcast and it features different internet stars. I listened to the episode featuring LaurDIY and I found it really interesting because I got to learn more about someone who I think is really awesome and inspiring.

I feel like podcasts are really underestimated so I would give it a try one day when you are on the bus, train, plane, at home, at school, wherever you want. Here are a few podcasts that I have heard are good and what I recommend.

1. Not too Deep
2. Shane and Friends
3.  #deceased

Let everyone know if there is a podcast you like! Also I would also recommend just looking up podcasts on google to see what kind of podcasts there are. There are a ton to choose from. See you Sunday at 12:00pm EST for a new post!

♥-Caroline

Tips for Effective Studying

Let's all not lie. There are some classes where we just don't study and hope for the best. Others, where we study to no end. Some we just look over a few sheets and say we have studied. So I am here to give you all a few tips on how to study effectively for all classes.

✒Quizlet
Many may already know of quizlet. But it doesn't need to be just for vocabulary. It can also be for math.
Ex: Linear Equation ➡ y=mx+b

✒Create a Reference Sheet
Even though your math test may not allow a reference sheet, I like to pretend that I am allowed to have one or am making one for a friend. I am a visual person, so when I write things down, I remember them much better.

✒Create a Pretend Test
Sometimes it also helps to create a pretend test of things you know will be on the test.

✒Do your homework
You are given homework to help with your studying. So if you miss an assignment of forget to do it, do it before your test for extra practice.

✒Pretend to be a studyblr
If you have read my blog posts for a while, you know that I love myself tumblr studyblrs. If you don't know what they are, they are tumblr accounts that give tips of studying and show pictures of very neat and satisfying notes. Check out a previous post on I Attempt to make Studyblr Notes.


I hope you all enjoyed this post. Please let me know what kind of posts you want to see in the future. Also let everyone know in the comments if there are any other helpful studying tips.

Good luck on your test,
-Caroline