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Body Dismorphia: this you?

Christmas is coming so here are some tips you may find useful. Can be used for any occasion, not only Christmas! 

Some of them I did myself and they made the reciever very happy. Have fun with this, inspire yourself! 

Handmade:

Bottle filled with their favourite candy  

Homemade nutella

Painted mug with mug cake recipe and tiny bit of ingredients inside

mermaid blanket made from 2 blankets (it IKEA they have very cheap blankets)

Cute handmade stuffed animal (lots of easy tutorials on youtube!)

Homemade cookies in a pretty jar 

Voodoo doll keychan 

Succulent in painted flowerpot

Bag/backpack from old clothes 

Tiny envelopes with nice messages/memories

CD/tape with your own playlist

Bullet journal

Tiny book with small things to be happy about

Homemade skincare products (scrubs, masks) 

Pillow (you can paint the cloth)

Surprise box (there are loads of great tutorials on youtube)

Cookbook with your personal favourite recipes (you can write it in nice notebook or sew your own book from quality paper) 

Pretty painted invitation for a coffee/movie etc. 

Using your pictures and photos:

memory game from your photos

Your photos in painted frame

Little book with pictures with your comments to them 

Mug with a photo (Better than T-shirts, they usually don’t look nice)

Collage on a notebook 

Puzzle from your photo (you can cut a big photo or get it done somewhere) 

Bought:

Go through second hands, you can find nice stuff there - then you can make for example nice winter set - gloves, beanie and a sweather. Make sure to wash them! Also don’t buy underwear or socks at second hands. 

Candle set - there are a lot of nice smelling candles that you can find for a very good price, take some and with a little decorating and nice packaging you got yourself a candle set 

Nail set - again, you can find good and cheap nail polishes, some file and nail clippers, stickers etc. 

Art set - art supplies can be very expensive, but if your friend isn’t a professional, some coloured pencils and antistress colorbooks will are a cute gift

Bathing set - bath bombs, scrubs, soap,..

Honestly set of any kind, they can be found very cheaply and you can play with the packaging to make it look nice 

Look through secondhand bookshops! 

Phone case (you can also paint it)

Fairy lights (cheap at dollar store or pepco in Europe)

ok so i go back to school v soon (august 7th to be exact) and here are some of my tips that i use to help prepare myself for going back to school.

start your routine. now. at least a week before your first day of school, get into your routine. get up when you’re supposed to and go to bed when you should (11 for me at the latest). as for the “school day,” busy yourself with reading, playing video games, working, the like. but try to get home when you would from school and kinda pretend like you’re back in school and “do homework” or workout or whatever you would do when you get home. starting that routine now will make it soooo much easier when the school year actually starts

figure out how much sleep you need to function and fix your sleep schedule. do i have to explain this one??? just don’t stay up until 2am the night before you’re first day of school because you’ll be screwed for the rest of the year :)

get your supplies. ok this one is a given. whether you’re paperless or not, get at least a folder to keep stray papers. i would also recommend having a separate folder just for lined paper bc you never know when you need it and idk about you but i hate ripping papers out of notebooks

get new clothes. you don’t necessarily ~have~ to do this one but it’s nice to have a semi-new wardrobe before you head back to school. when i wear something new, i feel more confident and i’m more excited for the day so it kinda makes me excited to go to school. 

pick out your outfits for the first week. this relates to getting new clothes. i like doing this (every week) because it’s one less thing i have to do/think about in the morning. plus it should make you excited for going to school because you get to wear your (hopefully) new clothes.

get your food!! i bring my lunch to school every day (yup, 180 days a year times 12) so before that first day rolls around, get some food for your lunch! whether that be a nice drink, some snacks, a fancy salad, or the like, just get it because it will also make you more excited for school

whiten your teeth. gotta have those nice pearly whites when school starts to show every how you glowed up over the summer

speaking of glowing up…skincare!!!! having clear skin makes everyone so much more confident so make that first day so much better by having clear skin. you won’t feel nearly as self-conscious and you’ll actually (maybe) enjoy the day. 

set out everything the night before. again, makes your mornings *that* much easier/better so you won’t be running late

have a positive attitude. yes it’s school and no one really likes going back to school but try to have a positive attitude about it. you’re one year closer to graduating, it’s a fresh start, you get to meet new friends, (hopefully) you’re taking classes you enjoy, and you’re getting back into a routine. yes school can be very stressful but hopefully, if you follow some of the tips above, it won’t be as stressful as it could be. 

best of luck everyone. i’m rooting for you :)