Following the popularity of my first Adult Life Hacks, I thought I’d pop down 5 more for you! My favourite (and one I’m probably most proud of) is number 10: the biggest girly life saver so far!
6. Buy a reusable bottle
It’s been all over the place recently now we’re fully aware of the impact plastic is having on our oceans, but I’m putting it down for multiple reasons:
A – you’re helping save the planet
B – you can easily keep track of your water intake (which is especially important in this heatwave)
C – you can treat yourself to something fancy. One with a water tracker, or a Love Island sippy cup if you feel so inclined… 😉
7. Have a medicine cupboard
One place, for all the random stuff you might need. Rennies, Germolene, Plasters, Cough Syrup, After Sun – just chuck it all in there and forget about it till you need it. And don’t replace when you’ve run out, replace when you’re RUNNING out. There’s nothing worse than waking up in the middle of the night with a banging headache and realising you have no pain relief.
8. Keep a pack of tissues in the car
You never know when you might need them – runny nose, dusty dashboard, cobweb on your wing mirror, blossom stuck out of reach of the windscreen wipers… Just pop a pack in the glove box, it’s crazy how many times they come in handy.
9. You don’t need to have chocolate in stock like toilet paper
If you do, you just eat it (or I do anyway). I was awful at this in college, I always had it so I always ate it. In my defence, I was dancing a millions hours a day and was eating quite a healthy/balanced diet, and sometimes after a sweaty ballet class, you just NEEDED to chow down on a Freddo. I’ve since learned the error of my ways – buy it when you need it, don’t stock pile it in the fridge/cupboard.
10. Fix a broken nail with a teabag
I tell you no lie. I love my nails to look pretty, and I’m sure that there’s plenty of girlies out there who can empathise with the heartbreak of a broken nail. You’ve just gotten them all to a nice length, and you knock it badly or catch it on something, and it splits. I learned a year or so ago, it’s NOT the end of the world, you don’t need to cut all your beautifully grown out nails down. Head to the kitchen, grab a teabag, empty the contents into the bin and cut off a small square. Paint a layer of clear nail varnish on your poorly nail, pop the small cut of teabag on top of the split, and wait till it’s dry. Add another clear coat, and you’re good to carry on your normal nail routine! Obviously it’s not totally super smooth, so I make sure the nail colour I choose to go on top includes some glitter (this covers any lumps)…but it honestly works! AND because you only need a teeny bit of teabag per go, you don’t have to waste your brew by using a whole teabag every time – you’re only using a tiny square so you can save your ‘nail saviour’ for next time! Give it a go…
If you missed the first 5, you can check them out here
lifewithlynette 
Great post! Love the broken nail hack, never heard that tip before but definitely worth a try the next time I break a nail! 😊 x
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Do it, I couldn’t believe it when I tried it and it worked! X
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So true about keeping a stock pile of chocolate, I will literally go through whatever I have in my cupboards so I try not to buy any now. Love your Love Island water bottle x
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Same, I like to always be prepared, but a chocolate hoard just takes it to a new level 😂 Thanks, it’s fake 😉 x
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Lovely post, such great tips! Definitely going to try the broken nail one. Thank you for sharing! (:
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Give it a go, I honestly couldn’t believe how well it worked! 🙂 x
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Love this post! Some helpful tips here, particularly the broken nail one.. thanks for sharing! Xx
Side note – i’ve also recently started blogging so it’d be great if you could check out my blog! Thanks!
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Give it a go! And course I will 🙂 x
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GREAT POST! I love the pictures and I can’t wait to break a nail 🤷🏾♀️
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Thankyou! Honestly, it’ll change your life 😂
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I disagree with #9. I always have to have chocolate on hand just in case cravings come along at 2am
Tiana| http://www.fablemoonsays,com
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Very fair point! My problem is that I’d polish it all off before the 2am hunger pangs came, I have zero self control when chocolate’s involved 😂
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I frickin love the water bottle and toilet roll ones haha can completely relate!
Sophie | https://sophieschoice.co.uk
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Haha thanks chick!
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Having a water bottle might look unimportant but it really makes a difference towards the environment. I hope more people would use fewer plastics because if not I don’t think the earth could sustain in another 100 years.
Great post btw!
x Rasya
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Absolutely, unfortunately I don’t think some release the kind of impact we have until they see the effect…the videos of all the plastic just drifting, for example. I hope that with everything that’s been circulating on social media recently, more people will start to click on and make a change 🙂 x
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I love all of these! Awesome job!
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Aww thankyou so much lovely!
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Teabag nails? That sounds like such a good idea! Whenever I actually make the effort to do my nails I always ruin them within a few days, so I’ll definitely be trying the tip out.
-pixieskiesblog.wordpress.com xo
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I couldn’t believe it when I tried it and it worked! Honestly, such a lifesaver!
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